Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

Several people in front of her left the corridor in the chaos, and in the end Kiana was left standing at the fork in the road. After thinking about it, she decided to follow the captain from sixteen years ago and observe more before doing anything. Intend.

Suddenly, a strong tinnitus made Kiana frown. She felt dizzy and had to stand against the wall.

But when she opened her eyes again, the captain was gone, and the corridor in front of her seemed different from just now.

"Ship...!?"

Kiana was about to speak when a lunch box flew towards her face. Kiana was so frightened that she quickly covered her head and dodged. The lunch box hit the wall and the food inside was scattered on the floor.

In the blink of an eye, she was in a room that looked like a lounge. The purple-haired girl was trembling and huddled at the foot of the bed, looking in the direction of her with a horrified face.

"Don't come over, don't come over! Please don't hit me, don't hit me... please!" The girl begged, holding her head, her eyes full of fear, and she seemed mentally disturbed. But the bruises on her body had obviously been properly treated, and a bandage was wrapped on her head.

"Celine...?"

At this time, Kiana also discovered that the child named Xilin was not wary of herself, but was afraid of another person around her.

"Captain..." Kiana tentatively called the boy next to her, but as expected, there was no response.

The captain looked at Sirin, walked forward slowly, and comforted him in as gentle a tone as possible: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you..."

"Don't come here, don't come here! I will obey you...don't hit me!"

"I won't hit you, trust me, okay?"

"Don't...don't..."

The captain gently comforted the girl in front of him who was huddled up with her head in her arms. He slowly squatted down in front of her and stretched out his hand towards her at the same slow speed.

"Don't be afraid...no one will hurt you..."

"Don't come here, don't come here!!!"

When Xilin was in a state of extreme fear, seeing the other person reaching out to her, the fear deeply ingrained in her memory prompted her to grab the boy's hand like crazy and bite it with all her strength.

"captain!"

Kiana screamed when she saw this, but the captain did not break away. He just frowned slightly and silently endured the severe pain that kept coming from his left hand.

"..."

Tick-tock...tick-tock...

Following the corner of Sirin's mouth, drops of blood fell on the floor. The boy endured the pain and looked at the girl in front of him with gentle eyes.

"It's okay now. No one will hit you again."

The pain and bleeding continued, and the left hand was bitten. The captain stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the girl's very messy head.

She doesn’t know how long it took, but she probably felt the warm and reassuring touch constantly coming from the top of her head, and the kindness of the person in front of her that was different from others. The teeth clenched on the captain’s left hand finally loosened, and the strength gradually became stronger. Slow down.

Seeing that the other party gradually relaxed, the captain did not retract his hand in a hurry, but just maintained the same attitude as before, waiting for the girl to calm down.

"Tell me your name first, okay?" the captain asked gently.

"..."

The girl stared at the young man in front of her with her golden eyes. After being silent for a while, she finally let go and replied in a trembling tone: "Xi, Xilin..."

"Xilin...well, hello, my name is Zhi."

"..."

Xilin didn't dare to vent her anger. After letting go of the captain's hand, she hugged her head and huddled in place, still looking a little scared.

When the captain saw this, he didn't care about his bleeding left hand and sat down on the spot. Then with slow and natural movements, he took out a handkerchief embroidered with delicate flowers and birds from his coat and handed it to the girl in front of him.

"Should you wipe it first?"

Hearing the sound, Siren took a peek. She didn't dare to refuse, so she took the handkerchief with trembling hands, wiped it on her mouth randomly a few times, and then returned the handkerchief to the captain with the same trembling hands.

"Celine, um...can I call you little Siren?" the captain asked.

"..."

Xilin didn't say anything, but nodded quickly.

"So, little Siren, how old are you?"

"Ten...fourteen years old..."

"Well...then do you remember where your home is? Also, your family..."

This question seemed to touch Sirin. She looked at the captain carefully and replied in a low voice: "Yes, in a village... Mom... is also there..."

During the intermittent conversation, Sirin slowly put down her hands protecting her head, and her body gradually stopped shaking. The captain also took the opportunity to take out a bandage and briefly bandage the wound on his hand during the conversation.

"Xiao Xilin, are you hungry?"

"...Xin, we can only eat when we are in a good mood."

"A good mood?"

"The adults will only give us something to eat when they are in a good mood. If we make them angry, we will only be beaten and have nothing to eat..."

"..."

Hearing this answer, both Kiana and the captain were silent for a short time. From the captain's still gentle eyes, Kiana read a trace of anger.

"Xiao Xilin, there is no need to be afraid anymore, no one will hit you again."

As he spoke, the captain took out a piece of slightly rough but fresh-looking bread from his backpack and handed it to the girl in front of him.

"You just threw away the last portion of the meal. I'll make another one for you later. If you don't mind, why don't you just eat this now?"

The girl was already hungry. She hadn't eaten anything decent for several days. After repeatedly confirming with her eyes that the other party really wanted to give her food, she took the bread timidly with both hands and bit it carefully. One mouthful.

"..."

The soft, delicate texture and sweet taste are better than anything I have eaten since coming to this tower.

Driven by hunger, she began to devour the bread in her hands, and after a while she ate all the bread.

Seeing this, the captain smiled reassuringly, stood up and poured a glass of water for her. After she drank the water, he took off his fur collared coat and put it on the girl.

"How's it going? Does the wound... still hurt?" The captain asked softly after sitting down again and looking at the bandage on Sirin's head.

"..."

Siren did not answer, but it was not because of fear or pain, but because of guilt. The captain also noticed her gaze, and deliberately shook his left hand and explained: "Don't worry, look, I'm fine."

"...I'm sorry..."

"..."

Xilin hugged her legs and seemed to be saying something repeatedly in a weak voice. Kiana stepped forward and listened carefully, and then she heard what she was saying: I'm sorry.

"……sorry Sorry sorry…"

The girl apologized repeatedly, but Kiana on the side felt very worried. The captain seemed to feel very uncomfortable.

He gently stepped forward, hugged the thin body in front of him, and repeatedly stroked the girl's messy purple hair with his hands: "Xiao Xilin, you don't need to apologize. It's me who should apologize. If... I could have discovered it earlier. if…"

The warm embrace caught the girl off guard, but immediately, the long-standing pain seemed to have finally found a place to vent. After a few sobs, Sirin buried her head in the boy's arms and cried loudly.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...wuwu..."

The girl's cry echoed in the small room. Looking at this scene, Kiana felt sad and tears welled up in her eyes. She had no choice but to hold back her tears and stood aside silently.