Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

After hesitating for a long time, Wendy finally decided to accept this most precious gift to her.

Not only as the captain said, he should face the "wishes" that he has kept closed in his heart for a long time and accept it, but also so that he can better "repay" the young man in front of him and help him by his side regardless of past grudges. Every one of her.

After the captain explained his arrangements to Wendy and obtained her consent, he decided to conduct a "Soul Steel Prosthetic Limb Neural Link Test" for Wendy tomorrow.

If everything goes well, Wendy will be able to stand up on her own legs again, and then go to the welcome party everyone prepared for her with a smile...

The captain thought in his heart. At the same time, seeing that the conversation between the two was coming to an end, there were several knocks on the door at the right time. Then, a girl opened the door and walked in.

The person who came was none other than Fu Hua, who had been waiting at the door since the captain's conversation with Wendy.

Listening to the conversation between the two outside the door, Fu Hua quickly understood his old friend's thoughts and did not interrupt them.

Fu Hua walked up to the two of them, looked at each other with the captain, and then turned his attention to Wendy beside him.

"Miss Fu Hua?"

"Hello, Miss Wendy, I'm sorry to disturb your conversation."

"No, no, it's Miss Fu Hua. You must have come here because of something, right? Are you looking for the Captain?"

Fu Hua nodded: "Well, I have something to discuss with him. Captain, can we talk somewhere else?"

"I understand, then Wendy, you should have a good rest. I will also be here when the neural link test starts."

"Okay, um... thank you very much, Captain, I will definitely do my best as a secretary!"

"Haha, okay, I will look forward to your performance."

After that, the captain was about to get up and leave with Fu Hua, but Wendy suddenly remembered something and stopped him: "Captain, your handkerchief! I'm sorry, I just forgot to give it back to you."

While Wendy apologized, she handed the handkerchief embroidered with exquisite patterns back to the boy with both hands.

The moment the captain took the handkerchief, Fu Hua saw the red kite embroidered on the handkerchief, as well as the pink crystal flowers that made her feel inexplicably familiar.

After they were discharged from the hospital, they went straight to the garden where they had been relaxing with Wendy a few days ago, found a corner where no one often passed, and sat down on a bench.

"Did I just keep you waiting for too long? I'm sorry, but it does take some time for the child to accept my plan."

The captain was naturally aware that Fu Hua was waiting at the door of the ward, but it was not easy to persuade Wendy to face her inner desire, so he had to seize the opportunity.

Fortunately, the two of them had already developed a silent understanding. The captain was not worried that Fu Hua would abruptly interrupt his persuasion to Wendy, and Fu Hua indeed did not disturb them.

"Don't worry, but I didn't expect you to do this for Wendy."

Hearing this, the young man shook his head: "It's just a little help. After all, what can really make her stand up is not my "Soul Steel Prosthetic", but the "courage" in her heart that dares to face her inner desires. "

"Well, Miss Wendy is indeed a very strong person, but... everyone always only sees her "strength", but ignores that she is actually just an ordinary teenage girl, and she also has what she wants. Something, a wish to come true…”

"Yes, but to find out this is not what I, the captain, should do?"

"..."

"No, you were the only one who did it and achieved it..."

Looking at his old friend's gentle eyes, Fu Hua said in his heart.

Sometimes, Fu Hua really wanted to think of the past, and she wanted to know more about the boy in front of her.

He has also gone through the changes of the years and witnessed the flow of everything... but his heart still maintains its original softness.

Maybe this "softness" was not what he had originally, but now, Fu Hua can only see similar things in everyone in St. Freya.

But unfortunately, until now, the only memory that has really left a deep impression on Fu Hua's mind is "He is someone I must protect...an irreplaceable person for me."

Different from those scattered memories... and the fragments seen from countless memories of old friends, this is the only thing that is extremely real and clear.

Even though I have forgotten the reason why I want to protect him...

"Are you referring to letting Miss Wendy throw herself into your arms and cry bitterly?"

In order to prevent his old friend from noticing the thoughts in his heart, Fu Hua asked in a serious manner. The captain seemed to have no reaction, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

"...Do you really care about this?"

"Just a joke."

"..."

Seeing that his old friend was speechless, Fu Hua couldn't help but curve the corners of his mouth in a slight arc. But before getting into the topic, Fu Hua took the opportunity to ask about the handkerchief just now.

"Xiao Zhi, your handkerchief...are those pink flowers on it?"

Fu Hua was indeed a little curious about those patterns. She had seen the captain's handkerchief before. There was no need to say who the red kite represented. Fu Hua only blushed slightly when she saw it for the first time. face, not paying attention.

But... the crystal flowers next to the kite made her unable to stop being curious. She knew that they were by no means simple floral decorations, because she herself had an indescribable but real sense of familiarity with those flowers.

But when this question was actually asked from her own mouth, Fu Hua suddenly regretted it, because the moment after that, she saw the frozen expression on the face of the young man in front of her.

From the two dark "night skies" reflecting his face, Fu Hua seemed to see a figure that was not his own.

Very familiar, but also very unfamiliar...just like those pink crystal flowers, gorgeous but unknown.

If the red kite represents himself, then do those pink crystal flowers also represent a person?

And after that brief moment of lag, the captain smiled and said: "It feels a bit familiar, right?"

"Well, that's true."

"You just forgot. If you want to know its origin, I can slowly tell you the story of that time, but... if you are asking what those flowers are, I think... it is just a few beautiful flowers. That’s it.”

The gorgeous flying flowers have passed away, but the precious memories remain in the young heart together with "her" sincerity.

This memory... and all the "beauty" and "sadness" he has witnessed in this world may have been forgotten by the old friends around him, but he has not yet.

Not only because memory is a kind of carrying capacity for life... The reason why the young man remembers it is also because of the old friend beside him who has forgotten everything.

"Memories are irreplaceable treasures for everyone, so even if she has forgotten them, I want to selfishly keep this treasure for her..."

"How's it going? Do you want to listen?"

Facing the old friend's inquiry, Fu Hua hesitated. She didn't know whether she should open "it"...open the box named "memory" that she had long abandoned in the corner.

"I…"

"..."

The captain understood that now was not the right time, but he also believed that that day would come.

One day, the ship called "memory" will no longer carry the old friend aimlessly and wantonly, but will carry her to the unknown distance called "tomorrow".