Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

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"Wollrich? What's your relationship with Möbius?"

Kevin seemed to have a strange expression.

"Yes, it was my mother... Well, I used my mother's spot this time, and Miss Eden seems to have agreed."

Hikigaya Umehime nodded.

“Mébius…’s daughter? She…”

"When did she get married?!"

Instantly, a pink-haired girl rushed out and shoved Kevin's head down.

"No, Mother didn't get married either..."

"An extramarital affair! What on earth is Aunt Mebius doing?!"

Another strange woman with unusually colored, center-parted hair opened her window upstairs and shouted down.

"Wait, Velvet, let me ask first..."

The pink-haired girl interjected.

"Ah...how heartbreaking...Mébius, in the end, even crossed the line of morality..."

A blonde woman who had just returned from grocery shopping looked sad.

"..."

Hikigaya Umeki is completely bewildered.

……

A few days ago

"I need to move out for a while."

Hikigaya Umeki suddenly said this while she was eating.

"Eh?"

Hachiman Hikigaya paused for a moment.

"Preparing for the exam? No problem, I agree."

Mebius said without looking up.

"Wait, what about my food?"

Hachiman Hikigaya attempts to salvage the situation.

"Find your own way. You're seventeen already, aren't you?"

Mebius replied without hesitation,

"By the way, I'll arrange the accommodations, is that alright?"

"Yes Yes."

"It just so happens that your Uncle Hen's daughter is also taking the art college entrance exam. She moved in recently, so you should go there and prepare for the exam."

Möbius instructed,

“Tell the landlord, Eden, what's going on.”

……

现在

Golden Courtyard, First Floor Living Room

"Ahaha, I see. I thought Mebius had finally crossed the line of morality."

The pink-haired boy scratched his cheek.

"Is it Melutina? I'm not very good at pronouncing Japanese names, so I'll just call you by your German name, Melutina."

"Yes, no problem. May I ask who you are?"

"Hikigaya Umehime asked tentatively."

"Um, I'm Alicia, Alicia Sabastian, from France. I'm currently a freelance journalist, and I live on the second floor."

Alicia said.

"Kevin Kaslana, an IT youth, a first-floor resident, very cool."

For some reason, Kevin introduced himself again.

"..."

What the heck was that last sentence?

“Aponia Ashford… I don’t know my country of origin… but… somewhere in Eastern Europe… I work in a sanatorium…”

The blonde woman began speaking with an inexplicably slow pace.

"Oh... I'm on the third floor."

"Next, it's my turn! I am the greatest magician of the new era!..."

"Her name is Wilvi Miller, the only resident on the fourth floor, she is American and a magician."

"Wait, Eden! Let me finish."

Vivi complained, having missed her lines, when suddenly, a beautiful woman with reddish-brown hair appeared in the living room.

“Your self-introduction is too long, my dear Velvi. She is preparing for the exam and it is not appropriate to take up too much time. I am Eden Corelli, as Möbius should have already told you.”

Eden walked up to Hachiman Maki.

“Your room is on the third floor. Gretchen should be up now. She’s the same age as you, and you even have the same aspirations.”

"Yes, my mother said that I met Gretchen when I was a child."

"Hikigaya Umeki quickly said."

"That would be even better. Let me take you up. Ellie, and also, don't bother her normally."

"Alright, my good Eden."

Alicia shrugged.

"Okay, I was originally planning to let her try out my new magic trick."

"Vilvie said with little interest."

"You should be able to see the remaining residents in the next few days."

Eden pulled Hachiman Meiki towards the third floor.

"Your German name is Melutina, right?"