Cosplaying as an expert in the Honkai Impact 3rd universe.
Author: Xue Hualuoi
Synopsis:
This is my cosplay of King Arthur, the accuracy is high, right?
This is my cosplay of Mikoto Misaka, the accuracy is quite high, too, right?
Do you know why my cosplay accuracy is so high?
No one understands King Arthur better than I do, nor Mikoto Misaka, Raiden Mei, or the Tuna.
I know a lot, and I'm very perceptive. I understand them better than anyone else.
I know what battle is, what Honkai is, what friendship is, what perseverance is, and what bravery is.
Aside from being a Captain, I can cosplay anything!
Prologue: The 1,001st Day of Transmigration
He neatly tied his red tie and combed his hair into an adult's style.
He put on a handsome suit.
He looked in the mirror. That was the face of an ice-cold handsome man with a hint of melancholy, and his well-proportioned figure looked even taller and straighter against the backdrop of that suit, looking heroic and spirited.
Stroking his pitch-black, lustrous hair, Li Pu said with a hint of melancholy, "Sigh, it's really a pity that the heavens gave me a face and body made to freeload off women."
"Yet I just have to make a living through my own skills."
"Why am I so talented?"
Li Pu tidied his clothes, gave his red tie a tug, and said quite contentedly, "As expected, in this world, no one understands what handsomeness is better than I do."
"On the 1,001st day of my transmigration, I, Li Pu, finally have a job."
Li Pu, a transmigrator, had been good for nothing for 1,001 days. Just before he seriously intended to rely on this good looks to freeload, he finally found a decent job.
He put on the suit bought with his last startup capital, and combed his hair into an adult's style.
He shouldered his briefcase, went outside, called a Didi, and went to work.
Yes, he called a Didi.
Don't worry about such minor details—why were there still Didi rides after transmigrating? Because this was peaceful Changkong City, where there was no Hyperion in the sky and no Honkai Beasts on the ground.
This was a city highly similar to a certain city in China from his past life.
People used red hundred-yuan bills, could order food delivery and Didi rides, and had anime and Steam. It was a city highly similar to his past life in every sense.
This was a coastal city.
On this day, the sky was just as blue, the sea was just as blue, and people's hearts were just as simple and kind.
The students were still just as innocent and cute.
Against the backdrop of all this peace,
"Oh oh oh!!! Ahhhhh!!! It's actually you!"
The innocent, startled scream of a girl at St. Freya Girls' Academy pierced the sky, bringing a bit of lively energy to the quiet and warm Changkong City.
A certain white-haired girl with twin braids pointed at a youth wearing a black body-hugging suit, a red tie, and a head of pitch-black, lustrous hair, and roared, "It's actually you!"
"You shameless fellow, to think you'd actually show up in our school!"
"I let you get away yesterday! Let's see where you can run today!"
The 1,001st day of transmigration...
Crap! This feels like my face hurts.
Li Pu had found a job, and the workplace was right here at St. Freya Girls' Academy. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected that on the 1,001st day of his transmigration, on his very first day of work,
he would run into her—the one he met on the 1,000th day of his transmigration—without any warning!
"Sigh, what a predestined affinity for disaster this really is." Li Pu stroked his lustrous hair. The moment he learned his workplace was St. Freya Academy, Li Pu knew he would inevitably run into people he was familiar with who didn't know him.
He had anticipated something like this happening today, just not that it would happen so fast.
"I didn't expect to run into you on the very first day," Li Pu said, shaking his head. "Although I've already explained, why won't you believe me, Kiana?"
"What happened yesterday really was just an accident. I'm a man with ambition."
"I've never once thought about freeloading or anything like that."
"Kiana never wanted to care whether you freeload or not." With fire in her eyes, Kiana pointed at the melancholy-looking, handsome youth before her and said, "You guy! You actually tried to take advantage of Mei-senpai!"
"This sort of thing is absolutely unforgivable!"
"Kiana." Li Pu took a step back and said, "Please listen to my explanation. I honestly don't have any thoughts of taking advantage of Mei."
"I'm just a very ordinary passerby with no ulterior motives whatsoever."
"I simply wanted to thank Mei."
Li Pu dared swear to the heavens that he truly had no crooked thoughts regarding Mei. He neither was nor wanted to be a Captain, so he originally hadn't planned on knowing any Valkyries.
He just wanted to find an ordinary job, earn enough money to support himself now, and support a wife and children in the future.
If this was that Changkong City, then he would move his whole family away before the worst happened. If this wasn't that Changkong City,
then of course that would be best.
He, Li Pu, wasn't some person with grand ambitions who had to turn the tide.
It was just that after being rejected for the 1,000th time, watching the initial capital given by his transmigration about to run out, and with next month's rent and food money still nowhere in sight,
Li Pu had seriously intended to look around and see how this freeloading business worked.
Eating was always the top priority. If his next meal was looking doubtful,
then sometimes integrity could genuinely be set aside.
It was just by a twist of fate...
"I didn't want to freeload off Mei's meals at all," Li Pu said earnestly. "Although the Raiden Group is indeed very wealthy, I'm also a man with dignity."
"Mei just took pity on my kind deed and helped me out a little."
"But Mei's help is very important to me."
"I can't very well act like an ungrateful wretch, can I?"
