Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

After a long time, the captain slowly spoke: "I... just don't want you to be hurt by your own family."

"…What?"

"You who have now become the Herrscher should know that once a person becomes a dead soldier, he can never turn back into a human being. "

"I don't believe it! Mom... she was obviously calling my name, she obviously knew me, and you killed her!"

"Then can you guarantee that she can still maintain her sanity in the next second and not attack you?"

"you!"

"Can't you see what your mother was like at that time? She was already in pain, wasn't she?"

"..." As if she suddenly understood something, Xilin choked.

"Ci Lin, I'm sorry for not fulfilling the promise, but that was the only thing I could do at that time, both for you and for your mother."

Listening to the boy's apologetic words, Xilin's sharp eyes finally softened a little. Now she really understood that even if this person didn't take action at that time, her mother would never come back.

"Because, this is a hopeless thing."

Thinking of this, a moment of unspeakable sadness flashed across Sirin's eyes, "We can only choose to give up... right?"

"…Um."

For a moment, neither of them made a sound. Only Kiana, who was watching this scene, remained silent and frowned as if she was thinking about something.

"I won't leave with you." After a long time, Siren responded again, but this time, her tone was not as strong as before, but rather, as if she was forcing herself.

"But, if you fight the "First Herrscher" again, you might..."

"Don't make any mistake, I didn't lose to him, I was just careless, and it has nothing to do with you!"

"Of course, I don't want you to die like this."

Hearing these words, Siren couldn't help but be touched. After understanding the choices behind the tragedy, she no longer had any reason to hate the other party, but what could she do now as the "Herrscher"?

She has done something that cannot be forgiven. Even if she forgives Xiaozhi and puts down all her hatred, how can others forgive herself for making mistakes? What's more, he is a "lawyer".

"...Isn't that what you want? Anyway...I've come this far."

"No, Siren."

The captain seemed to know the other party's concerns. He shook his head, and then extended his hand to the girl in front of him.

"If you choose to make up for your mistakes, then I will stay with you no matter how much time it takes."

"Stop saying stupid things. I am the Lawyer. Why should I follow you..."

"Come with me, Siren."

"If you...are with me, you will be regarded as..."

enemy.

Xilin did not say anything further. He must have known what he wanted to say, but the hand stretched out towards him still had no intention of putting it down.

"Human, you..."

"Come with me, Siren, and... get out of here together."

On the cold and windy frozen soil, the man was smiling, his eyes filled with the same warmth as when they first met.

Now that this is the case, there is no need for words, no need for hatred, and no need for pain anymore. In Xilin's golden eyes, at this moment, only the young man in front of her remains.

She looked at the hand that had reached out to her countless times, bringing her warmth and salvation. The encouragement in her heart drove her, and she finally took the step forward.

She walked slowly towards him, just as he walked towards her, who was curled up beside the bed and shaking.

Only one step away from the other party, in response to that "true meaning", she also stretched out her hand, her slender fingertips constantly moving closer to the palm in front of her.

For Siren, that is the "happiness" she has always longed for.

Even after all the struggle and suffering...

Whether as a "human" or as a "lawyer"...

As long as I have this promise, as long as I can go with him...

"Can I also...be happy?"

That was a little question thrown to herself in the girl's heart. No one could hear it, and no one could answer it. Silence was the world's only response to her.

That’s how it should be…

But when pure white snowflakes fell from the sky and flashed across the girl's golden eyes, she saw it.

She saw the snowflake gently falling on her fingertips, then melting away and no longer visible.

Before she was tightly bound by the golden chains coming from all directions, she didn't even realize that she had fallen into the most despicable human trap.

The chain contained a strange power that made Sirin instinctively disgusted. She knew what it was, but before she could struggle, the black sword pierced her chest first.

"...?"

Struggle has lost its meaning.

The first thing that came from the chest was not only the severe pain caused by being penetrated by the sword, but also the small sting in the broken heart that Xilin thought she would never feel again. .

It was an echo of the despair she had suffered, and it was the cry when the last hope in her heart was trampled on.

In a daze, she stared at the human being who had once again "betrayed" her trust. Her golden eyes gradually changed from shock to sadness, then to desolation, and finally, to endless anger.

Because she was bound by chains, she could only watch as the "Honkai Energy" in her body was continuously taken away by the long sword that had the same "power" as herself. When the sword blade was pulled out from the chest without hesitation, She even lost the strength to stay standing, and could only kneel down on the ground in embarrassment.

The reason for betrayal no longer mattered, because reality had become the final answer she got.

Immediately, another man slowly walked out from behind the dead tree on the side and stood with the captain. It was the blond man wearing a white dress and a strange mask that Kiana had seen before.

The man looked at the "Herrscher" who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, and couldn't help but laugh with satisfaction from under his mask, "Hehehehe, that's great, well done, my friend, in this way, "Kong The bargaining chip of "The Herrscher" will be in the hands of "Destiny". "

The man kept admiring the young man next to him whom he called his old friend, but his eyes always stayed on the face of the "Herrscher" kneeling in front of him.

He could feel the terrifying anger with no end in sight in the other person's eyes, but he was not afraid. He just leaned down and said in a joking tone: "Haha, the agent of "God", let me tell you. Bar. "

The man didn't seem to care at all whether the other party was willing to listen or not. He was just thinking about himself and said those words that seemed to be sarcastic.

"There is never any good thing reserved for you in this world, Herrscher."

However, Xilin did not respond. She did not even hear what the man said to her. She was just angry and stared angrily at the person in front of her who had deceived her again. At this moment, there was only one thought left in her mind: destroy.

She wanted to destroy this person who had trampled on all her sincerity and hopes, and destroyed every good thing in the world that he had told her about, and that had made her look forward to it so much. She wants to return all the pain she has suffered in this world a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times to this world, and to the human beings in front of her who have long since lost sight of false warmth in their eyes, leaving only coldness and indifference.