Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

In the distance, the Hyperion could be seen approaching, flying toward them. Fu Lin wondered if anyone was cleaning the deck and briefly considered offering help... but decided against it.

Seeing Kiana, Mei, and Bronya meeting Himeko and boarding the ship, Fu Lin silently followed on his sword, remembering his promise to the Herrscher of Sentience to steal Fu Hua's clothes.

With the passage of time, Fu Lin, following the Hyperion, saw the island where St. Freya Academy was located through the mist and landed quietly in an empty area, walking in as if he belonged there.

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Fu Lin gazed at the magnificent and imposing St. Freya Academy before him, filled with an atmosphere of youthful vigor... cough! ...and femininity. He sighed in heartfelt admiration.

"No wonder this was funded by Otto. If I could scam... ahem... borrow a bit from Otto, I'd never have to worry about anything for the rest of my life. Although, I do have a bit of wealth myself."

"Do you know where Fu Hua's dormitory is, Fu Shi?" Fu Lin remembered his mission, but as he looked at the crisscrossing paths, he asked the Herrscher of Sentience in his mind.

"Let me think... hmm, got it!" The Herrscher of Sentience recalled the memories in her mind and directed Fu Lin to follow her instructions.

Along the way, he occasionally encountered groups of vibrant Valkyries who greeted him warmly. Fu Lin waved back and then casually walked away.

"Ah~ this is heaven!" Fu Lin's eyes feasted on the high beauty standards of the Valkyries he passed, thoroughly enjoying the view.

"Disgusting! You pervert!" The Herrscher of Sentience silently cursed him in her mind.

"I'll clarify, I'm not old. Unlike Fu Hua, who's a 50,000-year-old relic, I'm still 18—a youthful, promising, and energetic young man," Fu Lin corrected, hearing her remark.

"Ew..." The Herrscher of Sentience made a sound of disgust, having never encountered someone so shameless.

While these two bantered in their minds, Fu Lin had already reached the dormitory area of the academy, carefully searching for Fu Hua's room among the row of houses.

"No need to search. It's definitely this one," Fu Lin declared, looking at a plain and simple dormitory surrounded by neatly arranged vegetable plots. No doubt about it!

The Herrscher of Sentience was speechless, too. After all these years, Fu Hua still hadn't gotten tired of farming. Even with amnesia, she never forgot how to grow vegetables.

"By the way, how are we going to move Fu Hua's clothes?" Fu Lin spread his hands, showing he had no tools.

"This is nothing for me." The Herrscher of Sentience materialized from his mind, handed Fu Lin an already prepared sack, and boldly walked through the walls into Fu Hua's room, rummaging through her belongings.

Stuck outside, Fu Lin, who didn't have this ability, could only start digging in the vegetable plot outside, planning to take some of the vegetables back for himself.

Some passing Valkyries, seeing "Fu Hua" working hard digging vegetables, kindly came over to help, abandoning their training.

"You're so helpful... I hope Fu Hua won't get mad when she finds out, right?" Fu Lin said sheepishly.

"Class monitor, aren't you Fu Hua?" one of the Valkyries asked.

"Huh? Oh, right, right!" Fu Lin quickly corrected himself.

With the help of the Valkyries, Fu Hua's vegetable plot was completely cleared out, not a leaf left, and all of it ended up in the sack.

Fu Lin gratefully waved at the departing Valkyries, who waved back, their silhouettes illuminated by the golden light of dusk, making them look like angels.

"What a helpful group of Valkyries~ If Fu Hua finds out, she's going to cough up blood, hahaha!"

As the Valkyries disappeared from view, Fu Lin broke into a healthy smile and a hearty laugh, storing the sack of vegetables in his system space. He knocked on the dormitory wall, urging the Herrscher of Sentience to hurry up.

"Hehe~ That old relic's chubby-* Ah! I'm coming right out."

Inside the dorm, the Herrscher of Sentience, hearing Fu Lin's voice, quickly gathered up the rest of Fu Hua's clothes, stuffed them into another sack, and exited the room.

