Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

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The End of the Chapter of the Silly Orchid

Melutina's test is to see if Durandal can find the answer to her disagreement with the most important person in her life, Rita.

By dispelling her confusion and finally emerging from the illusion, she can inherit the power left behind by Su, so that Melutina can entrust the Thousand Worlds Journey to her with peace of mind.

However, unexpectedly, Melutina misunderstood Durandal's "most important person".

Both Rita and Melutina can be defined as "the most important people," but even so, saving Melutina at that time was by no means an easy task.

Normally... that's how it is.

However, it is clear that this problem no longer exists due to a wonderful misunderstanding.

This is a world of the mind; success or failure depends on the subjective thinking of the person within the illusion.

In other words...

If Durandal clears her confusion, the illusion will dissipate.

The illusion surrounding Durandal, who had found the "answer," vanished with her "epiphany."

When she appeared, Melutina, who was sitting cross-legged under the linden tree, was shocked.

"I finally understand!"

Durandal embraced her and burst into tears.

"You are carrying too much on your shoulders, Professor Möbius!"

"........."

Melutina only had time to utter one note.

"Eh?"

.........

"He actually broke through three layers of illusion like that... No, he cleared the second one... What was I doing back then...?"

Melutina headbutted the tree.

"And to clear the game in such a bizarre way... What the heck is Professor Möbius...?"

"I didn't expect your name to actually be Melutina, teacher."

Durandal, realizing she had completely misunderstood, was quite composed.

"Haha, I never thought that sickly, chubby baby could be Teacher Medie."

"Who are you calling sickly? That's morbid beauty! Morbid beauty!"

Melutina roared.

"Really? I don't really appreciate that kind of thing. Compared to this, is this all the test is, Ms. Medie?"

"...That's fine then."

Melutina pressed her forehead.

"Anyway, you're such a natural airhead, you won't actually make a choice in the end."

"?"

Durandal tilted her head.

"This space was created using the Second Divine Key, and its creator is the character you play in the illusion, Su."

Melutina put her hands in her pockets and said...

"In the current civilization era, he was known as the Awakener. He was one of the fusion warriors of the previous civilization, and he passed away after entrusting this to me."

"Are you... going to give me the second Divine Key?"

"Consider it a gift for you, and also for Otto."

Melutina shrugged.

"However, to fulfill Otto's wish, he needs a beacon, which... is in the hands of a man named Kevin Kaslana."

"Kevin Kaslana... the leader of the World Serpents?"

"Well, based on my understanding of Otto, he might have already obtained the beacon before this. He just needs to use you, this naive and innocent girl, to take the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle from me."

Melutina sighed.

“I did have some contact with Kevin Kaslana before… and I felt he was far from giving it his all.”

Despite being called "naive and innocent," Durandal didn't react much, and she was somewhat aware that she was being used by Otto.

Looking back now, it's possible that his desire to become Ms. Medie's student wasn't truly out of concern.

"He should be dozens of times stronger than you think... In terms of pure power alone, he could kill all the Herrschers who have appeared so far, even if they were all combined."

Melutina shrugged.

"It's really come to this? But, you mean purely in terms of strength..."

Durandal was startled, then asked.

"There are many extremely special beings among the Herrschers... This Herrscher of Consciousness is one of them."

Kevin… used to be a naive and innocent girl. If it weren't for the Herrscher of Knowledge being so stupid this time, she, with Fu Hua's memories, could have taken her time and dealt with things slowly. Instead, she came knocking on her door… If anyone had used their brain, that blockhead Kevin might have been completely overwhelmed.”

Melutina said with exasperation.

“Ms. Medie… why do you seem a little regretful when you talk about this…”

Durandal touched a non-existent sweat.

"Ah... cough cough, I still quite like Kevin, hahaha. Really, I'm not kidding."

"Why don't you turn your eyes to me..."

"No matter what, you must become stronger, strong enough to defy your ancestors."

Melutina patted the silly goose on the shoulder.

"My...ancestor? Who are my ancestors?"

Durandal looked completely bewildered.

"Ah no, I mean... Honkai, yes, Honkai. In short, your current power is far from enough."

Melutina realized she had almost let something slip and quickly changed the subject.

Oh, was it a slip of the tongue?

Durandal nodded, accepting the absurd cover-up with an air of composure.

"This world bubble that exists within you..."

Melutina, fearing that if she continued talking, this naive girl would have an epiphany, touched her chest with her finger.

"Let me help you stabilize it."

.........

Headquarters of Destiny

"It seems that Bianca is about to obtain the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle."

When Otto heard Rita say that Durandal was missing, he wasn't flustered at all.

"In this way, my plan is already more than half successful; all I need to do is wait for the right opportunity."

"Lady Durandal... went to retrieve the Second Divine Key? Where is the Second Divine Key?"

Otto wasn't in a hurry, but Rita was. She held down Otto's steel arm, her face saying, "If you don't keep talking, I'll rip it off."

"...with Melutina."

Otto, whose soul steel body had already been destroyed hundreds of times by the Herrscher of Knowledge, reluctantly answered his subordinate's question.

"It's...that woman again!!"

Rita was furious for a moment, but the next second...

"Click".

Bishop Otto's arm was torn off.

"..."

.........

"You actually agreed to him?"

"A fool thinks he knows everything, but only a wise man knows his own shallowness. In this respect, he is indeed the greatest fool in the world."

Please translate this into plain language.

"He thought he knew everything, but in reality he didn't know much."

"But is that enough for him?"

"Yes, if I were him, I would be very happy too."