The Gratitude Arc: Yae Sakura's Painful Past

[The scene shifts, Theresa suddenly sits up in bed as if she's had a nightmare. She gets out of bed to pour herself a glass of water, but her legs give way and she kneels on the floor, then falls unconscious.]

"What! You said Theresa fainted?!"

Inside the infirmary, the Trio gathered around Theresa's bedside. Bronya speculated that it was due to the Stigmata, and then explained to Mei what the Stigmata were. Afterward, she took out the same HOMU Connector as in the previous short drama.

Mei volunteered to put it on and entered the Stigmata Space; her clothes also changed.

"The harm caused by artificial Stigmata is so great, does that mean that Teacher Himeko's body was already at its limit at that time..." Elysia felt a little sad when she thought about the plot of the Final Lesson.

"You wicked Yaqing!"

"Don't be sad, Fairy. Himeko- sensei will be back in the next movie."

"Yeah, Himeko already appeared in the post -Himeko scene, and the old man just said that Himeko will appear again."

Looking at their eager tone, Yaqing felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

"However, the interactions between the three sisters are really sweet, it's a pity they're separated for now."

"You wicked Yaqing! Is this short drama about Kallen and Sakura?"

"Yes."

Mei, upon arriving at the Stigmata Space, was stunned by the tragic scene before her. Bronya's voice brought her back to reality, informing her that she could proceed to the next space.

Mei noticed a figure lying on the ground with white hair and blue eyes. She mistook the person for Kiana, but quickly realized her mistake and rushed forward.

A weakened Kallen handed a Golden Cross to Mei and begged her to give it to a pink-haired shrine maiden she met. With that, she closed her eyes and shed a tear.

Bronya tells Mei that this space is Honkai and they need to move to the next space immediately.

"Otto, you called me back in such a hurry just to see this?"

Kallen glared at Otto, her face puffed out.

The television screen showed her "dying," and even in her dying moments, she kept thinking of Yae Sakura.

"No!" Otto was dumbfounded. He had wanted to pull Kallen back to see the opening scene, but he didn't expect the plot to develop like this. He was completely stunned.

Kallen sighed.

"I think I've already explained it to you. Sakura and I don't have the kind of special relationship you're thinking of. We're just close friends. Please stop using Xiao Yaqing's stories to make fun of me."

Kallen, her pretty face cold, got up and left the room.

"Kallen, I..." Otto was now completely speechless.

Kallen left the room and went straight to the villa next door without stopping for a moment.

Next to Kallen and Otto's villa lives Amber. At this time, Amber, having finished work, is planning to take a bath, put on a face mask, and then have a nice nap.

"Ding-dong~"

"Who could it be so late at night?" Amber asked, puzzled, when she heard the doorbell.

When Otto asked her to deliver food today, she bought one for herself at the same time, so she didn't order any takeout at all, and it's impossible that her friend was coming over at this time.

Amber opened the door and saw Kallen smiling broadly; the smile on her face gradually faded.

Even during her work hours, she was afraid of running into this troublesome couple, especially now that it was after get off work.

"Mrs. Kallen, what brings you here?" As a secretary, Amber was an expert at faking a smile.

"Amber, I've run away from home," Kallen said pitifully.

Amber almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Running away from home?

Your house is right next door, maybe three miles away?

However, Amber still let Kallen into the house.

But her dream of a wonderful life is probably ruined.

Amber wanted to cry but had no tears.

The scene shifts to a grove of trees filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers. Theresa, having just woken up, looks around in bewilderment and discovers that her clothes have changed.

"Help!"

Hearing the cries for help, Theresa looked over and saw a man fleeing for his life, being chased by a brown bear Honkai by the Honkai.

Theresa picked up the stone spear that the man had dropped, smiled disdainfully, and was about to show the brown bear the power of S-Rank Valkyrie when she unexpectedly found herself just like a real little girl, without any abilities.

Just as Theresa was about to be devoured by the bear, Yae Sakura suddenly appeared and saved Theresa.

Theresa, having just fought off the giant bear, also fell into a coma due to difficulty breathing.

"Theresa's outfit is so cute~ Miss Fairy wants to hug her~" Elysia covered her cheeks with her hands.

Yaqing glanced at it and mentally complained.

You didn't mean to hug her, you clearly meant to seduce her!

"Yaqing, you actually made two more sets of models just for the short drama?" Elysia noticed that Mei and Theresa's clothes had changed after entering the Stigmata Space.

"Theresa is so pitiful. Every time she appears, she's either getting humiliated or on her way to getting humiliated."

"Beware of Judah's warning!"

"You heartless old scoundrel! How could you let such a lovely Theresa suffer like this?"

Yaqing looked completely innocent.

That's how it was in his dream.

Besides, it's not just in anime; the real-life Theresa also suffers setbacks.

In a garden set against a dreamlike backdrop, Cecilia is intimately feeding Theresa cake when she opens her eyes to find Yae Sakura kissing her. She pushes her away abruptly.

