When They Are Heroes, I Am in Honkai Impact

"Hmm, it really is different. Gosh, I'm probably going to become a total slacker at school now."

Bai Ge closed the textbook in his hands with a wry smile.

While not entirely different, many details didn't match up. He felt like he'd have to relearn everything from elementary school through high school, especially history.

After all, this new civilization, filled with Honkai, was different from his previous life. Its history contained many, many events unknown to his memory.

For example, the flat land of Shenzhou, cough, the Scarlet Kite Immortal, and the ancestor of Shenzhou named Ji Lin.

"Well, although Honkai is still kept secret from ordinary civilians, so there's nothing about it in the history books, sigh."

Bai Ge sighed about having to relearn everything.

But the next second, he realized something.

"Wait, isn't the third Honkai outbreak going to happen in Changkong City soon? If nothing is left then, what's the point of studying!"

The school is going to be gone, yay!

Thinking this, Bai Ge subconsciously looked for Raiden Mei but couldn't find the girl in the classroom.

[Host, Raiden Mei's current location is on the rooftop of the teaching building. By the way, several girls were just discussing bullying her.]

"System, although you haven't given me anything yet, I've found that you're quite good as a life assistant. But next time, tell me about this kind of thing earlier!"

[Understood. Next time, for sure.]

"..."

At the same time, on the rooftop of the teaching building.

Mei, who was about to find a quiet place to eat lunch, was cornered in the hallway by a few girls. Her eyes were filled with numbness and helplessness, thinking, here we go again.

"Yo, Miss Raiden Mei, why are you making your own lunch again? Where's your usual luxurious bento?"

"Haha, I bet since her dad's fraud scandal was exposed, her family is out of money."

"A fraudster's daughter dares to come to school? How shameless can she be?"

"Say something, Queen Raiden! I've disliked you for a long time."

Her former close friends were now the ones hurting her the most.

Even though no physical violence had been used yet, words were sometimes sharper and more cruel than any knife.

Raiden Mei lowered her head, curling up in a corner like a wounded animal. She wanted to say it wasn't like that, that she wasn't a sinner, and her father hadn't committed fraud. She believed there must have been some misunderstanding.

But she knew that would only make them say worse things. In this school, where she no longer had a place, no matter how she defended herself, cried out, or asked for help, no one would respond to the daughter of a 'sinner.'

Yeah, why did she even come to school?

Since she would only be bullied by these people at school, she might as well not come starting tomorrow.

Seeing Mei's expression grow increasingly gloomy and desperate, the smiles of these girls became even brighter.

People always enjoyed watching beautiful and noble things shatter and fall. This high-and-mighty flower, once out of their reach, had now fallen to the ground.

Everyone, unable to resist, wanted to trample her, to dirty her, to take this girl they once adored and envied, and cruelly stomp on her.

"Haha! Let me pour some water on you to calm you down and make you reflect on yourself, sinner." The sadism in one of the girls' eyes was no longer hidden.

She picked up the bucket of dirty water she had prepared.

However, just as she was about to splash the dirty water on Mei—

"Hey! You guys are going too far!"

A boy suddenly appeared, like a righteous hero, blocking Raiden Mei.

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"...Damn, they're actually going to do it."

Bai Ge's eyes twitched. He was already drenched.

He had just seen these girls verbally bullying Raiden Mei and rushed over without thinking, only to be immediately doused with a bucket of water.

He immediately felt terrible.

Weren't they supposed to be verbally bullying? Why did it suddenly turn into splashing water? They weren't playing by the rules.

"Who... who are you!"

"I'm just a passing righteous hero... Just kidding, but! BUT! I say you're going too far, way too far."

Bai Ge shook the water off himself and looked at the girls indignantly.

Not only these girls, but even Mei behind him was incredibly surprised.

Mei widened her eyes, looking at Bai Ge. She hadn't expected that in Senba Academy, which she thought was full of malice, someone would actually speak up for her.

