Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.

Kiyono Sara said nothing; she continued to listen quietly, proving herself to be a good listener.

"That's too much, absolutely too much."

Yae no Miko slowly buried her face in her knees, her shoulders trembling slightly:

"I do not want."

“I still want to do so many things, I still have so many things to do. I want to steal the goldfish he caught, I want to go to the flower market, the temple fair, eat candied hawthorn, and so many other things I want to do. I told him not to smoke, I told him to live a long life and eat more. I have summarized three secrets to longevity, and I will summarize more secrets in the future... I also knitted him a scarf.”

"But why, tell me, why won't he listen? Why did he leave? He clearly said we'd see each other again next year..."

“He clearly said that.”

Miss Fox raised her face, her eyes faintly reddening, and her voice choked with sobs: "I don't want to, I don't want to... I don't want this."

"I don't want to say goodbye. I want to be honest. I want to frankly praise his fox udon for being delicious. I don't want that. I don't want that last bowl of tofu. I don't want to say goodbye like this."

I wanted to give him the gift sooner rather than later, when he was dying, his body almost frozen solid, and I had to wrap the scarf around his stiff neck... I didn't want that.

"I also want to be more straightforward, I also want to tell him sooner, to tell him sooner—"

She clutched her clothes, her cheeks were wet, her lips tasted slightly salty, and two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks. Her shoulders trembled as she bent over.

"Kiyono Raimei, I have always... loved you."

Miss Fox said softly.

Sara didn't know what to say. It was the first time she had seen the chief priest like this, but she couldn't do anything or say anything meaningful.

All she could do was gently pat the goddess's back, and then Sara pressed herself against the goddess and embraced her.

"Lord Pillar of State will definitely return, and he will definitely see you again. Because he swore an oath to you."

Saro said softly,

"This man always keeps his word."

-----

The sky gradually darkened.

"There might be another place."

"It's so strange," said Ayaka Kamisato suddenly.

"There's another place?" His older brother, Ayato Kamisato, paused, turned around, and looked at Ayaka with a searching gaze.

"Hmm..." Ling Hua remained silent for a while, seemingly struggling with an internal conflict.

If the Pillar of State cannot be found in the entire Inazuma region, then there is only one possibility.

Lord Pillar of State is no longer in Inazuma.

The matter that the boy asked me to do last night should not be revealed.

This was a secret operation; she couldn't even tell her brother.

not to mention.

The crew carefully checked the passengers, and after boarding, they searched the cabin three times to confirm that the boy was the only passenger.

There is no way His Excellency could have left on the ship he took last night.

This is not a clue at all.

That's why she was torn about whether or not to tell her brother.

But now, we have no choice but to try anything, even if it's not a clue.

Even if it violates the rules of the shogunate, Ayaka Kamisato doesn't care about that anymore.

Ayato listened quietly to his sister's story, and after a moment, he rested his hand on his chin.

"You mean, last night a young man used the Pillar of State's token to request a secret ship from you and left overnight...?"

"That's right."

The sky grew darker and darker, the sun began to sink, and the winter afternoon was cold and bleak. As Aya looked at the dim sky, her anxiety grew.

The sun was low in the sky—

It was nearing dusk.

[Remaining lifespan: four hours]

Kiyono Raimei coughed and lay back on the bed. The ship was rocking violently, as if a storm had broken out, and he couldn't sleep soundly.

The young man from the company just came to check on him again, but Kiyono managed to fool him by using his identity as a teenager. For the next while, they won't bother him anymore.

The moment of death is approaching.

There wasn't much pain, and my body wasn't very numb, but I had a persistent cough and couldn't sleep well.

But he is dying.

The system burned off the remaining twelve days of his life, which would allow him to die more comfortably and with more dignity.

Despite being on the verge of death, he was full of energy.

What do people think about before they die? A flashback? The past, memories, regrets?

Before dying, one always thinks of all sorts of things.

But Kiyono Raimei didn't think about anything.

That's good. Besides, he has even crazier things to do next.

We need to wait until the ship sails further away to an uninhabited area of ​​the sea.

Stay away from Inazuma.

The way you chose to die was very interesting; it was the most interesting death I've ever witnessed.

Human reasoning whispered in his ear.

"Ahem..." Kiyono coughed, carefully wiping Kamikiri, a smile appearing on his face.

"I've lived a pretty exciting life, and I can't stand being alone, so of course I want to die in a more interesting way too."

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For the sake of reading experience, this chapter is a combination of two chapters, and we have tried our best to maintain continuity.

Today's word count is also nearly 8,000.

I know you might be impatient with this, but believe me, if I release the next chapter, you'll be even more impatient... so I've decided to release the next chapter together tomorrow.

Then there's the reward. I can only repay it slowly. My handwriting is a bit clumsy, so I can only repay it with about 8,000 words a day. I can't do anything faster... Please understand.

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Honkai Impact 3: Raising Valkyries in Schicksal Cloud

Volume 1: Chapter 27 "Who are you...?"

It's hard to calm down.

Ying frowned.

It's hard to calm down.

Three or four hours had passed since Kiyono Sara came to find her.

However, there was no progress in the production of the doll.

Ying felt very agitated. She tried her best not to think about those messy things, but she just couldn't concentrate.

That man has always been like this, never listening to her. He was like this four hundred years ago when they were fighting the Great Serpent, and he is like this again four hundred years later... He likes to use the excuse of "a general in the field may disobey orders" to disobey Shadow's orders.

The air pressure in the castle tower was low, and the deep rumble of thunder echoed from the rolling clouds, all reflecting her current state of mind.

Kiyono Raimei, where are you now?

she does not know.

Ying thought of that resignation letter again, the one she had torn up.

Kiyono had a premonition of his impending death, which is why he wrote that resignation letter. In the letter, he deliberately used those words to provoke himself, thereby getting Sara to take over his duties.

But I couldn't see anything for myself. At the time, it seemed like an ordinary thing, but now, looking back, I feel completely lost.

It was only at this moment that Ying realized, almost as if by sudden realization, how little she knew about Qingye Leiming. She thought she knew this man very well, and based on some conjectures, she thought she had figured out people's hearts, but in fact she knew nothing at all.

She stayed in the Pure Land of One Heart for a hundred years, not knowing how old this man had become, what he liked to eat, what he looked like in his daily life, or even... what his wishes were.

But that man knew himself very well; he knew what he liked to eat and he knew his own dreams.

Kiyono Sara's words echoed in her ears again. The little girl was right; she should go and see him.

It has been a century since I last saw him.

He was lying on his sickbed, probably hoping I would come.

The palpitations were getting worse.

But he's gone now. He's not in Inazuma anymore. We can't find him anywhere. Where could he have gone?

Was he heartbroken? Was he angry that he hadn't come to see him, so he left?

Ying still remembers their last meeting, which ended in an argument.

He opposed the implementation of the "national seclusion edict," defied the orders of the castle tower, and resigned from his military post as a form of blackmail, thus usurping the authority of Narukami. Therefore, he told Narukami never to return.

Will their last meeting end in an argument?

I don't want it to be like this.

“Shadow, you’re contradicting yourself again,” the general said. “Perhaps you should go find him before he dies.”

dead.

The word is empty and cold, and when it comes from the general's emotionless mouth, it seems even more ethereal and desolate.