The Male Student (A Honkai Impact 3rd Fanfiction)

Chapter 20: Final Stand

"Oni?" She called out, finding him outside at the front yard, curled in a ball with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Go back in, Sis. It's too dangerous for you to be out," he said to her. Due to the nature of the Herscherr Gems, in which he witnessed for himself, anyone with low fortitude against the Honkai will immediately turn into a zombie upon getting close to her.

He had to put the infected down before anyone suspected anything. That, and he told her to order him to kill it to cement their master-servant 'relationship' in front of the others nearby. They were in a city, after all.

"Why about you though?" She asked, tilting her head.

"I'll be fine. I just need time to calm down," he assured her, looking down to his crotch again. Seeing the sorry status really made Jong Byul sorry for the boy. . . And yet at the same time she was also enjoying the sight, as a smile unconsciously formed in her face alongside a yandere expression. However, her common sense overruled her emotion, as she then began to frown as she approached the boy.

"Are you sure? You seem really sad," she told him, sitting beside him.

"Isn't that natural?" He asked back, peeking out of his ball to look at her.

"Hmm~ I'm not sure. Is it natural for males to cry when they've been hurt?"

"It is."

"Then it's natural."

The two were silent, as Karna slowly began to calm down. He doesn't know what was going on inside the house, but he really wanted to be alone from them. They had caused too much emotional pain, and he really needed to calm down. Maybe the purple haired beside him had made him comfortable enough to move on, albeit temporarily.

But he was still on a mission to send her to Otto, and that was his first priority. Anything else beyond that was left to his own undoing.

"Are you okay now, Oni?" She asked.

"Yeah." He sighed. "I am."

It was supposedly morning, the clouds a bright blue with white fluffy clouds. This was a contrast against what was ongoing in that country. He was glad that the house they were in was far enough from the city to prevent any suspicion on his part, and was also not in the watch of the Busan government, allowing him to be able to finally communicate and converse with Otto without relative disturbance from them jamming his comms.

That was how he was able to contact him in the first place. To tell him that the mission was finally completed, even if it was two years late. Now the team that was sent to get him was here, and he thought he was able to get away with them.

But then those soldiers took hold of Max. He knew what they'd do to him if they took him away to their HQ, and he had to act fast before he was taken away and subsequently probed. In the ass. For some sadistic reason.

They don't treat males well here.

Actually scratch that. Males here are basically downgraded to animals and slaves with no thoughts but to obey their masters.

"Oni, do you feel all better now?" Jong Byul asked, holding his hand. She knew that the boy shouldn't be this depressed all the time, so she looked at him with genuine concern.

"Just a little. Go back in the house now, will you?" He asked. She nodded before the two heard heavy footsteps in the distance. Slowly the sound began to become louder, and Karna knew what this meant.

"Jong Byul. Tell them to hide. They've found us."

"Huh? Why? Aren't they your friends?"

"Those guys are gonna bring us to someplace safe, but if the government finds them, we won't be safe at all."