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

Chapter 227 Extra: Second Cycle Timeline A

(This timeline is the timeline of the usurpation of the god, that is, the initial timeline of Erinis's birth. The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the portrayal of Alicia, not for plot purposes.)

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The bright moon hangs high.

Alicia gently stepped onto the highest point of the base, purple flowers moving between her fingers, flickering in the moonlight.

She didn't let the Honkai energy from the flower overflow and form a pale purple glow, even though that would have been more suitable for the atmosphere tonight.

"Hi, Eden."

"Hi, Ellie."

Even at this moment, Eden still held the golden cup—whether she was enjoying the wine as usual or using it to reminisce about the past, no one could say for sure.

"Has Dr. Mei's meeting ended?"

"It's over. They found nothing unusual. Your suspicion has been cleared."

"That's good. I don't really care. After all, these are extraordinary times, and everyone is on edge. My past is somewhat mysterious, so it's normal to be suspected."

After all, she truly had an invisible and formless deity by her side. Since joining the Firemoth, her actions had seemed to be "prophetic," so it was normal for her to be suspected.

Alicia blinked: "I'm so understanding, of course I choose to forgive everyone."

Even so, I still feel a little sad inside.

Eden chuckled softly and offered Alicia his free hand. Alicia understood immediately, took Eden's hand, and helped her up.

"What? Do you want to invite me to dance under the moonlight?"

"Of course, if you'd like."

"How could I not want to?"

And so, under the moonlight, on the rooftop, just like that night more than twenty years ago, Alicia found 'Alicia'.

"..."

The dance was over.

As night deepened, the wind picked up.

The wind blew the girl's pink hair, which, combined with the dancer's slightly flushed face, made her look incredibly beautiful.

The girl sat silently with her eyes closed, letting the night breeze tousle her hair. A blush rose to her cheeks, but the deeper the intoxication, the calmer she became, as if she might at any moment dissolve into a wisp of pale pink mist and vanish into the night sky.

Success is almost within reach... So far, from the Second Herrscher to the Tenth Herrscher, except for the Herrscher of Rock who still sank the Mu Continent, everything else has been changed by her. The subsequent constraints were suppressed by the gods themselves, and the corrupted bell was saved early on. She and the gods changed almost everything, but they could not change her own fate—because the gods needed her blessing.

I'm so tired, but it'll be over soon.

"Eden..."

"Ok?"

"I...no, it's nothing..."

"...You want to know the outcome of that meeting, don't you?"

"Oh dear, you figured it out."

"(Laughs) ...At the end of the meeting, no one said anything, just like the outcome of the meeting, nothing happened. There probably won't be another one like this in the near future."

Eden gently stroked the girl's hair: "I understand that being suspected is a very sad thing. Ellie, I hope you're not angry."

Alicia looked up at the vast sky above, where the moonlight was as clear as water, radiating a pure and flawless glow.

The girl lay back, pressing her back against the warm touch.

She didn't reply, but simply said, "Stay with me a little longer, Eden. I want to enjoy the night a little longer."

"I never imagined that your first breakdown would happen in such a setting. How romantic! I really, really love it."

"..."

"Thank you, Eden. And..."

"I am so happy to meet everyone, especially you."

The night was darker.

Under the bright night sky, a giant aquatic creature, carrying a touch of pale pink, used the sky as its sea, its tail fin swaying gently, and disappeared into the vast starry sky.

I'm so reluctant to leave this world...

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"Gods, can you truly fulfill your promises?"

In the moments before her consciousness faded, Alicia asked a question with fervor.

However, the god fell silent in response to her questions: He had never actually promised anything about the end of this era. The so-called "saving everything" was nothing but Alicia's imagination.

"..."

The exchange of consciousness was exceptionally swift; she understood everything in an instant, then gave a bitter laugh: "So that's how it is. It was all just wishful thinking on my part, wasn't it?"

She thought she could save the crumbling world, but in reality, the end would still destroy everything.

She thought she was God's daughter, but in reality she was just a "sacrifice" chosen by Him.

She thought He was her dearest friend and loved one, but in reality, He had been deceiving her all along?

The gods whispered: Alicia, your sacrifice was not in vain. Fifty thousand years from now, a new era will be saved because of you.

Fifty thousand years... fifty thousand years?!

She struggled, her anger blazing: "I...don't...believe!"

What connection, in the slightest, does 50,000 years, and the world 50,000 years from now have with the world she loved and the people she loved?!

The deity explained again: Human blessings are what I need, and the demise of this era is ordained by fate. I can change everything, but I don't want to die, and I don't want you to die either.

Fate? Such a powerful god actually regards everything as fate?

She scoffed, "If you were so powerless from the start, why pretend to be all-powerful in front of me? If even you can't defy fate, why do you spend your days telling me about the future?"

The gods are silent.

He had been trying his best to participate in Alicia's story, attempting to optimize and change the ending. In reality, the ending in this timeline was already relatively good, but the girl before him had already developed greater ambitions under his encouragement.

Therefore, there is no response.

She thought He was feeling guilty.

The pink sunset sky burned like a raging fire, but the blessings of humanity, under the illusion of being "betrayed," turned into an extreme curse, like a cup of poison soaked in honey.

It is said that drinking it will lead to death, yet it is also said to be as sweet as honey.

He silently drank the poison. This was his retribution.

"..."

Unexpectedly, the poison was not poison to him.

Human emotions and desires have never been so intense, and the feeling of "being alive" has never been so clear.

He might have made a mistake, or he might have done nothing wrong at all. This was the feeling of "living" that he wanted, but the girl's "curse" left him with a lump in his throat.

The curse truly became a curse.

The girl's figure emerged from the flames, her purple eyes seemed to burn, dripping golden blood that pierced my heart drop by drop.

'No more need to deceive the world with lies! From this day forward, I am a god!'

He suddenly realized—or perhaps he was disheartened.

He then relinquished that supreme power, which became Alicia's power.

When she seized divine power, she ultimately became the world of Elginis, and has remained eternally silent ever since.

'Alicia, you should know—I have never lied.'

Otto's "never lied" concealed part of the truth, but his "never lied" was a sincere expression of despair.

(Finish)