Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

"Some things cannot be solved simply by having power, do you understand? Mei."

"I see…"

"really?"

The bamboo sword in front of him was temporarily removed. The captain closed his eyes and thought for a few seconds. Then he looked at Mei Yi seriously and asked a question that Mei Yi didn't know how to answer.

"If one day, you really can completely control this power, you can use this power to protect everyone. But on the contrary, the price is that you will truly become the "Herrscher" that people avoid. ”, you will fall into the “dark side” brought about by the existence of “Honkai” that will never fade away. You may even be forced to give up everything you have now. By then...will you still think so? "

After the captain raised this question, the training ground temporarily returned to silence.

For Mei Yi now, this may be too heavy a problem. The captain also understands that she is not obliged to face this problem now.

However, if Mei will still blame herself for feeling that her power is insufficient in the future, and will touch the power of the "Herrscher" in order to protect the people around her, then sooner or later she will have to face this problem head-on, and only in No one can help her in this matter.

The girl lowered her head and recalled what a pitiful life she lived before she met a certain girl.

Because of her father's imprisonment, society's perspective, family difficulties, school bullying... people's malice overwhelmed her like a tide. She didn't even know how to save herself, let alone at least struggle like a drowning person.

Because everything is in vain.

After adding this "conquering gem" to the body, this situation became even more serious. However, after that, people became more afraid of the "Herrscher".

If it hadn't been for that girl who, like light, penetrated into the world where there was only darkness before her, and brought herself into the world where everyone is now accompanying her...

Is it possible that the warmth that I finally got is lost again because of my own choices?

The girl didn't know what to do.

But at this moment, the bamboo sword that was temporarily moved away from the girl was moved to her by the captain: "Mei, are you scared?"

"I…"

"Mei Yi, this is just a hypothesis. The purpose is just to make you think more about yourself like just now. No one knows what your future will be like, but no matter what mood you have and what choice you make, then It’s all something you can decide for yourself.”

After the captain finished speaking, he gently waved the bamboo sword he was holding in front of Mei Yi.

"If you understand, tell me your answer."

Meiyi looked at the young man in front of her and bit her lips slightly. She was silent for a while, her eyes revealing complicated emotions, but in the end, she still held the hilt of the sword in front of her.

"Captain, please practice with me again tomorrow...after class! If possible, I hope I can practice like this again the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow!"

The girl, who was beaten into disgrace and with some tears on her face, made such a willful request to the captain for the first time.

"I don't know how to answer the Captain's question yet, but even so, I still want to become stronger. At least, that's what I want to do now."

After receiving the girl's reply, the captain put on his usual gentle smile.

"I understand. As long as Meiyi wants, I can accompany her at any time."

"Really!? Thank you Captain!"

……

In this way, Meiyi would go to the training ground on time to wait for the captain after school every afternoon. Although she did not say it explicitly, such a competition made her feel happy from the bottom of her heart.

It's like, going back to my childhood...

"Ho!"

In the training ground, a girl wearing a red Valkyrie uniform with a short brown shawl on her clothes started today's practice with the captain with a swift diagonal slash.

Swish!

The captain turned slightly sideways, and the sword passed in front of him. The captain took the opportunity to move back a few steps, and the two immediately faced off again.

Compared to the first sparring session, in subsequent exercises, both sides used training tachi, which had a feel and weight closer to that of a real sword.

The blade is made of a special alloy, and the unedged blade is embedded with elastic material. As long as it is used properly, there will generally be no accidents.

Of course, even so, this thing was originally made to cope with the daily training of the Valkyrie, so Meiyi was a little reluctant at first because she was afraid of hurting the captain, whose physique was no different from that of ordinary people.

But now, a week later, Mei Yi no longer worries about this problem, because in this week, the sword in her hand has never really touched the captain once, let alone won.

"Mei! Come on! Come on!!"

The white-haired girl standing at the side of the training field was constantly working hard to cheer for Mei. After hearing that Mei had "special training" with the captain, she would come over every day to join in the fun.

After all, for Kiana, maybe this is an effective way to divert her attention.

The training ground, which is usually almost unattended except for training sessions, has become a bit lively during this time because of Kiana's presence. The red-haired woman sitting next to her squinted her eyes and watched the two training with interest while eating the snacks Kiana bought.