K424 of the Collapse World

Shilis was stunned for a moment, then shook her head with a wry smile.

"Okay, don't worry about these things for now. The most important thing now is to deal with your problem."

After picking up Wendy and placing her on the bedside, Shirley looked directly at the severely haggard girl with a serious expression.

"There is a solution to this, but I need your opinion first."

"What is it?"

"Although the destruction of the law cannot be eradicated, it has only slightly eroded your human form. As long as your Herrscher form disappears, the laws attached to it will also disappear at the same time."

"But how can the Herrscher form disappear? Both forms of the Herrscher are indispensable. This is what you said, Lady Shiris... Wait! Could it be that..."

As if realizing something, Wendy opened her eyes slightly.

"That's right, just give up your identity as a Herrscher! Once the Herrscher core in your body is stripped away, your Herrscher form will temporarily disappear, and the energy that destroys the laws will lose its attachment and will no longer spread. This method can remove most of the power of the laws in your body. As for

There will always be a way to deal with the remaining little bit later."

Having said this, Shilis looked into the girl's eyes.

"So Wendy, are you willing to give up your status as a Herrscher?"

"..."

Hearing this, Wendy lowered her head slightly. However, the girl's hesitation did not last long, and she made a decision.

"With my current condition, even if I continue to maintain my identity as a Herrscher, it seems that I can't do anything for everyone... Besides, the feeling of pain is really annoying..."

Wendy opened her eyes, and her slightly cloudy pupils lit up.

"As long as I can get rid of this pain, I am willing to give up the Herrscher Core."

"Very good. Although I will remove your core even if you don't want to, it's still best to reach a consensus~"

Shirley smiled and her expression relaxed.

"Then I will contact Tesla immediately to prepare for the Herrscher core removal surgery for you... Don't worry, as long as the method is used properly, core removal will not affect the body."

"Um, Lady Shilis..."

"What's wrong, Wendy?"

Seeing that the girl seemed hesitant to speak, Shirley hurriedly asked, worried that the girl might have other questions.

However, Wendy's next words were beyond her expectations.

"Since this can end the erosion of the law, Lady Shilis can also remove the Herrscher core, right? You used the power of the law to block its spread. As long as the core is removed, the body should be able to fully recover, right?"

"..."

"Um, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Wendy was somewhat puzzled by Silis's silence. While enduring the pain of the erosion, she could not perceive other people's feelings as keenly as usual.

"No, there's nothing wrong with what you said, Wendy."

Shirley shook her head and turned her head away.

That's right, as long as I strip off my core and completely give up my identity as the Ruler of Constraint, I can indeed get a basically healthy body as Silis Kaslana, but...

"But now, I can't lose it."

713 Sincerity

"According to the time, it will be May soon."

Holding up the gleaming glass, the woman in a black robe sitting on the table spoke in a low voice, sipping the crystal wine in the glass.

"..."

But she was answered with silence. Sitting next to the woman in black, the girl in the Valkyrie uniform lowered her head slightly, and the hot milk in the cup on the table had not yet dropped.

"You know, Miss Miyuki, it's very rude to completely ignore other people's advances in social situations."

Raven - Natasha Sciora came over with a smile, the wine glass in her hand glowing emerald red under the light.

"Social occasions? You clearly said before that you were only going to restaurants..."

"This is indeed a restaurant, but it is also a bar. This is your Far East branch's own design. Has Miss Miyuki never been here before?"

Raven was still wearing her dark red cape combat uniform, and even indoors, she still wore the black and red crow feather cape. This alternative outfit was very conspicuous in the bar of the Far East branch of the Valkyrie organization.

Coupled with her previous remarks, it was clear that she admitted that she was not the Valkyrie of the Far East.

Raven could feel that several eyes were secretly directed towards her, but she didn't care about it at all. She just leaned on the edge of the table with her chin in her hand, looking at her temporary friend with interest.

