Chapter 131: Long Live the Angelic Seele!
["Hmph, do you recognize this formation?"
"Nope, no idea."
The twins completely failed to play along. "...The Supreme Ultimate gives birth to the Two Forms, the Two Forms give birth to the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams."
"Hurry up!"
"Get to the point."
The sisters began urging again.
The familiar voice sounded awkward: "Ahem, well... knowing Heaven's will is easy, opposing it is hard."
"Hey, are you even capable of this?!"
Rozaliya voiced her doubts. "S-shut up... everything is ready except... how could this be? Something feels... off."
"Q-quick, get out of the formation!"
Amidst everyone's shouts, the Captain suddenly jolted awake.]
[Stelle]: "My Stargazer!! You finally decided to show up!"
[March 7th]: "So to return home, the Captain and the others chose to seek out Stargazer... Did Stargazer's formation fail again?"
[Fu Xuan]: "Ever since the Seven Stars Formation mishap that summoned the twins, Stargazer's formations haven't succeeded even once."
[Kiana]: "Feels like Stargazer keeps messing up these days—kind of reminds me of Aunt Theresa."
[March 7th]: "No way! Could Stargazer's romantic subplot with the Captain also crash and burn!?"
[Pela]: "Don't say something so terrifying out loud!"
A girl's startled cry fully roused the Captain. Opening his eyes, he saw a young girl in a white dress amidst the snowy landscape, her fair legs rivaling the snow itself.
Her angelic blue eyes gazed at him in surprise. "Hah... Hah..."
The Captain gasped as he woke from his dream, his heart pounding violently. He took deep breaths of the frigid air to ease the lingering tightness in his chest. "I-I'm sorry... You seem to be in pain."
Though unaware of what had happened, the little angel timidly apologized to him. The Captain shook his head. "No, I should be the one apologizing."
"Did you... have a nightmare?"
The Captain nodded. "Yeah. Ever since waking up on this island, I keep hearing voices whenever I close my eyes."
Seele asked curiously. "Right—girls, no, their voices sound even younger, more like little girls, I guess?"
Seele fell silent and subtly scooted away. "I can remember each of their voices clearly, but I can't recall who I am... Wait, were you sitting this far away earlier?"
"N-no need to worry about it. It must just be your imagination."
So... in your dream... what did they say to you? The Captain replied: "They told me, 'Get out!'"
Seele grew even quieter. Then she inched even further back. "...Did you just move away again? You totally moved away again!"
Seele frantically waved her hands. "No no no no no, stay away from me!"
"No no no no, I'm really not dangerous! Let me explain—"]
[Bronya Zaychik]: "It's Seele!"
[Sampo]: "This is a completely different kind of Seele compared to our big sis!"
[March 7th]: "She looks a few years younger than Belobog's Seele. Could our Seele have been like this when she was little?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Seele]: "No way! There's no way I was ever so... so..."
Bronya Rand compared the pure angelic Seele above with the rough-and-tumble Seele beside her and decided she preferred the one next to her.
[Seele Vollerei·Dark]: "You got a problem with Seele or something!?"
[Stelle]: "So many Seeles! But no matter which one it is, I'll them all the same!"
[Bailu]: "Seele really should be careful around the Captain. Given his track record across two worlds, if he were on the Xianzhou, the Cloud Knights would arrest him on sight!"
[Bronya Zaychik]: "Damn it! Bronya wants to be alone with Seele too!"
[Elysia]: "Be careful of bad people outside~♪"
Elysia pinched the cheeks of the well-behaved Seele in her arms.
["I just stepped out to survey the area—what kind of drama are you two acting out here?"
Seeing the newcomer, the Captain looked as if he'd found salvation: "T-Tesla!
Perfect timing, help me explain!"
Tesla gave him a look reserved for unrecyclable trash: "Hah? Explain? With what you just said, you think anyone would buy that?"
"Even if I believed you, do you think the cops would fall for that nonsense?!"
"That's not—" The Captain was at a loss for words.]
[Guinaifen]: "Open up! Cloud Knights! Captain, you're coming with me to Shackling Prison!"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "Why is Tesla here?"
[Tesla]: "Hah? This is just a bubble world—are you saying I shouldn't be here?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "I didn't say that! I didn't mean it!"
[Stelle]: "Uncle Yang getting schooled again!"
[After clearing things up, Tesla began lecturing the Captain as if no one else was around. The Captain had been knocked off a bridge by a monster and then recklessly jumped after her without thinking.
If not for Seele saving him, he might not have survived. "I'm sorry, I was wrong..."
Seeing how readily he apologized, Tesla cooled down: "Hmph, good that you know. Luck won't always be on your side. I hate... I hate people who don't value their own lives the most."]
[Stelle]: "Dr. Tesla is a tsundere!"
[Elysia]: "Just as stubborn as Mobius~♪"
[March 7th]: "Dr. Tesla seems to be thinking about Mr. Yang and Mr. Joachim, doesn't she?"
[Qingque]: "But... what's going on now? Did I miss a few episodes? What happened? Why are the Captain and Dr. Tesla teamed up?"
[Bronya Zaychik]: "And Seele—why is Seele in this frozen wasteland!?"
["U-um, though it might be late to ask now... who exactly are you people?"
The angelic Seele posed a deadly question. "Me? Don't worry about it—just a scientist stranded on a deserted island."
Then she pointed at the
Captain: "As for this guy... rest assured, though he's technically part of an organization opposed to mine, I swear on my reputation as a scientist that he's not a bad person."
You know who I am?"
The Captain was surprised. "Not entirely. When I first found you on the beach, you looked familiar. Just now it finally clicked—I've seen your photo in Anti-Entropy's database."
"No doubt about it—you're with Schicksal. Plus, you mentioned hearing voices calling you 'Captain' in your nightmares. Chances are you're not some nobody in Schicksal either."]
[Theresa]: "Huh? This Captain is one of our Schicksal personnel!?"
[Tesla]: "Confirmed—this Captain isn't from our world. I don't recall anyone like him existing."
"Naturally, Schicksal has no such Captain of the Hyperion at present. The current Hyperion captain is Captain Murata."
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "With so many bubble worlds and parallel universes, who knows which world this Captain comes from?"
[Dan Heng]: "The Captain is a Schicksal captain—so does that mean Schicksal and Anti-Entropy in that world have mastered quantum sea navigation?"
[March 7th]: "Not necessarily—what if that ability is unique to the Captain himself?"