Only after the danger had passed did Helena have time to ask the two young sisters their names, where they were from, and other such questions.
Malenia and Melina returned from farther away as well.
Malenia had cleared out the bandits elsewhere.
After a brief conversation, Zhao Si learned that these sisters were the very Kulala and Kulalis he had been thinking about so much.
In the base game, the sisters had died unexpectedly. The shattering of the Elden Ring had disrupted the Return to the Erdtree system, leaving their souls to wander the Lands Between as jellyfish, with only their obsession with "seeing the stars" remaining.
That had been their promise to each other, and what they wanted to do most.
The younger sister had kept waiting for her older sister in the ruins of the Astrologer's Ruins. A lonely jellyfish drifted there.
Only when the player reached the Astrologer's Ruins with the jellyfish Kulala's ashes and summoned her were the sisters' souls finally reunited.
A pair of tiny gravestones could also be seen near the Astrologer's Ruins. They belonged to the sisters.
Apparently, some kind soul who knew their wish had gathered their remains and buried them at the Astrologer's Ruins.
After the shattering of the Elden Ring, having someone bury the dead in the tragedy-filled Lands Between might have counted as one last trace of warmth.
Troubled times held too much sorrow and helplessness. In many things, people could only settle for less.
Zhao Si drew Malenia a little farther away and asked quietly, "Were there any survivors?"
He meant the people the bandits had been hunting.
Malenia sighed softly. "No."
Zhao Si nodded.
Malenia and he were the main fighting force. Melina could fight too, but she was not as efficient as either of them.
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