World:Multiverse of Wattpadia (HSR).

Alfred "Cerastes" Schmeider.

March 7, 2095.

Location:City of Dreams, Codenamed:Penacony.

"I...I... I want to know who you are.."

- Penacony Singer Princess to "Cerastes".

>=<

The scene appears to be at Penacony again.. where at the stage.. one of the members of the Family and the characters of Penacony, Robin.. singing with her angelic and soft voice..

("Art not mine, it belongs to its original artist" - Wattpadia Author Rank 70 named SomeTerra.)

The crowd was cheering for her while she was performing her stage play.. not knowing that a monster that was responsible for an attempted killing on Firefly was lurking around..

She was singing gracefully making the crowd of audience go nuts and cray cray from her voice..

Meanwhile.. Cerastes got out of the clothing store with his tactical civilian outfit.. which was just some jeans, dark navy blue polo shirt, he kept his vest, gloves, boots and balaclava on.. but only the difference is that instead of his helmet it was a cap that he modified and surprisingly mounted with a quad night vision goggles.

Cerastes:"how do I look?"

HB - PW(Honey Badger - Penacony's Whisper):"you look okay but still.. your special vest, gloves, boots and the cap you mounted with this device that makes you see in the dark will still make them obvious.. you should've just bought a cloak instead of the civilian clothing.."

Cerastes:"I would become that person who covered herself in sheets and named herself as Taylor swift fan."

HB - PW:"the what now?"

Cerastes:"Nein.. forget it.. alright, what's next?"

HB - PW:"I can sense something.. an another attempted plot killing of a character.."

Cerastes:"oh boy time to mess up the in-game's story again.."

HB - PW:"well you ended up in this world.. so don't complain."

Cerastes:"jawohl, fair enough."

He began to head towards the concert.. as where it will take place..

Once he got there he flashed the ticket to the staff which piqued their interest due to his.. questionable description and his.. item as a civilian.. he said to them that it was just a cosplay which theu 'surprisingly' let it slide and let him pass..

Cerastes:"and just like that were in the concert as a Phantom soldier in a bit of a disguise.. no need for a cloak to be used.."

HB - PW:"clever merc, you surprised me with such actions you do."

Just as then it was calm.. a monster appeared.. with the intent to kill Robin..

The civilians began to panic and she had fear in her eyes.. before death strikes her..

???:"beep boop, coming through!"

The monster's strike missed as he pushed Robin with him to prevent her death..

Robin:"h-huh?"

she saw person who saved her.. a person with an interesting outfit..

???:"stay there, I'll deal with this.."

???#2:"wait, you're not gonna use me?"

???:"just this once.. imma try my C7A2 on that thing..you can still help me on gathering the identifizieren der name of that feindliche Kreatur"

???#2:"okay.. I'll see what I can do and try my best to guide you.. this is a dangerous creature that you can't underestimate!"

???:"I like a little tough challenge.."

He took out his C7A2 and then began to ready for battle..

-Attachments: Reflex sight, Stubby grip, Green Laser and ARS Suppressor.-

(It's multiverse true form custom blueprint will change its modifications)

He ran towards it as he began firing round from his C7A2..

The monster began striking at him with its attacks..

???#2:"Cerastes, the creature you are facing right now is called 'Something Unto Death' a creature responsible for their supposed canonical death in the in-game's story.."

-Elite Threat Creature Identified!:"Something Unto Death"-

Cerastes:"got anything to worry about this thing, PW?"

HB - PW:"one of its attacks can instakill you.. be careful Phantom Mercenary!"

Cerastes:"guess gotta move around and not get hit.."

He reloaded another magazine on his C7A2 and continued to fed lead on the monster..

Cerastes:"tough magical looking ahh creature you are, dummkopf!"

He dolphin dived aside to avoid its killing blow attack.

He slide to the right as he reloads his C7A2 another magazine again before firing to chip its health down

Robin, was watching the scene in awe.. this was indeed the same person who made a show in Penacony not only once but twice.. which one of the show involves saving Firefly from her demise..from the same creature.

Robin(thoughts):'it's that same person again.. he.. saved me..'

Robin(thoughts):'i.. I want to know.. about this.. newcomer.'

Her heart was beating fast.. she felt like something had awaken her feelings inside after this same guy from earlier, now he is there.. saving her from that..

