Honkai, But a Spirit Simulator

Gave 50% all at once?

This feels a bit like being a child bride... cough, cough.

"Stupid Spirit, get me a glass of water."

"Can't you be a little more polite?"

"Okay, Mr. Stupid Spirit, please get me a glass of water," Mobius, who was already studying high school material, said without any politeness.

"...Read too much and you'll need glasses," Liu Bai muttered while pouring Mobius a glass of water.

At only six years old, Mobius was undoubtedly a genius in every aspect.

"If I don't read, do you want me to play in the mud with those little brats? You're an idiot... oh, sorry, you already are an idiot."

"..."

Liu Bai looked at Mobius's delicate face, then at the high school textbook in her hand... well, at six years old, he really was playing in the mud.

Liu Bai silently shut his mouth.

Although he wanted to retort, if he lost, he might go from being a Stupid Spirit to a Moron Spirit.

If he won... would he be proud of winning against a six-year-old?

"By the way, Stupid Spirit, there's something, um..."

Mobius slowly raised her head, looked at the water glass being handed to her, and a rare hint of sadness appeared on her face.

"It's said that children can see many unusual things, but as they get older, they can't see them anymore..."

"? What am I then?" Liu Bai shrugged.

"...I can't see you anymore, Stupid Spirit—starting this morning."

Chapter 7: Farewell to the Past

Unlike other children who are late to remember things, Mobius, a genius—or rather, a monster—could still remember the scene of her birth.

Mobius clearly remembered that she could see a blurry figure like a stick figure that had been smeared.

But now...

Mobius looked at the location of the water glass—she couldn't see anything.

Perhaps long ago, that figure had been slowly fading, but she had been so immersed in the warm daily life that she hadn't noticed.

Until today, when that blurry and familiar figure disappeared, Mobius suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable panic.

Even though she could be called someone who was born with knowledge, and knew about birth, old age, sickness, and death, but...

She never knew that "losing" something could be so frightening.

After not seeing that familiar figure today, Mobius, from birth until now, felt her "mind go blank" for the first time.

"Grown up? You're just a six-year-old brat who hasn't even reached half that age?"

A harsh mocking voice came from the air, followed by an impolite gaze that touched her sensitive areas as a woman.

"No chest, no butt, not even a waist, tsk tsk, grown up... tsk tsk tsk."

Mobius's face immediately darkened, and the somewhat sad and uneasy emotions were instantly replaced by anger.

"Hmph, it's a good thing that some Spirit is gone, out of sight, out of mind, so I won't be infected with the idiot virus, ah~ I wonder if some stupid Spirit can even do math problems."

Mobius took the water glass off her head and retorted mercilessly.

"..." Liu Bai was speechless.

If he had been a senior in high school before he transmigrated, he would definitely have retorted, but unfortunately, he was a college student about to graduate...

"Ah~ Could it be that some Spirit can't even do that?" Mobius covered her mouth, a look of surprise on her face.

--Where did you come from, you little gremlin!

[After your guidance, Mobius is no longer so panicked about your disappearance, but as a price, you are being used as a tool more and more often.]
[Mobius Compatibility +15%]
[Time flies, and Mobius grows up to 9 years old in a happy family.]
[However, this happiness did not last long. Mobius's mother died of illness this year, and her father was unfortunately infected with Honkai disease, and could only barely maintain his life with medication. The originally happy and harmonious family fell apart overnight.]
[Mobius's father began to become irritable and angry, and even began to use violence against Mobius. Fortunately, under your protection, none of this ever succeeded, but correspondingly, it also made the man, who was gradually losing his mind, feel more and more that Mobius was the source of all evil.]
[On this day of Mobius's ninth birthday, you can sense that Mobius has made some kind of determination.]

"Stupid Spirit, are you still there?"

"I'm here."

Liu Bai put his hand on Mobius's shoulder, and that reliable feeling made Mobius feel extremely at ease.

In these three years—or rather, just this one year of training, Mobius's temperament had matured rapidly.

If the six-year-old Mobius only had an IQ that was far beyond the level of ordinary people, then the nine-year-old Mobius could already be said to be an adult in terms of mind and emotional intelligence.

A child from a bitter family matures early.

Even though Liu Bai tried his best to create a happy and fulfilling family for Mobius, fate was like a truck rushing around a corner, using absolute violence to force Mobius's original destiny upon her.

