Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"This guy once saved a girl. When she grew up, the girl became the Valkyrie of "Destiny" and followed him around all day long. Later, she became the captain of the "Valkyrie Stormtrooper" at the headquarters of "Destiny" ...Ragnar Lodbrok, you should know this name, right? "

"The stormtroopers...are they...Aunt Jizi's...?"

Kiana's mind suddenly flashed back to the picture of the captain and a certain "maid lady" that fell out of the book when she and the captain were discussing the Who's Who book last night, as well as the little girl she felt in her heart at that time. Small sting.

"Hmm~☆Yes, it's her, Ragnar. She is the captain of your Aunt Jizi's original army, and she is also an important friend to the guy next to you..."

"Of course I know that kind of thing!"

"Then, Kiana, do you know what the final fate of this woman named Ragnar was? Or...do you still remember it?"

"?"

The weird smile on Xilin's face made Kiana's heart beat faster for no reason. The twitching and stinging feeling from the bottom of her heart that she felt last night began to echo in a more obvious and intense form at this moment. In her heart.

"Didn't that person... die six years ago? During the mission against Honkai..."

"Yeah~ That's right. She did die, but it wasn't because of any resistance against Honkai... She, as well as the team members who were working with her at the time, were all killed~ Six years ago, right here On the snowfield, they were killed one by one in a very cruel way."

"Eh?"

Kiana was stunned on the spot, not knowing how to understand the meaning of "The Herrscher"'s words. For the captain on the side, every word Xilin said now was far beyond what he was currently considering. Most of the situations he encountered were not good for Kiana, and even this was different from the part of the facts he knew.

To be more precise, except for Ragnar's death, what Siren said was completely different from what he knew.

In fact, ever since Siren mentioned this "irrelevant" matter, the captain had vaguely realized that this was definitely not a topic suitable to be discussed here, but it was related to the truth about the death of his friend Ragnar, and he really had no way to stop it. Interrupting for a moment this conversation that was going to happen eventually.

After returning to the Mediterranean headquarters from China, he received the tragic news that Ragnar had died in battle. In the end, he only saw a row of cold tombstones with her and other team members' names engraved on them... The cause of death was, as Kiana said, cleaning up somewhere in Siberia. During the process of "Honkai", he encountered the powerful and highly mobile emperor-level Honkaimon: Fenrir and died heroically.

When the support from "Destiny" arrived, the giant white wolf that was capable of devouring the body of a god and the world had already fallen. It was not suitable to fight high-mobility enemies, let alone the "Valkyrie Stormtroopers" of the imperial-level Honkaimon. In order to completely defeat it, all members sacrificed their precious lives.

The good years that have not yet fully blossomed will remain on the snow forever along with the blood of the girls splashed on the snow.

In the career of "Valkyrie", this kind of ending is the most common one, because no one knows what will happen in the next second on the battlefield against Honkaimon.

Since when Dangzhi returned to the headquarters with Huayu, it had been about a month since Ragnar was killed in the battle, and everything had long since settled, so naturally there was no way to start an investigation. Although he didn't think Ragnar would die easily in battle, all the information and subsequent records seemed to confirm that this was the case, and he had to accept it.

And now, what prompted a certain inference to gradually emerge was precisely because the captain could react immediately. Six years ago... it was also the time when Kiana left the snowy field because her father disappeared for some reason.

This unformed inference will soon become complete due to Siren's next words... and become terrifying.

"Haven't you remembered yet?"

"...?"

"Ha." Xilin felt a little ridiculous and couldn't help but shook her head. In her eyes, the girl in front of her didn't not remember what happened six years ago, but subconsciously sealed those memories in her mind. Deep in it.

Too ridiculous.

Siren thought so.

"Okay...then let me help you recall your memories, Kiana~ tell me, six years ago, why did you leave the small house where you lived with your father?"

"that is because…"

"He disappeared, right? You never saw him again after you woke up from that wooden house, but what happened before that? Hahaha..."

……

The girl didn't respond for a moment.

In fact, even Kiana herself couldn't tell what happened at that time. She frowned and thought desperately about the day her father disappeared six years ago...

That day, her father Siegfried went out hunting, but never came back. Worried about her father, she left the wooden house hidden in the dense forest to look for him...

And what happened next... She didn't know, or she couldn't remember, but the father she had always relied on was indeed gone since that day, and the remaining resources in the family would one day be exhausted.

She had no choice but to live alone in the wooden house for a period of time before making up her mind to leave there and embark on a journey to find her father that everyone in the academy is familiar with.

However, Kiana was convinced that this was definitely not what happened at that time, because fragments of memories and occasional nightmares were leading her to a strange scene:

On top of the burned-out scorched earth, the man with only one arm hugged her tightly, telling himself something... and the half-burnt face that flew past her eyes in the sea of ​​fire. photo.

In that photo, there is a familiar face that seems to have been seen somewhere...

"!?"

For a moment, the dusty memory seemed to suddenly break through the blockade of her subconscious mind, reminding her of the photo that she could never see clearly... the face of a certain boy on the blood-stained photo.

"That's...the captain...?"

The girl was stunned in place. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva. In order to stabilize her weak legs, she slowly took two steps back. She subconsciously turned her head. What Kiana saw was the concern shown by the captain. Sight.

Those dark and gentle eyes made her reluctantly calm down for a moment.

"Kiana?"

"Um... um, I-I'm fine, Captain."

Kiana responded in a daze and nodded, but the captain could still feel that Kiana's state was a bit unstable.

"Ha, have you finally remembered?" Xilin snorted coldly.

Seeing Sirin's contemptuous gaze, Kiana, who had finally calmed down, became upset again: "What do you know, tell me if you have the ability."

"Ha, haha, hahahahahaha...are you sure you want to do this, Chi~a~na☆~"

"Stop talking nonsense! Speak quickly!!!"

"..."

Under Kiana's slightly excited request, Sirin, who had been laughing uncontrollably just now, returned to her usual expressionless and cold state.

She knew that after knowing all the past, Kiana would definitely regret this request.

But, this is also necessary.