Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

The premise is that one can get out of this situation.

They can get through it.

For someone who only has one emotional anchor, even if it's a one-sided effort, they can never truly separate. Even if they do have to separate for some reason, they will spend their entire life trying to find their way back and make amends until they have a chance to salvage the relationship, even if it wasn't their fault, and then throw themselves back into that relationship.

Love that reaches this level is not about being deceived; it is purely voluntary, a one-sided act of being manipulated.

They might even be fully aware of the hypocrisy, fully aware that this emotion, created by one-sided devotion and self-suppression, is a joke.

Some people can never, absolutely never, separate. No matter how hypocritical it may seem, they will persist. No matter how ridiculous it may seem, they cannot accept leaving.

Therefore, what seems to be the most difficult part of waking up is actually the simplest part, and it doesn't even require any other actions; you just need to reach out your hand.

There is no reason, nor is there a need for a reason.

There is no need to look for the usefulness of reaching out your hand.

Because the moment you reach out, the redemption is already complete.

That's why Jiang Cheng hates himself, hates that he only needs to pretend to reach out his hand to get the girl's wholehearted love.

Even a gigolo wouldn't be content to live off a woman.

It's not about so-called dignity that's at play.

It's not that he's a chauvinist and doesn't want to be pinned down.

She simply hoped to be able to help, unwilling, resentful, and reluctant to watch her loved one work hard, struggle alone, and face all the difficulties and disasters alone, while she just sat at home enjoying the fruits of others' labor.

Because of concern.

Because of concern.

They will feel sad for the exhaustion of their loved ones.

They will feel dissatisfied with their own powerlessness.

As lovers who can truly spend their lives together and entrust everything to each other, how could feelings of guilt be felt by only one person?

At least the boy felt guilty for enjoying the benefits, as he was neither particularly talented nor capable, yet he received the highest treatment and the most favorable environment.

There's no need to do anything. Every girl who seems to be in trouble can actually get out of the darkness on her own. The so-called rescue is actually just that they have taken ninety-nine steps forward. Only when they take the last step and break through the critical point of darkness do they have a little room to move forward. Most of the time, it's just reaching out a hand.

Why?

He's found someone new, and it's Vilvi who should be punished.

The plan to stay, made out of concern, will come at a price.

If he could explain his relationship with Mei by saying he didn't know, and use that to exonerate himself, then couldn't he also use the same excuse of not knowing, not being able to calculate, and not expecting that the plan left behind by Velvet could be covered up by saying he didn't know, couldn't calculate, and didn't expect it to be like this?

At least they were genuinely kind-hearted, even risking their own lives to save me, willing to be forgotten, willing to tell a lie for the first time—a lie that they were already satisfied with all this happiness, simply to prevent themselves from clinging to the happiness of the past.

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"Huh...ha..."

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath, his heart pounding with malice as if it were about to explode. The urge to vomit surged from his stomach again and again, and the unpleasant sensations emanating from his nerve endings churned endlessly within him.

Even during the battle just now, I had never felt such discomfort, as if my mind had been completely overwhelmed and nothing was left.

Want to say no.

I want to deny it.

She had even begun to deny it. Even Alicia reached out somewhat coldly, giving up on that paradise that seemed to want to wrap her body in honey-softness. She just kept trying to pull up Vilvi, who was showing her beauty with her back to her, trying to redeem her as before.

But at the moment of actual contact, the back of my hand was pressed down by softer fingertips, somewhat tender, yet enveloping and suppressing the desire to try to save it.

"—Please do it."

……

That's a sound I'll never forget.

That was a voice that would respond even in death.

That was yet another instance of voices expressing discontent.

In the boy's uniquely dark pupils, the one pressing his hand against the back of his body was a pure white fairy.

……

"Now is not the right time to refuse, is it?"

Alicia smiled softly, her adorable face making it seem as if her past self had returned to this world. However, her words were so different from her former self that it was shocking.

“I was wrong, and so was Wilvi. It was because we misjudged our own abilities and failed to properly recognize our own hearts that we caused you so much trouble. If we can’t get rid of this guilt, both of us will probably… break down, won’t we?”

"There's no need to say anything. I did nothing wrong, we didn't do anything wrong. Human emotions are never products that follow the facts."

Perhaps worried that such behavior alone would not be enough to stop her, the girl even pressed down her fullness, pressing it heavily against the back of her hand.

The excessive weight required weighing, and its unusual softness and delicacy made any rough handling impossible.

