Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

After making up your mind, you begin to search for your hidden true power, the power that might save Velvi.

The result did not disappoint you; you can indeed change something of a higher dimension, but in doing so, you have come to understand your own true nature.

[You are not human, but an individual who can be called a Herrscher. Perhaps it is precisely because you are not human that you can do such a foolish thing.]

In a sense, this is actually a good thing.

You've completely lost the courage to see Jiangcheng again.

The Herrschers created the world's suffering, the Herrschers caused Velvet's death, the Herrschers caused the boy's grief, and the departure of his loved one.

The youth of today are obsessed with fighting against the Honkai, even to the point of disregarding their own health.

How dare you appear before this young man as a Herrscher?

[You are the only one who truly doesn't deserve to live. The young man deserves a happy life; he has already endured too much suffering.]

God... if you truly exist, please grant this boy happiness.

That beautiful paradise... If it truly exists in the world, please let the young man see that one and only paradise and experience that happiness and joy.

Finally, there's your offensive, despicable, and shameless thought—it's simply incomprehensible what gives you the right to even have such a thought.

Please let you take one last look at the boy you loved most, see his life, his daily routine, his sadness and anger, his grief after losing Wilvie, and his withering body.

You're always so indecisive, always choosing the worst possible outcome at crucial moments.

But this time, it really will only take a few months.

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[Based on your understanding of Vervie from everyday life, and imitating the little bits of wisdom gleaned from the young girl, you begin to do the work you were least suited for—conducting serious and solemn research as a scholar.]

What happens in the end doesn't matter anymore; you have more to do now.

[Having no chance to avenge yourself against the Herrscher of the Void, your rage has nowhere to go, and it can't simply disappear. It can only accumulate and destroy your body, transforming all your hatred and motivation towards the Herrscher into a deep loathing for the Honkai.]

early morning.

Night had fallen, and even the stars were few and far between in the sky. The moon, which should have shone brightly, was obscured by thick clouds, and as time passed, it only revealed a small portion of its full shape.

The streetlights standing on both sides of the road have all entered sleep mode.

Only a few important areas still emitted a dim, yellowish light.

In the brightest, most illuminated area, surrounded by countless lights, lies a luxurious villa so dark that its complete outline is barely discernible at a glance.

In the empty and deathly silent room, only the light from a computer was on, and a boy with a somewhat strange posture sat there, typing away.

His face, illuminated by the light, had become incredibly pale, his lips devoid of any color. Apart from the traces of blood still visible, his eyes, which had once shone like the starry night sky, now coldly reflected the light from the computer.

But there seemed to be some kind of barrier or divide, preventing it from truly penetrating the pupil.

It can only reflect a dim light, like a reflection in a mirror.

"Cough cough..."

A heavy cough, as if it were about to spit out its lungs.

He held a tissue to his lips, but before he could even bleed twice, the tissue was soaked with blood.

This isn't even the bright red that symbolizes a normal person.

The vomited blood had a purple tinge, a color that evokes a sense of toxicity and fear in humans, and now it had reached an eerie level.

For anyone with normal vision, or even those with vision problems, it doesn't matter, because that smell is comparable to the terror of nuclear radiation.

Anyone with even a shred of will to live should take this seriously; going to the hospital immediately is the most ordinary thing to do.

The young man, who was working, didn't even bother to glance at it and casually tossed it into the nearby trash can.

—The bucket was already piled high with the same kind of paper.

Surprising.

The swirling purple blood, condensed into mist, had already covered most of the trash can, leaving countless broken and tattered patterns on its inner walls.

It doesn't matter.

There's no need to worry anymore, because no one will care.

The girl who used to tell the boy not to work too hard has left and will never come back. In this world, no one will come to comfort the boy who is in deep sorrow or stop him from working himself to the bone.

If he can't even find any information about his only remaining relative, that fairy-like girl, what else could make him remember time and care about life?

