Chapter 120. Seele's One-Day Adventure; Elysia Laughs Herself to Tears

Elysia ignored Mobius' snarky remarks and just kept auntie-smiling to herself.

Very soon, the story moved on to its next phase.

Dark Seele and Kiana returned to the Salt Lake base. After parting ways with Kiana, she intended to head back to her room—but unexpectedly ran into Bronya along the way.

What's ahead... was a legendary scene!

Bronya approached from the front.

Dark Seele broke out in a cold sweat. She didn't want Bronya to realize she'd swapped places with Seele, so she tried to pretend she was sightseeing and sneak away quietly.

"Seele," Bronya called her.

Of course it wouldn't be that easy.

Dark Seele's forehead was drenched in sweat. "G-Good afternoon, big sis… Bronya-nee."

"W-What is it, Bronya-nee?"

"Seele, you're acting weird today." Bronya had clearly sensed something was off.

Dark Seele forced a reply: "A-Am I? Maybe I didn't sleep well last night."

"But Seele and Bronya clearly agreed—you were going to count one hundred Heavy Bunny units before bed every night."

Count… what now? That's seriously a thing?

Dark Seele complained silently in her head, but outwardly kept up the weak tone:

"L-Last night I counted three hundred and still couldn't fall asleep… Maybe the method just doesn't work anymore?"

"You're lying."

"Huh?"

"Bronya never made such a promise with Seele. That was something I just made up," Bronya calmly explained to Dark Seele.

"What?!" Dark Seele was stunned.

"And counting Heavy Bunny doesn't help with sleep."

Bronya said as she stepped closer to Dark Seele.

Why did you admit it yourself?!

Dark Seele grumbled inwardly and instinctively stepped back.

One advanced, the other retreated, until they ended up at the wall.

"You're not that Seele. You're..."

"Ahaha, Bronya-nee, what are you saying? Seele was just playing along with your joke~"

Dark Seele tried to change the subject. But then Bronya suddenly said that she'd prepared some calming tea for Seele because she snores in her sleep.

"Hmph, you can't fool me this time."

Dark Seele put her hands on her hips proudly.

"When Seele's sleeping, I'm always watching her."

"She never snores—she just mutters some cute things in her dreams."

"..."*2

Silence fell over them.

Then—bang!

Elysia saw a scene that completely broke her composure.

Dark Seele had pinned Bronya against the wall!

"WAAHH!!!"

Elysia cried out in delight and frantically snapped several—no, many—screenshots with trembling hands.

Kalpas was silent. Mobius seemed like she wanted to say something but didn't.

'Seele' stood frozen, her toes curling madly against the floor.

"Forget everything you just saw! Got it?!"

Bronya, caught off guard by Dark Seele's wall slam, was a little flustered.

"Even if you suddenly say that..."

"You must forget it! Completely and totally!"

Just as Dark Seele was demanding Bronya forget everything—

Einstein came out from the lab.

She saw how close Dark Seele and Bronya were.

Paused for a second.

Then, in a mechanical tone, said:

"Apologies. Didn't mean to intrude. Please continue."

And silently, silently retreated.

The atmosphere became indescribably awkward.

[Auntie-smiling all the way through, couldn't suppress it.]

[Einstein: Sorry, guess this wasn't a good time.]

[Bronya • Playing Dumb (Top), Seele • Shy (Middle), Einstein • Door God (Bottom)]

["Please continue."]

[I was charging my phone, but when Dark Seele wall-slammed Bronya, I got so excited I flipped like a salted fish and yanked my charging cable clean out. (tears)]

[A moment of silence for the comment above.]

…

Players were utterly smitten by the sweetness.

Elysia's smile had gone so wide from her auntie-grin that her face cramped up and she couldn't speak.

And in the miHoYo studio—

Even after watching it countless times, everyone still couldn't help squirming like maggots.

"Calm down, calm down. It's not like it's your first time seeing it," Hokuto said, trying to suppress his own grin. "You all don't have to get this hyped every time."

