"Mo... Mom..."
Sirin looked at Himeko before her, especially the anticipation in Himeko's eyes. She fell silent for a long while before finally calling out, still unaccustomed to it.
After all, Sirin was not particularly opposed to it. She had always yearned deeply for a mother's love, and had been depressed ever since her mother died of illness when she was little. Now that someone who cared for her had appeared once again, she did not reject it at all. She simply had not been used to saying it before.
But now...
"Mom!"
"Yes, my good daughter!"
Hearing Sirin's address, a satisfied smile appeared on Himeko's face, her eyes curving into crescents. Unable to resist, she pulled her precious daughter into her arms once more.
She finally called me Mom...
But didn't that mean the main quest had been completed just like that?
And now that Sirin had become her precious daughter, the Second Honkai Eruption would probably be difficult to bring about, right? It didn't matter... She had never intended to let the Second Honkai Eruption descend in the first place.
That way, Sirin would be safe, Cecilia would not have to die, and those innocent Valkyries and humans would be safe too. Though it could not be said with absolute certainty, she had changed Sirin, and the course of the future had already undergone earth-shaking changes.
"..."
Sirin lay quietly in Himeko's embrace. This time, she did not push Himeko away. Instead, she calmly savored this long-lost... tenderness she had always longed for.
The corners of her lips unconsciously lifted slightly, revealing an adorable smile.
At that moment, she even felt that revenge no longer mattered. What she truly desired... was already by her side. This was what she had yearned for.
Honkai, revenge, destruction... those had merely