Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

After the reconstruction was completed, the scene in front of the two people had changed from a quiet campus to a bustling street. This was Sky City, the night they truly said goodbye.

"Kiana, are you okay?

"Well...it's indeed all right now."

"That's good. Just now... you suddenly became unresponsive like a wooden man. After that, Saint Freya disappeared in the darkness, and in its place... was Sky City."

Unlike that day, there was no thunder in the sky today.

"That day... Mei really saw me, didn't she?"

"Well... it's just that at that time... I didn't have the courage to face the truth."

Kiana looked down:

"Ah... Not only is the view here great, the wind is also very comfortable."

"It's a pity that we didn't have the state of mind to appreciate everything at that time. Then let's make up for it all in one go! The next space conversion... I don't think it will happen in a short time."

"If I'm right, the change is related to my mood swings. As for whether it's related to the mood itself or the intensity of the swings, I'm not sure."

"It doesn't matter. Since we are all in your mind space, maybe letting things take their course is the best approach."

"Ah."

After that, the two of them stopped talking and just looked into the distance together in tacit understanding.

Generally speaking, most people prefer to avoid silence in conversations, as if it is a pair of scissors that will constantly cut the friendship between the two parties... When silence accumulates to a certain extent, the conversation will lose its meaning. But for them, these silences allow the thoughts of both parties to merge, and then realize more of the mood that originally belonged to each other.

"Mea Yi..."

"Ok?"

"It's okay. I just suddenly wanted to call your name."

"So... Kiana?"

"Haha, Mei just said that you lacked the courage to face the truth at that time. I am no exception. After leaving Sky City, I was thinking, if I had chosen to take the initiative to find you and talk to you, would the result be different?"

"But...then one day, I suddenly realized that this is not a question of "what to say". Because what I was thinking in my heart...how could Mei not understand it?"

"It's also true in reverse. When I first arrived at World Serpent, I suffered from insomnia almost every night. I knew why I couldn't sleep, but I couldn't solve it. So later, I simply used this time to think."

"What I thought about the most was how to do better at that time... For example, as you said, we should calm down and talk about it. But in the end, I couldn't find the optimal solution I imagined."

"Because in the final analysis, we are all [not wrong]. If we are not wrong, it would be difficult to convince the other party with words."

"Yes. Perhaps this is what it means to grow up. We still hold similar beliefs as we did then, but we no longer need to convince each other. The difference... perhaps lies in a subtle sense of propriety. If we could open our hearts to each other in Sky City like we did today... the many twists and turns in between would at least not be so painful."

"Ah."

“But on the other hand, if we hadn’t [escaped] at that time, perhaps we wouldn’t have grown to where we are today, and we wouldn’t be who we are now.”

"So, Kiana concluded that if we had met at that time, we might have done something more extreme to convince each other... like... a fight?"

"Maybe, but I was no match for Mei at that time. If Reina saw it, she would be in a dilemma again... I don't know if this kind of thing has happened to my father and mother before. After things here are resolved, I will go and ask them about it."

"what?"

"Of course... Experience in raising children... We will all face this kind of problem sooner or later, right?"

"You think very far ahead..."

Just as in ordinary families, children often become the key to resolving conflicts between their parents. The two, who already had little rift between them, talked about their future life. The last few remnants of the invisible barrier between them finally disappeared along with the laughter.

"Mea Yi..."

"Ok?"

"You know, when I first arrived in Skydome City, there were many things I didn't tell anyone about, many decisions I made. I either kept them deep in my heart or implemented them alone.

Among so many "others", the one I was most reluctant to share with was Mei, which directly led to our separation later. "

Kiana suddenly stopped talking, and she felt as if there was a layer of transparent film on her lips, blocking the words that were about to come out.

...

After rehearsing the words in her mind again, she spoke.

"I know that when facing the same thing related to me, Mei's emotions often fluctuate more than others. But you rarely show it, but just silently tolerate and accept everything about me, and give me guidance and help when I need it - from the first time we met to the reunion, it has always been like this.

Fight for all the beauty in the world - this is my belief and my promise to Teacher Jizi. And in my heart, Meiyi... you are the most special one among these beauties.

Because you are special...I hope you can put yourself more important than me or the world."

"So, what does Mei think today?"

After saying this, she breathed a sigh of relief. Although everyone knew about their relationship, they themselves had never broken the window paper.

Now that the atmosphere has come to this, Kiana feels that it is time. After all... she also wants to be the one who takes the initiative at the critical moment.

Mei also rehearsed her words in her mind.

I think that many times, what people think and what they do are actually contradictory - because the world does not necessarily allow us to choose the result that we most want.

"Perhaps in the near future, I will once again face a difficult choice that will change our fate. By then, I may not be able to answer as decisively as I did before. I will hesitate, think, and weigh the pros and cons. Because the weight of everything in the world in my heart is also constantly "growing" in the process of walking with you. But in the end, the person who gave me this opportunity to grow and made me start to like "the world"...

"Kiana, it's you."

"Thank you, Mei. You are just as important to me. I am... very happy."

Although such a result was within her expectations, the fact that she received a completely positive response from the other party on her first confession undoubtedly made the girl feel refreshed both physically and mentally, and her thoughts floated leisurely. By the time she realized what was happening, the scenery had changed again.