Honkai Impact: Capturing the Little Herrschers starting with Sirin

"..."

"Ha~"

"Ha~!"

"So~ so cold~!"

"Where am I~?"

In the icy snowfield, the snow falling from the sky adheres to the skin, bringing a biting cold.

The cold wind blew, and white filled the sky and the earth, like a huge snow coat, pouring over the earth.

The girl opened her hazy eyes and saw snowflakes falling from the sky.

They are beautiful, but they are like knives that cut through the flesh and inject cold and biting chill into the soul.

"So cold~"

“It’s so cold~!”

As her thoughts focused, the girl's senses gradually recovered.

The unbearable cold made her curl up her body and hug her arms tightly, breathing heavily and rubbing her arms up and down, trying to bring herself a moment of warmth.

But the freezing cold made her hands numb, and the hot air she exhaled condensed into frost which quickly adhered to her cheeks, making her already weak breathing seem even weaker.

"Will I die here...?"

When she realized that if she stayed there any longer, she would be frozen to death in the white snow, her instinct for survival enabled her trembling body to stand up.

Looking into the distance, there was a vast expanse of white. She tried to shout, trying to attract the attention of people who might be there.

But when she opened her mouth, the icy cold current made her words enter her nasal cavity and turned into light coughs.

"Cough cough!"

"No, I have no strength..."

When she realized that she didn't even have the strength to call out, her tired eyes seemed to lead him into darkness once again.

But at this moment, just when she was about to lose consciousness.

A ray of warmth came towards him, melting the frost on his cheeks.

In such freezing cold, that little bit of warmth is especially precious.

It's like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.

She opened her eyes, and an unknown force guided her to take a step forward.

Step by step……

The crumbling body left behind messy footprints and walked towards the white snowfield.

……

"How many times has this happened?"

Or perhaps, this was the nth time she had asked the person behind her this question, a question she had asked countless times.

"One thousand five hundred and fifty-seven times."

The familiar voice still came from not far behind.

He has always been there.

In these more than a thousand dreams, such conversations have occurred more than a thousand times.

More than a thousand times, this dirty soul behind him accompanied me through a thousand restarts.

Do not……

No.

Perhaps, we should not say that it is a dirty soul, even if he just stands here and turns the white snow falling from the sky into gray.

"Gray snake."

He clasped his hands together, just like countless ordinary people who made the same move on a snowy day like this.

"Ha~!"

The girl opened her red lips and slowly and quietly blew a breath of hot air onto the palms that were wrapped around her hands.

"You have accompanied me more than a thousand times and listened to my repeated, strange, meaningless questions so many times."

"Are you a little bored?"

He looked up, his red pupils that seemed to compete with the flames for brilliance, at the white sky, and...

The black umbrella held up for myself.

Just as she said, at this moment, at the end of the dream, the girl would always ask some questions that were either strange, meaningless, or funny.

But she was very sure that she had never asked that question:

"This is, how many times have you held an umbrella for me?"

Just like there is no snow on her body, but the shoulders of the person behind her are already covered with white. So many times, that black umbrella has been opened for her.

"yes……"

Perhaps expressing emotion, the gray snake looked around.

"That tree... three thousand four hundred and fifty-one leaves."

"Three white pigeons are flying across the sky. They are pets kept by the residents on the left side of the third building."

"After 30 centimeters of snow has accumulated, a branch will be broken and the number of leaves will be reduced to 3,042."

"Water drips from the eaves 542 times, and a dog barks in the distance for a moment. It will be beaten because its noise wakes up the baby that its owner has finally managed to coax to sleep."

"And there, there, there... a lot, a lot, but..."

"I think you should laugh after hearing this?"

Sure enough, as soon as the gray snake finished speaking, Bai Mo couldn't help but chuckled.

"Sorry, did I ask so many boring questions?"

"Compared to your inquiries, I am obviously more bored than others as I would be looking for answers to these questions." He took a step forward and shook off some snow on the black umbrella.

The gray snake stopped behind her.

"Now... we have to start all over again."

"Yeah." She lowered her head, with a slightly lonely look between her brows. She understood, she had always understood.

"Want some?"

A box of strawberry ice cream was brought to Bai Mo from behind.

“You’ve had it plenty of times, though.”

You can hear the helplessness of the person behind you.

Perhaps he tried very hard to find it.

Look for different flavors of ice cream.

But obviously, after more than a thousand restarts, the originally rich and diverse choices of ice cream have become a little monotonous.

"Thank you."

Open the box.

Inside is an exquisite little white rabbit-shaped ice cream.

Ok……

The pink one might look a little weird.

But it's still very cute.

Gently scoop up a little and put it into your mouth.

"..."

"It was delicious."

The girl chuckled.

“It also has a strong strawberry flavor. I guess this store must be very generous with the ingredients.”

It’s magical, isn’t it? I can actually taste delicious ice cream in my dream.

But is this really the case?

"In the past, you would have thrown away these tasteless ice cubes."

"Huh?" Bai Mo was stunned.

But he reacted quickly, put down the delicious food in his hand with a wry smile.

"Did you see it?"

"In dreams, all perceptions, including taste, are interference and deception of consciousness."

"You've done this so many times, so many times that... you've become numb to this kind of deception."

“So you can’t taste it at all, just like you can’t feel the cold.”

"..."

"call……"

"Well, I didn't hide it from you."

"But I think..."

Bai Mo tapped the ice cream box with a spoon. The smile on his face remained the same, but there was a little more curiosity.

"Isn't this the first time you've seen through me?"

"I'm sorry, my lord. I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time." Surprised, the gray snake shook his head decisively.

"Your performance was so exquisite that if I hadn't replaced the strawberries in your ice cream with chili sauce, I might not have been able to prove it."

"Forehead……"

You can tell that Gray Snake is very proud, at least she did confirm this.

Although, that doesn't make sense.