I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

"If only you hadn't freed me from my wanderings in the first place."

"I wish we had never met from the beginning."

"If I have to wander in the end, at least I won't be as afraid of the cold as I am now."

Kiana, who wanted to escape from all this, kept saying things against her will, but in the end she couldn't deceive herself.

Before long, the overwhelming longing easily overwhelmed these self-deceiving thoughts.

In a trance, Kiana no longer cared to hide her feelings and called out with the most primitive desire:

"I really want to see you...Ye Ming..."

"Well, I'm here."

"well……?"

From the moment she was awakened from her sweet dream, Kiana's mind was not quite clear.

After hearing Ye Ming's voice, she subconsciously thought that everything was just an illusion.

It was not until the other person's warmth became more real and closer that she slowly realized that Ye Ming had really come to her side.

"Ye Ming."

Pain, regret, resentment, sadness, desire, longing...

At that moment, Kiana had a hundred feelings that she wanted to confess to Ye Ming.

But in the end, it felt like something was stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter a word. The only thing left was the urge to snuggle up to Ye Ming.

"I am here."

Ye Ming hugged Kiana tightly, letting her feel his body temperature, his heartbeat, and his solid presence.

And this is what Kiana needs most.

"I'm sorry...Ye Ming...I'm sorry..."

Finally finding someone to apologize to, Kiana buried her head in Ye Ming's arms and kept expressing her apologies.

"It's all my fault... Mr. Himeko... and everyone else... It's all my fault."

Kiana, who kept sobbing, had difficulty uttering a complete sentence.

But even though her crying was intermittent, Ye Ming could understand the meaning.

"It's okay, it's not as bad as you think."

Ye Ming gently stroked Kiana's long hair, from her neck to her back, until he felt her heartbeat stabilize with his chest.

"Trust me, Kiana, everything will be fine."

Although Ye Ming's voice sounded extremely gentle, the audience could see him gritting his teeth and forcing himself.

"I will turn this imperfect story into what we want it to be."

After that, Ye Ming stayed by Kiana's side and wandered with her.

Even if Ji Zi is saved, it will still take a long time for the branch of the world line to merge with the main world.

Before that, Ye Ming must ensure that the main world is not destroyed, so he has to leave for a while from time to time.

"Ye Ming, how long will it take this time?"

During one of their farewell talks, Kiana asked in an almost pleading tone:

"Can you come back soon?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know how long this will take."

Every time the tragedy was rewritten, Ye Ming was not even sure that he could come back alive, let alone the time.

"Before you leave, can you stay with me for a while?"

"Um……"

Ye Ming really couldn't bear to refuse Kiana's small request, and finally chose to leave later.

"You're taking antidepressants again."

In the small shabby house where the two of them lived for a short time, Ye Ming looked at the empty medicine bottles of various sizes and couldn't help but persuade:

"These drugs have serious side effects. No wonder you haven't been eating much during this period."

Seeing this, the girls in the workshop all had mixed feelings, especially Mei...

Because they knew that Ye Ming would experience similar things in the future.

"Sorry... I... ha..."

Kiana wanted to explain something, but she remembered something and let out a sigh.

"I clearly promised Teacher Jizi that I would hold my head up and keep moving forward, but I can't do it now."

Kiana looked at the antidepressants and sleeping pills and couldn't help feeling ashamed.

"At least don't use these drugs while I'm with you."

"..."

Ye Ming’s proposal was logical and there was no reason to refuse. However, after hearing it, Qiana fell silent, as if she had something to hide.

"Kiana?"

"Okay, I understand. I promise you."

Kiana closed her eyes, her furrowed brows filled with sadness.

Ye Ming naturally caught this point, so he asked:

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"No……"

Kiana took a deep breath, and after her expression calmed down, she said to Ye Ming:

"Time is running out. Instead of worrying about those things, let's just rest quietly now."

Kiana leaned in Ye Ming's arms. She felt that Ye Ming had many more scars on his body, especially on his chest...

