But after looking at the expectant eyes of the two, Bronya hesitated for a moment and gave up struggling: "Forget it, you guys continue talking." Rosalia smiled proudly: "Act 1." "A long time ago, in the snowy Siberia, a new companion came to the Bori Orphanage-" Lilia said quickly with a blank expression: "I am Alexander Alexievich Dostoyevsky. The fourth child of Alexei Grigorievich Dostoyevsky..." Looking at Lilia who spoke as fast as a machine gun, Bronya interrupted quickly: "Bronya, take back what you said before, let's play hide-and-seek." "Why!" Rosalia's eyes widened: "Are you dissatisfied with Alex... uh... Dostoyevsky?" Bronya was speechless: "Since you can't remember it yourself, don't give it such a name..." In the dark, Bella also nodded. Bronya is right.

Uh... But Lilia, who can remember such a name, is also a little...

Bella fell into deep thought.

And Lilia looked at Bronya sincerely: "Sister Bronya, everyone really likes our story."

Bronya scratched her head: "Can you tell me who the "everyone" you are talking about is?"

Lilia thought about it and said uncertainly: "Kittens, puppies, birds... stones?"

Rosaria added excitedly: "And Honkai Beast!"

Bella in the dark was speechless.

The front is okay, but what the hell is the stone and Honkai Beast in the back?

Do they understand...

Uh, they seem to have told me this story.

I am...

Bella fell into deep thought again.

And Bronya fell silent after hearing what the two said.

The three looked at each other and said nothing.

After a short silence, the three people laughed at the same time.

The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

But Rosaria's laughter became smaller and smaller.

"It's been a long time... I haven't been so happy..."

"It feels like I'm back in the past, playing with everyone in the yard of the orphanage."

"Bronya, Sofia, Isabella, Seele... when everyone was here..."

For some reason, Rosaria's expression became sad.

And Lilia also fell silent.

As if she noticed something, Bronya looked at Rosaria and Lilia: "Are you the only two children traveling with your mother?"

Rosaria nodded: "Something happened, and now there are only two of us."

Lilia also nodded: "The young children are all left in the orphanage, and Xing Maer is taking care of them."

Hearing Lilia's words, Bronya was speechless for a moment: "Bronya really can't imagine how she takes care of people."

When Bronya was still in the orphanage, the most mischievous one was Xing Maer.

Not only does he bully other children every day, he also causes trouble everywhere.

He is simply a naughty child.

Such a child can actually take care of other children... Bronya really didn't expect it.

"Bronya, are you free?" Rosaria looked at Bronya: "There is a place we want to take you to see."

Bronya thought about it.

Now Dr. Einstein hasn't contacted her yet, so it should be okay.

Thinking of this, Bronya nodded.

Then, Bronya followed Rosaria and the others to a place that looked like an underwater island.

Looking around, Bronya was a little confused: "Where is this..."

Lilia explained: "It's an island we accidentally discovered, which may have been peeled off from the Abyss City."

"But it's beautiful here, like a world in a fairy tale book."

In the dark, Bella looked around.

I have been here for two weeks, and I really didn't know there was such a place here.

But it is indeed as Rosaria said.

It's beautiful here.

The whole island looks like a small island-type ocean museum.

Outside the barrier is the flowing sea water and various beautiful marine creatures. The long seaweed is floating and swaying along the water like weeping willows on land.

"We have been chased by destiny for three months." Rosaria looked at Bronya: "We hid from place to place along the way. Everywhere we went was ruins, wilderness and abandoned cities."

"When I found this place, I felt like I was dreaming."

"I didn't expect there is such a beautiful place in the world, like... a real paradise."

For some reason, Rosaria's expression became sad again.

Lilia took Bronya to a clump of corals on the edge of the island.

BronyaHer eyes widened: "What is this...?"

A small pile of stones lay quietly in the clump of corals, with shells and conch shells carefully collected as substitutes for flowers.

Bronya knew what it meant without explanation.

After a moment of silence, Bronya said softly: "Has anyone...left...?"

Lilia did not answer Bronya, but knelt down quietly and whispered to the tombstone:

"Isabella... Sister Bronya came to see you."

Rosaria looked at the silent Bronya: "I'm sorry, Bronya, I didn't tell you in advance."

"It's just that you rarely come back, I want them to see you too..."

Bronya shook her head gently: "I understand, no need to apologize, Rosaria."

There are several such tombstones around.

Bronya looked at Rosaria and whispered, "When did it happen?"

"...The Great Collapse made the world a mess and took away many children."

"Destiny is chasing us, we have been running, and we haven't been able to find a good place for them to sleep..."

After Rosaria finished speaking, Lilia lowered her eyes slightly and continued, "These tombstones were erected here by Mother Cocolia and us."

"We told her about this island, and she likes it here too."

"She said that this place is different from the snowfield and the orphanage. It is the outside world, a place that makes people feel happy just by looking at it."

"They didn't see such scenery before, but now they can live here forever."

"I hope... they like it."

Both Rosaria and Lilia looked a little sad.

Bronya also fell silent.

In the dark, after listening to the conversation between the three people, Bella felt blocked in her heart.

Isabella's story is just a small microcosm of the disaster caused by the collapse in this world.

Sixteen years ago, Silin, Xiaokong and the others in Changkong City, and Isabella now...

Why...these children's futures are being taken away by Honkai, by humans...

This world, this world...

Bella's hands tightened.

Just then, a sound rang out.

Bella frowned slightly when she saw the person coming.

Cocolia?

What is she doing here?

At this time, in front of Isabella's tombstone.

Bronya and the other two knelt down and gathered in front of the pile of stones filled with shells and conchs.

I don't know since when, these children who have not yet fully understood what life is, have become accustomed to death.

The sound of the sea flowed in her ears, and Bronya stared at the tombstone quietly.

Many things appeared in her eyes.

For example, the snow on the eaves of the orphanage, the old broom that was about to break, and the unpalatable red cabbage soup...

And the blue-haired girl who had always been by her side.

A lot of things happened.

Too many things have happened.

Bronya suddenly realized that the place that was once as warm as home has drifted away from her life.

It may have started from the day Seele left, or the day she was betrayed by her mother...

Those familiar things flowed away from her tightly clenched hands like a dream bubble, turning into nothingness bit by bit.

She thought time would dilute the scars.

But when she came here, the indescribable pain once again strangled her throat.

The burning chip flashed before her eyes.

The cold memory was like a chain, dragging her into the bottomless abyss.

At the end of the abyss, the voice of that person kept echoing——

"... Bronya?"

"...!"

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