Honkai Impact: Capturing the Little Herrschers starting with Sirin

"You... want to hear this result?"

Turning around, Yulandel walked across the battlefield and came to the cathedral in Klosten Town, picking up the glass of wine that she had put down at the other end of time not long ago.

Push open the door in front of you.

Inside the door is a broken crystal wall, an endless black sea, and a young figure sitting under the crystal wall in front of the black sea.

"The ignorant third child became the only loser in this plan. Not only did he fail to win any results, he also became the only traitor."

"Is this the result you want to tell me?"

She came behind the man sitting on the beach and said what he wanted to tell her, but at the end she looked at the sea in front of her and shook her head slightly.

"But... there are too many things wrong with this story."

"If Little Third really knows nothing, then what was the conversation with 'Him' before he fell asleep?"

"You who sit here are the God of Time, so who is this old man who keeps meeting me?"

“And this chip.”

"Perhaps no one would have thought that this ordinary chip actually records the little selfishness of a god."

Shifting her gaze from the sea in front of her to the man in front of her, Yulandel put one hand on her waist and lifted her long hair behind her.

"Finally, it's nice to meet you, Senior."

"..."

"Huh... I thought I needed to introduce myself again, but now it seems that I don't need to."

"How should I say that? Long time no see? Or..."

"first meet?"

"..."

Youlandel was silent.

He looked at this obviously young, yet seemingly dying... old man?

After a moment's silence, he got straight to the point.

“I have a story here too.”

"The previous story remains unchanged. The third child who accompanied "Him" throughout his life finally came before "Him."

"That day, He called Him Princess."

“That was the first time He called Him that.”

"The only time."

“And in this story, He asks a question.”

“Why have we come to this point?”

"The answer to this question is..."

"To be able to love someone."

Having said that, Yulandel took a deep look at the dark sky.

“There is such a phenomenon in our world.”

"A person who is simple-minded, easily deceived, and whose heart can be seen through at a glance, will always deceive everyone in the end."

"It's not because they are deliberately hiding it, but because they always have to deceive everyone in the end because of some obsession."

“Senior, you are not a loser, on the contrary, you deceived everyone.”

"You, like other seniors, have always been carrying out the princess's final orders."

“I don’t know what the order is.”

"But I think that, except for the omniscient God of Memory, even the apostle who first mastered the rules could not see you here."

"You are not ignorant, nor are you a traitor. You just played the naive yet stubborn third child in this drama."

"That's all."

"..."

The scene fell into silence.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe very short, maybe very long.

"How did you find out?"

"I don't know." Yulandel shook her head.

"But I think... it was because of that naive little Third Brother that he developed an emotion that he shouldn't have."

"You... fell in love with someone you should never fall in love with."

Perhaps it was because Yulandel said it too directly, or perhaps even gods would feel embarrassed?

He shrugged, feeling somewhat shy.

"Is it... so obvious?"

"You can't hide your love for someone." Yulandel nodded.

"Not to mention the throbbing, the heartbeat, the uneasiness, the confusion."

"From my perspective as a senior, I felt your heartbeat at that time. And coincidentally, it coincided with some of the feelings in my heart."

You can't hide your love for someone.

The way you look at her will become more cautious, and the words you say will no longer be as unscrupulous as before.

There are always random thoughts in my mind.

even……

He once tried to teach Himself to love someone.

But perhaps at that moment He understood that the person He loved would never be Himself.

"Does this count as finding a love rival for myself?"

This was a joke. He has come this far and is no longer the young master he once was.

But Yulandel could not answer this question.

"Actually, that's not the case." But He seemed to know that He would not get a response, so He just shook His head.

"Perhaps, the princess I once loved..."

"already dead."

"..."

"Can you tell me why you do this?" Yulandel felt that the other party's words were more than just an exclamation.

There seems to be something hidden in it.

But she didn't understand the meaning.

Therefore, Yulandel, who always adheres to the principle of putting aside the problems she can't figure out, plans to find out the truth behind it first.

Now we know that the three pioneers all took different paths for a certain plan of the princess.

