The End of the Vacation

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the closing gala of this arts festival. First of all, let us thank Miss Eden for attending and Mr. Nahamah for his sponsorship..."

"The holiday is finally coming to an end," Zhu Yufeng said, looking at the host on the podium.

"I wish there were more days like this in the future..." Pardo whispered.

Elysia smiled and said, "That's what I hope for too~"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Could there be more days like this? This kind of life, where every day is either being dragged out shopping by Elysia, teased by Lilith, or subjected to some amazing magic tricks by Vill-V...

He wanted to complain in his mind that any more would kill him, but the thought quickly faded away, replaced by the thought: Actually, this isn't so bad.

As if the Honkai never existed, every morning he exercises with Xila, Elysia and Lilith prepare breakfast, and afterwards he might help Rin with her homework for a while, or teach Sakura some cooking skills, play games with Pardo and play with the children, and occasionally Eden will play some music when he has time. Lilith and Elysia can both play, and Vill-V usually teases Mobius, and he looks at paintings with Griseo...

Or perhaps play chess with Su, or have dinner with Hua and then practice Tai Chi...

Or, like everyone else, keep an eye on the progress of Kosma and Disaster.

You might even run into Qianjie while you're out at the art festival with Elysia. To be fair, Qianjie can actually cook. Although it's just some barbecue, the taste is really good, and the heat is just right.

"What's with those looks you two are giving me?" Qianjie noticed Elysia and himself staring at him while he was grilling, and said irritably, "Eat it or don't, it's up to you!"

Kosma had cooked some dishes before, saying that he had learned a little because he thought he might need this skill in the future. Are all the men in The Fire Moths good at cooking?

These are all very ordinary things in life, yet they seem to become very distant in the future...

It's a bit of a shame that Kevin and May didn't come. Maybe there will be another opportunity like this in the future?

"After the arts festival, I'll be heading back to the research institute. I've already bought my plane ticket, for tonight." Su's words interrupted Zhu Yufeng's thoughts. "So, after the gala, I'll be heading to the airport."

Zhu Yufeng looked at Su: "So urgent?"

Indeed, the end of the party marked the end of this period of time. Even though I had given up and felt mentally exhausted these past few days, I felt a little reluctant to let it go when it was all over.

"Well... I spent some time discussing some of the problems I've encountered with Mobius. Although she seemed a little unhappy that I disturbed her during her vacation, I still got some advice in the end, which gave me some clues about how to break through my current bottleneck," Su said.

"Brother Su, not that we're criticizing you, but you really didn't need to ask Mobius about this at this time, did you?" Pardo complained, squinting her eyes. She had seen how lazy Mobius had been these past few days. He finally got a vacation and didn't even need to be dragged out to exercise by Zhu Yufeng, but then Su came to ask him a question.

"Perhaps I was a little too hasty," Su Yi replied.

"Oh dear, I didn't expect Su to be so impatient," Elysia said, feigning surprise.

"I'm not a perfect person, of course I have the same emotions as everyone else," Su said with a smile.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Lilith since we got here." Zhu Yufeng looked around. Lilith said she had some things to take care of and indicated that she didn't need his help, so it shouldn't be something like blowing up the party venue.

Then it's not a big problem.

"That's true, Lilith is usually here at this time..." Elysia thought for a moment, then took Zhu Yufeng's arm. "Since she's not here, I won't be polite~ There seems to be something interesting over there, let's go take a look~ Little Griseo can come too~"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

I'm used to it, I'm used to it...

Pardo: "..."

Should she hold onto Brother Yu Feng's other arm? Never mind, little Griseo is still riding on Brother Yu Feng's shoulders...

Su squinted at Zhu Yufeng, who was being dragged aside by Elysia. The calm smile on his face gradually faded. In fact, the issues he discussed with Mobius were not just the bottlenecks he was encountering; those were just casual questions. What he really asked Mobius was about Zhu Yufeng's identity.

He recalled his conversation with Zhu Yufeng a few days ago.