The injury was horrific, but for some reason, Kiana felt that the wound had a very familiar feeling.

[Because it was Kiana (Sora) who stabbed her]

[If Qibao knew about this, she would collapse.]

[Of course, Ye Ming is now Qibao's only spiritual support]

"You have a lot of scars on your body, which were not there before. What happened?"

After staying in Ye Ming's arms for a while, Kiana finally felt so heartbroken that she couldn't bear it anymore and asked Ye Ming about it.

"It's a long story, but it's okay, it's not a big deal."

Ye Ming prevaricated the question casually, and then said:

"But you... your injuries are probably not much better than mine."

"Ah……"

Hearing Ye Ming's concern, Kiana suddenly thought of something interesting. She tried hard to laugh, but failed in the end.

I had to say in a bitter tone: "Have you forgotten? I am a single-celled organism. I am not as afraid of pain as you are."

In order not to make Qiana worry, Ye Ming also explained:

"Don't underestimate me. I have long since gotten rid of my fear of pain."

At that moment, countless comments like "liar" flashed across the screen.

Because the audience knows what kind of painful experience Ye Ming had after that.

"Two idiots."

Mei and the others couldn't bear to watch any longer.

In order not to worry the other party, Ye Ming and Qiana told the same lie.

The two cats are so similar in this sad place.

…………

Even a brief comfort that could not even be considered redemption was an unattainable luxury for Kiana.

Not long after, Ye Ming left her side, and at the same time, the queen's sharp voice appeared from the bottom of Kiana's heart.

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

513. When you are alone, even the wind is silent

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

"I do not understand what you are saying."

Hearing that Kiana was still playing dumb, the Queen laughed contemptuously:

"You are so afraid of me, afraid that I will take over your consciousness. You will hide when you see people, and you don't even dare to see your friends."

"But you want to stay with Ye Ming and ask him to stay with you for a while longer..."

"What? Aren't you afraid that I will take over your body and tear that guy to pieces?"

Hearing the Queen's question, Kiana said in a deep voice:

"I won't let that happen."

"Do you think you can stop me?"

"I can't stop you, but... as long as I don't meet Ye Ming again, you won't be able to hurt him."

"Hmm? But you just said you wanted that guy to stay with you for a while longer?"

"Because it's the last time."

Kiana's face was filled with sadness.

"While I can still suppress you with my consciousness, I want to get close to Ye Ming for a while so that I can stop thinking about you."

It’s like students who are about to stop playing with their cell phones at the start of the school term, so naturally they want to have fun while they can still.

But Kiana's situation is far more cruel than this metaphor.

"Humph~~" the queen said disdainfully, "Give up the thought? Can you do that?"

The queen saw the tenderness between Kiana and Ye Ming just now. She knew that Ye Ming meant a lot to Kiana.

I also saw that when Ye Ming left, Kiana's eyes were reluctant to let him go and she looked like she was about to melt.

"I can not……"

Kiana didn't even have the room to be stubborn about this question. Until just now, she had not been able to stop thinking about Ye Ming.

"But I will do that."

Even though the longing cannot be cut off, Kiana still decides not to meet Ye Ming again.

In order to prevent Ye Ming from finding her, she left this temporary resting place and began wandering alone again.

…………

After that, Ye Ming, who had been unable to find Kiana, came to Mei first.

Then, in Changkong City, they found Kiana who was unconscious.

"Compared to me, Kiana will definitely want to see you more when she wakes up."

Faced with the oncoming tide of Honkai beasts, Ye Ming decided to leave Kiana to Mei's care.

"Just stay with Kiana. I'll be back before sunset and have dinner with you guys."

"Isn't this Changkong City? We'll go to the rooftop of Qianyu Academy tonight, just like we did in the past."

The imagined scene was so beautiful that Ye Ming could never have imagined that he would lose Mei before Kiana.

"Mei... am I dreaming?"

At the same time, Kiana also woke up. After seeing Mei, she couldn't believe her eyes.