Only after confirming that there was absolutely no room for wavering did Alicia turn her gaze to Raiden Mei, who had been standing to the side from the beginning and was the first person here to make sacrifices for her guilt.

Their light blue and purple eyes met, and the two, who were destined to meet in paradise, gazed at each other, meeting openly and honestly without any pretense.

They are clearly different colors.

They were clearly two people who never truly understood each other until later in life.

The two are worlds apart in personality, and nowadays they are so different that you shouldn't be able to find even the slightest similarity between them: a goddess and a down-on-her-luck young lady.

Yet, the emotions contained within her pupils, no matter how she tried to hide them, inevitably revealed the very essence of her soul—deep within her eyes, still tinged with a hint of misty tears, held all the girl's feelings.

Heaviness, guilt, and a touch of relief... She is not as obedient and gentle as she appears on the surface; she still harbors little schemes born of love.

In an instant, Alicia realized the resemblance between that expression and herself, and thus knew how to stop this guilt.

Pressing his body down further, he forced the boy's hands to support the weight even more, his eyes blinking gently, shimmering with iridescent light.

"I think... I'm not the only one who would give you this answer."

"--Yes."

“Miss Wilvi, what’s needed now is punishment.”

……

Raiden Mei made her decision without hesitation. As a gentle Yamato Nadeshiko, she also fulfilled her duties as a wife for the first time, reaching out and gently pressing down on that excessively soft body.

He didn't use too much force, nor did he press his already difficult-to-move hand against the correct area, because even the strongest physique has its weaknesses. This area, which only a teenager can access, doesn't need anyone else's interference; he was simply expressing his own thoughts.

"Jiang Cheng, your personality is too mild. If you continue to be like this, the three of us combined will definitely make you very tired."

“Sometimes, there’s no need to delve into things. A genius like Miss Vivi will climb up to you as long as you reach out.”

"The effort required to save everyone, to help everyone, is something that no one can bear, not even geniuses."

The girl, who was just moments before shocked by the flashy antics of Vilvie, was now actively echoing this extreme behavior; the girl, captivated by gentleness and radiance, was now denying the light and warmth that the boy constantly radiated.

It's not that she has any special hobbies as a young girl, nor does she want to abandon someone after using them, and she doesn't have a strong ability to accept things easily.

It was simply because they realized what Velvi wanted to do, and why Alicia was stopping them.

Guilt is one aspect, and the desire to be punished is another.

More importantly, it's to help the teenagers relax.

……

"You're clearly accusing me of keeping everything to myself, but aren't you also a bit too withdrawn, bearing all the pressure on your own, wanting to achieve the best outcome but only working hard by yourself?"

"This is not acceptable. Even normal people will break down if they are under too much pressure. I wasn't actually this strange when I was young."

Her deep purple eyes gazed at the boy, taking in the bewilderment that first appeared on his face, and capturing the boy's helpless expression as his hand was pressed down and held against by a heavy object.

Raiden Mei withdrew her fingers, then extended them again, her delicate fingertips gently touching his chest, where his heart was still pounding.

"Please learn to become a pervert."

—That's how she declared it.

"Please use the Vilvi drums to release your stress."

"If that's not enough, there's me, and there's Alicia."

"As Herrschers, she and I might be even stronger than Velvet in terms of patience and recovery, and our perkiness and fullness might also be greater."

……

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Should we be moved?

—Is it wrong to focus on what makes someone emotional?

Should I complain about this?

There is nothing wrong with these sincere words.

Since they both stem from care and love, Alicia and Raiden Mei both want to relax. However, the same feelings can manifest in different ways due to different environments and factors, sometimes in extremely inappropriate or even perverse ways.

This is actually no different from the past. This kind of life has been going on for more than ten years. What we feel in the simulation is not just simple visuals or simple emotional transmission.

Vervi's behavioral logic has always been the same, never changing. If there is any difference, it is at most that her physical fitness has improved, so she has started to demand a higher level of punishment that is commensurate with her current level of fitness.

Who has changed?

Why did it become so hard to accept at first?

Let the bottom line slowly slide down, and as the girl chooses to change for herself, you also change into the girl's desired image.

Isn't the essence of a relationship simply a two-way compromise, where each person chooses to give up some of the things they insist on and are passionate about for the other?

"Only this one time."

"Besides, I'm not that weak, so there's no need to worry about me so much."

"At least psychologically, if you want me to be exhausted, the three of you have to work together to put me under intense pressure for a long time."

"Only extreme people, those who are different from the norm, are more likely to accumulate emotional burdens. Ordinary people like me... are far removed from that, you know?"

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