Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

His body, however, was completely immobile, as if he were dead.

Mingming was very happy.

She was on the verge of crying.

Alicia felt a chilling unease throughout her entire body.

I don't know what to do, and I don't know what to say.

She only knows one thing.

Alicia, this peculiar and unique girl, understands that this reunion is definitely not a happy thing because of her special nature and the unparalleled hardships she has experienced in the past.

……

"Sorry……"

In fact, what came out of his mouth—Jiang Cheng—were words of apology.

Why did he say "I'm sorry"?

Even though I thought of several possibilities, I still knew that none of those answers were correct.

I don't want to stare.

Jiangcheng, which he longed for more than anyone else, was right in front of him, yet he felt an urge to blind himself.

I do not want to see.

I do not want to see.

I do not want to see.

However, I still saw it.

Then, I understood it.

……

“Alice…a lot happened while we were away.”

Perhaps because of his Herrscher transformation, the boy appeared younger than before, as if he were still traveling with Velvet before she left. His expression was peculiar and complex, even more so than when he decided to die after his second resurrection, choosing to leave this world because of his own actions.

Ah...why?

Because of me?

Because you don't want to see me?

Is it because you really want to see me?

They still love me. Even if they choose to die, it's just because they misunderstood me, this fool, this useless person who always feels sorry for myself, who is always nitpicking, who only shows unhappiness and lets others guess, and who never expresses their feelings.

There was no dislike, no rejection; perhaps that subconscious momentary resistance was simply because the boy's current position was too awkward.

—It's meaningless now.

—It's no longer necessary.

No matter how I meet or spend time with the boy, it will only lead to a bad ending, so it doesn't matter, and it's meaningless to do anything.

It's no longer possible to talk to him like we used to.

We've already gone through so much, so a long time.

This is clearly how it should be.

……

"------"

I've always wanted to hear his voice.

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it the most! I don't want him to come any closer.

Getting close to anyone will inevitably lead to trouble.

Touching it will inevitably bring disaster.

So as long as you continue to hate, as long as you continue to be indifferent, as long as you choose to turn into a stone statue without any emotion, you won't do anything wrong anymore.

However, my heart is unwilling to stop.

They don't want to rest for even a moment.

After nearly a month of dormancy, the inner workings of the body began to stir, the vigorous heartbeat and the blood flowing through the body all eager to leap out.

I felt both happy and sad.

I felt both joy and fear.

The diametrically opposed questions in my heart, the contradictory logic, all proclaim that I want to care about him more, embrace him, and get closer to him.

"Ugh... what's going on..."

"Why did it still turn out like this?"

I am a cowardly and incompetent piece of trash, a piece of trash who doesn't even have the slightest bit of firm will.

At least... you can try to use love to escape hurt.

We must absolutely stop hurting the teenager.

……

"Why won't you even call me by my name?"

Jiang Cheng concealed the complexity in his eyes, enduring the genius's excessive and increasingly extreme behavior while lowering his head and trying his best to show a gentle smile, like a family member, a lover, or a relative.

"It's been a long time, my first partner. I hope my final actions didn't hurt you."

"As the great hero who saved me from the threat of death twice, and also the first family member who sent me to hell twice, even if you don't want to join this firework party, you don't have to stand there alone."

"I've given you a real chance, a chance to make up for what you did wrong, a chance to make up for what I did wrong."

"Come, atone to me."

With just a slight exertion of her soft, tightly wrapped right hand, Velvey naturally withdrew her fullness, her fingertips defying gravity, falling towards the fairy along with the boy's joyful expression.

Like a staircase built from the branches and leaves of the ash tree, the dappled light shining through the broken clouds weaves a dazzling pattern as it falls to earth.

Return the fragments of the dream to the dreamer, piece together the broken pieces into a new embryo, and let it develop into a brand new dream in love and happiness.

This is the greatest sincerity that a young man can offer. This is the kind of emotion that a person who, in reality, has little wisdom and strength to offer and who, most of the time, only lives off a woman, can give. It is called love.

As long as it can be provided, the final result will definitely be in a good direction. This was the first time Jiang Cheng had made such an arrogant final comment.

The premise is that it can be given and accepted.

……

However, Alicia refused.

……

248. I will not accept your escape.

I don't want to look.

I don't want to listen.

The girl believed that whatever she heard would make her regret it, and whatever choice she made would only bring disaster.

Even if I am weak and incompetent, I can still persevere if I don't want to hurt the boy's love.

No...

can do it.

The first time I've ever done something like this.

This is the first time I've encountered something I can fight against.

However, it was stopped.

……

"I do not accept your escape."

……

The act of bowing one's head only invites the pull of gravity. The boy, who has never used his power for his lover and has never intentionally caused any harm even when he possesses it, brutally wields his authority to force his beloved to raise his head and face everything he does not want to face.

He still tried his best to show the light that could comfort and compensate, even when the clouds were drifting, the shadows were appearing and disappearing, and sometimes even his whole face was shrouded in darkness, as if he had also fallen into the abyss.

"Let's make things end well, so I won't be sad and you can pursue your happiness in peace, unless you're prepared to take revenge on me, prepared to make me regret it for the rest of my life, and gamble on how deep my feelings for you are."

"I have feelings, I have reason, and I know your heart. Could we ever be more perfect than this moment?"

"Rather than blaming each other for our mistakes, I prefer to place the problem within the world itself."

"Try to transform this imperfect world into the way you want it, the way I want it, so that none of us have to worry about suffering anymore."

“This really is the best opportunity yet. As a genius, Velvey has joined forces with you, who possesses the strongest power besides the End.”

……

His words were sincere and earnest, as if he were giving up everything he had, promising everything that this body could promise. So much so that even a genius who was pursuing his own happiness and a Herrscher of Thunder who felt unworthy to compete with his original partner took notice.

Without interfering, without intervening, and without attempting to harm Alicia in any way, simply expressing their slight dissatisfaction, this already demonstrates how much Velvet and Raiden Mei care about the boy.

They won't pursue a perfect ending as fervently as Jiang Cheng.

There was absolutely no bias towards Alicia.

As the villain who almost single-handedly caused the tragedy and tormented the boy, no one who loves Jiang Cheng would give him a kind look.

Especially now, he is still trying to find the best ending and is still unwilling to accept that his childhood lover, who has been resurrected, has collapsed.

"Do we really have to drag this out, keep dragging it out until problems arise, and then create an ending that everyone hates?"

"Why do we keep making the same mistakes, feeling the pain again and again, and never repenting?"

Do you really enjoy tragedies that much?