harleyscars Chapter 69 Teacher Himeko is still here
Chapter 69 Teacher Himeko is still here
(It has been changed; it's not a soul transfer, but a body transfer. Everything related to that part has been changed.)
The lights in the ward were a cool white.
Himeko, who was unconscious, struggled to open her eyes at this moment, and in her blurry vision was the familiar ceiling.
This is... the medical bay?
"Himeko-sensei, you're awake!"
Himeko heard Mei's excited and surprised voice, followed by a flurry of footsteps.
Soon, a crowd gathered around Himeko's bedside.
She looked at them one by one. Although they were all covered in dust and looked tired, they were still there.
Seeing the concern on their faces, which were also tinged with forced smiles, Himeko's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down a little.
"How's it going outside now?"
Himeko's voice was hoarse as she expressed concern about the current situation.
While she was unconscious, a fierce fight was taking place outside.
Seeing this, Theresa quickly took her hand and comforted her in a seemingly relaxed manner, "It's all over now. Himeko, you just woke up, so rest for a while. We'll take care of cleaning up the battlefield."
Himeko was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard the words "It's over".
But there was something off about Theresa's second half of her speech.
Very strange.
She's hiding something from me.
Himeko glanced around again: Mei, Bronya, Theresa, Seele...
Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.
"Where are Chen Feng and Kiana?"
The air froze the moment the words were spoken.
The smiles on everyone's faces froze.
Theresa opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She didn't know how to tell Himeko this news.
silence.
Himeko noticed the expressions on these people's faces, and her heart sank little by little.
She tried to sit up, but as soon as she made a move, her whole body ached as if it were about to fall apart. A cold sweat immediately appeared on her forehead, and her face contorted with pain.
But she still insisted on getting up.
"Get out of the way!"
Himeko spoke in a suppressed voice, with an unquestionable tone, to the people blocking the way in front of the hospital bed.
"I'm going to find them."
"Himeko!"
Theresa reached forward and pressed her shoulders down firmly.
"You can't go anymore!"
"Let go, Theresa!"
"That's enough!"
Theresa held her down tightly, her eyes red as she stared at the stubborn Himeko. She shouted, "There is not a single trace of Honkai energy left in your body. You are just an ordinary person now!"
Chen Feng didn't save you to send you to your death. You can't even leave this ward now, how are you going to find them!
Ordinary people.
These three words struck Himeko's heart like a heavy hammer.
She felt something was wrong with her body after waking up, but the news made her ignore these changes.
She raised her hand, looking at her trembling hands from the pain, and her expression darkened.
Yes.
I am no longer a Valkyrie.
I'm just an ordinary person now.
She became someone who needed to be protected.
Himeko closed her eyes in pain.
Now, the look in Chen Feng's eyes as he looked at her flashed through her mind again, along with the line of text written in that notebook.
He knew all of this long ago and had prepared for it well in advance.
The ward was quiet.
All that could be heard was the ticking of the instrument.
After a long while, Himeko opened her eyes again.
His once carefree and bold eyes were now filled with unfathomable worry and anticipation.
"You brat, and Kiana too."
"You all have to be alright."
[Future Kiana Timeline]
"Himeko-sensei, Chen Feng has saved her..."
The group looked at everything before them with complicated expressions.
In their timeline, Chen Feng still succeeded.
Unlike here...
No, that's not right.
At that moment, almost simultaneously, a vast and unfamiliar memory flooded into the minds of the people present.
Images flashed through their minds.
Those seemingly unfamiliar memories became so familiar the moment they were fully memorized.
"Himeko, teacher..."
A tear rolled down Kiana's cheek without warning, and she stared blankly ahead.
Her memory was altered.
Her mind was filled with many memories of Himeko-sensei.
In their memories, the current Himeko-sensei is still at St. Freya!
In an instant, Kiana stood up abruptly and ran outside without looking back.
Inside the house, Mei, Seele, and Bronya exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
"It really has changed..."
Bronya was the quickest to accept it.
Because she was the first to know all of this.
However, she did not expect that the changes she could make would be so significant.
It can even bring the dead back to life.
"Sister Bronya, let's go take a look too."
Seele reached out and tugged at Bronya's sleeve.
She also felt it was unbelievable at that moment.
It actually works!
"Let's go, let's follow Kiana and see if it's true..."
Mei stopped halfway through her sentence.
The very possibility made her gasp and her heart race.
If it's true, then could all the tragedies that followed be changed?
So, is it possible to let him live?
And then, now, I see him again.
Kiana ran towards Himeko's house like a mad lightning bolt.
Memories of herself and Himeko-sensei, both strange and warm, flooded her mind like a tidal wave.
Teacher Himeko is still here.
Teacher Himeko did not leave!
The teacher, Himeko, who always nagged her, punished her by making her copy homework, and saved her life when she was confused, is still here!
She ran wildly into the dormitory corridor she knew so well.
The moment she arrived at Himeko's door, she didn't even bother to knock; she simply shoved the door open with her shoulder, a door she hadn't opened in a long time.
"Bang!"
A loud bang startled everyone watching TV in the room.
Himeko, dressed in loose loungewear and holding a can of beer, was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, watching TV.
She was startled by the loud noise. She turned around to look at the person who had come, and a look of surprise appeared on her face when she saw Kiana.
"Kiana? Can't you knock before entering a house? You'll have to pay for it if you break it!"
She was about to make a joke with a smile, but Kiana rushed over like a cannonball and buried her face in Himeko's arms, bursting into tears.
The sadness, fear, and longing that had been suppressed for so long finally burst forth at this moment.
Kiana clung tightly to Himeko's clothes, buried her face in her arms, and cried her heart out.
Himeko was stunned by what she saw.
She didn't know what had happened, but the trembling in her arms felt so real.
She dropped her joking expression, sighed softly, reached out and hugged Kiana, gently comforting her.
"Alright, alright, you're the mighty God of Earth, do you think anyone can bully you?"
"Teacher, I'm still here. Even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you."
Doorway.
Mei, Bronya, and Seele stood in the doorway watching the scene unfold inside the room, their breath catching in their throats.
Himeko, who had long since left them in their memories, was now standing vividly before their eyes.
At that moment, everyone's heart felt as if it had been squeezed by an invisible hand.
A crazy, unbelievable idea began to grow wildly in their minds—
Teacher Himeko is back.
What about Chen Feng?
That fool who burned his life out to rewrite his destiny... is it also possible...?
Himeko held Kiana, who was sobbing uncontrollably, and caught a glimpse of the several children with blank expressions at the door.
She paused for a moment, then a familiar smile appeared on her face, a smile that carried a hint of boldness and unruliness.
"What are you all doing standing at the door?"
Himeko opened her arms to them, and even with Kiana hanging in her arms, her smile remained radiant.
"The teacher's arms are still spacious enough to hold all of you little rascals."
"Come here, all of you."
Mei's tears fell first.
Immediately afterwards, Bronya pushed up her glasses to hide the tears welling up in her eyes, while Seele covered her mouth.
At that moment, the group rushed forward and threw themselves into that warm and firm embrace.
The TV was still on in the living room, and the beer on the coffee table was bubbling.
In this rewritten twilight, for the first time they allowed themselves to take off their armor and cry like children.
Because they considered that most likely possibility—
Since Ji Zi can survive, Chen Feng will definitely survive as well.