Hearing Kaisa say that made her seem even more pitiable.
A little girl had barely managed to survive the Void and find her way home, only to discover upon returning that people saw her as a monster.
Her homeland had long since vanished as well. As a half-human, half-monster being, she could only live in the cracks between worlds.
Kaisha walked over and gave the girl who had once shared her name, but was now called Kaisa, a hug.
Kaisha's sudden embrace left Kaisa frozen in place.
The Void Armor she wore was terrifying beyond words. She had never imagined that anyone would be willing to hug her.
Though deeply moved, she did not cry. Her tears had long since run dry. She merely said softly to Kaisha, "Thank you."
"You're a strong girl. You deserve a better life."
He Xi spoke up as well.
After Kaisha released Kaisa, Kaisa continued recounting what had happened to her afterward.
"To keep this Void Armor from devouring me, I could only keep hunting the Void creatures that crawled out of the Void.
Icathia was the place most severely corrupted by the Void, so I came here and kept hunting.
Of course, I've also been to other places and met other friends. But there are simply too few people who can fully accept someone like me as a friend."
"Didn't you already escape the Void? How did you come out of it again this time? Did you willingly return to the Void?"
Kaisa shook her head, rejecting He Xi's assumption.
"The reason I fell into the Void again was because Talia and I had an accident while fighting Void creatures.
With no other choice, I had to lure those Void creatures underground. There happened to be a connection to the Void beneath that