Facing those Valkyries who knew nothing about her, she was confident that she would not reveal any personal information.

An unorganized mercenary wandering around the world, he accepted the commission of the Destiny Organization and temporarily joined the Far East Branch. No matter how the ordinary Valkyrie investigated, this was the only piece of information she could get.

"But anyway, you've come here, Ms. Miyuki. How about you just give me some face and chat with me for a while before this encounter ends?"

Raven had spent a lot of effort to find such a bar with almost no surveillance. At this time when the flow of people was the largest, the hidden observers would only sit far away at the table diagonally opposite. This means that as long as the voices were kept low enough, the content of their conversation would not be known to a third party...

We finally got an appointment with a cadre from the Destiny Organization. Wouldn't it be a shame if nothing was done?

"..."

Miyuki's ears trembled from time to time, as if she was not used to this noisy environment. Although Honkai could evolve the keen hearing of a cat, it would make her feel uncomfortable at times like this.

However, after hearing what Raven said, Miyuki stopped keeping silent. She thought that instead of passively listening to the chaotic noises around her, she might as well try to have a little chat with this new mercenary lady and see if talking could solve her troubles.

"......so what?"

"Ok?"

"It's almost May, so what?"

Deep snow tone

She spoke in a low voice, and finally picked up her cup of milk, and like a real kitten, she carefully tested the temperature of the drink with her tongue.

Like many people she knew, Shenxue could feel that this mercenary lady gave her an unfathomable sense of mystery. However, being in the Far East Base of the Far East Branch, she would not be overly wary of her. Moreover, with her mental state in such a depressed calm, Shenxue did not want to think too much.

"May... Hehe~ Isn't May a good month?"

Raven raised his head and drank the rest of the wine in the glass, then turned his head to look at the small light screen showing April 4, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

"It is the third month of spring. The cold Siberia region will gradually warm up from May. When I was a child, I always looked forward to the arrival of this month."

When she spoke, Raven had a half-smile on her face, and it was hard to guess her true thoughts. However, if you look closely at her eyes, you can see that the blood-red pupils seem to have faded a little...

"Alas... So many years have passed without me noticing. Now when I think back, how many Mays that I once looked forward to have I missed?"

The gray-haired woman's eyes were slightly disturbed.

Perhaps it was because the life of a mercenary was too dark and monotonous. Thinking back on the days when she played snowball fights with her brother's friends, it still felt like yesterday.

At that time, I naively admired myself as Queen Catherine. I never thought that I would become like this in the future...

However, the past cannot be reversed. Even if those days are still vivid in our minds, they are destined to never return to the past.

"But this is the Far East, and the arrival of May usually only heralds the beginning of hot weather."

The amorous voice interrupted Raven's thoughts. Miyuki was absent-mindedly stirring the hot milk with a spoon and did not notice the true feelings revealed by the woman next to him at that moment.

"Since you are from a country in the north, it would be difficult for you to adapt to the monsoon climate of the Far East, right? You have worked so hard. You have just joined the Far East branch and will soon experience the hottest weather in the Far East..."

Although her tone was impatient, the little cat girl at least answered seriously. Thinking of this, Raven quickly adjusted himself and returned to his usual calm expression.

"Don't worry about that, Ms. Miyuki. Although I'm from Siberia, I've been to many places as a mercenary. If I couldn't adapt to the climate change, I would have died under the sickle of the death soldiers in Sarajevo years ago."

"I see. So-called international mercenaries are people like you?"

"Well, kind of... But there are very few mercenaries who stay in the same country or region. But in the end, they are all the same. All of them are poor bastards who are forced to work in other places."

Raven shook his head, changed back to a soft and light tone, and took the initiative to end the topic about mercenaries.

"By the way, since May is just the beginning of the hot weather in the Far East, it means that it is not too hot, nor is it a troublesome month, is that right?"

"No special feeling."

