Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

After drying off and changing clothes, the captain got out of the changing room of the bathhouse. The administrator was still sitting at the front desk. When she saw the captain coming out, she smiled and waved: "Uh-huh. How about it? Judging from your face, are you a little dizzy?"

"Haha, if Miss Hanashiro hadn't reminded me, I might have actually fallen asleep in it. After all, it's really comfortable to take a bath here. If I could really stay here, I'd really like to stay here."

"Oh~ Mr. Captain, do you want to resign and work for me? The girls in the academy are paying so much attention to you. If you come here to work, the business of the bathhouse will definitely be better than it is now, right?"

The beautiful woman with a shawl and braids squinted her eyes and smiled, looking forward to the boy's reply.

"Well, this is a good idea. If one day I am fired by Teresa and become unemployed, I may really want to join Miss Hanashiro."

"How is that possible..." Hanashiro pretended to be disappointed, but she immediately thought of something and continued to speak a little shyly: "How about... how about this?"

"Ok?"

"You see, sister, I am already 25, and my family has been urging me to bring someone back with me, but... oh, I will probably have to go back alone in the first month~"

"Pfft, shouldn't there be a lot of suitors for a virtuous and beautiful woman like Ms. Hanashiro?"

"But, most of the people in the academy are girls, and the faculty members who come here occasionally are either married or with someone..."

Faced with Hanashiro's complaints, the captain just smiled and shook his head: "It's just that the fate has not come yet. Ms. Hanashiro will definitely find an excellent and reliable lover."

"Really…"

"Of course, as long as you can discover the charm of Ms. Hanashiro, any man will be conquered by you."

"Oh, our captain is really good at talking about nice things."

"I'm telling the truth~"

"Hmph, okay...sister, I won't argue with you, but you should come and chat with us when you have free time, okay?"

"Of course, let me treat Miss Hanashiro to dinner next time, right? And...if Miss Hanashiro is interested, you can come to the deck of Hyperion at any time to enjoy the breeze."

"Hehe, okay, then I'll just wait."

Looking at the young man's back as he left, Hanashiro also knew that although that child looked young, as the "captain" of Hyperion, he always had to think about many more things than himself.

Thinking about so many problems and having so much work to do on a daily basis, is this burden too heavy for a young person?

She didn't know how this boy would view this, but what she could do was to provide him and other people in the academy with a place where they could relax, that is, this bathhouse.

"Come on, young and reliable captain~"

The woman sat at the table and secretly encouraged the boy in a voice so weak that she could hardly hear it.

The young man did not look back, but a faint smile flashed across his lips for a moment.

When he walked out of the bathhouse, the stars in the night sky were still there, and the quiet moonlight paved the road ahead of the young man's feet with a thin layer of silver gauze. When he stepped into it, the moonlight also climbed up to his shoulders, caressing him gently. His face, walking with it.

……

A few days later in the afternoon, at St. Freya's training ground, the girl was waving the tachi in her hand, biting tightly with the blade in the captain's hand.

In the huge space, the sounds of collision and friction of swords were heard one after another. The girl's movements were sharp and decisive, and the force of her sword swing was like thunder in the sky. The exquisite and dense offensive was like a biting cold wind, constantly hitting the boy.

But the young man blocked and defused the girl's attacks time and time again. His defense was precise in every movement and every point, just like a boatman driving a boat against the waves.

No matter how cold wind howled, thunder and lightning roared, even wind coming from all directions could not overturn this small boat.

"ah!!"

"..."

In an instant, the two people's blades met again. While exerting force on the blade, the girl asked the young man in front of her with a little confidence: "How is it, Captain...the results of the special training..."

"Well, as expected of Mei Yi, she has made such progress in less than a month."

"That's not all I got from the Captain! Watch your moves!"

After saying that, the sword in the girl's hand swiped across the captain's blade along with her movements, and then, the attack was so fast that it was almost impossible to catch up with the naked eye and hit the captain like a shower.

After this period of hard training and the captain's personal guidance, Mei's swordsmanship has improved greatly compared to a few days ago, and can even be said to have made a leap.

It can be seen that every time the girl swings the sword, she is not sloppy at all, and her movement skills have become more powerful than before. The secret sword skills in "Beichen Itto Style" were cleverly integrated into the girl's offensive, making the young man seem to be overwhelmed and could only passively receive every attack from the opponent.

Bang! !

After the attack was blocked by the captain again, Mei Yi suddenly dodged into the young man's arms and fiercely slashed towards the captain's waist with his sword.

Just as he was about to succeed, the captain took a step back, turned the blade over in the blink of an eye, held the knife behind his back and slashed downwards, just in time to block Mei Yi's unexpected blow.

Although the attack was received, Mei Yi was not surprised. She just focused all her thoughts on the blade in front of her. The distracting thoughts like threads would no longer slow down the sword in her hand.