K424 of the Collapse World

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"Ah...you clearly saw me yesterday but didn't come out. Have you learned to be shy? Or at that time, were you unable to control your body? Well...it doesn't matter~ Anyway, we still managed to reunite successfully."

Hill didn't notice the girl's abnormality. She came to the black-haired girl who lowered her head and gently put her hands on the shoulders of the petite girl.

"I'm really not used to it... When I communicated with you before, I could just think in my mind and I could hear your voice directly. Except for the time when I sank my consciousness into the stigmata space, this is the first time we have a face-to-face conversation like this~"

"Xi'er" just lowered her head, the sharpness in her blood-red eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by a kind of confusion...

"Yes……"

(what to do……)

Hill smiled slightly, her eyes full of tenderness. She continued speaking, as if she wanted to share all her experiences along the way with her best friend.

"You should already know that this world has only collapsed to the level of the Second Herrscher. Unlike our world, those beautiful things have not been destroyed yet. We can travel together and take a good look at this world that has not yet collapsed... It's really exciting... It would be great if Himiko was here too."

(What should I do...)

"Although the Fire Moth no longer exists in this world, there seems to be a powerful anti-Honkai organization called 'Destiny' in this world. In addition to the first, there are many other smaller organizations. Oh, yes! I met a very good warrior, but unfortunately her captain was a jerk. He beat me up without any reason... Oh, that bastard seemed to have some relationship with Kevin. I can't swallow this anger! But fortunately, you are here..."

(I don’t want to give up on Xi’er, but she…how can I reject her…)

Hill didn't realize that the petite girl in front of him had become silent since some time ago and was just listening to her silently.

As the girl lowered her head,

Er didn't see that her face was full of pain and confusion, as if she was thinking about something difficult to decide...

“…Okay, now that we have reunited, return to my body… To be honest, I feel very uncomfortable with you not being by my side for such a long time… Well, although my super mutation factor disappeared when I became a Herrscher, as long as I have you and my remaining Herrscher power, I can basically restore the power of a fusion warrior. In this way, even if we encounter a Herrscher of this era, we will be able to fight him!”

As Hill spoke, he moved his hands from the girl's shoulders to her chest and gently unbuttoned the first button on her chest, revealing the red double semi-circular mark in the center of her chest. Hill knew that this was the true form of her best friend. She only needed to activate her ability to make the other person return to her side again.

There was tenderness in Xier's eyes. She slowly raised her right hand and pressed the holy scar on Xier's chest...

However, her hand failed to touch the delicate skin and stopped in mid-air.

Blocked...

Just like what happened to Xing last time, a small hand blocked the stigmata and stopped Hill's hand.

Although the little hand used as much force as Xing did yesterday, Hill could sense the other party's rejection, so he stopped the action of taking the stigmata and let the little hand block in front of him.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Hill asked with a smile, then took Xier's hand and shook it slightly.

"Do you have anything else to do? Wait a little longer, the 'master' over there will wake up, and there might be some trouble then, although I don't care..."

Hill spoke casually, but didn't say much, just quietly waiting for the other party's response.

"Um...Hill, I have a request..."

"Yeah, I'm listening."

Hill gently stroked the girl's soft little hand and spoke softly. The girl saw her calmness and became more guilty...

"...I probably...can't come back to you for the time being. I want to stay here for a while...is that okay?"

She bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before she finished her words. Hearing this, Hill tilted his head, and a question mark seemed to appear on his head.

"Why? Could it be that... you also want to have a body? Well... it's not impossible, but in this way, our strength will be discounted, and... it's not fair to the girl you possess. Come to think of it, she can be considered as my self in this era... she's weak and cute, isn't it a bit cruel to take away her future like this?"

"No...I never thought of possessing anyone's body. I just wanted to...protect this child!"

The girl spoke with some difficulty. In the end, she could no longer endure this kind of oppression and spoke out loudly in self-destruction.

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... I know you've spent so much effort to find me, and I shouldn't have rejected you... But... I've been staying in this child's body since I woke up, and it's been more than ten years... I've never interfered with her life, and she doesn't know I exist. I don't know why, but I feel... really happy just to protect her silently like this..."

Listening to the girl's somewhat confusing words, Hill's expression froze on her face. The next moment, her smile gradually faded and her expression became serious.

"I see. In other words..."

"No! No! I also hope to stay with you like before. But this child...she is in danger now. I can feel that someone is targeting her. If I leave now, she may get into an accident. After all..."

