K424 of the Collapse World

(Those bastards...!)

Looking at the silent Cocolia, Shilis hesitated for a moment, then spoke to interrupt the blonde woman's thoughts.

“Um...is there any problem?

"

"Do you regret it?"

"What......?"

"You were subjected to human experiments by Tianming, and you managed to escape alive! You were caught because of the conservatives' actions against Tianming, right? If you hadn't left the orphanage, you wouldn't have encountered these things! Although I can't fight against Tianming, I won't leave my child in danger!"

Kokolia said fiercely, looking at the girl with pity and heartache, and a little anger at her for not fighting. But the girl shook her head.

"The time I was caught by Tianming was due to my own carelessness. It had nothing to do with Freyain and the others..."

"You are still speaking for them after what happened?! Could it be that you are still under the control of that bastard Tesla?!"

"Eh...? What control?"

"Don't play dumb. I already know that guy implanted a chip in your brain. I thought it had become ineffective after the Chiyou Battle. Did he reinstall it afterwards?"

"Ah, that chip doesn't have that function..."

With a wry smile, she explained to Cocolia. She had never expected that this mother actually thought that she left Tesla because she was controlled by the chip, and she had maintained this cognition for several years...

"...In short, Mother Cocolia, no one restricts my freedom. Everything I do is my own decision. The purpose of meeting you this time has been stated at the beginning..."

"I want to put an end to the collapse! Without the collapse, there wouldn't be those innocent people who died in the disaster, there wouldn't be the existence of the Destiny Organization in the first place, and there wouldn't be the tragedy caused by this organization later... The collapse is the source of everything! So, in order to end the collapse, I must know the whereabouts of Haiyuan City. This is my request. If you can't agree directly, you can also put forward your own conditions."

They returned to the original topic, but this time, Kokolia did not refuse immediately. With a complicated expression, she looked at the girl who had become her adopted daughter twice, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You mean, I can make my own terms...right?"

"Well, it's okay to consider it a fair trade, as long as it's something I can do..."

Shirley said sincerely, looking at Cocolia. But the next moment, the blonde in front of her suddenly laughed. In Shirley's puzzled eyes, she walked forward and raised her hand to gently stroke the girl's hair.

"The value of Haiyuan City is inestimable, and it is difficult to find an equivalent. But since my dear daughter asked you to do this, I will make an exception and give you a discount. What I want..."

Looking down at the silver-haired girl who was looking up with a serious expression, Cocolia raised the corner of her mouth slightly, stretched out her other hand, and pinched the girl's chin.

"That's you."

"what?!"

As Shirley exclaimed, a sly smile appeared on Cocolia's face, and the hand that was pinching the girl's chin slightly raised.

"This is the condition for exchanging information about Haiyuan City! I want you to return to the orphanage and take care of the children there for me. You were once their eldest sister, so this condition shouldn't be a difficult thing for you, right?"

"..."

Looking directly into Shiris's astonished blue eyes, Cocolia let go of her hand and took a step back, waiting for the girl's response.

After a while, Shirley came back to her senses from her thoughts, and shook her head slightly with an embarrassed expression.

"But... after finding Haiyuan City, I still have more important things to do..."

"I know that you still intend to end the Honkai, right? In that case, how about returning to the orphanage after you have completed everything you should do?"

"..."

Shirley fell silent again, with a complex expression on her face. Seeing this, Cocolia smiled, and the look she gave the girl became intriguing.

"Why, you still don't want to? Is that lolita doctor who treats you as a toy more important than the children in the orphanage?"

"That's not the case, Mother Cocolia. I just... don't want to make a promise that I'm not sure I can keep..."

"In other words, you still don't want to? Humph, I'm just letting you return to your former home without restricting your freedom. You can't accept the information about Haiyuan City in exchange for such a simple thing?"

"...No! I...I am willing to do this to make up for my debt to Xing, and I am willing to bring Bronya and Seele back so that everyone can be reunited...But, I don't know what the final result will be..."

The girl stammered, as if she was hesitant about something, and hesitated to speak. Cocolia looked at the embarrassed girl with some amusement and sighed softly.

"So, what are you

Are you willing or not? "

"......"

After a moment of hesitation, Shirley took a deep breath, as if she had given up something. A flash of sadness passed through her eyes, and her expression became serious.

"Okay... I accept your terms, Mother Cocolia. After I have done everything I should do and made Houkai disappear from this world, I will go back to the orphanage with you."

"Very good, remember your promise just now! In addition, I am also very interested in the truth about Honkai that you just mentioned... Let's go, since we have already agreed, then..."

Cocolia took the girl's hand, turned around, opened the metal door of the room, and pulled her out.

"Wait a minute, the information about Haiyuan City..."

"Don't worry, I'll tell you next. However, for such important information, we should find a suitable place to discuss it properly... Anyway, follow me, Shirley, I have already chosen a place for the detailed discussion..."

