Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

Ultimately, since human vision is inherently limited to clearly observing only one person, why insist on looking at many people simultaneously?

Just focus on the person you really need to focus on.

[Just focus on the one person who truly deserves your attention.]

Simply dedicate your time each day to the right things, the things that truly belong to a person, an ordinary person, and are meant to do.

Other strangers also have their own families and friends. They too deserve attention from those around them, and should be cared for and supported by those they love and who love them.

You don't need to interfere or get involved. This time, which should be reserved for the person you love, should be reserved for someone you don't actually know.

Including this matter, why are you even thinking about Vilvie?

Anyway, that girl is also looking forward to your actions.

You still cherish that pocket watch to this day.

[It contains one of the backup plans prepared by Vilvie, and is also the most intense proof of that genius's love for the boy.]

"If it's you, you can definitely take my place in Jiang Cheng's heart. If it's you, you can definitely save Jiang Cheng from falling into the abyss after losing me, from becoming the insecure person I used to be."

"Please, the person I hate the most."

"Alicia."

【"please……"】

"—Let's save Jiangcheng."

[You still remember the girl's request from that day, even though you didn't truly fulfill it properly, and even though your foolishness and incompetence, your disregard and indifference led to tragedy.]

But ultimately, it's not too late even now. Did that girl specify when this request would end?

[It's only been a few years now, I doubt Wilvi would mind if it were a little later.]

……

Her beautiful pink eyes, like clear gemstones, held a hint of shyness and anticipation. Seemingly unconventional, she stood with her hands behind her back, toes pointing forward, leaning forward slightly, intentionally showing off her most proud and enviable features.

Behind the exquisite facade, her delicate fingertips were almost tangled together, filled with worry and unease about the boy's possible comments.

Along with Jiang Cheng's voice, his heart was also gradually raised, as if it had been lifted to the heavens.

Evaluation of Alicia's swimsuit.

Of course it is...

"—It's very beautiful."

"Although the design is a little bit unsuitable for you, it is aesthetically pleasing and is in no way inferior to those top-tier styles in my memory."

"Your design skills are still as impressive as ever, but your choice of materials is a bit strange. It feels like a youthful and beautiful girl would suit you better."

Looking into those twinkling, starry eyes, seemingly concealed yet revealing an expectation that's immediately apparent, regardless of one's own incompleteness or emotional maturity, the boy could only offer one assessment.

Faced with this gift, this swimsuit made especially for one person, how could anyone be so heartless as to deny such a girl?

The ripples in my heart were shattered by an even larger wave, carried away towards the distant limit, towards that endless horizon.

Moreover, this outfit is indeed very well designed.

The pink, flower-like design of the short skirt adds a touch of sophistication to the swimsuit, making it more than just a simple combination of pieces of fabric.

The pink lace trim is very girlish and suits a young girl's demeanor and appearance perfectly.

The only thing that's not quite right is the style.

—It looks exactly like something someone else made.

This is completely different from the style of Alicia in my memory. That girl would have done something much cuter, instead of acting like she was deliberately seducing people. Some of the special little designs are also very different in style.

It feels like this outfit wasn't made by the girl herself, but rather someone else's design that she modified. This swimsuit seems more like something from the Velvet Club...

meeting……

meeting?

What can it be?

Unfamiliar names and words appeared in my mind.

It was an idea that popped up naturally, yet it carried a strange sense of constraint, confinement, and unfamiliarity that I had never understood before.

It's not what's in front of me that's unfamiliar, but the idea itself that feels unfamiliar.

The only feeling I get from the clothes in front of me is familiarity.

The familiarity did not belong to Alicia.

Not right.

Something is very wrong.

What exactly happened in the lost memories?

Why does that name always come to mind no matter what I do?

Is it not just a friend I had a good chat with in my memory, an online friend I rarely met in person, or a partner I worked with?

Could it be that my relationship with Vilvi is deeper than what I can remember, so deep that I am even familiar with the styles of the clothes she designs, and can even remember the swimsuits she designs?

