Creating Happiness with Heart in Honkai

Update; All chapter updates are Monday, Wend, Fri for the meantime.

Got my files sent to the shadow realm and I'm trying to recover stuff. I'd be two weeks before returning to the usual update schedule.

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"What!? Welt, you didn't just randomly pick up some novel to fool me, did you!? Meme life forms? The Imaginary Tree and the Cocoon of Finality? The powers of the Herrscher are projections of the Cocoon of Finality? How could you believe the nonsense of a little brat!?"

"*Cough cough*, Tesla, perhaps you've forgotten, we were robbed of thirty kilograms of gold by a little brat."

"Thirty kilograms? Wasn't it fifty?"

Welt suddenly felt strange, and Tesla's face was full of guilt.

"So you just believed her like that!?"

The matter with Cocolia is no longer important. If Haxxor Bunny's words are true, then Cocolia is a madman who experiments with Honkai using children.

Do you know why Anti Entropy spends so much money on creating Titans?

Isn't it because they can't bear to see Valkyries risking their lives to fight Honkai?

That Otto is simply not human, using low-quality artificial stigmata to send Valkyries to battle against Honkai.

Few Valkyries live to be forty years old, let alone retire. So human experiments are best avoided.

"Do you know? Bronie used an ability similar to the Herrscher's, but without any Honkai energy. She said it was imaginary energy. Do you know what imaginary energy is?"

"The imaginary energy in the collapsed state is Honkai energy, which is also an important core theory of the Selene. The means to transform imaginary energy into Honkai energy are currently unknown, but if we look at the theory of the Imaginary Tree, the Project Ark of the previous civilization is probably completely ruined."

Through Anti Entropy's grave digging, Einstein also knew that the previous civilization had undertaken many projects.

Among them, Project Ark, of course, was in the records.

Originally unaware of the result, but now knowing it, it can't help but make people sigh. Survival is indeed the primary need of civilization. The previous civilization must have tried to escape.

"Yeah... even escape is impossible. Now the only goal is to find the Cocoon of Finality."

"Even if it's found, there's no guarantee it can be solved. Perhaps the task she gave might be the solution? Memetic life forms..."

Einstein's judgment of the situation was rather pessimistic, but she was still quite interested in the light dust that Welt obtained.

Even memories can be materialized. Such power might indeed bypass Honkai and transform human civilization into a completely new form.

"I've already asked Raiden Ryoma's subordinates to send the stuff over. The light dust is just a carrier for memes. Bronie said the best way to remove memes is to selectively manipulate memories to delete them. At the same time, she also gave us the design blueprints of the Void Archive, the first Divine Key, and its back door. What do you think this represents?"

Tesla was quite interested in the so-called Void Archive, after all, Otto had caused quite a stir with this thing before.

"In other words, the Void Archive has the ability to deal with memes? And it also wants us to deal with that guy Otto?"

"No, sooner or later we will have conflicts with Otto. This is just a gift. As for memes, there are naturally two possibilities: friendly and malicious. But the memes Bronie gave us don't have any malice."

At first glance, Welt's understanding seemed a bit wishful, but Einstein had to take it seriously considering Welt's high praise for Bronie.

Vill-V, the researcher who made the Divine keys, left a back door in every one of her creations, which means that even the Star of Eden might have left a back door!

"If only she could tell us the back door of the Star of Eden. We rarely come into contact with things like the Void Archive..."

"It's probably to guard against us... Well, Anti Entropy took the initiative to cooperate with Cocolia, this wrong decision, it's hard to feel good about it."

"This, this can't be blamed on me! If it weren't for Raiden Ryoma's misuse of funds, we could only resort to dealing with that old fox Cocolia through the gray channels! Who knows why she's conducting human experiments, and I've never heard of it, I just know she has an orphanage!"

"Orphanage? Do you know where the address of that orphanage is?"

"I just knew you might not let it go, but I investigated it for you. Someone took over with the help of a rich man, so there's no problem."

Tesla always acts decisively, and Welt also feels a bit moved, but there's always a feeling of unreliability in it.

