Honkai Impact: I will save everything alone

Chapter 100: Proposal?! Seele: I...I do.

The so-called "playing house" is a role-playing game popular among children.

Several partners play different roles as family members; some act as "mother," some as "father," some as "children," and, of course, some as "pets."

Everyone happily imitates family life and spends a fun time together.

What Su meant was to let him and Seele play the role of Sirin's "parents," allowing her to make up for the lack of love in the illusion.

Of course, the realistic illusion created by her hands can be regarded as a more powerful version of "playing house."

"…Will this really work?"

Kirataka covered his forehead slightly.

Su nodded and said:

"It should be useful. Although it may not be appropriate for me to judge, the child is actually quite lacking in this aspect of emotion, right?"

St. Freya Academy in her world once gave her temporary care, but this fragile comfort was soon broken.

—She is still quite lacking in love.

"If it's useful, why didn't you do it yourself before?"

He complained.

"Because I have been trapped in the [Ether Singularity] of this world. If I don't re-expand and replace it with the spiritual space of others, I can't create a new illusion."

Su shrugged and answered casually:

"Besides, since you and Seele are already here, I can just be a 'spectator' in the audience. Well, I'm not the type who likes to perform on stage."

She prefers to be a spectator rather than an actor on stage.

"...Okay, I'll go talk to Seele about this later,"

Kirataka nodded slightly.

"Then I will make preparations here. When you call Seele, notify me. Just use the leaf that helps you harmonize your body to call me."

Su replied with a relaxed look on her face.

However, looking at the gray-haired woman's undisguised smile, I always felt that she was... very happy about this matter.

Moreover, of all the things she had said to him up to now, how many of them were true, and how many were lies?

However, she has indeed shown considerable sincerity to him; at least they will cooperate in rescuing Seele from this world.

Of course, he still had to be a little careful. If she intended to harm him, Seele, or that Sirin, he would immediately start to go back in time to avoid danger and then look for other solutions.

After completing the cooperation and communication with Su, Kirataka immediately left the underground secret room and returned along the passage to the underground where the children were imprisoned.

...

If what Su said was true, then everything in this illusion except Sirin, Seele, and Su himself, everyone else was fake.

Whether it is the researchers in the tower or the other children.

This ability to create illusions... is too powerful. Is the Herrscher of Sentience only this powerful?

While thinking, Kirataka came to Seele and Sirin's room again.

The huge mecha was now obediently waiting at the door, following the instructions he had given when he left.

However, her electronic eyes were looking through the iron gate at Seele inside, eagerly looking forward to the day when she could reunite with her creator.

Well, if Project Bunny had a humanoid image, she would definitely have tears in her eyes at this moment.

After sensing Kirataka's arrival, she turned her huge body around. The electronic female voice sounded in her mind again, and said with a little excitement:

"Master Kirataka, you're back!"

"Um."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. By the way, have you found any clues?"

"Yes, yes... Uh, I'd better talk to Seele. If everything goes well, I should be able to rescue her."

Kirataka re-entered the room while dealing with Project Bunny.

Seele was talking with Sirin beside the bed. Because of her presence in this reincarnation, the purple-haired girl's waist condition was obviously much better, and they could be said to be talking and laughing.

"Sirin, have you ever seen the sea?"

The blue-haired girl asked softly.

"The sea...? No,"

the purple-haired girl replied in confusion.

"Seele hasn't seen it either. If we have a chance, let's go see it together. The scenery of the sea must be very beautiful."

"… Yeah, okay."

While listening to the conversation between the girls, Kirataka found Seele's diary.

In order to facilitate communication with Kirataka again, Seele temporarily kept the diary visible so that once it made a sound, the girl would know that Kirataka had returned.

He picked up the light blue diary and shook it slightly to attract Seele's attention.

Sure enough, after noticing the sound of the diary, the girl quickly ended her conversation with Sirin and returned to her bed.

Through this small diary, he and Seele began to communicate again.

"Kirataka...you're back."

"Well, Seele, I did find a way to rescue the children here and get you out of here."

Kirataka was thinking about what to say.

Su specified that the two roles must be "parents," but if he were to tell Seele about this matter, there would always be a subtle feeling that he was taking advantage of Seele.

After all, playing the role of Seele's "parents"... means that he and Seele will have to be a "temporary couple" from now on.

Ahem, this is to help Seele escape from this bubble world and also to help Sirin wake up from the nightmare.

"What's the solution? Can Seele help?"

The girl asked curiously.

She was somewhat excited.

Being able to leave here means that she can follow Kirataka out of the Quantum Sea and return to the real world.

Having drifted on this sea for nearly a year, she had hardly dared to hope for such a thing.

And now, this opportunity is right in front of her, how can she not be excited?

"Well... the specific situation is like this..."

In this way, Kirataka roughly conveyed to Seele the content of his previous communication with Su and made her completely understand her current situation.

"Playing house... I used to play this game with Sister Bronya and others. No problem. What role do you want Seele to play?"

Seele quickly understood what she needed to do.

For Seele, who had lived with other children in the past, this kind of game was not unfamiliar to her.

At that time, she and Bronya would often invite Liliya, and Rozaliya, to play this game together.

Sometimes it was a family gathering, sometimes it was doctors and nurses taking care of patients, and of course, there were times when they were dragged by the sisters to perform a stage play.

If she could leave here and save others just by playing a role, she would certainly be happy to do it.

'I have to say that Seele is really trusting and didn't have any doubts at all about what he said.'

'Should I say it's cute or innocent...'

Kirataka continued while thinking:

"The role we need to play is... that of Sirin's parents."

"Okay...eh?"

Seele was about to write down her promise in her diary, but her pen suddenly stopped.

—Of course, she realized what this meant.

How could a young girl in her prime not know what the roles of parents represent?

In other words, she will play Kirataka's "wife" next.

This made her, who was naturally weak and shy, feel shy.

Although she had some communication with Kirataka, she didn't even know what he looked like or what kind of person he was.

However, since he is a friend of Sister Bronya and came to this Quantum Sea specifically to find her, he must be a trustworthy person.

With her pretty face slightly flushed, Seele quickly wrote down her promise in her diary and responded:

"Okay, I... I do."

'Wait... what's this strange feeling like proposing to Seele?'

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