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

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Elinis, Mu Continent, and the Fire-Chasing Moth Main Base.

After a day of training, Yun Fuyu headed towards her dormitory.

Mebius has been ignoring him lately, probably because he's angry about Seele. But Yun Fuyu doesn't have time for her either; ever since he learned that the current plot is likely orchestrated by "Alicia," he's felt incredibly awkward.

Unlike when he first arrived, he immediately said, "I am Yun Fuyu, and although I don't know you, I have a strong liking for you."

He's got a steely resolve; he just goes straight for it.

I stood there watching the sunset for a while, until the glow of the sun was about to disappear, and then slowly walked back to my dormitory.

Darkness gradually spread.

But suddenly, a cry of surprise pierced the tranquil twilight. "Look! What's that?"

Yun Fuyu inwardly sneered at others' overreactions, but the exclamations around her rose and fell, accompanied by words of surprise and fear.

"What kind of monster is that? A new Honkai Beast, or a new Herrscher?!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just a bigger monster. We're members of the Firemoth, don't be a coward!"

"You talk a good game, why don't you go up there yourself!"

"Alert! Alert! All Firemoths, assemble immediately at the ceremony square!"

In the sky, a huge shadow, like a black curtain, quickly covered the entire sky within sight! The light of dusk suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings were temporarily plunged into darkness. Then some night lights gradually lit up, but they could not dispel the dense darkness.

Right before everyone's eyes, the shadow gradually drew closer, and a gigantic, indescribable monster slowly appeared in their sight.

Its body was enormous, covering the sky like a moving mountain. Its skin was a sickly bluish-gray, covered with messy wrinkles and lines. Countless tentacles extended from all parts of its body, waving in the air as if searching for something.

The crowd was initially in a state of panic, but the order to assemble quickly calmed them down, and they all headed towards the square.

"Hey, Yun Fuyu, why aren't you leaving? You couldn't have been scared, could you? Haha..."

Someone patted Yun Fuyu on the shoulder and said this in a joking tone.

Yun Fuyu slowly withdrew her gaze, and asked somewhat blankly, "What... is that?"

The visitor shook his head: "How would I know? The monsters from the Collapse are all strange and weird, maybe it's some new species."

After saying that, he waved goodbye and ran towards the assembly point, leaving behind his last words: "You should hurry up and get to the assembly point too!"

Yun Fuyu's heart pounded wildly in his chest. He clutched his chest, took a couple of breaths to calm himself, and looked up at the sky again. Just then, he met the monster's enormous blue eyes, which resembled brilliant stars.

"..."

"........."

So familiar...

He found himself walking towards the monster, against the flow of people, pushing through the crowd. Every step felt like wading through a quagmire, difficult and heavy.

The monster suddenly struggled, tearing the surrounding clouds to shreds. Shadows in the sky gradually moved towards this place, but seemed to be blocked by a layer of glass, unable to descend. The obstruction caused the monster to roar angrily, which, by the time it reached people's ears, had become eerie and soul-stirring babbling.

"Clouds assist rain."

Kevin appeared in front of Yun Fuyu without her noticing. He grabbed Yun Fuyu's arm, frowned, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the meeting point. You can't handle it alone."

Yun Fuyu clutched her chest, feeling her heart pounding fiercely, her expression conflicted: "But...I..."

Kevin pressed harder, seemingly concerned for him: "You're not feeling well right now. Come back with me quickly and let Mebius check you out."

"But...no, I don't want to..."

His expression was unusually distorted, shifting between sadness and joy, pain and unease. But in the end, it all culminated in a nonchalant rejection.

He broke free from Kevin's grip, his voice barely audible against the backdrop of the monster's babbling: "I'm not reconciled. I must see it. This isn't schizophrenia; it's my commitment to my 'dream.'"

Who hasn't had a dream?

In my dreams, I am carefree and unrestrained, wandering freely with a sword in hand, tidying up your appearance, meeting you with a smile and forgetting all grudges, and turning back with a smile after overcoming all tribulations... Perhaps the content of dreams is different for everyone, but the mood of dreams is the same.

At this moment, Yun Fuyu regarded those blue eyes as an echo from his dream. From one perspective, it could be said that his schizophrenia had worsened, but from another perspective, he... was fulfilling all his promises from the past, present, and future.

Despite the cloying vows being repeated endlessly, and the flowers, trees, stone slabs, and pillars here having heard them countless times over the centuries, for that happy couple, it was a once-in-a-lifetime vow.

