Wish

Xu Yanwu had always considered himself quite the gentleman.

When it came to women, Xu Yanwu generally treated them with respect. Generally.

Of course, that might also have been because Xu Yanwu had a slight fear of women... Even if he had certain desires toward them... he still did not dare approach them lightly...

In any case, what could Xu Yanwu possibly say in the face of Cang Xuan feeding him?

She was a cute girl, after all, right?

He could not exactly hit her, could he?

Having figured that out, Xu Yanwu made a wish to temporarily block his sense of taste. He opened his mouth expressionlessly. "Ah."

His stomach was not even here right now, and he would not get an upset stomach from it. What was Xu Yanwu afraid of?

"???"

Cang Xuan was immediately filled with confusion. Why had Xu Yanwu suddenly become so cooperative?

He had to be forcing himself, right?

Thinking that, Cang Xuan stuffed the charcoal... ah, no, the grilled meat into Xu Yanwu's mouth with a single chopstick.

"Crunch, crunch..."

Xu Yanwu calmly chewed up and swallowed the slightly carbonized grilled meat.

Mm... It was a little scratchy on the throat...

The charcoal Xu Yanwu had chewed up traveled down his neck and fell into his round body without affecting him in the slightest.

"Heh! It actually tastes pretty good."

Xu Yanwu sneered.

"You..."

Cang Xuan was speechless. Why was this man so childish? He was actually competing with her over something like this.

"What a pointless..."

Failing to mess with Xu Yanwu left Cang Xuan a little disappointed, but...

"This is so interesting, Uncle Xu Yanwu! Can a body like yours eat food too?"

As Danzhu spoke, she ran over playfully to feed Xu Yanwu something.

She looked like a child who had found a new toy...

After Xu Yanwu had "eaten his fill"—in reality, his throat hurt too much from being scratched by charcoal—the three of them gathered around the stone table and began a serious meeting.

"Uncle Xu Yanwu, tell us your story."

Danzhu held her cheeks in both hands, her face full of curiosity. She looked exactly like a young girl listening to a story.

And Cang Xuan...

"Explain yourself properly, or else..."

Hey! That was a threat, was it not? It was definitely a threat, right? Were you here to hear my story or interrogate me?!

Xu Yanwu roared inwardly, but in the end, he took a deep breath and let out a sigh.

"Alright, then I'll start by telling you about the story of this world..."

After careful consideration, Xu Yanwu ultimately decided to tell the two sisters, Cang Xuan and Danzhu, part of the truth. Naturally, some of it was fabricated nonsense.

"There have already been far too many civilizations in this world. Yet for some of them, we cannot even find a trace that they ever existed... Do you know why?"

Xu Yanwu did not wait for the sisters to answer. He sighed. "It is because of... Honkai."

"As though it were an unwritten rule, once a civilization develops to a certain point, disaster strikes. It is like a cycle..."

"Humanity's birth and creations are... like an immature child before the mighty Honkai, incomparably weak... Easily destroyed..."

The moment Xu Yanwu said that, the scene fell silent. He could even clearly sense the sorrow radiating from the sisters seated across from him.

It was mourning for the passing of their own civilization.

"What are you grieving for?"

For some reason, Xu Yanwu's emotions had inexplicably become immersed in this world.

"There are countless civilizations in this world that Honkai has destroyed.

This world has no shortage of sorrow, so your grief is useless when facing Honkai."

But...

Xu Yanwu sighed again, stretched out his arm, and made his hand fluffy and absorbent. He wiped at the corners of Danzhu and Cang Xuan's eyes. "Well... although your civilization was destroyed fifty thousand years ago to this world, for you, it was only yesterday... So there is nothing wrong with crying a little."

"The burden you carry... is too heavy..."

About ten minutes later, once he felt the two girls' emotions had stabilized, Xu Yanwu smiled and rubbed both their heads. "Alright, look on the bright side. At least you survived, did you not? Come on, smile..."

"Uncle Xu Yanwu, you are definitely single..."

Danzhu sniffled and said, "You do not know how to comfort girls at all..."

"Pwah—"

Xu Yanwu once again felt as if he had been stabbed hard through the heart, and he collapsed onto the ground.

"L-let's continue..."

Xu Yanwu slowly climbed up from the ground, on the verge of tears.

What was wrong with being single? Every girl in my phone is my wife!

I am warning you, you little brat Danzhu! I have your Stigmata in the game too! You are my wife too!

Believe it or not, I'll lick you!

"As for my identity... I am a wish."

Xu Yanwu now began seriously making up a backstory for himself.

"A... wish?"

"That's right... A wish from those civilizations destroyed by Honkai."

Xu Yanwu put on a nostalgic expression. "I... know the sorrow of those civilizations destroyed by Honkai. I know their hatred for Honkai. I know just how desperately they longed for a peaceful world."

"These feelings, these obsessions, these wishes, became me... Xu Yanwu..."

"Because I am a wish, I possess the ability of Wish Fulfillment."

"Because I am an obsession, even if I lose my body, I remain immortal and indestructible."

"My surname is Xu because I bear their wishes."

"I fight Honkai with their obsessions, so my name is Yanwu."

"This is how I... Xu Yanwu, came to be..."

Xu Yanwu let out a long breath and looked at the two sisters. "Is there anything you want to ask me?"

Cang Xuan and Danzhu opened their little mouths in surprise, because Xu Yanwu's origins sounded so magical.

An obsession representing every civilization destroyed by Honkai, a person who represented wishes...

"Question!"

Danzhu suddenly raised her hand and looked at Xu Yanwu with anticipation.

"Go ahead!"

"Uncle Xu Yanwu! Since you represent wishes, can I make a wish and have you give me a figurine? I want one of myself! A one-tenth scale one! Made from the best materials!" Danzhu's eyes sparkled.

"Danzhu! What are you saying? Wishing for something like that..."

Cang Xuan was just about to stop her sister when Xu Yanwu casually said, "O98K! I grant this wish... I'll make it come true right now!"

"????"