Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

After giving this promise full of his determination to the girl behind him as a parting word, the captain turned his gaze to the old friend who had remained silent beside him.

"Then, I'll leave it to you from now on, Chi Yuan."

"..."

The girl standing side by side with her old friend looked at her without saying a word, and nodded after a long silence.

This was the result of their joint discussion.

After the captain ends the final "attempt" like now, Fu Hua will temporarily leave her consciousness in Kiana's consciousness space and help Kiana temporarily block the influence of Xilin's consciousness on her.

This state will not last long for Fu Hua, after all, it takes time for her seriously injured body to recover.

When Xilin has almost finished checking the memories of her old friend, her consciousness will be able to leave Kiana's body and return to her own body.

However, compared to herself, Fu Hua was actually more worried about Zhi's condition. The problems his body and consciousness faced were far greater than her own.

But now, since she could only help Zhi to this extent, she could only pray for the safety of her deceased loved one in her heart.

"Xiaozhi...you shouldn't...leave us like this, right?"

Looking at the young man walking towards a door standing in pure white, and seeing his figure getting farther and farther away from her, Fu Hua couldn't help feeling uneasy and asked.

The captain was stunned when he heard Fu Hua's voice, then he turned his head and calmly gave the girl a gentle smile that was enough to reassure her: "Of course, I will survive, Chi Yuan, when your body is fully repaired and you return to your own body, I hope that when you open your eyes, I will be by your side."

"Um…"

Having received the promise from her old friend, Fu Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense shoulders relaxed. The captain walked towards the door in front of him without looking back.

In the dark space, the white-haired girl hiding in the corner with her legs hugged suddenly heard the sound of the doorknob turning and the creaking sound of the door that she could not open by herself.

The moment she raised her head, the light coming in from the open door illuminated all the darkness in her eyes, and the young man she was very familiar with was standing at the door, smiling at her gently.

For the girl, this is also a scene that she will never forget in her wonderful life that is just beginning.

She saw the young man striding towards her, then stopped in front of her and extended his hand to her who was curled up in the corner.

Just as he did in that snowy field after knowing everything.

At that time, she failed to grasp the hand that the young man in front of her extended to her.

So what about this time?

"Okay, Kiana, it's time for us to go home. Everyone is waiting for us!"

The azure pupils stained with tears shrank instantly. The moment she heard the voice, Kiana grabbed the hand without hesitation and pounced towards the boy in front of her.

"captain!!!!!"

"Whoa!"

The captain who was thrown to the ground by the girl looked at the white-haired girl who was crying in her arms and couldn't help but let out a long sigh and laughed.

“Uoooooooo…Captain…Uoooooo…Captain…!”

"alright…"

The captain responded to Kiana's hug while comforting her, holding her gently with one hand and gently combing Kiana's somewhat messy long white hair with the other hand.

"…Welcome back, Kiana."

After the two of them hugged each other for a long time, the captain said this when he saw the girl in his arms gradually stopped crying.

After hearing these words, tears flowed from Kiana's eyes again, but this time, she did not continue crying. Instead, she took a few breaths to calm her breathing before choking and answering:

"Well... I'm back, Captain."

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This is the dawn that has never happened in the future that was originally chosen by God...

When the first ray of sunlight from the end of the sea level shines on the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, along with the gentle waves, the white waves beat against the edges of the countless land fragments that fell into this ocean.

Those "small islands" scattered around in the blue waves are all part of the "Third Airport of the Destiny Headquarters" that was shot down by a human with a sword of "that's all".

On one of the platform fragments, holding the white-haired girl who was still sleeping peacefully in his arms, the refreshing breeze with a slightly salty taste of the sea caressed every inch of the boy's exposed skin, which was covered with scars or blood, trying to take away some of the unbearable pain for him at this moment.

The boy's dark eyes, which had returned to their original color as he separated from his old friend's consciousness, could no longer see anything clearly, but the deep starry sky reflected in his eyes still clearly reflected the golden sunlight in the distance that brought him the dawn.

"..."

In a trance, the boy felt that he had returned to the night he spent with her, the night when he snuggled up with her and looked up at the bright starry sky above their heads...

……

He never forgot the question the girl asked him.

"Xiaozhi, do you know... the seven most precious "things" that everyone can get in their life? Hehe, kiss me and I will tell you~?"

He also never forgot the answer to that question she later told him.

"Then, let me tell you~? The seven most precious things we can get in our lifetime... one of them..."

Only after a long journey and many years did the answer seem to become clearer to him.

One of them is called "Birth", the first cry into the world with the blessings of the family - song

The second one is called: "Freedom", the pursuit of self and the endless sky and stars - journey

The third one is "giving", which means giving the love and care you have received to others - sincerity.

The fourth one is called "Encounter", the beginning of all the beautiful stories to be written - friendship

The fifth title is: "Parting", leaving behind an eternal treasure - memories - for the existence that we cherish each other.

The sixth name is "Death", which returns to the world what the world has given to itself - Life

The seventh name is: "Love", which will eventually transcend all shackles and constraints and flow to the eternal thing - the true self

It is because we have hope in our hearts that we no longer have to weave legends out of despair, because...

"May you, the beauty of this world, always shine."

"Because you are the beauty of the world, shining forever."

Our souls pass through the surface of the earth and learn to fly in the soil, and this love bound by gravity allows us to stand on this earth and sing the hymn of life together.

so...

Fly, fly, poor thing, please soar like a bird, spread your wings, and embrace this broken but still beautiful world...

The captain stood up, driving his already dying broken body, and carefully carried the sleeping girl in his arms on his back.

“…Hmm…so delicious…hehe…”

The captain could still recognize sounds normally when he heard the innocent mumbling of the girl on his back. He smiled softly after listening to it, but he didn't expect that the girl's mumbling had a second half.

"Um... Captain... well... you should try it too..."

"!!"

The captain, who looked a little surprised, quickly came to his senses and gently rubbed the cheek of the girl who was leaning on his shoulder.

"Kiana, let's... go home."

Taking the golden sunlight as a signpost, the young man rewrote all destinies with his own will and took his first steps forward as a "man who rebels against God."

Step by step, the boy, carrying the sleeping girl on his back, stepped into the dazzling light.

It was the dawn of a clear and refreshing new day in the Mediterranean, which should not have existed at that moment and should still be raining heavily.

That is the boy and girl's way home.

——"Honkai Impact 3: Leaffall"——

——End of Season 1——