‘She’s good. That’s alright…’

  Aleph g the girl beside him.

  ‘She remain true to herself… That’s good.’

  With Carole, her only best friend on her side, her mental state was far better than he expected. Kevin could survive these trials alone due to his innate qualities, but he worried that Hua might enter some ued things.

  After all, she would turn into the eighth herrscher more than fifty thousand years iure.

  “Here.”

  “Um?”

  Hua stared at the thing in his hands. It was a blueberry crepe filled with frosting. She bnkly took it from him.

  “They taste good. Um, yeah.”

  Strangely enough, Aleph spoke as if he kheir taste before even taking a bite. It was, of course, a feat dohrough [Great Sage]’s help.

  bat, research, cooking…

  It seems like it could do anything with ease.

  Hua took a bite. The mix of sweetness from the frosting and the sourness of the berries exploded in her mouth.

  “It’s good.”

  She tried to hide her look of astonishment, though it ’t escape under Aleph’s sight. His senses are sharp enough to see through microexpressions easily.

  ‘Really… A world that relies on middle schoolers and high schoolers for saving…’

  Perhaps in his past life, Aleph thought it would be o go into such a world. Only when he experiehe third world war back then did he value the long-lost peace.

  That was also the time he fot many games he pyed due to spending time otlefield.

  It resulted in him ‘going’ into this world being less impactful than it was supposed to be.

  heless, after he khat this world is real, the stories he saw beyond the s gave him a huge impact.

  Only wheruly met them did his sympathy turn ihy—they are already in the same boat, after all.

  “That’s right. How are your parents?”

  “They’re alright. MOTH gave us a privilege to let them live he other branches…”

  *****

  The fourth major eruption happened in the Far West. Just like the third major eruption, Fire MOTH became busy handling the terrifying aftermaths. From the city directly overturned by the Herrscher up to the ones affected by her escape, they were extremely busy.

  There was also the Emperor-css beast summoned by the Herrscher’s dest, temporarily named “Vayu”. Its main strength was its speed. It was one of the few Emperor-css beasts that could evade the nuclear bombs sent after it.

  Strangely, it soon disappeared from all radars a day after the fourth herrscher’s fall.

  It joihe list of Emperor-css beasts that couldn’t be currently dealt with. That includes the ones deep into the sea.

  Buzz-!

  Unlike before, Aleph chose “Icarus” this time. His travel speed reached mach seven. His stealth systems worked overtime to ceal the silver streak produced by him.

  “How long would it take to fly to my destination?”

  {Answer: If a clear path is maintained, it be reached in uhirty minutes.}

  ‘...’

  Aleph developed Icarus with travel in mind. The problems with the G-Force pgued him at first, but they became less signifit in the face of his absurd physical body. As long as its materials withstand the speed of mach two, there aren’t any problems left.

  A metallic glider reseween his arms and torso. It was one of the things that stabilized him at this speed.

  Twenty five mier, Aleph arrived at his destination.

  ‘Millions of dead bodies…’

  k-!

  Fwoosh-!

  A depressing sound came when his feet nded into the ground. The glider retracted on his torso.

  Feeling the prickly sensation, Aleph took a deep breath.

  ‘Nagazora.’

  Moments after they were instructed, MOTH unleashed its nuclear bombs into the city. The first three bombs did not work as it was disassembled by the third Herrscher’s eleagic field, thus they sent in a dozen more. The herrscher’s threat outweighed the values of the lives in this city.

  In the end, the third Herrscher was killed by Elysia after being ed by secutive nuclear bombs.

  ‘The mirror shouldn’t be destroyed…’

  Aleph flew in the dire of his house. With [Great Sage]’s assistance, he was able to arrive at the fastest time. There weren't any strong honkai beasts in his destination. His elemental sight made it sure he would've seen them.

  His former two-storey house was scorched oside. Its white paint trasted the bck burns. A portion of the house had already colpsed.

  Fortunately, the other half which sisted of the kit and his bedroom remained barely intact.

  Creak-!

  The door scratched the floor’s surface due to its damage. He looked forward and saw his familiar house being different from the one in his memories. All of the picture frames hung on the wall fell down.

  Aleph flipped them bad saw a family picture of three. He was only seven years old at that time. It was his first time going into a theme park, at least in this world.

  The broken gss made him pause momentarily.

  Tap.

  He pced it on top of an intact table.

  ‘It’s not just me.’

  There are hundreds of thousands of broken picture frames iire world. Some may not even remaio the destru brought by honkai.

  ‘I ’t really catch a break.’ He mogly thought.

  From the third world war in his past life up to the honkai of this world, Aleph had already lost his peace a long time ago.

  ‘As long as I leave a worthy mark in this world, just like my previous life…’

  He went up the staircase and headed to his bedroom. Uhe others, its doorknob was fully intact.

  Aleph saw the unmoved bedroom of his. After eight months, a noticeable amount of dust accumuted everywhere. He paid them no heed and took the silver box below his bed. The digital lo the safe could barely dispy its keypad.

  Fortunately, it was still w. Wheered the password, the box opened.

  Several stacks of notebooks could be seen on it. Atop everything was a square-shaped mirror the size of his head. It was badly shattered, yet all of its fragments remained intact.

  The momeouched it, a response immediately came from [Great Sage].

  {Magical treasure detected.}

  {Description: A treasure taining powers over spad time. A maion with a trace of creation. It is currently in an inactive state.}

  ‘Spad time… It’s not a huge surprise. Back then…’

  Aleph recalled some memories of the past. He was able to use some supernatural powers back thee being human. Though, it only appeared during that moment.

  ‘So… is this the reason why I have Solitary Miracle? Or am I the reason why this thied..?’

  The method of inference gave Aleph some clues about his ‘reination’. He already had the achievement of making a miracle prior to the awakening of the [Achievement Hunter]. It serves to reason that it is pletely different from the tter.

  {Caution: Interferen spad time is happening. Please enter a safe range. Outside…}

  Before Aleph could react, the aurora-like light blinded his eyes and devoured him.

  The moment, he found himself in ay street.

  Chirp.

  Chirp.

  Chirp.

  The sounds of crickets surrounded his ears.

  “Where… am I?”

  He looked down and saair of small hands.

  “Huh..?”

  Aleph hastily touched his clothes and body. When he found that they seemed familiar, it was as if he was struck by a hammer in his head.

  “This..!”

  “What are you doing, Ain?”

  A familiar voice came from behind him. He was, once more, stunned when he saw her appearance.

  “...Kurumi.”

  “What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?”

  She was a girl with uwintails. Her uniform matched a middle schooler’s. A pair of red ribbons tied her twintails. Her most eye-catg feature was her right eye. Her irises are filled with bright golden light. A vague silhouette of a clock’s arm could be seen from it.

  ‘It’s been a long time.’

  The memories of the past came ba once again.