People are crumbling, they're vile strangers

The child who hadn't tasted the cruelty of the world posed a question to the hermit in front of her. She was looking for an answer, an answer that she might have guessed but was unwilling to admit.

"These children are just facing the mice and monkeys in the biological laboratory... No, the mice and monkeys still need health and epidemic prevention standards... and they, as long as they are active, living is enough …”

"How can... like this?"

The girl's pupils dilated, looking blankly at the bony children who stretched out their hands from the fence to call for help.

"They are lucky..."

The hermit watched Teresa and Patrick who came from behind and began to release and comfort the girl in the cage.

"?" The girl turned her gaze to the hermit beside her, with a trace of expectation in her empty eyes.

"Your great aunt, Teresa Apocalypse, as an S-rank Valkyrie, she may fail...as an elder, she may not be able to get a full score...but her innocence and kindness can indeed be scored at least 90 Point—she's made a decision."

"What decision?!" Kiyana's tone was hurried and expectant.

"They became the first students of St. Freya College...although some of them did not survive the decline of their bodies in the end..." the hermit shook his head

"At least they had a good time at school at the end, though."

"That is to say, the children here will basically become my seniors later?"

"Naturally." Omega nodded, this is nothing to hide.

"So can I find them at the academy?"

The decadent Baimao Tuanzi suddenly became excited again, and then, the hermit mercilessly poured cold water on her——

"No matter how beautiful St. Freya Academy is, it is a training institution for Valkyrie after all. Most of the children here died early in the battlefield of Honkai, and the few who retired basically did not survive the age of 30—Valkyrie herself It is not a long-lived profession, and the devastation suffered here has left a root cause for them."

The hermit shook his head, looked at the girl who froze again and sighed

"If you want to meet them, go to the cemetery of St. Freya College. The first row is them..."

"....I will."

Qiyana nodded solemnly.

......

"Then let's continue with the previous topic—well, they've all been released...see that little girl with purple hair." The hermit looked at the distinctive purple in the crowd.

"I see, what's wrong?"

"That is the Second Herrscher Sirin."

"Huh? Let's see - isn't this cute... It would be even cuter if you didn't have the expression that you owe me 80 stinky money."

Qiyana leaned over, looked at the purple-haired girl and commented for a long time.

"...do you think it's possible?"

The hermit shook his head helplessly.

Chapter 69 Little Celine

The two followed Patrick to the bottom reactor of the Tower of Babylon, where the time had unknowingly switched to night.

"Hey, what is she going to do at the reactor so late?"

Kiyana followed behind the short-haired silver-haired Valkyrie, looking at Patrick, who was fully armed and heading towards the reactor, in a strange way.

"During the morning operation, she discovered the remains of the Houkai energy outside the reactor, and when she rescued the experimental children, she found the same remains of the Houkai energy on the railing of the cell where Sirin was held."

"She has found the answer."

The hermit watched as he caught Sirin, and Patrick, who started to confront, explained to Qiyana on the side.

"Then why didn't she bring her aunt? The aunt is obviously very strong, right?"

After listening to the hermit's explanation, Kiyana was even more confused, and looked at Patrick who was confronting Sirin with incredible eyes.

"Because, the identity of this A-level Valkyrie is not just a Valkyrie of Destiny."

During the conversation between Omega and Kiana, Patrick exchanged fire with the Second Herrscher.

The ending was obvious. Patrick's firepower was reacted after briefly suppressing the Herrscher. On the contrary, the Valkyrie lost a part of her arm.She dropped the smoke and the bombs, clutching her injured right hand and hurriedly evacuated.

"Follow up, you will know the answer soon."

......

Kiyana didn't respond to the hermit's words, and she asked another question in a brief silence:

"I just heard what that child said... She said that the purpose of the experiment the researchers did on her was to create the stigmata on the Valkyrie's body... These orphans can do it for the Valkyrie, for the destiny And sacrifice, they should feel honored...?"

"...Are we really fighting for the good of the world?"

She looked at the hermit, her face was always hidden under the hood and black mask, and her emotions could not be seen.

"Are you asking me? You are a Valkyrie yourself—a descendant of Kaslana's blood. Are you fighting for the beauty and injustice of the world?"

As if amused by Kiyana's question, the hermit's tone was full of sarcasm.

"Why? Because a few words from her cast doubt on the saving actions she did in the past?"

