[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors-":3,"chapter-honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--chapter-44":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Honkai Star Rail: Wait! Why Are There Two Saviors on Amphoreus?!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1546204,2008,"Chapter 44","honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>Just as it was about to hit the ground—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mine—!!!\" A desperate, last-ditch light flared in Cipher’s eyes. She moved with her fastest speed, her target fixed solely on that falling coin! This was her final chance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the instant her fingertips were about to brush the coin’s cool surface—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Bzzt!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another flash of an Infinity Gate! The coin vanished once more, right before her eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher lunged through empty air, landing gracelessly on the ground and kicking up a small cloud of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up just in time to see the final kitty-coin resting securely in the palm of Phaethon’s outstretched hand—reunited with its \"siblings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AAAAAAAHHHHH—!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher completely lost it. She flopped onto her back on the cold ground, limbs flailing wildly as she beat the earth, letting out screams of pure, despairing rage, exactly like a certain shopkeeper who’d had her precious dried fish stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WAAAH—! I’m exhausted! You jerk! I stood there the entire night! Like an idiot! I could talk and make faces, but my feet were welded to the ground! Do you have any idea how numb my legs are?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meow! Kids these days... no respect for their elders! Bullying a poor old lady who’s lived for millennia! Wuwuwu...\" She wailed and fake-sobbed, trying to garner sympathy with her \"age\" and \"suffering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phaethon simply stood quietly a few meters away, looking down at her as she cried, yelled, and threw her tantrum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited until Cipher’s \"sobs\" subsided into sullen, watery glares directed his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Phaethon speak, his voice cutting clearly through the cool morning air: \"Lady Cipher, may I please have my Balance Coins back now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! No! I won’t!\" The moment Cipher heard \"pay back,\" she shot upright as if her tail had been stepped on, shaking her head like a rattle-drum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those shiny little darlings are mine! I worked so hard for them... er, I mean...! I don’t care! I don’t care!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever goes into my pocket is mine! Making me cough up my treasure? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Just kill me! Kill me, I still won’t give them back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her refusal was absolute. She even stuck her neck out, adopting a stance of \"take my life, not my money!\" defiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Cipher kicking her legs and carrying on with absolutely zero dignity on the ground, Phaethon felt a vein throbbing at his temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The constant light of the Dawn Device bathed Okhema, silently reminding him: this disheveled cat before him was, ultimately, the Demi-god of Trickery, bearing the weight of a world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This knowledge made it impossible for him to truly stay angry at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, Cipher,\" Phaethon said, rubbing the bridge of his nose heavily, a note of placation in his voice. \"Get up. You are a Demi-god, throwing a fit at the gates of Okhema... do you want Aglaea to find out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher, keenly sensed the softening in his tone and immediately seized the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... then give me back my kitty-coins!\" She thrust out her hand, palm up, adopting a \"I’ll keep making a scene if you don’t\" posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Phaethon shook his head decisively, crossing his arms as he looked down at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just let you go, and you’d immediately ’whoosh’ away with the coins, then come right back to steal my Balance Coins again, wouldn’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t very well spend my days crouched on the vault waiting for you, can I?\" His expression was pure \"I don’t trust you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I swear!\" Cipher immediately raised three fingers, trying her hardest to look utterly obedient and sincere, her ears standing stiffly at attention. \"I swear by Zagreus! Once I get my coins back, I will absolutely, positively not touch a single coin from your little treasury ever again!\" She even batted her big eyes a couple of times for added credibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phaethon was so angry that he laugh by this, mercilessly calling her out: \"Heh! Swearing to the Titan of Trickery that you won’t employ any Trickery? Cipher, do you think I’m stupid, or do you think Zagreus would take my side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher was stumped. She puffed out her cheeks and muttered under her breath, \"...Then what do you want me to do?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phaethon stared at her, enunciating each word with extreme seriousness: \"I want you—to swear by Aglaea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh?!\" Cipher’s voice shot up an octave. \"By... by the Seamstress Woman? You’re serious?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was a picture of resistance. Clearly, in Cipher’s heart, Aglaea’s weight and status far exceeded that of her Trickery Titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, her.\" Phaethon didn’t yield an inch. \"Only her name gives me the slightest belief that you, this cunning little cat, won’t turn around and renege immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher was deeply conflicted. Her pretty brows knitted together as she looked from Phaethon’s resolute gaze to her own trapped predicament and those crucial coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she deflated like a punctured ball, her shoulders slumping. She dragged her feet, raising her hand with extreme reluctance, her words slurred and rushed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"F-fine then! Fine! So annoying! I, Cipher, swear... by Aglaea...\" She squeezed the name out with difficulty. \"As long as you, Phaethon, return all my kitty-coins... I... I won’t steal your Balance Coins anymore... alright?! Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the oath was done, she immediately turned her head away, as if looking at Phaethon for a second longer was a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s more like it.\" A trace of a satisfied smile appeared on Phaethon’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, he transferred the handful of coins into Cipher’s waiting hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the familiar, warm texture, Cipher immediately clenched her fist tightly around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a long sigh of relief, her cat ears twitching in joy and relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her like this, Phaethon felt even more helpless, but also a little amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his smile froze solid the very next second. Because he was sent flying by a kick imbued with Demi-god power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Phaethon: *Crap! I was careless! Too late to dodge!*)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Hisss—!* Where did she kick? Ouch it is my kidney!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Cipher: *Weak point strike!*)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phaethon only felt an immense, yet precisely controlled, impact smash into his side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have time to assume a defensive posture before he was sent spinning through the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cipher shook the leg she had used to kick him, as if brushing off non-existent dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitiful little expression on her face had vanished without a trace, replaced by one of extreme, mischievous sastifaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe~\" She let out a light, triumphant laugh, sauntering slowly over to where Phaethon lay and looking down at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little guy, did you misunderstand something, meow? This Kitty only said she wouldn’t steal your little coins anymore~\" She deliberately drew out the words \"won’t steal,\" her tone rising playfully. \"I never said anything about... not hitting you, did I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1130,"2026-06-06T06:59:16.952Z",1,"novelbin.me","311acf136240ce5c8adfb9ea830e2bd08ca61317de20dcfc31ddc698c129b1c0","honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--chapter-194","honkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--chapter-193",300,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhonkai-star-rail-wait-why-are-there-two-saviors--cover.jpg"]