This is my vow to you, the one and only one in this world.

"..."

Damn it! Damn it! !

It's like someone has covered your eyes with a cloth, making it blurry and unclear, and you can't remember anything from the past!

But I clearly remember and see her by my side, carefully protecting our relationship. She said she would give me the most perfect companionship... Even in the most dangerous moments, she, who is usually timid, bravely stood in front of me!

But who exactly is she?!?

Velvet told me it was Seele, and Kiana in the End also said it was Seele, but the name "Seele," the character, is just someone else's story in my memory, and has nothing to do with me! Who is the person who went through it with me, the person I still can't forget, and what does she look like?

The crowd thinned out, and Yun Fuyu walked forward in a daze, but she could never reach its base. Between them lay air and mist, clouds and rain, time, space, cause and effect, fate... as if they were separated by a full 13.7 billion light-years.

The monster's babbling grew louder as it struggled and twisted, even splitting into two heads. Dark red and blue-gray swirled together, staining the falling raindrops with a strange, mixed color.

Raindrops fell on my lips, slightly salty, just like tears.

Yun Fuyu stood there, at a loss.

"..."

"Hey everyone! Everyone here, look at me! I have something to announce!"

Vilvi's voice carried far through the rainy night, carrying an impatient tone and radiating extraordinary brilliance.

Yun Fuyu looked in the direction of the sound, his fused warrior form allowing his gaze to pierce through the rainy night and reach the center of the ceremony plaza. There, Velvi stood on a high platform, her left foot on the wheel of a large cannon, her right hand holding a small pink megaphone, shouting to everyone:

"Originally, this surprise was going to be planned a little longer, but who can blame me for being blessed by the heavens? Today, I'll show you Ms. Velvet's amazing invention—the Earth-Shattering Weather Cannon! I guarantee it will make that monster in the sky cry!"

After a brief silence, the people gathered below the stage began to whisper among themselves. If you listened closely, most of them were guessing when Wilvi would be put in solitary confinement.

"Cough cough..."

At that moment, a familiar voice coughed twice, and the purple-haired girl Mei stood beside Velvi, her face filled with helplessness: "Velvi, I'm only giving you this one chance. If you fail, we'll have to start all over again."

Velvi patted her chest, and with two resounding thuds, it was truly breathtaking! She declared confidently, "Relax! I'm Velvi, with the back door in my hands, I've got the world at my fingertips!"

In truth, Wilvi slightly misled Yun Fuyu—the importance of Mei's memory backup was on par with Wilvi's own. Wilvi feared nothing and no one except Mei; didn't that illustrate the gravity of the situation?

In Wilvi's eyes, if you remove the "selfish" mentality, May is more important than herself.

Now, Velvi shouted into the distance, "Yun Fuyu, get ready! I don't know what you should do, but now, this world is your stage!!"

Mei smiled and nodded: "Strangers who are both strangers and acquaintances, please don't let us down."

As soon as she finished speaking, Velvi pulled the rope sharply, and just like in an animated film, the cannon immediately began to expand, the barrel growing larger and larger until it finally shot out a beam of light. The earth-shattering sound and the cannon's power, enough to change the weather, caused endless light to suddenly bloom in the air, turning the night as bright as day, as if an angel wearing a robe of light had descended to earth!

Ripples spread through the space, the curtain of the starry night swayed, and the daughter of the sea resolutely threw herself into it.

While Yun Fuyu was still bewildered, a small, soft-bodied creature suddenly landed in his arms. The creature was not pretty at all, with slippery tentacles, two strangely shaped heads, densely packed teeth, and two pairs of dark, glowing eyes, one red and one blue... He almost instinctively wanted to throw it away.

Don't forget, Yun Fuyu is terrified of snakes and myriapods!

But at this moment, the throbbing in his heart even overwhelmed the fear in his body. He suppressed his fear and continued to hold the little monster, trembling as he reached out a hand and gently pinched one of its tentacles.

"..."

"........."

In my imagination, perhaps a sudden flash of inspiration might occur, or even, like in Genesis, the fingers of God and man touch, and a magnificent starlight bursts forth... but nothing like that happened.

The tentacles were soft, but they only made Yun Fuyu more afraid. She felt absolutely nothing in her heart.

He almost, he almost instinctively killed that thing.

Until he saw its eyes, those two pairs of eyes staring intently at him, moist with tears.

"..."

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“Ernice…”

The girl, who had transformed into a monster, was on the verge of collapse.

