Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

"Ah!"

"Waaah!"

Once again, the Kendo Club's ace player knocked the club president to the ground.

"That's too much! That's just too much! What kind of superhuman strength do you have?!"

Alec rubbed his bottom and complained.

"You've surpassed me! I, a burly man of 1.85 meters, have been surpassed by a woman who's only 1.6 meters tall!"

"Didn't you have an upset stomach recently?"

No matter how you look at it, this can't be considered normal, and Chitose is starting to doubt himself.

"No way! Dr. Vilvi is giving a lecture this afternoon, and I only dared to eat vegetarian food yesterday!"

Alec struggled to his feet.

"By the way, have you been spending a lot of time with a cold-hearted man lately?"

"Oh? You mean Mr. Kevin? He's with the Firemoth and knows Dr. May."

Qian Duliu said "Oh," and immediately realized who he was talking about.

"...What? Are you really not sure or are you pretending? You really don't know what 'Kevin' means?"

Alec was dumbfounded.

"Huh? Is Mr. Kevin very famous?"

Qian Du was stunned for a moment; she really didn't know who Kevin was.

"...Fire-chasing Moth, Fusion Warrior, Number One."

Alec was speechless at the lack of knowledge and information this junior had.

"Number One? So, Mr. Kevin was the original Fusion Warrior?"

Chitose said in surprise.

"Idiot, don't you know about the Australian bushfires? The person who defeated the culprit who caused that disaster was Kevin!"

The first Fusion Warrior, humanity's strongest guardian, the leader of the Honkai Warriors, the man hailed as a "hero" by the world! That is Kevin, Kevin of the Flame-Chasing Moth!

Alec said with a wry smile.

"...Huh! No way! Mr. Kevin, who always eats three portions at a time, is actually that amazing?"

Chitose was indeed surprised.

"But why would he come to campus to recruit... and he didn't recruit a single person?"

"That's because everyone recognized him but didn't dare to approach him... I never expected that some silly red-haired girl would actually go and talk to him."

Alec pursed his lips.

"I... I didn't recognize him, and there's nothing to be afraid of about Mr. Kevin, he's just a bit too imposing."

For some reason, after several conversations, Qian Duliu always felt that Kevin had a kind of simple-minded and honest aura about him.

"Just looking at him makes no one want to get close to him. In any case, apart from Dr. Velvi, I keep my distance from all other fusion warriors!"

Alec said matter-of-factly.

"Isn't that a bit inappropriate? Do you think we live this comfortable life because of someone else?"

Qian Duliu said with dissatisfaction.

"That's true, I'm so sorry."

Although Alec often spoke without thinking, he wasn't a bad person at heart. He smiled sheepishly.

"Then I'll go queue up now! See you tomorrow, junior!"

"Huh? Aren't there still five hours left?"

Qian Du paused for a moment, then looked at the watch on his wrist.

"I'm going to sit in the front row and admire Dr. Velvi's nice body!"

Alec clenched his fist.

"I wonder if the Doctor's Spiral Workshop is still hiring?"

"Perhaps you'd be better suited for the Möbius Lab..."

"Haha, what are you saying? I don't want to die from overwork. Besides, they don't accept just anyone. See you tomorrow, see you tomorrow."

Alec waved his hand and slipped away.

"...as experimental subjects."

At this moment, Qian Duliu silently added the second half of the sentence.

…………

"..."

“Vellvi”.

"What? The greatest magician of this century, Velvet, is so depressed that all he wants to do is lecture engineering mechanics to incompetent college students..."

"Are you here to give a lecture? I thought you were here to help me."

"...Uh, Kevin?"

"it's me."

"Why aren't you going to Su's place for a free meal? What are you doing here?"

"I'll be the one to hire people."

"What? They not only have the greatest magician of this century lecturing to college students, but they also have humanity's strongest guardian recruit volunteers?"

"I'm just filling in for Alicia."

Kevin crossed his arms and said calmly.

"...Kevin."

"what happened?"

Do you think Mei wouldn't know you're keeping it from her?

Velvi raised an eyebrow.

"..."

Kevin began to seriously consider this question.

"It's obvious, isn't it! How could you, a hypocrite like you, possibly fool Mei? She's just laughing at us!"

Velvi went crazy.

"This is revenge! This is naked revenge!"

"It's alright."

Kevin, however, remained very calm.

"I've never been to university either, so this is very novel to me."

"What's with this 'I'm just here to experience life' vibe you're giving off?! The great magician Velvey isn't happy about returning to school!"

Besides, universities these days don't have a foul-mouthed brat like Melutina to bother me anymore!

Vilvi collapsed onto the podium.

"……I see."

"what?"

"Now I know why Melutina doesn't like you."

"..."

…………

Moth Chasing Fire Volunteer Recruitment Site

"Ah, Mr. Kevin."

Qian Duliu saw Kevin boiling water from afar and waved to him.

"...Yes, hello. What's up?"

Kevin turned his head and saw it was Chito Ryu, and nodded slightly.

"I heard that Dr. Wilvi will be giving a week-long course starting today. Mr. Kevin, aren't you going?"

Chito asked curiously.

"I don't understand what Professor Wilvi is saying, so there's no need for me to go."

Kevin shook his head and said,

"What, are you interested?"

"It's alright, but after all, he's a world-renowned scientist, so I'm still a little curious."

Chitoshi scratched his head and said.

"Hmm, would you be interested in being her teaching assistant?"

Kevin nodded and asked.

"...Huh? Me, me?"

Qian Duliu was stunned for a moment.

"No, Mr. Kevin, my grades aren't that great..."

"It's not a matter of grades."

Kevin shook his head.

"Vilvie's personality is quite unreliable. These past few days of getting to know you a bit better, and I think you are very suitable to serve as Wilvie's temporary teaching assistant."