Hikari Is the Sister, Homura Is the Mom-I Love Nia and Everyone!

Although Vandham's heroic sacrifice in the game, after teaching Rex that protecting others required strength, brought a touch of sadness to the atmosphere,

Song Ren was only sad for that brief moment before all his attention was drawn to Hikari and Homura.

After all, as a veteran player highly valued by Nebula Games, he had seen plenty of similar plotlines.

Vandham's death had indeed moved him for a moment.

But when he thought of all the protagonists and supporting characters Nebula Games had killed off over the years—Arthur Morgan, Roach, Soap, and others whose deaths were certain, as well as Ethan and Chen Qingsui, whose fates remained uncertain...

There were also countless major supporting characters, such as Mipha from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Ghost from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

By now, Song Ren's resistance to this sort of plotline was incredibly high. What he cared about more was that, besides Homura, the game had introduced another Hikari.

Unlike Homura's gentle personality, Hikari was a complete tsundere.

And during this journey, she gave Song Ren a long-lost sense of joy.

When Hikari sleepwalked into Rex's room and fell asleep there, Song Ren wanted to send the cameraman from Xenoblade Chronicles a huge chicken drumstick.

Then there was the ever-popular hot spring scene. Yet in that scene, Song Ren's attention was not drawn to Hikari's incredible figure, but to Hana, fully armed and dog-paddling in the hot spring.

Their completely different personalities were simply double the fun.

Moreover, during the adventure, Grandpa Azure Dragon's conversations with Hikari and Homura made it clear that there was some hidden backstory.

In particular, what had happened during the Holy Grail War five hundred years ago, and how Jin, who seemed to have once been Hikari's companion, had ended up