Watching the girls head upstairs, Himeko couldn’t help smiling.
“Looks like future journeys are going to be much livelier.”
“That’s good.”
“The rest of us are rather reserved.”
“Trailblazing should have a more cheerful atmosphere.”
Welt spoke calmly.
He had experienced too much in life.
By now, even if Mount Tai collapsed on his head, his expression would probably remain unchanged.
Himeko had seen countless grand events.
Dan Heng carried a mysterious past.
And Lingzhou—
Though he looked young and had supposedly lost his memories, he had clearly lived through many years.
He was a steady man.
His carefree, frivolous behavior outside was merely one way he disguised himself.
Lingzhou cast Welt an indescribable glance.
He could actually become a lot less reserved.
Aha would be extremely happy.
Unfortunately—
If Aha was happy, everyone else might not be.
“Our next stop is Jarilo-VI, right?”
“When do we depart?”
Lingzhou asked.
Himeko smiled.
“After a good night’s rest.”
Lingzhou spent some time admiring the galactic scenery through the train window.
Just as he prepared to sleep—
The sticky candy appeared.
“Get off my bed.”
“Why?”
“Is Aha not beautiful enough?”
Aha bent one leg and curled elegantly on the mattress, every curve on display.
Then He shot Lingzhou an impossibly seductive glance.
In this form, Aha was devastatingly beautiful.
Unfortunately—
Lingzhou’s heart remained still.
Completely still.
“You’re beautiful.”
“But I’m afraid of catching plague and causing my body’s pestilence stat to skyrocket.”
He wasn’t worried that his conversations with Aha might appear on player screens.
Without his permission, the System couldn’t convert these scenes into game footage.
“So heartless.”
“You’re actually mocking Aha as a plague god.”
“Yingyingying, Aha’s poor heart is shattered…”
“Darling’s attitude is so cold.”
“You might as well ignore Aha entirely.”
“Now it almost makes Aha look unreasonable.”
The woman on the bed covered her face and sobbed softly.
She looked pitiful enough to make anyone ache.
Lingzhou casually approached the bedside.
Then kicked Her off.
“Look!”
“LOOK!”
“Aha only said a few words and darling is already cruel enough to use his feet!”
“Say one more useless thing and I’ll—”
“And you’ll what?”
“What?”
“What?”
“You’ll beat Aha up?”
“Good, good, good!”
“Don’t hold back just because Aha is a delicate flower!”
“Hit harder!”
Aha’s eyes lit up with delight.
He crawled to the side of the bed, rested both elbows on the mattress, and gazed at Lingzhou with lovestruck eyes.
Lingzhou’s mouth twitched.
A wave of revulsion ran through him.
“I was going to say I’ll treat you like air.”
“Beat you?”
“Dream on.”
“Why?!”
“If I hit you, wouldn’t that make you enjoy it?” This story is hosted at g.com.
“No love!”
“There’s no love anymore!”
“Aha’s heart is colder than ice shards in the dead of winter!”
“Darling’s heartlessness has made Aha faint from sorrow!”
Aha rolled dramatically back and forth across the floor.
Lingzhou lay on the bed with one leg crossed over the other and ignored the God of Fun’s tantrum.
When Aha genuinely wanted to drag him into some amusement, Lingzhou had no real way to refuse.
This current behavior was just verbal harassment for fun.
“You sound like some green-tea drama queen.”
“Stop screaming.”
“Quiet down.”
“Type 1 if you want me to find you something fun on Jarilo-VI.”
“111111111!”
Aha’s eyes immediately lit up.
“Is that true, Father?!”
“I’m counting to three.”
“Disappear.”
“Three.”
Before the final syllable even faded—
The devastating beauty inside the room had vanished without leaving so much as a ghostly shadow.
The noisy God of Fun was finally gone.
Lingzhou slowly closed his eyes.
Compared with his previous lives—
He liked his current days very much.
He didn’t have to run everywhere worrying about this person and that person.
Saving one world after another.
Saving planet after planet.
Sometimes—
He had grown numb enough to consider collecting faith through evil instead.
