Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

The girl pressed her chest gently, somewhat roughly, as if punishing herself, forcibly feeling her beating heart, and pressed her soft face against the cold floor.

Her plump thighs, which were completely out of place for her age, were so muscular that the soft flesh was almost overflowing with white silk from being squeezed in this disheveled state.

The complete sensory experience and empathy make it feel less like a simulation and more like personally participating in a different life.

If the simulated scenario reaches a dead end, then the simulated person's emotions must also be on the verge of collapse, with an abyss ahead.

The so-called options...

Does it really make sense?

……

Faced with the boy's invitation, no matter how malicious or fake it may be, you couldn't possibly refuse while looking into those gentle eyes and seeing that familiar face.

You've actually gone mad now. Your previous enthusiasm was just a fleeting moment of lucidity after the boy's resurrection.

If you were to give up just because of this little bit of emotion, you'd probably kneel before the boy within two hours, rip out your heart, and beg him to give you another chance.

As for whether this is a bit excessive or too humiliating?

【ah……】

"Isn't this a good fit for you?"

[You're essentially nothing more than a Herrscher, a complete and utter piece of trash.]

Even someone like Vivi, so insecure, withdrawn, and humble to the point of almost becoming a pet, possesses countless admirable qualities and can still attract a young man to a mutually reciprocated love.

【And you?】

[Besides this seemingly cute face and voluptuous figure, which are just like a poisonous mushroom, what else do you have to attract others?]

【--No.】

There is absolutely nothing about you that would make a young man pay any attention to you.

Even the innocent girl who once lingered in the boy's memory is now stained with filth and grime, no longer pure or beautiful.

[Someone like you, given the chance to fulfill your desires, the chance to monopolize Jiangcheng like Vilvie once did, would tear yourself apart without hesitation if you could give it up.]

[Since it's already like this, no matter how much you hesitate, struggle, or persist, no matter how much you think about it, you can't change anything.]

[Anyway, you're a Herrscher, a born villain, so it's only natural for you to do things befitting a villain.]

At least in the moment you reached out and gently touched the boy's fingertips, you felt the warmth of his body return once more.

[It doesn't matter anymore.]

In that instant, it seemed as if nothing else mattered.

Your mind suddenly went blank, as if everything else in the world had become chaotic noise. Just seeing it made you feel disharmony and displeasure, and your eyes could only see the boy so close to you.

【ah……】

How many years has it been?

How many years have passed?

How long has it been since I last openly held a boy's hand?

[Nine years.]

Three thousand two hundred days.

76,896 hours.

[4,613,760 seconds.]

[A long, even unimaginable, period of time has passed, and for a single second during that time, you haven't stopped missing the warmth that once belonged to you.]

Now you can finally hold these hands again, finally look the boy in the eye, just like the day you first met under the tree.

At thirty, you decide to bring the boy back to the small town, to tell him that you haven't forgotten your past, that you haven't let the town decay and disappear, and that you're doing everything you could to protect everything you once shared.

Although the past may not have been so happy and wonderful, it was ultimately the most heartwarming and joyful period of your life during your time with that young man.

This is the first time in a long time that you've felt happy, because you had the courage to take the boy back to the place where you spent your childhood together.

Let you return to where you all began, back to the start of everything, and live a different life there, a life without regrets.

Whatever happened in the past, whatever he experienced, whether he loved other girls or not, the boy now has forgotten it all.

All you need to do is start a wonderful life that belongs only to the two of you.

[—That's what you originally thought.]

[Until you see the lingering coldness in the boy's eyes, the greed and fear from the depths of his heart once again fill all his thoughts.]

Even though you can hold the boy's hand.

Even though he's standing right in front of you.

This emotionless coldness belonging to the Herrscher still instills a deep fear in you, as if you might lose him again at any moment.

There's no time to wait until you can go back and start a new life.

You need to provide proof.

This proves that none of this is fake.

[To prove all of this...]

……

"—It's definitely not some bubble under the sun."

……

81. Could you... have been a little rougher?

Slender, white, and soft fingers intertwined in their palms, like the night sky with their dark eyes meeting those bright pink eyes like cherry blossoms. Alicia, with her soft, white flesh, crashed into the boy, allowing herself to be squeezed into a dazzling shape, so soft that she pressed tightly against his exquisite robes like water.

"My beloved Jiangcheng".

Please hug me tighter.

"Don't worry about being too rough and hurting me. On the contrary... I really like it this way~"

There was no room for denial. At this moment, the fairy completely revealed her despicable and domineering nature. Her exquisite long dress had been pulled down to her waist, and all Jiang Cheng could see was a snow-white expanse and a smirking smile.

"Don't worry, the bodies of Herrschers are very resilient."

"It has to be many times tougher than Velvi's body."

"You can handle any kind of gameplay, right?"

……

Theoretically, there are no feelings left.

This is a rag doll that serves as a manifestation of a wish.

To suit others' preferences, things are cut and trimmed at will, keeping only what is needed, while complete emotions and love are also restrained and blocked.

The boy nowadays simply imitates the only clear memory in his heart, along with a part of his instincts, to offer the girl the gentleness she needs, and can accept and agree to even the most sordid behavior.

That's all you need to do.

Not a single bit more is needed.

If one had richer emotions, if one had love that matched one's memories, one would surely be unable to accept what Alicia did.

however……

When he saw the girl rushing towards him, he showed no silence, no composure, no doubt. As if satisfying the lingering resentment within this body, a smile unconsciously crept onto the boy's lips.

At least in this world...

There's only one important person left.

……

"I will."

"I will prove it to you."

"No matter how many times, I will prove it."

Jiang Cheng watched calmly, almost instinctively, giving the agreed answer before his thoughts even reached it.

It was as if they had already experienced all of this before, and that someone had already made this request to them.

——It doesn’t matter.

There's no need to say anything more, no need to explore the inexplicable sense of unease that comes with saying those words, and no need to search for the identity of that blurry figure that suddenly appears in my memory.

The thoughts carried by a ripple that naturally rises on the calm and distant sea tell the young people of today what they should do.

—Go and fulfill Alicia's demands.

Don't spoil the fun, don't waste this time.

At least until this superficial beauty completely ends.

Having lost his emotions and control, his body roughly gripped the girl's delicate fingertips, kneading her fair skin until it turned red. His two rows of teeth gently pressed against her lips, rubbing them as if cutting.

It was as if the sky was dark and gloomy, with rolling thunder carrying a violent storm that struck down hard, destroying the entire flawless flower.

The delicate cherry blossoms swayed wearily in the wind and rain.

Despite the wind and rain, the leaves trembled and shook incessantly as they rose and fell.

But this pain is not just a simple, peaceful passing.