Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

Alicia asked blankly.

"Then... what about Melutina?"

"Of course Melutina does. Did Mei know her before?"

Alicia pressed for more information with great interest.

"Yes, just like Kevin and Hua."

Raiden Mei nodded.

"She told me that she was a scientist from a previous civilization, physically weak, and burdened with the mark of the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Useless as a chicken? Hahahaha..."

Alicia laughed so hard she almost fell over, as if she had heard a joke.

"...What's wrong?"

Raiden Mei, hands on her hips, asked with slight dissatisfaction.

"No, no, sorry, hahaha... But Mei, there really isn't the mark of [Heaven] here. As for the answer to your question, let's wait until you meet Meltina."

Alicia wiped away her tears and said with a smile.

"...Then, when will I be able to see her? And the rest of the heroes?"

Raiden Mei frowned and asked.

"That depends on the wishes of the remaining Yingjie, but don't worry, they should all be interested in you?"

Alicia smiled.

"And I'll help Mei, okay?"

"Ha, who knows, he might die in there one day."

However, Qianjie responded with sarcasm.

"Let's wash our faces and go back to sleep, Herrscher."

"you……"

Raiden Mei nearly had a stroke, but she forcibly suppressed her anger.

"In short, I will continue to explore."

Watching Raiden Mei's retreating figure, Alicia looked at Senju with some annoyance.

"Senju, do you think if Mei keeps asking questions that way, what if she gets... when she meets Meltina?"

As things stand, Raiden Mei's question can't be considered a landmine...

It can only be described as recklessly flirting with death, or simply put, dancing in a minefield.

"That depends on whether she really knows Melutina, but..."

A thousand tribulations sneered.

“Those 50,000 years outside don’t belong to Melutina here.”

"This is really frustrating!"

Although Alicia's face did not actually show a similar expression.

.........

"That's unexpected. Aren't you going to say anything this time?"

Mebius, who was looking at the documents, suddenly looked up at the girl next to him.

"Doctor, you must have your reasons for doing this."

Melutina shook her head.

"What's the truth?"

You will fail.

Melutina answered honestly.

"……snort."

Mebius snorted, but didn't say anything.

"She seems to know you in real life, why don't you go and meet her?"

"...Those fifty thousand years did not belong to me."

Melutina shook her head, and after a moment, she said,

"I am merely a remnant of a previous civilization, not a leader living in a new civilization."

"is it?"

Möbius glanced at her.

"A person's destiny is their character. And that character is your destiny."

"Perhaps, but at least for now, I exist here only as one of the Thirteen Heroes... as Alicia's companion."

Melutina stretched out her hand, and a gray crystal flower appeared.

"At least this time, I'm going to create a Happy Ending that belongs only to her. For me, this paradise exists for this purpose."

Chapter Two: Raiden Mei Stopped Thinking

"As expected, there's still no progress."

Raiden Mei sheathed her weapon, looked at the unchanged paradise, sighed, and stepped into the next level.

"That's it for today..."

Raiden Mei was about to finish quickly and leave when she noticed a strong sense of unease.

"I should have chosen Kevin's mark just now."

However, there were no Honkai Beasts in front of them as usual.

"That's right, but you don't need to panic."

From the shadows, a thin, frail-looking figure emerged.

"I've already dealt with the Honkai Beasts here, outsiders."

"Oh? I've heard many titles before, but 'outsider'... this is the first time."

Raiden Mei drew her weapon and pointed it diagonally at the "stranger".

"Are you the new hero?"

“Outsider, of course you are an outsider. Paradise is our paradise, it is a pure land that exists because of her, and your existence is nothing but noise.”

The person in the shadows said coldly, and Raiden Mei vaguely saw that she seemed to have a pair of very conspicuous horns on her head.

"Oh? Is that so? Then you've come to see me to drive me away, or to purge me from my life?"

Raiden Mei was not about to back down because of this level of provocation, and retorted sarcastically.

"Purge? No, even if it's a stray dog ​​on the street, as long as it has Alicia's permission, I won't say anything."

A pale, almost sickly-looking little girl emerged from the shadows.

"I'm just here to warn you that you'd better leave on your own before the Doctor does anything."

"You are……?"

"You don't need to know who I am, outsider. All you need to know is that you should leave now."

Melutina said coldly.

"You mean the Doctor? Could it be Dr. Mei from the previous civilization?"

Raiden Mei, of course, wasn't going to slink away just because of that one sentence.

"Dr. Mei? Ha... You dare say that with that face of yours?"

Melutina sneered.

“I have no interest in you, nor in whether you are a Herrscher or not, nor in the purpose of Kevin outside. Similarly, I will not give you my mark.”

“I thought Qianjie was already rude enough, but I didn’t expect there to be someone even more arrogant than him.”

Raiden Mei, having been repeatedly provoked, also started to get a little angry.

"Why don't you try it yourself and see if you have the right to look down on me?"

"Try it? You're not qualified to try it with me."

"Chidori...draw your sword!"

Raiden Mei unleashed a slash that tore through space, unleashing a torrent of lightning that ravaged the area.

But when the lightning subsided, Ying Jie, whom she considered extremely arrogant, still stood there motionless, without losing a single hair.

"I'll only say this one last time."

Melutina didn't care at all what she wanted to do or what she did.

"Leave this place with the truth you seek."

Then, she disappeared from Raiden Mei's sight.

"What a strange fellow... Could there be more than one Thousand Tribulations in Paradise?"

Raiden Mei exhaled, sheathed her weapon, and left without looking back.

……

Paradise Hall

"Hmm? You've met a new hero??"

Seeing Raiden Mei puffing out her cheeks, Alicia asked her a question and then said in surprise.

"The hero who hasn't even appeared yet... You've encountered Dr. Mebius?"