"Phew... I'm really exhausted..." Zhu Yufeng walked under the parasol and collapsed onto the deck chair, looking utterly hopeless. "By the way, Su, did you really just sleep here all day?"

"Not entirely. Actually, I watched you guys for a while too." Su picked up the magazine covering her face, took a sip of her goji berry green tea, and said, "Everyone seems to have had a great day. Even you, although you said you were exhausted, you actually had a lot of fun, right?"

"If Elysia and Lilith don't have any other intentions," Zhu Yufeng picked up his coconut. "Hmm? Where's my coconut juice?"

"If I remember correctly, it was when you and Elysia were surfing that Lilith finished drinking it." Su's expression turned somewhat teasing. "Later, when Lilith dragged you to go diving, Elysia also came."

Lilith was so casual when she drank it that even Su, who was pretending to be asleep, didn't realize that Lilith was drinking Zhu Yufeng's coconut juice...

Zhu Yufeng: "... Never mind."

Everything that seems illogical suddenly makes sense when it happens to Lilith. Speaking of which, is Elysia thinking the same thing? Don't try to learn that from Lilith!

Su glanced at Lilith and the others who were preparing a barbecue on the beach, and after confirming that there was no one else around, he turned to Zhu Yufeng and asked, "Feng, I actually have something I want to ask you, but if you're too tired right now..."

To be honest, it's true that Zhu Yufeng was exhausted. Perhaps Elysia and the others had time to rest, but Zhu Yufeng was either dragged to surfing, diving, or being lifted into the air by Vill-V. Not to mention Pardo and the others, he was constantly on the go...

Su could only say, "You had so many girls you messed with in your past life and you still don't have any self-awareness."

"You mean the thing they mentioned about me before I came to this world, right?" Zhu Yufeng said.

It's easy to guess what question he could answer Su for. Besides, he had been planning to find an opportunity to talk to Su about this matter. After all, he had finally expressed the feelings he had kept hidden in his heart, so there was no burden in saying them again now.

Just before he was launched away by Vill-V's ejection device, Elysia mentioned this information. With Su's keen senses, he wouldn't miss this information even while on vacation, let alone before Elysia and the others arrived, when he and Su were discussing similar topics.

"Hmm..." Su nodded. "In other words, you are indeed not from this world anymore."

"You don't seem surprised at all?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Su. "Kevin others were quite surprised when they first found out about it."

"Why should I be surprised? Rather, this answer was exactly what I initially guessed." Su smiled faintly. "Didn't I tell you before? I used the Thousand Worlds to observe many realms, but I couldn't find your trace in any of them."

Su put down her goji berry green tea and continued, "However, I have a new question. If you are from another world, then why haven't I seen you among all the worlds I've seen that haven't Honkai?"

"This is a very complicated issue, and I don't think I can explain it clearly." Zhu Yufeng looked at the clouds on the horizon and said, "To give an example, you can think of the world you observe as a leaf on a tree, while I may come from another tree. The Thousand Worlds can only observe the tree you are observing."

Although it's possible that one's original world was originally a leaf on Imaginary Tree, and Su just happened not to observe it... However, this possibility is very small, because no matter what, it's impossible for one to find another version of oneself in any other world.

"Another tree?" Su repeated. "Yes, if that's the case, then it does make sense, but how did you get here?"

"Would you believe me if I said I was sleeping, woke up in the middle of the night to find myself trapped under rubble, and then Elysia dug me out?" Zhu Yufeng said speechlessly, still complaining about this inexplicable time travel!

"I believe you," Su said with a smile.

Faced with Su's straightforward answer, Zhu Yufeng was at a loss for words.

"Since you come from another world, some of your actions aren't unreasonable," Su said. "Did you and Kevin say anything else?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yufeng decided to tell Su about what he already knew about the previous part of the story.

After listening to the story, Su remained silent for a long time, and even when Lilith and the others had prepared the barbecue and called them over, she still didn't say a word.

