Recalling the crimes Otto once committed, Durandal shook her head and said, "The things you did to me, of course I can't forgive. But the cultivation you gave me, I also will not forget."
"And, even now I still believe..."
"Deep down, in some form, you still believe in the things you taught us to believe in."
Durandal's words made Otto, who had experienced five hundred years of vicissitudes, feel a bit emotional.
If one were to say, in this world, if there were still two people who would look at this villain from a different perspective, then one would be his granddaughter Theresa, and the other would be Durandal standing before him.
Thinking of this, Otto sighed helplessly and said, "Heh~ Stubborn child…"
"To be honest, I'm very gratified that you were able to defeat me, stop my plan, this is an incredible achievement..."
"Make use of those experiences, and you will eventually defeat the Finality, bringing lasting light to this world you cherish."
At this point, Otto's tone became lighter.
"And I also now have the chance... to do what I've always wanted to do."
Although Otto didn't specify what he wanted to do, everyone present knew what he was referring to.
Right after, as Durandal wished, Otto revealed the whole truth.
In summary, although Otto made a deal with the Honkai Will, for the sake of the Herrscher, he even acted for the False God through the Imaginary Tree.
However, all of this was on the premise that Otto willingly became a slave of the Imaginary Tree.
So, Otto placed a bet in his heart, he bet that the miracles created by human will could make the Law of the Imaginary Tree fail for a brief moment.
Thus allowing him to seize that opportunity to create a new branch on the Imaginary Tree, one that belonged solely to Kallen.
Although the price of doing this was Otto's death, even his existence being erased, Otto casually said that wasn't this exactly the happy ending of a play?
Indeed, whether it was Kiana, or Durandal, or even Otto who played the villain in this drama...
They all obtained what they wanted.
In the final farewell, Otto set aside that flamboyant facade and sincerely expressed his gratitude to the two of them.
"Thank you… for letting me, in the last moment of my life, witness the miracle that belonged only to me and her."
"In the end, I will die carrying all my sins, and for you who still choose to move forward..."
"Even though the road to eliminate the Honkai and defeat Finality remains winding and difficult, at the end of that road, there truly exists light."
"Farewell, heroes…"
"Tell Theresa… I'm sorry, her grandfather won't be able to attend her coronation ceremony."
After seeing this scene, people in the real world felt mixed emotions.
They really didn't expect that everything Otto did was, as he said, to save the saint in his heart, Kallen Kaslana.
And in this final farewell, they could all feel that the emotion conveyed in Otto's words was not false.
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[...]
[I really didn't expect I'd one day cry over a villain's death]
[Otto truly is a villain, but he's also a man worthy of respect]
[Ughhh... Pure-love war god Otto...]
[Sometimes I wonder, if Kallen hadn't died, would Otto have become the main force resisting the Honkai?]
[Too bad, things didn't go that way]
[Farewell, Otto Apocalypse...]
[Farewell, former Overseer of Schicksal...]
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[Back to the Video]
With the farewell comments filling the screen, the scene transitioned into a mysterious space covered in red sand.
And this was exactly the other side of the Will that Otto had spoken of.
Otto dragged his scarred body, staggering toward the distant Imaginary Tree, while recounting his life.
"Fate… really is such a fragile thing."
"When I was little, my sister died in battle..."
"They told me, her soul was undying, her spirit would rise to heaven."
"Generation after generation, humans always enjoy deceiving themselves with such lies. Believing in so-called afterlives, believing in the eternity of consciousness…"
At the same time, in the real world, after truly understanding what Otto was about to do, the comment section changed its tone and began cheering him on.
Though Otto was a villain in their eyes, still...
He was also a man who gave everything to save his beloved.
"I once fantasized, that the human soul exists in a higher dimension."
"Imagined that one day, the one I cared for could return to the world with a new body, and live on in a better future."
"But sadly, the rules of the world aren't like that..."
"Unless… we reverse time, awaken the silent island of graves. And the price… is merely one person's death, one person's destruction…"
"And the 'Honkai' that was already trying to kill us."
Saying this, Otto took a deep breath.
"Theresa, my dear granddaughter, you are growing into a great leader…"
"Given time, you will make people forget your grandfather, let his rights and wrongs vanish into history, disappear from gossip."
Perhaps because he mentioned Theresa again, Otto's tone became a bit softer.
"It's just… once in a while, eat some fruits and vegetables other than bitter melon."
"You always stay up late, your body needs more diverse nutrition."
"You know… for tomorrow's coronation ceremony, grandpa sewed the Archbishop's mantle for you by hand…"
"If you don't mind, then use it to begin your era, and wash away the stains that grandpa left on it."
In the real world, some viewers, more sensitive and quick to tears, had already gotten their eyes wet.
At this moment, Otto truly seemed like a kind and loving grandfather, speaking his heart to his granddaughter.
It reminded many of those parents or elders who loved them selflessly and never asked for anything in return.
In the screen, Otto was still walking toward the Imaginary Tree.
"I don't need anyone to judge me, because in these long yet fleeting five hundred years…"
"It was merely a man, for the sake of his one-sided feelings, giving everything he could."
"Despicableness, I will bring it into the grave; light, will be the future you reach out to."
Seeing the Imaginary Tree getting closer and closer, Otto paused.
He took a deep breath, as if preparing for something. "I deceived friends, deceived kin, deceived the world and its rules..."
"All just to give the only real you a second life."
"I'm back…"
"Kallen."
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