At this point, Xier suddenly realized something and looked at Xing who had lost consciousness. She found that the girl who had been knocked unconscious had woken up and was sitting up, shaking her head...

"Hey...where am I? What was I just about to do?"

Xing was still in a trance after just waking up, her mind was blurry, and her eyes hadn't fully focused yet, when she saw a blue shadow approaching her like lightning...

--boom!

"Xier" delivered an extremely swift knee strike, mercilessly hitting Xing's chin. With a sound of bones colliding, the poor girl was knocked out again, rolled miserably on the ground for several rounds, and lost consciousness again.

"Xier" stopped, turned around and continued to look at the black-haired girl standing there.

"After all... not many people care about this child. Of the two people who cared about her the most, one of them should have died in an experiment, and the other... should have left. Forget it, let's not talk about these."

The image of a purple-haired girl flashed through her mind, and "Xier" suddenly felt a little dazed, but she quickly came to her senses, shook her head, dispelled the image in her mind, and concentrated again.

"Let's put that aside. This child is naturally gentle and weak, so many people often bully her, especially that guy (pointing at Xing)! Although the founder of this place, the woman named Cocolia, cares about Xi'er, she travels frequently and may not be able to protect Xi'er.

...So, I hope I can stay for a while...is that ok?"

She said this sincerely, but it felt like something was wrong, so she added another sentence.

"Of course, this is just a request. You don't have to agree and just take me back. I won't have any complaints... After all, I am just a stigmata, your property, and you are my master... Hill."

"Xi'er" said, spreading her hands, and slowly walked towards the black-haired girl, fully showing her true self to her...

"Possessions...?"

On the other side, Xier's lips moved slightly, looking at the girl's evasive red eyes, and sighed. In Xier's slightly enlarged eyes, he slowly raised his right hand...

"First of all, you're a little bit wrong."

Hill stretched out his hand and touched the girl...

Then, he gently touched the girl's head.

"You are not my property, you are my friend."

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Hearing Hill's words, the girl's struggling face showed a little surprise, but she couldn't understand what the other party meant. Or rather, she couldn't believe that things would be so simple.

"What……?"

Hill looked at the girl with a puzzled expression and sighed softly.

"Don't you understand? In other words, I agree to your request. I think you understand now."

Hearing Hill's words, the girl opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She lowered her head again and murmured softly.

"But, why...? I clearly..."

"You just want to stay with this child? What's the big deal? I get it... Hurry up and raise your head. You look just like those low-level servants. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in playing the master-servant game with you right now."

Pretending to be nonchalant, Hill put down her hand that was touching the girl's head, and a trace of sadness flashed across her beautiful blue eyes. She thought for a moment, took a step forward, leaned down, and gently held the petite girl in her arms.

She hugged him very lightly, and the two of them were barely touching, with a little space between their bodies.

Following Hill's movements, the girl's red eyes began to ripple with crystal clear water light...

She had never thought that the matter that had puzzled her for months could be solved so easily. It was so simple that she didn't feel any reality, just like this unreal hug, which made her wonder if what she was struggling with was an illusion.

Even though she was thinking this, the warmth of the girl's breath gently touched her ears. This feeling clearly told her that this was not an illusion...

"But...but, you came here specially to pick me up, but I..."

"What are you thinking? Because you are my friend, I will never force you to do something you don't want to do..."

As Hill spoke, he immediately let go of her hand, took a step back, and looked at the girl from a close but not rude distance, with tenderness in his eyes.

"If this is what you want, then staying by this girl's side and protecting her in the shadows is also a very good thing. At least you have found the value of your existence, right?"

Hill said this calmly. But when she accidentally saw the girl's guilty look, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of Hill's mouth.

"Don't feel too burdened. Didn't you just say that? You're not going to leave me completely. Otherwise, I won't agree to it no matter what~"

Comforting the girl in front of him again, Hill did not realize that the smile on his face had begun to fade, and the sadness hidden underneath was slowly revealed.

Fortunately, the girl at this moment was deeply trapped in the web of gratitude and guilt, and did not notice Hill's increasingly forced smile.

"...Hill, I promise, just this once, as long as this child finds her own happiness, I will immediately return to your side... From now on, I will never be separated from you again..."

"Xier" raised her head, her eyes full of seriousness.

