Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Now, it’s just a return.

She was the little girl, she was the shrine maiden, and now she is also the witch.

The past cannot be indulged in, nor can it be resisted. It can only be accepted, embraced, and taken into one.

From then on, Yaezakura returned to wholeness.

"Let's go!"

Yaezakura had a cold expression on her face. She gripped the hilt of her sword tightly, looked up at the collapsed shrine high up, and quickly rushed up past Lin Wei.

Lin Wei hurried to catch up, fearing something might happen if he was slow.

When I climbed up to the shrine, I saw Yaezakura standing at the door, looking in a certain direction with a complicated expression, as if she was gnashing her teeth in hatred, but also as if she was pitiful and refused to recognize him. She was extremely entangled and in great pain. The hand that was tightly holding the handle of the sword was shaking desperately. She wanted to unsheathe it, but she couldn't bear to do it...

Lin Wei also saw it.

In a corner, there was a pitiful pink-haired girl curled up with a few strands of red highlights and a high ponytail tied at the back of her head. She should have been quite handsome.

"I'm not... don't come near me... I'm not... let me go..."

The girl held her head with both hands, clutching her hair tightly, and trembling all over, as if she was sinking into a terrifying nightmare.

“Please, let me go…sister…save me…sister…where are you?”

The girl screamed in pain and misery.

"I'm not a Herrscher... I'm not... I'm not... I'm not!"

Lin Wei blocked Yaezakura behind him and slowly moved towards the girl.

"Ling, don't be afraid, I'm coming..."

The girl suddenly raised her head and stared at Lin Wei, her tone angry and she shouted hysterically,

"You lied to me, you all lied to me! Go to hell, all of you go to hell!!!"

His figure exploded and turned into black smoke that swept towards Lin Wei.

"Choke!"

Yaezakura drew the sword from her waist, rushed forward and stood in front of Lin Wei, determined to put an end to her nightmare.

Suddenly, a blue blade of light cut through the sky, covering the sky and the sun, freezing time, solidifying space, and also freezing the black fog in the sky there.

Along with the flash of the knife came a cold and anxious voice.

"Ling, don't be afraid, my sister is here!"

Chapter 48: Pandora

"Ling, don't be afraid, my sister is here!"

The blue light is like ice, sharp and intimidating; yet it is also gentle like water, without any murderous intent.

The black smoke that was raging in the sky suddenly stopped, then let out a miserable cry, and shrank back in an instant, leaving only a small black box in its place.

The sword lights in the sky faded away, and a girl with fox ears, pink hair and blue armor appeared. She passed by Lin Wei and Yaezakura who were frozen in place like lightning, but she didn't look away, just stared at the small black box anxiously.

Draw the sword! Unsheathe it!

With a flash of lightning and thunder, he fiercely split the box open, and with a flash of his body, he followed his sister into the box.

Disappear.

The breeze began to blow, the birds began to sing, and the sun in the sky jumped out of the mountain again, casting its warm light on the earth.

Time begins to flow again.

Yaezakura stood there with a complicated expression. In the fleeting glimpse just now, she had already seen the fox-eared girl who was almost the same size as herself, and her face was also identical to hers.

Although the knife had been put back into the sheath, the handsome hand still held the handle tightly, until the nails began to turn white. He wanted to let go, but couldn't.

There was a bitter expression on his face, as if he was crying, laughing, angry, self-deprecating, and helpless. His heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"If you can't let go, don't force yourself."

Lin Wei's voice came from behind.

A very ordinary sentence freed Yaezakura from her entanglement.

"Sorry, that was a bit rude..."

The girl came back to her senses, put away her complicated expression and apologized to Lin Wei. Then she sighed,

"it is finally over……"

"Yeah, it's finally over."

Lin Wei also sighed.

Entering the game alone, he repeatedly gambled on the edge of a knife, it was a matter of life and death; although he had nothing in his hands, he relied on his empty words to repeatedly blackmail various forces and jump left and right.

Everything started because of this holy scar.

Now, he had finally fulfilled his promise, reunited Ling with her sister, freed Yae Sakura from her nightmare, ended this fifty thousand year long injustice and five hundred year long grudge, and it could be considered as paying the price for his own selfish desires.

From now on, I can use the power of this stigmata with peace of mind.

Oh, in the end, it's all for my own selfish desires...

Lin Wei shook his head and laughed at himself.

Then Lin Wei stopped thinking about it and called Su a few times in his heart, wondering what was going on over there. After a while, he got a reply saying "the situation is okay", but the tone was so steady that it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

According to the agreement between him and Su, he only needs to find Ling's location and leave the rest to Ying.

Then wait a little while...

Lin Wei turned his attention back to the pretty girl beside him and looked her up and down calmly. Her temperament was slightly different from when he first met her. Her gentle temperament was slightly restrained, and at the same time, it carried a hidden sharpness, and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised.

Not like a witch, but more like a warrior.

Lin Wei thought to himself.

Yaesakura felt uncomfortable with his gaze on her ears.