Unfortunately—
He possessed a conscience.
His moral standards weren’t particularly lofty.
But they were at least normal.
Bullying the weak with overwhelming strength?
Beneath him.
Elsewhere—
A-Xian rubbed her hands together eagerly, preparing to head toward the second beginner area.
She already knew the Jarilo-VI storyline from the beta.
But Lingzhou’s appearance had reignited her anticipation.
Before progressing the main quest, players could talk to everyone aboard the Express.
After finishing her conversation with Lingzhou, she deliberately found the last person.
For one reason only.
She wanted to learn more about Lingzhou.
“Why are you all rushing me?”
“If I’m going to draw a long-form doujin, I need to deeply understand the character’s personality and history.”
“How else do you expect high-quality long-form work?”
“You don’t want me handing in some cheap OOC garbage, do you?”
She spoke to Welt.
Selected—
About Lingzhou.
Welt:
“He arrived a little over two months before Dan Heng.”
“Himeko and I encountered him on a world suffering from relentless natural disasters.”
“That world was already approaching its end.”
“He was the only person left, standing watch before several nameless gravestones…”
“At the time, I saw in his face a sense of age and confusion that could only come from enduring countless years.”
“We asked what he was waiting for.”
“And how long he had stood there.”
“He said he had already forgotten.”
“He remembered that he was Featherborn.”
“He remembered his name.”
“But he only remembered that he had stayed there because he was waiting for someone—or something—to arrive.”
“We could not determine whether fate had made Lingzhou wait specifically for the Astral Express.”
“We only knew that the world was about to become history.”
“He could not remain there any longer.”
“So he boarded the Express.” Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“And became a Nameless in search of his forgotten past.”
[FUCK. They’re burying knives at launch already?!]
A-Xian immediately smelled something familiar.
PTSD nearly struck.
Standing alone before gravestones.
Waiting so long that everything was forgotten.
Waiting until the world itself withered away.
The image felt painfully vivid even from a simple description.
Why was Lingzhou the only one left?
Why had that world withered?
Everything about Lingzhou—
His story portrayal.
His skills.
His voice lines.
His character stories.
All of it suggested that he was a fun-loving troll.
Yet unexpectedly—
The story Welt revealed was this heavy.
Welt continued:
“The Astral Express does not interrogate a person’s past.”
“No matter what intentions a passenger carries.”
“No matter whether they harbor ulterior motives.”
“So long as they wish to share the strange journey ahead, the train doors will open generously for them.”
“Lingzhou.”
“Dan Heng.”
“March.”
“They all have their own pasts.”
“You do as well.”
“Nameless need not forever stare backward.”
“There is only one thing we must do.”
“Look forward together.”
“Trailblaze the unknown.”
“And journey toward the future.”
That was everything Welt had to say about Lingzhou.
A-Xian bit her lip.
Her expression had grown noticeably heavy.
Because she already liked Lingzhou, she found it extremely easy to empathize.
He must have experienced countless things.
Otherwise—
Why would he remain watching over a dying world until the world itself withered?
“Still too little information.”
“I’ll trust the writers once.”
“After all, this is a space comedy game.”
A-Xian threw the messy thoughts aside and laughed.
“Compared with March 7th, Lingzhou is actually doing pretty well.”
“At least he remembers his own name and skills.”
“Wait.”
“Maybe medicine is actually one of his least significant skills…”
“Why do I think that?”
“Instinct.”
“Or a woman’s sixth sense.”
“Think about it.”
“If Lingzhou were really nothing more than a doctor, how could he survive watching over an entire world until its end?”
“As for knives?”
“Minor issue.”
“Like I said.”
“Trust the writers.”
[But A-Xian, Star Rail literally has HONKAI in the title. Think about how many people died in Honkai Impact 3rd.]
[Final Lesson.]
[Elysian Realm.]
[Everlasting Flames…]
A-Xian’s eyes slowly widened.
Welt from Honkai Impact 3rd really was here in Star Rail.
Goddammit.
Honkai Impact 3rd was still chasing her!
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