From Kiana the Lord Ravager Onward: A Grand Fabricated History
Author: Better Hang Myself Than Write
"A Lord Ravager?"
At those words, even Herta could not help but frown.
After all, Lord Ravager was hardly a title with a good reputation.
"Kiana Kaslana… that's a lovely name, but… this girl is a Lord Ravager?"
"And who exactly is that woman, then? Some sort of extermination nun?"
Staring at the sleeping girl inside the hibernation pod, Herta fell into thought.
The projection had warned her to leave at once for the sake of her own safety.
But if this girl truly was a Lord Ravager, then Herta had even less reason to leave now.
And then the projection continued.
"Because of the nature of the Path of Destruction, Kiana was ambushed while already wounded."
"Even though I arrived in time afterward, I was still unable to save her from her injuries."
A Lord Ravager, ambushed and left with injuries beyond saving?
Herta's brows drew together sharply.
If the projection was telling the truth, then the kind of existence capable of reducing a Lord Ravager to such a state would most likely have to be another Emanator.
Herta once again surveyed her surroundings.
According to the projection, the girl named Kiana should have suffered some kind of irreversible fatal injury.
If that were the case, then perhaps this cavern itself had a story to tell as well.
Sure enough, the moment that thought surfaced in Herta's mind, she sensed a force belonging to Abundance.
And then the voice continued.
"In the end, in order to heal Kiana, I used a Stellaron as a medium and sealed it here together with her, all so that she might awaken again one day in the future."
"And to be safe, I also left behind certain emergency measures here."
"So, successor—if you do not wish to lose your life, please leave this place and pretend that you never saw anything."
As the final words of the lingering image fell, that beautiful figure dissolved into countless points of light and vanished soundlessly into the air.
Herta remained where she stood, deep in thought.
Not only did she fail to follow the projection's advice and leave, she actually stepped closer, nearly pressing herself against the transparent wall of the pod.
As a genius, Herta believed in seeing things for herself. There was no way she would reach conclusions just because of a few words from someone else.
After all, the girl before her looked far too different from the fearsome infamy associated with a Lord Ravager.
There were simply too many holes in the story.
If the girl before her really were a Lord Ravager, then Jarilo could never have ended up as merely a snow-covered planet frozen for a few hundred years.
And the IPC's crude energy field could never possibly have suppressed her.
Still, Herta did not completely rule out the possibility that the girl was indeed a Lord Ravager.
"A Lord Ravager… If that's really the case, then I'll have to study you very, very carefully."
Herta reached out and gently touched the hibernation pod of unknown make.
In her judgment, the history of this ruin had to be at least a thousand years old by now.
Unless she had possessed some special method of prolonging her life, then this child's mother was probably no longer alive.
After all, if that woman named Cecilia were still alive, there was no way she would have let her daughter remain hidden here until only now, when Herta had discovered her.
As for those so-called emergency measures meant to frighten Herta away?
Leaving aside whether Herta herself feared them or not—
Judging from the current situation, whatever had once been left behind here was probably connected to the Stellaron, and from the Stellaron's present condition, those "emergency measures" were likely no longer functional anyway.
"All right then, poor child. Consider yourself lucky. You've run into the kind and magnificent Madam Herta."
Herta raised her right hand.
[Ding!]
[Your lie has made Herta more inclined to believe it in her heart. The lie has begun to turn real. Authority over Destruction has been partially strengthened, and you have gained 3000 Fabricated History Points.]
[Evaluation: Even Aha would give you a thumbs-up for this one!]
[Remaining Fabricated History Points: 3009]
?????
How many points?!
Hearing the system notification, Wen Liang was so delighted he almost wanted to kick the coffin open on the spot.
That's right—Kiana, lying inside the hibernation pod at this very moment, was one of Wen Liang's personas.
According to Wen Liang's plan, since Kiana belonged to the Path of Destruction, then if he wanted to fabricate a truly grand piece of history for her, he naturally had to wrap her in an identity with enough style and weight to match.
And for the sake of laying the groundwork for today, he had spent every last one of the 3000 Fabricated History Points he had painstakingly saved up.
Thankfully, effort did not betray the determined. Herta had, at least for now, been bluffed by the whole performance.
What did 3000 Fabricated History Points mean?
To accumulate that startup capital, he had spent a full four months grinding away at headquarters.
And now, after only a brief encounter with Herta, he had already earned it all back.
Sure enough, if he wanted to attract the attention of someone like Herta, he needed to fabricate an identity grand enough to impress.
Lady Pointy Hat, I seriously love you to death. Please, from now on, keep believing in my fabricated history as much as possible!
At that moment, a soft glow began to seep into the hibernation pod.
Just as Wen Liang had expected—
Once Herta realized that she might have discovered a sealed-up Lord Ravager in the form of a young girl, whether out of curiosity or simple conscience, she would choose to save her.
She might even go a step further and bring her back to the space station to keep under observation for the long term.
And so, it was time for him to properly step into the role of Kiana and have a nice little chat with Madam Herta, his personal money tree.
...
...
Bang—
A crisp sound rang out.
Herta had finally opened the hibernation pod.
With a few deft manipulations on her part, a trace of vitality began spreading through Kiana's body.
A few seconds later, Kiana slowly opened her eyes, very cooperatively putting on a confused expression.
Then her gaze gradually focused, reflecting Herta's figure within her pupils.
"Who… who are you?" The girl's voice was terribly dry, as though she had not spoken in a very long time.
"Who am I?"
Herta folded her arms across her chest and looked the girl over with great interest.
"I'm your savior. I'm the one who pulled you out of that broken coffin."
"My… savior?"
Kiana slowly sat up inside the pod, her movements somewhat stiff, as though she had yet to fully readjust to a body that had lain dormant for far too long.
Her gaze lingered on Herta's face for a moment, then swept across the surroundings before finally falling back onto her own hands. Her brows furrowed slightly, as if she were trying to piece together fragments of shattered memory.
"Your name is Kiana, isn't it?" Herta said lightly.
"From this moment on, I'll be your temporary guardian. Is there anything you want to say?"
Kiana replied at once—
"Big sis, you're so pretty."
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