That night, the night before the party, Sue found Mobius, who had come out of his room to enjoy the breeze on the balcony.

"Really? Yu Feng already told you," Mobius said, seemingly unsurprised. "So, what brings you here?"

"In my current observations, no realm has ever defeated the Honkai," Su said.

"Yes, that's right. I haven't heard of any progress on Hengsha Project since you took over. It was even almost discovered by another world and they came after you." Mobius said listlessly. "That's why I thought that this kind of operation is not very useful."

"The only difference between our Herrscher world and other Herrscher worlds is that we have Feng," Su said softly. "In every Herrscher world, the Herrscher's origins and powers are not entirely the same, and even the selection of the Herrscher ... may be different. But Feng is different; he knew the direction of our Herrscher world's story from the very beginning."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Mobius was already getting impatient.

"Maple is the only variable that will allow us to defeat the Honkai." Su opened his eyes and looked at Mobius, saying, "He has also proven that he can do it."

The temperature seemed to drop significantly in that instant. Mobius looked coldly at Sue and said, "He has no obligation to do this. You should know that very well. Or are you starting to morally blackmail others?"

"That's not what I think, but... his last choice already revealed his answer, didn't it?" Su said. "In the Finality battle, if it weren't for the end..."

"So you know he paid a price!" Mobius said coldly. "Su, is this the answer you gave after he told you this?"

Su lowered her eyes. "Of course I know, and I regret not knowing the burden he carried, but... this is not something that can be resolved by arguing about here."

Mobius simply stared coldly at Sue without saying a word.

Su looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky and said, "I don't want to entrust everything to him. He is indeed the only variable, but that doesn't mean we can do nothing. He may be the savior, but if humanity doesn't save itself and just waits for the savior to save it, isn't that just wishful thinking?"

Mobius remained silent.

"Although we've only just gone through the Fourth Honkai Eruption the Present, we have less than ten years left," Su said earnestly to Mobius. "That's why we need to hurry."

Su knew that Mobius himself was also aware that if they truly wanted to defeat the Honkai, they inevitably had to consider the worst-case scenario: the struggle would fail, and the flame would be left to future generations.

It's not unreasonable for Mobius to initially think that he wanted Zhu Yufeng to die, because he did have similar thoughts. He was like a drowning man trying to grab onto the only straw in his sight before sinking.

After observing countless other worlds, I finally discovered a variable here... a unique variable that no other world has.

"But just as Kevin considers you a close friend, so do I. I can't bear to see you end up the same way," Su thought to herself. "So, I really don't have much time left..."

On the other side.

"So, can I leave now?" Lilith crossed her arms and looked at the silver-haired boy in front of her. She had noticed before that whenever she and Feng went out together, there was always a gaze directed at her. If she paid a little attention, she would have noticed it. She felt that she still needed to deal with this matter. After the Present, the fact that her family hadn't all disappeared like before was indeed a hidden danger.

For example, you can still run into someone here.

However, if Davien is as friendly as Gianna, then keeping her around wouldn't be a problem.

Davien looked at the girl in front of him, with black hair and red eyes, whose appearance and voice were exactly the same as his sister's. Although her way of speaking and style were completely different from what he remembered, and although she repeatedly denied that she was his sister and there was corresponding evidence, he was certain that she was his sister.

News of that hurricane in South America was suppressed...

"I understand. I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone else," the boy finally said.

"Good to know. I still need to go back to find my boyfriend." Lilith said, then turned to leave.

"You're very satisfied and happy with your the Present life, aren't you?" the boy said from behind her.

"Of course." Lilith didn't turn around.

"And... how are your other family members?"

"Hmph... Don't worry about it. You might see her somewhere in the future."

"I see. I apologize for disturbing you."

Davien watched Lilith leave, his expressionless face finally breaking into a faint smile. His sister was doing well, and his the Present sister was safe and sound—that was enough. Now, he had to keep working hard for their next reunion, for the day when he could truly recognize his sister.