I Reincarnated as Mei in Honkai Impact 3

Mei intently watched the battle unfold on the screen in front of her, pressing the controller buttons repeatedly to control her character as she dodged and weaved.

Finally, the character's health bar was depleted.

"Ko!!!" appeared on the game screen. Mei had finally lost to Bronya.

"Wow~ Bronya, you're amazing! You actually dodged my ultimate attack." Mei recalled Bronya's actions just now. It was too outrageous. She actually dodged the ultimate attack and turned the tables.

Bronya took the lollipop out of her mouth and said to Mei, "Mei-neechan is already amazing, much better than that idiot Kiana."

Hearing Bronya's words, Mei felt a surge of superiority, but she still humbly replied, "Haha, not at all, not at all, it's just that..."

A loud "boom" came from the kitchen, interrupting Mei's words.

Then came Kiana's scream:

"Ah!!! Mei! Mei!!"

"Oh no, something's happened?" Mei had a bad feeling and got up to run to the kitchen.

Kiana screamed as she ran out of the kitchen, staring blankly at the flames.

"What's wrong? Kiana???" Mei came into the living room and saw Kiana looking anxious outside the kitchen.

Kiana pointed at the kitchen and said, "Waaah! Mei, I don't know what happened, the kitchen exploded."

Mei looked at the kitchen, which was still glowing with fire, and anxiously asked Kiana, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Kiana shook her head, looking terrified, and said, "Luckily, I reacted quickly and ran out. I almost got splashed with oil."

Mei touched Kiana's face to make sure she was alright before she went to check on the kitchen.

Mei turned her head toward the kitchen to see what had happened.

"Tsk, what a mess." Mei was shocked by the state of the kitchen.

The stove was covered in grease, the floor was greasy, the seasonings were fried everywhere, and the walls were covered in grease. The pot had been splattered on the floor.

After seeing the mess in the kitchen, Mei looked back at Kiana and could only think, "Wow!"

The oil was still very hot, and Mei didn't dare to clean it up easily. She could only wait for the temperature to drop a bit before proceeding.

"Kiana, do you know how the kitchen exploded?" Mei asked Kiana kindly.

"Huh? Mei, I don't know either. I just wanted to make some fried chicken legs, and they exploded as soon as I put them in the pot," Kiana said, feeling wronged.

"Chicken legs? I remember freezing them in the refrigerator, wait... you didn't just freeze chicken legs and throw them directly into the oil, did you?" Mei thought of this possibility and asked Kiana.

Kiana thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, Mei, is there a problem?"

Upon hearing this answer, Mei cupped her cheeks in her hands, her face filled with a stiff smile.

Kiana looked at Mei nervously and said, "Mei...Mei, what are you doing? Um..."

Mei pinched Kiana's cheeks with both hands, rubbing them gently, and said softly, "Of course there's a problem, don't you think? Kiana~"

"Kiana, remember, food must be thawed before being put into the hot oil. Ice will explode when it comes into contact with hot oil, understand? Kiana~"

"Hmm... Mei, I'll remember...." Kiana said as Mei pinched her cheeks.

"Phew, be careful next time." Mei then let go of Kiana.

Mei felt helpless seeing the oil all over the ground.

"Ugh, I'm so too lazy to tidy up!"

Mei went to the kitchen to clean up, and Kiana, seeing this, said, "Mei, let me help you clean the kitchen."

“No, Kiana, I can handle it all by myself,” Mei said.

"But..." Kiana wanted to say something more, after all, she was the one who had caused this situation.

Seeing Kiana's guilty expression, Mei patted her head and said cheerfully, "Haha, it's okay, Kiana. I can manage by myself. It's not a big deal to clean up."

"And I will be with you in the future."

That's right, Mei knows part of the plot. In Kiana's future growth, it's the beginning of her transformation, with various battles against the Honkai. Mei's role is simply to silently protect her. But for now, she'll just enjoy these short but heartwarming three years.

"Ugh, Mei~" Kiana said, her face full of emotion.

"Alright, I'll take care of it. You go keep Bronya company. Oh, and here, take these two pieces of bread and jam. Give one of the breads to Bronya." Mei said, handing two pieces of bread and jam to Kiana from her Black Blade dimension.

"Okay, thank you Mei!" Kiana took the bread and jam and went to find Bronya to eat some bread.

As Kiana opened Bronya's door, she thought, "Hmm, Mei just said she'd always be with me in the future... Could it be... Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed. Even though Mei used to be a boy, well, if it's Mei, it's not impossible..."

Ultimately, because of the kitchen situation, the three of them had to eat bread that day.

At dinner time, Himeko excitedly rushed home from get off work to eat the dinner Mei had made, for no other reason than that it was really delicious.

"Hey, Mei, what are you making for dinner tonight?" Himeko asked.

Mei was resting on the sofa, having only finished cleaning half of the kitchen, while Kiana and Bronya were playing games. She overheard Himeko's question.

Mei took out her black sword and tossed a piece of bread from her spatial storage to Himeko.

"Himeko-nee, just make do with this for today. If you need more, I have some jam." Mei said, then went back to the kitchen to clean up.

Himeko: "???"

It wasn't until later that Himeko understood what had happened; it turned out that Kiana had blown up the kitchen while cooking.

Ever since then, every time Kiana enters the kitchen, everyone gets tense and insists on not letting her in. At the very least, someone must accompany Kiana before she can enter the kitchen, otherwise everyone is filled with anxiety.

Two days later, St. Freya Academy announced the results.

Kiana and her two companions arrived in front of the large screen displaying the results.

Mei looked at the crowd in front of her and remembered the tension she felt when she used to crowd around her teacher's phone to check her grades.

But Mei wasn't nervous at all now, because she was no longer the poor student she used to be; she was now a top student. The ones who were nervous were the people behind her in line.

"Great! I passed!"

"The test results were actually better than I expected!"

"Great! The ranking has gone up!"

………………

The crowd in front was buzzing with discussion.

Suddenly, a girl exclaimed in surprise, "The second and third place winners are transfer students Bronya and Mei!"

"Amazing!"

Mei was somewhat surprised when she heard her results; she wasn't number one.

But then Mei seemed to remember something, looked at the rankings on the large electronic screen, and gave a wry smile.

First is Fu Hua. Mei is no match for her. She's only about 35 years old in her two lifetimes combined, while Fu Hua is thousands of years old.

Bronya came in second, even surpassing Mei. Bronya, the Herrscher of Reason, materialized weapons by understanding their structure.

Take Bronya now, for example. Even in her previous life, she would be a professor in her seventies or eighties, right?

That's right, Mei thought. Apart from those two freaks, she should be number one.

"Huh? Then I'll definitely be number one!" Kiana said confidently.

Mei, however, went straight to the bottom of the list to look for Kiana's name.

"She's in first place!" Kiana exclaimed, looking at Fu Hua's name.

"Kiana, you're here," Mei said.

"Could it be that I got praised separately because my grades were too good?" Kiana said happily.

"puff!"

"Mei, what are you laughing at?" Kiana looked at Mei with a suspicious expression.

"Cough... I choked on my saliva." Mei said in a serious tone.

"Idiot Kiana, you didn't pass." Bronya said, pointing at Kiana's name on the list.

Kiana followed the gaze and saw:

"Unqualified: Kiana Kaslana".

"How is this possible!" Kiana shouted angrily.

"Kiana, this is funny, oops, no, Kiana, calm down!" Mei urged Kiana from the side.

"Of course it's because you failed all the written tests, how could we possibly let you pass?"

Mei looked in the direction of the sound and saw the man appear.