Current time: early 2014.
Before he knew it, Xing had spent more than half a year in the Honkai World. He had successfully changed many tragedies, prevented the Third Honkai Eruption from descending upon Changkong City, and even after the worldlines converged, he had destroyed Project Stigma single-handedly. He had also saved Wendy and allowed her to return to St. Freya Academy. He had even repaired a collision between the Honkai World and the Knight World.
It could be said that he had truly been upholding his promise, doing everything in his power to make this imperfect world better. But could he really accomplish everything?
At the New Year's banquet, everyone ate to their heart's content. Kiana in particular was in heaven. The white-haired dumpling reached her paw toward a plate of dumplings, only for the food to suddenly vanish before her eyes. She rubbed her eyes in confusion. "It's all Auntie Himeko's fault. She insisted on making me drink, and now I'm hallucinating."
Hiyokomaru, who was sneaking food nearby: "Ehehe~"
Durandal warned herself not to overindulge, yet her honest body would not listen. Whatever. I'll just kill a few more Emperor Class Honkai Beasts after the New Year. In the end, even Clumsy Goose's mind gave in, and she let herself go, eating at a pace no slower than Kiana's.
Rita was both happy and upset. Happy because Durandal had finally gotten the idea, upset because she had eaten nearly all the food Rita had drugged.
Just then, the communicator rang. The maid took it out with a grim expression and glanced at it, her entire demeanor changing at once. She pulled Durandal up. "My apologies, everyone. Schicksal Headquarters has urgently summoned Lady Durandal and me. We must take our leave first."
Yae Sakura stood quietly before the