Honkai Impact: The Dream Keeper

Bronya and Seele watched quietly as Otto and the others said something to the tombstone and left. The priest led the children up the hillside, and Bronya and the others quietly followed behind them. Bronya and Seele deliberately slowed their pace and followed at the back of the group. Bronya also told them what the priest and the others had just done: they were holding a funeral for a child.

There were no flowers, no photos, just a group of adults saying goodbye to their deceased child. But for Bronya and Seele, this scene was all too familiar; every year, countless people died at the hands of the Honkai…

At the same time, Seele also discovered that these children, like them, lived in an orphanage, and the wooden house in front of them was their home. The children went in one by one, and the priest was giving them some instructions, looking very close to each of them.

(What do you think of this scene?) The energy form Long Qiao transmitted the scene before him to the main body Long Qiao and said. This was a dialogue that belonged specifically to the main body and the clone.

(Staged! Absolutely staged! I would never believe Otto is a good person!)

(Come on, we're in a parallel world now, this is the second world.)

(Holy crap!)

After "Long Qiao" cut off the screen, he listened to Bronya and Seele's conversation like a statue. During the conversation, he learned that the priest was the head of the orphanage. At the same time, Bronya also told Seele about Otto's situation in the original world. After all, Otto was more or less involved in the deaths of Long Qiao and the five brothers, Qing Mo.

When "Long Qiao" told Bronya that the key to breaking through this world was most likely Joachim, Bronya decided to approach him. At the same time, the two of them and their soul entered the wooden house, only to find that the priest had disappeared.

The children sat silently around a worn-out wooden table when Theresa came over and asked them to guess what lunch was for the day. Seele was the first to say carrot and beet soup, but was told that it was Tuesday's lunch. Theresa then said that it was Wednesday and that lunch was beef stew with potatoes.

"Beef stew with potatoes... Shit, it reminds me of some unpleasant things."

"What is it?"

"It's about that bastard Lu Ziyang!"

Tell me about it.

"Back when I lived with Lu Ziyang, he once made a potato stew that looked exactly like beef. Guess what? The beef and potatoes looked exactly the same! I asked him five times, a full five times, before he finally told me it was potato stew! Damn it, I was thinking, what's the difference between potatoes and potatoes? What he made that time was just potato stew!"

"...I feel sorry for you for two seconds."

"Just two seconds?"

"Um."

Bronya then listened to "Dragon's Cleverness's" complaints while talking to Theresa, and Joachim, who was standing nearby, also joined in the conversation.

(Wait, where did you go this time, main body?)

(How should I know? I only see a transforming robot in front of me!)

(...Sigh, I'll send you the coordinates later.)

(You did a good job with this energy body.)

(You bastard.)

(Hmph, we're all in this together. If you insult me, you're insulting yourself.)

(So, do you admit it, you beast?)

(Get out of here...)

After "Long Qiao" cut off the contact, he found that everyone was about to eat. At this time, Good Guy Tuo arrived, having changed his clothes. Hmm! He looked more and more like that beast Otto from the main world. Because winter was approaching, Good Guy Tuo wanted to go to the town's general store to buy some ingredients. He asked Theresa if she wanted bitter melon cakes. Theresa said she wanted to eat them without any hesitation. The priest wanted to buy more, but Joachim said that almost no one could stomach bitter melon cakes. In the end, they only ended up in Theresa's stomach.

The priest smiled and asked Joachim if he had packed his bags, as a woman named Mrs. Lisser would be picking him up the next day. The priest then told Joachim to prepare well, that he would say goodbye to everyone that evening without regrets, and prepared to head towards town—

"Bronya, your favorite surprise is coming..."

The energy-body dragon suddenly smiled and said something next to Bronya.

"What's the meaning?"

Bronya suddenly felt her heart pounding, and a loud shout came from outside the door.

"Whoa! How come I'm in the sky?! Mo Ye, you're no better than me!!!"

"..."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Bronya quickly pulled Seele outside, only to see two figures appear from the sky and fall straight into the snow, leaving two marks.

“So many stars…” A silver-haired boy was the first to stand up, swaying unsteadily.

“…An accident…” Another black-haired boy stood up and remained silent for a moment before uttering two words.

"Hiss... This should be the Second World where Bronya is, but where is she? Where is my Bronya?"

Bronya, standing behind the white-haired and black-haired boys, looked at the familiar backs before her and felt a surge of emotion, tears involuntarily streaming down her face.

"How was the surprise?"

"..."

"Sister Bronya?" Seele looked at Bronya with a puzzled expression.

“…Qiao…” Bronya bit her lip and ran quickly toward the silver-haired boy, Long Qiao.

"Huh? Whoa, Bronya? Be careful..."

Upon hearing the sound, Long Qiao turned around and saw Bronya nestled in her arms, sobbing softly.

"Hehe, Mo Ye, this is my girlfriend Bronya, aren't you jealous?" Long Qiao raised an eyebrow and said to Mo Ye in a cheeky manner.

"..."

"Alright, Bronya, I'm back. Don't cry anymore."

"Mmm...that's great..."

Bronya let go after hugging Long Qiao for a while. Long Qiao squatted down and wiped away Bronya's tears, then looked at the wet stains on his clothes and his eyes twitched.

"...Tell me about what happened to you after I left?"

"Let's talk inside."

“By the way, who is this little girl…” Long Qiao asked, noticing Xi’er standing to the side.

“Seele Voller, Bronya’s younger sister from the orphanage,” Bronya introduced to Long Qiao as she returned to Seele’s side.

"Hello, my name is Long Qiao, you can just call me Qiao. The person next to me is Mo Ye."

"Ah...it's...it's nice to meet you all," Seele said shyly.

The four of them then returned to the cabin...