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

Celine silently watched the other person's words, pondering the explanations and implications about death, and fell silent.

She, too, was driven by the fear of death, casting a shadow over others.

Before Otto said those words, she never thought that she and he were the same kind of people, even though they were both wicked and had done all sorts of bad things.

But at this moment, she felt a sense of disorientation, a fear of her own death, and a fear of the death of those she was protecting.

It's clear the other person has a stronger emotional attachment, even though what they did might have crossed everyone's bottom line.

"A saintess? Too bad, the current Destiny has no saintess—"

Theresa was somewhat disappointed.

But the saintess in everyone's hearts... is so amazing, she's the envy of all.

The saint protects the vast majority of people. She is never afraid of her own death and will fight against the upper class for the sake of the people.

"If I did, it wouldn't be you, Auntie Period~"

Kiana said casually, patting her shoulder as she did so.

It's worth mentioning that she originally intended to pat her head, but the moment she touched it, she moved to the side a little, somewhat afraid that her period would flare up.

"Humph--"

Theresa abruptly slapped the other person's hand away, somewhat angrily saying...

"I meant Cecilia, when did she ever mention me?"

"Damn it, when will I ever grow taller!" Theresa was furious.

...

A silence fell between them.

The Void Treasury might be pondering Otto's words, while Otto... gazed at the monument with a peculiar look, mourning.

Suddenly, a ray of sunlight peeked through the clouds, as if heralding a clear and bright day.

Otto then steered the conversation elsewhere, asking, "Do you remember the letter I wrote to that 'Walter'?"

"We are too fragile, so much so that we can only achieve temporary peace through mutual threats."

"They also use high-sounding words like 'order' and 'ethics' to cover up their despicable and malicious motives."

"This statement still holds true today. After all, humans tend to repeat the same mistakes—and even ignore this fact itself."

Void Treasury watched Otto's retreating figure and said this.

"...I think I must remind you that these same statements can also be used to criticize yourself."

“That’s right, the vastness of the void.”

"Whether it's K423, Durandal, Theresa, or Welt... you could say they all inherited Kallen's mantle from different angles."

Otto said this with some emotion, knowing that these people, whether in the past or in the future, would stand against him.

However, shouldn't they, who inherited Karen's justice, drive out his evil?

"Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. As for the world before us, it certainly doesn't need Karen's brave heart to beat again from the grave."

Otto realized this very early on—

Humanity doesn't need me, yet the world only sees saints as sacrifices.

But... Karen Kaslana deserves to live.

We must survive.

No matter what the cost may be.

"...Some people pretend to be ignorant when they know the truth. But you, perhaps you should be called 'someone who knows the truth but deliberately pretends to be ignorant.'"

"This is what you don't understand... the vastness of space."

Otto narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile,

"So-called human emotions are originally a desire to release them, even if it means harming others or oneself."

"It's just that... good people are ultimately good at using reason to control their emotions, while bad people are used to letting their emotions dominate their reason."

"As for so-called rational evil people... they have turned their lives into machines that only calculate interests, and they are not even worthy of being called human beings."

"...Really? I think you're quite the rational villain right now."

"I'm not denying that I'm not worthy of being called a 'human being.' Rather, I'm well aware that I am the epitome of this kind of dross."

"Didn't I say that...human beings always have an emotional belief that our loved ones are immortal and eternal?"

"And I am just a fool who lets this emotion dominate his reason and constantly calculates the benefits for it."

Otto said with a hint of self-deprecation,

In Karen's presence, he will always be a fool.

A fool who does countless stupid things.

[A fool? You call yourself a fool?]