A gentle and comforting touch (Feixiao x OC)

Chapter 3: A small gift for a kind heart.

Notes: Umm, What the sigma?

I lost the 50/50 in the Aventurino rerun, that E2 didn't come home.

BUT I GOT SUNDAY, SUCK IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Damn but that happened in 2.6 and 2.7, we're already on 3.0 of Honkai.

BUT I MANAGED TO GET THE HERTA AND HER LC, SUCK IT AGAIN AAAAAH.

By the way, it's so boring to have to imagine names for each new location I have in mind. Damn Hoyovers, why when there's a new event in Xianzhou they only expand the Luofu map? There are supposed to be more ships damn it.

Thank goodness there's the Fandom Wiki...

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Feixiao still remembers the first time she witnessed his kind heart.

Years ago:

War was probably the lowest point any civilization could reach.

But there were inevitable cases where, ironically, many worlds were forced to wage war against their own inhabitants to safeguard their people's lives.

In Xianzhou's case, it was a war against Abundance and all the monsters created from it—monsters that had once been Xianzhou's own people, living happy lives before being possessed by Mara.

Yaoshi's blessing had brought more death and destruction than good—perhaps even Nanook felt envious in some cases. Eternal life was supposed to be something to enjoy, yet paying the high price of being possessed by Mara made it a terrifying concept.

The Cloud Knights protect Xianzhou, no matter what abomination crosses their path, they will eradicate it to prevent it from wreaking havoc on innocent lives.

And yet, not everyone is so lucky in this life.

Feixiao walked through the hospital corridor, filled with the groans and cries of pain from numerous Yaoqing soldiers—soldiers who had faced countless battles against the abominations. There were many beds, each occupied by a Cloud Knight receiving treatment. Some were gritting their teeth in pain but were otherwise stable. Others lay unconscious as doctors worked to heal their severe wounds. And some had simply succumbed, their bodies now covered with blankets as nurses moved them elsewhere.

It was a grim scene, but not an unfamiliar one. This was war.

But this wasn't even the worst part.

A large group of Abominations had recently attacked one of the least frequented areas of the Yaoqing Ship. Despite that, it was still home to many civilians—civilians who had the misfortune of living in a place where the presence of Cloud Knights was scarce. It had been destruction in the purest sense of the word.

Now, she walked down another corridor of the same hospital, but this time, the beds were occupied by civilians—people who had lost their homes, families, and friends.

Feixiao always walked through places like these after returning from the battlefield to assess the aftermath. She could have gone straight to her office or home after fighting the abominations for hours, but she didn't.

She always felt the need to know how the people of Yaoqing were doing after attacks like these. She wanted to make sure that at least most lives had been saved...

Was she being arrogant for admitting that she did this just to see how many people had been saved thanks to her? It was as if, even now, she was still testing her ability to be a General capable of protecting everyone.

What did it matter? The important thing was the civilians' lives.

"I highly doubt you got yourself hurt, so I assume you're here to check on the others, aren't you?"