Honkai Impact 3: Rebirth of Ellie, starting with the Tower of Babylon

Walter himself was also very strange. When he faced Rosalia before, he felt a strong malice.

But now, I can't feel that kind of malice anymore.

Looking at the girl in front of him again, perhaps the only difference was her pupils, which had returned to their former vertical blue pupils.

"The state you were in just now..."

"It's the influence of the Herrscher core."

Yes, the long period of comfort made him forget that before Alicia appeared, their definition of Herrscher was always a monster without humanity.

Walter knew that the former First Ruler suppressed that emotion by relying on the thoughts of those 300,000 people.

But before that, those 300,000 people were killed instantly by the First Ruler, unconsciously.

Then how did this person in front of me suppress the consciousness of the Herrscher?

But Walter didn't want to ask just like that, because he was afraid of irritating the other party again and causing the other party to lose control again.

"When will she come out?" Rosalia's words broke the silence.

"After she passes the test." Walter replied.

"Since you have made up your mind, why don't you give the core directly to her?" Rosalia asked, "I am short on time and need to finish talking to her as soon as possible."

“Just talk to her?” Walter breathed a sigh of relief, “When I saw you before, I thought you were going to kill her directly.”

"Who knows? But now, I just want to find some answers from her." Rosalia spread her hands.

"Perhaps you can find some answers in her trial?"

"Yeah." She raised her hand, and a chair made of water appeared in the open space. She sat on it, squinting her eyes and looking at the world bubble below, looking at Bronya below.

After completing the first level of the trial, she quickly entered the second world.

To Bronya's surprise, Seele was brought out with her.

So the two of them entered the second world together.

In this world, when they opened their eyes, they saw Theresa, Joachim, and Otto half-kneeling in the snow.

Bronya was no longer surprised by this. This was a different world from the outside world, and the people inside were all strangers.

They seemed to be mourning a dead child, and after saying a few words to each other, they walked up the hillside.

Back to a small wooden house, this is a place called St. Freya Orphanage,

Otto, the man the children call the priest, is the person in charge here.

Based on her experience in the previous world, Bronya knew that the key to the problem must be Joachim.

So I paid special attention to him.

At lunchtime, Theresa tried to liven up the atmosphere by speaking louder, but it had little effect.

"Theresa... I know you want us to cheer up, but you don't have to force yourself to take the responsibility of comforting us," Joachim said. "Carol, everyone needs time, including you."

Theresa put down her spoon and lowered her head, then raised her head and asked Joachim, "Will you really not consider that?"

"I understand, but I've made my decision."

The arrival of the priest made the two understand what was going on.

Tomorrow Joachim will be adopted.

Joachim lowered his head and said nothing, and the priest left after giving a few instructions.

Seeing Theresa sorting out the housework there, the two decided to go and help.

"Could you please go to the hillside and chop some wood?" Theresa scratched her head. "The weather is not too cold yet. I want to prepare more."

After hearing this, the two of them went to the hillside to cut down trees.

"Sister Bronya, their lives are just like the orphanage where we grew up." The process of chopping trees was boring, so the two of them just chatted. "Seeing those children is like seeing ourselves in the past."

"Although the days are tough, we will work together to find the direction to work hard and maintain these little happiness together,"

“We lost family members, but we gained new ones there.”

They gathered up the branches and piled them in the open space.

"But I think Joachim is a little strange. After all, being adopted is a good thing in an orphanage."

"There must be some hidden story behind this. Let's go back and ask Theresa."

The two returned to the cabin and learned the truth after questioning.

"Father, killed Joachim's father with your own hands."

It turned out that in order to awaken his mother who had died of illness, Joachim's father touched upon forbidden knowledge. He first experimented with mice, then kittens, puppies, and finally reached out to homeless orphans.

And that's how the priest ended up killing Joachim's father, and he became an orphan.

But Joachim did not bear a grudge against the priest. However, when the priest decided to give the inheritance of the orphanage to Joachim, they fell out.

He once knew the sins his father had committed, but he was powerless to do anything.

Now, he is afraid of standing in the priest's position and facing the same choice.

Under such oppression, he chose to escape, to escape from his own knot.

He was afraid of inflicting the pain he had experienced on another child.

They chatted for a long time, and then Theresa realized that the priest had not returned yet.

Then they set out to look for the priest, and finally found themselves on a snowy field.

Everyone found the priest who had fainted.

Several people hurriedly carried the priest back to the cabin.

Bronya knew that this was the opportunity to untie Joachim's knot. She thought of the figure she had just seen in the Yu Duchen.

Bronya understood that this was also an opportunity to resolve her own issues.

Back at the cabin, Joachim anxiously pushed open the door, but when the priest handed Joachim a farewell gift, the two started arguing again.

He didn't understand whether killing in the name of good was right or wrong.

In the midst of a heated argument, Joachim ran out.

But it was night, and the priest, whose time was approaching, no longer had the ability to protect the orphanage, so Joachim's situation would be very dangerous.

Everyone rushed outside to look for him.

When he saw his figure, a huge Honkai beast had already come behind him.

At the critical moment, a gunshot was heard, and the Honkai beast slowly fell down, and with it fell the priest.

Waiting for the priest to wake up again, it was already the next day, the day Joachim was adopted.

"I understand how he feels. It's me who made him an orphan."

"But it's not the priest's fault."

"Not all problems in this world can be answered with right or wrong." The priest exhaled, "I was once contaminated by forbidden knowledge, but the Saint saved me."

"But because of this incident, she was cursed and died two years later. On her deathbed, I asked her if she regretted it, and now I will convey her answer to you."

“There are three times of growth in a person’s life. The first is to understand the right and wrong of things. The second is to understand that things are not just right or wrong. The third is to understand that there is no right or wrong, but still firmly do what you believe in and take responsibility for it.”

"I was confused once, so I respect his choice."

"I have made too many mistakes, and now all I can do is take responsibility for my past."

Bronya listened to their conversation and thought about her past.

"Take responsibility for your past, Bronya, can you take responsibility for your past?" she thought.

Seele, who was standing by, saw that Bronya was not in a good condition, and immediately put her hand in Bronya's.

Bronya felt the warmth in her hands and made up her mind.

"Bronya will take responsibility for her past."

"must."