I, the final BOSS of the beta test server!

After turning a corner at the end of the street, what comes into view is a four-story dormitory covered with white tiles.

Hiltina stopped and paused in front of the bronze dormitory door.

She subconsciously turned around and looked at Luster.

If I remember correctly, they seemed to be wandering around the campus aimlessly just now, but in fact, it was Rast who was consciously guiding the direction of their progress.

That is to say-

It was Rast who took the initiative to lead her here, to this dormitory with white tiles.

"Laster, do you know this place?"

"Ah."

Rust nodded.

"This is the dormitory you lived in when you first entered college."

"Or in other words, it's the student apartment where you and Fran once lived...right?"

"How do you know all this?" Hiltina asked subconsciously.

"So... don't underestimate the awareness of a cowherd."

Luster couldn't help but smile.

"If I haven't thoroughly researched the customer's preferences, relationships, and even relevant intelligence beforehand...how can I possibly provide a zero-negative-review service?"

certainly--

Don't underestimate the appeal of your own "Infinity Blade" Nightblade.

He added silently in his heart.

……

On the other side, Hiltina's gaze was completely fixed on the dormitory in front of her.

This house with white walls and a green roof looks quite simple compared to other dormitories in the college, especially the single-family villas specially provided for the twelve seats of the round table like Hiltina.

However, this is indeed where Hiltina once lived.

During her first few days at school, she spent a relatively warm time in this dormitory, attending classes with Fran inseparable, going on adventures in the night world, and making friends with a group of new students in the dormitory.

Although, that time did not last long.

Thinking of this, Hiltina set her gaze on the two adjacent windows on the third floor of the dormitory.

The windows on the other floors of the dormitory were all filled with warm orange light, but those two windows had even the rain shields down, and it was pitch black inside the windows, with no trace of life left.

This is a matter of course.

After all, the former owner of these two adjacent rooms had become the target of public criticism and had moved alone to the dormitory provided by Lionheart Court.

The other person, on the other hand, had already fallen into eternal sleep in the night world not long ago.

After moving out of here, Xiltina had passed by the area countless times, but each time she subconsciously avoided this place that would bring back bad memories for her.

She never thought that she would come back here again.

Because, a young man who has nothing to do with this dormitory.

"Why did you bring me here?"

Hiltina looked at Rast beside her and spoke softly.

Then she saw the person in front of her shrug.

"Because I think, since you have chosen the path you are on now."

"Then this is what you must face and reconcile with."

“Only by saying goodbye to the past completely can we embark on a new journey without any worries.”

"and--"

Luster paused for a moment.

"According to my investigation."

"Ms. Fran, it seems she also left something here for you."

"Flan?"

As she spoke these confused words, Hiltina saw that Rast had walked to the bronze gate and gently knocked on the door of the dormitory.

The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the night sky.

Then, after a moment of silence, the door creaked open.

A middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties or fifties walked out.

"Are you...Last, the classmate I made an appointment with on the chat app earlier?"

The middle-aged woman had a brief exchange with Rast.

Then, the middle-aged woman passed Rast and saw the girl who subconsciously hid her body behind Rast.

"Hiltina."

The moment she saw Hiltina, a complicated expression appeared on the middle-aged woman's face.

This is a logical development.

This middle-aged woman is the dormitory manager of this student dormitory and has a good relationship with Fran and other members of the strategy group.

Anyone who saw the culprit who was rumored to have killed the students in his dormitory would probably find it difficult to greet him with a smile.

Seeing that the dormitory manager turned around and walked into the dormitory after discovering her, Xiltina couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Because she had no expectations before, she could not care less.

But at this moment, because she had made up her mind to reconcile with the world, her expectations were rekindled... So when someone she was familiar with showed such an expression, her heart could no longer remain as unshakable as before.

However, after a few seconds.

The dormitory manager came out with a small box.

Then, in front of Hiltina's surprised eyes, she put the small wooden box into Hiltina's hands.

"Take it. This is something Fran asked me to leave for you."

"What did Fran leave for me?"

"Ah."

"Every time Fran enters the Night World, she hands me a small wooden box and tells me that if she can't come back, she wants me to find a way to pass the box on to you."

"And this time, that lovely and lively girl really didn't come back..."

The middle-aged woman's voice couldn't help but drop a few notches. "I originally wanted to pass it on through the Student Union, but last contacted me at noon and said he would bring you here to pick it up."

"I was a little skeptical at first, but I didn't expect you to actually come back... because of a boy I've never heard of."

She placed the wooden box in Xiltina's hands, then turned and left.

When they were almost at the door, the dormitory manager stopped and looked back at Hiltina with a complicated look.

"Also, I don't know whether the rumors in the academy are true or not. I'm old and don't have the same keen judgment as you."

"But I know... at least when Fran was alive, she never once resented you. She even often took the initiative to defend you when faced with those malicious rumors."

After saying this, the dormitory manager's somewhat bloated figure disappeared into the dormitory gate.

