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

Otto... he actually regretted it too. Like he said, Kevin envied him, and he envied Kevin...

Otto has lost his mind...

Because all he wants to do is protect you. He doesn't want to be a great inventor; he wants to protect the girl who calls him the great inventor.

Hmm... what a pity. If the two of them could be completely unhindered and understand everything, there wouldn't be so many tragedies.

Karen's voice continued to wail; now she was utterly alone, facing the entire world.

Even though she believed she could remain steadfast, she still felt a pang of sadness.

"Why do you have to spend so much energy on those dirty deals?"

"Although I understand that only by engaging in politics can one truly prevent political disasters from happening,"

“But Otto… how is what you’ve done any different from what Victor and your father have done?”

"During the day, I saw that look in your eyes. Confused, helpless, lacking confidence..."

"...You're just like me right now, you don't even know what you're doing, right?"

The fleeing Valkyrie shook her head.

If given the chance, she would love to lock herself and Otto in a dark room and have a good argument to figure out what each of them was thinking.

She hoped Otto could realize that what the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny needed was not protection from others, but an explanation tailored to her soul.

She kept trying to tell him that what she needed wasn't protection.

She possessed the power to protect herself, but what she didn't understand... was how to protect the people, how to defend, and how to realize her ideals.

Otto, on the other hand, consistently acted in ways that contradicted his own aspirations.

She also hoped she could convincingly tell Otto,

If an old world is truly beyond repair, then we can smash it and build a new one.

"But...at our age, we can't really do these things, right?"

"Perhaps time is our greatest enemy..."

The fleeing Valkyrie finally realized something.

She was just as impatient as Otto, eager to prove the correctness of her ideas through her actions.

She now longs to seal the box more than anyone else.

She now yearns more than anyone to prove fate wrong.

She longs more than anyone else for someone to truly support her emotionally.

But that person... could no longer be her best friend.

Moreover, she now has an even more important mission.

She must both evade Destiny's pursuit and deal with the box that has caused so many problems.

On this journey that leads to an unknown destination...

Continuing to dwell on irreparable troubles is pointless.

As for what happened after that—

If, after sealing this Pandora's box, she can still be herself as before—

"If I'm still alive and kicking by then... I'll go back and give him a good talking to."

The road ahead is still long, and it's only just dawn.

At this moment, she had no idea what kind of joke fate would play on her next.

【Huh? Then why did they still die?】

Things don't always go as one might expect...

If there were truly enough time, and Otto became bishop, perhaps he could salvage everything...

The reality is that Otto only gained the right to protect Karen long after her death.

"Karen went to see the old antique?"

The Lawbringer raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious.

But she didn't remember that scene, and she was quite certain that the other person hadn't found her.

"At that time, the immortals were no longer on Mount Taixu; the mountain was just ruins, with only embers left from the great fire."

Karen shook her head and explained it to him herself.

She was talking about topics unrelated to herself, but deep down she was reflecting on her thoughts at that time.

Perhaps... if we could do it all again, we could completely sever all ties between us.

But time is not so kind; it is impartial, steady, and ruthless from beginning to end, without ever stopping for a moment.

Karen simply shook her head and sighed silently.

"So, after that, Grandma, you were arrested and taken back, right?"