Among these, what exactly does 003 need to do?

"I have looked through time and seen countless branches of time extending into the future. But do you know how many roads there are to the end?"

It is very impolite to answer a question with a question, but at this moment, Yulandel began to frown.

"Is it the most appropriate for me to say this at this time?"

"But... reality is cruel." The response was negative.

“The answer is no.”

"No?" Yulandel really didn't expect it.

"If not, then what are you doing now for?"

"To break the established outcome? Or...are you violating your own authority?"

"Neither." The answer was denied again.

"Just as you said, the future is the result of the extension of time."

“In a future without results, we need to create time.”

"Creating time?" This concept...Yulandel didn't understand.

"Simply put, since there is no road to the end, then I am the road."

"Since no period of time has been extended for you, then I... am the future under your feet."

"..."

"You have integrated yourself back into the tree..."

"Is it right?"

"..."

It goes without saying that sometimes silence can make people understand more clearly than words.

Yulandel understood.

The apostles are the embodiment of a power born from the tree.

They themselves are not gods, not humans, and not even living beings.

So…when no path in the future stretched out for them…He gave Himself back to the tree.

In exchange...for the future they are now heading towards.

"Very handsome, isn't it?"

This senior, who was enough to be remembered by Youlandel for the rest of her life, showed unprecedented tolerance.

"From your human perspective, can this be called a hero?"

"Okay." A decisive response.

Although until now, Yulandel still doesn't know what the outcome of this road will be.

But every step they take at this moment... is undoubtedly a new life given by the person in front of them.

By using one's own demise, one creates a possibility for all living beings.

This……

Is he a hero?

...

"Now, you know what you wanted to know."

"So finally, let's answer a question for each other."

He finally turned around and smiled at the successor beside him.

"I think both you and I want to know the answer from each other's mouth."

"..."

“How much do you love Him?”

Yulandel asked her own question first.

But He looked at the Black Sea in front of Him.

"Just like this sea, I don't know where the end is."

Having said this, He turned around.

"What about you? How much do you love her?"

"I……"

Yulandel paused.

He also looked towards the sea, but after a moment...

"I don't know, but... it must be much wider than this sea."

She stretched out her hand and handed the glass of wine to Him.

"..."

"Hahaha!"

He smiled.

He smiled and shook his head, and sighed helplessly.

"This inexplicable desire to win always comes so suddenly."

"However, being competitive is a good thing. In this matter, we will not give in at all."

He took the wine glass handed to him, and there was finally a hint of color in his tired eyes.

That is a blessing.

"My path ends here, and the rest is your future."

"Let's go."

Reaching out his hand, he transformed the key that represented the authority of time into an ancient clock, placed it in front of Yulandel's eyes, and inserted it into her brow.

"You brought me the wine to practice, and I will light the way for your future."

Like an elder, He gently touched her forehead with His finger.

It is both a lesson and an instruction.

"If you want to move forward, don't look back."

"This...is not the end."

...

Yulandel left.

Watching her disappearing back, this God of Time, who had existed for who knows how long, also came to the end of his life.

Looking at the wine glass in his hand and the familiar yet weathered young face in it, He sighed softly.

"Brother, if you knew... you would definitely teach me a lesson like before."

"But you can't catch me this time."

"I...the third child who loved to lie to you the most, lied to you again this time."

"But this time..."

Raising my hand, the white wine and the wine glass seemed to have transcended time, colliding with the wine glass that was extended from the cathedral at some time and moment in the past.

pat!

This is a toast that transcends time.

It was also the last time that the old clock in the ancient dust moved the hands of time.

"I really did something remarkable this time, didn't I?"

"……"(laugh)

"cheers."

(Ahem… I don’t know if you can understand it. The word count is limited, so the explanation may not be that clear.)

(In short, everyone just needs to remember one thing, that is, the story line of this book, that is, the future from the beginning to the end, and those places that are the same as but different from the original, are all because the time they are walking is a brand new world line evolved by the previous generation of Forerunner 003 by returning to the tree.)

(Yes, that's right.)