The more important thing now is to break through the research on the Divine Key and ensure that Velvi's experiments are not forgotten.

……

"really……"

"I still want to see Jiangcheng one more time."

Not far away, a pink-clad girl was secretly waiting on the road leading to the villa.

Even in a loose-fitting gray hoodie, her full figure is still accentuated, and her face is hidden by the hood as she walks through the quiet streets.

The yellow glow of the streetlights overhead and the crescent moon hanging in the distant sky cast her thin, distant, and mottled shadow. The girl had two shadows, one dark and one light, both mimicking her beautiful figure, walking backward with unsteady steps.

——Aliceia.

Perhaps it was because they were completely afraid, and felt they were no longer worthy to see him.

It has been utterly crushed on a spiritual level.

It all started with that girl confessing her feelings to the boy.

It begins with the daily routine of that girl and boy.

It all started with the happiness that the girl and boy shared every moment.

Even Wilvi's death did not reverse this problem; instead, another mistake made by a young girl shattered courage like sand.

Even in her final moments, the girl had no courage to say goodbye to the boy, and could only secretly watch his life as before.

It was just a tiny bit of boldness, a tiny bit of negligible courage.

She feels sad because the boy works long hours without regard for his health, she puts clothes on the boy who faints in front of the computer and takes them away when he is about to wake up, and she uses her own strength to help heal the boy when his injuries flare up.

They neither eat nor drink, neither sleep nor rest, as if they were unwilling to waste even a single second.

Even when the boy is asleep, the girl is watching it.

Looking at the boy's sleeping face, the sorrow hidden in his nightmares.

At these times, Alicia would secretly sit down next to the boy, reach out and massage him to relieve his fatigue and accumulated pain, secretly taking over the life that should have belonged to Velvi.

Very sleazy...

That's shameless...

It's also despicable.

If it were at another time, and if the girl hadn't been prepared to sacrifice herself, and if she had had plenty of time, she probably would have already started to question herself, sinking into self-pity again and again in the shadows.

They are clearly pursuing a beautiful paradise.

Clearly, I want to find an eternal paradise.

She doesn't care if she creates it herself, and even names herself Alicia, which translates to "Flawless Paradise, Eternal Paradise".

Their actions, however, had nothing to do with a paradise of eternal happiness.

It has absolutely no connection to it whatsoever.

Only what belongs to humanity's greatest love, the ugliness of human nature, constantly taints and pollutes this self-proclaimed paradise—a super villain.

but……

Considering this will be the last leg of my journey.

This was the last chance, the last bit of time, for Alicia to see that face, which was no longer as gentle and calm as before.

Let her wretched heart barely tolerate this shamelessness.

To allow her to get closer to the boy.

Let her take another look at the boy.

The image of Jiangcheng is deeply etched in my heart, reflected in my eyes, which are as clear and blue as the sky, as if this would allow me to get closer to it.

As night fell, the boy drifted into a deep sleep, allowing the girl to get close to him. Standing by the bed, she gently bent down, slowly approaching, even letting a strand of her hair fall onto the boy's forehead.

The boy, with his eyes closed and breathing calmly, seemed unchanged.

He has always been the hero who forges his own path through thorns and brambles.

If this moment could last forever...

If only this moment could last forever.

If only we could continue to look at this beautiful world, at Jiangcheng, at the people who are working hard, and at the world moving towards peace and happiness.

That would be so wonderful.

Greedy thoughts and shameless fantasies keep popping up like mushrooms after rain.

Perhaps the girl is becoming more and more like a human.

No matter how much they care about their inhumanity, or how much they emphasize that they are an outsider, they may still believe that they are a Lawgiver or a natural disaster because of their greed and jealousy.

It is precisely because she possesses these emotions, and because beneath that beauty lie some small flaws, that the girl at this moment is more like a human being.

But everything eventually comes to an end.

Even the thickest book will eventually reach its last page.

Even the most unforgettable stories eventually come to an end.