Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

……

When Yun Fuyu regained consciousness, he immediately said, "Wait a minute, Su, have you ever heard of Argona and Erinis?"

Su replied firmly, "I've never heard of it."

Seele hesitated, then lowered her head and listened quietly.

Yun Fuyu frowned: "I suspect this is related to Alicia, but I have no evidence. Never mind, since you don't know, I'll continue to think about it myself."

"You just said you know a little more information than us, what is it? Please continue."

Sue: "Hmm. I was going to say that, but since you know the name Alicia, there's no need to continue."

cloud:?

Su: "Okay, I'll create a separate channel and tell you quietly."

———Spiritual Channel Under Construction———

With a click of his tongue, feeling rather troubled, Su couldn't help but complain, "Kid, your mental defenses are a bit too thick, aren't they?"

Yun Fuyu: "Uh..."

It's probably the power of the Origin Land protecting his consciousness. This special thing, so intricately connected to Alicia, is definitely not something simple.

Su asked, "I'll just call you by your name then. Yun Fuyu, are you aware of the situation in the world you live in?"

Yun Fuyu: "Are you referring to the world we're in now, or the world that Xi'er and I were in before?"

Sue: "It's the latter, of course. If I'm not mistaken, it's a pre-civilization world, isn't it?"

Yun Fuyu's body tensed abruptly, and she frowned without answering.

He feared that the time paradox would affect the originally vibrant world, so he always avoided questions about "his own world" when facing these visitors from modern civilization.

Sue already had the answer. He said, "I don't know much about this, and I don't know how you traveled through time. But please listen carefully—what if the world you are in is not a pre-civilized world, but a world bubble like the one we are in now, affected by the shadow of darkness?"

Yun Fuyu immediately retorted, "But my world has Alicia! She can't be fake!"

To reiterate, what's special isn't the Origin, but Alicia.

"…Indeed."

Sue was silent for a moment, then agreed with him, but asked, "Where did you learn about Alicia's story? Nowadays, besides us old guys, only a few core members of Schicksal know about this story."

"..."

Seeing that Yun Fuyu didn't know how to answer, Su Wensheng said, "You don't need to panic. With the current civilized world having Kiana of the End in charge, even if someone travels to the real pre-civilization world with part of the End's spacetime power, they cannot change the established story—that is the End."

"However, there are exceptions that are beyond our control, and that is the Shadow of Darkness. As you can see, the Shadow of Darkness has influenced the world bubble you are currently in, causing Seele here to become a Herrscher. It is indeed difficult to judge whether this power of 'implanting world rules' is superior to the power of 'presiding over spacetime' of the End."

(As I said before, the settings added by fans are abilities that I believe could reasonably exist. Rational discussion is welcome, please don't take it too seriously.)

Yun Fuyu: "What exactly are you trying to say after all this?"

Sue: "Then let's get straight to the point. Regardless of our backgrounds or purposes, we are all facing the threat of the Shadow of Darkness, so we are naturally on the same side."

"And you and Seele are the only people we know of who can repair the effects of the Shadow of Darkness."

"so……?"

"So, as a member of the global family, would you be interested in joining our 'Shadow of Darkness Investigation and Rescue Alliance'?"

Su, who always had a voice that sounded cool and gentle, suddenly uttered a line from a pyramid scheme.

"what?……"

Yun Fuyu scratched the little star spinning on her head and asked, "What are the benefits of joining? How many days off a week? Is there social insurance and housing fund?"

Su's voice was tinged with laughter: "Seven days off a week, occasional overtime, no benefits whatsoever."

Yun Fuyu... Fine, he's not really asking for any benefits. We're not even in the same world, what's the point of asking for benefits?

His main question was whether participating meant he would have to wander around the Sea of ​​Quanta with Black Seele every day. But Su said he would only work overtime occasionally.

Since that's the case, there's no harm in getting involved, after all, it's a separate world.

Isn't it cool to be a savior?

Yun: "However, let me make this clear first, the timing of when Seele and I stepped into the Sea of ​​Quanta is very random. The first time was when we were about to go to sleep, and this time it was right when we entered the simulation training room. There is absolutely no pattern to it. Even if you wanted me to work overtime, you probably wouldn't be able to find me."

—Actually, Su didn't really want him to join the team searching for the Shadow of Darkness; he just wanted to test Yun Fuyu's character. For now, he didn't seem like a villain who enjoyed destruction, but rather... well, a fairly normal young man.

Sue: "It's alright, things always develop step by step. Then it's settled. The first step in joining the guild is for you and Seele to save the world of the bar together."

Sue added considerately, "I can swear in the name of the Fire Chaser that the Seele outside is the Seele of the present civilization, but she is also the Seele you know. Right now, the connection between you is broken, but as long as your hearts are connected, how can trust brought by external things compare to true trust?"

Yun Fuyu couldn't help but want to say: But this was brought by the Origin Land, and the Origin Land of the previous civilization was linked to Alicia, so it can be said to be the most trustworthy... Never mind.

Sue is right. Why should the trust between him and Seele need external forces to prove it?

But when that world-bubble Seele called herself "brother," it was so sweet... (Have you already fallen?!)

Sue added, "As for Seele's story, please discuss it with her privately. In any case, Seele is still Seele, and that has never changed. The fact that she hasn't regained her memories yet is probably related to the relationship between you two."

"……Um."

Sue's voice suddenly turned mean: "But in the current civilized world, Bronya and another Seele are both deeply in love with Seele. Whether you can stand out depends on your efforts!"

Young man, you must break the curse that heterosexual relationships in this broken story are destined to end in tragedy!

Yun: "...Damn it."

Have I unknowingly been fooled countless times?!

Damn it! What a terrible plot twist!

No, that's not right. If we go by the order, he's the one who beat Bronya and Black Sheen!

———The Mind Channel is disconnected———

When Yun Fuyu stood before Xier again, his expression was truly complicated.

For example, he once told Seele that the Seele he knew now was the most special Seele in his heart, someone who had no relation to "Bronya," yet shared those experiences with him, and was destined to walk together with him for the future. Under such circumstances, he had no need to be jealous of Bronya for the sake of other Seeles.

But now that Seele has truly become Seele (in the current civilization), he can't help but be insanely jealous!

The only saving grace is that Seele doesn't have many memories yet, and only barely knows that she is actually Seele from the present civilization. She still devotes most of her attention to Yun Fuyu, which makes her young and fragile heart feel a little better.

Seele gave him a rather hesitant smile. Beside her, World Bubble Seele crossed her arms, tilted her head, and muttered, "So coy, is that all?"

Xi'er's smile dispelled the chaotic thoughts in Yun Fuyu's mind, and her "cautious" feelings inevitably made him feel pity.

He patted Seele's head, and the girl, as always, shrank back slightly, looked up at him blankly, and after a while, smiled sweetly.

She is Seele. No matter which Seele she is, she is the Seele I love, the one I've been through so much with.

that's enough.

……