Kamisato Ayaka lost consciousness.
Zeyan stopped singing abruptly.
He seemed to have sensed something, looking down at the girl in his arms. She still wore a sweet smile, but why did it give him a feeling of heartache?
Zeyan swallowed, cautiously reached out his hand, and placed it under the girl's nose, feeling for her breath.
Why was there no breath?
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
Why?
Zeyan kept his hand there for a long, long time, but he couldn't feel any breath.
Why was it like this?
His eyes widened, his emotions surged, unable to accept this answer. Trembling, he placed his hand on the girl's chest again.
No heartbeat.
Absolutely no heartbeat.
"Ayaka, Ayaka, you must be joking with me, right? Wake up, Ayaka, can you please wake up?"
Tears uncontrollably streamed down Zeyan's face.
Zeyan gently shook Kamisato Ayaka's body, hoping the girl in his arms would wake up, but no matter how he shook her, how he called out, the girl would never wake up again.
Perhaps leaving this hopeless world was a good thing for the girl.
"Ayaka, Ayaka..." Zeyan kept repeating Kamisato Ayaka's name, his voice gradually becoming hoarse. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and said softly, "Ayaka, didn't you like listening to me sing? I'll sing for you, I'll keep singing, you can listen whenever you want..."
"If you don't know which way to go tomorrow, just stay by my side, will you be my wife?"
"My not-so-broad shoulders will also be your warm embrace."
"If you're tired of the wind and rain outside, just stay by my side, will you be my wife?"
"I will definitely bear your occasional little temper, perhaps I can also give you a little surprise, a bit of laughter, a simple and peaceful little nest, accompany you through sunrise, accompany you through sunset, until old age..."
His voice became hoarse, his throat ached, but the girl in his arms still wouldn't wake up.
"Boom!"
The cabin cracked and collapsed, and the wind and rain outside mercilessly poured in.
After enduring the storm for many days, the Waverider finally couldn't hold on any longer, exposing Zeyan and Kamisato Ayaka in the cabin directly to the wind and rain outside.
At this time, Zeyan no longer cared about the storm. He just held Kamisato Ayaka, gently singing to her, his heart filled with sorrow.
But the girl in his arms had become a sleeping beauty, entering eternal slumber.
She wouldn't wake up.
She would never wake up again.
Zeyan just held Kamisato Ayaka's delicate body, unwilling to let go for a long time, letting the wind and rain lash his body. Everything else in the world, except for the girl in his arms, seemed to turn gray for him.
Gradually, something seemed to appear before his eyes, making him involuntarily look up.
A huge port loomed faintly at the end of the distant ocean, with scenery completely different from Inazuma, instantly telling Zeyan where it was.
But this didn't make Zeyan happy. Instead, he cried and laughed, his state somewhat frantic.
This was Liyue, the Liyue that his Ayaka longed for, the Liyue she insisted on coming to no matter what. But Ayaka would never know that he had finally succeeded in reaching Liyue. What was the point of arriving like this?
"Ayaka, Ayaka..."
...
"Chirp...?? completed... chirp... returning."
...
"Ayaka... Ayaka..."
In a house in Ritou, a black-haired boy leaned against the corner, murmuring to himself, his expression numb, his eyes dim and lifeless.
Zeyan had returned from the dungeon, but what had happened inside was still too traumatic for him, so much so that he couldn't recover his composure for a long time.
He sat for a long, long time before realizing that he had returned, before noticing that there was no wind or rain in the sky, before seeing that his clothes were dry, before seeing the bright sunlight shining in through the window.
This scene brought Zeyan back to his senses a little. He moved his body and came to a spot where the sunlight was directly shining, letting the warm sunlight bathe his body. This long-lost feeling made every pore on his body relax.
Under the sunlight, red maple leaves fluttered and fell.
The sounds of bustling activity echoed in the air above Ritou with the breeze, seeming very lively.
"Princess Shirayuki, goodbye."
Among the chaotic sounds outside, such a voice suddenly emerged, making Zeyan's heart jump.
Princess Shirayuki?
Wasn't Princess Shirayuki Kamisato Ayaka?
Zeyan's heart, which had been somewhat lifeless, suddenly burst forth with vitality at this moment.
"That's right, our previous experiences were just experiences in the dungeon. No matter what happened in the dungeon, it shouldn't affect reality, right? For example, I actually had a bit of a cold, but I don't feel any discomfort at all now. In this case, it's only natural for Ayaka to be alive, isn't it?"
Zeyan suddenly understood, and a look of joy appeared on his face. He rushed out of the house.
Under the bright sunlight, fallen red maple leaves covered the streets. People came and went on the streets, the shops on both sides were open, and stalls could be seen in many places.
"Where is Ayaka?" Zeyan asked someone casually.
"Ayaka? Oh, you mean Miss Kamisato, right?"
"Yes, yes, Miss Kamisato."
"She went over there, what do you need... uh..."
The person being asked hadn't finished speaking when they saw Zeyan hurriedly run off, shaking their head in confusion, thinking that he was probably just someone seeking help from Kamisato Ayaka. After all, everyone knew that the young lady of the Kamisato family was kind-hearted, and if one sought help from Miss Kamisato, there was a high probability of success.
Zeyan ran down a street and quickly saw Kamisato Ayaka walking on the street ahead. She was looking at a fox mask at a mask stall, and only her profile could be seen, but this profile was so familiar.
They had walked side by side in the wind and rain, climbed Mount Yougou together, fought against Ruin Machines, and even shared the deepest memories on the Waverider. Zeyan was naturally extremely familiar with Kamisato Ayaka.
"Sure enough, even if she died in the??, she is still alive in reality."
A smile appeared on Zeyan's face, and he was about to walk over.
But after taking just one step, Zeyan seemed to think of something, and the smile on his face slowly faded.
He remembered some of the exchanges he had with the then-undamaged system before entering the dungeon.At that time, the system seemed to have said that the person invited to enter the dungeon to help him would lose their memories of the dungeon after leaving it?
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