Because Theresa was in a coma, Yae Sakura had to resort to mouth-to-mouth administration of the medication.

Yae Sakura still wanted to wipe Theresa's body, but Theresa shyly refused. Looking at Theresa's shy appearance, her eyes glazed over, as if she saw Kallen's appearance again.

The shrine maiden came to inform Yae Sakura that the meeting was about to begin.

"My name is Yae Sakura, what's yours?"

"Theresa ..."

"I'm so envious. I wish Miss Fairy could be treated like that by Sakura too." Elysia blushed.

"Let go of that girl, let me handle this!"

"Isn't Theresa a cyborg? Was she created by Otto using his own genes and Kallen's genes?"

"I don't think Otto would extract genes from Kallen's corpse; his love has reached a point of madness."

"But what if it's to revive Kallen?"

The shy blush on Theresa's face on the television screen became the last straw for Otto. After Kallen left the villa, he was furious, truly furious.

"That wretched pink fox!!!"

Otto wished he could travel into the television screen and keep Yae Sakura away from his precious granddaughter.

Theresa ate the rice ball left by Yae Sakura and strolled around the shrine. The taste of the rice ball felt somewhat familiar, and when she touched her lips, the feeling of the kiss she had just shared also felt familiar.

Recalling the fox-eared witch she had met in Changkong City, before Theresa could react, a hollow voice rang out.

"Miss with white hair, please help me."

Theresa saw a girl in a pink cherry blossom patterned kimono praying to her in front of a tombstone under a cherry blossom tree. Surprisingly, the girl's body gradually became transparent from bottom to top.

The girl kept emphasizing that only Theresa could free her sister from her memories.

Only after the girl disappeared did Theresa notice the name on the tombstone.

"Yae Rin"]

"It's Rin! No, it's Rin?" Elysia was happy to see Rin, but quickly realized it wasn't.

"Sakura and Rin, Yae Sakura and Yae Rin, I seriously suspect Schicksal is reluctant to part with those two character models."

"Is it a ghost?"

"It shouldn't be. It's more like a memory; she also asked Theresa to free her sister from her memories."

"Yaqing, can't you..." Elysia didn't know how to start. She seemed to vaguely sense that something was wrong with the plot and felt quite helpless.

Sakura, who works crazy overtime on her days off, is so angry she could turn into a tentacle monster. She has no time to watch the short drama. But if she were to watch it in the next few days, the amount of resentment she vents would probably be more than Yaqing could handle.

"Achoo!"

Sakura rubbed her delicate nose.

Theresa strolled out of the meeting room, where a fierce argument broke out. The villagers unanimously believed that Theresa had brought a monster that had to be sacrificed to the gods.

Faced with the villagers' constant pressure, Yae Sakura appeared conflicted and hesitant, and her father did not stand on her side.

From the conversation between Yae Sakura and the God, we can learn that Yae Rin has already been sacrificed as a offering.

Yae Sakura seemed to hear Rin's voice again.

"Sister, you must become an excellent shrine maiden!"

Amidst the villagers' chatter and the Black Fox's seductive words, Yae Sakura's head throbbed with pain.

Unable to bear it any longer, Theresa pushed open the conference room door, attempting to use the science of the new era to explain the gods to the remnants of the old era, but they took it as an insult to the gods.

An agitated villager threw a small stone, which hit Yae Sakura in the forehead, and blood streamed down her cheek.

Sakura begged the god to give her a little more time to consider.

As the god departed, he turned back to look at his daughter. His eyes held no fatherly affection, but rather a sinister, malicious glint.

"It is your duty to protect this village."

The god's voice suddenly overlapped with the Black Fox's voice.

"This is outrageous! Don't these villagers ever think?!" Elysia looked at Sakura, whose head was bleeding, and even she, gentle as she was, was angered by this scene.

"As a father himself, Ziegfried was willing to risk his own life to protect his wife and daughter, but this bastard offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to some so-called god!"

"Don't insult Ziegfried! Even if he's a bit of a playboy, he's at his coolest when he activates Skyfire. Comparing him to scum is an insult."

"This plot evokes anger, but upon closer reflection, the most terrifying thing is how many isolated villages around the world still have villagers like this."

The live stream sparked a heated discussion among viewers.

Elysia nudged Yaqing with her elbow and whispered, "If you write these things about them, be careful Sakura comes back and fights you to the death."

"So, I'll have to Elysia to help me stop them," Yaqing replied in a low voice as well.

"Hmm~" Elysia raised her little face. "Since the fairy helped you, shouldn't you help the fairy in return?"

Yaqing immediately became alert.

"I can help, but if you're asking about your own role, then forget it."

"Oh dear, Yaqing, my dear Yaqing ~" Seeing that her plan had failed, Elysia quickly resorted to her coquettish tactics. "If you don't tell Miss Fairy, she won't be able to eat or sleep well. Yaqing, you don't want Miss Fairy to become like that, do you?"