"Was the person I want to see really here?"
Feng Chen was currently in Changkong City, in the Far East.
After two years, Changkong City had been rebuilt, and its economy had quickly recovered.
Of course, none of that was enough to become the reason Feng Chen had returned. He had come because Honkai had said that the person he wanted to see was here.
"Would I really lie to you?"
Honkai had appeared in this world in human form. If Feng Chen had not seen her take this shape before, he probably would not have guessed that this was Honkai's body based solely on the complete lack of Honkai Energy reaction.
"You make it sound as if you've never lied to me..."
Just think about how Bella had come to be. During the Second Honkai War, [Bella] had already died. The one who survived was a Judgment-class Honkai Beast named [Benarès]. But she was still only a Honkai Beast. A Judgment-class Honkai Beast merely possessed a certain degree of reason and greater power than other Honkai Beasts—that was all. Anyone who knew the truth understood that Bella would never return.
And yet the one who had appeared before Feng Chen was precisely Bella.
She had reason, emotions, and the ability to distinguish right from wrong.
A Honkai Beast?
She was merely a human who had mistakenly become a Honkai Beast—that was what Feng Chen had always firmly believed.
"After all, I had no way to manifest in this world through your still-unawakened self back then. I could only find a Honkai Beast stronger than you that could also take care of you. Besides, you didn't lose out, did you?"
That was what she said... but Feng Chen felt that Honkai had once again kept him in the dark.
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