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"During that time, I thought he had forgotten what he had done..."

"And then?" Bronya became more and more curious.

"Joachim is very smart, and he is also very good at fiddling with tools. He can do well what is assigned to him." Teresa sighed and said, "So the priest intends to let him be his successor."

"But from that day on, he became gloomy..."

"That's when I realized that he hadn't actually forgotten about that all along."

"Maybe, he just doesn't want to take over the orphanage. He may have a life he yearns for." Xier expressed her point of view.

"If that's the case, Joachim could have said it, but he didn't." Teresa shook her head and said, "He's afraid!"

"What are you afraid of?" Xi'er asked nervously.

"I am afraid that one day, I will stand in the same position as the priest and face the same choice as him." Theresa clenched her fists and said: "I am afraid that I will impose the pain I once had on another child."

"After all, it is a shadow that he himself cannot forget."

"Not long after that, Mrs. Liesel of the township proposed to adopt Joachim, and he agreed."

"He's escaping." Bronya almost understood and came to her own conclusion.

"Maybe let him start a new life after leaving here." Teresa sighed.

"But in this case, he will never be able to untangle his heart." Bronya didn't quite agree with this approach.

"Many times we understand the truth, but there are many things in our hearts that are hard to let go." Teresa said in an understanding tone: "If it were you or me, I wouldn't be able to let go of it immediately."

Bronya was speechless for a moment, she thought of her past self.

"That's what I said, but I still don't want to see the gloomy Joachim, he wasn't like this before." Teresa said with a wry smile, "I want to help him, he is our family."

"Speaking of which, it's getting so dark. Why hasn't the priest come back? It's strange! I'll go out and have a look."

Bronya and Seele looked at each other, and quickly followed Teresa's footsteps. They went outside and did not find Otto's figure until they reached the end of the path.

The last few people had no choice but to go back home, and Bronya kept thinking about Teresa's words on the way.

The sun shone on the pure white ground, and she seemed to see the scene where she and her mother met for the first time seven years ago.

That period of inseparable memory has now become a painful shackle.

Shaking his head, the things that are difficult to let go are the same for Bronya.

"Sister Bronya, are you okay?" Seeer felt Bronya's emotional changes, and asked worriedly: "Since just now, you seem to have something on your mind."

"Xie'er...I..." Bronya hesitated to speak, not knowing how to speak.

As if aware of this, Xier gently took Bronya's hand and said with a smile, "Would it be better this way?"

"When I was still afraid before, sister Bronya would hold my hand like this. Since her hand is warm, Xier won't be afraid anymore."

"Xie'er..." Bronya cried out in emotion.

"If it's a painful thing, don't think about it." Xi'er comforted: "Xi'er will always be with sister Bronya, just like my sister is with me."

Bronya felt much better immediately, and she said gratefully, "Thank you, Xier."

"Bronya is fine, just a little confused, but Bronya has decided to face it head on, let's go find Teresa."

Bronya turned around and walked in the direction she came from. Xier looked at her back, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

……

"Wow, there are no knives here, right?" Lilia pouted when she saw this.

"No, don't worry." Xie Qingxuan said with a dry smile: "And what kind of knife is this, it's just where it is."

"Why did my brother have to write the plot of the Honkai world so... regrettable." Lilia didn't know how to describe it, but she just felt that there were too many things in the Honkai that people couldn't let go of.

"Life is like this, it can't be perfect, you have to learn to accept it." Xie Qingxuan patted the girl on the head and said, "Okay, go outside and ask Mei to bake some egg tarts, we'll watch while we eat."

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Lilia's little emotions immediately disappeared.

Sister Mei’s egg tarts are a must. The specially prepared egg liquid and the handmade egg tarts are sweet but not greasy and fragrant. Lilia and Rosalia fell in love with it after eating it once.

It's a pity that Xie Qingxuan stipulated that he could only eat it every afternoon, and be careful not to gain weight if he eats too much.