"Lies! Lies! Lies! You kind of person has a human face but the heart of a beast." Kiana refused to believe Li Pu's words. "How could there be any kind deed? And you even had Mei provide you with some help."
"Do you think I'm a Tuna? I don't know anything!"
"Clearly, you tackled Mei to the ground yesterday!"
"How could there not be a kind deed?" Li Pu argued. "Although it was just a small matter, I picked up Mei's wallet, which had her ID and passport inside. I didn't touch a single thing and returned it intact!"
"For a girl alone in a foreign country, a passport is quite an important item, too."
"As for tackling her, I already said! My foot just slipped by accident!"
"I dare swear to the heavens," Li Pu said. "I was just treating Mei to a crepe, truly no other meaning behind it. A slip of the foot was just a slip of the foot!"
Even if he did want other meanings, there was nothing he could do; the money on him was only enough to buy a single crepe.
Although it sounded absurd, yesterday really was just a slip of the foot! There was no other meaning to it!
In reality, the matter was simply that straightforward.
He picked up and returned the wallet, Mei expressed her gratitude, and Li Pu merely indicated that rather than money, he preferred a job. So, Mei recommended him here. Thus, one had to admit, having money and power was great...
No! That wasn't what he meant!
Li Pu was also an honest person, and since this job solved his pressing need, naturally he wanted to express his thanks.
Buying a crepe wasn't expensive, but it was still a gesture of goodwill.
As a result, as ill luck would have it, he slipped and fell, tumbled toward Mei, and just as ill luck would have it, Kiana happened to witness the whole thing.
So... so... so...
"You guy! Don't quibble! Mei! Mei! Mei or whatever, to actually call her so intimately! Is Mei's name something you can just shout?!" Kiana charged toward Li Pu, flying into the air to kick straight at Li Pu's face.
"You big pervert, not a single word you say is trustworthy!"
"Take that! Eat Kiana's righteous flying kick!"
"Haidah!"
Watching that sole grow larger and larger, Li Pu genuinely felt a bit despairing. Di... di... di... did this mean he was going to be forced to unleash his ultimate move?!
Wasn't this Tuna going too far? He, Li Pu, had already explained it wasn't intentional at all!
And yet she still wanted to resort to violence!
Now! There was no other choice! Li Pu could no longer endure in silence, and since things had come to this, she couldn't blame him for being impolite. With a hardened heart, he lunged forward with all his might, instantly pressing down toward the flying Kiana like a fierce tiger pouncing on its prey.
Kiana truly hadn't expected the youth before her to actually counterattack.
This actually threw her into a bit of a panic. This was the school gate, after all.
If she got caught by the Head of Teaching, that would be terrible!
She had only wanted to scare him and make him stay away from Mei.
Yet now, the force of her strike was like spilled water that could not be taken back. Kiana could only brace herself and kick toward the youth.
"Slap!" Just at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared between the two of them.
They saw the newcomer execute a flying grab and grapple, effortlessly seizing Kiana's flying foot, using the momentum to spin and dissipate the force, before grabbing her shoulder and pressing her down to half-kneel on the ground.
"Kiana! Have you forgotten St. Freya Academy's school motto?" That person's voice sounded somewhat icy. "At the school gate."
"Are you planning to get punished by the Head of Teaching?"
"Eh~ Mei!!!" Kiana instantly lost her aggressive momentum like a mouse seeing a cat, yet still stubbornly said, "Don't stop me, I'm just going to teach this rude fellow a lesson!"
"Enough, Kiana!" Mei furrowed her brow slightly and said, "Yesterday's matters are already in the past. I believe Mr. Li Pu didn't do it intentionally."
"If you continue making a scene like this, don't even think about eating the bento I make today."
The moment bentos were mentioned, Kiana's momentum withered away directly.
Heaven was vast, earth was vast, teachers were great, but none were as great as Mei's bentos!
"I got it." Kiana shoved her hands into her pockets and said quite unhappily, "Anyway, I'll let you off the hook this time! Next time! If there's a next time!"
"Kiana will definitely beat you to a pulp!"
Kiana muttered as she walked away, though she didn't go far—she just walked a couple of steps to put some distance between them and waited for Mei.
"I'm truly very sorry." Seeing Kiana stop making a fuss, Mei said apologetically, "Mr. Li Pu, Kiana is just like that, please excuse her."
"This is St. Freya Girls' Academy. Even though it's a girls' school, I've already had someone handle most of the arrangements in general."
"As for the rest, whether Mr. Li Pu can stay here will depend on your genuine abilities."
"Also~" Mei said, looking as though she were holding back a smile. "Your momentum just now was quite good, but this suit of yours wasn't cheap either."
"Be careful not to wear out your knees, otherwise when you meet the principal in a moment..."
"You'll end up making people laugh~"
Chapter 1: My Job at St. Freya
"A child..."
Li Pu was still quite surprised.
Even knowing the fact that St. Freya Academy's principal was a legal loli, actually seeing her in person still gave him a somewhat surprised feeling.
"What are you saying?" A certain legal loli seemed to have heard some sort of vocabulary that shouldn't have appeared here.
"As the saying goes, seeing it once is worth a hundred hearings." Li Pu instantly changed his words. "Rumors in the streets say that the principal of St. Freya Academy, Theresa, is truly the World's Cutest."
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