Collapse, a simulator of lifelong regret!

She was really like an elf or a fairy. Just standing there, her pure and innocent heart was enough to prevent anyone from having any negative thoughts. Even the malice seemed to have disappeared deep in her heart.

——Except for the young man in the distance who no one cares about.

A boy who no one would look at except standing there, and it was completely impossible for him to even get a glance or the slightest attention from others.

Although he was only a few steps away from the girl, he felt as if something higher up had lowered a fence.

How does it feel...

it's wired?

Did he do something wrong?

Why do I suddenly not want to stay by his side, and can't even walk with him?

[At the age of twelve, Alicia spent more and more time outside every day, and even occasionally ate in the orphanage. ]

【Did you do something wrong? 】

[Now a small detail has hurt the girl's heart or made her unhappy. ]

[Obviously, those eyes didn’t reveal anything.]

[If there is really a problem, why can't you tell me directly? 】

[No matter what it is, it can be corrected as long as it is spoken out, but you know nothing and can only watch it all continue. ]

[When she was thirteen, on Alicia’s birthday, you gave her a bouquet of flowers and a fairy tale book beside the cake. You bought it at a bookstore because you thought the beautiful paradise described in it would be something she would like.]

[Going to find a beautiful paradise is also in line with the first time you saw the girl in the forest. This should be a gift for apology. ]

[The next day, the girl who had been unsure of her name for a long time announced her name to everyone. It was the ultimate goal she was pursuing in the story, and it was consistent with the paradise, symbolizing purity and beauty.]

[——Aliceia. ]

[You are fourteen years old. You have spent most of this year with Alicia.]

[When the spring snow begins to melt, and flowers bloom, she stands at the door of the church and offers flowers she picked to every passerby.]

[In the sunny season, Alicia would go to the welfare home to weed the orchard with the children there, looking forward to this year's harvest.]

[In the season of falling leaves, Alicia has completely learned to speak. She pastes leaves of various colors into pictures and tells stories to everyone.]

[In the snowy season, she draws the shape of notes on the snow and sings softly in the winter forest.]

[The girl is like a gift from the forest. No one knows where she came from or why she is here, but everyone accepts her. Her innocent and genuine smile always touches the softest part of people's hearts.]

[No one, except some real beasts, would be disgusted by the purest kindness without restraint. No one could still harbor darkness and evil in the face of pure kindness.]

[You are the only one who is confused and wondering if you have done something wrong to lower your favorability? ]

[Even though the other person still behaves so cute in front of you, it always feels like... the pink-blue eyes don't seem to be looking at you very often.]

[As time goes by, it seems like I go out less and less, and I like going out more and more. ]

[It must be an illusion. ]

【after all……】

[Alicea always smiles sweetly at you, and the relationship between you and her is definitely not something that can be simply described as siblings or friendship.]

[No matter what, you are the first person the girl has ever met in her life, and you have always been her playmate. They often played together some time ago. No matter what, your relationship cannot be too bad, and you cannot be better than a stranger.]

【perhaps……?】

[You can't be sure, because that smile seems to apply to everyone, from vendors you meet for the first time to fishmongers on the roadside, regardless of the type of person or the degree of intimacy.]

[If everyone likes something and you are the only one who doesn’t hate it, then that is essentially a kind of hate. ]

[Emotions are essentially a kind of selfishness, a difference that can only be achieved by being different from others - this is what you read in a certain book.]

……

[Option 3: Of course, you want to spend some time with those you were forced to separate from and didn’t get to say goodbye to, make up for the regrets you once had, make friends with them again, and experience a quiet, peaceful life again.]

[You successfully greeted everyone and made friends with the people in the whole town. No one would dislike you, a fairy-like girl, even those stubborn old people who hate children the most.]

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Chapter of Stars and Moon: 5. She Doesn't Revolve Around You

Those dreamy eyes looked at this town and at every person that had ever known in this town.

As for Jiangcheng...

It's someone I don't know.

There is nothing extra to worry about.

No matter how you observe him, you can't see anything abnormal. His talent is only limited to a special level. He doesn't exist at all in your memory. When you lived in the small town, there was no one named Jiang Cheng.

When time is of the essence and extremely scarce.

The girl also wants to make up for some of the promises she had not fulfilled because she left too early, and make up for her past regrets by using the perfectly brought-in simulator.

It was not an active choice to leave, although I had long wanted to find my own paradise.

But the girl at that time was still a little immature and too young.

I will never leave like this no matter what.

However, when faced with the arrival of an organization that could be called the predecessor of the Fire Moths, the girl, who was clearly aware that she would bring disaster to this town that should have continued to be peaceful and happy, could only choose to bid farewell to her friends, the teachers who cared about her, and the orphanage that had adopted her.

This behavior of leaving, which is not voluntary, willing, or natural, will eventually leave a trace of regret in your life.

