Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 237 Hei hope's Little Wish

"What were you doing before, my other self?!"

Seele stared with wide, azure eyes at the red-clad girl in front of her, who looked exactly like her, and questioned her with a look of utter confusion.

"I didn't do anything, I just expressed 'Seele's' thoughts."

But Black Seele seemed indifferent, which greatly troubled Seele. Therefore, Seele decided to move out of Bronya's house.

"But...but Bronya said that's wrong!"

Because of Blackie's actions, Bronya scolded him for quite a while!

"Oh, so what? Does she think she can tell me what to do? Who does she think she is, and why should she tell me what to do?"

Hei hope's attitude changed from indifference to impatience.

"Besides, what did I do wrong? Why can Raiden Mei do it but I can't? If she doesn't want me to stay, she should just let me go. Why pretend to be a good person and have your sister Bronya do it?"

"but……"

Xi'er's voice lacked confidence; she didn't understand what was wrong with her today.

"Sorry, I got a little excited."

Realizing that her emotions were unstable and her temper was not good, Hei Xi took the initiative to apologize to hope Er—she would only do this to hope Er, and no one else? Don't even think about it!

After expressing his emotions, Hei hope solemnly asked Xi'er a question.

"Seele, who do you think I really am?"

Hei hope rarely thinks about a question that is of great significance to her but that she is unwilling to face: Who exactly is she?

"Of course you are another version of me!"

Black Seele nodded. Just as she had expected, Seele would answer: Yes, another me. This is the meaning of Black Seele's existence. She exists to protect Seele.

So, if one day Seele stops relying on her, will she lose her reason for existing?

Seele had only been out of the Sea of ​​Quanta for three days, and she was already very uneasy. Qiong had taken Seele out of that awful place and introduced her to her other friends, which was a good thing, and she should certainly thank Qiong for Seele's sake.

But this wasn't so friendly to Black Seele herself—in the past few days, because her social circle had expanded rapidly, the number of times Seele contacted her had plummeted! During the day, Seele was glued to Bronya; at noon, Seele ate with everyone; and in the evening, she was again glued to Bronya… Before, if Seele wanted to talk to someone, she only had one option: Black Seele. After adding Sora and that bespectacled uncle in Unnamed City, it was still somewhat acceptable. But now? She seemed less important. Everyone liked the well-behaved and adorable Seele, and everyone wanted to be Seele's friend.

However, she was unwilling to reveal her existence to the others, demand a special status, or even monopolize Seele. Seele and Qiong also did not take the initiative to introduce her (Qiong was thinking of a way to appease Theresa's anger, and Seele was surrounded by Bronya and the others asking her all sorts of questions and had no chance to speak). Actually, it was for the best, because she was afraid that Seele would be regarded as a monster by the others. Long ago, there was a little rascal named Anne Mar who bullied Seele, but after she bullied her lovely Seele, she was awakened and gave Anne a good scolding. Thus, under Anne's fearful eyes, she received her first evaluation: monster.

Even though Kurohime didn't know the exact meaning of the word "monster" at the time, she could sense from Anne's emotions that it wasn't a good word. Despite her reluctance to admit it, the word "monster," coined by Anne, had indeed become her label, and even she herself believed herself to be a monster residing within a carefree young girl…

The other me is not in conflict with the "monster".

Ever since then, she has been deliberately hiding herself to avoid others realizing her existence.

But today, this "other me" also had her own little wish...like, to taste that gray-haired guy again? Unlike now, when she's wary of others, Black Seele has accepted that stubborn, headstrong young man—what bad intentions could that headstrong gray-haired guy possibly have? He's a good person, someone you can be friends with! Besides, he smells so good; he probably hasn't even realized her existence yet and accepted that she's also Seele! You know, even Seele only calls her "another me" instead of Seele!

"I want control of my body tomorrow."

"Huh? But isn't tomorrow a school day?"

Xi'er hesitated. She didn't understand why Hei Xi, who had been asking her who she was a moment ago, was now demanding control of her body. What did she want control for? Would she do something bad?

"Seele, don't worry, I won't do anything bad. I just want to go out and play..."

Also, let's subtly limit Seele's circle of friends.

Hei hope looked at hope Er with pleading eyes, and hope Er finally nodded.

Perfect, I'll leave the self-introduction for the first day to her.

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"Grey Hair, are you saying that Bronya's sister will be our classmate today?"

Before going to school, Sora shared a story with Kiana with a smug look on her face.

"That's right, that's right. And by the way, this little Seele treats me like her most reliable big brother!"

"Not bad! You're as close to the little girl as ever! What kind of person is she?"

"Hey, you're not calling me a lolicon, are you?"

"No way, I was just praising you."

Kiana gave her an approving look, but Sora felt like she was being mocked... Oh well, she probably just thoughtlessly spoke without thinking.

After thinking for a moment, Kiana probably didn't have that kind of intention, right? Sora began to describe Seele's appearance to Kiana.

"Seele has black hair with a hint of blue and a pair of particularly beautiful blue eyes. However, she is a bit timid and introverted, but she is a very cute girl!"

Kiana is quite interested in making new friends.

I really want to see her soon!

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"Hello everyone, I'm Seele Vollerai."

With a sour face, Seele introduced herself in just ten words, and her attitude seemed...

"Sigh, Gray Hair."

Kiana secretly turned around and looked speechlessly at the male classmate who had introduced Seele as very cute.

"Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about whether being timid and introverted is cute?"

"This, this was a coincidence..."

Qiong scratched his head, wondering to himself: Was Xier afraid of interacting with her new classmates, so she brought out Black Xier?

"Alright, everyone, let's give a round of applause to welcome Fulei!"

Sensing something was amiss, Himeko quickly smoothed things over, instructing the whole class to welcome the new student. Then she glanced at Bronya's side—it seemed Bronya was also quite surprised.

"Florence, please sit here..."

"Wait, Himeko-sensei. I want to sit next to him."

Just then, Hei hope's gaze swept across the classroom and finally landed on Qiong. For some reason, this made Qiong feel a chill run down his spine—thinking about how Hei hope had acted similarly to a vampire back then, he felt like he was being treated as prey.

"Brother Qiong, it's been a long time."

Hei hope said softly, a hint of pleasure in her voice. Almost all the students looked at Qiong in surprise, not expecting him to know Xi'er.

"Seele, why?"

Bronya made the biggest fuss, fully expecting Seele to choose her!

"Dead Grey Hair, tell me honestly, what is your relationship with Bronya's sister?"

But that's not what Qiong is focusing on.

"Um, didn't we just meet yesterday? And besides, don't I have someone with me?"

"They've moved out, Sora-kun."

Fu Hua, with a puzzled look in her eyes, also turned to look at Qiong.

“You’re often absent from the classroom, and you never chat with Ito-kun, plus you have a girlfriend. These past two days, she’s decided to move to the other side.”

Qiong: ? ? ?

"Qiong-kun, nice to meet you."

"Um...please guide me?"

Kuroki's lips curled into a smile as she sat down next to Sora with satisfaction. Sora, speechless, glanced towards Bronya. While Bronya appeared calm on the surface, she was likely filled with doubt and dissatisfaction, but she couldn't show it in class…

Mei? Mei seems to have turned reddish-brown.