"Mr. Lin Wei...is there anything else?"

There was even a hint of warning in his eyes. This look was too rude.

"Ms. Yaesakura, is this a reunion or our first meeting?"

Lin Wei asked her a philosophical question with a smile on her face.

Yaezakura was stunned.

Yes, before this it was either a fragment of consciousness deep in the dream, or an incomplete consciousness.

Now that the trinity has completely merged, the real Yaezakura has fully awakened.

So……

Yaezakura was instantly immersed in the philosophical thinking of "Who am I and who am I".

She didn't hesitate for long, just a moment of hesitation, then she bowed and said,

"Long time no see, Mr. Lin Wei, Yaezakura is very grateful..."

"You're welcome, Miss Yaesakura. I promised you before that I would help you end your nightmare. Have you fulfilled your promise now?"

Yaezakura looked back at the corner where Ling had just hidden. It was now empty, with no one, no black box, and not even a knife mark.

It seems like it was really a dream.

He sighed, then collected himself and turned to ask Lin Wei,

"Now that the matter here is settled, does Mr. Lin Wei have any other plans?"

"Is it really over?"

But Lin Wei refused to let her go. The person one should never deceive is oneself.

"...I can't bring myself to forgive her. I can't. I hate her. This monster destroyed everything I had: my home, my village, my life, everything I hoped for...I can't forgive her..."

Yaezakura didn't hesitate for too long, just pondered for a moment, but her expression was blank and her tone was empty.

"But I don't want to hate her either... After all, she's just like me, a pitiful creature toyed with by fate. Chasing her down, seeking revenge, what can I possibly do to redeem her? It's just bad karma, bad karma. Oh, it's all in vain..."

"I can't let go, and I can't pick it up either...it's better to say goodbye and never be friends again!"

After saying this, Yaezakura turned around and left without any reluctance.

How decisive! Lin Wei was shocked, smiled slightly, and followed.

"It seems that Miss Yaesakura knows a lot of things."

Yaezakura glanced at him, her tone returning to calm and cold.

"After all, I have already merged with Mr. Lin Wei, becoming a holy scar. It is not surprising that I occasionally read some of his memories and experiences."

Lin Wei felt helpless. What was this feeling of being caught with stolen goods?

"Will Miss Yaesakura blame me?"

Yaezakura felt somewhat disappointed and shook her head without saying anything.

The "future" has never been so close at hand, but the unknowns within it still make her feel daunted.

Compared to walking alone with bruises all over your body, there's nothing wrong with dwelling on the memories of the past, right?

Yaezakura was inexplicably hesitant.

"Since Miss Yaesakura has seen my memories, can you let me know a little about your past?"

Yaezakura came back to her senses and looked at Lin Wei with complicated eyes. She understood Lin Wei's intention of interrupting.

What an excessive man...

"My past is nothing worth mentioning. I was nothing more than a wicked man who disrespected the gods and had blood on his hands..."

Yaesakura subconsciously wanted to resist because her past was not glorious.

"You're saying that as if I'm some good person... Hurry up, I want to hear it."

This person...

After all, it was a life-saving grace. Yae Sakura looked at him helplessly and spoke slowly.

"As for my past with Rin... you already know roughly everything."

Yaezakura fell silent right after she started speaking, then she composed herself and continued her story.

"Six months after that incident, my father passed away due to illness... and I officially began to preside over the rituals at Yae Shrine."

"Rin wanted me to be the best shrine maiden, and I didn't want to let her down, so I diligently performed my duties as a shrine maiden. Over time, I became quite popular among the villagers."

"However, the village still suffers from frequent droughts. In every year of disaster, a young girl must be sacrificed to the gods to beg for mercy, just like Rin did... Whenever this happens, I always fulfill my responsibility to the village seriously, solemnly, meticulously, and dutifully - to please the gods..."

"Isn't it painful?"

Seeing that Yaezakura was a little excited, Lin Wei interrupted her, feeling a little pity.

He could hear the torment in Yae Sakura's heart. She loved this village because it was her home, but she hated all the villagers because they had taken her family away.

Therefore, she began to take revenge, ruthlessly taking away other people's daughters, using the same blood, the same life, and the same cries to commemorate her own sister.

"..."

Yaezakura was silent for a moment. Yes, life was getting more and more painful day by day.

This kind of revenge, like taking drugs, will only bring a moment of pleasure, followed by a longer period of emptiness. It will constantly feed the devil in your heart and make your life more painful.

"Ah……"

Yaezakura smiled bitterly. Now that she thought about it, she was indeed ridiculous.

"Then, I met Kallen..."

Lin Wei understood Yaesakura's feelings.

Living here, no one is innocent, and in her eyes, they all deserve to die.

When she had been tortured by the abyss of hatred for a long time and was exhausted both physically and mentally, a foreign girl appeared in her world out of nowhere. It was the cleanest, most innocent and most holy figure she had ever seen in her life.

The girl floating downstream was like a ray of light shining into the abyss, and became the life-saving straw that Yaezakura was unwilling to let go.