Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

The total time spent with the boy amounted to only eight years, which was less than a third of his life; this sweet and beautiful time was far too short compared to the past sorrows, less than half a year.

Self-loathing, self-isolation... I can still recall the torment of those days, feeling as if I was being squeezed by endless seawater every moment.

I finally met Jiang Cheng.

She finally met the gentle man.

It was the first person I had ever met who truly appreciated me.

Only by making a firm decision, even willing to give up everything he already had, and not caring if he fell into the abyss, did he manage to take that step forward and win the boy's consent, thus taking that gentle boy away from Alicia who ignored him.

There wasn't even time to properly enjoy it all, or to truly experience it all.

Amidst the ruins, the girl squeezed every last drop of her life out of herself, burning with all her might, no matter how much her life was ignited, no matter how withered the weeds within her heart had become. No matter the physical pain, she would endure for just one more second.

Even though every moment spent there was torture beyond anyone's imagination.

I had just smelled the honey-sweet aroma, just carefully dipped my finger in it to taste it, and just experienced the beauty and happiness.

How could this be……

How can it end like this?

No! Absolutely! Absolutely no!

This is the only ending, this is the only absolute rejection!

……

That was the temporary location of the Spiral Workshop, and also the place where the boy's companion worked.

—A cute girl named Virvi.

The other person still has a sliver of life left. If we go to help now, it's not too late, and if we act quickly, we can even save the boy without delay.

As long as they stop overthinking and turn their attention to saving Vilvie, the boy and girl can continue to live happily together.

With this power, with this power that can even easily tear those Honkai Beasts apart.

There's something we can do to mitigate the disaster, no matter what.

……

……

[What if it's too late?]

[Perhaps Jiang Cheng's injuries are more serious?]

Perhaps your calculated deviation is just wishful thinking?

Who knows, this wasted time might leave some unavoidable long-term consequences for Jiangcheng?

【maybe……】

Why……

Why are there no options left?

As Alicia watched all this, her heart pounded wildly, feeling as if it were being torn apart by a thousand knives. Her eyes, which were filled with tears and self-loathing, were replaced by terror.

Just like before, just like the time when the boy discovered her while she was preparing to travel alone.

The options are not exactly the same.

It's not just a minor difference.

But...

—No options!

……

……

【Yes. 】

No options are available.

You have no more options.

[The boy I saw at birth, the boy I was never separated from, the boy I was forced to leave at age nine, the boy I lost completely at age twenty-one.]

[Originally, there should have been absolutely no interference from others; what should have been a perfect, fairytale-like relationship has turned into this dirty and twisted mess.]

[From being the most important person in his life, his childhood sweetheart, to being reduced to a mere bystander, unable even to intervene or get involved.]

We absolutely cannot hurt Jiang Cheng, we absolutely cannot hurt Wei Erwei, and we absolutely cannot deny this perfect relationship.

But the emotion is there; this feeling will only grow stronger with time, it will never fade away because of time.

No matter how much you try to escape, how much you try to move on, how many times you suppress it, no amount of forgetting can make something that already exists disappear.

[Forcibly suppressing, forcibly forgetting, forcibly diverting, forcibly leaving no room for emotional release, even requiring daily observation of the teenager, and even being unable to give up, unable to accept life without the teenager.]

what……

what……

enough.

Really enough.

It's completely full.

--sorry.

Really, really...

—I'm so sorry.

The girl ran out, not caring about hiding herself, not caring about being discovered, and not caring about showing her strangeness.

After countless times of hiding and concealing, for the first time I walk on this road openly and honestly.

The wind whistled into my ears, and in the distance, some cameras from other organizations had already recorded my posture. When everything was over and someone came to retrieve the data, they would definitely find out what I looked like.

never mind.

It doesn't matter at all anymore.

Whether or not one's despicable behavior is discovered, or one's shamelessness is recognized, becomes meaningless at this moment.

—The girl continued to run with all her might.

The building, which was half-collapsed, was very close by.

The place where the boy was located came into view.

Alicia didn't care about her image at all. She no longer took any steps with any flawless or fairy-like demeanor. The exquisite longbow in her hand was reduced to a tool for digging, and then abandoned because it was not handy enough. She used her delicate hands, which should have been holding a bowstring and holding flowers, to dig in the ruins.

Always……

Always.

Until the boy's figure came into view, until he saw that there was still breath in the chest, until he saw that water had wet the boy's collar.

—It was her tears.

I can no longer tell why the tears fell.

The emotions range from sadness at the boy's miserable state to joy at the boy's glimmer of hope, or perhaps hatred for one's own shameless and despicable behavior, and deep disgust for oneself for hurting the boy once again.

……

—The Honkai has arrived.

Ok?

?

?

???

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The Honkai has descended upon the Moths of Fire.

Or headquarters?

Or is it the Second Herrscher?

The boy's dark eyes stared at the tragedy unfolding before him, and even with the help of Wilvi, his heart, which had grown countless times larger, could hardly bear it.

Is this wrong?

Something is totally wrong!

If the Moths of Fire are struck down so quickly, then humanity simply cannot survive until the end, not even the Fourth Herrscher.

This place is a concentration camp of geniuses; most of the future Pillars of the World were born here.

Although those heroes exist all over the world, they are only combat-oriented talents and may not even be good enough to be assistants to ordinary researchers.

In the preservation of the world, warriors are necessary, and scholars and managers are absolutely indispensable; otherwise, humanity would have long since perished from internal strife and decay.

Coincidentally, the main base of the Fire Moth is almost the gathering place of the world's highest leaders.

Or...

--science and technology?

Because of his presence, Velvi, who was originally supposed to join a few more years later and was in a state of self-loathing, never reaching her full potential, not only joined ahead of schedule but also retained her most complete and flawless talent.

He also became friends with Möbius to some extent due to certain special circumstances.

The original technological development almost led to the creation of supersonic aircraft.

A more violent collapse seems inevitable.

If that's really the reason.