In Honkai, I Only Love Valkyries

Aponia gazed at that face. She reached out and touched the man's cheek. The sensation beneath her fingers was so unfamiliar, yet the soul and spirit wrapped beneath that exterior were undoubtedly the "Elysia" she knew.

So Elysia truly had reason to hate Otto.

The current Otto was the "Elysia" of the Flame-Chasers. They had no need for some so-called real Elysia at all.

"Why should a noble hero sacrifice his life for the survival of the vile?"

Aponia said.

That was her stance, and it left her dissatisfied.

Aponia was loving, but she only loved those worthy of love.

"Noble, me?" Otto smiled faintly. "But I think all of you, except me, are the truly noble ones."

Himself.

He was merely a lie.

"You saved us."

Aponia said earnestly.

"You severed those tangled threads of fate and gave us more possibilities."

"So..."

"Did we win?"

Whether it was Griseo departing into the stars, Aponia sacrificing herself for Elysian Realm, or Elysia falling to Kevin, they had all done so for the same purpose.

They all hoped humanity would have a beautiful future.

But reality was cruel. Giving everything did not necessarily mean gaining anything in return.

"Humanity lost."

Otto stated the conclusion once more. His words were like a sharp blade, ready to pierce the hearts of every Flame-Chaser.

"But because of your efforts, this war was successfully prolonged until the present, fifty thousand years later."

"Now, in the second battle against Honkai, we will win."

This round, I will win.

"Fifty thousand years later..."

Aponia caught the key point in Otto's words.

"So this is fifty thousand years later..."

Fifty thousand years sounded so easy to say, yet Aponia could feel the weight of time contained within those words.

"Mm." Otto nodded. "Fire Moth was defeated, but before