The Big Shot Cosplayer in the World of Honkai Impact 3rd

The Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose, as a spear, was generally nothing special beyond its good looks. There was no hidden mechanism to surprise you.

The only truly special aspect was a unique attribute the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose possessed.

That attribute was 'Demon-Breaking.'

Its effect was exactly as the name implied: breaking magic! Any magic, sorcery, magical contracts, or incantations based on magic could be easily shattered.

To draw a comparison, it was a bit like Mother's Hand of Physics.

Anything unscientific could be broken.

The Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose had a similar effect.

But it wasn't entirely the same! This was also why the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose earned the title of 'most useful piece of junk.'

Because the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose's effect was limited solely to 'magic.' If the opponent wasn't based on magic, then this 'Demon-Breaking' setting was completely useless.

"This is a Honkai world!" Li Pu complained. "Use some Gil's magic!"

After his excitement, he suddenly realized this fact.

It was truly hard to accept.

He used a lottery chance, got what he thought was a good item, but upon receiving it, he found it to be a waste. If he used it, it wasn't very useful, but if he didn't, it wasn't entirely useless either.

Even if it couldn't 'break Honkai' by targeting Honkai Energy.

However, the spear itself had good strength, moderate quality, and was very sharp. From a physical standpoint, it was a very good cold weapon.

But that was all the good it had.

'Do you have a buyback system here?' Li Pu entered the System and asked, 'How much is this Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose worth?'

'This System does not purchase any items,' the System replied. 'Therefore, this Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose is worthless here.'

'You can try using it; perhaps you'll find some other use.'

'Besides, as a Noble Phantasm, the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose is quite good.'

'What's good about it?' Li Pu complained. 'Other uses, you mean stabbing myself? And this thing is Demon-Breaking! Demon-Breaking! The Honkai world is based on Honkai Energy. The worldviews are different, so Demon-Breaking has no effect!'

'Moreover, this thing isn't very convenient to carry.'

This was another reason Li Pu wasn't optimistic about the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose, because it was too long. So he couldn't just carry it around everywhere, right? He, Li Pu, hoped to get some easily portable weapons.

'You don't have to carry it,' the System said. 'You can choose to equip it.'

'After equipping it, you can take it out anytime, anywhere.'

'Huh?' Li Pu felt it wasn't such a loss after hearing this. At least the Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose let him learn about some other System settings.

'What do you mean?' Li Pu asked. 'Equip?'

'You know about equipping weapons in games, right?' the System explained. 'It's similar to that. As long as you equip it, you can take it out and use it anytime, anywhere, no matter where you are or what you're doing.'

'As long as the weapon isn't broken, you can take it out and use it.'

'Simply put, you can think of it as the weapon being stored in a peculiar subspace after equipping it.'

'You can take it out when you want to use it.'

'That's not bad,' Li Pu said, feeling slightly satisfied. 'How do I equip it? What are the usage conditions?'

'There are no usage conditions. Once equipped, you'll understand yourself,' the System explained. 'However, you can only equip two melee and one ranged weapon at a time, three sets of different types of armor, an unlimited number of vehicles, and one bottle each of red and blue potions.'

'But it needs to be bound before equipping. Once bound, the weapon cannot be sold or transferred.'

'In short, after binding, even if you don't like it, you can only choose to destroy it.'

'You can't take it out to sell for money to anyone.'

'Oh~ I get it,' Li Pu said, understanding. 'Isn't it like equipment in games? Can it be unbound by spending money?'

'No,' the System replied. 'The only way to unbind it is to destroy it.'

'So please be cautious.'

This really required caution, Li Pu smacked his lips. He had to admit this equipment was quite tempting, but it needed to be bound before equipping. But if binding meant it could only be unbound through destruction...

Then...

Any equipment he couldn't use or didn't want to use after a period of time couldn't be sold for money.

'It's really making me conflicted,' Li Pu said. 'This Demon-Breaking Crimson Rose.'

'It's a waste, truly a bit of a waste.'

'Besides Demon-Breaking, there are no other buffs.'

Li Pu really felt it was so useless. Theoretically, having something was better than nothing. But this world was the Honkai, not relying on magic. Without its biggest characteristic as a foundation, it was unusable.

So it was truly something you could discard without regret, but tasted bland if you tried to eat it.

'You can rewrite its attributes,' the System quickly offered Li Pu a solution. 'Rewrite its attributes to a certain extent.'

'Eh? How do I do that?' Li Pu's interest was piqued.

If he could rewrite its attributes, that would be awesome! He could change the attributes to something super powerful!

"Side quest," the System said. "You should go do side quests too. Don't you remember? The rewards for side quests can be customized. You can customize a reward that modifies equipment attributes."

"If it's just a small-scale attribute rewrite, like changing 'Demon-Breaking' to 'Honkai-Breaking' with localized attribute rewriting."

"As long as the custom quest evaluation reaches C-rank, you can rewrite it."

"If you want to rewrite it into stronger or heaven-defying attributes."

"Of course, you'll need to increase the quest rank."

"Starting from S-rank, with no upper limit."

"Oh..." Li Pu nodded and said, "I understand."

As expected, the System wouldn't just give him things so easily. But it was still pretty good. At least his System was the type that depended on luck. As long as he was lucky, he could easily get some useful things.

It wasn't like other Systems that forced their transmigration protagonists to be escorts, drinking buddies, or bed warmers.