Hearing the girl's soft but firm voice, Hill took a deep breath, wiped away the gloom on his face, and once again faced his best friend with his brightest smile.

"Yeah~ Don't worry, when you have settled your affairs, call me telepathically and I will come to pick you up again."

"I'm sorry, but...thank you..."

The girl murmured, tears gathering in her eyes, wavering, and beginning to overflow slightly...

"Don't apologize... Humph, you wouldn't say such things before. I can basically guess how those bastards separated you and treated you after my death... That damn old popsicle, when I meet him, I will definitely teach him a lesson for you!"

As Hill was speaking, he suddenly remembered something, turned around, and slowly walked towards Xing who was thrown in the corner of the corridor.

Looking at Xing's bleeding mouth and nose and the blue spot on her cheek, Hill smiled and reached out his hand. A flash of white light flashed by, and the scars on Xing's face disappeared instantly. Hill wiped the blood off Xing's face with the torn corner of his clothes, and there was no trace of pain on the girl's face.

Looks too injured.

"Clean up her injuries. It might help you. Well... well, it may not help much, but it should be better than nothing."

Hill said casually, looking at the scratches on the wall and the broken ground, his expression slightly embarrassed.

The power of creation cannot repair non-living matter. This ability can only recognize the blueprint compiled by genetic language. Hill has no way to deal with this corridor that is like a hurricane.

She shook her head, stood up, looked at Xing's quiet sleeping profile, and couldn't help but pouting.

"This damn brat... He's so hateful, but he looks quite cute when he's asleep."

The crazy and malicious expression on Xing's face no longer existed in her coma. Instead, it was replaced by a different kind of tranquility and gentleness.

Hill shook her head and stopped paying attention to the girl with strange abilities. She turned around again and looked at the girl with red eyes not far in front of her.

"Speaking of which, it suddenly occurred to me just now. Since this child is not living well here, you can just come back to me, and then we can take her away from here and protect her together. I can also treat her as having a younger sister..."

Hearing Hill's words, the girl was slightly stunned and her eyes became a little complicated.

"This...then should I enter the sea of ​​consciousness now and ask for her opinion?"

Noticing the girl's slightly embarrassed look, Hill shook his head without hesitation.

"As expected, there's no need for that. I was just saying it casually. You haven't revealed your presence for such a long time, so it's really inappropriate to do this directly."

"Um……"

"Xi'er" felt that her vision was a little blurry, so she raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, but she felt a wet spot...

She put her hands down blankly, looked at the water stains in her hands, and fell into silence.

The next moment, she suddenly felt a warm touch on her forehead, which woke her up instantly. But what happened next made her fall into a daze again.

Hill put his forehead against the girl's forehead, and the two girls' cheeks were close at this moment. Hill just touched it lightly and retracted it before the girl came back to her senses.

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"Well, I'm leaving now. I wanted to give you a farewell kiss, but doing so would not be good for the current owner of your body. So... goodbye, my friend, I look forward to seeing you next time."

After saying this, Hill turned around, leaving the girl with a handsome back.

For some reason, the girl felt an inexplicable pain in her heart. Although things ended as expected, the guilt and sadness in her heart could not be easily wiped away...

Before he had taken ten steps, Hill turned back again.

"By the way, stop saying you belong to someone else, or I'll get mad!"

Hill raised a finger and spoke to the girl seriously. Although the two sides were a little distance apart, the sound of their conversation was still extremely clear in the empty corridor.

"You are my friend, my half, the most important person to me! If anyone dares to oppose you, I will smash his head!"

Hearing Hill's serious words, the girl suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Unconsciously, a smile covered the dullness in her pupils, and her red eyes became bright again.

At this moment, the girl's expression suddenly became cunning...

"That being said, Hill... when I returned to your body, I really became your property. Think about it, without a body, without freedom, being imprisoned in the stigmata space, and the only one who can speak is you. Isn't this called an accessory?"

The girl smiled and said some slightly cruel words, but if you notice the slightly raised corners of her mouth, you can know that she was just joking. However, although Hill saw this, he felt a little guilty. Then he thought about it seriously and looked at the girl in front of him again.

"No, it won't! The present is different from our era. No one dictates our behavior. I can give you the right to use my body at any time. You can do whatever you want!"

"Oh~~? Whatever I do... is all right?"

Looking at the girl who suddenly revealed an intriguing smile, Hill subconsciously felt something was wrong, but she still nodded in response to the girl.