Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

"You really don't need to put any psychological burden on yourself. I'm not so easily angered by white lies, let alone lies that everyone has accepted from the beginning."

"There are indeed absolute black and white in this world, but after black and white are forced to become mixed up, some gray areas will inevitably appear."

"You don't need to worry that I'll hate you for such a small thing. Don't worry, even if it were something worse, I would forgive you."

……

Unlimited forgiveness.

Unlimited tenderness.

Unlimited tolerance.

Alicia heard the sound of wind beside her ear. She instinctively turned around and saw a bullet approaching—the same bullet she had fired in her foolish ignorance.

Now, the ridiculousness of burying one's head in the sand has once again been fully exposed.

what……

what……

what……

So this is ah……

So this is ah.

So this is ah!

Was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life, the greatest desecration of that gentle and ordinary boy, already revealed from the very beginning?

No matter how slow-witted she is, a girl should realize the mistake that has been repeated countless times and is now presented to her in the most resolute manner.

--mistake.

This mildness is the biggest mistake.

This unhealthy mildness is the biggest problem.

It's so gentle it's terrifying.

The emotions in her eyes are like the starry sky captured by a camera; though still dazzling, the twinkling of the stars only lasts for a moment, an empty beauty that will never change, never undergo any transformation.

That young man was never one to tolerate or forgive without limits. If one had to use specific words to describe him, "ordinary" and "plain" would be more appropriate than "perfect" and "gentle".

An ordinary heart, an ordinary love, an ordinary gentleness; neither particularly kind nor particularly evil, just happens to possess ordinary-level morality and ordinary-level possessiveness.

Simply being lenient is not something he would do. Even with Vilvie, Jiang Cheng would sometimes resort to punishment to make the girl remember.

When Vivi falls into excessive self-pity and cannot be awakened by comfort and verbal persuasion, it becomes necessary to use some physical methods.

Whether it's the contact between the palm and soft flesh, causing the flawless skin to be stained with a few drops of scalding red, or the use of some special props.

Jiang Cheng would never be one to tolerate anything others do without taking any action to make amends or punish them.

Although most punishments are used instead of verbal reprimands, this is out of consideration for the girl's wishes and her vulnerable, inferiority complex. It doesn't mean the boy is being overly kind; it's simply because there's no need to be so absolute or cause so much harm to his lover.

For people with severe mental disabilities or health problems, mental denial and criticism far outweigh physical pain.

If one day Wilvi really does something extremely excessive, irreversible, or contrary to her own conscience, even Jiang Cheng will be disappointed.

I will be punished.

I will definitely be punished.

This was something Alicia firmly believed in her heart until she took that first step.

The punishment for deception at this level goes beyond mere playfulness; it will absolutely be judged in a distasteful manner.

Unlike Vilvi...

Jiangcheng would not intentionally reverse the severity of the punishment.

Verbal criticism and actual punishment are of equal severity; even if she could, the girl would crave a severe beating.

Negative evaluations and emotional criticism are just too cruel; even if I know I should bear them, I don't want to at all.

But it was only at this moment that a strong sense of inhumanity truly overwhelmed her, as the bullets that she had fired in the past—brave, foolish, and fearless—hit the girl in this moment.

Things that have been cleverly avoided and unintentionally ignored all along will finally have no chance to be closed or covered up at this moment.

Can an individual who has lost their emotions, whose self-identity has been stripped away and who can only rely on experience to play a role, truly be called a complete individual?

Isn't the existence of a person itself composed of all past experiences, personality, soul, and all the emotions deep within one's heart?

What on earth did I do?!

Why are you still so gentle?

Why are you still able to forgive yourself?

The boy's gentleness only made the girl suffer more.

Even if one has lost feelings and views the past memories as if they were an outsider, they will still feel sad because of their own sadness, and ask how to make themselves happy because they dislike their sadness.

This intense sense of inhumanity is essentially a prelude to everything in the past; unlike the emotionless Herrscher, it possesses a gentleness that seems to suffocate one.

