Honkai Exposed, Iconic Scenes from the Elysian Realm at the Start

In the screen, Raiden Mei encountered Apponia again, who forced her to discuss some unpleasant topics.

When she woke up, Mei chatted with Raven for a while about Apponia's prophecy, and their conversation eventually turned to Chakravartin.

"Chakravartin once told me that she is the final trial here. And only he and Mobius have truly caused the death of a successor."

It didn't sound like good news.

At least, not for the person unlucky enough to face Chakravartin as their final trial.

"Then I really dodged a bullet," Raven exclaimed.

Chakravartin felt like a wild beast to her, nothing like a Flame-Chaser. If her intuition hadn't been sharp, she might have been done for.

However, Mei mentioning Chakravartin at this moment wasn't to praise his strength.

"Oh, so this is the method you thought of?" Raven had already guessed Mei's intention.

"That's right. Apponia's prophecy is that I will die in ten days. So I'm curious, what will happen if I face a certain death situation before then?"

Raiden Mei declared, "For that, I must challenge Chakravartin!"

Putting aside whether this method would work, Raven was too shocked to speak.

Watching Mei's retreating back, Raven gazed after her silently.

Mei's decision to challenge Chakravartin was like a warrior charging a bunker with dynamite, and it looked like she couldn't be dissuaded.

Chakravartin: "Hahaha, Herrscher, I admire your madness and acknowledge your courage to seek death. Come, let us fight!!!"

Theresa: "Hey, hey, hey, Mei, calm down! Come back, don't go to your death, you can't win!"

Raiden Mei: "No, wait, I don't want to either!"

Holy crap!

She hadn't felt it before, but now seeing herself wanting to challenge Chakravartin because of a prophecy, Mei was starting to doubt her own sanity.

Kiana: "Mei, there are so many ways to break a prophecy, there's no need to be so extreme. Let's sit down and discuss it first, don't be so rash."

Raiden Mei: "I, I lived until the After Honkai era!"

Pardofelis: "Living until the After Honkai era could also mean being killed by Brother Jie and then saved by Sister Snake."

Elysia: "Saved by Mobius, forget the After Honkai era, you can live as long as you want."

Raiden Mei: "..."

Hey, hey, hey, don't scare me!

After Pardofelis and Elysia said that, Mei, who was already feeling a bit guilty, completely panicked.

First fighting alongside Chakravartin, then being forcibly saved and kept alive by Mobius – the thought of that scene was horrifying.

She might have been a bit arrogant just now, but was it too late to apologize?

Chapter 56: Chakravartin, Get Over Here

Pardofelis: "Sister Mei, why don't you draw out your Musou Isshin? Then, even if Brother Jie comes looking for you, you won't be completely powerless."

Raiden Mei: "Ah, this..."

Kiana: "No way, absolutely not. I will protect Mei's cooking skills!"

It was impossible, Musou Isshin must not be drawn.

Even if Mei was severely injured by Chakravartin, Kiana felt she could take care of her.

She would definitely take meticulous care of Mei then.

She would raise Mei into a young girl who couldn't leave her side and thought of her for everything, so she wouldn't be afraid of the Pink Fox snatching her away.

Turning Mei into her own image, hehehe...

Theresa: "It's all that Apponia's fault! Why did she have to issue a ten-day prophecy telling Mei she was going to die? Now look, Mei lived until the After Honkai era, making her prophecy fail, and Mei is going to fight Chakravartin."

Pardofelis: "Sister Nia wouldn't issue a prophecy without reason. If she makes a prophecy, then something big is definitely going to happen."

Raiden Mei: "No way, why do I feel like I haven't had a moment's peace since entering the Previous Era Elysian Realm?"

Theresa: "As soon as we entered, we had to play puzzle games with Elysia, and now we have to fight Chakravartin, plus that deadly ten-day prophecy. Is your Previous Era Elysian Realm a den of vipers?"

Elysia: "What if the Previous Era Elysian Realm isn't a place for retirement and tourism, but a trial ground?"

Raiden Mei: "...Well, thank you all very much."

As soon as she entered, she either played guessing games with riddlers or had her horns touched by Elysia. The Flame-Chasers inside were also strange, each a talent, and their words were quite pleasant.

Mei felt she couldn't stay in this damn Elysian Realm for another second!

[Quiz begins.]

[Raiden Mei sought out Chakravartin to break the prophecy. What was her first polite greeting to Chakravartin?]

[A: Chakravartin, let's have a fight!]

[B: Chakravartin, please roll over here!]

[C: Foolish Chakravartin, feel my wrath!]

[D: Chakravartin, submit to me!]

Raiden Mei: "?!?"

Elysia: "Oh my, I didn't expect Mei to be such an chuunibyou girl. The chuunibyou aura is practically overflowing from the options."

Chakravartin: "Good, you're good. Are you ready to face my wrath? Herrscher!!!"

Raiden Mei: "Wait, Chakravartin, I think I can explain! That wasn't me!"

The chuunibyou Mei in the Previous Era Elysian Realm is not the same Mei as the one who cooks at St. Freya Academy!

Raiden Mei's mind is currently convinced of this idea. Otherwise, if any of the four options were correct, she'd be beaten to death by Chakravartin.

She knows she'll survive until After Honkai, but being this arrogant will easily get her beaten up!

Even having a chuunibyou option like [Chakravartin, submit to me!] is mortifying.

