"Theresia? Theresia?"
Tian An heard someone calling her, but she didn't want to wake up yet. She wanted to continue immersing herself in the dream.
But as the calling grew louder, she had no choice but to open her eyes.
Ah, it was Himeko.
"Miss Theresia, weren't you sleeping with Little March? How did you end up sleeping here?" Himeko sat down beside her, asking with concern.
"Er... March 7th seems to be a bit too energetic," Tian An said tactfully. "She's a lovely child, but she'd be even lovelier if her sleeping posture was a bit more proper."
"Is that so? Little March was being restless in bed again?" Himeko said helplessly. "Sorry, Miss Theresia, perhaps you should sleep with me for the time being."
"It's alright, this is quite nice."
(Confirmed)
Meanwhile... on the other side...
March 7th opened her eyes from her sleep, realizing the feel of what she was hugging wasn't quite right.
....
Where's my Theresia?! The one that was right here!
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"Sumimasen!" March 7th nearly performed a sliding kneel to offer Theresia the most extreme apology, but Tian An stopped her just in time.
"Passenger March 7th, your juice." After delivering the drink, Pom-Pom turned and left.
"Heh heh, I didn't know I had that much power..." March 7th chuckled awkwardly, sat down on the sofa, and started sipping her juice.
"Alright everyone, if things go smoothly, we should reach the Herta Space Station today."
Himeko looked at the navigation chart and said, "By the way, Little March, let's have Theresia stay in my room for a while."
"Eh! No way, I'll definitely change!" March 7th wailed, her big eyes looking pleadingly at Tian An, glistening with moisture.
"Um... I think the cardboard box and cushion in the storage room are quite nice too..." Wouldn't it be great to visit the grey-haired one's respawn point ahead of time?
"March, your breakfast." Dan Heng joined the conversation, carrying a tray.
"After we arrive at the station and finish our business, I'll take you to see Ms. Herta. Although... she's such a busy person, she might not be in," Himeko said gently, holding her coffee.
"Mm," [Tian An/Theresia responded].
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"Let me tell you, when I was out on a research mission before, I suddenly saw something like a wormhole floating in space. Luckily, I reacted quickly, yanked the controls to turn, and almost got sucked in!"
Inside a large space station resembling a hanging garden, several people in white lab coats were gathered, intensely discussing something.
"Oh, come off it, since when can you operate a research vessel? Don't you remember last time you took your dad out on the ship, you nearly scrambled him with all the shaking?"
As soon as the words fell, the place erupted in laughter.
"Good thing the old man's tough. He even chased you around trying to hit you after getting off the ship."
"Your dad's quite something then!"
The man's face flushed crimson, but he didn't notice a dark shadow rapidly approaching outside the space station's protective shield.
"Hey, did you guys hear some violin music?" One person felt like someone was playing the violin, but when he focused, there was no sound.
"What violin? It's so quiet, how could there be?" another researcher teased. "What, been single too long? Fantasizing about a beauty playing the violin for you?"
"No, really, look! What's that outside the shield?" Someone pointed outside the protective barrier. Singularities, surging with energy, were condensing one after another, then rapidly expanding.
"This is bad! Hurry and report to the station master!"
Dong....
An explosion snapped the researchers still working back to reality. Outside the shield, restless objects had already gathered densely. They were the warriors bringing cosmic destruction...
The entire space station's alarm system flashed red. As time passed, the sound of the alarms grew increasingly urgent.....
"Elio's prophecies are never wrong. What was that explosion just now? Was this also part of his script?" A woman with purple hair, looking quite intelligent and sophisticated, was communicating with a holographic screen.
Her name was Kafka.
Kafka was an adult woman of medium build, wearing a black cloak-style shawl draped over her arms and fixed at the shoulders. A silver butterfly brooch adorned the collar, the cuffs had purplish-red lace, and long ribbons flowed down her back. Underneath, she wore a white shirt. This made her look both elegant and highly capable.
Her lower body was clad in black leggings, with a silk scarf tied on the left side, purple stockings, and crisscross straps connecting the leggings and stockings. She wore sunglasses perched on her head. Both her hair and pupils were purplish-red; she wore cosmetic contacts that seemed devoid of any highlights. Straps were bound around her chest and arms. The surface of her coat was embellished with a giant spider pattern extending from the back to the sleeves, with spiderweb motifs on both shoulders, including the cuffs and gloves. She wore a pair of asymmetrical black leather boots on her feet, connected by thigh straps. The predominantly purple color scheme added much charm to this lady.
If she were a character in the everyday world, I would definitely rush up and call her 'Mama'.
What? You ask about this world?
Also Mama.
..
"Yes. [System time 23:44:59, the pulse generated by the explosion caused a large-scale paralysis of the main control system]." The voice coming from the other side of the holographic panel was distinctly girlish.
"Was that you?"
"No, it was the Anti-Matter Legion. Two system hours ago, they launched a full-scale invasion of the space station."
"Kafka... I feel like... this time, the prophecy has encountered a variable."
"A variable? Did Elio mention it? Or perhaps, someone appeared in the script who shouldn't have?"
"Maybe. It's possible my feeling is wrong, perhaps."
.....
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
"Theresia, make sure you stay close to us!" March 7th and Dan Heng ran ahead, while Tian An chased after them from behind.
Can't be helped, haven't run for too long, kind of forgot how to run properly (Yes).
The explosion just now didn't hurt her physically, but it scared the wits out of her. Although she possessed a powerful body, she didn't yet have that kind of resilient will.
Her eyes occasionally darted in other directions. If she remembered correctly, Kafka and Silver Wolf should be heading to find that hidden curio right about now.
Should I tell them, interfere...? Forget it, what's the point of interfering? It wouldn't be fun if the grey-haired one couldn't be 'born' then.
Running and running, she found the two in front had already left her far behind. She had no choice but to speed up again.
The physique of Honkai: Star Rail people is really something, huh? Me, this earthling, has become such small fry.
It's only you who's small fry, girl....