Honkai Impact 3rd, a simulator of lifelong regret!

I have to work overtime today.

This little matter is fine with you; there's no need to bother Wilvi. She's quite busy, and you've been learning new things lately.

[Recently, due to the escalating chaos of the Honkai, the Firemoth organization has been holding meetings non-stop, constantly in session.]

[You, the owner of the Spiral Workshop, were forcibly dragged to a meeting. Luckily, you quickly learned their inhuman way of speaking; otherwise, as the only one who could speak human language, you would definitely be in a lot of trouble.]

[Vilvie devoted herself entirely to her work.]

[This should be a good thing; the girl will finally no longer have to stay by your side and squander most of her talents and abilities on you.]

[I don't want to give you everything I have every day, pack it up and bring it to you, reducing myself to a state even more pathetic than a pet, with no choice whatsoever, where everything changes because of your preferences.]

Even if there seem to be many reasons, and they seem normal, you still feel like something is off.

[But this enthusiasm is a bit excessive; Vilvi even forcibly assigned you a position and demanded that you try not to change it.]

Make sure you stay in the same spot during every meeting, no matter what the reason.

[From some unknown time onward, the girl also developed a habit of clutching a dark gold pocket watch, fiddling with it, her face showing a hint of worry.]

No wonder so many people say that geniuses and idiots are actually not suited to be together.

The chasm created by the stark difference in wisdom and perspective manifests itself in every aspect of life. For example, if you actually seek tutoring from a top student or genius, you'll find that they will naturally leave out many steps that you would consider essential, or steps that you wouldn't know how to learn without.

These thoughts can only be kept to oneself; they cannot be spoken aloud or revealed.

Otherwise, given how much the girl values ​​you, and your tendency to get stuck in a rut, you might actually try to lower your IQ.

[No need to say anything more; just a slightly off-center gesture is enough to instill fear in a young girl and make her fawn over you even more.]

[If you were a pervert, you'd probably have already taken advantage of me and even engaged in some despicable activities that normal people shouldn't do.]

[For example, 'exposed,' 'sex,' 'teasing'... a whole bunch of things so dirty they shouldn't even be said.]

The boy's hands were held and pulled upwards with force. With a cracking sound from his bones, he stretched out completely. The lumbar muscle strain caused by long meetings had even made him feel sore and achy at such a young age.

"It's good to be hardworking, but don't take it too seriously. I've saved you a cake, don't forget to eat it."

"Mental exertion also requires proper nutrition."

"Um……"

"I see."

Faced with the boy's kindness for the first time, the girl was so perfunctory that she didn't even take her silver-gray eyes off the pocket watch in her hand, her hands carefully turning it, still wholeheartedly adjusting something.

It's not that we don't care about teenagers.

She made the same mistake as that foolish girl.

There is only one reason why the girl's expression was so solemn, and why she was willing to sacrifice some of their time together to study the matter as much as possible.

——Collapse.

This is an unknown energy that can instantly destroy human tissue with mere contact and has the power to turn carbon-based life forms into ashes.

Is it really as simple as those fools who chase after fire moths claim?

Is it really not a threat, and can it be easily controlled and managed?

Will it really not threaten Jiang Cheng's life?

……

If it could be ignored in the past, then today, the disaster known as Honkai is no longer something that can be left unattended.

The girl would never make the same mistake as Alicia, regardless of whether there was a precedent or not, and no matter how close she got to the boy.

The burning and swaying emotions in my heart will not be worn down or weakened in the slightest.

Even if the boy isn't as perfect as she imagined, the girl will only be happier, accepting all his mistakes with joy.

Because the boy was the only one in her life.

There is absolutely no romanticized rhetoric involved.

The only one in the true sense.

only……

only.

What beautiful words! You have to press your lower teeth against your teeth to pronounce them accurately, and when you open your mouth, you can't help but smile.

What a terrifying word! There is no other word in life that can replace it, no other word that can bear the weight of crisis and disaster.

Even if you weren't particularly close to a friend who died, you still feel sad when you find out.

The real reason for sadness is actually crying out for what is missing in one's heart.

Every person a person encounters and every event they experience in life, working together, is what shapes that person and their inner world.

The absence of any one of these elements will result in a deficiency in that person.

My heart feels empty.

But this grief is not fatal.

Because ordinary friends are destined not to occupy a very high position.

Losing even a small amount of heart tissue can cause severe pain, but it's not necessarily fatal. With timely intervention, even the pain can be avoided.

But what if we extend that range a little further?

To become an important friend.

Then that kind of pain is a heart-wrenching pain.

A large chunk of his heart was ripped out, and all the memories he had shared with that important friend turned into sharp blades, piercing through him.

Because you will be fully aware that you will never see that friend again.

If we go up a little higher...

An extremely important person.

So when you first lose it, you won't feel sad or upset.

—This doesn't mean I won't be sad.

The highest level of sensitivity is indifference.

The subconscious mind cannot accept this fact, cannot acknowledge that the person is dead, and may even continue to feel the person's presence in their future life, and may even subconsciously call out the person's name.

Because subconsciously, they are still unwilling to accept his departure, unwilling to acknowledge that he is dead.

Until the moment no one responded.

Until the moment I saw the object that once held my memories.

Then the real pain will come, like a tide, completely unstoppable and irresistible, leaving you no choice but to let the waves completely engulf you.

This is beyond the comprehension of common sense; even if a thousand needles were piercing the heart simultaneously, it wouldn't be even a fraction as powerful as this.

Because at this point, it's no longer as simple as just cutting off a large chunk.

Instead, it almost completely tears the entire heart apart.

This is no longer a question of whether it can be filled. Such a huge hole could not be filled even a fraction of the way by a thousand or ten thousand ordinary friends. Its potential for further damage is immense, and perhaps there will not even be a chance to fill it.

Many people choose death when they lose the most important person in their lives.

This is not a symbol of courage; it is escapism.

To escape the life that may come in the future.

To escape all memories.

The death of an extremely important person can have such terrible consequences, leaving a void in the heart, a huge, almost irreparable hole.

So……

The only one?

My only friend, my only partner, my only savior, my only love...

Stacking, stacking without limit, until all the unique ones come together and become the only unique one, and no other unique one can be found.

Do not……

No.

Do not!

Therefore, it is unacceptable.

Therefore, it cannot be allowed.

Therefore, I cannot understand.

Whether it makes sense or not, whether we can encounter it or not, whether it seems too pessimistic or not.

Young girls must also plan ahead.

Jiangcheng must not be harmed in any way.

Even if the pressure originates from psychological factors.

[At twenty-six, this morning, after waking up and stretching, you feel a slight emptiness in your lower back, even with Dr. Möbius's specialized help in conditioning your body.]

On this point, Vilvi will absolutely follow through. If you need to be vegetarian, even if you want to eat meat, she will find a way to make vegetarian food taste like meat, all for your health and well-being.

Such a wonderful life is corrupting your character from beginning to end, even making you wish this moment could last forever.

Unfortunately, time always moves forward.

No one can change that.

Nothing can be said to involve time.

This is an abstract concept, and even humans are currently only describing it in their own way.