In the end, Shun still couldn't rest that night. It seemed his mother-in-law was indeed an experienced person. Knowing she couldn't stop them, she could only advise them to exercise some restraint.
The next morning, while Shun was cooking curry and coffee on the first floor of Leblanc, Ana was still sleeping upstairs.
"Mm, it's almost done. Looks like the Leblanc-style curry I made isn't bad." After all, curry was a dish that didn't require much technical skill. As for whether eating curry in the morning was unhealthy or not… emmm, do you think it's still morning right now?
After all, they had gone to bed very late last night, and it was already almost noon. Although this kind of schedule wasn't healthy, it felt great. It could be said to be the unified vacation schedule of college students across the country.
"Mm, it's almost done. I should call Ana down to eat." Shun had the passive ability of the Abyss Flower continuously providing vitality. The ring Ana had couldn't do that.
Although Ana was both unskilled and loved to play, she was exhausted every night. He still felt sorry for his wife, so he couldn't bear to wake her up.
With a series of light footsteps "tap tap tap" sounding out, Shun turned his head and saw Ana wearing loose pajamas, slowly walking down the stairs. She sat down at one of Leblanc's tables, reached out and picked up the coffee Shun had already brewed, and gently took a sip.
"You're awake? Did I accidentally wake you up?" Shun asked with concern.
"No, it's not that. I woke up naturally. I'm not a pig. How could I sleep for so long?" Ana answered with a light laugh. Her voice carried a trace of laziness and relaxation from having slept for a long time.
"Shun, where are we going today?"
"Mm… Let's go to Meiji Shrine, then make a trip to Senso-ji Temple, and then go to Akihabara to take a look…"
"Mm hmm, Akihabara huh…" Ana muttered the name but didn't say anything. After all, it was Shun's hobby, and she had often been exposed to ACG culture since she was young, so she naturally had no resistance to it.
After solving lunch, Shun and Ana continued their Tokyo honeymoon trip. Since Yoyogi Station, where Leblanc was located, was still quite close to Meiji Shrine, they arrived very quickly.
Weddings were held here every day. The wedding ceremony at Meiji Shrine was considered very dignified and solemn. Many people from the Far East had a special longing to hold their wedding here.
But for Shun, it was just like that. The reason he came to visit this place was because of some special reasons. He didn't actually like this place. He had no longing for the Far East's traditional culture.
Shun stood at a distance. His gaze passed through the crowd and landed on the wedding scene. Today's newlyweds were particularly eye-catching. The bride was wearing a traditional white shiromuku, pure and elegant. Her dark red long hair was especially conspicuous among the crowd, adding a touch of mystery and charm. Although the groom looked ordinary, he also tried hard to display his demeanor, doing his best to stand straight, appearing solemn and serious.
Most of the guests attending the wedding had expressionless faces and were wearing black suits, giving off a serious and even slightly threatening atmosphere, as if they were related to the yakuza. This atmosphere made people wonder if the groom had perhaps joined this family through marriage…
It was quite a coincidence. Shun knew that it was impossible for them to exist in this world, but seeing this scene still made him feel emotional.
"What's wrong?" Ana noticed Shun's unusual expression and also looked in the direction he was staring at. She saw the wedding that was being held there.
"Sigh, I was just thinking… if only this world didn't have so many regrets." It was true that Shun wasn't a god and couldn't do something like that. The only ones who could probably achieve something like that were Kevin's Stigmata Project or Infinite Tsukuyomi or something similar.
Although he had known the principle and essence of the Stigmata Project before crossing over, Shun still didn't approve of such an action.
If humanity had to rely on this kind of behavior to change their race and barely survive in this world, then it would be better to disappear along with civilization.
Give civilization time, rather than giving time civilization. In Shun's view, if what survived wasn't human civilization, then what meaning was there in surviving the Honkai? Could a human civilization without humans really still be called human civilization?
"Don't think too much. You've already done very well, really." Ana gently held Shun's hand, tightly wrapping his palm in her own, and comforted him softly.
"But if we want to defeat the Honkai, it's still far from enough." What he had done seemed good enough. The current civilization's combat power was much stronger than that of the same period. This could also be considered his contribution. During the peak of the Previous Era, there were still thousands of MANTIS, yet in the end they were still beaten back to reality by the Herrscher of Binding.
The problem of the Herrscher of Binding could be dealt with through Otto's plan. The other Herrschers were also manageable. Even Erosion, with the Key of Erosion in the current civilization, wouldn't be too bad in the worst case.
But in the end, Finality… Shun still didn't know how to deal with it. Kevin, the strongest person from fifty thousand years ago to today, had only managed to evaporate one-quarter of Finality's Honkai energy together with the full-power Moonlight Throne, and even then only managed to make Her go offline for twelve hours.
Now, even if all the combat power of the current civilization was added together, they might not necessarily be able to defeat Kevin. So how could they overcome Finality, something that even Kevin couldn't overcome?
"The Honkai…" When this word was mentioned, a trace of helplessness flashed across Ana's face. The Schicksal organization's struggle against the Honkai had already lasted for thousands of years. As a member of the Schariac family, one of the three great families, she naturally knew very well how troublesome and persistent the Honkai was.
It was like a shadow in the history of human civilization's development that was difficult to shake off — always following closely, impossible to completely get rid of.
"If only we could find a way to make the Honkai coexist peacefully with humanity and stop harming us…" Ana muttered to herself, but she knew clearly in her heart that this was almost an impossible fantasy. The Honkai's hostility toward humanity was deeply rooted. It wished for humanity to disappear immediately. Peaceful coexistence was easier said than done.
"Coexistence?" The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart. Shun had played Honkai Impact 3rd's main story. The ending described in it was that humanity had defeated the Honkai and sealed all the Honkai energy on the moon in some way.
But how exactly this was done wasn't mentioned. This had made Shun at the time extremely hate this kind of riddle-like behavior, and now he hated it even more.
However, the mainstream guess at the time was that Kiana had become the Herrscher of Finality, absorbed all the Honkai energy on Earth, and stayed on the moon, or had sealed the moon.
So, how exactly was this done? Could it be that Kiana had coexisted with the source of the Honkai, that Cocoon of Finality?