Seeing her come out, Fu Lin naturally took the sack from her, and the Herrscher of Sentience returned to the consciousness space, pulling out a few personal garments of Fu Hua's that she had secretly stashed away... (10,000 words omitted).

Sensing it was about time, Fu Lin hoisted the vegetable-filled sack over his shoulder and left quickly. It wouldn't be fun if Fu Hua returned and found out.

"I'll leave this here for now. Remind me to pick it up later." Fu Lin reached the security office at the academy's gate and tossed the sack filled with clothes to the guard before walking away.

—Time Skip—

A voice echoed through St. Freya Academy, startling the birds into flight.

"My vegetable plot!! My spring onions, all gone!"

"Who did this!!!!!!"

Having just returned from a boxing training session, Fu Hua looked at the barren vegetable plot, trembling as she held a handful of dirt, crying out in despair.

Fu Hua? Crying (Part 1)

Fu Hua? Rolling on the ground (Part 2)

Fu Hua? Furious (Part 3)

Already far away, Fu Lin heard the anguished scream from behind, followed by a shout of rage. He scratched his ear and glanced back, wondering, "Are the vegetables really that important?"

Regaining her composure, Fu Hua stumbled into her room, only to find it equally ransacked. Her fists clenched, and her expression darkened. "If I catch you, you're dead."

After cleaning up the mess, she noticed that all her clothes in the wardrobe were missing. Her face flushed red— not knowing if it was from anger or embarrassment, perhaps both.

Some time later, Fu Hua received a call from the security office, informing her that her stolen clothes had been found. Fu Hua was baffled.

She rushed to the security office, where she found a sack on the ground—the very one that contained her missing clothes.

"Do you know who left this here?" Fu Hua asked, slamming her hands on the desk, startling the security guard.

"You did," the guard said calmly, sipping from his teacup.

"Me?" Fu Hua pointed at herself, her brain going blank.

Still, the destruction of her vegetable plot could not go unpunished. She requested to see the security footage, but what she saw almost made her explode with anger.

The footage showed "Fu Hua" and a group of Valkyries digging up her vegetable plot. Afterward, "Fu Hua" left with a sack, disappearing from the surveillance view, only to reappear later, dropping off the sack at the security office before leaving.

But where was the sack with her spring onions?!

Fu Hua felt a strange pressure in her chest, as if she wanted to spit blood but couldn't. Instead, she could only glare at the screen, filled with a growing sense of confusion about the person who looked exactly like her.

In the end, unable to figure out who it was, Fu Hua left the security office, instructing the guard to notify her if that person showed up again.

Meanwhile, Fu Lin and the Herrscher of Sentience were at a hotel near the academy, watching the security office from afar.

"Hahaha! Fu Lin, you did it perfectly... that old relic's... hahaha... scream... I could laugh at that forever, hahaha!"

The Herrscher of Sentience, having emerged from the consciousness space, couldn't help but laugh as she recalled the earlier cries of despair.

Even during her transformation, she hadn't made a sound, yet now, she screamed over some vegetables. It seemed necessary to steal her crops a few more times!

Fu Lin scratched his cheek shyly. As a modern person from the 21st century, this was his first time doing something so sneaky... uh, actually, it wasn't sneaky—it was completely legitimate. Yeah! He picked those crops fair and square.

But seeing how happy she was, Fu Lin could only apologize to Fu Hua in his heart and promise that he'd do it again next time!

Fu Hua: Achoo! Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

Fu Lin saw Fu Hua return, pulled his gaze away from the academy gates, and began eating the fast food he had bought. It tasted terrible, making him vow to learn how to cook.

Taking out the treasure pouch from his system space, he glanced at the countdown on the screen. Tomorrow, he would be able to draw new items. Hopefully, something useful would come.

"Fu Lin, can you really get a resurrection item from that?" the Herrscher of Sentience asked, thinking of her hopes of resurrecting Fuxi and Nuwa from the night before.

"How will we know if we don't try?"