"Yeah, that's right. May is just an ordinary month in the Far East, and an ordinary month is naturally not something that people will remember deeply. However, there seem to be quite a few flowers that bloom in May."

"flower?"

"Right. Let me think... Roses should bloom in May, right? Oh, yes, and wisteria too. So, what kind of flower is Miyuki-san's favorite?"

“I’m not really interested in flowers.”

Miyuki shook her head rather coldly, but her thoughts drifted back to the eve of the third collapse.

What's the use of flowers? Didn't the three-year-old cherry blossoms that I made by myself not get sent out in the end? In the end, it seemed that they were left in Senba Academy, right?

But it doesn't matter, even without those petals, they still accept themselves and don't care about this filthy body at all...

"Don't say that. In the season when roses are in full bloom, don't you want to pick one and give it to the one you love?"

"Someone you like...?"

At this point in the conversation, Miyuki fell silent again.

As if she thought of something, the girl's pupils seemed to tremble slightly.

"But I don't have that qualification... Yes, someone like me is only worthy of watching her from a distance..."

Listening to the cat-eared girl's very quiet mumbling, Raven frowned slightly. Thinking of the girl's family status and the person she was loyal to, Raven had already guessed the matter in her heart, but she was very tactful and didn't ask anything.

Even though she was a powerful pseudo-herrscher, Asakura Miyuki was still only an underage girl. In Raven's eyes, her thoughts were too easy to see through, and too easy to be misled...

It's a godsend, isn't it?

"No? That's right... it's a little too early for you now. Then, how about wisteria? The flower language symbolizes distant

If you miss someone far away, you can take advantage of the blooming season in May and find a flower to give to your classmates and friends you miss~"

"..."

classmate? friend?

Classmates who only laughed at and bullied me? Friends? During all those years at Qianyu Academy, did I ever have a friend?

Ah... I guess there was one. The girl who approached me first was called Fujita or something. It was this so-called "friend" who brought me to those hooligans...

The former "Asakura Miyuki" should have been destroyed from that time, right?

The girl's guilty heart inevitably recalled the past. When her soul was about to fall into darkness, it was the "angel" who rescued her from the abyss. However, she failed her again and again, and even used force against her precious companion...

"Someone you miss? Sorry, I don't have that kind of thing."

Although her lips were trembling slightly, Miyuki still responded with a cold head and shook her head. But beneath this stubborn and strong appearance, the girl's inner turmoil was exposed to Raven...

The gray-haired woman's eyes darkened slightly, and a sharp light flashed in her red pupils under the hood.

"Don't take this word literally. Missing someone doesn't necessarily refer to someone you haven't seen for a long time. Even if you see them every day, even if you're apart for only a few minutes, your heart is still filled with their voice, appearance, and smile during every second of separation. This is also a special kind of missing."

"What a messed up theory... What do you want to say?"

"Silis Kaslana."

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"—!"

Asakura Miyuki's pupils collapsed. She would never have thought that Raven would say this name at this time.

"Why do you..."

"Please don't be surprised, this is no secret."

Raven put his index finger between his lips, interrupting the girl's exclamation.

"She is the one you miss, and your feelings for her are more than just missing her."

Raven lowered her voice. Although the eyes cast towards them had long disappeared, she still tried to keep her presence as low as possible. At such a critical moment, this girl should not be disturbed.

"Asakura Miyuki, what is your understanding of 'love'?"

Suddenly, she heard the voice of a raven in her confusion. After a slight hesitation, Miyuki tilted her head.

"like?"

"Ah... Yes, they do mean similar things. But the 'love' I'm talking about here refers to love, which is a feeling that is more intense and heavier than simple liking. Think about it, do you have such a feeling in your heart? If so, how do you express it through your actions?"

"Probably... selfless dedication..."

"Devotion? Very good...very good. If what you think of as love is devotion, then think about it, who have you devoted yourself to so far?"