To him, the monster was low on HP so he did something to finished it off..

Cerastes:"flying a Semtex!"

He tossed a live Semtex on the monster's front before sliding under the monster and then shot the monster from behind with his C7A2..

The Semtex stuck on the monster's front blew up shortly after being unloaded with rounds from the back by Cerastes's C7A2..ending the battle in a unique fashion..

Cerastes:"victory acquired."

As for his victory animation.. he did unique weapon inspection on his C7A2 assault rifle..
(You can imagine how the inspect animation looked like)

The people began to gather around him in awe as their attention was caught by his unexpected play again a Honkai Star Rail monster..

On the background..

Sparkle:"(giggles) oh my~ a knight in shining armor saved a Penacony Princess from her unfortunately fate~ you continue to pique my curiosity and interest at you.. Cerastes."

Her smile grew..

Back to the scene..

Penacony Civilian#472:"he saved her!"

Penacony Civilian#429:"try not to make too much space..give him some area to breathe.."

Penacony Civilian#285:"how did he do that? That was cool!"

Penacony Staff#123:"carefully, he's a hero!"

Penacony Staff#352:"I thought this guy was cosplaying but no.. I was wrong, he was here to save her from that monster!"

Penacony Staff#462:"make way, she wants to talk to him.."

The civilians cleared aside for her..

Cerastes:"alright looks like my jobs done..I gotta go-"

He felt a gentle touch on his shoulder.. he heard her soft and angelic voice pleading him to not run away..

Robin:"wait, please.. don't run..I want to talk.."

Her shining light blue eyes stared at his dark navy blue eyes..

Cerastes(thoughts):'damn those civilians stalling in my way for her to get me.. SKREEEEEEE-'

Cerastes:"uhhhh.. h-hi?"

He was nervous to meet such a princess singer herself.. even in his world there are e-girls he encountered but they ain't the type for him..

Robin:"you're him... Right?"

Robin:"the one who saved Firefly.. and made a show in Penacony with such skills..."

Robin:"what is your name?"

He was spaced out as he was conflicted if he decided to reveal himself to her or stay anonymous always.. but his Honey Badger considered him the first option..

Cerastes:"it's better we talk this in private, is it okay for you?"

Robin:"of course, let's go to the backstage.."

They head to the backstage with the staffs escorting them both to the backstage.. once they got there both of them only entered inside and them closed the door..

Cerastes:"alright.. continuing off.."

Cerastes:"..Alfred.. Alfred Schmeider..that's my real name..callsign is Cerastes.."

Cerastes:".. I am a mercenary working for Phantoms."

He looked down in sadness.. as he was about to ask her before disclosing his.. backstory in his world..

Cerastes:"..you have to not tell this to everyone alright?"

Robin:"it's fine.. your secrets are safe with me.."

Robin:"I... I want to know... About you.."

Cerastes:"I was a young kid.. before I joined the Phantoms..."

He looked down.. looking at his C7A2 on his hands

>=Short Flashback=<

World:Phantom Forces(Roblox)

Year: [Redacted]

Location:"Suburbia"(before the conflict)

"Moonlight Tragedy."

>=<

The scene appears to be at an urban suburbs.. everything was peaceful for Robloxians like him..

Young Cerastes:"Mama, Papa.. can we get a pizza?"

Cerastes's Dad:"Now now, hold on kiddo.. maybe tomorrow alright? Our relatives will come visit us tomorrow."

Cerastes Mom:"how about we get some roasted chicken instead?"

Young Cerastes:"okay mama and papa!"

Then a distant explosion was heard accompanied by gunfire..

Cerastes's Mom:"what was that?"

Cerastes's Dad:"sounds like a conflict is happening.."

Cerastes's Dad:"Darling, get Alfred to safety..no-"

*BOOM!*

An explosion blew up the walls of their home..

Young Cerastes:"ma..? Pa...?"

He then saw armed people with guns walking in their place..

Ghost Mercenary#146:"these people are innocent.. who care, they're witnesses."

Ghost Mercenary#294:"kill them.. especially the kid."

They began to shot them down.. which shocked Cerastes.. the look of horror in his face as he saw his parents died.. by the hands of the mercenary company..