They were clearly just friends who met at an networking banquet.

He was clearly just an ordinary online friend added on his phone.

I clearly remember that the other person even told me not to come and chat with her anymore.

From any perspective, she was just an ordinary friend, and it was even strange that I chose to embark on a new journey with her.

Why do I feel this inexplicable feeling, as if someone is violently squeezing my heart? I can feel the physical touch even without pain. This is an emotion that I used to only feel when I saw Alicia.

The lingering doubts once again filled my mind, and even the benefits that were right in front of me couldn't attract any attention.

Jiang Cheng simply lowered his head slightly, his dark eyes revealing a deep contemplation.

think.

To explore.

What exactly is the end of memory?

To find out where the emotions that have been disturbing my heart come from.

Why that emotion kept distracting him, why that emotion was different from his concern for Alicia, he couldn't find the reason at all.

The thirst for knowledge, which stems from biological instinct, cannot be stopped even by the most stringent barriers.

This unwavering commitment.

This dedication.

Until Alicia leaned closer again, until the sound of her pearly toes treading on the ground rang out, that snow-white expanse, so thick that even fabric could hardly contain it, entered her vision, completely obscuring everything her eyes could see.

The girl gently curled her lips into a sweet smile, tilted her head, and stretched out her delicate, fair fingers, full of expectation, towards the boy.

"After twenty years, shall we feel the wind of yesteryear once more?"

……

—Alisia extended an invitation to Jiangcheng.

Twenty years later, she has rediscovered her original emotions, and she has rediscovered the innocent and beautiful feelings of a girl who was simply a rescued princess and prince before she intentionally tried to get to know the people in the town. She invites the boy to once again search for the memories of the past.

The voice, delicate and coy, hardly befitting a young girl's passionate and radiant demeanor, was far more real than that lost memory.

Compared to some feelings that have no roots or connections, compared to memories where the person involved is already dead.

is not it……

Those who are alive are more important now.

【--you do not know.】

After all, in life, we encounter many things that cannot be rationally weighed to arrive at the best outcome.

Perhaps it's because wisdom has its limits, or perhaps it's because this rationality is incompatible with the abilities it comes with, lacking the talent to handle everything.

If you still retain even a little bit of feeling or have complete memories, you should be able to make a final decision quickly.

No need for further thought.

No further analysis is needed.

What reason can't accomplish, emotion can.

Being driven by emotions is never a bad thing, because humans are not, in essence, machines made of silicon.

This compassion, this empathy, this feeling, this ability to make choices from the heart—these are innate human gifts.

Simply follow your heart, heed the strongest, most undeniable voice in your mind, and boldly move forward in the direction your heart is beating.

—You can't do it anymore.

[Option 1: You still have doubts about the inexplicable emotions in your heart, and you still want to explore what that lost memory is.]

[Option Two: As the price for your resurrection, since these are already lost memories, there's no need to rush the search for them.]

[Option 3: No, you shouldn't care, you shouldn't be bothered, you absolutely cannot do this, you cannot seek the truth about this memory, you shouldn't look for anything other than the girl's...wish.]

Once again, we are faced with a long-awaited choice. The three choices are not essentially identical, nor are they three interconnected options.

Perhaps it's because once the memory is erased, even the obsession in one's heart disappears.

Instead, it's as if it were before, as if I had just met Alicia, just stepped into this world, just gone to the Spiral Workshop, with countless thoughts in my heart and many possibilities to choose from.

Apart from……

"—Option three?"

"What's going on?"

The boy's dark eyes were filled with doubt. After blinking several times, the same option was still reflected in his vision.

It was still a thought that he couldn't feel at all, and theoretically it didn't fit into any of the choices or options that might pop into his mind.

This simulation differs from the simple simulators commonly known. Rather than calling it a simulation, it's more like personally stepping into a new world to experience a completely new life and adventure, exploring entirely different possibilities.