"—Soldiers are brave men who bear the sustenance and suffering of all people and walk forward alone. They keep the prayers and wishes of everyone in their hearts, carry their misfortunes and sufferings on their backs, overcome obstacles and open the way for all living beings. "

"The suffering of those experimental subjects in her mouth is the fate that every Valkyrie who knows the truth needs to bear, because they died for it. Whether those children are willing or not, at least they died because of [Valkyrie]."

"If you don't have such awareness, then there is no need to continue on this journey, you have already lost your qualifications—"

Never heard sharp words from teachers and friends stimulate the nerves of the white-haired girl.The hermit in front of her didn't give the girl the slightest comfort, but just crossed her arms and looked indifferently at the girl kneeling on the ground.

She seemed to have finally grown impatient, turned around and walked towards the depths of the dark passage without stopping at all.

"Wait, don't go, wait for me!!"

Kiyana looked at the hermit who was going away and shouted, but what greeted her was just a sneer:

"Wait for you? Wait for a guy who just sits on the ground and doesn't even have the courage to get up? Waste of time—"

The hermit disappeared into the darkness, and the girl with white hair was kneeling on the ground. She wanted to get up, but she was confused and forgot how to stand up.

.... The black shadow spread from the depths of the passage where the hermit disappeared, engulfing the last piece of light in this space.

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In the dark space, only the white-haired girl was left, and the illusory dream began to collapse, and at the end, a petite and warm body embraced Qiyana, a little purple-haired girl in a white-purple princess dress. girl.

The girl's golden pupils looked at the girl, and her eyes were full of worry.

"...Big sister, are you okay?"

How the sweet voice nourished Qiyana's bitter and confused heart, making the collapse of this dream slow.

"You are... Sirin?!" Qiyana turned her head and looked at the purple-haired young girl beside her in disbelief.

"It's Sirin, big sister looks a little unhappy, do you want to see Sirin perform magic?"

"magic?"

Kiyana glanced at the young girl in confusion.

"It's magic that can make you feel better~"

"..Ping Pulu~Pong Pulu~Dulululuhu! How is it, has your mood improved, big sister?" The girl waved her arms to bring out a little bit of starlight, and the flying little stars finally turned into Golden fireworks.

Sirin looked at Qiyana with golden eyes, full of expectation.

"...Thank you Sirin, I feel much better."

Kiyana stroked the young girl's hair, feeling that her gloomy mood had improved a lot, then she suddenly thought of something and looked at Sirin.

"Hmm...that? Little Sirin, why are you here?"

Qiyana looked at the little angel that popped up and felt puzzled. The cynical Herrscher she saw just now is not a thing at all. Hey.

"Huh? Sirin has been here all along... Big sister asked a strange question..."

Xiao Xilin glanced at the big sister in front of her in confusion, and continued to enjoy Qiyana's head touching service with her eyes narrowed.

"Does Sirin know that guy named Hermit?"

Kiyana continued to run along the young girl's hair, and tentatively asked another question.

"My lord hermit? Sirin knows it, did the big sister make her angry?"

"It's almost...that's how it is..."

Kiyana told the young girl in front of her about her previous experience.

"Is that so...Maybe the Hermit-sama has already given big sister a hint, it looks like it's a trial."

Sirin nodded and made a cheering gesture to Qiyana.

"Trial...Then, little Sirin, what do you think of those children?" Qiyana looked at the young girl in front of her curiously, wanting to hear the thoughts of the [participant].

"Well...that Sirin is not me, but a nasty bad guy." Little Sirin explained to her after seeing what Kiyana was thinking.

"If it was Sirin, I would probably remember their names and pray for them with magic."

Sirin poked her lips with her index finger, thought for a while, gave her answer, and made a gesture of prayer, as if praying for the girls Kiyana was talking about.

"Well...thank you, little Celine, I probably understand."

Qiyana didn't care who the annoying guy that Little Sirin was talking about was, and nodded solemnly to the purple-haired young girl.

"Well, big sister is leaving?"

Sirin looked at Qiyana with some reluctance.

——After all, touching the head is really comfortable, the young girl thought so.

"Well, I think I know where to go to find out, Sirin."

Kiyana stood up, patted her head and said goodbye to the young girl, then turned and left.

"Come on, big sister who doesn't know her name."

Looking at Qiyana who disappeared into the darkness, Xiao Xilin silently cheered for her.

Chapter 70 Their Vow