As one about to kill Young Cerastes.. bullets pierced through the mercenary's skull and they dropped dead..

Phantom Mercenary#482:"oh no.. they killed innocents.."

Phantom Mercenary#572:"they're... Dead.. we're too late, they're gonna for hang and pay for this.."

Phantom Mercenary#583:"...sorry, kid.. we did best as we could to save your parents.."

He ran towards their body..knelt down.. tears began to fall, he gritted his teeth.. before he screamed in emotional pain

Young Cerastes:"MAMA!! PAPA!!"

>=Short Flashback End=<

His tears began to fall as he finished telling his sad backstory..

Cerastes:"...that's how I joined the Phantoms.. to make them pay for what they did.."

Robin:"...I...I'm sorry for your heavy loss, Alfred."

He noticed tears started to fall from her eyes too.. she felt bad and sympathy for him to experience such tragedy in his early stages of life..

With that she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him.. to comfort him from that past trauma.

Robin:"there there.. its going be fine.. atleast.. they protected you and in a good place now.."

Then she.. has an embarrassing idea.. she knows his name but.. she hasn't seen his face yet as he concealed it with his balaclava with a hat and night vision goggles..

Robin:"may.. I see your.. face?"

Bit embarrassed.. he complied at least.. he took off his hat, night vision goggles and balaclava.. revealing his face..

Robin couldn't help but blush a bit as she saw his face.. his dark raven black hair.. dark navy blue eyes.. and a knife scar on his cheek.. he still looked so young.. and yet he faced dangers and lethal conflicts in multiple warzones and battles without any fear and doubts..

Robin(thoughts):'he looks so young and cute for a mercenary..'

Cerastes noticed this and was flustered.. he began looking away shyly..

Cerastes:"o-okaycanicovermyfacebacknow?!"

She noticed him being embarrassed after his face was shown to her.. she couldn't help but giggle softly.

Robin:"(giggles softly) it's okay.. no need to be shy, you seem so nice.."

With her angelic smile.. he couldn't help but question his sanity that this Penacony character was a way more than princess material to the HSR fanbase..
(I might be wrong and- wait.. why is there a red laser pointed at my head? *BFG-50 gunshots*)

Robin:"will you.. go out and have a stroll around Penacony with me? Pleeeeaaase?"

Cerastes.exe wasn't responding as soon as he heard her saying please in a soft voice..

Robin:"pleeeeaaase?"

Cerastes:"y-yeah, sure why not!"

They began to leave and went out for a stroll around Penacony..

Timeskip, they were at the top of some building.. looking at the shining moonlight on starry night..

Robin:"it's beautiful..."

Cerastes:"yeah... I agree.."

She then received a text from most of her HSR character friends.. especially members of The Family

Robin:"oh! looks like I gotta go..my friends wanted to see me."

Cerastes:"aight.. guess I'll be on my own way I guess.."

She held both of his hands with hers.. as she wants promise to him..

Robin:"we will meet again, promise me that okay?"

He smile and then nodded..

Cerastes:"I promise.."

She began to leave and so did Cerastes.. but then..

Robin:"wait! I forgot something.."

Cerastes:"hm?"

She leaned closer to his cheek and quick peck of her lips.. which made him blush in surprise..

Robin:"bye Alfred.. I'll see you again."

After that she left..

Cerastes on the other hand was like.. having some technical difficulties inside his head..

Cerastes:"I've never been smooched by a girl ever in my life but whaaaaaaa....? *(Cerastes.exe has stopped working)*"

HB - PW:"yep, he's totally freaking out..he finally got a maiden after years of being maidenless.."

Cerastes:"oh shut the fu-"

It cuts to the scene of the main city of Penacony.. her friends were there with her and they were glad she was alive..

She looked at the moon again.. and smiled..

Black Swan:"something matter?"

She looked at her and said..

Robin:"N-no! It's nothing.."

She looked at moon again..

Robin(thoughts):'promise me, Alfred... We will see each other again.. and be together.'

The scene then fades into black, Thus ending this chapter part..

>=To Be Continued=<

-oh great heavens.. long number of words in this chapter.. anyways hope you enjoyed it and.. y'know what time it is..

That's right! Weapon skin/blueprint naming time!

And the weapon for today is.. this one!

What name would it be?

Anyways, adios! *Discord disconnect sound*