Crisis

Aemeath heard Lu Yan call him "a very, very remarkable hero," her face, which had been somewhat aggrieved, instantly flushed a light blush, like a ripe peach.

Now, she is, after all, a highly regarded top student at Rinascita Star Torch Academy, and the head of the Labelle Department, admired by countless people.

A young girl's reserve prevented her from clinging to him as freely as she had when she was a child.

She took a small half-step back, creating a little distance between herself and the floor, her hands awkwardly clasped behind her back, and her toes lightly tapping the polished floor.

Her eyes darted away, yet she couldn't help but secretly observe Lu Yan's reaction through her thick eyelashes.

"Well... of course, I promised you." She muttered softly, the corners of her mouth unable to help but turn up, revealing a lightheartedness, pride, and a smug desire to be praised that was unique to young girls.

Just then, a melodious school bell rang out from outside the window, echoing over Star Torch Academy.

"Oh, right, A-Yan." Aemeath looked up and glanced out the window.

Sunlight streamed through the round window, casting tiny specks of dust in the air and illuminating her well-tailored purple school uniform.

"It's already noon. You don't know, this morning was the day we filled out our college application forms!"

"Application form?" Lu Yan was slightly taken aback, a hint of unease suddenly flashing across his face.

"Um!"

Aemeath nodded emphatically, her eyes filled with anticipation for the future. "I want to save the world! To defeat all the evil things that threaten everyone and this world!"

Aemeath spoke, she couldn't help but lean closer excitedly, gently tugging at Lu Yan's sleeve and shaking it, her tone full of anticipation:

"Furthermore, there is a very important large-scale live-fire training assessment this afternoon!"

"A-Yan, now that you're back, you'd better keep a close eye on me this afternoon!"

"I'll show you with your own eyes just how sharp the sword Aemeath is now, and just how powerful I am!" Aemeath put her hands on her hips, proudly raising her fair swan neck.

Volunteer form? Afternoon practical training?

Lu Yan's face, which had been filled with a gentle and doting smile, froze completely at that moment.

He felt as if the air around him had been instantly sucked out by a vacuum cleaner, his mind went blank, and even the sounds around him began to produce a sharp ringing in his ears.

He knows it all too well!

In the Wuthering Waves anime about Rinascita's Aemeath.

It was after filling out the application form that Star Torch Academy's training ground, which should have been completely safe, was transformed.

On that very day, the leader of the Fractsidus infiltrated the underground of Rinascita and destroyed the sealing node that the Lahai-Roi used to suppress Aleph-1!

It was that sudden disaster that caused Aemeath to lose her body.

Lu Yan's breathing became rapid, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down with difficulty.

His hands, hanging at his sides, were clenched into tight fists, hidden by his sleeves.

How could this happen... Lu Yan cried out in despair in his heart.

So that's how it is! His time jumps were never random!

From falling into the water as a child, to the loneliness of the icy plains, and now!

This damned fate has precisely placed him at every crucial and painful crossroads in Aemeath's life!

A crazy idea ignited in his mind in an instant, spreading like wildfire.

He had to stop it all! He had to kill the leader of the Fractsidus!

Even if it meant disappearing, he absolutely couldn't just stand by and watch Aemeath go to her death!

We absolutely cannot let her endure the pain of Overclocking that would tear her body apart, turning her into an electronic ghost, alone in Rinascita and the void, suffering for who knows how many years!

I want to change the past! I want to save her!

However, just as this crazy idea was about to drive him to take action, the cold water of reason was poured over his head, instantly freezing him in place.

No, that's not right!

Lu Yan painfully refuted himself in his heart.

Breaking the seal is an absolutely irreversible part of the causal law governing the existence of Rinascita.

If he were to forcibly change all of this,

If Aemeath hadn't briefly suppressed the seal that became an electronic ghost today, then the old Rinascita would never have existed.

Save her, Rinascita will be destroyed; her past self will cease to exist.

If he doesn't save her, is he supposed to just sit comfortably in the afternoon audience, like a cruel bystander, watching his beloved girl walk towards death?

Watching her being mercilessly crushed by fate, and being unable to do anything about it?!

This is such a trolley problem! Can't we have both the world and Aemeath?!

What should I do... what should I do? (Agni's expression. The sound of a shepherd's flute drifts from the outskirts of the town to that remote village...)

The inner pain caused Lu Yan's face to turn deathly pale in an instant.

He frowned deeply, and a fine layer of cold sweat even appeared on his forehead.

Just as Lu Yan was caught in a deep internal struggle, Aemeath keenly sensed that something was wrong with him.

"A-Yan? What's wrong?"

The proud smile on Aemeath's face vanished instantly, replaced by worry.

Seeing Lu Yan's suddenly pale face and furrowed brows, she also became nervous.

The childhood fear of him suddenly disappearing resurfaced.

She instinctively quickened her pace towards Lu Yan, reaching out her fair hand to touch his forehead:

"Are you feeling unwell? You look terrible... Or... or is your Frequency fluctuating again? Are you about to disappear again...?"