Y/N, THE 14TH MEMBER OF THE FLAMECHASERS: An [Honkai Impact 3rd] Mini-Story

35. BACK TO REALITY [7], A CERTAIN SPECIAL PERSON

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A few seconds later, she returned back to reality.

Mei: "Ugh, ughhh..."

She looks up at the entrance to the Elysian Realm.
Her eyes blurred from the brightness.
Her body felt a bit wobbly due to setbacks of coming back.
Suddenly, a monotone clear familiar voice was heard in front of her, taking her slowly out of trance.

???: "Blood pressure, body pressure, heart rate..."
???: "All vital signs are stable."
???: "Vitals check complete."

As this point of time, her consciousness had started to clear up.
She first looks straight but the person she was looking for wasn't there.
Then...
She looked down.

Mei: "Hmm?"

Mei thought she was hallucinating.
She blinks and looks at the person again.

Standing in front of her was a very small mysterious figure at the size of Mei's knees.
She had green short flowing hair, her eyes were green on the top, pink on the bottom.
She had an eyepatch on her right eye, as well as holding some type of black book in her arms, holding the back with her two small hands.
There, that monotone familiar voice Mei heard in the realm was now in front of her.

???: "Hello, test subject."
???: "Welcome back to reality."
She says in a clear natural monotone.

Mei: "This voice..."
Mei: "You were the..."
Mei: "Sorry, you look... special."
Mei: "I didn't notice at first."

???: "..."
???: "You did what I told you."
???: "Why?"

Mei: "My instincts pointed me that way."

???: "...Groundless instincts."
???: "But luckily, you chose the route with the highest simulates survival rate..."
???: "34.7%."
The small figure states in a monotone.

Mei: "34.7% sounds pretty good to me."
Mei: "What about the other two paths?"

???: "30% at most."

Mei: "..."

???: "I know..."
???: "You don't probably see it as a big difference."
???: "But you can't deny that it's indeed a safer route."

Mei: "I agree, but I think most people would choose to trust their intuitions over a stranger's instructions."

???: "That's why humans are always doing things they regret."
???: "Certain reactions taking place in the Ferguson Area of the brain do bring such emotion-driven but stupid..."
???: "...Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyways."

Mei: "So..."
Mei: "Can you introduce yourself now, stranger?"

???: "..."
???: "I'm Klein, Dr. Mobius's assistant."
Klein: "I handle the regular maintenance of the Elysian Realm."

Mei: "The maintainer of the Elysian Realm..."
Mei: "Are you a Flame-Chaser too?"

Klein: "..."
Klein: "Record: Anomalies in the realm may have caused irreversible damage to the test subjects visual and cognitive functions."