Even though it's full of inhuman, monstrous qualities, this unique essence stems from the accumulation of everything in the past, and a resentment towards itself that it has never felt before.

If Jiang Cheng had felt even the slightest bit of disgust or anger because of his actions, he wouldn't be showing such complete gentleness now.

Such a perfect boy...

Such an outstanding young man...

How could she possibly hurt and destroy other people's happiness again and again because of her selfishness and shamelessness, even to the point of disturbing their death and their peaceful slumber?

This boundless forgiveness, this inhuman alienation, is the greatest insult to the boy, imprisoning his soul within this body.

What can I do to make amends?

What can I do to stop this pain?!

What can be done to repay all the debts owed, for the sorrow that has lingered throughout my life since the beginning of my foolishness?

Unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable.

Because this is to crush the last straw, to destroy the last little bit of shelter, and to take away the last vestige of rightness that the girl held onto.

They can do anything despicable, because it's Wilvie's request, because it's for the purpose of reviving Jiang Cheng. Even if it's deceiving Jiang Cheng, even if it's fabricating things, it's something they've accepted from the beginning.

Vivi hoped that I would make Jiang Cheng forget her and forget the pain of the past; the emotion contained in that message was undeniably true.

Jiang Cheng absolutely did not want to die at the last moment.

It was only because I arrived too late that I was unable to save it.

It was only because of my incurable slowness that I could only die in agony.

If I could catch up, if I could gently hold his hand, Jiang Cheng could definitely be saved even at the last moment before death.

No matter what I did because of this, even if I committed acts of deception, there is at least one acceptable mistake among all the mistakes. I will never regret reviving Jiangcheng, and I will always be able to hold my head high.

This is the only thing that is absolutely correct, and there is absolutely no need for any apology.

Because this is absolutely the right thing to do.

but……

Why……

Why is it that the resurrected Jiangcheng is someone who only knows how to forgive me?

Why is it that even the one thing that's right is wrong from the very beginning?!

The soul, squeezed to its limit, must be utterly crushed, leaving the girl completely bruised and without a trace.

It seems as if there really are cruel and wicked gods in the world who want to destroy the girl from the depths of her soul, leaving not a trace of her.

Even the very foundation upon which all their actions up to this point had been built—the resurrection of Jiang Cheng—seemed to have become an utterly terrible mistake.

Do not……

No.

Do not!

This is the one thing that absolutely is not allowed!!!

……

"How was it? Were you startled? How was Miss Fairy's prank? This is my latest play script that I'm preparing to rehearse. I originally wanted to surprise you with it, but you saw it first. It's based on us. Miss Fairy is going to play a bad woman. Were you scared?"

"Jiang Cheng, you seem to be taking this seriously. You didn't actually see my outdoor set design, did you? After all, I went to recreate it one-to-one, and it looks very immersive, doesn't it? But there are still some flaws, so you should forget about them for now. Okay, let's forget about these settings and go home."

Alicia extended her slender fingertips, extending an invitation to the boy in front of her. Her lively and delicate voice, her fingertips gently pressing against her full chest, and her slightly blinking eyes, all exuded youthful vitality like an elf.

Her crimson lips uttered incoherent lies, lies that even she herself didn't believe, despite the evidence presented before her.

Even her fair face didn't change color at all; she just kept spouting lies that were purely to invite insults and beatings.

Like a machine gun, he fired off without giving anyone a chance to stop. He was clearly a master of deception, a wicked person ready to swindle and cheat.

—If the underlying tone of that voice didn't carry a sobbing tone.

—If that delicate beauty did not contain sadness.

The girl's heart was filled with sorrow, as if she had not yet cried all her tears, as if there was still a little blood left to flow from her body.

"what……"

"this?"

It wasn't until she saw the slight confusion in Jiang Cheng's raised eyes that her self-collapse slowed down a little, allowing her emotions to be pulled slightly from her shattered body by the cruel crusher.

Have you sensed that there is a problem?

Did you sense that I was lying?

Is it time to start punishing me?

look forward to.

Still looking forward to it.