Chapter 435

"Theresa, my dear granddaughter..."

"You are becoming a great leader."

"In time, you will make the world forget your grandfather, letting his rights and wrongs vanish into history and fade from conversation."

"It's just... you should occasionally eat some fruits and vegetables other than bitter melon."

"You always stay up late; your body should be getting more nutrition..."

"Do you know... for tomorrow's coronation ceremony, I sewed the Archbishop's mantle for you with my own hands..."

"If you don't mind... then use it to start your own era... and wash away the stains your grandfather once left upon it..."

In these final moments, Otto truly acted like a loving elder.

With his slightly hoarse voice, he expressed his care for Theresa.

Otto truly cared for and loved Theresa.

Although this care still held a position in Otto's heart below that of "Kallen."

But apart from Kallen, Otto cared most about Theresa without a doubt.

And listening to these words Otto said to Theresa, many players couldn't help but recall Theresa's chapter in the side story.

【Today is the day Theresa first fights a Honkai beast.】

【Fortunately, the one to be subjugated is merely a Chariot-class Honkai beast.】

【I have also carefully inspected the equipment she is using.】

【I have also added her favorite bitter melon juice to her food.】

【The skirt of her nun's habit has also been washed properly.】

These words were all Otto's confession from that side story chapter.

Every single sentence revealed his deep care for Theresa.

But because of everything Otto did to Kiana and the others—

Awakening the Herrscher of the Void, causing Himeko's death, shooting Fu Hua...

And judging from the plot at the time, Otto seemed not to care about Theresa's life or death.

All of this led players to mistakenly believe that Otto's kindness to Theresa was just for show.

The words he said in side story 527 were naturally mistaken for lies.

Only now, with these heartfelt words before Otto's death, do the players truly understand—

He really cared about Theresa.

Even if he let down everyone in the world, one could absolutely not say he let down Theresa.

And this kind of family affection is the most moving.

Therefore, at this moment, Otto temporarily made everyone forget all the merits and demerits he had once committed.

Now, he is just an ordinary man about to die...

"My old friends..."

"Immortal Fu Hua, Herrscher of Reason... they are all truly good people who will surely help you walk a path of your own."

"And Bianka... my final student..."

At this point, Otto laughed at himself: "Heh~"

"I manipulated your life, planned your destiny, while giving you the genuine affection of a mentor, yet treating you as a pawn to be used at will..."

"Do you know... everything I showed you in these last ten years—"

"Was merely so that after I vanish like this, someone might erect a nameless monument for me..."

【Tearing up, sob sob... QAQ】

【Why is a villain written so fully, ahhhhh...】

【Although I especially hate Otto, at this very moment, I really can't bring myself to hate him anymore QAQ】

【I really want to go up and support the Archbishop QAQ】

【I think I heard a sob in the protagonist's voice QAQ】

【Otto... truly makes one love and hate him at the same time...】

【Before, I thought I would applaud Otto's death, but now...】

【Damn Mihuyou... you are really too good at this QAQ】

【Otto is indeed bad, but now I think he can't be considered unforgivable...】

【I have already projected myself as Kallen QAQ】

【Damn! The person above...】

Before this chapter came out, almost all players were looking forward to Otto showing his health bar.

Otto did indeed show his health bar.

Players were indeed able to beat Otto up.

But at this moment, no one cared anymore.

Watching Otto step by step approach the Imaginary Tree, they subconsciously began to root for him.

You must succeed...

And just as Otto finally approached the Imaginary Tree, the screen cut off abruptly.

The game also turned into the level settlement screen.

Everyone was not disappointed; instead, they felt a faint sense of excitement.

Because the animated short for this chapter hadn't played yet!

Sure enough, when the game returned to the level selection interface, the final play button had been unlocked.

Elysia did not hesitate and quickly clicked the play button.

The screen opened with that same Damn Mihuyou logo.

Following it was a piece of sorrowful piano music.

Using such music to accompany a villain who had committed every evil was originally somewhat inappropriate.

But paired with the current Otto, and what Otto was about to do... it seemed incredibly fitting.

The players' hearts also began to calm down along with Otto's narration.

"When a person truly wants to change the world..."

"Only then do they realize how small an individual's power is..."

The scene slowly unfolded.

Withered vines, dim crows...

The scene of the solar eclipse in the sky seemed to foreshadow the saint's fate.

Even the cathedral, which should have been holy, seemed shrouded in a heavy haze.