[After Elysia left for the Flame-Chasers, you continued to stay at Chiba Academy to teach Mei.]
[Mei’s learning progress was even faster than you expected; she was already preparing her first paper on quantum mechanics.]
[According to the original timeline, Mei should have published this paper around her second year of high school.]
[Now, it has been moved forward to a time when she isn’t even a high school student yet.
Even with your guidance, you can’t help but exclaim that she’s inhuman.]
[Then, with the joint efforts of you and Mei, the paper was quickly completed.]
…”A concert?”
Mei looked at Shiro, caught somewhat off guard.
After completing the paper and handing it over to Mobius to ask for her help in publishing it…
Shiro took advantage of this period of studying and working on the paper to suggest taking a few days off for a good rest.
After all, since the Second Honkai Eruption, the intervals between subsequent Great Honkai Eruptions would not be as long as before, and the destruction they caused would be even more terrifying.
Although Shiro was strong, he could not guarantee that he could protect human civilization from those increasingly absurd Herrschers.
Therefore, Shiro planned to take advantage of the gap while the paper was being published to take Mei around for a walk and a look.
What if he couldn’t see it anymore in the future (heavy fog)?
Unfortunately, Mei truly lived up to her reputation as a bookworm and completely failed to understand Shiro’s meaning.
To her, staying in the classroom to read was already considered resting.
So, Shiro prepared to find any excuse to take Mei on a spontaneous trip.
He happened to think of Eden.
In this era, she was a world-class superstar whose achievements in art alone were enough to represent an era.
Searching online, he indeed found that she was about to hold a concert in a city not far from Changkong City.
Shiro was also very curious about Eden’s concert and wanted to see this Flame-Chasers who had been given the name “Gold.”
It was a match made in heaven.
Having snatched the tickets online, Shiro immediately sent an invitation to Mei.
To be honest, Shiro was a bit worried about how to handle things if Mei really refused.
Unexpectedly, after a brief stun, Mei immediately agreed.
“Alright then, I’ll leave the arrangements to you, Teacher Shiro.”
“No problem, leave it to me.”
“Then, I’ll take my leave first, Teacher.”
Bowing respectfully to take her leave, Mei then, like a startled fawn with her purple hair fluttering, quickly disappeared from view…
[Mei accepted your invitation.]
[Soon, under your arrangement, you arrived near the city’s largest sports center the day before the concert began.]
[Now, this place had become the most bustling and prosperous part of the city.]
[Because the star about to hold a concert here was named Eden.]
[Eden was once a signed artist of a certain company.
Two months after terminating her contract, she took the initiative to perform in a public welfare show, which made her famous overnight.]
[That explosion of popularity made people wonder whether Eden was just a flash in the pan or a rising star that would never fall.]
[However, as time passed, Eden’s fame quickly swept the globe.
She proved to people that she was the most successful artist and the most brilliant star of this era.]
[For this reason, people in many countries regarded her as their favorite star.]
[After a night’s rest, the next day, you took Mei for a leisurely stroll around the city.
Time soon came to the afternoon before the concert began.]
[You followed the surging crowd into the concert venue.]
[With the blessing of the world, you clearly saw that dazzling figure standing on the stage.]
[Her long wine-red hair was adorned with dark gold hair accessories, and she wore a black and red gown of her own design.]
[As a designer, the style of the clothes she designed was elegant and magnificent.
The cut that narrowed at the waist and the full skirt gracefully outlined a glimpse of the era.]
[A pink diamond-shaped gemstone hung on her chest; among all of Eden’s wealth, this was but an insignificant corner.
The gemstone, as brilliant as starlight, flowed with a dazzling radiance.]
[The concert was a great success, and Eden lived up to her reputation as the world’s top star.]
[From her singing, one could almost feel the echoes of the world.]
[Besides that, it was pleasant and melodious, lingering and soft—it seemed that all the sounds used to describe the beauty of music were not enough to describe Eden’s singing.]
[Even Mei, who had little interest in concerts, was attracted by Eden’s dazzling figure on stage.]
[As the concert reached its final climax, as long as the performance of the golden song ended, this concert would also reach its Perfection.]
[With the fanatical and excited responses of many fans, the concert ended.]
[You also breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.]
[Finally over!]
[However, the “end” you spoke of referred to the Second Honkai Eruption.]
[Just now, halfway through the concert, the detector you built using the Pseudo-Herrscher of Reason clearance detected a high concentration of Honkai Energy aggregation.]
[But the location was too far away; even if you rushed there by force, you probably wouldn’t have any energy left to fight.]
[Therefore, you placed your hope in Elysia.]
[In the original timeline, the Damselette fought alone and defeated the Herrscher of the Void who triggered the Second Honkai Eruption.]
[In addition, although you hadn’t stated it explicitly before, you had hinted to the Damselette about the clearance a Herrscher might possess.]
[Therefore, you had considerable confidence in Elysia resolving the Herrscher of the Void before it caused more widespread destruction.]
[But before the final result was revealed, you still couldn’t help but worry about the Damselette.]
[But just as the concert ended, a message came to your phone from Elysia saying she had dealt with the opponent.]
[You finally relaxed.]
“I feel a bit conflicted.”
This sentence surfaced in Shiro’s heart.
Looking at everything in the venue now, and then thinking about the Second Great Honkai Eruption that just happened.
He believed that the people leaving the venue soon would be able to learn about the disaster that had just occurred through various channels.
That’s right, Honkai has not yet been disclosed by the upper echelons and is referred to by the term “disaster.” It wasn’t until the Third Great Honkai Eruption descended on Changkong City that it became known to the common people.
But people still felt that Honkai was far away.
By the time Honkai really approached, it was already too late.
Just like Eden, when she was performing at the Australia Dome, the Seventh Honkai Eruption broke out, and the Herrscher of Flame Burning the entirety of Australia.]
Everything before Eden’s eyes—the stage, the audience—was turned to ashes.
Even though Eden later took the initiative to join the Flame-Chasers, the leadership of the Flame-Chasers at that time all deemed her as someone without a future.