"If you're watching over us from heaven, then bless us together with Sister Elysia."
"Then... Sister Sakura. I'll be going now. See you again if we get the chance."
After paying her respects to Sakura, Pardofelis headed in another direction. Before the Finality arrived, she still had one last thing to do.
"Scrape—scrape—"
Pardo held an iron shovel, digging away bit by bit beneath the full moon.
This was Twilight Street. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say that this used to be Twilight Street. After several major Honkai eruptions, it had become a wasteland as well.
No matter what, this was where she had been born—or at least, where she had lived for as long as she could remember.
But ever since becoming a Fusion Warrior, she had rarely returned here. Not only because there were many people here who wanted her dead, but also because this place had left her with nothing but memories of desolation and wandering.
But this time, she had a reason to return.
"Scrape—scrape—"
Shovelful after shovelful, no one noticed her. Or rather, there were hardly any people left in this world anymore.
The pit before her grew deeper, while the mound of earth beside it grew higher. It made her feel as if she were digging her own grave.
No, no, no.
Pardo shook her head, trying to toss that ominous thought out of her mind. The two ears atop her head swayed along with the motion.
Before long, she would be heading there with the others.
She raised her head and looked at the sphere radiating a clear, cold glow.
Yes, that thing hanging in the sky right now—the round, bright, lifeless moon.
So this might be her last chance to bury these treasures.
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