"Siegfried's power will interfere with the plan."
Facing the equally confused Amber,
Otto calmly stated his reason.
Then he turned his gaze to the screen,
to that faint, flickering sign of life—
and spoke in a voice cold and cruel.
"Just die quietly for me… in Siberia."
[March 7th]: ?????
[Keqing]: What is going on?!
[Jean]: Th-this… even the Fatui wouldn't be this ruthless…
[Tartaglia]: …
[Hu Tao]: No—Siegfried is still one of your people, isn't he?!
[Hu Tao]: He literally just fought the Second Herrscher with his life on the line—fine if you don't save him, but launching a missile too?!
[Tesla]: This is indeed Otto's style.
[March 7th]: When it comes to not being human, Lord Overseer is truly far ahead of the pack.
[Yanqing]: What a vile person…
No one had expected this.
Just moments ago,
they had still been comrades fighting side by side to punish the Second Herrscher—
and now Otto was about to erase Siegfried without the slightest hesitation?!
This change of face was far too sudden!
Inside the dormitory.
Kiana clenched her fists tightly,
gritting her teeth as she stared at the unfolding scene!
"I… can't feel anything… Am I… dead?"
The gravely injured Siegfried slowly opened his eyes.
"Cecilia… is that you?"
Staring at the blurry figure before him,
he asked hoarsely.
As a single tear fell,
Cecilia choked back a sob.
"I'm sorry… Siegfried… I lied to you…"
"This time… I can't go back with you…"
"You have to take good care of Kiana… let her grow up healthy…"
"I hope that by the time she grows up… Honkai will be over…"
"That she can live freely…"
Already barely conscious,
Siegfried grew even more confused.
Had they… not received rescue from headquarters?
"Cecilia… what are you saying…?"
"There are still so many things I want to tell you."
"But… my time is almost up."
"I love you, Siegfried!"
As she spoke,
Cecilia stood up.
With Black Abyss White Flower activated,
countless vines wrapped around Siegfried's body.
"There's almost no blood left in my body… my time is nearly gone too…"
"And now… Overseer has launched fission warheads."
"Before they arrive… there's one last thing I must do…"
Dragging her battered body,
Cecilia pulled the distant Sirin into her arms.
"Sirin… poor child."
"In the illusion, I saw your loneliness and pain."
"At that time… I truly wanted to become your mother,
to make up for everything you had lost."
"But back then… I couldn't change anything."
"At the very least… in the final moments of your life…"
"Let me give you some warmth."
Cecilia held Sirin close,
softly comforting her like a real mother.
And in the sky—
that brilliant light slowly descended.
Honkai fission warheads!
They slammed down onto the Siberian Plain!
BOOM!!!
In an instant!
White light filled the screen!!!
Heaven and earth lost all sound and color!
[The Honkai energy released by the Second Herrscher once spread beyond the Siberian Plain.]
[Over one hundred thousand civilians were exposed to Honkai radiation.]
[They could only helplessly await the arrival of death.]
[But a blood-red flower petal descended from the sky and saved them.]
[All Honkai energy within those it touched vanished.]
[The Second Honkai Eruption came to an end.]
Under the emotionless post-war report,
The Second Honkai Eruption officially concluded.
At this moment,
All extraordinary beings were left with a different state of mind.
[Tesla]: So… so it was Cecilia who sacrificed herself to save Siegfried…
[Hu Tao]: Wuwuwu, that was so moving! Cecilia gave up her life to save Siegfried—and even at the end, she wanted to give Sirin warmth…
[Sangonomiya Kokomi]: Such a gentle soul…
[March 7th]: …This is really just too infuriating!!
[Diluc]: Otto… truly is far too cold.
[Ningguang]: Kiana must be heartbroken…
[Xianyun]: Judging by Schicksal's information lockdown… little Kiana probably doesn't even know the real cause of Cecilia's death.
[Xianyun]: For her, it must be an enormous blow…
Inside St. Freya Academy.
Raiden Mei held the sobbing Kiana tightly in her arms, her heart aching.
Beside them, Bronya bit her lip, unsure how to offer comfort.
Whether it was Bronya, Mei, or Kiana—
none of them had the power to change anything.
This was history that had already happened.
They had only learned the truth now,
through the exposure of this rating system.
Before a massive military organization like Schicksal,
sealing information was simply too easy…
At this moment,
Including Kiana and all those who had lived through this—
everyone felt nothing but hatred and resentment toward Otto.
Revisiting old wounds
only tore open even more scars.
Theresa, too, stared at the screen with complicated eyes.
Her most doting grandfather—
had all but personally killed her dearest friend, Cecilia.
Theresa had no chance to change any of it.
Her establishment of St. Freya Academy in the Far East
was born from her pain toward Schicksal's darkness and authoritarian rule.
Otto's actions often tore Theresa apart even more deeply!
On one side—family.
On the other—kindness and righteousness.
And amid the sighs of countless viewers—
The screen finally faded to black!
Siegfried's evaluation reveal
seemed to be coming to an end.
The misfortune that befell him was simply too much—
leaving everyone filled with sorrow and regret.
And yet—
It was precisely because of the greatest of those misfortunes
that Siegfried's life did not end
on that frozen, snow-covered land.
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