Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

A portal opened and Xilin returned home. After some operations, Cecilia's holographic image appeared in the living room.

"Mom, Mistrylin asked me to bring this notebook to you, saying that you asked her to bring it over when she was on a mission in Europe."

Cecilia took a look and showed a surprised expression: "Oh, I asked her to take it. I just said it casually, but I didn't expect her to really take it. You open it. I can't turn the pages like this anyway."

With curiosity, Xilin opened the notebook whose cover couldn't clearly make out what was written on it.

"This...this is..."

On the first page, which has already yellowed, you can see a little bird on the left? But the whole picture is made up of some simple geometric shapes.

A big circle is the head, a small circle inside is the eye, the two triangles on the left side of the head are the mouth, the rectangle below the head is the body, the two big triangles on both sides of the body are the wings, and the simple lines below the body represent the claws.

Seeing this stick figure drawing, Cecilia burst out laughing.

"This is the first painting I drew when I was eight years old and on vacation in Europe... Yes, Celine is ten years younger than me and she wasn't even born at that time. Compared to young painters like Gracie, even compared to other people of my age, I really don't have much artistic talent."

Xilin looked at Cecilia, then at the very simple painting, and was a little surprised.

"What's wrong, Celine?"

"I remember my mother told me before that since I was a child, more than half of my time was either spent in training and experiments or on the way to training and experiments, so I thought... you would not do these things."

Cecilia shook her head slightly. "Xilin, I know that because we have different experiences, our views on Valkyries must be different. At least in my eyes, every Valkyrie is not just a tool to fight against Honkai, but a living person. Apart from fighting Honkai, we are no different from ordinary people."

Xilin pursed her lips in dissatisfaction. She obviously did not fully agree with Cecilia's point of view.

"Ah... Sorry, we ended up talking about such a serious topic. Xilin, please turn to the next page."

On the next few pages, each side was covered with freehand black lines, horizontal and vertical lines intertwined to form countless grids of varying sizes. Some of the grids contained circles, and some contained triangles. This was a game of tic-tac-toe.

"Mom is an expert at the game. I'm afraid the other team lost all these games."

"Well, that was the first time Theresa and I met. I remember it was because of the Honkai factor in her body. Her body stopped growing that year, and the bishop asked her to come here to relax, so we just happened to meet."

Cecilia recalled the scene where Theresa stamped her feet in frustration after losing more than a dozen games of tic-tac-toe. Now she thought it was cute. Not only was she four years older than her, but as a clone, she could sing and run shortly after she was born. As a result, she seemed to be more mature in these matters.

Thinking of Theresa, Xilin puffed up her cheeks and went into inflating mode.

As for her, Xilin couldn't really say that she hated her. After all, in the Tower of Babylon, she at least wanted to save the children who had become experimental subjects like herself and took action, although she didn't think Theresa could really save herself like Cecilia and Enosia.

Xilin remembered that Enosiya had told her that the super mutation factor in her body was the same as Kosmo's, both were Vishnu, but their fighting abilities were very different. After Bella was defeated by Kosmo, she and Bella had fought him together many times, but they only managed to hold on for a few more seconds.

As human beings, as far as Bella knows, Ying, Hua, Kevin, Qianjie, and Kosmo can all fight the Herrscher one-on-one without the Key of God, and the current civilization... Bella has reason to suspect that without Judas, Theresa might not be able to defeat Cheng Lixue.

So is it that the current civilization is too weak, or is it that the previous civilization was too outrageous?

Xilin continued to flip through the pages, still with simple drawings, trees, water, houses, and many stick figures. The book was not thick, so she finished flipping through it quickly. Xilin's expression was first disappointed, then confused, and finally an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"what happened?"

Xilin scratched her head. "I thought there would be something valuable in this well-preserved book, but it turned out to be just a bunch of stick drawings, so I was a little disappointed."

"Then why did you figure it out later?"

"Because I thought of what Mom said at the beginning. When you drew these pictures, you were just a little girl on vacation. Besides, valuable things are not only words full of moral truths. Although this painting is simple, it represents Mom's precious memories of the past. Of course, it is valuable."

Cecilia felt something was wrong with Xilin's serious tone: "Did you...think of something?"

Xilin nodded, her voice choking: "I thought..."

"If you have anything to say, come in and say it."

Xilin turned off the holographic projection and ran into the data space.

Cecilia sat on the sofa and pointed to the empty seat beside her, motioning Xilin to sit down. As soon as Xilin sat down, Cecilia took the initiative to hug her.

"It's been two years, and I'm very satisfied with my life now, but when I think about the time I was with Aurora and the others, I still..."

Cecilia gently touched her head and said, "You are willing to mention them in front of me, which is already remarkable. I know that such an experience may be a lifelong psychological trauma for anyone, but you are trying to get out of it little by little, right? If you are willing to share with me, I am willing to be a listener."

Although two years had passed, she tried not to mention the matter of the Tower of Babylon as much as possible for fear of upsetting Xilin. Xilin took the initiative to talk to her about this matter, which surprised her a little, after all, she was also a Valkyrie.

Xilin, who fell into Cecilia's arms, took a deep breath: "You won't be angry?"

Cecilia smiled and said, "When my daughter was sad, she took the initiative to share it with me. This shows that she trusts me. As a mother, I am so happy that I can't be angry."

Xilin became even more excited: "What if I said that to the Valkyrie..."

"We have different experiences and information, so we will have different ideas about the same thing. I may not agree with your point of view, but I will definitely not be angry. Xilin, you consider my thoughts and feelings before expressing your own opinions, which shows that you are a kind and respectful child. Such an excellent daughter took the initiative to express her opinions to me, why would I be angry?"

Xilin threw herself into Cecilia's arms and started crying.