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

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In winter, snow falls heavily.

Seele carefully pushed the window open a crack and looked down. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in, swirling snowflakes into the room and hitting her face.

She quickly closed the window, wiped the water off her face, and returned to the sofa, lounging around like a couch potato while watching the news on TV.

This posture is really rather ungraceful.

World Bubble Seele drifted out, wanting to see the snow outside, but then thought better of it. She turned and floated back to Seele's side, starting to poke her soft little face.

While poking him, she asked, "Why do you look so listless?"

“…” Seele glanced at him sideways: “Are we getting too familiar? Why are you getting bolder and bolder?”

World Bubble Seele stiffened, then chuckled sheepishly and withdrew her hand: "Well... it's mainly because Seele is just too cute~"

As she spoke, she went a step further and pinched Seele's expressionless face: "Waaah... Seele looks so cute like this! I can't control my urge to pinch you!"

I must say, Seele's expressionless face does have a unique charm~

In the current world, Seele appears in the form of Apoptosis. She has taken over the identity of Apoptosis Seele in this world, otherwise it would not have been so easy for her to enter this world.

Therefore, her personality is also influenced by power, and she is becoming more and more like Death, or rather, Black Seele.

Or perhaps, her true nature was revealed? Don't forget, this Seele from the world bubble is the Seele of that world bubble, not the original Seele. When she first saw Seele "stealing the Cloud and Rain" from her, she was internally screaming "beep~" (censored)!

Thinking about this, Seele felt it made more and more sense. The world bubble Seele must have revealed her true nature! That "gentleness of a widow" was just a facade for a specific period of time!

Hmph, I'm the gentlest little Xi'er~

While listening to the weather forecast on the internal channel of the Firemoth, she suddenly got up and pinned Seele, the world bubble, down beneath her! Staring into Seele's eyes as if she were dealing with Black Seele, she said gently, "Seele, you're cute too."

"..."

World Bubble Seele's face immediately turned red. Her pink and tender face and light red eyes complemented each other, making her so cute that "someone like Yun could bite her!"

Her voice was weak: "You...you shouldn't talk to me like that! Being cute and all that... Waaaaaah! Get off me right now!!"

World Bubble Seele covered her chest with both hands, as if she had been harassed, and quickly disappeared back into Seele's consciousness space, never to utter another sound.

Seele chuckled twice, then lay back down like a lazy bum, watching TV and waiting for someone to return.

The weather forecast from the "Fire Moth" series revealed the truth behind the heavy snowfall: a certain unknown scientist and engineer, Ms. Velvet, had illegally modified the core of the Fifth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Ice. Combined with the already dropping temperatures, this caused the sudden change in weather. It is estimated that it will take another three days to return to normal.

As for Ms. Velvi's fate... she was imprisoned in the deepest place she had built herself, to be reassigned after the snow stops. But since she's Velvi, she'll probably be released soon; I can't be bothered with her at all.

Seele was so listless because Yun Fuyu had been sent on a mission. The mission was to use the Honkai energy weapon that Mei had worked overtime to modify to disperse the thick dark clouds in the sky, despite the pressure from the Herrscher core—otherwise, how could the clouds have returned to normal in just three days without human intervention?

This task wasn't dangerous for Yun Fuyu, but it was still time-consuming and laborious. He left early yesterday morning, meaning Xier hadn't seen him for over a day.

Ugh, so boring.

Distracted by Seele the World, Seele's mood improved somewhat. After lying down for a while, she got up, looked around, and decided to tidy up the room. Then, after thinking for a moment, she decided to call Seele the World out to help with the chores!

The blush on the black-haired, red-eyed girl's face hadn't faded yet. She obediently helped out, but muttered something like, "You don't call me for good things, and when you do, nothing good happens..."—a clear case of stubbornness.

While tidying up the room, Seele suddenly remembered something.

The traces of life in the room belong not only to Seele, but also to another Seele. For example, the red hair ornament always on the bedside table, the black stockings in the wardrobe, the chilled sparkling wine in the mini-fridge…

In Seele's memory, if it were the original world, these things would obviously belong to Black Seele; if it were now, these things would belong to the world bubble Seele.

So, who did these things belong to in El Innis not long ago?

It should be that "the withered Seele".

But here's the problem: ever since Seele was "expelled" last time, Apoptosis has never been seen again.

After Seele left, all her memories were transferred to Seele. After Seele returned, her identity was transferred to the world bubble Seele.

But where did her emotions go?

I remember her saying, "I am not fake, nor am I someone else. I am unique, a heralding sage embodying both sin and redemption."

Before I become a fleeting dream, I just want to be willful one last time, just this once.

Could it be on Black Seele? But it doesn't seem like it.

Although Seele could see that Black Seele was much gentler towards Yun Fuyu, that was all; there was no other emotion involved.

Could it be that the so-called "withered Seele" really became a mere illusion, leaving nothing behind?

I feel a little disappointed, a little sad, and a little guilty.

Although she wasn't at fault, the thought of Seele, who considered herself to be dying, disappearing made Seele uncontrollably sad.

"..."

"Seele, Seele, Seele! Come and see! Is this yours?"

"World Bubble Seele shouted loudly."

Seele came to her side and took an envelope from her hand. There was no signature, no stamp, and no address.

After thinking about it, since it was found in her own room, she wasn't worried. Seele opened the envelope.

The letter read—

To Seele: [Image.jpg]

Three words and a colon, plus the picture below.

The drawing seemed to have been done casually; it consisted of a large circle connecting two chibi-style doodle portraits of Seele. That was all.

"...Did Seele draw this?"

Seele pondered to herself, and soon retrieved this scene from a corner of her memory. (Database of the Sea of ​​Quanta)

It was indeed a letter written by Seele after her death, and it was written a long time ago. That must have been when Seele had just joined the Firemoth and been assigned to this dormitory.

The dying Seele was suddenly awakened from a dream in the middle of the night. She sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the moonlight for a long time. Finally, she smiled faintly and wrote this letter.

She thought to herself: I should be Seele, right? Even as a Herrscher, even though I've committed so many atrocities... I don't hate this identity.

Because a boy cried for her and laughed for her. Because a simple-minded fool needed her protection.

She suddenly remembered the scene she had witnessed when she transformed into a Herrscher, and her expression became increasingly complicated.

Finally, she simply wrote "To Xier" and drew a picture below it.

The left and right sides are doodle portraits of herself and Seele, connected by two curved lines, seemingly signifying their connection.

Then, after gazing at the moonlight for a while, she went back to bed.

"……Ugh."

Seele sighed softly, thinking to herself: Seele, no matter your identity or whether you have disappeared or not, I will remember your feelings in my heart, and they will never fade.

He then glanced at the World Bubble Seele, who looked exactly like the Deathly Seele, smiled slightly, and put the letter away.

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If the drawing depicts the people Seele cares most, besides herself and Seele, then who do those two lines represent, and what do they represent?

What did she see when she transformed into a Herrscher?