Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

"The jump is about to begin, passengers... Melutina, what are you doing?"

"I am stroking His Excellency the Train Conductor."

"While I'm glad you respect me so much... please take your hand away!"

……

"Heh, you really do like Pam."

Himeko, holding her coffee cup, said with a smile.

"Who wouldn't like the train conductor?"

Beside her, a woman dressed in black and white, wearing black-rimmed glasses, spoke seriously.

Where are we going this time?

"space station."

Himeko leaned back on the sofa.

"I'm going to see Black Tower."

"You can't just see Black Tower's mother whenever you want."

Melutina thought about it and felt it wasn't very reliable.

"You still call me that? Black Tower lost his temper last time."

Himeko covered her mouth and laughed.

"I only called her 'Mom' twice... Besides, her hammer was like a fake; it didn't hurt at all when it hit my face."

Melutina shrugged.

"Your face is too hard."

Dan Heng said expressionlessly.

"Aunt Mei, you're the woman who took a Star Destroyer cannon in the face, what's a mere hammer..."

The road to the intersection on March 7th.

"...Aunt Mei, I think you should stay away from us when we're talking to the Black Tower. Let's talk after we're done."

"Dan Heng said."

"Danheng is right."

March 7th said.

"Hey, you little guys, are you itching for a beating? Do you want this old lady to give you a 50,000-year-old iron fist?"

Melutina raised her fist.

"No fighting on the train, in the name of the great conductor, His Excellency Pam!"

March 7th said hurriedly.

"It's almost time, everyone get ready to get off the bus."

Himeko smiled and said.

"Hey, where's Uncle Yang?"

On March 7th, looking left and right, he asked a question.

"Xiao Yang ate my new dish yesterday... but hasn't come out yet today."

Melutina thought for a moment.

"Forehead……"

"Forehead……"

Dan Heng and March 7 looked at each other in bewilderment.

“We’re just staying here for a short while. Metty and I will go.”

Himeko interjected,

"I made a special appointment this time, it will be very quick."

"Um... Himeko, are you really going to take... Aunt Mei with you?"

March 7th revealed a horrified expression; it's unclear what considerations Himeko had in order to reach this conclusion.

"Black Tower is rather... irrational when he encounters Metti, making him a good candidate for negotiating deals."

Himeko revealed a mysterious smile.

"..."

"..."

Danheng and March 7th looked at each other again.

……

Half an hour later

"Why did you bring this guy here?!"

Black Tower stared in disbelief at the woman with black-rimmed glasses who followed Himeko in.

"Hi, Black Tower Mom, it's been 107 days and 9 hours since we last met. Have you missed me?"

Melutina greeted him with a smile.

"I wish I could multiply this number by a trillion!!!"

The Black Tower was enraged.

"I told you not to bring her!"

Estelle agreed.

Himeko said.

"what?"

Black Tower looked at the administrator of the space station next to him.

"After all, Melutina is my close friend."

Estella stuck out her tongue.

"Hmm...what brings you here this time?"

Black Tower gritted his teeth and asked.

"I want a coordinate, a planet built by the Builders, which has been out of contact with the universe for hundreds of years."

Himeko said.

"Why do you keep searching for these lost planets? How many is this now?"

The Black Tower was puzzled.

"Haven't you already been to several planets that have become ruins?"

"Find someone."

Melutina said,

"Find a lost spaceship."

"Do you think that spaceship went to some city that can't be contacted in space?"

Black Tower glanced at her.

"Do you know how many planets there are in the universe? In this situation, you can just treat it as dead. How long have you been out of contact?"

"not much."

Melutina stretched out a hand.

Five months?

"Black Tower asked."

Melutina shook her head.

Five years?

Shake head.

"Fifty years?"

"Black Tower said in surprise."

"Fifty thousand years."

Melutina said honestly.

"...Fifty thousand years is not a lot?! Even the immortal beings on the Immortal Ship don't live that long."

Black Tower said irritably.

"I can give you the coordinates, in exchange for the rare collectible I asked for last time."

"Could you please choose another one? That one belongs to Himeko..."

Melutina scratched her head.

"I can give you a picture of General Xianzhou emerging from his bath."

"What would I need that thing for... Huh? How do you have something like that?"

Black Tower paused for a moment.

"When I was traveling the universe alone before, I happened to pass by Luofu, and then followed a sister with fox ears to secretly take pictures and get paid. I was lucky enough to run into Brother Jingyuan taking a bath."

Melutina scratched her cheek.

"..."

The Black Tower fell silent.