The sunset orange-red sunlight shines on the shrine of Yae Village... On the vermilion building of Yae Shrine, the bright red maple leaves on the maple trees next to the shrine sway gently in the breeze and make a gentle rustle...

The sunlight shines through the gaps in the maple leaves, but it casts a dark golden light on the ground... Crimson cherry blossom petals spread all over the shrine grounds that had not been cleaned for a long time, and the pink petals continued to glow pink in the sunlight like a sea of flowers...

"This is..."Teresa, who was chasing the unknown girl, broke into this shrine that had been silent for a long time and was isolated from the world, and she looked at the torii gate in front of her with two vermilion beams and two straight pillars, and the plaque on the torii gate was written in ancient script [Yae Shrine]...

The shrine is just an ordinary building that locals in Nagaku City have seen... So Teresa hesitated a little and stepped in...

It's conspicuous... As soon as I entered the door, I saw that there was a figure standing quietly under the cherry blossom tree in full bloom under the cherry blossom tree...

"Kalian...," the long-haired pink girl standing under the cherry blossom tree called softly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"You're Yae... Sakura?" Teresa also saw the figure standing under the cherry blossom tree at a glance and asked with some uncertainty, Li Xuan had also said that the person who gave her the stigma was named 'Yae Sakura'... Under the tree, it looks like an illusory thin figure, with dazzling long pink hair and delicate face...

"Karen... You're here. Yae Sakura nodded and looked at Delisa with a smile in her eyes full of gentleness and remembrance.

"Kalian...," Teresa muttered guessingly. "Karenn Kaslana?" she already knows her 'real' background... As the commander of the Far East Division of the Mandate of Heaven, Teresa still has a lot of authority... Even if her grandfather, Otto, the Mandate of Heaven, deliberately concealed it, he would still reveal a little clue...

As a synth... Teresa already knows who half of her bloodline comes from... It comes from one of the most powerful Valkyries ever in the 'Kaslana Family', one of the three major families of the Mandate of Heaven...

Of all the people she knew and had a relationship with, she was the only one named 'Karen'.

"Yae Sakura, have you been waiting for that person?" Delisa looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression, and the girl in front of her was clearly a soul.

"That's right... I've been waiting for you... Karen. Yae Sakura said with a smile, the fluttering cherry blossom petals pierced through her transparent figure one after another, she was obviously smiling but gave Teresa a sense of vicissitudes.

"......." Delisa shook her head, she looked at the other party's eyes and already understood Yae Sakura's feelings for the deceased Valkyrie, even if it had become a little indifferent... But as she also owned, it can still be seen...

"Karene Kaslana, that's the name of a Valkyrie who died 500 years ago. And I... It's just a fake made from her genes. Teresa said as if laughing at herself, her identity created with the Honkai Beast gene and the Valkyrie gene is no different from that of a monster... That's why so many people loathe themselves in the first place.

"......." Hearing Teresa's straightforward answer, Yae Sakura fell silent, even though she didn't have much hope, hoping that the person was still alive... Even if it's extremely unlikely... But when the last expectation is broken, I can't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Is that man dead... After such a long time, human life is still so fragile. Yae Sakura said softly, but there was no sense of frustration in her tone.

"But I didn't recognize the wrong person. Your eyes, expression, and warm heart are exactly like hers. Even after 500 years, I haven't forgotten it..."Yae Sakura said with a smile as she looked at Delissa's long snow-white hair and blue eyes.

She had been living in Teresa's body before, and could feel her heart and memories... And what Teresa wants to protect...

"But five centuries have been enough to change the world, and the Karen you were waiting for no longer exists, and my name is 'Deresa Apocalis'. Teresa said seriously.

"Is that the stigmata you gave me?" asked Teresa again.

"Hmm... Yes. Yae Sakura nodded dryly and said with a smile. "You're just like Karen her, I don't want you to die like this, don't you still have something you want to protect?"

"Hmm... Thank you so much for the stigmata you have given me, if it weren't for you I'm afraid I would have died on the battlefield. Thank you for telling me about Karenn Kaslana... It made me understand what kind of person was giving me life. Teresa stood not far from the cherry blossom tree, her black and white nun dress swaying slightly in the wind, and the cherry blossom petals fell at her feet.

"That's all I want to say, it's time for this journey to come to an end. Delissa whispered, and she now understood that the reason why Yae Sakura had given her stigma was because that part of her body belonged to 'Kalian'.

"Also... I advise you to give up this kind of nonsense. Teresa said in silence, believing that Yae Sakura had been waiting for someone who had died 500 years ago and would not return.

"......." Teresa seemed to have that day in front of her eyes, because the moment when she ordered the launch of the tactical Honkai nuclear missile in order to kill the Second Lawgiver, she lost the person she was waiting for and at the same time there was a snowflake on the big screen of the command room full of noisy sounds... It was a bone-chilling cold.

"It's painful to wait for someone who never returns," said Teresa, probably in a hoarse voice, probably with a dry throat.

"It's not a pointless thing, is it?" Yae Sakura shook her head, her long pink hair swaying slightly.

"Didn't that make me meet you who are most like her?"

"A person's life is a process of encounter, parting, and reunion. So the person you're waiting for will definitely appear, this is fate..."Yae Sakura came to Teresa's side and hugged her softly, although she was only a soul-like existence, Teresa could feel the warmth that suddenly appeared from her heart.

"I'm dead too... The current Yae Sakura has already waited for the person who guards it. Yae Sakura whispered to Delissa's ear, and her voice rang out from her heart.

"He's already here..."

At this time, a teenager appeared at the door of the torii gate of Yae Shrine, and looked inside...