Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

That was Desdobia.

.........

"I have no intention of deceiving you."

Desdobia took a deep breath and stood before the hundred carefully selected warriors, most of whom she recognized.

"Next, we will have to use our lives to buy time, and we will become the most conspicuous targets."

I could vaguely sense the enemy's direction. The moment we approached her, we would be subjected to the most intense attack, with almost... no chance of survival.

"..."

All one hundred soldiers watched her in silence, without uttering a word.

"I have no right to choose for you."

Desdobia continued speaking,

"So, those who refuse this action, leave now."

"What will you do, Captain, if we leave?"

One of the members of Desdobia's team stared intently at her; he was a friend Desdobia had known since joining the Firemoth.

“I have made my choice, that’s why I’m standing here.”

"Desse Dobia said."

"If the captain wants to die, then I'll die with you."

The soldier nodded upon hearing this, revealing a hearty smile.

"But……"

Desdobia hesitated for a moment, but couldn't say anything.

"Even if it's a fusion warrior, a little girl is standing here, how can we back down?"

"I... I'm still a little scared... No, but I'll go with you!"

"If we run away from death out of fear, then humanity is doomed."

"I really don't know if my family will live to see the end of the world."

"Everyone has their own reasons; if they refused, no one would come."

……

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, but no one backed down. They eventually looked at Desdobia, awaiting her instructions.

"If possible, I hope one of us can come back alive..."

Desdovia pursed her lips, not wanting to show any weakness.

"Live to see tomorrow's dawn! We are moths drawn to the flame, living towards death!"

But our sacrifice will never be in vain; we entrust the opportunity and meaning of life to the next living person!

No matter how long it takes, no matter what sacrifices are involved, dawn will surely come, it will!

Oh, world, you are so cruel.

All we want is tomorrow, but you always cruelly blind us.

Even the moth that chases the flame only sees the flame as dawn...

We too must use our own bodies to make that fire burn even more fiercely!

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

When Kevin arrived, the sight she saw left her utterly dumbfounded.

He escaped the dream through the precepts, and Sue found the Herrscher's location. They finally ushered in the dawn of victory.

But when he arrived at the scene as fast as he could, he saw his comrade-in-arms, who was impaled by the Honkai Beast's spear and unable to move.

"Aa ...

When Kevin came to his senses, he was already roaring, though he didn't know what he was roaring about.

Perhaps it was anger, perhaps it was confusion, perhaps it was guilt, perhaps it was regret.

He tore the Honkai Beast to pieces, but could only watch helplessly as his comrade, with a gaping hole in his chest, collapsed against the stone wall.

That's Daisy Dobby.

"Desdovia! Hold on, reinforcements..."

Kevin's words were left unsaid, as if stuck in his throat, and he stared blankly at his friend.

She is dead.

Her eyes lost their former luster, and glaring blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, staining her chest crimson.

The splattered blood stained the entire wall red, like a flag.

She lay there, no longer breathing, just a corpse.

Desdovia is dead.

He didn't even leave a last word.

Kevin had no idea what she was thinking or what she wanted to say in the end.

She left nothing behind.

"..."

Kevin knelt before her, silent, as transparent water droplets fell to the ground and froze into ice.

He was the strongest fusion warrior, but he couldn't do anything.

In the end, he simply closed Desdovia's eyes in silence.

He stood up, walked towards the enemy, and never looked back.

He wanted to get there before anyone else.

He could no longer allow anyone to die before him.

Absolutely not.

The fusion warriors who arrived later all fell silent before this "flag." Every one of them knew her, and every one of them had received a gift from her.

Apart from Melutina and Su, who were stationed there, everyone else was there.

Alicia, Mebius, Aponia, Sakura, Senju, and then Velvet who arrived later.

No one uttered a sound. The distant flames proclaimed Kevin's victory, yet they couldn't even muster a cheer.

"...What a silly girl."

The first to speak was Mebius, who said in a low voice before turning and walking away.

That was the way back; she didn't even have the heart to look at the Herrscher who had just died.

"It is inconvenient to view such a remains."

"Expert" Vervi hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"I'll give it to her..."

Vivi couldn't bring herself to say the words "collecting corpses," so she silently began making a metal coffin under everyone's watchful eyes.

Aponia lowered her head and used a towel to wipe the blood from Desdobia's face.

Qianjie turned his face away, silently walked to the side, and didn't say a word.

Sakura's face looked terrible, and she finally closed her eyes, unable to bear to look any longer.

Alicia lost her usual smile and sat down next to Aponia to help her prepare her body for the afterlife.

The cheers of the people in the distance carried so clearly.

But on this battlefield, there was no sound at all.

.........

From that day on, everyone suddenly realized that something was missing from their lives.

Because no one will give him the same gift every year on his birthday or any other holiday.

This puzzled Desmond's old classmates, who tried to contact and inquire through various channels.

They all received the same answer, without prior agreement.

The girl who took the initiative to express kindness to them is no longer here.

It is said that at the funeral of a certain soldier, the number of people who came to mourn almost completely surrounded the moths drawn to the flame.

Despite their deep longing for the girl, they could never see her again.

People always think they'll see each other again sometime, but when they actually do...

Perhaps it's already a paradise on earth.

.........

"I don't believe that anyone can really make friends with everyone, but after meeting her, I do."

Even the worst person will show a gentle side in front of her, simply because it is Desdobia before him.

.........

"You treat the world with kindness, and you only hope that the world will treat you with kindness in return."

—A gift to Daisy Dobby

Chapter 106 Are you Mebius's daughter? (doge)

"So no one was caught in the end?"

"Conductor" Velvi sipped her coffee and looked at Melutina in front of her.

"It's really surprising. This kind of Honkai disease shouldn't happen so easily."