Although Rosalia and Lilia repeatedly promised that they would not gain weight from eating, Xie Qingxuan would not spoil them.

"Brother, it seems that Lilia really likes you." Bronya said with some emotion after seeing this scene from the side.

"Really, it seems that I performed well." Xie Qingxuan laughed.

"It's so happy to be liked by a child, naive." Qiyana said with a proud face: "It's a skill to be liked by an adult."

"I know you are the great Herrscher of Space." Xie Qingxuan clicked his tongue after hearing this, "Come on, Lord Herrscher of Space, show me that."

"Hmph, you mortal also want to touch the majesty of God." Kiyana raised her head and said in awe-inspiring manner.

"That's right, that's right, it's really you! You took care of the Secondary School." Xie Qingxuan smiled happily.

Bronya next to her frowned slightly, no!Something is wrong.

Volume 163: Chapter 160 Chapter [-] [-] In the Name of Truth

Eating the egg tart, the scent woke Rosalia in her arms. The girl didn't even open her eyes, she was already grabbing the egg tart and stuffing it into her mouth.

Cocolia, who was far away in the sky, laughed straight at this scene. Her daughter is really cute, but... it would be great if she was by her side.

"These plots are all written around Bronya, Xie Qingxuan has a heart." Cocolia muttered with an inexplicable expression.

Xie Qingxuan continued to push the plot while eating egg tarts.

So far, he hasn't found any problems. It should be said that he rarely finds problems. Even the careless Kiyana rarely makes mistakes at work.

This kind of plot check is just routine, and by the way... Xie Qingxuan doesn't have his own account, and he wants to experience the game from the player's perspective. This is an opportunity.

The current experience is better than what he used to play with Honkai, the graphics are more detailed, and the most important thing is... there are full characters without krypton gold, and they are still real people.

"Doing this... is it really good?" Xi'er stood still and murmured.

"It's alright, Hill."

Another very mad voice appeared in Xi'er's mind, and she said persuasively, "All we have done is to leave here and return to reality with my lord sister."

Xi'er seemed to be guided by some kind of guidance, her eyes became firm: "Xi'er understands."

The two went back to find the place where Otto and Teresa were separated. Bronya looked around and said, "Theresa should have gone to the opposite side of the hill."

"Father! Father!!"

There was Teresa's voice in the distance, Bronya and Seele glanced at each other, and hurried to the scene of the incident, only to see Teresa hugging the unconscious Otto.

"Wake up, wake up, priest." Teresa hugged Otto and cried, "Please, priest! Wake up."

"What happened, why did the priest fall to the ground." Seele said in surprise.

"He passed out, we have to send him back to the orphanage quickly." Bronya calmed down and said in a calm tone: "Xie Er, stay here and help Teresa, I will go to the orphanage to call some children over. "

At this time, many Honkai beasts appeared one after another around, and Bronya suddenly became anxious. If this continued, Teresa, Father, and Seele would all be in danger.

At this moment, all the Houkai Beasts froze, as if they were being manipulated, they turned around slowly and headed back towards the depths of the snow field.

"What happened." Bronya held her breath, feeling that the strangeness in the air was getting stronger and stronger.

And then...she saw—

"You are?" Bronya was at a loss when she saw a familiar figure and said, "The Eighth God's Key, Yu Duchen."

"Bronya." Fu Hua's voice came.

"Do you know... Bronya's name?" Bronya asked with a frown.

"There are traces of 'feathers' on your body, which let you see me and let me know everything about you." Fu Hua looked at the girl calmly and said, "It's surprising, you don't belong here. "

"Although you exist in everyone's memory, you do not belong to this world."

Bronya was speechless and did not speak.

"I am one of Yu Duchen's three thousand feathers, and I appeared here because I sensed that man's desire to protect."

"It's you who have been protecting the orphanage from the Honkai Beast?" The question in Bronya's mind immediately had an answer, and she quickly asked, "Why does the priest have Yu Duchen's feather?"

