Honkai, But I Have Too Many Mods

"..."

"But even so, there were still things I couldn't predict."

"...Accidents."

Tingyun took a new cup, poured Liu Bai a glass of wine, and replaced the "sweet fruit juice" in front of him.

"Right. No one can say whether unexpected variables might arise in combat. Throughout history, there have been countless cases where the side with the advantage was overturned, even when they made no mistakes at all."

Liu Bai took a sip.

...Disgusting.

Liu Bai picked up the "sweet fruit juice" beside him again.

"I was thinking, if something happened to someone... Though it might not be very nice to say this..."

Liu Bai smiled at the bartender in front of him.

"Don't laugh at me. To put it bluntly, if something happened to you all, I personally would probably only... feel a little sad from a humanitarian perspective."

"That does sound rather harsh—truth is always harsh."

The bartender shrugged indifferently. "But at least you'd still feel sad for us. You can lead the moment of silence, and leave the mourning and wailing to my comrades and Lady Kallen."

"That kind of frankness would just make me feel even sadder and guiltier when the time came."

Liu Bai complained to the bartender before him.

"But if something happened to Guinaifen, Firefly, or the others, how would I face it?"

"...This little lady cannot imagine it."

"Neither can I. I haven't seen many dead people, let alone people close to me."

Liu Bai sighed.

He had said it with Tingyun's help, but it had also been a concern buried in his heart all along.

"The time I saw the most dead people... was probably during Chiyou. But that time, my conscience was clear. In that kind of sudden attack, unless someone could do it over while retaining their memories,