Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

I don't yet have the luxury of questioning myself again.

It was just a small thing.

It was just the boy in front of me who looked exactly like the one I remembered.

The boy, draped in a deep blue tuxedo, the hem of which seemed to be draped with a sky full of stars, connecting with the twinkling sky, his once black hair now tinged with the colors of the deep sea and the starry sky, still had that gentle, carefree smile on his lips, and those once soft and tolerant eyes...

—Without any emotion.

Alicia couldn't detect a single emotion in those beautiful eyes; they were as cold and indifferent as the stars she had just seen.

Noisy yet silent, brilliant yet lonely. Like a colossal celestial body hanging in the Milky Way, all its brilliance suspended high above the girl, billions of miles away, unattainable, filling the starry sky, immeasurable, real enough to inspire fear.

"Jiangcheng..."

"Are you there?"

"is it you?"

Alicia blinked her pink eyes, her once beautiful lips now pale and trembling, as if she already knew of the tragedy that was about to unfold.

The misty, watery pupils, once again filled with emotion, reflected the boy's coldness.

That is the cruelty of regarding oneself as nothing.

……

No response.

There is no sound.

All of this was so peaceful, like countless stars standing tall in the night sky, their light twinkling, silent and still, as if it were an eternity.

They're no longer human.

They don't even need to breathe.

Jiang Cheng stood there, not even a breeze could be felt. The inhuman light of his death slightly obscured his right eye. The hem of his clothes, etched with the deep sea, swayed gently with the fluctuations of energy. Only the highly concentrated celestial bodies around him rotated irregularly, like satellites orbiting the main body.

It was definitely not a human being; anyone who saw this scene would naturally come to this conclusion.

Rather than calling it a life existing in the world, it might be more appropriate to call it the excessively tranquil Dead Sea or the stars standing in the sky.

"don't want……"

"Please don't..."

Even if it's just self-criticism.

Even if it's punishing myself, it's fine.

Even hitting yourself would be fine.

Please...

The only thing you shouldn't do is look at me like that.

The one thing you should never do is look at someone like they're a stranger.

please.

Please don't...

Those gazes, sharp as daggers, forcefully led the girl into repentance for her mistakes.

Just when things were starting to look up and she was no longer so desperate, the girl, who had finally seen a glimmer of hope, was once again struck by a cruel blow from within.

It seems that the hope, the light, and the chance that greed can be soothed in the girl are all meant to make her realize that the so-called light is just a sticker on the wall when she finally reaches the end after overcoming difficulties.

cruel.

How cruel.

The girl's open heart, intoxicating love, and glimmer of hope for the future, her dreams of life rekindled, were utterly crushed by those cold gazes, leaving her like a flower battered by rain.

He was clearly a Lawyer, the original Lawyer.

At this moment, she seems like an abandoned little girl, a discarded fairy tale book, or a fairy whose paradise has been burned down.

Weak, pitiful...

Even the gods would feel pity.

But Jiangcheng will not.

Or……

—The Herrscher of Stars will not.

"Alicia."

Jiang Cheng's voice remained as calm as ever, unchanged after countless years.

A casual remark, like a teenager calling out to a friend, stirred a glimmer of hope in the young girl. But when those eyes looked up expectantly once more, they instantly sank into the deepest despair.

Under the deathly still, cold night sky, the deep blue eyes of the Herrscher met the soft, delicate, moist pupils of the girl, reflecting each other's eye colors.

"—Why do you want to resurrect me?"

……

……

……

The girl trembled all over, and almost instantly lowered her head, unable, unwilling and unable to look directly at him, letting her pearly teeth bite her rosy lower lip, tearing at her beautiful lips until a trickle of blood flowed out.

The Primordial Herrscher, the strongest being capable of killing a Herrscher in just a few minutes, was now as fragile and powerless as a flower in a storm.

It can only endure the howling wind and the torrential rain; its thin roots can only helplessly wither away with each passing moment as the wind and rain arrive.

It seemed as if we had returned to that jungle.

We were transported back to the moment when the branch was about to fall.

Just this time.

There are no more teenagers.

There is no longer that boy who stood before me like a hero or a prince, gently accepting the branch, his hair fluttering in the breeze carrying the blossoms.

“You don’t need to mention Vilvie anymore, and you don’t need to feel any guilt about it.”

"I……"

"I've already forgotten about Velvi."

The boy merely stared indifferently at those drooping pink eyes, those hopes that had been lost once again, those beautiful moments that had once again faded into darkness.

The words were clearly filled with immense sorrow, yet the tone of voice uttered remained so light and unwavering, as calm and serene as a still sea or an eternal, unchanging star.

—It's already lost.

Even love, even memories, have been lost.

How could one possibly bring any emotion into a conversation with a stranger, someone who doesn't even harbor doubts?

The once gentle pupils have been replaced by a terrifying indifference.

"It's not just about the emotional meaning you or I used to talk about, but something more specific, including even the existence in my memory."

"Only a vague shadow, barely identifiable, tells me that I was with someone named Virvi for a period of time."

"Now I can only remember you, and everything we shared in our lives."

"so……"

"I want to know why you resurrected me?"

“You weren’t there when I took office as vice minister, you weren’t there when I confessed to Wilvi, you weren’t there when Wilvi and I were planning our engagement, you weren’t there during the second Honkai attack, you weren’t there when Wilvi died, you weren’t there for more than a year when I was breaking down alone, and you weren’t there even when I died alone.”

“You didn’t even give me and Vervier a blessing. On that birthday when I was barely able to see the outline of myself and was determined to embark on a new journey, I really hoped that you could give me a blessing for a new life like everyone else.”

“You are giving blessings to others every day, and you are giving smiles to others every day. Isn’t this a very simple thing?”

"You didn't even acknowledge my efforts. I've been with you through countless trials, and I'll grit my teeth and overcome even the highest mountains."

"You are not there when I am happy, you are not there when I am sad, you are not there when I am blessed, and you are not there when I am in pain."

"Whenever I need someone, you're never there. You never give me even a moment's time, whether it's to confide in someone or to offer comfort."

"You did nothing wrong, yet you want to take me away from Wilvie and destroy the peace that has been left after countless blows."

"You've never even properly celebrated my birthday once, yet now you want to drag me out of my grave and turn me into a Herrscher who will destroy the world."

"To become the Herrscher that I should theoretically hate the most, who personally destroyed the brief happiness I fought for, worked hard for, and looked forward to for a lifetime."

"Although the person standing in front of you has no emotions other than some indescribable remnants of anger, and will not feel any anger towards the Herrscher of the Void or the Honkai."

"I no longer have any memory of the details of my time with Vilvie, I've even forgotten what she looks like, she's disappeared from my mind."

"Are you determined to destroy all my happiness, even in death?"

The boy looked down from his high position, and even his eyes, which should have been as cold and lifeless as the heavens, carried a hint of emotion, anger, and doubt.

I can no longer understand what caused this emotion; it's as if I feel an innate and natural urge to rebuke and question it.

"why?"

"Why Alicia?"

"How could you do such a thing?"

……

The answer is simple.

—Because of selfishness.

—Because of shamelessness.

—Because of greed.