"Let's hope... so..."

Welt can't spare time now. He has to go back to St. Freya Academy and continue to lurk there. The secrets hidden inside are still not fully discovered by Welt.

So he can't delve into it, he can only quietly wait for the changes in Anti Entropy.

Those documents, if they're genuine, indeed provide Anti Entropy with the impetus to counter Honkai.

If they can locate that Cocoon of Finality, He hope they can smoothly deal with that thing.

...

"Sister Sin... when will Sister Bronie return?"

"I don't know! Stop asking. She hasn't abandoned us, so why are you more concerned about Sister Bronie than asking about Mother Cocolia when you rarely see her?"

"Be... because I don't want to be experimented on... even though Nina knows it's the only way to repay Mom... but I don't want to die..."

Now it was Sin's turn to fall silent.

Yeah, who truly wants to die?

For paving the way for her sisters, for ensuring future experiments no longer result in deaths, that's why Sin is working so hard.

But now, Sin has lost that reason, leaving only the desire to protect her sisters' hearts. To avoid angering Bronie, she can only bear the humiliation and wear the little dress!

Bronie dispelled her unease, brought a doctor, and even Lilia's narcolepsy improved. Everyone could think more about the future.

At this point, how could Sin not know that Mother Cocolia had made so many mistakes?

"Ugh, tonight I'll go ask again for you! Forget about Mother Cocolia's matters for now, and Sister Bronie said she would bring Teacher Yang's signature back this time, for everyone."

"Okay! Thank you, Sister Sin!"

Sin bid farewell to Nina, left Nina's room, and happened to see Bronya coming out of Seele's room.

Every time she saw Bronya's face, Sin couldn't help but recall Bronie's mischievous smile while holding a little dress. Her initially tough demeanor would immediately soften.

"Bronie!"

"Yeah?"

"That... that... carrying a gun with you, is that really okay? Aren't you afraid of hurting others?"

Damn it! Sin Mal!

She's getting on her nerves!

The person in front of her isn't Bronie, it's Bronya!

"You don't have to worry about this, Sister Sin. Bronya has undergone professional training, and there are safety measures on firearms. As long as the safety is not off, the gun won't fire no matter what."

Saying that, Bronya took out the Mozambique shotgun from her hand and spun it a few times.

"Forget it, when Sister Bronie comes back, I will definitely tell her!"

"Do you want one? Designed by Sister Bronie, it's also included in the new game."

The best way to lighten punishment is naturally to find a comrade to share the burden or to let the person who might betray you join your gang.

Sin has also been trained and naturally knows how to use these weapons. Seeing Bronya throwing a P2020 to her, Sin nervously caught it.

"I actually feel like I don't need to use these things... but it's also for everyone's safety."

"Yes, only Sister Sin can fight alongside Bronya."

Although the other children have also been trained, it's just child's play. Put them on the battlefield, and they probably wouldn't even know how they died.

The orphanage was quiet tonight.

After visiting all the children's rooms, Bronya returned to her own room and looked at herself in the dressing mirror, her faint smile reflected in it.

Every time she looked at herself in the mirror, Bronya would constantly remind herself that this happy life was hard-won, so she must protect it well!

But tonight, for some reason, she had an unknown sense of unease.

Intuition, the important feeling that allowed Bronya to survive on the battlefield until now. Bronya still believed in intuition, so she went to the window of her room and looked out into the pitch-black forest.

Under the moonlight, the forest was unnaturally quiet.

"Quiet? Why are there no bird calls outside the forest?"

Sensing something amiss, Bronya quickly drew the Mozambique from her waist.

The Mozambique is a shotgun that fires three rounds at a time, with a total of six rounds in reserve, meaning it can only fire two shots.

Each shot is crucial, and isn't the power of this gun a bit excessive?

Fortunately, Bronya also prepared another P2020, which has a very handy bullet counter and its damage won't spill over, with recoil so low it's almost negligible.

After preparing her weapons, Bronya entered a silent state of combat readiness and went out to the nearby forest silently. Even if it was just an illusion, Bronya wouldn't let any potential enemy attack go unpunished.