"Isn't this Bai Ge? What are you doing here, and isn't this a bit of meddling?"

"Meddling? How can stopping school bullying happening right in front of you be called meddling?"

"You've misunderstood, Bai Ge. And you know it too, right? This Raiden Mei is the daughter of a fraudster. And what good can the daughter of a sinner be?"

Perhaps because of Bai Ge's popularity, the girls who were just acting so arrogant were now gone. Each of them wore stiff smiles as they tried to justify themselves.

Bai Ge looked them straight in the eye, his pure, direct gaze making it impossible for them to meet his.

"Ha? What kind of twisted logic is that? Is the daughter of a scammer automatically a sinner? You're just finding a flimsy excuse for your bullying."

"No, we just..."

"Enough! I can't stand it. I have no interest in your explanations, and your apologies are worthless, so I can't be bothered to accept them, eh~"

Bai Ge sighed and turned to look at Mei behind him, his gaze immediately softening. After all, she was the first character on his ship, the Hyperion, to reach max affection.

Especially now, she wore an expression of surprise that no amount of clicking on her character portrait on the bridge could ever elicit.

"I've heard about Raiden Ryoma, but whether the rumors are true or not, his actions have nothing to do with his daughter, Raiden Mei, do they?"

"Ah, no, wait. If Raiden Ryoma really is a scammer, then perhaps his crimes should indeed be partially borne by his daughter, Raiden Mei, as it could be considered a child's responsibility."

"But no matter what, none of you have the right to treat her that way. After all, you weren't scammed by her, were you? On the contrary... back when you were still willing to be friends with Raiden Mei, remember who paid when you went out together?"

Bai Ge's words left the girls speechless.

There was nothing they could say in rebuttal.

Those who were actually defrauded by Raiden Ryoma might have had the right to blame Mei, but these girls certainly did not.

In fact, in the past, they could be considered parasites feeding off Mei. Every time they went out, Mei paid, while they schemed to use the girl's emotions and her reputation to get close to ME Corp.

"You are the ones on the side of the aggressors, so stop acting like victims. You truly are ungrateful vipers, disgusting."

"As her friend, you should have been comforting her and standing by her side during this time. Just distancing yourselves would have been one thing, but to suddenly turn into aggressors? Don't you feel any shame?"

Standing on the moral high ground, Bai Ge pointed and unleashed a torrent of words at the group of girls.

The girls looked terrible, feeling as if they didn't even deserve to be human.

"We, we're leaving!"

"What's with this seriousness?"

"It's not that big of a deal..."

"Hmph, I don't like this guy anymore."

Not that I needed your liking in the first place.

Seeing the girls retreat en masse after his scolding, Bai Ge muttered to himself. Although personality was more important than looks, Bai Ge admitted he was a sucker for good looks.

Besides, these girls weren't great in either personality or looks.

And besides, since he was already in the Honkai world, of course, he wanted to get close to the Valkyries!

"Are you okay, Raiden Mei?"

"I'm fine, thank you, Bai Ge."

As expected of an East Asian noblewoman who received a proper upbringing since childhood, Mei, once she came to her senses, immediately bowed ninety degrees to Bai Ge in gratitude.

"Glad to hear it. That's all then, bye-bye."

"Please, please wait."

Seeing Bai Ge about to leave after doing a good deed, Mei couldn't help but call out to him.

"Hm? Is there something else?"

"May I ask why you helped me, Bai Ge?" Mei asked, confused.

They were just ordinary classmates, with no special relationship. Therefore, Mei couldn't understand why Bai Ge would help her when there was no benefit to him.

Bai Ge tilted his head upon hearing this and replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"What kind of question is that? Do you need a reason to help a poor girl being bullied? Don't worry, I don't know what's going on with your father, but I won't hold it against you, Raiden Mei."

"..."

Raiden Mei felt a tightness in her chest. Looking at the boy before her with his handsome smile, his words, so naturally gentle, illuminated a sliver of light in her gloomy heart.

"Thank you, thank you, Bai Ge."