Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

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Chapter Seventy-Four: Like a Dream, Like a Song

When she was little, the little girl saw poor people begging on the street and asked her family about it. Her family told her, "They clearly have hands, but they don't go to work. They are just giving up on themselves."

When she was little, the little girl was unjustly criticized by her teacher and felt extremely wronged. She heard other adults say that this was "hatred of the rich".

As a child, the little girl loved pretty clothes, delicious food, and spacious houses, but when she lost all of that, she discovered that many others actually had nothing at all.

This world is not beautiful at all.

In the ruins, she struggled to pull a blood-stained bun from a crack in the rocks, but her arms were too short, and she could only wail.

There's nothing she can do.

She was born into a wealthy and powerful family; she had never known what cold, hunger, or anything else was...

despair.

After she finished crying, she reached out again, her face pressed against the cold rock, covered in dust. She struggled to squeeze her body in, little by little, and finally got the steamed bun.

She wiped her mouth with her sleeve and nibbled at her hard-won food, the smell of blood and the stench of ruins making her shiver.

This was the first time she had eaten in three days.

A faint sound approached, and she looked up in alarm, meeting the gaze of a pair of bloodshot eyes. She dropped the steamed bun and stumbled away, running and running...

But she didn't know where she could go. The world had abandoned her; she had no family and no friends.

The girl fell to the ground, the dirty puddle ruining her delicate little face. She tried to get up, but she had no strength left.

She waited for death to come, but she waited and waited, and nothing came.

"……Hey."

A voice came from behind her.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not a monster."

The girl looked up and saw another girl, just as disheveled and unkempt, looking at her.

Her eyes were bloodshot, but she wasn't fierce. She tossed the steamed bun in her hand to the girl.

"Food is precious at times like these, so let's not waste it."

"I...have we met before...?"

Nino held the steamed bun, somewhat dazed.

"At least remember the faces of your classmates, Nino."

Melutina removed her hood, allowing Nino to see her face clearly.

“Melu…Tina…”

Nino looked at the steamed bun in her hand, and ate it bite by bite, blood and all. Then she took the water bottle and drank it in small sips.

"..."

Melutina glanced at her, shook her head, and sat down next to her.

"...Can we survive?"

Nino felt life returning to her body, and she asked in a daze.

"...Do you want to live?"

Melutina, don't turn around. Look at her; Nino can't see any emotion in her eyes.

"I……"

Nino was speechless for a moment; she didn't know how to answer the question.

"Let's go."

Melutina reached out and pulled Nino, who was still in the puddle, up.

Two six-year-old girls huddled together, stumbling through the city that had been reduced to ruins.

“We’ve been abandoned…they dare not come…”

Nino recalled his parents' dying words and their questions on the phone.

"...Someone will come."

Melutina said expressionlessly.

How did you know?

Nino turned to look at her and felt that this girl was clearly more desperate than he was, so why did she say those words with such unwavering determination?

"That's what my brother said, so someone will definitely come."

"..."

Nino realized something, and she looked at her friend's face, trying to glean something from it.

But she saw nothing.

Do you know where we can get some food?

Melutina turned her head and looked at Nino.

"There's a supermarket a kilometer ahead... I've been running towards that place, maybe there's still something there..."

Nino had been traveling for three days, during which time he was forced to keep detouring due to the lingering monsters. The place he should have arrived at long ago was always getting further and further away.

"……it is good."

With a simple reply, Melutina continued walking forward.

"Why...why didn't you abandon me..."

Nino pursed his lips.

“I know none of you like me. You already have the answer, so why are you dragging me along? We’re all going to die. We’re all going to die here.”

"I don't like you. Nobody likes someone who looks down on them."

Melutina didn't even glance at her.

"But I'm not likable either. Maybe they don't like people who speak their minds."

"I……"

I just wanted to reach out my hand.

Nino couldn't bring herself to say those words; she chose to remain silent.

She never wanted to be condescending; she just didn't know the right way.

she really...

I just wanted to reach out my hand.

It's that simple.

It's really that simple.

……

The seventh day after the second collapse of Hera City

Despite strict orders from above, Himiko, the captain of the fifth squad, went to Hera City alone to carry out a rescue operation.

Two children were found huddled together in a crevice of the ruins.

The blonde child was sent to live with relatives, while the black-haired child was cared for by her.

……

"Himiko, Himiko! Do you know about the grand parade in Themis City?"

Nino excitedly hugged Himiko's waist.

"This is the third time you've brought this up with me today."

Himeko put down the equipment she was holding, picked up the little girl, and smiled helplessly.

"Would you like me to take you there?"

"Of course I want to!"

"Where are your relatives? I remember they really liked you, didn't they? For a girl who excels in all subjects."

Himeko shook her head and asked.

"That was all an act for outsiders. I only adopted a burden out of necessity. Deep down, I just thought of him as an easy-going burden."

Nino spoke calmly, as if she weren't talking about herself.

"Alright, alright, good children deserve a reward. Melutina, why don't you come along too?"

Himiko paused for a moment, then didn't bring up the topic again, instead looking at another little girl reading by the window.

"I'm not interested, you guys go ahead."

Melutina didn't even lift her eyelids.

"Okay, let's set off now."

"etc?!"

Himiko swept Meltina up in her arms, holding Nino's hand in the other:

Let's go!

…………

Ten years later

The seventh Honkai Impact occurred, and Australia was reduced to flames.

That year, Nino, who had just graduated, escaped the disaster because he was watching a parade on the Mu continent.