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At twelve years old, even the caregivers at the nursing home started calling you Father Pucci, but when you asked the priest the same question from back then, he still said to wait a little longer.

[Aponia is six years old. Perhaps having witnessed too many other people's fates, she no longer cries.]

After witnessing the child whose fate she had foreseen die from illness just as she had foreseen, she realized that you were only deceiving her every night.

She considered this ability a gift from the gods and wanted to save those with tragic fates.

[Aponia begins to concern herself with the fates of others, and you, feeling a pang of sadness at your child growing up, turn your attention to raising Seele.]

Seele is more clingy than Aponia; she really needs you by her side every step of the way.

[You had no choice but to bring Seele with you when you worked at the nursing home.]

[At fourteen, Seele's condition has not improved; she hides behind you in fear whenever someone speaks to her.]

But you can't keep Seele with you forever, so you start training her, forcing her to interact with others.

[And for Seele's training partner, you chose Aponia.]

"..."

"..."

Aponia stared intently at Seele without saying a word.

Seele lowered her head in fear, as if she was about to cry.

“Aponia, say something.”

"...I see your future; you will kill many people."

Aponia killed the game, Seele's communication practice was a complete success, now she doesn't hide when people talk to her, she just cries.

Fortunately, the three of them lived together, and their daily interactions allowed Seele and Aponia to become familiar with each other.

Although the process was somewhat lengthy, who would blame the adorable Seele?

……

At sixteen, the priest at the sanatorium fell ill.

The priest who supported the entire nursing home eventually succumbed to the ravages of time.

If the priest can no longer take care of everyone, then that responsibility falls on you.

You inquired about the priest's fate from Aponia.

“A month later, the priest will die in his bed,” Aponia said, revealing the priest’s fate.

"...You're not lying to me this time?" Aponia asked, her voice trembling.

Pucci shook his head silently.

……

As Aponia had predicted, the priest's condition continued to worsen.

You and Aponia searched for a cure for the priest, but you never found one.

The priest seemed to sense that his time was running out, and called you to his bedside before he died.

"Then, can you tell me how you established yourself on Twilight Street?"

Sitting by the priest's bedside, Pucci looked into the priest's cloudy eyes and asked the question that had troubled him for many years.

"Ahem, Pucci, what's it like to survive in a place like this?"

"...is power."

"Yes, power."

As he spoke, the priest took out the thing Pucci had been searching for a long time from the cabinet next to the bed—an arrow.

"I bought this arrow from a roadside stall in London that year."

"The old woman told me that if I came into contact with this thing, I would be caught in a vortex of fate."

"I didn't think much of it at the time."

"Cough...cough cough cough!"

The priest coughed violently, and Pucci wanted to get him some water, but the priest stopped him.

"Child, don't go, let me finish what I have to say."

Pucci sat down again and continued to listen to the elderly man in front of him recount his life story.

"After that, I was accidentally stabbed by this arrow, and then I gained special abilities."

"When I was young, I didn't know how to hide my abilities."

"My abilities were exposed after I inadvertently stumbled into the area where the Honkai erupted."

“A group of people who called themselves the Moths of Fire approached me and asked me to join them.”

"So, did you join them?" Pucci asked.

"Of course, they claimed to be an organization that would save the world, and after confirming that, I naturally joined."

"I have come into contact with the truth of the world. The world is not stable. Collapse is happening every moment."

"My brother, my comrade-in-arms, my lover."

"They all died in the collapse, they died right in front of me."

"I understand now, this is my destiny."

"In my later years, I lost the will to fight, so I built this sanatorium on Twilight Street."

As he spoke, the priest reached into the drawer again and took out a badge.

Pucci recognized it; it was an emblem representing one's status within the Fire-Chasing Moths.

"Here you go, child."

Pucci took the arrow and the badge.

Pucci examined the badge closely; instead of numbers, it bore a cross.

Suddenly, the priest grabbed Pucci's hand and said excitedly.

"We are all slaves to fate!"

"Puch, save humanity! Liberate humanity from its fate!"

"I saw it! It's you, and it can only be you!"

"Bring humanity to heaven, Enrique Pucci!"

“I’m not qualified, that’s why I’m not qualified…”

The priest's voice grew softer and softer, and his grip on Pucci loosened, leaving his hands hanging limply on the ground.

Pucci laid the priest down and closed his still-open, resentful eyes with both hands.

Good night, Father. May your pure soul find peace in heaven.

For the next three days, the sanatorium handled the priest's funeral arrangements.

Witnessing the burial of the elder who had raised him for 16 years, Pucci read a eulogy for him with the highest respect.

“I love you as I love God, Father.”

"I will inherit your will."

After that, there was only one priest at the sanatorium, and that was you, Enrique Pucci.

While sorting through the priest's belongings, you found a tattered piece of parchment.

You unfolded it; the conditions for going to heaven were written on it.

One of the necessary conditions is the Stand "The World".

The second essential condition is a trustworthy friend.

[The third necessary condition: the souls of thirty-six heinous criminals]

[The fourth necessary condition, fourteen essential "secret phrases": "Spiral Staircase," "Rhinoceros Beetle," "Ruinsed Street," "Fig Tower," "Rhinoceros Beetle," "The Way of Theresa," "Rhinoceros Beetle," "Singularity," "Giotto," "Angel," "Hydrangea," "Rhinoceros Beetle," "Singularity," "Secret Emperor"]

The fifth essential element: "Courage"

[The last requirement, location: the time of the new moon at 28°24′N, 80°36′W]

[If the above conditions are met, the time to reach heaven is not far off]

You put the parchment away, then stabbed yourself with the arrow.

"Lord, please answer me!"

"Come out, white snake!"