Honkai Impact: Capturing the Little Herrschers starting with Sirin

"Wait! If that's the case..."

Pado seemed to suddenly realize something, took a step forward and spoke excitedly.

"That means, as long as I put the puppet into the marker, everyone's data will be recondensed into another body, so everyone will be resurrected, right?"

As she spoke, she became more and more excited. Padu stood up and took a few steps forward, lowering her head and thinking quietly.

"Although it's not our original body, we are memories. As long as our memories and consciousness remain unchanged..."

"Pado!" This was the first time, the first time, that Su scolded Pado harshly.

Su is a very gentle person, and you can't even detect any major emotional fluctuations in him. His scolding now can be said to be...unique.

He also knew that it was wrong to scold Padu at this time. After going through so much, the girl was on the verge of emotional collapse.

But... Paduo's thinking has been distorted. He can calmly accept and understand Paduo's inaction, and will not force her to become a certain kind of person.

But he couldn't, and would never allow Padu to go further with such twisted thoughts.

"... "

"I……"

"You know what that means, Padu." Sue's voice became more serious.

"You know, we can't do that."

"But, I want it this way~!" Clenching his fists, Padu's body began to tremble again because of excitement.

"There is obviously a way to bring everyone back, why can't I do that?"

"We are just data. We were created just to leave a shadow of our past."

"But if everyone is gone, then...what are we born for? What will be left behind?"

"Is it... just for destruction? Fifty thousand years of existence, just to perish at this moment?"

"I don't want that, I just want everyone to be okay."

Really, that’s all…”

"........."

"Pado...you know we have to do this."

"I can't do it! I can't do it no matter how hard I try!" Shaking his head, Pado's voice was a little hoarse.

"Why am I the one who stays here? Why would I do such a thing? This kind of thing should be asked of Boss Kevin. Why...why am I~"

"Why……"

"........."

"I'm sorry, I...didn't take your feelings into consideration." Su's voice slowed down a lot.

"It's okay if you refuse. No one will blame you. We have actually already prepared for the worst." Perhaps they realized that they had unknowingly put too much pressure on Padre.

Su stopped trying to persuade her, and instead, spoke to her in a comforting tone.

"We..." Taking a step forward, Padu didn't know where to start, but she still asked with a choked voice.

"If I do it, will you stay with me?"

"...If I can, I want to stay with you, then maybe you won't be so scared."

"But I'm sorry, it's not easy for this consciousness to hold on until now. I think it will disappear soon."

"But I'm scared~ Su, I'm really scared~" With her hands clasped in front of her chest, Padu shook her head.

"I wanted to talk to everyone, but no one could hear me. In the past, when I was unhappy, I would sleep or bask in the sun, which would make me feel comfortable."

"But now, it hurts! My whole body hurts, and it hurts even more when I'm in the sun. It hurts so much that I can't sleep."

"I have nothing left. Now I finally found you. I just want someone to talk to me when I'm scared."

"Is it not possible to just do this?"

Is this really too much to ask?

Of course not, this girl never really wanted to give up, she just... wanted to be willful for a while.

She just wanted someone to encourage her, praise her and comfort her when she was scared.

That's it.

But...just as Su said.

Now, only Paddo can change something.

Then she will be the only one on this road.

No matter how far she went, what she saw would not allow her to stop.

Even if, alone.

So...what do we have to endure and what do we have to witness?

Didn’t her heart ache when she saw Kosmo activate the cursor and exit safely?

of course not.

It hurts a lot, much more than the pain in my body.

Even at his last instinct, Kosmo activated the engraving mark and let the rising light shine until the last moment.

Even then, he had become a wild beast without reason.

Even in the end, this instinct was exploited.

The enemy injected Kosmo's last madness and instinct into the puppet, allowing it to accomplish what it wanted, while also pointing Bai Mo and the others in a completely wrong direction.

Pado could not forgive them. She could not forgive them for taking advantage of Kosmo's protective madness to hurt the people he was trying to protect!

At that moment, she stood beside Kosmo for a long time.

For a long time...

Maybe she had too much to say, or maybe... he couldn't say anything.

But at least at that time, she got the answer from her heart.

"A coward... he always gets impulsive sometimes."

"We...are not that bad, right?"

There was no answer. Naturally, the Kosmo in front of him could not answer him.

But maybe it was to give her a brave testimony, or to believe in this choice from beginning to end.

Kosmo reached out and gently pushed the remaining feather in front of Paddo.

The scorching heat seems to add a touch of golden color to the black.

That might be... the most relaxing moment for Padu since she came here.

Although, the feathers look very hot, but...

She held it tight anyway.

Snap, snap!

The sound of flames burning her palms continued to ring out, but her eyes were fixed on the front without blinking.

Until... holding the feather in your arms.

"Ha~"

"Ha~!"

She sat down on the ground in a mess, with her back against the wall, her hands open, red feathers floating in the air, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Yes, I can't bring that flame of hope to the top."

Looking up, she held the fire high in her hands.

"But my hand will reach out in that direction."

"I am not a hero, but before dawn comes, this flame will fall with the rising light and guide the way under our feet."

“Maybe I won’t see the dawn, but… the dawn will eventually come.”

It's tiring to live like someone else.

This is what she had said to herself.

“Life is only in the present moment.”

“It’s beautiful to live the way others think of you, but is it really necessary?”

She had said this to herself countless times.

She never thought that one day she would go against this sentence.

Her life is simple. She doesn't want to be a hero, nor does she want to live the way others see her.

But sometimes... people don’t always have so many choices.

“The protagonist has his own story, and the supporting character has his own life.”

She is a supporting character in this story.

But now, she is going to take the position of the protagonist.

what is this?

I do not know.

The girl thought of countless words in her mind, but in the end, she did not find the word that could describe her current inexplicable situation.

Ok……

Inexplicable, it seems to be a kind of description.

The enemy appeared out of nowhere, I was alone out of nowhere, I walked on this road out of nowhere, and I held up this fire out of nowhere.

Yes, inexplicable, inexplicable, just like her imprint, inexplicable like an empty dream.

So she gave herself this position.

"I'm not the protagonist, I'm just a messenger of hope."

“Just like the morning light I see now, perhaps it illuminates nothing and cannot reach the dawn.”

"But at least in that empty dream, a warm flame was ignited."