"No matter how many times I see it, it's still a treasured memory worth preserving."

Bronya didn't seem embarrassed at all—on the contrary, she was the most excited.

She even sighed emotionally:

"If only Seele were by my side, so I could hug her…"

"Hmm..."

She paused for a moment, then looked toward the quietly livestream-watching Griseo.

"Little Griseo~~"

"Bronya-nee?"

Griseo felt her body lighten as Bronya hugged her.

"Eh? Bronya, that's cheating!"

The others didn't react much to Bronya's interaction with Griseo, but Kiana couldn't help protesting.

"I want to hug Little Griseo too~!"

"Next time, dummy Kiana."

"Ugh..."

Kiana looked left and right—

Then her eyes locked onto someone just as tiny as Griseo: Theresa.

Theresa: ???

"Kiana, what are you trying to do? Let me go!"

"I'm your… your…"

...

While the miHoYo studio buzzed with noise, Elysia finally regained some composure and resumed the story.

Flustered and frustrated, Dark Seele left Bronya behind and continued toward Seele's room—

Midway, she bumped into Tesla.

Tesla wanted Dark Seele's help testing her newly developed "Tesla-3027" combat mech. Dark Seele agreed, but then, venting her emotions, ended up dismantling the mech.

Leaving behind a downcast Tesla staring at her broken mech, Dark Seele returned to the room.

Then—belatedly—realized her actions today might've caused trouble for Seele.

And just then, she noticed Seele had left a slice of cake for her.

Along with a letter.

The letter said, in summary:

Thank you for always taking care of me.

Thank you for tolerating my weakness, my timidity, my hesitation.

It's only because you're here that I've had the courage to come this far.

You are the most irreplaceable, indispensable person to me.

P.S.: As expected, next time, I want to go eat cake with you!

After reading it, Dark Seele muttered that Seele was a dumb idiot—but the smile on her lips couldn't be hidden.

[Fu Shibao mumbled curses and exited the livestream.]

[Seele is such a gentle little angel!!]

[Thank you miHoYo for curing my low blood sugar!]

[I can't handle this sweetness anymore—I need a bite of bitter melon to balance it out.]

…

The next day, Seele switched back to her usual self.

White Seele was left to face the aftermath of everything Dark Seele had done the day before.

The kid who'd been told "Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales" by Dark Seele came to her saying:

"I totally understand the story of Little Red Riding Hood now. I'm going to turn the world upside down."

Tesla came looking for her with a new mech, hoping for a rematch.

Bronya passed by—but blushing, she quickly avoided eye contact with Seele.

Seele was full of question marks.

She had no idea what was going on.

White Seele: I only have one question:

Why is everything today a problem?!

The story ended, and the screen turned pitch black.

Then… a distorted auntie-smiling face appeared on the dark screen.

Huh?

Oh—it was their own reflection.

Never mind then.

"I thought the main story was sweet enough, but the skit was even sweeter. Honkai Impact 3rd is overflowing with sugar today~~"

Elysia sniffled as she tried to compose herself.

She twitched like a fluffy ball of joy, letting out occasional giggles she couldn't hold in.

Today, Miss Pink Elf was just too happy~♪

"Thank you~~ miHoYo~~ thank you~~ scriptwriters~~"

"Elysia…"

Mobius seemed like she wanted to say something.

Though everything was sweet now, judging from the earlier main story foreshadowing,

The upcoming story arc probably wasn't going to stay light-hearted.

In other words, all this sugar… was probably just a last meal before the axe.

"…Forget it."

Mobius thought for a moment, then said nothing.

Better to enjoy the happiness while it lasts.

Elysia, caught up in her excitement, didn't notice Mobius's hesitation.

She simply continued chatting gleefully with the viewers about the recent skit.

At the same time—some players had already sprung into action.

Like one particular uploader, Guozi, who immediately rushed to produce a new Honkai video.

When viewers clicked in, they were greeted with his barely-contained excitement:

"Brothers, brothers—we've all underestimated Honkai Impact 3rd! Who knew it could be this sweet!!"