At this moment, Bronya transformed into a silent predator in the forest.

Because she had received training in this area, Bronya was very familiar with every corner of this forest.

She put on her tactical goggles and activated the thermal imaging function.

In the pitch-black forest, the white figures stood out conspicuously.

Switching to night vision mode, Bronya judged that these guys all had quite a few heavy weapons.

The situation was dire!

But with the information gap, Bronya was like a war Divine, quickly sneaking through the forest, ready to strike first!

"Sorry, Seele, and everyone at the orphanage, tonight might disturb your sleep..."

Gunshots shattered the peace of the forest, and suddenly the forest was filled with gunfire, like it was New Year's.

The children in the orphanage were instantly awakened, and Sin's heart was tense as she knew what this commotion represented.

The gunfire lasted for three minutes, and when the forest quieted down, Sin became nervous.

"Where's Sister Bronya!"

Seele got up, looked at everyone in the orphanage, but noticed that only Sister Bronya was missing. She was very worried, so she went to ask Sin about Sister Bronya's whereabouts.

"The answer is obvious, only Sister Bronya just fought the enemy, everyone, hide first. If something happens to Sister Bronya, then it's up to me..."

"Sister Bronya!!!"

A small figure walked out of the forest, and Seele immediately recognized the identity of the person, the highly recognizable twin drills. Seele rushed out.

But seeing Bronya covered in blood, Seele was shocked.

"Seele..."

"Ah!!! Don't, don't come over!!!"

Sin slapped her forehead, realizing that this situation had arisen. She was a bit worried that Bronya might scare Seele, but who knew that when Seele's legs kicked, her eyes closed, and she just lay down?

Seele was frightened by Bronya, and Bronya was also frightened by Seele's reaction.

She quickly came to Seele's side, ready to pick her up, but was stopped by Sin.

"You have so much blood on you, go wash up quickly! And how could you confront the enemy without me this time? Do you want to die?"

"Bronya judged that these people were just a bunch of rabble, and didn't even bring night vision goggles or thermal imaging for their night operations, so Bronya thought she could handle them alone. Sorry for disturbing you."

Sin sighed and rubbed her temples. She also understood that Bronya was that kind of strange person.

But this expressionless person who didn't care about her life even when covered in blood was really scary.

"Forget it, go take a shower. I'll keep watch tonight. You rest first. Sister Bronya was right, there might be more attacks coming. You could have activated the drones in Sister Bronya's office to automatically sweep those enemies."

"But Bronya just..."

"I understand, I understand. You don't want to bother Sister Bronie, you don't want to make Sister Bronie worry. Forget it, let's worry about your matters after Sister Bronie comes back!"

Bronya tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"Did Bronya do something wrong?"

"Damn it! I'll ignore you!!!"

...

After bidding farewell to Welt, Bronie didn't rest for a moment.

After checking the shrine in Nagazora City and not finding Yae Sakura and the semi-finished Divine Key left over from the previous era, she immediately returned to the orphanage.

It's not that Bronie didn't want to carefully search for the Divine Key, but it was just lying there, unknown to anyone, and Sin said that the orphanage had been attacked by mercenaries hired by an unknown organization, so Bronie was very worried that there might be more attacks to come.

Children are more important than the Divine Key, and Bronie is clear about that.

But upon returning to the orphanage and entering the gate, Bronie felt a strange atmosphere.

"Uh, kids, I'm back. Why isn't anyone welcoming me?"

Bronya peeked in, then walked expressionlessly.

"Welcome back, Sister Bronie."

"Hmm? Where's Sin? And everyone else?"

"Since yesterday, after Bronya dealt with those enemies, it seems everyone's been avoiding Bronya, and Bronya doesn't know why~"

"You dealt with them? What about the drones?"

"They... they weren't activated. Bronya thought she could handle those enemies alone."

Sure enough, just as Sin had said, Bronya didn't even realize what she had done wrong, nor did she care much about her own life.

"Come on, Bronya, come with me to the office. I'll tell you exactly what you did wrong."