"Are you feeling sentimental, you idiot Spirit?"

Mobius leaned against the wall, looking at the somewhat dirty and messy house, a look of half helplessness and half sarcasm on her childish face.

"Don't feel sorry for me, after all, haven't you, you idiot Spirit, already tried your best? Ah... although you, you idiot, made me get spanked when I was born, but thinking about it carefully, if I had really said something like 'Mobius... is... is that my name?' right after I was born, I probably would have been treated like a monster."

Liu Bai moved his hand from Mobius's shoulder to Mobius's head, and rubbed it vigorously—although not with much force.

He suddenly felt a sense of his daughter growing up.

"Don't treat me like a child anymore, you."

Mobius complained with a helpless expression.

"And you were the one who helped Mom give birth to me smoothly back then, right..."

Mobius took a deep breath, looked up at the ceiling, and had an indescribable look on her face.

"Nine years of happiness... maybe it's already an excessive gift for me, um, thank you, Mr. Spirit, thank you for everything."

"You're talking like we're saying goodbye."

Liu Bai tugged at Mobius's hair in dissatisfaction, to cover up the fact that his nose was a little sore.

"It is a farewell." Mobius stood up straight, a playful and moving smile on her face.

"—I'm going to say goodbye to the past, Mr. Spirit, will you continue to accompany me in the future?"

"I—"

Liu Bai opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

He didn't know how long this plotline, [Mobius: Childhood], would span.

Perhaps it was at this turning point on her ninth birthday?

Or perhaps it was childhood in the truest sense?

"No, you don't have to answer me right away, if you answer now... I might get scared."

Nine years of happy life had deeply engraved the word "family" into Mobius's heart.

"By the way, if that man... my father, if he still wants to hit me this time, don't stop him."

"...We'll see when the time comes."

Hearing Liu Bai's answer, the corners of Mobius's mouth curled into a pleasant arc.

Mobius skillfully prepared water and pills, and without any hesitation, walked towards the man's—her father's—room.

Creak—

Pushing open the door, Mobius looked at her father with pity.

...How ugly.

—From body to soul.

Mobius silently handed over the water glass and pills, while staring fixedly at the man in front of her.

Without any deduction, her intuition had already told her what this man was going to do.

It was nothing more than raising his palm high, and then slapping it towards her face.

Even if he had been failing all along, this man would still raise his palm under the drive of instinct.

...How ugly.

But this time, she was probably going to taste the taste of that slap with her body.

Speaking of which, she didn't seem to have been slapped before... that idiot Spirit protected her too well.

Mobius sighed slightly in her heart.

Pa—!

The next moment, a crisp slap rang in Mobius's ears, but she was surprised not to feel any pain.

"You son of a bitch, I've been putting up with you for months!"

Chapter 8: Nine Years Old, Eighteen Years Old

Mobius looked up and saw that the man was leaning back, covering his face.

Combining this with the sound that only she could hear just now, Mobius knew without thinking that Liu Bai had done it.

However, Mobius didn't stop what was happening in front of her, she knew that Liu Bai's strength was not great, probably only enough to lift a pound or two of things.

A slap wouldn't make anyone...

Pa—!

"You like slapping people, huh?"

Mobius saw the man cover the other half of his face and fall directly to the ground.

"Don't cover your face! I'll give you another one..."

"Cough, cough."

Mobius coughed lightly twice. Liu Bai stopped what he was doing after hearing the sound.

At this moment, the man who was Mobius's father sat on the ground, staring up at Mobius, who was holding a glass of water and pills, his eyes flashing with fear and hatred.

"...Monster."

The man squeezed the words out from between his teeth. He couldn't hear Liu Bai's voice, but that didn't stop him from firmly believing in this fact.

Then, the man subconsciously shrank back.

Originally, that invisible power was only protecting Mobius, but now it was attacking him...

"...You want to kill me?"

"...How ugly."

Mobius originally thought that she should have a lot to say to her father, but at this moment, looking at the man sitting on the ground...

Mobius suddenly felt a little bored.

"I...will allow 'humanity' to achieve 'evolution'." Mobius looked down at her disheveled father.

"No matter what kind of disaster, what kind of medicine...I won't let them humiliate 'humanity' like this again..."

"I will never...let them become disgusting like you..."

"—Monster."

Mobius let out a long breath, looking down at this pitiful man with a look of pity.

"I'm done. Do you want to keep hitting me?"

"..."