Chapter 124: Silver Wolf: 'Feeling good is all that matters. Why care about all that other crap?'
[ You arrived at the entrance of the Divination Commission, and for some unknown reason, you suddenly hesitated... ]
" Stelle: (Can't alert them yet, let's confirm Kafka's location first...) "
Seeing this scene.
Kafka's gaze slightly deepened.
Among the optional choices for the mission, only [ Proceed to Kafka's Location ] remained.
Silver Wolf turned her chair around.
She said to Kafka, " See? What did I tell you?"
" How could the design of this mission allow you to fail at the very beginning?"
" This is a game after all!"
" If players could choose, some would definitely want to skip all the story and just take the rewards."
Kafka nodded, " It seems that although the story in the game has different options that trigger different dialogues, they will ultimately converge towards the same ending."
" This is the game's setting, so could reality also be a huge game?" Silver Wolf's lips curved into a smile.
" I like your analogy, but why are you suddenly so sentimental today?"
" Isn't it because we just pulled off a big one, and it coincides with the release of my character PV and the opening of the Companion Mission... Of course, I have to do some in-depth thinking."
" Whatever you say, you continue, I still need to farm relics to improve my stats."
Silver Wolf turned back.
She manipulated her free chair and moved it to the do-not-disturb gaming area she had set up.
However.
She still left a sentence that drifted over leisurely.
" I think life is interesting right now, and I'm having a lot of fun, so I'm willing to continue being a Stellaron Hunter."
" Just like games... they're just for fun. As long as it feels good, why care about so much?"
Kafka's lips slowly curved up.
She looked at the game interface in front of her.
" That's right..."
" This is indeed very interesting..."
......
Guinaifen's livestream room.
After careful consideration.
She prioritized returning to the Observation Car to ask Himeko and Welt for their opinions.
Both gave similar answers – they both recommended meeting with Kafka.
With the affirmation of the two Express family members.
Guinaifen immediately teleported to the Divination Commission.
She found the corresponding coordinate point.
" Mom, I'm here!"
In a quiet alley.
Kafka was standing in front of a lit house, seemingly waiting patiently.
" I knew you would come, Stelle."
Arriving in front of Kafka.
Through the half-open window, Guinaifen saw Blade inside, with his eyes closed, maintaining a meditation posture.
" Alright, alright, Mom and Uncle Blade are both here, the whole family is together!"
She stepped forward.
And talked to Kafka again.
" If you had Elio's eyes, this world would not be the way you and I see it now; countless possibilities would overlap, representing the consequences of different choices. And at every moment, infinite choices constantly converge into a single point, becoming the present, becoming the past..."
" Is this your choice? To accept my request and help me?"
[ Yes, after all, you need my help. ]
[ I haven't decided yet. ]
[ No, I'm here to refuse you. ]
After a brief thought.
She chose the third option.
Guinaifen explained, " Facing Mom, you can't just agree directly, you definitely have to mess around a bit!"
And Kafka replied in surprise, " Oh... really? Will you refuse me?"
" If you want to refuse me, why are you here at this moment?"
[ You're right... I do want to help you. ]
[ Because I came to say no in person. ]
[ Because I have no choice... ]
" Three choices again."
" Now I can speak my true feelings, but there's no need; I think I can mess around a bit more."
Guinaifen clicked on the third option.
" Yes, we are all... slaves of destiny."
" What is called destiny is neither visible nor tangible; yet, it is as certain as all the collapsed and converged past and present. I called you, and you came; you have many choices, and everything leads you here... to this time and place."
" You came at my summons, and you know I truly need your help, yet you are hesitating, why?"
[ I want to understand the situation... ]
[ I just hate you. ]
[ I don't believe in destiny. ]
The second option naturally couldn't be chosen.
It was a bit too much.
So Guinaifen chose the third one again.
Do you believe this universe is free?
" Alright, in that case, keep that choice – Trailblazer, will you stay? For me."
At this point.
There were only two choices left.
[ I'll stay and help you. ]
[ I won't stay. ]
Guinaifen thought here for nearly three minutes.
Finally, she took a deep breath.
" Family, I think at this point, I must make the correct choice."
" If I refuse again, there might really be no room for regret."
" After all, Mom said [ When you have the opportunity to make a choice, don't let yourself regret it ]."
" We've already messed around three times in a row. If we keep refusing, Kafka will really be sad~ "
[ I'll stay and help you. ]
" Thank you. On this Xianzhou... you are the only one I can ask."
......
Meanwhile.
On the other side.
Kafka, however, did not choose [ I'll stay and help you. ], but chose to continue refusing – [ I won't stay. ]
In Kafka's view, although this was a game story, it should actually be a real event happening in reality.
Elio would also write a script about this part.....
However, due to the appearance of "Honkai: Star Rail", the entire trajectory changed, and the corresponding script naturally became obsolete.
Kafka also couldn't predict the subsequent plot.
" You should know why I want to stop you... If you leave, the subsequent story will truly, truly disappear from your future; it will become an unchangeable past, with no chance to regret."
Still choosing [ I won't stay. ]
" What are you insisting on? The right to choose? Or merely resistance? Don't you understand that even this right to resist is strictly limited within the fated possibilities?"
[ I won't stay. ]
" Elio said you would help me. I don't know how many possibilities he saw that truth in..."
[ I won't stay. ]
Kafka: ...
This time.
Her in-game self directly fell silent.
[ I won't stay. ]
" If you're thinking Kafka will say something else and choose: Don't do that. Every choice has consequences, and we have to be responsible for every consequence."
This sentence, coming from her own mouth, had an extremely strange feeling.
It seemed... it wasn't something she wanted to say.
But rather the meaning Feathered Spirit wanted to convey through her mouth!
But Kafka, she wanted to witness the possibility of this consequence!
[ I won't stay. ]
" Then, I will only give one final reminder: I respect your final decision, it will be irreversible. If you walk away, I will find a way to save Blade and leave Xianzhou, but none of this will have anything to do with you..."
" I don't know what kind of future that will be... In this regard, I am as blind as you, because Elio has not revealed a single word to me. A long time ago, Elio made me believe: there is no true free will in this world, choice is merely an exhaustive list of possibilities."
" But if you believe you have the right to choose... if you insist on doing so, and it truly comes from your heart. Then, perhaps I will be very happy... I hope you can transcend destiny, so that perhaps one day, [ you will change me ]."
" Have you decided?"
[ Leave - This is my own choice. ]
" Alright... Goodbye."
The moment she stepped out of this area.
A prompt appeared on the interface.
[ [Letter from a Stranger Woman ], completed.]
[ Obtained Achievement: True Free Will ]
Kafka's lips slightly parted.
This mission... it really ended just like that.
Although she missed a lot of the story.
But looking at this achievement, Kafka instead revealed a hint of pleasure.
" Feathered Spirit... is this the meaning you wanted to convey?"
" Very good, at least now, I know that there are still infinite possibilities in this universe."
" Oh right, people usually call that... [ Hope ]."