It felt as though a wad of wet cotton had lodged in their hearts.
Before, they had known her only as an immortal, a living fossil whose will was solid as a rock, who could face Honkai beasts head-on.
Only now did they realize.
At the beginning of those long years, she had been nothing more than a shy, bewildered little girl.
She had felt uneasy about leaving home, afraid of the unknown.
Why had she become the way she was now?
Who had forced her to become a lone warrior?
Questions exploded in the players' minds.
The answer was on the tip of their tongues.
Fu Hua!
In the world of Honkai Impact 3rd, Fu Hua's name alone drew attention.
Especially after that Azure Empyrea outfit came out, her popularity practically shot through the roof.
Now that her old memories had been unearthed, whose heart wouldn't clench at the sight?
The story moved swiftly.
Kiana frowned deeply. "Is this... the class monitor's past?"
Bronya shook her head as streams of data darted before her eyes. "It feels completely unfamiliar."
The woman in those memories was nothing like the class monitor they knew.
Her bewilderment was overwhelming.
It left them gasping, as though they were drowning.
Fear crept up their spines.
It was as though a butterfly had been swept into the heart of a storm and would be torn apart the next second.
"Is this really the person we know?"
Kiana's voice trembled.
The Fu Hua they had known had been their rock.
As long as she was there, everyone felt secure.
But the girl they had just seen had eyes as hollow as a dried-up well.
Bronya ventured, "Could this have been how she was before she joined St. Freya?"
"No."
Kiana rejected it outright.
The timeline didn't