This result did not surprise the three of them.
"It's really like this…"
Kiana crossed her arms and glanced at Bronya, feeling a little unhappy.
Looking at Kiana's awkward expression, Mei couldn't help but feel a bit amused and sighed.
"It seems that Bronya followed us in, not because of the connection…"
"Am I right?"
She looked up at the sky.
[That's right]
[Only those with a deep affinity are qualified to enter this space.]
[The third visitor, Bronya, is the one with this affinity.]
[Even if she hadn't gotten close to you, even if she hadn't come in this time, she would have eventually come to this space in the following days.]
"I roughly understand, but I still don't understand what the 'main destined protagonist' means," Mei spoke. She still had some questions in her mind.
"The protagonist is the protagonist, and the destined protagonist should mean being chosen by fate, heaven, etc., but why add 'main' in front?"
[Please think about this yourself.]
This time, the space ruler's consciousness did not answer Mei's question.
"Is that so… there's nothing we can do," Mei said, not too disappointed.
If they expected the other party to tell them everything, it was probably unrealistic.
"Please start the next question."
The first question revealed why the three of them entered this space one after another, which was quite useful information.
Unfortunately, this didn't alleviate the difficulties Kiana and Mei were facing.
The same was true for Bronya. So, they could only hope that the following questions would provide the necessary information.
The control consciousness did not hesitate to release the next question.
[2. The city of Nagazora where the third major eruption occurred eventually fell as the hardest-hit area of the Honkai.]
[However, at the end of the three main destined protagonists escaping Nagazora City together, the main destined protagonist Kiana was attacked by the Honkai beast in order to protect Raiden Mei and was seriously injured.]
[Raiden Mei, the main destined protagonist, therefore became a Herrscher and fought with the Valkyrie dispatched by the Schicksal Valkyrie branch under Schicksal, which governs the Far East.]
[Among the following options, who was the main factor in defeating the third Herrscher Raiden Mei?]
[A. Kiana Kaslana]
[B. Himeko Murata]
[C. Bronya Zacyhick]
[D. Theresa Apocalypse]
A large row of fonts appeared on the screen. However, the three people who had read the question were in a gloomy mood at the moment.
"Mei became the third Herrscher?"
Kiana's face darkened at the information that Mei had become a Herrscher. Although she had mentally prepared herself when she learned that Mei was the body of the third Herrscher, it still made her uncomfortable seeing it confirmed now.
And the fallen Nagazora City...
"Does this mean we still failed to stop Cocolia in the end?" Kiana raised her head, her expression like that of a lioness whose cubs had been taken away—furious.
"What a joke! I cannot accept such a future!"
"I'm risking my life to protect this city and Mei!"
Her angry words echoed in the space.
Feeling her hand being grabbed, Kiana turned her head. It was Mei.
She lowered her head so no one could see her expression and whispered while holding Kiana's hand, "Don't be like this, Kiana."
Although Mei was trying to calm Kiana's anger, Bronya, standing next to Mei could tell from the bad look on Mei's face that Mei was not in a better mood than Kiana at the moment.
It looks like these two couldn't keep calm.
Bronya sighed.
This was actually changing things.
Even though she didn't have a role in this question, she wasn't without emotion after seeing the information revealed in it.
However, due to the emotional damage from the accident, Bronya stayed as calm as possible in this situation.
"You two should calm down first."
As they both looked at her, Bronya began her rescue explanation.
"Although this space is independent of the world and time, the questions come from both the future and the past."
She paused and continued, "But the future is never predetermined, right?"
"Bronya guesses that the questions in this space are based on a certain direction in the future."
"For us living in the present, if we can make reasonable changes, we should be able to prevent things from developing into such a bad situation as described in the question."
After hearing Bronya's words, the two calmed down. Although Bronya's words were just guesses, neither Mei nor Kiana could accept the future as described in the question.
"Anyway, let's answer the question first."
Seeing that the two's faces had recovered, Bronya had achieved her goal, so she returned to the topic and looked at the answers in the question.
"Regarding the answers mentioned in the question, Bronya thinks Kiana can be temporarily excluded. After all, the question says that Kiana was attacked by an emperor-level Honkai beast and was seriously injured. In this state, it's probably unrealistic to expect Kiana to stop Mei from turning into a Herrscher, right?"
She looked at Kiana.
"Hmph..."
When it came to the topic, although Kiana thought she could turn the tide even while seriously injured, she reluctantly nodded in agreement with Bronya's reasonable speculation.
"Well... then it's Bronya herself."
After confirming there was no issue, Bronya glanced at her own name in the options and shook her head slightly.
"Although Bronya is very confident in her combat ability, based on the data about the Herrscher that Bronya has browsed, she feels she probably won't be the main factor in defeating the Herrscher."
This choice of showing weakness made Kiana straighten her chest and look confident.
"Hmph, you're quite self-aware. If I'm excluded, the result won't be much different with you, a dwarf!"
But the next moment, what Bronya said made Kiana go a little crazy.
"Of course, Bronya doesn't think Kiana can be the main factor in defeating the Herrscher with her strength."
Bronya noticed Kiana's thoughts, so she raised her eyebrows provocatively.
This instantly angered Kiana, and she immediately prepared to launch a wave of verbal attacks with a stern face.
Fortunately, Mei stopped her in time.
Otherwise, there would be no need to continue analyzing this question—they would just prepare to quarrel.
"Go on, Bronya."
Holding Kiana back, Mei used her eyes to signal Bronya not to care about Kiana.
"Hm…"
Bronya nodded and frowned at the remaining two answers.
"…Then there are the remaining two answers. Bronya doesn't have any information about these two people."
She looked at Mei.
"Sister Mei, did you get any useful information from the previous answers?"