Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

The only exception is the young girl.

Only young girls don't need that.

It's too simple, so simple that even suffering any pain for it becomes a foolish act, a way to win the boy's favor.

Ignorant, incompetent, and stupid, because of the inferior quality called intellect, which is limited to the level of ordinary people, they are unable to find the best choice in time.

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251. The ultimate flattery techniques

Essentially, it's just like a dog that wants attention from its owner, so it barks, acts cute, rolls around, or even chooses to bite and destroy things.

Being ignorant of the owner's mood can often have the opposite effect.

When there are better options available, people still choose the relatively worse one; only human will can influence this.

This is not about blindly and one-sidedly pandering.

Self-sacrificing dedication.

Even the boy himself doesn't like this. He doesn't want to cause harm, and he doesn't want to carry out brutal punishments for his own selfish reasons. Ignoring the facts and insisting on doing certain things is essentially just self-indulgence.

Because in this world, how could someone be so self-righteous as to dedicate themselves without even knowing what their loved one truly likes?

There might indeed be some idiots.

Vilvi is definitely not one of those chaotic individuals.

The punishment... is mostly because I like it.

I enjoy this kind of excitement, I enjoy this feeling of being alive, and I enjoy being able to feel the boy right beside me through every sense of my body.

A body that has lived in the abyss of loneliness and inferiority for too long must be given the most potent medicine, to make the nerve endings tremble violently.

Pain, pleasure... characters that seem to have completely opposite meanings are essentially both existences, both real feelings.

For a girl whose senses have become so dulled that they are on the verge of collapse and who is just a hair's breadth away from falling into eternal sleep, choosing to divide her talents and let herself die completely in a physiological sense, the pain may be even more intense and easier to feel.

"Please stop playing this game with me."

Vervi gazed at the boy with an emotion in her silver-gray eyes that was uniquely earnest, the kind that could only be captured at the moment he voluntarily offered his body at the birthday party invitation.

"If you're not willing to take action, then I'll just have to collect your aura on my own as before, although the effect will be a bit less, and I'll need a more intense impact... Anyway, I'm not so easily broken now, so I can use some more brutal tools."

"It's a mistake to treat me like someone who has no self. I can do stupid things too. For example, I was just feeling sorry for myself, thinking that I was too arrogant and presumptuously believed that you would always like me... Having this thought and making this assumption about you were all wrong."

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"It's undeniable that it would be foolish to doubt whether I've always liked you, because I have always, always liked you."

"It is because I love you that I feel guilty, that I feel guilty for falling in love with someone else, because it is an unforgivable mistake, and now, I have made an even bigger mistake."

The boy gently shook his head, his short hair, shimmering with the dark blue of the sea, swaying in the air, resembling someone gazing up at the night sky under the sunlight.

Distant, untouchable, eternal... These words are shared by both the mysterious deep sea and the even more eternal, almost unchanging starry sky.

It is precisely because of its mystery that it appears aloof, and because it is untouchable that it appears distant; its natural somber color is the oldest form of nobility in the world.

Only at this moment, the Herrscher entity, who holds authority, and who possesses these two characteristics, is apologizing and voluntarily lowering its head.

"I need to apologize, a second apology."

"As your first lover, and now as the lover who has betrayed you for the second time, I failed to notice your feelings at such a crucial moment."

"Your thoughts are so simple, yet...yet..."

"—To trample on you with my own ideas."

Simply because of the desire not to get hurt, they ignored the girl's true definition of injury and used the public's perspective to refute a genius.

If you can't even be honest with yourself, and your loved ones can't understand you, then that's truly cruel for Wilvi.

This is the biggest mistake.

This is a mistake that no one can tolerate.

For a young girl, this might be even more unbearable than the betrayal itself, and she might even feel compelled to speak up and remind him—given her lowly status.

When your lover falls for someone else and can't even understand you, it's like the only person who understands you has abandoned you. In the abyss, the only light, the only lifeline, has suddenly broken and disappeared.

Who can tolerate this despair, this awfulness, this feeling that makes one feel nauseous and angry just thinking about it, filled with resentment?

In a sense, it can also be understood that Velvet does not believe that with Alicia and Raiden Mei in the picture, and having to meet the psychological needs of three women at the same time, it is impossible for her to take care of her psychological needs every moment as before, and to be an inseparable lover.

If you cannot manage your inner depression or allocate enough time to it, then instead of letting your emotions accumulate and worsen, it is better to use a simpler, more direct, and potentially more harmful approach to resolve the issue.

So even if she chooses to refuse, even if she really doesn't want to solve the problem by hurting others, the girl will still try to collect her own aura to make tools.

This is essentially a self-rescue act of wanting to live, a bottom line that must be followed no matter what, just like having a backup plan after death. If you say it out loud, it is very likely that it will be rejected because you were too naive at the time and thought it was bad luck, and you will be promised that you will never leave.

