The Girls' Side

The girls' side.

Before Elysia returned, Pardo tried to comfort Disaster, who was huddled under the covers. "Sister Daisy, Brother Yu Feng has his reasons for doing this, there's nothing we can do about it."

Disaster's voice came from under the covers. "Brother Yu Feng, Brother Yu Feng... You only care about yourself, Brother Yu Feng. Do you know how much those families need those people who are going to be disposed of by Feng? Just because they are infected with Honkai, they are going to be abandoned... Why? By what right?"

Pardo remained silent.

After a long while, Disaster finally spoke, "I'm sorry, little Pardo... I... got emotional... I'm sorry."

Pardo sat down beside Disaster's bed and said, "It's alright, Sister Daisy. We know you're sad, and we know that those who were abandoned all have their own families and lives... But some things are not something that ordinary people like us can solve just by thinking about them."

Disaster remained silent.

Pardo slowly said, "Perhaps you Sister Daisy, think that I'm willing to sacrifice everything for Brother Yu Feng. No, I'm also very sad, but... I can also understand Brother Yu Feng's helplessness. Sister Daisy, you don't know, but I grew up in a place called Dusk Street. There, things that are even more unreasonable than the Present we see now happen every day. From the time I can remember until the Present, I've seen countless things like that..."

Disaster pulled the blanket down a little, only revealing her eyes to look at Pardo, but after a short while, she buried herself back under the blanket and turned over.

"Maybe you think you're used to it, but... that's because you're truly helpless. But Feng... he knows Mobius, he knows Vill-V, Kevin's girlfriend Mei is also a genius among geniuses. Why would they both make such a choice? They have the ability to change all of this..." Disaster said softly.

Sakura, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up, "Do you know how much trouble this will cause Kaede?"

Before Disaster could retort, Sakura continued, "By unilaterally disobeying regulations and colluding with other researchers to interfere with the original instructions, don't forget that he is the Present just a combatant. You can think of him the Present the most watched member of the Fire Moth, but the Fire Moth needs someone who won't show compassion over something like this. For many people, the Present is not the only one."

But he was her only one, and she couldn't bear to see Feng being sidelined for such a reason; it would be an insult to him.

"But the Fire Moth are relatively tolerant of the first offense," Elysia said as she entered. "Maple can break the rules once because of you, but if there's a second time, people will question Maple's abilities. After all... research on treating Honkai Energy Corrosion symptoms has made almost no progress since the earliest discovery of the Present Honkai."

Disaster remained silent.

"It's not that we don't want to defeat the Honkai, it's not that we don't want to save them. After all, the Fire Moth created to fight against the Honkai and survive. But... we've poured countless resources into the Flame Chaser, yet our research has made no progress," Elysia said. "This is a decision we had to make out of necessity, in order to conserve resources for research in other areas."

Disaster pulled down the covers and looked at Elysia, saying, "Elysia... I heard you joined the Fire Moth earlier than Maple, so... have you already fought for it?"

Elysia smiled helplessly, "Yeah, and then Hen got scolded for me... If it weren't for Feng being my assistant this time, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to get this type of mission."

She had tried it many times before, even more times in her previous life. In fact, she wouldn't have received such a mission in her previous life unless it required several teams to act simultaneously to investigate.

She is indeed very strong, but with Kevin appearing later, there's no need to focus all our attention on her.

Afterwards, Kevin suffered from severe depression due to the Seventh Herrscher Incident, and the higher-ups turned their attention to Zhu Yufeng. Even though Kevin later became the leader in the hearts of countless warriors, the council always trusted Zhu Yufeng more.

This is also why, when the Thirteen Fallen Angels were established, the council made an exception and granted Fallen Angel higher authority than other warriors. Later on, the Fallen Angel were even allowed to attend high-level meetings.

They need warriors to fight Honkai, that's true, but warriors who are easily moved by compassion are not needed.

Kevin's momentary hesitation during the Sixth Herrscher incident led to the Sixth Herrscher's final counterattack. This did not initially attract the attention of the Fire Moth Council because the Sixth Herrscher showed signs of potentially possessing humanity. So, why not have another friend?

It was precisely because of the Sixth Herrscher's counterattack that the higher-ups of the Fire Moth completely lost their patience with the Herrscher, foreshadowing their later decision to abandon Kevin and choose Zhu Yufeng.

The proposal to appoint the Fourteen Schicksal was initially rejected by the higher-ups because Zhu Yufeng refused to serve as leader. However, Zhu Yufeng personally approached the higher-ups and explained that he simply did not want to lead any team other than the Thirteen Fallen Angels, and that he wanted to boost the morale of the remaining humans. Only then was the proposal finally approved.

Disaster remained silent for a long, long time before finally saying, "What you all say makes a lot of sense. In fact... you're right about me. Maybe... I'm just having a hard time with myself."

Perhaps, from beginning to end, what she cared about most was Kosma's attitude. She had grown up with Kosma since childhood and could even be considered Kosma's senior sister. She knew Kosma too well, and that was precisely why she couldn't accept Kosma making the same choice as Zhu Yufeng and the others.

Because this was a choice that the Kosma she knew could never make.

If Kosma were as resistant to the matter as she was, she would comfort Kosma instead, because she cared more about Kosma's mental state than her own.

This is also why Disaster was trapped in the dream of the Eighth Herrscher in her previous life. She helped Kosma resolve her inner turmoil, but she was never able to escape her own inner predicament. Beneath her cheerful exterior, no one could see that she was unable to let go of her inner knot. She pulled Kosma out of the vortex, but she herself became trapped in it.

"If you're thinking about what's going on with Kosma, he's not having the Present," Elysia said. "He made this choice probably because he's been spending too much time with Kevin. After all, people always influence each other. Look at Kevin's cool and aloof demeanor; maybe Kosma is the same way. He's just outwardly conforming to reason and making this choice, but inside he's still incredibly conflicted."

Elysia was telling the truth; Kosma had indeed managed his expression very well. After all, this Kosma was a Flame-Chasers who possessed the [Rising Sun] inscription in his previous life. His transformation occurred after the Ninth Herrscher incident, so it was normal that Disaster couldn't tell.

And let's shift the blame to Kevin.

Kevin and Feng have been getting too close lately; you can see Kevin standing together everywhere. Last night, she finally found a chance to be alone with Feng for a while.

Elysia didn't even bother to think about why Kevin was acting this way. On one hand, Kevin and Maple were indeed good friends in their previous life. On the other hand, this guy was definitely thinking of keeping an eye on her to buy time for Lilith.

Hmph, even Lilith only kissed Feng once, but she kissed him twice. She won by too much!

Disaster thought about it and it seemed to make sense. So it was all Kevin's fault, right? She had corrupted Amo by following Kevin!

The boy is in the room.

All three of them stared at Kevin, who had inexplicably sneezed. Zhu Yufeng spoke first, "Kevin, I thought you couldn't sneeze."

"I don't know why... it just feels like there's something extra..." Kevin said with a puzzled look.