"He is kind to Yu Duchen's master. As a violent beating, she left a feather in his heart." Fu Hua explained word by word: "He brought me here, and I have always followed his wishes. The will to guard this snow field.”

"But now, his time is approaching, and my strength will also come to an end along with his spirit."

"Father...is he going to die?" Bronya asked in surprise.

"He still has worries and nostalgia, but what binds him the most is the void in his heart." Fu Hua said unhurriedly: "That man wants to entrust me to another person, someone he approves of, Pass on my strength."

"However, there is an insurmountable gap between him and that person."

"It's Joachim... Sure enough, the priest doesn't want him to leave." Bronya was sure of this matter: "If Joachim leaves, the two of them will be willing to bear this burden." Knot."

"This is not only their knot, but also your knot." Fu Hua emphasized.

"What do you mean?" Bronya was at a loss for a moment. Could this be her problem?

"Bronya, you came here to find the answer." Fu Huayu said earnestly: "But what you really want to find is not someone else's answer, but your own answer."

"This is also the reason why you chose to jump into the Eye of the Abyss at that moment."

Bronya fell silent, she still couldn't face it.

"If you want to know the answer, just keep moving forward. One day, you will get out of the past and find your own path."

The familiar voice dissipated in the light, leaving only the voice echoing over the snow field, and a few feathers quietly disappeared into the snow along with her words.

Bronya stood where she was, and after a moment of silence, she went to arrange rescue for Otto.

……

"Father, are you awake?"

In the room, Theresa looked at Otto who had reacted slightly on the bed and shouted with concern.

"Ah... Teresa, I... this is." It took Otto a few seconds to understand his situation, and he said weakly: "I made you worry, here, your favorite bitter melon pie, I'm sorry... ...has cooled off."

"Now is not the time to talk about this, what happened, why did you fall in the snow." Teresa asked anxiously, "What about those injuries on your body?"

"It's okay, it's just a minor illness, and it will be fine after a night of sleep." Otto said with a wave of his hand.

Bronya behind Teresa had a complicated look on her face. The Otto in front of her eyes was too different from the Otto in the real world, which made her a little conflicted.

"What's the matter? Sister Bronya, your face is very strange." Seeing that Bronya looked strange, Xier asked with concern.

"Bronya is fine." Bronya shook her head and said.

At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open, and Joachim's face appeared in front of everyone.

"Father!" Joachim shouted eagerly, nervously looking for the priest in the room, and he regained his composure only after he was sure that the priest was not in danger, "It's good that you're fine."

"Joachim, have you packed up your salute?" Otto still looked calm.

"It's all packed," Joachim replied standing by the bed with his head down.

The priest tried to raise his hand to stroke Joachim's head, but he subconsciously wanted to avoid it. The priest withdrew his hand and stroked the cross on his chest.

"I have to leave early tomorrow morning, so go to bed early tonight." The priest urged, "I hope you will keep this cross for me."

"I went to the village today to pick out a farewell gift for you. In the end, I think this cross is the most suitable."

"It has prevented many disasters for me, and I hope you can also be protected by God."

"No need..." Joachim shook his head and refused.

"Joachim, accept it." Teresa persuaded, trying to mend the rift.

"I'm sorry, I can't accept it..." Joachim showed pain on his face: "God's protection...will you be protected by God if you kill someone in the name of kindness?"

"Joachim, what are you talking about? The priest gave you the cross in the hope that you..." Teresa became anxious and wanted to explain.

"It's okay, Teresa." The priest waved his hand and said.

"You don't understand what the priest wants at all." Teresa said angrily.

"The one who doesn't understand anything is you." Joachim shouted emotionally.

"Wait, Joachim!" The priest realized something was wrong and tried to calm down.

Joachim ran straight out of the room, and everyone froze in place. The priest struggled to get out of bed, but lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

"Oops, the sun is about to set, and he will be in danger." Teresa suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter and said anxiously.