"..."
Alicia's pupils went slightly vacant. As her mind wavered, she did not know whether she had truly been there, resonated, and trembled. Even her voice carried an utmost softness, as though she had crossed through time and space to feel the will that belonged to her.
And so!
She felt an even deeper connection.
Almost unconsciously,
she responded to Little Griseo,
singing along with her.
"From this day forth, the stars will shine, because I have passed through this world..." ×2
"From this day forth, the flowers will bloom, because I have never left..." ×2
"Please weave my arrows, my flowers, and my love into the seeds of new life, and carry them to that withered earth." ×2
"..."
"Then..." ×2
"Let it bloom into the eternal and flawless flower of humanity..." ×2
Little Griseo and Alicia looked at each other.
Their eyes reflected one another.
"My name is Elysia..." ×2
"The First Herrscher, the Herrscher of the Human." ×2
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Main Text: 020. Miss Eden, You're Really So Gentle~
A duet, performed together.
It seemed that, at this moment,
the atmosphere throughout the entire laboratory had been raised to its peak.
Eden silently savored lyrics like these.
She always felt that the beauty and elegance within them were unlike anything Alicia could have said.
Hmm... She must have polished them herself.
She was saddened by Alicia's future.
But she also felt a little happy that she could accompany Alicia to the very end in this way.
The corners of her lips lifted slightly, making her look all the more beautiful.
"Elysia has been a Herrscher from beginning to end..." Su murmured softly.
Hua said seriously, "Therefore, she was on our side from the very beginning. She was not controlled by the Honkai. She was the most special Herrscher—a Herrscher who belonged to us, to humanity."
Thousand Tribulations snorted.
"I don't understand what you're talking about... But! Elysia is Elysia!"
That was right!
Elysia was Elysia.
From the Second Great Honkai until now, she had always fought on the front lines of the Moth of the Fire.
There had been a time when she had always been the benchmark for combat strength within the Moth of the Fire.
Even Kevin now would not dare say that he could steadily defeat her.
This power was willing to serve humanity.
More than that,
before the fusion warriors had even come into existence,
when humanity had been struggling...
Without Elysia, the situation would have been even worse! Even more difficult.
If they denied everything she had done merely because of her identity as a Herrscher, treating her as some so-called traitor,
then that would truly be ingratitude in its purest form, wouldn't it?
They couldn't do it.
Nor were they willing to!
"So Herrschers possess humanity as well?" Dr. Mei mused, no one knowing what she was thinking.
Kevin's expression shifted, and a trace of sorrow appeared in his eyes.
Because whether Herrschers possessed humanity
had remained a matter of endless debate for a long time before this...
There had never been a definite answer.
Even now, there were still people who believed that Herrschers should possess self-awareness.
It was merely that their self-awareness had been suppressed and controlled, forcing them to become puppets of the Honkai. If there were a way to awaken them and free them from the Honkai's control, perhaps they could be brought back.
For example...
Hua.
She had always firmly believed
that the Herrscher of Flame they had seen earlier absolutely still retained some of Himiko's thoughts.
Because of this, she had found Kevin's—more precisely, the Moth of the Fire's—final decision difficult to accept, and she still had quite a few objections.
But Kevin
had already suffered because of the Sixth Herrscher.
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