Eden's Confession: I Really Like Himeko!

Seeing this, the players were instantly thrilled.

Updating a video at this hour—it had to be an announcement, right?

Was Aunt Himeko finally going to be revived? Had MiHoYo finally realized its mistake?

However, when they opened the new video, they discovered... wasn't this just the animated short for "The Last Lesson"?

Damn it! MiHoYo, are you even human?!

I just got stabbed in the heart this afternoon, and you dared release it again? Do you not want to keep making games anymore?

Waaah~~ My Aunt Himeko~

MiHoYo had chosen to play dead, bros. Looks like we hadn't gone hard enough!

Just a passerby, but this animation looks pretty good. Why is everyone cursing it out?

The rise of Chinese animation?

Rise my ass... this is a game...

Although the players kept cursing, they still couldn't stop themselves from watching the video again and again.

Because... it was just that exquisitely made.

They watched, cried, and cursed all at once. The scene was utterly bizarre.

Meanwhile, at Elysia's home.

After ending her stream, she had been comforting Eden the whole time.

Yet no matter what she did, Eden couldn't stop crying.

As she cried, she actually fell asleep in Elysia's arms.

Feeling sorry for Eden, Elysia let her sleep on her lap.

It was only after more than three hours that Eden finally woke up.

"Eden!" Seeing Eden awake, Elysia looked overjoyed.

"Elysia, I... how long did I sleep?"

"Eden only slept for a little over three hours. If you're still tired, you can keep sleeping~"

"There'll always be a place on Elysia's lap for Eden~"

Eden shook her head. "No need..."

Seeing that Eden still seemed somewhat downcast, Elysia threw herself into her arms and began acting cute nonstop.

"Eden~ Don't be sad~"

"If you don't want Himeko to sacrifice herself, can't we just buy MiHoYo?"

"Then we can supervise their writers together and absolutely never let them write plots where cute girls get hurt again."

Eden shook her head. "No, their story was very good... very sincere..."

"I liked it too..."

"Huh?" Elysia tilted her head and reached out to feel Eden's forehead. "You don't have a fever~"

After confirming that Eden was fine, Elysia grinned. "As expected, Eden is the gentlest and cutest girl~ You were clearly angered to tears by them, yet you're still trying to speak up for them."

"I love Eden the most~"

Eden flicked Elysia on the forehead and pretended to be angry. "What do you mean, angered to tears..."

"I was just... moved by it... Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to take a bath~"

"Do you want Elysia to come with you~?"

"No need~"

After taking a bath, Eden had also pulled herself together again.

But when she opened her phone to browse the news online, she found that Weibo's trending topics had been completely dominated by terms related to "Honkai Impact 3rd."

She had actually expected that, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

She simply opened her own Weibo and composed a post.

"MiHoYo, you have no heart. (Crying)"

Eden's account had more than ninety million followers.

They were all completely genuine followers. She had never bought even a single bot follower.

Those numbers surpassed even those of veteran kings and queens of the music scene.

Since her debut, Eden had only made a little over a dozen Weibo posts in total.

Most of them had been promotional posts for her new albums, with absolutely nothing unrelated to music.

So this was also the first time she had complained online.

That was right. She posted it only because she couldn't help venting a little.

Because "The Last Lesson" had truly broken through her defenses.

Eden's Confession: I Really Like Himeko!

For Eden, who had ninety million active followers, every post she made attracted countless eyes.

This simple complaint was no exception.

After several hours of spreading, Eden's fans all learned that she had been brought to tears by a game.

A few hours earlier, those fans had even gone to bombard MiHoYo's official account.

Now that they saw their idol was still troubled over Himeko's sacrifice, they immediately grew worried.

The comments below were filled with words of comfort.

But Eden had no mood to read those messages.

She lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Her mind was filled with Himeko.

It wasn't until after one in the morning that she opened her phone again and angrily composed another Weibo post.

MiHoYo, are you asleep? I can't sleep!

After hitting send, Eden put on her headphones and searched for the theme song of "The Last Lesson."

Putting aside the video for "The Last Lesson," she felt that the song alone was well worth studying.

As a musician, even she would have found it difficult to create a song of that caliber.

Yet MiHoYo, a game company, had actually specially produced a theme song for an animated short.

And the finished product was so outstanding.

It was clear that MiHoYo took "Honkai Impact 3rd" incredibly seriously.

If ten points were a perfect score, Eden was willing to give "Nightglow" an eight.

But when paired with "The Last Lesson," Eden felt that the song fully deserved to be called a perfect masterpiece.

Of course, that might have been because of Himeko.

But no matter what, the song was unquestionably excellent.

Even many famous singers did not currently have works of such high quality.

"I want to see which lyricist and composer they hired."

Eden easily found "Nightglow" on a music site.

Perhaps because MiHoYo's official account was backing it, the song's comment section was very clean, without too many negative remarks.

Yet after scrolling through it, Eden found no information on the lyricist or composer at all.

If there was any credit to speak of... there were only the three words MiHoYo.

"Could it have been written by someone from their Studio?"

Then she used her connections to ask around everywhere, but every answer she received was that no one knew.

"Was it really created by someone from their own Studio?"

Just as she was wondering about it, the bedroom door suddenly opened.

"Elysia? You're not asleep yet?"

"Hehe~ I saw the Weibo post you made~" Elysia wore a pink nightgown that perfectly showed off her voluptuous, graceful figure.

Without asking for Eden's opinion, Elysia slipped straight under the covers and pulled Eden into her arms.

"Is Eden still unhappy?"

Eden smiled softly and shook her head. "No. I only posted on Weibo because I wanted to complain a little, and maybe help MiHoYo promote their game while I was at it."

"Huh? Did Eden accept an advertisement?"

Eden shook her head. "I just genuinely like Honkai Impact 3rd, so I wanted to help out."

"Then do you want to consider that suggestion I mentioned earlier?"

"Acquiring MiHoYo?"

Elysia nodded. "That way, wouldn't you be able to change any plot you don't like however you want?"

"There's no need. Their story is excellent. If I changed it carelessly, it would only make 'Honkai Impact 3rd' lose its flavor." At this point, Eden paused.

"Besides, I heard that even Tencent was turned down when it wanted to acquire MiHoYo."

"Something like that happened~?"

Eden nodded. "All right, Elysia, we should get to sleep. I'm planning to visit MiHoYo Studio another day."

"Though I'm very curious why Eden wants to visit the Studio, Elysia is willing to go with you~"

However, after Eden and Elysia fell peacefully asleep,

a huge uproar erupted online.

The youngest diva, the most beautiful celebrity, and the elusive, aloof Eden had actually made two Weibo posts in the middle of the night because of a game.

Though the posts were brief, anyone could feel the resentment brimming from her words.

Eden, who had always been poised and elegant, had such a side to her too?

As a result, those two posts climbed Weibo's trending rankings at a terrifying speed in the middle of the night.

An account with ninety million followers had made only fifteen posts in total.

Thirteen of them had been promotions for albums and concerts.

Yet the latest two were because of a game made by a tiny workshop??

This made countless people thoroughly curious about the game called "Honkai Impact 3rd."

At the same time, other celebrities in the entertainment industry were also incredibly curious.

It had to be said that Eden's influence was truly powerful.

Even though it was the middle of the night, she still brought enormous benefits to "Honkai Impact 3rd."

The number of players kept growing by several million.

By the next morning, many people opened Weibo and discovered in surprise that the first and second trending topics were both related to MiHoYo.

#MiHoYo, You Have No Heart (Crying)#

#MiHoYo, Are You Asleep? I Can't Sleep!#

The two baffling Weibo posts left netizens immensely curious.