On the empty street shrouded in darkness, only Hiltina and Last were left.

"Why don't you open it and take a look?"

Rast's faint voice echoed with the evening breeze.

Almost at the same time, Hiltina opened the wooden box impatiently.

Inside the wooden box was a piece of white letter paper.

[Hiltina, by the time you read this letter, I should have already died, buried in the remnants of the disaster in the night world.]

"Because if I could come back alive, I actually wanted to take advantage of the 900th anniversary celebration to personally apologize to you and give you this gift... It doesn't matter whether you accept it or not, little Tina."

This raid on the Resonance of the Disaster will undoubtedly be very dangerous, so even if I and many others died there, you don't have to blame yourself, Little Tina... The reason we entered the Resonance of the Disaster despite knowing the danger wasn't because of you, but our own decision. Before entering, we had already prepared ourselves for death.

"This might sound a little strange to you, but in Tina's eyes, I've parted ways with you precisely because I'm too cowardly to keep up with you."

[But that's not true. I'm not afraid of death. If I weren't, I wouldn't have chosen to join Star University in the first place, let alone become a member of the strategy team.]

The reason I broke up with you was actually because I didn't agree with your philosophy. You cared too much about the results and ignored the process itself.

"You've never forced me, and the other members are determined to go with you. We can withdraw at any time... But compared to them, I'm most worried about you, Hiltina. You've never taken care of yourself, and instead have repeatedly put yourself in danger."

"You're like a sword that's been through countless battles, with countless cracks and nicks. Its metal fatigue has long since reached its limit, yet it's never been able to maintain itself... If you continue like this, sooner or later, the day will come when it breaks apart."

I don't want to see you crumble on your own. I want you to understand the importance of rest. I want to use the team to protect you. I want you to understand that the process and the result are equally important. That's why I had that big fight with you...

I never expected that those angry words would be taken out of context and spread out, and then fueled by various people, intentionally or unintentionally, and eventually turned into the terrible rumors we have today.

I've spoken up and explained for you countless times in the news agency and on campus newspapers...but it's completely useless. Once the storm of public opinion builds, people only want to believe what they want to see and turn a deaf ear to the truth.

[This is a crime I committed myself, because my unintentional actions led to such bad consequences.]

[I'm not saying this to ask for your forgiveness, Little Tina. I know that no matter how much I say, it won't undo the damage I've done to you.]

【But even so, I still have to apologize to you for this and try to make amends. 】

[I've set up a mechanism. Once this wooden box is opened, my explanation will be forwarded to news agencies and other places...]

[No one cares about the explanations I make when I'm alive, so when I die, my words should have some weight.]

The evening breeze blew through the street, turning the page of letter to the back.

Sorry for rambling so much. I know you're not the type to care about what others think, but I can't be like you. I still can't help but care about these little things that seem insignificant to you.

"Actually, this letter should have ended here, but during the pre-war meeting for the Echo of the Disaster, I unexpectedly noticed a change in you."

[Perhaps you haven't even noticed it yourself, but to me, this change is so obvious... Besides conquering the Night World, you've started to care about other things. Even during the breaks in the strategy meetings, you'll occasionally be distracted.]

【That's something you've never done before.】

I tried to use my network to investigate the root cause of your change, and I concluded...it's all because of a freshman named Last.

[You changed after entering a certain night world, and it was there that he first appeared, completed psychological testing, and entered the academy.]

【I feel so lost~】

[I've always hoped that you could change...but unfortunately, the person who can make you truly cherish yourself is not me.]

[Looking at his student information, he seems to be a very handsome boy... But in my experience, the more handsome a boy is, the more likely he is to become a scumbag, whether it's by choice or by indifference. So, Xiao Tina, you must be extremely vigilant and don't give other bad women any chance to take advantage of you.]

[Oh, by the way, I also left a gift for you, little Tina.]

jingle.

A small emblem quietly fell from the letter paper and landed in Hiltina's palm.

The pattern engraved on the emblem is not the morning star streaking across the sky, but a silent night sky dotted with faint starlight.

As Hiltina's mind moved slightly, the small and delicate emblem turned into a rushing night.

In Hiltina's hand, it condensed into a rapier with a deep blue color.

[I've been wanting to complain for a long time. Little Tina, your "Twinkling Morning Star" is good, but it's too extreme.]

Like a fleeting shooting star... The morning star's brilliance is indeed dazzling, but the price it pays is that it is completely obliterated when it falls to the earth.

[Just like your own style, Little Tina, you only care about aggression and killing, but never care about your own safety.]

[I named this new emblem "Sword of the Night Sky"]

[I hope you can use this sword to protect yourself, who is covered in wounds, and the person you care about now, as gently as the night sky.]

[And the stars I transformed into on the obelisk will also quietly watch over you in the night sky.]

【The last one.】

【Take care of yourself, little Tina, you get hurt too easily. 】

[And that guy called Rust, are you watching? ]

[Don't let little Tina down, don't let her cry, don't deceive her feelings, don't abandon her...]