She abandoned everything to come to see him, but was transformed into a hideous monster by the curse of the world, and even the power and knowledge of the quantum sea were powerless against it!

Why? Alicia, do you really not want to see us? Do you hate us that much?

The danger from that time was still vivid in Seele's mind, right before her eyes. She seemed to see 'Alicia's' sinister eyes staring intently at her, letting out a chilling laugh...

No, no! Alicia isn't like that; Seele knows her story...

But how unfair this is to Seele!!

Just as Seele was filled with grief and indignation, she saw the boy on the ground, and the boy on the ground also saw her.

They froze on the spot, then simultaneously did something unusual—the monster was desperately trying to get closer to him, and he was desperately trying to get closer to the monster.

In the end, however, that seemingly thin "glass" barrier still left Seele unable to advance or retreat.

Because this is a more insidious method—the outer barrier of Erinis comes from the power of Alicia. The inner barrier of Erinis comes from the power of the God above the Gods.

The more Yun Fuyu was stimulated by Xier, the more her consciousness wavered, and the stronger the internal barrier became.

If Seele wanted to break through from the outside, she would have to use the power of the Quanta Sea, but doing so would not only damage the essence of Cloud and Rain, but also cause Seele to be further "tainted". Such a setup is simply insidious.

The obstruction filled Seele with grief and indignation, and the sensitive girl couldn't help but shed tears and sob. However, when the sound reached people's ears, it had become a haunting and eerie murmur.

Just then, Vervi stepped forward.

Thinking about it carefully, from the black box incident to the cat maid incident and now, Vilvie has truly been an MVP wingman, never disappointing.

Her memory backup revealed part of the truth to Yun Fuyu, leading Mei to agree to her "Collapse and Earth Shatter" plan. The Collapse and Earth Shatter weather cannon, created using the Second Herrscher core, sounds ridiculous, but it does indeed have the potential to shatter Erinis.

When Seele appeared in her monster form, Velvet felt that although the time was not yet ripe, it had come, so there was no need to hesitate.

Thus, the "Collapse Weather Cannon" was unleashed in time, successfully shattering a corner of Erinis, and Seele's consciousness once again successfully entered Erinis—but only partially.

To her despair, Erinis continued to curse her, preventing her from revealing her true form.

A girl full of anticipation, a girl reunited with her lover after a long separation, abandoned everything to come see him, only to meet him in such an ugly state.

She saw his fear, she saw his indifference. In that instant, it felt as if countless needles pierced her heart, going back and forth repeatedly, leaving her tender, fiery heart feeling cold and hard.

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She didn't hate Yun Fuyu, because no one would have any good feelings towards such a monster—perverts, begone!

She hated Elinis, yet her admiration and sympathy for Alicia made it difficult for her to truly hate her.

Seele was a gentle girl; she found it difficult to hate anyone or anything. So, it seemed she... was gradually starting to hate herself. She felt it was all her fault, that she shouldn't have come into this world, or even exist.

She is burying herself in the abyss.

But just then, she heard the boy's voice.

He murmured, "I don't remember much, and I don't know who you are. But there's a voice in my heart that tells me you're the one I'm looking for."

Seele stared blankly at him with tears in her eyes, while he suppressed his fear and gently squeezed its tentacles.

Her eyes, bright as the moon, banished the darkness.

In Seele's eyes, the moonlight fell into his eyes, and he looked at her tenderly.

“Seele Vollerai…right?”

As stars fade and shadows fall, a pale purple mist rises, and all dreams vanish in an instant. Only you lean down to kiss my brow, smiling as you whisper my name.

She asked in astonishment, "You remember my name?"

He seemed not to hear, and simply said with a smile, "Whether it's Seele Vollerei or Seele Vollerei, they are both beautiful names deeply etched in our souls."

Seele is no longer just a memory of his; like Alicia, she is a part of his soul and personality.

"..."

In that instant, the curse that had afflicted the girl vanished.

The beautiful girl had short hair that faded from black to navy blue, and deep navy blue eyes like the sea. She wore a dress in pure white and navy blue, and looked at the person she loved with a mixture of surprise and joy.

Behind her stood another girl, identical in appearance but with a distinctly different aura and color scheme. But it wasn't the withered girl from her memory; it was Seele, the world-bubble girl. She was clenching her hands against her chest, tears streaming down her face.

She is Seele Vollerai, and they are all Seele Vollerai.

A complex mix of emotions flashed in his eyes, but they were all buried and transformed into a radiant smile.

"Seele, welcome back."