Mei right now just wants to drag the chuunibyou Mei from the Previous Era Elysian Realm out and slap her twice.

Himeko Murata: "You know, even though these options sound full of chuunibyou energy, they sound pretty cool when Mei says them."

Kiana: "Furious winds, submit to me!"

Bronya: "Roar, Kurikara!"

Pardofelis: "On the peak of lightning, I stand proud in the world, where there is Mei, there is heaven!"

Raiden Mei: "Stop it, all of you, shut up! If anyone else says anything, there'll be no dinner tonight!"

Damn it, you guys, is it fun to mock Mei one by one?

Don't you feel ashamed and embarrassed saying such chuunibyou lines?

Elysia: "All of them are lines bursting with chuunibyou energy, even Pardo picked it up. Chakravartin, you really should learn from Mei. When these words are spoken, the aura changes."

Chakravartin: "Boring."

Theresa: "Cough, cough, cough, the priority is to pick the correct answer first. All four answers mean roughly the same thing, they're all provoking Chakravartin. How should we choose?"

Kiana: "The last one, Chakravartin, submit to me! This one has the most momentum and sounds exactly like something Mei would say."

Raiden Mei: "Huh? Isn't this option a bit too arrogant? I think we should be more polite when dealing with Flame-Chasers."

Himeko Murata: "But Mei, aren't you supposed to enrage Chakravartin? Why be so polite?"

Raiden Mei: "Oh, right."

Since she needs to enrage Chakravartin, she definitely needs to use the most humiliating words. What if Chakravartin suddenly calms down and doesn't fall for it?

If she's going to enrage him, it has to be an anger that pierces to the bone, an anger that makes the brain tremble!

Kiana: "Since everyone thinks so, I'll choose D. My meticulous analysis will definitely not be wrong."

[Incorrect answer. The correct answer is B: Chakravartin, please come here.]

The answer given by the System shocked everyone, but not Chakravartin, whose anger suddenly flared up.

Chakravartin: "Herrscher, do you want to..."

Pardofelis: "Brother Jie, calm down, calm down. At least Mei-sis added a 'please', right?"

Elysia: "As expected of Mei, she doesn't forget to add a 'please' when provoking others. What a polite model student."

Kiana: "No, Mei, why are you being so polite? Weren't you supposed to provoke Chakravartin? Why add 'please'?"

Himeko felt her life darken, as if she had been deceived.

Is there even a possibility that adding a 'please' doesn't affect Chakravartin's rampage at all, and might even make it more effective?

[Kiana receives a penalty: You are responsible for tonight's meal.]

Kiana: "Huh? What kind of penalty is this? You look down on me?"

It's just cooking, what kind of penalty is that?

It's no big deal. Kiana, full of spirit and vigor, strode into the kitchen and began to showcase her exquisite culinary skills.

Raiden Mei: "Wait, I'm not at ease. I'll go to the kitchen and keep an eye on Kiana. I hope she doesn't eat all the sugar and salt when we taste it."

Theresa: "Will there be any problems?"

Bronya: "There shouldn't be any problems, since Sister Mei is watching."

That's what they said, but everyone could see that letting Kiana into the kitchen was not a wise decision.

They could only silently pray that Mei could handle it.

With uneasy hearts, everyone looked forward to the unfolding events in the screen.

[In the screen, Raiden Mei, as she wished, successfully found Chakravartin and greeted him politely at the first opportunity.

"Chakravartin, please come here!"

Raiden Mei's tone was incredibly firm.

For a moment, Chakravartin was confused.

"Huh? Herrscher, what, did you mistake me for someone else?"]

"Isn't this something I learned from you as well, Chakravartin? Haven't you always been bluffing like this? This isn't some new trick; I've seen many small animals scare off predators in similar ways."

Mei stepped right onto a minefield with that comment, each word dancing on the edge of death.

Chapter 57: Kill All Who Enter, Kill All Who Leave

Although Mei's words were somewhat baffling and uncharacteristic of her usual caution, they did nothing to quell Chakravartin's rage.

Ouroboros had never been good at contemplating boring matters.

"Hahahaha, you think this is a bluff? Fine, FINE!!!"

Chakravartin's final syllable was swallowed by the sound of air being torn apart. The distance between them vanished in the blink of an eye, or rather, before a blink could even happen, Chakravartin's right fist grazed Mei's cheek.

Her blade promptly intercepted, deflecting Chakravartin's blow, but the mere shockwave sent Mei staggering back a considerable distance.

'That's right, it's this kind of power!'

Even at this moment, Mei's concern wasn't her own safety.

It was that provoking Chakravartin had indeed put her in a certain-death situation.

"Before you provoked me, did you prepare your own eulogy, Herrscher?"

Chakravartin retracted his fist, his anger steadily building.

"My only preparation was planning what I'd do next if you disappointed me. You once mentioned that during your final trial in the Elysian Realm, there was a period where no one survived the Previous Era Elysian Realm."

Mei asked with a smile, "Isn't that just more of your boasting?"

"Let me think... you wouldn't possibly lack the courage to fight your successor on your own, would you?"

Excellent, she'd hit another one of Chakravartin's landmines. Mei felt she was one step closer to the edge of death.

"Hahahaha, I just thought you weren't that annoying, but you just had to court death at this moment. Regardless of the circumstances, I won't hold back."