Time in a collapsing world

"Is anyone there? I'm here to see Kallen."

In a mansion of the Kaslana family, the short Yae Ri, wearing a purple sunhat, holding a cake in one hand and a bouquet of purple irises in the other, attracted a lot of people's attention.

"child?"

A Valkyrie guard from the Kaslana family came over upon hearing the sound, looked down at this "little girl" who was younger and cuter than her youngest sister, and then squatted down.

"You want to see the Saint? I'm sorry, the Saint may not be free right now, but if you really want to see her, you can call your parents over~"

The Valkyrie looked at the gifts brought by Yaeri and knew that he was not an ordinary civilian. However, if she wanted to take the initiative to meet Kallen Kaslana, she still had to follow the rules and could not let anyone in casually, especially such a young child.

"Is Kallen busy?"

Yaeri was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized that this was the Valkyrie's excuse, "Ahem... Big Sister, you can inform her that Yaeri is here, and she should let me in."

"This……"

The Valkyrie looked embarrassed, as she still needed to do the guard work. Her other companion had gone to the toilet and had not returned for a long time, so she could not leave to report the news for the time being.

"Wait a minute. If another sister passes by, I'll ask her to pass the message for you. How about that?"

"..."

Alas, is a big family so troublesome?

Obviously, Karin had always come to see them in a simple manner before, but this time she was turned away during her rare visit.

The freshly baked cake he brought must be eaten while it is fresh.

"What happened here?"

At this time, a Kaslana with white hair tied in twin ponytails came over, wearing an ordinary home dress, and noticed the two people standing behind an iron gate.

"Um...Selena?"

Seeing the person coming, Yae Li hesitated for a while and then called out her name.

"Ms. Selena."

The Valkyrie guard also nodded and greeted, then froze for a moment and looked at Yae Li, "Do you know Miss Selena?"

"I know you. Are you considered a comrade from the same unit?"

Yae Ri said directly.

"Is it?"

The Valkyrie guard didn't believe it at all, "Ms. Selena, do you know this child?"

"This child?"

Selena's gaze fell on Yaeri's face. In order to let her recognize herself, the latter took off her sun hat, revealing a head of beautiful pink hair.

Is she Li's sister?

When I saw the pink-haired Selena, I remembered the cute boy I met by chance.

However, because Yaezaki's current appearance is too deceptive, Selena doesn't think that the person in front of her is Yaezaki herself.

"You know him...right?"

Selena nodded, "She is the sister of a friend of mine. She can be brought in."

"Since Miss Selena said so..."

The Valkyrie guard opened the iron gate, and at that moment another guard came in from the toilet. He had been there for half an hour and apparently went to take a break. After being glared at by his companion, he hid aside in embarrassment.

"Come in, with all these presents, is there a friend in this house?"

Selena didn't originally live here, she just came here temporarily because of some family matters, and happened to help Yae Li out of the predicament.

"..."

"? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No, it's nothing."

Seeing that Selena really didn't recognize her, Yaeli sighed deeply in her heart.

"I'm Yaegiri."

“…’s younger sister?”

After waiting for a long time without any further response, Selena subconsciously added to the conversation.

"There are no last three words."

"..."

Selena didn't quite believe it. In her opinion, no one in this world could grow smaller as they grow older.

Just looking at Yaeri's speechless expression and those dead fish eyes, Selena was shaken again.

"Hmm...Li?"

"it's me."

"Well, how did you become like this?"

"It's all Honkai's fault."

When he is in doubt, he throws the blame on Honkai, although it is true that the culprit for his current state is Honkai's [End].

"You are really... unlucky?"

Selena didn't know whether she should envy Yae Li for being able to regain her youth. "So you came here to find the Saint?"

Selena naturally understood that Yaeri and Kallen were friends.

"Yes, and visit Uncle Francis as well." Yaeri nodded.

"Master Francis has already gone to the western front, where there is Houkai that needs to be cleaned up."

Selena didn't see Francis when they were discussing important matters just now. The main seat was empty, and only his beloved daughter Kallen occasionally wandered past the door.

"He went to the front? That's such a shame. I wanted to thank Uncle Francis."

"Alas, the war on the front line has been quite intense recently. According to intelligence, those Honkai beasts have been attacking the defense circle of Tianming more frequently for some reason."

Selena frowned and said, "No matter how powerful Sir Francis is, he can only guard one side at most. The attacks from other directions can only be resisted by ordinary knights and Valkyries."

"..."

"But now the front line has to face a beast tide almost every five days. Even if the soldiers on the front line are iron men, they can't handle it..."

"Is this also true for the part of the front we were originally on?"

"Yes."

Sorry, Ying Ke is still on the front line...

The city was so peaceful that Yae Li didn't expect that the front line was in dire straits.

This won't do. He can't be so slow any longer. He has to go over and take a look.

"Where is Kallen now?"

"The Saint is probably in the third room from the left on the third floor of the mansion in front. That's the room she usually stays in."

"Okay, see you next time, Sister Selena."

Yaegiri hurried over with the gift.

"Wait……"

Selena stretched out a hand, then slowly put it down.

From Yaeri's attitude, it can be seen that there is someone he cares about on the front line, should it be his sister?

In this case, when Yae Ri went to see the Saint, she would most likely ask her to help send her to the front line while visiting her.

It’s great to have a goal to strive for.

Unlike me, I have already lost my most important relatives.

"Ms. Selena, you look very sad."

The Valkyrie guard who was originally at the door lecturing his companions who had left him alone saw Selena coming to the door again, "Where's the child?"

"I asked him to go find the Saint. Also, I'm fine. I just thought of some sad memories."

Selena forced a smile and said, "By the way, we need to have the others step up patrols recently. The fighting on the front lines is intense, and we may need to deal with the Honkai beasts that were released."

"clear."