Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

"……PhD."

"kindness?"

"Thank you."

"……for what?"

Mebius paused slightly in his walking pace, then resumed normal.

"Thank you for being willing to be my 'mother'."

Melutina said earnestly.

"...That was quite a sudden statement."

Mebius looked at her, seemingly confused.

"Our relationship from the beginning didn't seem like that of teacher and student, did it?"

Melutina stood still.

"I'm not like your assistant either."

"So you think I'm like your mother? I don't remember doing anything that would justify that title."

Mebius shook his head.

"No, what you gave me can only be described with this word."

Melutina said firmly.

"Sometimes, I really do see you as the mother I dream of. As long as you're still here, I always feel like a child. Is it a little cowardly to think like that?"

"It's okay, you're still a child, you haven't grown up yet."

Möbius turned his head and looked into the distance.

"Many of those who died were just children. I don't want to dwell on these things because I thought they had nothing to do with me, but after Desmond died, I had a vague premonition."

Perhaps even I had things I was afraid of, or things I didn't want to lose, and in the end, I did lose them.

"PhD……"

"So you have to live. If you want me to be your mother, then you can't die before me."

Möbius extended his right little finger.

"You must keep living, no matter how painful it is. When you can't hold on any longer, don't forget your promise to me."

"I never expected that a doctor would make such an agreement."

Melutina also extended her right little finger, crossing it with hers.

"Then the doctor won't die, right?"

"……Won't."

Mebius paused for a moment,

So live as long as you can. Live until dawn. See the dawn for those who can no longer see.

That's what Desdobia, Klein, and Blanca want to see. But I'm not interested, so you go see it for them.

"...I will."

Melutina said softly.

"PhD."

"kindness?"

"I can..."

Melutina seemed a little hesitant. She looked at Mebius and scratched her cheek.

"What's wrong? Just say it."

Mebius said with a puzzled look.

"May I call you 'Mom'?"

Melutina finally mustered up her courage and looked into Mebius's eyes.

"...Remember not to call out in front of outsiders."

Mebius's eyes flickered, and he turned around, continuing to walk forward as he spoke.

"kindness."

Melutina followed behind her, hesitated for a moment, then reached out and put her arm around Möbius.

"……Mother."

The sound was very soft, probably only audible to Mebius, but Mebius showed no reaction or rejection.

"kindness."

She simply gave a faint "hmm," then pointed ahead.

"Klein's gravestone is there, Blanca is with her, and Desdobia's is to the east."

"Let's take a look at Senior Sister Klein and Senior Sister Blanca first."

Melutina nodded.

"There should be a lot of people over there in Desdobia."

"She's a lovely little girl..."

Mebius stopped there and didn't say anything more.

"arrive."

"..."

Melutina and Mebius stood before the tombstone, which already bore two bouquets of flowers, one for Klein and the other for Blanca and Hen.

"Cangxuan and Danzhu have been here, haven't they?"

Mebius was not surprised.

"Doctor, it seems you're not very popular with them lately."

Melutina felt embarrassed to keep calling Mebius "Mom," so she changed her address back to "Mom."

"That's normal, Cangxuan and Danzhu..."

Mebius seemed to have too many pauses today.

"They are good kids, they just don't belong here with me."

"Although they don't agree with the doctor's ideas, they, like Senior Sister Klein, all care about you..."

"I know, I know."

Möbius sighed, put his hands in his pockets, and tilted his head back.

"But I am Möbius, and I will be Möbius until the day I die. There are some things that can't be helped, Melutina."

The fool says, "There are always more solutions than problems." That's foolish. There are many seemingly glamorous foolish statements in this world, simply used to mask so much helplessness.

"The doctor is right."

Melutina nodded.

"Let's go, I won't spend too much time reminiscing."

Möbius turned around and waved his hand.

"I won't go see her. There are plenty of people going, so one more won't make a difference. You can go and see her for me."

"Okay, take care."

Melutina watched Möbius walk away, then stood silently in front of the tombstone for a while before walking in another direction.

At another tombstone, she encountered someone unexpected.

"Although I didn't expect her grave to be empty, I didn't expect it to be you, Kevin."

Melutina looked at the man, whose expression remained as cold as ever, and spoke.

“...I bear a great responsibility for Desdobia’s death.”

Kevin said in a low voice,

“If I hadn’t collapsed, Mei wouldn’t have had to take such a risk.”

Even if it's not your fault, you still wouldn't listen, would you?

"..."

Kevin didn't reply. After a moment, he said...

"I wish I could become stronger."

"Stronger...?"

Melutina didn't know what he was referring to. She knelt down and placed the flowers in front of Desdobia's tombstone.

“I have other people to mourn, and since you are with her, I won’t stay here any longer.”

Melutina stood up, then gave a wry smile.

"I really don't want to be this busy at this time."

"Tombstones are not for the dead, but for ourselves."

Kevin said in a low voice,

"It's just to make us feel better."

"..."

Melutina didn't know how to answer either, and in the end, the two of them looked at each other in silence.

At that moment, Melutina suddenly remembered Velvi, whom she had met during the day.

In fact, she probably doesn't understand her companions at all.