416 Changes in the World

In the restaurant of the newly built orphanage, the children who had already prepared lunch sat quietly at the table. After praying before the meal as usual, they began to eat.

Xing, who had fainted before and was carried back to the room by the twin girls, woke up on the way. After giving the two girls a blow on the head, Xing took them back to the restaurant and had dinner with the other children...

"Hey, hey, Lilia... Tell me, is Sister Xing still mad at us?"

Secretly looking at the purple-haired girl at another table not far away, who was eating slowly with a gloomy face and making a creaking sound with her knife and fork, Rosalia shuddered and poked her sister beside her with some concern.

Although she, like Xing, is also an older child in the orphanage, Xing is the only one among these children who has undergone transformation experiments and successfully survived, and is also the recognized big sister in the orphanage.

Although Xing's behavior was much more mature than before, her irritable and hot-tempered personality remained unchanged. Rosalia was really worried that Xing would come to settle accounts with her after lunch...

"Hey! She's looking at me. Xing just glared at me again! She must be angry! Lilia, we're doomed! Vodka Girl is in big trouble! Come up with a solution quickly, Lilia!"

"Idiot... How can Sister Xing be angry? Isn't she always like that? No one likes to be stared at while eating... Besides, even if Sister Xing is really angry, it's your fault, Rosalia, and has nothing to do with Lilia."

The blue-haired girl continued to calmly sip her soup, not paying any attention to Rosalia's fuss. In Lilia's memory, such things were already commonplace. Even last year on April Fool's Day, when her sister shouted "Super Headbutt" early in the morning and rammed her head into the sleeping Xing's stomach, she only got a few big bumps on her head afterwards, and she was alive and kicking again two days later. So this time, it will probably be nothing...

The fact was just as Lilia thought. After Rosalia stopped staring at her, Xing also looked away and continued to concentrate on the lunch in front of her.

If Shiris saw this scene, she would probably feel a little emotional. When a naughty child meets a brother or sister who is even naughtier than himself, he will either evolve into an ultimate naughty child or become sensible...

——Dang

Suddenly, the crisp sound of metal falling made the children look up and look in the direction of the sound.

"Lilia?"

The blue-haired girl's soup spoon fell to the ground, and the soup splashed on her skirt. Facing the children's worried eyes, Lilia waved her hand to show that she was fine, and bent down to pick up the spoon, but the next moment, her pupils suddenly lost focus for a moment, and her body swayed slightly, and she fell off the side of the chair...

However, she did not feel the pain of falling. She gently opened her eyes and saw Rosalia's worried face.

"Lilia, are you sick again?"

"Um...I'm sorry, sis..."

Rosalia held Lilia tightly before she fell. Her attitude was completely different from before. She skillfully held the blue-haired girl in her arms and gently placed her forehead against hers.

"Sure enough, you caught a cold again... Is it because of the sweating just now? Really! Sister Xing is so heavy, you could have just let me carry her, but you were so stubborn that you insisted on coming with me..."

——Crack!

There was a crisp sound of plates being crushed not far away, and Xing's mouth twitched, and veins on her forehead bulged. But looking at the weak blue-haired girl held in Rosalia's arms, she sighed softly, put down her cutlery, and walked towards the twin girls with an expressionless face.

"How is it going?"

"It should be just a normal fever... However, the temperature is a little higher than before, and mom is not here... Sister Xing, I have to take Lilia to the research institute now.

See a doctor! When mom comes back, please tell her where we are, please."

There was no longer any improper behavior. After Lilia's accident, the red-haired girl seemed to have changed into a different person. She spoke to Xing calmly and seriously, but the anxiety in her eyes could not be concealed no matter what. After she finished speaking, before Xing could answer, Rosalia carried Lilia on her back with some difficulty and ran out of the restaurant door...

Looking at Rosalia's hurriedly leaving back, Xing hesitated for a moment and patted a girl next to her.

"Remina, when Cocolia's mother comes back, tell her that I am accompanying the twin sisters to the research institute in the city."

"Eh? Sister Xing, are you going with us too?"

"Ah... I'm just worried about that idiot Rosalia. Mom isn't at the orphanage right now. If they get targeted by someone who covets us, it'll be troublesome if something unexpected happens. Didn't the group of mercenaries last time... Anyway, there are so many security guards in the orphanage now, so even if I'm not here, nothing should happen."

In the end, she didn't mention the girl's name. Xing said this to the girl of the same age beside her. At the same time, she was not slow to take down the coat hanging on the hanger at the door and put it on. When she was about to catch up with Rosalia who was leaving, she suddenly saw two coats, one pink and one blue, on the hanger next to her...

"Ah...! What an idiot! She ran out without even taking her clothes. Did she want to make Lilia's illness worse?"

She stamped her feet in annoyance, but Xing took off the two coats without hesitation and held them in her hands. Seeing this, Remina, who was sitting on the table behind Xing, was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her young face.