Even if I go back on a future trip, I won’t be able to get back the feeling I had before.

The promises made become increasingly blurred as time goes by.

Memories of the past also began to become distorted.

Now, she has finally changed all that.

In the Valkyrie Development Simulator, I once again experienced the life in the small town and met those familiar and close people again.

Now, all the regrets of the past have been made up.

"This time... let's leave early."

This time.

The girl can finally face her inner choice and leave.

There is no pressure, and there is no unfulfilled desire.

After making up for the regrets, the past is no longer a burden, a drag on progress, a rope that binds you, but a driving force for moving forward.

I am reluctant to let go of yesterday, but I am also willing to let go of the future.

[When you were fifteen, Alicia suddenly decided to go on a trip, and she even hid it from you, intending to leave here secretly. Fortunately, you couldn't sleep at night, and you happened to meet a girl who jumped down from the second floor through the window.]

[Choice 1: Let Alicia go. A free flower is not something you should imprison, nor is it something anyone can imprison... Alicia, you have to be happy, okay? Alicia, how can I live without you?]

[Choice 2: Stop Alicia from leaving alone and tell her parents.]

[Choice 3: My parents are the people I respect the most. Your leaving will make them sad... You have to pay extra.]

“Is there any need to hesitate?”

Jiang Cheng chose the third option without hesitation.

Option 1: The only important thing about this beginning will be wasted. Even if you inherit the store when you grow up, you will be just an ant in the future disaster.

If you choose the second option, you will probably waste all your favorability and the world will fall apart even faster.

Why not travel around the world together?

only……

Did Alicia leave at this age?

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[The cold wind blew at night, the treetops swayed, the eerie air currents wrinkled the pure white hem of your dress, you stood there blankly in your black cloak, your pretty face covered by the hood and your blue eyes looked a little distorted.]

[If you want to leave and get caught, you will still feel a little ashamed, and you won't dare to face the boy's gaze.]

【strangeness……】

[Even if something really happened, you could have just covered it up, so why didn't you dare look the boy in the eye? ]

[In fact, you should have been able to hide it from the boy, but you deliberately slowed down and made some noise when you stepped out of the room.]

[Perhaps it is because of this inexplicable emotion that you failed to leave successfully. 】

What is it?

[While you were standing there in confusion, the boy's voice suddenly interrupted your thoughts. He didn't blame you, he just wanted to leave the town with you.]

Travel with me?

How can that be possible? !

The first thought in Alysia's mind was to refuse.

It wasn't that she was unkind, nor did she have any hateful thoughts. The innocent girl would not refuse a request made out of concern.

Just...9

Some are not suitable.

This world is not safe. Apart from densely populated downtown areas, some remote places are also prone to disasters called collapse.

If it was just a trip, he could still protect Jiangcheng. In remote places without civilization, at most some low-level Honkai beasts would appear. Even in big cities, emperor-level beasts were extremely rare during this period.

Unfortunately, this is not just a simple trip.

Rather than traveling, it is essentially about finding those people or things that will have a huge impact on the future and rewriting the future in advance.

There will inevitably be some crises, things that even I may not be able to protect Jiangcheng from.

But this time I didn't see any option to reject.

Normally, there would be at least one "yes" or "no" on the screen, but now it was empty and I could only continue watching the movie.

"Why...why can't I choose?"

Those pale blue eyes were almost turning into circles.

He could only watch himself acting coquettishly and cutely in front of the boy and agreed to his request.

[How could I possibly refuse a boy's request that was not excessive at all? ]

[You have never been separated from him, not even for a day. ]

[“Since that’s what you said… then I will be grateful to you for relying on me.”]

【"Brother Jiang Cheng~?"】

“Let’s go on a journey together.”

[You put your hands together and blinked your eyes gently, looking playful and cute. You walked forward and gently hugged the boy's arm without any concern.]

[The next day.]

[You told your parents about your idea of ​​going on a trip, but maybe because you have always been very reliable and have completed your education to college, they didn’t say much about it.]

[It was just that when you said you wanted Alicia to come along, their faces looked a little strange, some with admiration, and some with inexplicable sadness.]

[Who makes you feel confused? I wonder what they are thinking? ]

[But with Alicia's strong request and support, they patted your shoulders and agreed to this matter.]

[You have never seen your family members' faces become so complicated, just like the cabbage in your own garden is eating your own pig.]

Chapter of Stars and Moon: 6. You and Alicia start traveling

[Of course, this doesn’t mean they’re completely hands-off. They still plan your travel direction, tell you how to distinguish between good and bad people, and give you money that ordinary people can’t even afford to spend their entire working lives.]

[At the same time, they also thoughtfully gave you a copy of the Criminal Law Encyclopedia and marked one of the pages. When you opened that page, the first thing you saw was an introduction to how many years you would be in prison for copper smelting.]