Elysia learned that she had acquired a very strange nickna.
She was so agitated that she practically exploded on the spot.
She flailed and thrashed—well, not quite accurate—rolled and crawled—no, still not right... it was difficult to describe.
Let's just say it resembled what Mobius, who sohow got wind of the situation and imdiately sent "condolences," described later:
"Elysia must look so cute right now. To borrow one of her old taphors, she's probably puffed up like a little pufferfish, hehe~~"
Snakes really are vengeful creatures.
Hokuto silently muttered to himself. After all, the one Elysia once described as a pufferfish was Mobius.
He quickly stood up to dodge Elysia's pounce.
Co on, it was just a chuckle—did she really have to act like she was going to bite him?
In the end, it was big sister Eden who stepped in to calm Elysia down.
"While I don't dislike people giving nicknas, this one is just too strange. I'm a little upset."
"Hmph, I'm going to investigate! Then have a serious conversation with whoever started it."
"How could soone describe a beautiful girl like Elysia—who's beautiful in na and in person—that way?"
Hearing Elysia's puffed-up complaints—
Eden gently patted her on the back.
anwhile, Pardofelis mused aloud: "Actually, that nickna probably ca from that part of the Elysian Realm story, right?"
"..."
Elysia, Eden, and Pardofelis all turned their gaze to Hokuto.
"Ahem."
Hokuto cleared his throat strategically.
"As the [Second], one of the leaders among the Fla-Chasers, you have to possess power befitting that role, right?"
"Or are you saying you want your in-ga version to be weaker?"
Elysia stared at Hokuto for a while, then spoke with a quiet edge:
"I was just wondering if you were the one who started spreading that nickna."
"Absolutely not."
Hokuto shook his head imdiately. He had no interest in making up nicknas for people.
Of course, if the players were inspired by the plot to give characters affectionate nicknas of their own accord… well, that had nothing to do with him, right?
"I'm not that kind of person." His sincerity was genuine.
...
...
Elysia had her own thoughts and plans regarding the "pink **" nickna incident.
Hokuto had no intention of dwelling on it either.
He simply continued working with the rest of the miHoYo team, preparing for the next segnt of the main story.
The following days were back to regular, serious work…
As long as you excluded—
Even though Kiana had matured considerably under Hokuto's guidance, she still occasionally revealed her buggy nature. Not long ago, after the legendary "Kiana defeats Schicksal single-handedly," she unleashed another bombshell: "Kiana ends Honkai alone."
Griseo, after randomly being contaminated with strange colors, started saying things like "How do I paint the world?" "I can't draw anything," "i, I wasn't lying…"—stuff like that.
And then there were even weirder things, such as…
Ahem (clears throat), for more information, please watch the miHoYo-sponsored program Pardo's Dive into Honkai Impact 3rd.
In short, aside from these anomalies, the miHoYo studio was mostly very serious.
As miHoYo's boss, Hokuto strongly agreed with that statent.
Hokuto: "Though... but... miHoYo really is a serious and normal studio."
And so, in that very atmosphere—
The update day for Honkai Impact 3rd arrived.
As usual, it was Elysia's livestream. She'd been looking forward to this update for a long ti, so of course, she'd go live.
Naturally, it began with an all-new opening sequence.
But this ti, the opening was completely different from before.
A super cute chibi version of Miss Elf appeared on-screen, trotting along with her tiny legs and holding up a big gaphone.
Then, a slightly shrill voice rang out—
"Hyperion, Hyperion, St. Freya Academy is about to go bankrupt!"
"That bastard Overseer Otto owes 350 million Crystals and ran off chasing his sister-in-law, Kallen!"
Audience: ???
As her voice echoed across the livestream, viewers were left utterly dumbfounded.
Miss Elf's antics had truly evolved into sothing… beyond words.
"Otto you bastard, you're not even human."
"We worked our butts off for half a year, and you won't even pay us. Give us back our hard-earned Crystals!"
Audience: ...
After saying that, Miss Elf tucked the gaphone behind her and gave a big hop forward.
Scene transition.
The regular version of Miss Elf appeared before everyone.
"Hi~~ Did you all enjoy today's opening? I tried sothing new for a change. It was fun, but I was a bit worried you might not like it."
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[This episode is proudly sponsored by the Hyperion Joint Wage Claim Organization™]
[Absolutely absurd. Can't hold it in. Flaming chaos. Total blur.]
[Muahaha!]
[Honestly, despite blacking out from the chaos, it was pretty fun.]
...
"Hmm…"
Elysia carefully watched the live chat reactions. "Looks like everyone really did enjoy the opening."
"As long as you're all happy, that's what matters."
She cheerfully added, "I'll keep working hard to bring you all more smiles~♪"
[Translation: Miss Elf will continue to push the chaos even further.]
[Doesn't matter. As long as Miss Elf is happy.]
"All right, ti to start the stream. As always, I'll be playing Honkai Impact 3rd today."
That's what Elysia said, but before logging in, she opened her voice chat software.
"Of course, I've invited a few special guests today. All familiar faces. Say hello, everyone."
Hokuto, using Otto's voice: "Hello everyone. I hope you'll enjoy today's Honkai Impact 3rd update."
He paused, then—playing along with Elysia's chaotic intro—added:
"Therefore, I, Otto Apocalypse, hereby resign from the position of Overseer of Schicksal and officially withdraw from the organization. The debts of the Overseer have nothing to do with , Otto!"
Kevin: "This is the first ti I've seen soone dodge debt so... refreshingly."
Wait, the second guest was Kevin? Well, not too surprising, honestly.
Theresa: "..."
Hokuto and Kevin had sohow blended seamlessly into the bizarre atmosphere Elysia had created.
It was... weirdly impressive.
Should she say sothing to match the mood?
...Better not.
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