Soothing a manic Rozaliya is no easy task.
Especially since this Rozaliya has already lost her sister Liliya, and even the faint trace of Liliya's consciousness only exists within her Tail.
Rozaliya and Liliya are two immature children, but this pair of twin sisters came from a much crueler world. Of the two who underwent modification surgery, only Rozaliya succeeded, while Liliya could only lie on a hospital bed.
And now, the Liliya belonging to this Rozaliya is dead.
Rozaliya often feels manic, as if Liliya truly exists by her side, yet she can never find where her sister is.
Because of this, she possesses a special ability—mixing her own emotions with Honkai Factors to produce graffiti similar to paint, which can inflict various negative status effects on enemies it touches.
In battle, Delta's special effects can be compared to Rappa's.
The kind where paint splashes everywhere.
She smashed the glass, crawled out, and walked with a wobble.
'Can't sleep... can't pass out... Li... Liliya...'
She struggled to keep her eyelids open, but her vision grew increasingly blurred. The faces of Aidan and March 7th became double images before she finally fell into complete darkness.
"Three, two, one."
Thud.
Aidan waved his hand, and a mechanical arm placed the unconscious Rozaliya into another Treatment Pod.
"Hmm... it's necessary to call Uncle Yang over for a visit."
"Lili... ya... don't... go..."
The girl's fingers scratched futilely in the Restoration Fluid, as if trying to grasp something that had already dissipated. Her breathing became rapid, and her eyelids twitched violently, as if she had fallen into a terrible nightmare.
"She's having a nightmare." March 7th looked at her with some pity, "Should we wake her up? She looks so pitiful like this."
"We can't." Aidan shook his head, his fingers operating rapidly on the console to increase the dosage of sedative, "What she needs now is rest. If we force her awake, she'll only become more manic."
"..."
Aidan looked at the data, his brow furrowed.
Hmm...
This situation isn't very easy to handle.
It mainly involves the mental and conscious levels; Liliya's consciousness is too fragile right now.
— — —
Rozaliya felt as if she had a very long dream.
When she woke up again, her anxiety and anger had subsided.
In the beginning, Rozaliya's emotions were very unstable, but Aidan promised she could stay on the Hyperion every day until her physical condition stabilized, and after a while, they could awaken Liliya's consciousness.
Then, Rozaliya went silent.
"Don't move. This is a device that periodically injects Honkai Energy Inhibitors into your body to prevent it from collapsing due to rejection from Liliya."
Aidan placed a metal bracelet on Rozaliya.
"Alright, from now on you are my temporary crew member. I won't force you to stay, but until Liliya's consciousness wakes up, you follow my orders, okay?"
"...How long?"
"What?"
"To wake up Liliya, how long will it take?"
Aidan thought for a moment.
"Not sure. Her consciousness is too weak and needs time to be nurtured. If it's fast, maybe a few days; if it's slow... it might take a few weeks."
"A few weeks," Rozaliya repeated.
"Right. During these weeks, you need to cooperate with the treatment. Eat on time, sleep on time, and don't go around smashing things like you just did." Aidan pointed to the Treatment Pod she had broken.
"...If you dare to make fun of me using Liliya's situation, I will definitely kill you..."
"Got it, got it."
Aidan replied.
Although his attitude was perfunctory, Rozaliya felt an unexpected sense of trust.
— — —
"You actually managed to abduct her back like that, you're something else."
Stelle gave a thumbs up.
"So I guess I'm a veteran now."
"What kind of veteran are you?"
"What's wrong with that? I got on the train before her."
"Rozaliya is just hitching a ride; she's not officially on board." Welt had already glanced several times at this fused version of Rozaliya.
Why hasn't the Honkai let me go yet?
He already knew the specifics of the situation, it's just...
Forget it.
"What's wrong with hitching a ride? Hitching a ride still means sitting on our train," Stelle wagged her finger in rebuttal. "Besides, she fell out of that circle Aidan made. What a coincidence. Rounding it up, she's practically half one of our own... By the way, Aidan, are you in charge of recruiting people for the Astral Express?"
"It really seems like it. Aidan has only been on board for a few days and has already recruited two people to become Trailblazers."
March 7th's words made Dan Heng's expression a bit complicated.
"Two? Who else? Rozaliya is just hitching a ride, right?"
"Nanook."
"Nanook? Which Nanook?"
Stelle tilted her head.
"...The Aeon of Destruction."
Dan Heng said.
Whenever this matter was brought up, Dan Heng still felt like sighing.
He really is a superhuman.
You're incredible.
"Eh? Aidan pulled him onto the train?"
"Yeah."
"And then? Did he stay on board?"
Dan Heng was silent for two seconds.
"No."
"Why?"
"He turned into Aidan's appearance and stayed on the Astral Express for a day, then turned back at midnight."
Stelle's brain couldn't quite process this.
"Wait, wait, wait, you're saying... the Aeon of Destruction turned into Aidan and stayed on the train for a whole day?"
"Yes."
"And did absolutely nothing?"
"Yes."
"Then just left?"
"Yes."
Stelle turned her head and looked at Aidan with a completely new gaze.
"Br... Senior! teach me, I want to learn this too."
"Learn what?"
"Pulling Aeons onto the train!" Stelle said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "I want to abduct three or five Aeons onto the train too."
"Theoretically, you don't need to, because sometimes he might turn into a certain Aeon, or a part of an Aeon."
Dan Heng found the whole thing abstract just thinking about it.
Aidan had even told Dan Heng that under the Path of Destruction, he could semi-actively and gradually turn into Nanook.
After listening to Dan Heng's narration, Stelle was silent for a full three seconds.
Then she turned to Aidan, her golden eyes filled with worship.
"So you're basically carrying around an Aeon Trial Card? You can turn into Nanook whenever you want?"
"Theoretically, yes," Aidan corrected, "but in practice, the risk is huge. Because I'm not Nanook, and I didn't ascend to godhood t
hrough proper channels but rather used a shortcut, which is why there are problems."
"Oh, so it's like borrowing an account but being too much of a noob to know how to play it, right?"
"...Pretty much. In short, an Aeon's know exactly what they want and how to do it, but when I log into Their account, i can't exactly just spamming button to test Their skill did I..."