Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

Because I am the one receiving charity.

I know they don't like me.

They adopted me under pressure, not of their own volition, I understand.

I am not their child, I understand.

I should be more sensible.

I should restrain myself.

I should be a little selfish.

……

But I still reached out to the bullied girl, climbed over the wall, and sent the thug to prison.

All that could be seen was the girl's ugliness and humiliation.

I went to university under the cold shoulder of my adoptive parents. I started earning money from the moment I enrolled and lived frugally.

University tuition is too high, and I don't want to continue to put up with their cold shoulders.

My dinner usually consists of just a sandwich and coffee, but that's what I like.

I looked at the sea, sat on a bench, and ate my sandwich bite by bite.

I graduated.

Instead of pursuing a law master's degree, he used the money he had saved up during his university years to become a freelance journalist.

Those were days of uncertainty, making me miss my sandwiches and coffee.

My fame is growing, but my wallet is always empty.

They always thought I was some kind of rich girl, but I was just envious of the bread they had.

But I didn't find it hard. I met many good people, but their lives often didn't end well.

This makes me very sad. I write a lot of articles that don't make me money in order to help them, but in the end I get kicked out and have to pack my bags and leave.

"Why are you helping us? You're a woman with impure motives."

"It's just funny."

Of course, doing this kind of thing will only make you more suspicious in the end.

Over time, I've come to believe that I'm a morally corrupt, pleasure-seeking swindler.

But I'm always short of money. I must be the most pathetic scammer in the world.

Whether they are good people or bad people, they can't see through me.

But what can be done?

Sometimes when I look in the mirror and into my own eyes, I don't even know what I'm thinking.

Once a person starts deceiving themselves, there's no going back.

.........

If, if...

If it's not too late now.

If, if...

I really have a choice.

So even if it's just for this moment, just in front of him, am I...?

Can I be my true self for once?

Can I... take his outstretched hand?

.....................

"A thousand tribulations..."

Nino looked up at Qianjie, slowly raised her hand, seemingly hesitant, but finally she mustered her courage and reached out her hand.

"..."

Qianjie remained silent, turned his head, and extended his hand.

If only this cruel world could take a nap.

The next second, Qianjie suddenly felt the softness and warmth in his arms, and something else that was more familiar to him.

"...You're so stupid, and I'm stupid too."

Familiar...

Bloody smell.

But that wasn't his blood, it wasn't.

If only that were the case.

"Nino!!!"

Qian Jie let out a thunderous roar.

She was pierced through, in the previous second.

But it should have been pierced through...

It should be him and her.

"traitor……"

A distraught man lay sprawled on the beach, his blood staining the nearby sea crimson. It appeared he was one of the Herrschers defeated at sea.

"Why did you betray us? I trusted you so much... I trusted you so much... You... betrayer... liar... filthy woman... ugly monster, fat pig, you... you..."

"Scum!!!"

Qianjie gripped the spike that had deviated from Nino's body and twisted it off violently. The man let out a pig-like scream, as if it were his own hand that had been transformed.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The flames unleashed by the enraged Thousand Calamities burned the entire beach to ashes, and the man howled in agony before turning to ash.

"Nino! Nino! Can you hear me? Aren't you a Herrscher?! Don't fall because of this injury! Nino!"

Qianjie placed her on the ground and roared.

"...Ha, just like a child."

Nino's beautiful eyes lost their luster. She looked at Qianjie, then suddenly reached out and removed his mask.

"This is the best ending... If a thousand people were to die, I wouldn't be able to control myself... Falling before awakening is the only answer."

Nino suddenly smiled, and she reached out her hand, which Qianjie grasped tightly.

"I've found the answer I'm looking for."

"What kind of answer is that! You're not allowed to die! I'm taking you to Mebius! Now! Right now!"

"Ha...haha...you don't understand...there are times when you don't understand me either..."

Nino felt her core gradually crumbling, just as she had anticipated. Before the thousand were united, she was merely one part of that thousand, someone who could be killed.

“I have reached out my hand countless times... but very few others have reached out their hand to me... Himeko was the first, and you are the second.”

"I don't accept it..."

Qianjie grabbed her hand, feeling the warmth fading, and shouted loudly.

"I cannot accept this! It cannot be meaningless! The death of a good person! It cannot be meaningless!"

"A thousand tribulations..."

Nino placed his hand on Qianjie's face.

“This time, you won. You really won... I didn’t lie to you.”

"..."

Qian Jie remained silent. He desperately hoped that the girl would lie to him and say that she wouldn't die and that she could live.

"This is my mask, I'm giving it to you..."

The faint Honkai energy in Nino's hand coalesced, eventually forming a black and gold mask.

"When I put on the mask... I was lying... so now that I'm giving it to you, I won't lie anymore..."

You carry it with you, and you won't lie. A thousand tribulations—this is the best ending.

"This ending... is not good at all."

Qianjie's face was hidden under a mask, but even so, Nino couldn't see his face clearly.

"How long does it actually take for a person to..."

Nino felt the warmth slipping away from her; she wanted to leave behind one last sentence.

Only then can I... at the end of time... reclaim... my original self... through countless tribulations... I've reclaimed myself...

...............

"Life is just an empty puppet show. It's like a dream. When you wake up, there's nothing left."

—Nino

His name is Nino

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Chapter Ninety-One: A Thousand Tribulations Against Melutina

Nino is a very kind girl, but she doesn't realize it.

She felt she was doing something wrong, but I think her behavior was even cute compared to that of a real villain.