However, with a broader perspective, she can see more things and is more aware of the cruelty of the collapse. Even if she keeps it a secret, she will still make preparations.

Only in this way can we better care for ourselves, better protect ourselves, and have the capacity to continue loving ourselves.

For the sake of her love for herself, the girl could even ignore herself.

This is just too cruel.

Unless she makes an extremely strong demand, or even threatens with something very heavy, Vilvie probably won't stop.

However, forcing the girl to stop without offering a better option would be tantamount to destroying her hope and causing her death.

Can't……

Absolutely not.

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This does not mean that the boy will follow the perfect method set by Vilvi, which seems to be good for both parties, allowing the person under heavy pressure to get rid of pressure and relieve emotions through physical means, and also allowing them to fully feel their existence and satisfy their base desires.

"But please assure me that my actions will not have any negative consequences for you or make you uncomfortable. If that happens, I will punish myself because I can no longer see your true feelings."

The only thing that truly hurts Vilvi is hurting herself. Just as she doesn't want to see Vilvi get hurt, this girl, whose emotions are as heavy as Mount Tai, would never want to or allow herself to be hurt in any way.

Hurting oneself to hurt those who love you is sometimes the only option when you are powerless to resist or argue.

It may seem like a child throwing a tantrum, but perhaps only a repressed child would do something so foolish.

But what's wrong with sometimes transforming into a child?

Vervi's idea was indeed excellent, killing two birds with one stone.

The only regret is...

She never cared about herself.

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"Eh……"

"As expected, those are the words you would say."

Wilvi didn't even dare to turn her head. Her beautiful face, as delicate as an orchid, was flushed red. Her soft, delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and her moist, pink lips murmured shyly. However, her slender waist, as alluring as a snake, swayed involuntarily. The way her body swayed and the places she raised proved the complexity of her feelings.

The worry was suppressed once again, and as had happened countless times before, only overflowing warmth remained deep within my heart... I wanted to run, I wanted to exercise, I wanted to shout out loud, I wanted to release the emotions in my heart.

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"Ah... exactly the same treatment."

Raiden Mei gently bit her delicate lips, silently watching the farce unfold before her as the only idle and unnoticed third party.

It's not a warmth that only I can enjoy, nor is it something that only I am unique.

You are not the only one in this world who can be gentle.

You are not the only one who will be favored.

No matter what he does, no matter how he tries to hide his true feelings, even if he puts on an act as if it's over, the boy will still relentlessly pursue his goals to the very end, giving his all to keep moving forward and striving for the best possible outcome.

Although she already knew when she sensed the two girls approaching the control room, and although she knew from their last month-long date that the boy had someone else in his heart, someone whose importance was no less than hers, the girl still felt a bitter taste in her heart when she actually saw them, as if a bitter cup of coffee was brewing deep in her soul.

It feels uncomfortable, yet it's indispensable.

But I still can't close my eyes and can't sleep.

Because he was a boy...

"—Truly worthy of Jiangcheng!"

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Alicia gently pressed her hands against her armor, her slender, delicate fingertips, as soft as moonlight, leaving fingerprints on the cherry-pink area, enveloping the boy completely, like a towel, like a soft ocean, even the most tender tofu or the most exquisite water bag could not compare to it.

The smile that gently lifted her rosy lips was a beauty that never ceased, even as she witnessed another girl who didn't belong to her being treated tenderly by the boy she was working with. It was as vibrant as a blooming flower.

Even when their lovers showered sweet words on others and, in a biased manner, didn't reciprocate, the fairies of the Celestial Moon Kingdom felt no jealousy or resentment.

Her fingertips remained as gentle and delicate as ever, carefully using the second most important characteristic of this body—that of a mother.

Although he had been trained by Vilvi, his hobbies as a teenager were no longer limited to any particular area; he actually preferred the less common drumming.

However, this is where Vervi is currently showcasing her work, so it's best not to try and steal their home turf.

Is there anything I need to worry about?

—What is there to be jealous of?

Given her current guilty conscience, it's already quite remarkable that she can still stay by the boy's side.

Velvet was his first love, and even though she had become a stepping stone for him, Icarus, as a fallen man, could not deny that.

If life with the boy is happy, then perhaps there is still some confidence to fight for more of what belongs to him, but the fact that the boy has fallen to this state is enough to prove his incompetence.

The boy's gentleness could at most drive this body, which should have become as hard as rock, to action; most of the time, it remained silent and still.

For so many years, I wandered alone, abandoning thought and drifting on the desolate land. I witnessed the collapse of paradise, the fall of the boy's sculpture, the complete trampling of honor, and the destruction of humanity.

The so-called soul, the so-called self, and the so-called intellect have long been worn down and consumed to the point that they can hardly be shown at all.

If we want to save it, even a teenager would need to exert all his strength and spend a lot of time to gradually awaken and revive him.

At least for now, there has been no rescue, no action taken; only a preliminary helping hand has been extended. The boy doesn't have the time or energy for that.