"Yes, I understand. But... Sister Xing is really gentle..."

“You…what nonsense are you talking about? Why should I worry about that kind of idiot? It’s just…if anything happens to Rosalia and the others, mom will definitely be worried…Yes, that’s it! I just don’t want those two guys to make mom worry.”

After leaving these words, Xing, with a slightly red face, seemed to want to explain something, but suddenly remembered her business, rushed out of the door and headed directly towards the outer door of the orphanage...

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"Huh... Lilia, how do you feel...?"

"..."

Running in the cold autumn wind, the red-haired girl panted rapidly. She was just an ordinary girl of fourteen years old. It was difficult for her to support the weight of a girl of the same age to run, even though this frail girl was so thin...

Although Lilia was often sick, Cocolia was always there to treat her. This was the first time for Rosalia to take Lilia to the hospital for treatment on her own.

"Hu...Hu...It's okay, Lilia...We'll be there soon. Mom's research institute is only half a street away from the orphanage...Dr. Iselin is so amazing, she will definitely be able to cure you like before..."

After only a hundred meters, the red-haired girl began to sweat profusely, but she still insisted on talking to the girl on her back. Her lungs began to burn with pain, and she couldn't even feel the coldness in the air, but in her anxious worry, she ignored all of this.

Finally arriving at the outskirts of the orphanage, Rosalia felt that her vision was a little dark, but the girl still tried hard to reach out her hand and push open the outer door of the orphanage...

But the next moment, the lock suddenly made a slight sound, and the door was opened. The red-haired girl was slightly startled, and saw the two figures in front of the open door, revealing a surprised smile.

"Mom...! You're back!"

The blonde woman standing at the door of the orphanage was naturally Cocolia. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Rosalia gasping for breath, and Cocolia couldn't help but be stunned.

"Rosalia, what are you doing here...wait, could it be that Lilia..."

However, when she saw the girl carried on Rosalia's back, she immediately seemed to understand something. She hurriedly bent down and picked up the blue-haired girl, and her expression became solemn.

"Yes! Lilia is sick again! And this time she has a very high fever, huhuha...Mom, please take her to see the doctor as soon as possible..."

Rosalia spoke breathlessly, looking at Cocolia with hope in her eyes. However, her attention was completely focused on her sister, and she did not notice that there was another figure standing next to Cocolia...

"Let me take a look."

A strange and clear voice sounded in her ears. Rosalia was slightly startled. Suddenly, she realized that a silver-haired girl had come to Cocolia at some point, took Lilia into her arms, and then put her hand on the girl's forehead.

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Seeing this, Rosalia opened her mouth but held it back.

She was a little nervous about her sister, but the girl came with her mother after all, and Cocolia did not try to stop her, so nothing should happen, right?

"Mom, she is...?"

"How about it, Silis, can your power heal Lilia?"

Without noticing Rosalia's question, Cocolia asked the silver-haired girl beside her. At the side, Rosalia's eyes widened when she heard the name Cocolia called out.

(Isn’t this the name of the heroine I just played? Oh no…isn’t this the name of the older sister who came to the orphanage at the same time as Sister Xing?!)

Neither Cocolia nor the girl next to her noticed Rosalia, who was looking puzzled. The silver-haired girl smiled, lowered her hand slightly from Lilia's forehead, and placed her fingertips on her throat.

"I'm not a doctor... But this combination of symptoms caused by an upper respiratory tract infection is really not a big deal."

As she spoke, a pure white light suddenly shone from her fingertips! In the surprised eyes of Cocolia and Rosalia, the light slowly sank into the blue-haired girl's skin...

Following Cocolia to the so-called "place suitable for conversation", Shilis did not expect that Cocolia would actually take her directly to the newly built orphanage. However, it was really a coincidence of fate that she encountered such an emergency just after arriving at the orphanage.

"Although my mimicry and creative power can only repair organisms with the memory of the genetic blueprint, it cannot kill the virus in the body. However, as long as the parts damaged by the virus are repaired, the organism's own immune system is enough to kill the virus... huh?"

The girl suddenly screamed, and the light in her hand disappeared. In her arms, the blue-haired girl with her eyes closed looked a little better, but the paleness on her face remained.

"How could this happen? She didn't recover... No, she was infected with the virus again! What's going on? Is she infected with some kind of deadly flu with extremely strong vitality?"

Shilis frowned and put her hand on the girl's forehead again. This time, she released her perception and penetrated into the blue-haired girl's body...

"This...what's wrong with her immune system?! Although it's not completely missing, it's too weak compared to ordinary people. Could it be that..."

Shirley looked at Cocolia beside her, but saw the blonde woman shaking her head with a sad look on her face.

"Shiris, it's not what you think. Lilia didn't get that disease. Her immune system defect is congenital. Regarding her physical condition..."

"Sister Shilis?"