Chapter 154: Honkai: Star Rail — The Xianzhou General Wouldn't Dream of a Yandere Chapter 151: Kakavasha

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"The climate here is truly bizarre."

Xuan Ge stood in place, his gaze directed toward the horizon and the distant wilderness, his expression calm.

He could clearly sense that various violent forces of nature — drought, wind and thunder, meteors, fissuring earth — were rampaging across the land of Ciqiangniya-IV.

Yet where he stood at this moment, the sky was overcast, fine strands of rain falling slowly, forming a bizarre contrast with the surrounding desolation.

Beside a pit not far away, Kakavasha shrank at the cave entrance, watching that man who kept standing not far off, unwilling to leave, and his heart instantly sank halfway.

He had clearly promised his sister to hide well and not be discovered by anyone, yet he had still been found.

Kakavasha took a deep breath, mustered all his courage, slowly crawled out of the pit, tilted up his small face, and facing Xuan Ge, asked in a quiet voice:

"Who are you?"

A tender child's voice softly reverberated by Xuan Ge's ear, carrying a few parts timidity and a few parts stubbornness.

Xuan Ge slowly lowered his gaze, looking at the tiny figure before him, the corner of his mouth hooking a gentle smile:

"I thought you would keep hiding in this pit and never come out."

After he dealt with those guilty people at the space station on the outskirts of Ciqiangniya-IV, he found a place to settle.

Unintentionally, he saw this little boy hiding in this crude pit, secretly clinging to the entrance, constantly gazing outward, his eyes full of unease and hope.

"You don't seem like a bad person." Kakavasha tilted up his small face, looking at Xuan Ge, his tone still childish but with a few more parts probing.

In truth, the moment he spoke, he was very afraid of this man.

This man merely stood there quietly, yet gave him a sense of flawlessness, an unshakeable pressure, making him dare not approach easily.

"What is your name?"

Xuan Ge's gaze fell on Kakavasha's eyes, and in an instant he guessed his race — he was an Eweijin person.

These eyes were too distinctive; once seen, they could never be forgotten.

The outer ring was a black circle, inside that a layer of deep purple, further in a layer of clear blue, and finally the pupil was pure black, distinct layers, exceptionally beautiful.

Seeing this man staring at his own eyes without the slightest malice, Kakavasha decided to take a gamble.

Gamble that he was a good person.

He lightly bit his lip, and said his name in a quiet voice: "My name is Kakavasha."

"Good name, necklace is nice too." Xuan Ge's gaze inadvertently swept past the small necklace on his neck; fearing to startle this sensitive child, he deliberately changed the subject.

"Presumably, it was left to you by your family?"

Hearing these words, Kakavasha's heart instantly sank halfway again.

Actively asking about family things, however you look at it, doesn't seem like a good person.

"Are you wary of me?"

Xuan Ge saw through his tell at a glance, a trace of amusement flashing in his eyes.

This kid hides deep enough; young as he is, he has quite a few thoughts.

"Do you know Divine Might?" Xuan Ge decided to introduce himself proactively, thinking that no matter how backward a place, the words Divine Might should have been heard by someone.

"No." Kakavasha lightly shook his head, his gaze sincere, without the slightest lie.

He truly had never heard of it.

Xuan Ge smiled helplessly, no longer entangled on this matter, and then asked: "Then do you know gods?"

"I know." Kakavasha immediately nodded: "Fengge-Biyue-Di Mother Goddess is our Eweijin people's god."

He answered truthfully, without the slightest concealment.

"Hehe~ I haven't heard of this god." Xuan Ge chuckled, lightly shook his head, his tone without the slightest mockery, only a few parts helplessness.

Internal strife in this place is too severe, causing any technology to be nil.

Poverty, exhaustion are this place's unavoidable natural defects, while internal strife, burning, killing, looting are this place's main theme.

Plus the harsh weather, that there are still living people here, Xuan Ge also felt a trace of admiration.

"This is our Eweijin people's god." Kakavasha softly argued a sentence, then raised his head, seriously looking at Xuan Ge.

"But I saw you, like a meteor at the sky's edge, descend before me, so you are more impressive than a god."

Hearing this kid's words, Xuan Ge was slightly stunned, gave him a deep look, then suddenly laughed, laughing openly, without the slightest concealment.

Kakavasha forcibly suppressed the trepidation in his heart, his two small hands clenched tightly together, knuckles turning white.

He did not know whether this sentence he spoke could move this man; he only knew he was very worried about his sister's safety, and very much wanted to find his sister.

"Let's go, I'll take you to find your sister."

Xuan Ge withdrew his smile, slowly extended his hand, gesturing for Kakavasha to hold his hand.

Kakavasha abruptly lowered his head; the moment he heard the two words "sister," his pupils suddenly contracted.

Could it be he knows everything?

His heart was filled with shock and unease; he hesitated a moment, then slowly raised his head.

Kakavasha looked at Xuan Ge's extended large hand, swallowed his saliva, carefully placed his own small hand into Xuan Ge's large hand.

Xuan Ge gave a light pull, embracing Kakavasha into his arms, not minding in the slightest the mud on him contaminating his own pure white robes.

He himself couldn't figure it out; clearly he could go directly to the battlefield on Li Chunxiao's side to handle the conflict between the Katiqa Clan and the Eweijin People.

Yet he inexplicably, especially wanted to come here, especially wanted to find this tiny figure.

"I am not as impressive as your Mother Goddess."

Xuan Ge lowered his head, looking at Kakavasha in his arms — motionless, body taut — and spoke softly.

"Why do you say that?"

Kakavasha stirred slightly, covertly using her hem to wipe her fingers clean, only then daring to lightly clutch Xuan Ge's hem, gripping it tightly, afraid she would fall.

"Because it was your Mother Goddess who sent me here to find you." Xuan Ge's voice was gentle and earnest.

Hearing this, Kakavasha fell silent in an instant, her small face full of contemplation; after a long while she said quietly:

"May the Mother Goddess close her eyes for you thrice."

This is the Eweijin People's blessing phrase.

Xuan Ge smiled, raised his hand, and lightly rubbed Kakavasha's soft pale-gold hair:

"It should be 'May the Mother Goddess close her eyes for you thrice,' not for me."

"You just said I'm very strong; I am naturally of the same rank as your Mother Goddess."

Kakavasha nodded as if half-understanding, lifted her head, and with those large eyes of distinct tiers gazed earnestly at Xuan Ge.

The timidity in his eyes gradually dissipated a few degrees, replaced by a thread of trust.