Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

This silence lasted for a few minutes, until Kiana heard the faint footsteps coming from outside the door. Sirin suddenly stood up with some excitement, and then walked quickly to the door.

Kiana looked along and saw that the moment Sirin opened the door, the captain happened to appear at the door.

Before the captain could say anything, the girl stepped forward and hugged her tightly. The captain looked slightly surprised, but then he smiled and touched the girl's head, "I'm sorry, I came back a little late today. You must Are you hungry?"

"..."

Xilin buried her face in the captain's arms and shook her head. Seeing this, the captain did not rush to speak again, but looked at the girl in his arms tenderly.

After a while, until a "gurgling" sound came from someone's stomach, the captain chuckled, lifted the bag in his hand and shook it: "I stewed the ribs and vegetables. The soup is back, why don’t you try it first?”

The girl nodded with red ears, then released her arms around the captain, and returned to the room with him.

But watching Xilin eat her meal with a happy face, Kiana felt a little tormented. Although she knew that she couldn't eat the dishes cooked by the captain now, the strange thing was that she could clearly smell the aroma of the food. .

Unconsciously, her stomach began to growl, and Kiana could only sigh and sat down cross-legged against the wall.

After the girl in front of her finished her meal, with a rare expression of satisfaction on her face, Kiana knew that the most "hard" stage had finally passed. If it dragged on for a while, she would probably have no place to wipe her saliva.

After the captain cleared away all the tableware on the table, Sirin moved closer to the captain again, as if she didn't want him to be too far away from her.

"How is your recovery going? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

The captain asked sitting on the bedside. Sirin beside him shook his head: "It doesn't hurt anymore..."

"That's good. If the recovery treatment doesn't work, I have to take you out of here even if you don't want to."

"But... mother hasn't been found yet..."

"..."

The captain was silent for a moment, and Xilin seemed to notice this immediately, and hurriedly explained: "But when Xiaozhi is around, Xilin won't be cold, uncomfortable, or have nightmares."

"Xiao Xilin... I usually leave you here alone to recuperate, which makes you feel lonely..."

The captain touched the girl's head, and a strong regret flashed across his gentle face, "If I could have done it earlier..."

Kiana also felt the regret in the captain's tone. Although she didn't know why the captain felt regretful, but... for some reason, this inexplicable sad feeling also fermented in her heart.

Probably because she didn't want the young man next to her to continue to worry about certain things, Sirin took the initiative to hug the captain's arm and rested her head on his shoulder, looking very relieved.

"I went to Grote Village today, but... there are no clues there. Everyone said that the people who moved here have never seen a woman with brown hair and golden eyes."

"Um…"

"Tomorrow I plan to visit a village further away from Xiao Xilin's home. Your mother may have moved there with other people in the village."

"I also want to... go with Xiaozhi."

"..."

Hearing the girl's request in a weak voice, the captain did not immediately agree, as if he was hesitant for something.

"But…"

"No way...?" Xilin raised her head, her golden eyes observing the expression on the face of the boy next to her. It seemed that she didn't want to see the other person in trouble.

"It's okay... Xilin... will stay here obediently and wait for Xiaozhi to come back..."

Accompanying these words was the girl's smile trying her best to cover up her disappointment.

But even Kiana could feel the disappointment in the girl's eyes, but she was so sensible in order to prevent the captain beside her from worrying about it.

After much hesitation, for some unknown reason, the captain agreed to the other party's request, "When we set out tomorrow, remember to change into thicker clothes, otherwise you will be shivering from the cold."

Upon hearing these words, Xilin was stunned for a moment, but she immediately reacted and happily threw herself into the captain's arms again, with an innocent smile on her face that was very endearing.

Seeing this, Kiana also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one could refuse the request from such a sensible and lovely girl, right? And the innocent smile on Xilin's face at this moment is indeed the most heart-warming beautiful thing in this land of ice and snow.

Kiana thought like this, and the scene in front of her continued. In this room, which was less than half the size of the living room of the Valkyrie dormitory where she lived, the captain and Sirin were like a pair of brothers and sisters, performing a peaceful and peaceful daily life. .

Just like the little "beauty" that an ordinary girl should have...

Finally, with only the sound of wind coming from the dark world outside the window, and with the young man's gentle gaze waiting for her, the girl slowly fell asleep with peace of mind.

"Huh? Why do you feel that I am also...a little sleepy?"

The scene in front of her gradually blurred, and Kiana was overwhelmed by the heavy sleepiness that suddenly hit her from nowhere.

"Uh, what's going on?"

Before her eyes closed completely due to sleepiness, the last thing Kiana saw was Siren's peaceful and relaxed sleeping face, and... a strange smile that seemed to be absent at the corner of the girl's mouth.

After hearing a splash, Kiana fell to the ground, her vision was shrouded in darkness, and her consciousness completely sank into the ocean called sleepiness.

……

When I woke up again, it was because there was a bone-chilling wind whistling in my ears that could wake you up again just by blowing it.

In the familiar ice and snow, Kiana suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. The warm daily life and the figures of the captain and Sirin had long since disappeared with the vast whiteness in front of her.

But before Kiana could figure out the situation, there were some noisy voices and dog barking behind her.

But when she turned around, she saw a large village not far behind her. Behind the wooden fence, wooden houses stood on both sides of the road. White smoke slowly rose from the chimneys and blended into the gloomy sky. .

At the entrance of the village, the captain was surrounded by many villagers, and two puppies were wagging their tails and barking excitedly at him and the girl beside him.

Those people seemed to be saying goodbye to the two of them, but both young and old seemed to respect the captain very much. The old man who looked like a village chief thanked him repeatedly and called the captain "miracle doctor" and "immortal". some type of.

Miracle doctor...?

Kiana didn't understand, so she stepped forward to test it out. Sure enough, no one could see her, so she had to wait and see what happened.

I saw the old man grabbing the young man's hand with a look of gratitude, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief and sighed: "Hey... I really didn't expect that I could see you again in this life, hahaha... This is enough. That's enough, but when you come next time, I will definitely not be able to see you. My son is probably as old as me."

"Hahaha, no, Village Chief Rosenner is still in such good health, he will definitely be in good health even in a few decades. I believe I can see you again next time I come to visit Luofenkuers Village."

"Haha, if you say this, Immortal, I can rest assured."

"Well, then, Mayor Rosenna, and everyone, please take care of yourself, we'll take our leave."

After saying goodbye, the captain took Xilin's hand and turned to walk out of the village. Among the people behind him, most of the young people and children waved to send off the immortal who was said by his ancestors to be able to kill monsters and cure evil diseases. , the old people bowed and silently watched the young man go away.