To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

Perhaps, it's an unknown land even more distant than that.

This is destined to be a solitary journey.

No one can be trusted, no one can be relied upon…

Perhaps, from beginning to end, one can only trust oneself.

“…Budapest is an important city, and Destiny will surely have sentries out at its docks there. So I need to disembark early and travel overland to Belgrade.”

"But if that's the case—why don't I just cross the Carpathian Mountains and take the route through the Kipchak Steppe?"

"That……"

She pondered her escape route, but dared not discuss it with anyone. She tightened her grip on the box in her arms while gazing up at the starry night sky.

As the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny, she hadn't experienced such a tragic moment in a long time.

She still feels a pang of sorrow about what happened not long ago; the change in fate is unbearable for her, and the change in her friends is even more unforgettable.

At this moment, she was all alone.

"The last time I was in such a sorry state was during the retreat from the Eastern Expedition..."

"...War really does change everything."

“Ever since that crushing defeat, Otto’s father… has found it much more difficult to manage the entire organization.”

"The wavering power has made everyone smell the scent of profit. They are eager to produce so-called results..."

"Just so that when it comes to vying for power, the stories I tell can be more vivid than others."

“Victor is like that, the Archbishop is like that… Otto, is he also like that…”

Karen hesitated for a moment. She didn't want to speculate or doubt, nor did she want to succumb to this malice.

But deep down, she felt as if she had fallen into an abyss, feeling utterly cold and helpless.

"Although the interests he sees are by no means something as superficial as money."

She said it with unwavering conviction, as if trying to convince herself.

I believe her friend's will will not change easily, and I believe he will still fight for his dream as he did at the beginning.

“…Miss Shakespeare is right,”

"The so-called human nature is nothing more than a storytelling game. When people believe in you, you are omnipotent in their eyes; but when people do not believe in you, you instantly become worthless."

"...But when did I myself begin to drift further and further away from Otto?"

"Was it after you found out about Sasha? Or... even before that..."

She asked the question in her mind, but there was no response in her heart.

The small boat docked, and the fleeing Valkyrie began her arduous journey.

She knew that the rift between her and Otto hadn't just appeared today.

Long before she became a phantom thief... long before she was filled with righteous indignation over the Innocent Scroll...

That crack had actually already subtly appeared.

She didn't know when it started, but she and he became two people, back to back, standing under the same twilight.

One, watching the setting sun burn out, teetering on the brink of collapse.

The other, however, had already stepped into the initial darkness, its form gradually disappearing.

So close, yet so far away.

Now, two different voices are rising from opposite ends of the world.

A child stood in the setting sun and said:

Let's get started! Aren't you all planning to make the world a better place?

An old man stood in the darkness, and he said:

How can the world possibly become a better place?

The mean is the pass of the mean, and the noble is the epitaph of the noble.

But you need to think carefully about which one you really want.

"If only... I could have given him more support in the past."

"He is my best friend in my 23 years of life so far..."

"But now, we have built a high wall between our own hearts..."

"Our ways of seeing the world eventually diverge at this age when we enter society."

"I, who always lend a helping hand to those in need, and you, who thirst for knowledge and dare to make a deal with the devil—"

"We can clearly learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."

"Otto... do you still dream of creating a machine that allows people to fly?"

Otto reminisces about the past countless times, but time cannot be turned back.