"I don't have a chance to draw missions right now," Li Pu scratched his head and said. "Is there any other way to get a chance?"

"Can't you give me a hint about what titles I can get?"

"No!" the System said. "But if you're eager to get a chance to draw, you can try completing that regular mission."

"Mother's Love!"

Chapter 49: This Outfit is Good

"You mean you're a teacher at the academy now?"

Otto said with a smile... What a load of crap! He sternly refused, "This is a girls' school! We don't hire male teachers, so Mr. Siegfried, please find employment elsewhere."

"A girls' school doesn't hire male teachers," Siegfried slammed his palm on the table and said, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"In this school, aren't you a man? Isn't Cecilia..."

"My wife she..."

"That Li Pu..."

Siegfried was furious, but as soon as Li Pu was mentioned, his momentum couldn't be raised at all. She was his destined wife, but not yet! She hadn't awakened all her memories yet and couldn't strictly be called Cecilia.

But Cecilia is my wife! And my wife's reincarnation is that Li Pu!

Li Pu is...

"Why is this happening?!" Siegfried slumped down, his eyes vacant, grabbing his head with both hands and saying, "It should be the joy of reunion, it should be the passion of meeting again. These two burning emotions combined should bring double the happiness!"

"But why! Why..."

"Why is this happening!"

Siegfried roared heartbrokenly, "I can't accept this at all! This kind of reincarnation, are you really not lying to me!"

"You'll get hit if you say that, Mr. Siegfried," Otto said, leaning back in his chair with one hand propping up his head and his legs crossed, looking displeased. "Reincarnation is not something either of us can directly decide."

"There is no inevitable connection between the soul's previous life and its next life."

"If you were human in your previous life, you could be a tree, a blade of grass, or a flower in your next life."

"Or a fox, or a cat."

"It should make you happy that Cecilia could be reborn as a human," Otto seemed to counsel. "At least under the constraints of fate's great iron chains, he has returned."

"Instead of being completely lost, allowing you, her, and him to have another chance to meet."

"You should be grateful to the goddess of fate, for she has at least given you new luck."

Siegfried finally calmed down.

To be honest, sometimes when people face things they can't control and are also very unfamiliar with, they feel lost and agitated. Even the most patient person would have significant emotional fluctuations when suddenly encountering two consecutive failures and shocks.

Let alone Siegfried?

He wasn't exactly a very steady person to begin with.

Even if he had ideas, strategies, and plans to execute, what good would it do? From the moment he received the news until now, his mood had been like riding a roller coaster, going up and down. Suddenly doing a 360-degree spin was truly mind-boggling.

It was already quite good that he only exploded now.

"Alright," Siegfried said, "I believe you, I want to become..."

"I don't hire male teachers here," Otto said. "This is a girls' school. If you're willing to wear women's clothing, I might consider hiring you."

"Are you toying with me?" Siegfried said fiercely, banging on the table. "You're a man too, how can you be the head of the teaching department here?"

"I paid for the land and funded the construction of the school," Otto spread his hands, a hint of mockery on his face. "I found the connections myself, and I was responsible for procuring most of the professional equipment here."

"In other words, from the initial investment to the final expenditure, everything was handled and paid for by me."

"If you had this kind of Money Power, you could also sit here."

Money Power! He, Siegfried, truly didn't have it. After living in seclusion, his savings were all spent at the tavern. Furthermore, establishing a Valkyrie Academy wasn't something his meager savings could accomplish.

"Is there no room for negotiation at all?" Siegfried gritted his teeth and said.

"Not entirely." Otto said, "Janitor, but that position isn't suitable for you."

"And what's wrong with cross-dressing?" Otto said enticingly. "I've worn women's clothing too, and it feels very comfortable and pleasant. Besides overcoming the psychological aspect, there's nothing else."

"Besides, from the perspective of the history of clothing development, most of the current women's clothing, including skirts, high heels, and stockings, is actually clothing for men. There's nothing wrong with men wearing them."

"Moreover!" Otto raised his voice to suppress Siegfried before his next burst, saying, "Mr. Siegfried, let's be perfectly frank."

"You're not here to be a good teacher, to educate people, and to impart knowledge."

Siegfried calmed down.

"Be perfectly frank," Siegfried said with a cold laugh. "Yes, I'm not here to cultivate cannon fodder that you can discard at any time! If it weren't for Kiana's insistence, I wouldn't even want her to come here."

"I am here for Cecilia."

"Then that makes things very simple," Otto said with a slight smile. "Although I wasn't expecting you to teach here, and from Cecilia's perspective..."

"If you want to please the current Cecilia, you have to pay something."

"For example, swapping genders," Otto gestured. "Of course, I'm not asking you to actually visit 'Sawasdee-land' or 'The front wheel doesn't turn, the back wheel turns~Smidaland'."

"You just need to pay a little, just a little is enough. For example, cross-dressing."

"Let the current Cecilia see your sincerity and your feelings."

"Although it's a bit of a self-deprecating act," Otto said sincerely, "the distance between people is sometimes bridged by these jokes and self-deprecating acts."

"If you're too overbearing and plan to force yourself on Cecilia..."

"I believe you'll remain a bachelor for the rest of your life."

"Cecilia's reincarnation will absolutely not accept you."

"In combat strategy, there's a move called 'retreat to advance'," Otto said. "Don't worry about those jars and pots. If they're broken, they're broken. As long as the truly useful things are preserved, you can win back all the jars and pots."