After the Herrscher of the Void's Core was successfully implanted into Sirin's new body, not long after, Sirin's golden pupils slowly opened.
"Sirin, it's me, Shun. Do you still remember what happened before?" Shun approached Sirin and asked softly, while waving his hand.
"Mm…" Sirin nodded. Although she was still somewhat unaccustomed to this new body, her consciousness was clear and she could communicate normally.
"Great." Shun breathed a sigh of relief. The resurrection process had finally gone without any issues; otherwise, all the effort would have been in vain.
Otto silently observed from the side, then quietly left. He understood that the private moment that followed wasn't suitable for him to participate in. Before leaving, he gently patted Theresa's shoulder, as if conveying some kind of message.
Sirin looked around the ward and found that, besides Ana, the others were all familiar faces to her. Cecilia needed no mention — she had observed this world through Kiana's eyes and was naturally very familiar with her. Theresa was someone she had met once before. Back then, it was thanks to her Judah that she had been able to seal her own power.
Noticing Sirin's gaze, Shun pulled Ana over and introduced her to Sirin: "Sirin, you might not know yet. This is Ana, my… wife."
"What?" Sirin's eyes widened even more, clearly shocked by this news. She had just been resurrected, and you're telling her that Shun is already married?
"Y-you, hello. You must be Shun's older sister, right?" Ana looked at Sirin, who was much smaller than her, and didn't know how to start. Although Shun had told her some of the stories, the great name of the Second Herrscher still made her a bit reserved.
"Mm, hello…" Sirin looked at the somewhat reserved Ana and didn't know what to say either.
First of all, Ana gave a very good first impression. She had the feeling of a virtuous wife and loving mother at first glance. It could only be said that Shun had a very good eye for people and couldn't find any faults.
But… why did little Shun get married as soon as she woke up? Wasn't it said that they would be family for a lifetime? what can i say!
Kiana curiously sized up Sirin. She still didn't know exactly what had happened. She only knew that after she fell into a coma, Shun had gone through a lot of trouble to wake her up, and then, like performing a magic trick of bringing someone back to life, he had taken an orange gem from her body and resurrected a person. It seemed to be his older sister?
Kiana's limited brain capacity could no longer process the logic of this matter. The confused her looked at Cecilia, then at the others, trying to find the truth, but everyone seemed to have no intention of explaining.
Forget it… Anyway, what she should know, she would eventually know. What she shouldn't know, knowing more about it wouldn't be useful…
Kiana had always had a good sense of her own limits. At the same time, the people gathered in this ward were basically the ones closest to her.
"Sirin, do you… still remember me?" At this time, Cecilia also joined the conversation. Speaking of which, among the people here besides Shun, the one most familiar with Sirin should be her.
After all, back then in the illusion of the Fenghuang Down, she had truly wanted to understand Sirin and treated Sirin as her own daughter. Although Sirin had never accepted it, she hadn't shown any dislike toward her either.
"Mm, I'm not someone who doesn't remember anything." Sirin had a very deep impression of Cecilia, this person who had always held goodwill toward her back then. If it weren't for her strong will, she might have really fallen for the other party's trick.
"That's good. Welcome to your rebirth, Sirin." Cecilia and Sirin had similar experiences, so she naturally welcomed Sirin being able to live another life.
"Little Shun, can you tell me how many things happened after the Second Eruption?" After chatting with everyone in the room for a while, Sirin suddenly asked Shun.
"Mm, I can." After Sirin finished asking, everyone also very cooperatively left the space for Shun and Sirin. After all, they were siblings, so they had to leave them some private space.
"Alright. Sirin, what do you want to know?" Shun felt that Sirin seemed quite different from when they had parted back then.
Was this still the pufferfish from back then? During the time at the Tower of Babylon, they hadn't communicated much, so he hadn't felt it. But now that there was time to calm down and communicate, Shun could finally notice the difference in Sirin.
"Just tell me some things I should know. I believe you." Sirin's trust in Shun was unconditional. It was like this fourteen years ago, and it was the same today when she was resurrected by Shun fourteen years later.
As expected, some secrets hidden on his body couldn't withstand scrutiny. It was estimated that Sirin had already known in her heart… However, Shun was also somewhat moved by this trust from Sirin.
"Hoo…" After taking a long breath, Shun organized his words and said: "First of all, the Third Eruption has now passed. The Third Herrscher born is someone on my side, and so are you. Our goal is naturally to help civilization survive the Honkai."
"Mm." Sirin nodded. She only listened to Shun. As for the issue of Herrschers being naturally opposed to humans, since Shun didn't mention it, it meant he had already resolved it.
"There's one more thing. Sirin, you might find it a bit hard to accept. Schicksal can now be considered my assistance." To Sirin, Schicksal was the enemy that had destroyed everything of hers, so Shun was somewhat uncertain about Sirin's reaction.
"Mm. That person just now was the Bishop of Schicksal, right? I know him. However… besides him, the people who participated back then have already been killed by me." Sirin gave her answer. She didn't intend to continue this grudge fourteen years later, and at the same time, she was looking forward to Shun's next answer.
"Otto… he's my ally. I need to cooperate with him to complete some things. But don't worry, in the end of the story, this villain who has committed countless evils will meet the ending most suitable for him. I promise you."
Anyway, if Otto were to fake his death and try to rise again, pressing down on the coffin lid, Shun would definitely be the one pressing it down the hardest. This was the consensus of all Hyperion captains.
"Then there's nothing more to say. Although little Shun, you have many secrets on you — whether you tell me or not — you are my family. I only know that from beginning to end, you have never harmed me. That's enough."
Sirin's hatred and grudge against Schicksal had already been mostly resolved fourteen years ago. The last enemy, Otto, had also been promised a death sentence by Shun. It could be said that Sirin had nothing more to say.
"Little Shun, from now on, I will always help you, with the power of the Second Herrscher." After saying this sentence, Sirin, with no more concerns, formally joined Shun's camp as a Herrscher.