I'm in Honkai Impact's Infinite Abyss!

It took Raiden Mei over ten seconds to adjust her state of mind before refocusing her gaze on Selune's Elegy.

Seeing the girl across from her stabilize emotionally, Selune's Elegy breathed a sigh of relief. She genuinely feared that if the Queen of Thunder got upset, she would be taken as an ingredient and stewed in a soup without a second thought.

After all, the ELF had once sneaked into the Valkyries' dormitory and discovered a terrifyingly large iron pot inside. It even came with specially designed steps for operation, indicating that the pot was large enough to accommodate an ELF.

Who needs such a big pot?

Among the Valkyries who could cook in the dormitory, there were only a few. Among them, Fu Hua wasn't likely to cook for others, Luo Li. made more small desserts for Seele, and she was very self-aware, not daring to challenge the other's appetite...

And then, there was someone willing to face Kaslana's capacity, and she just happened to need a pot of such enormous size — so the answer of the pot's owner was self-evident.

It was Raiden Mei.

"In the shadows... biting onto me tightly..."

This description immediately reminded Raiden Mei of the crazed personality of the Herrscher, who was still lurking in her mind, always ready to threaten to kill everyone in front of her and destroy the world of humanity whenever the opportunity arose.

The Herrscher persona was constantly seeking weaknesses in Raiden Mei's soul, looking for opportunities to break free from suppression.

But for the time being, the Herrscher persona was being comprehensively suppressed by various means. As long as Raiden Mei maintained a healthy and optimistic attitude, the other party couldn't cause much trouble.

"...Grim Reaper of Shadows, how did you discover my situation?"

Raiden Mei fell silent for a few seconds, then followed the other's train of thought and asked.

Selune's Elegy straightened her chest, her expression smug. "As the guide of the abyss, the master of darkness, Selune's Elegy can naturally perceive those emotions — Queen of Thunder, the darkness in your heart that has not yet transformed is too conspicuous, emitting terrifying fluctuations!"

Emitting?

Raiden Mei lowered her head, looking at her hands, slender fingers resting on her chest.

Can emotions really overflow like this?

Mei immediately recalled Luo Lin. This reliable senior had explained some principles to her during her treatment, clearly mentioning the "diffusion" of emotions.

And Mei had also personally experienced that feeling, where emotions surged like turbulent waves, engulfing her, her thoughts immersed in an ocean of emotions, triggering a very special "resonance"...

The girl with blue-purple hair blushed, pushing some slightly embarrassing scenes out of her mind. She asked seriously, "I just saw Sister Luo Lin earlier. What is your relationship with her?"

"She is my master!"

"Your... master?"

"Yes, the summoner of the Grim Reaper of Shadows to this world! The master of a thousand transformations, the janitor of Hyperion, the airborne split master, the Honkaimon trainer, Mr. Assassin..."

Raiden Mei gazed at the floating Selune's Elegy, puzzled.

Does Senior Luo Lin have so many strange titles? What is she up to? She did mention improving the emotional diffusion therapy before, is this helper from her?

At this moment, Luo Lin, Kiana, and Bronya arrived late. They had been busy dealing with the commotion caused by Raiden Mei's astonishing performance on the street, in short, they pushed everything onto the meeting of two chuunibyos.

Selune's Elegy's loud chanting was clearly heard by everyone, and they all greeted her with friendly smiles before urging Luo Lin's group to go and comfort their embarrassed companion.

Fortunately, chuunibyou wasn't a common phenomenon in the Far East, but it wasn't particularly rare either. People didn't view such irrelevant things with hostility, they just find it amusing.

Of course, the subtle expressions on the faces of passersby made Luo Lin understand that soon, Raiden Mei would probably be burdened with some names and messages she didn't want...

In the alley, Raiden Mei was lost in thought, gently touching her chest, seemingly deep in contemplation.

Luo Lin motioned to Selune's Elegy, and the obedient ELF floated back, sitting on the Valkyrie's shoulder.

Kiana and Bronya exchanged a glance before running to comfort Raiden Mei.

"What did you discuss with Mei just now?"

"Well, I just told her that her inner darkness is becoming active and conspicuous," Selune replied with some pride.

"Luo, can she see Mei's Herrscher persona?" Bronya asked, surprised.

"Not exactly... just a feeling..." Selune's Elegy replied honestly. "Based on my calculation, the open-world Raiden Mei hasn't assimilated the Herrscher persona yet, so it was just a feeling..."

"You have this function too?"

"I am Selune's Elegy! The master of darkness!"

Luo Lin pondered for a moment. She realized it had been a while since she last used the Emotional Diffusion therapy to comfort Raiden Mei. It wasn't unreasonable for the Herrscher persona to become active again.

"A thousand transformations, Honkaimon Trainer, Mr. Assassin..."

Raiden Mei's contemplation was interrupted by Kiana and Bronya's calls. Coming back to her senses, she noticed Luo Lin standing aside, with Selune's Elegy sitting on her shoulder, so she greeted them.

Luo Lin: "?"

"Oh no, I mean, Teacher Luo Lin."

Oops, her brain hasn't synchronized with the mode without chuunibyou yet, Raiden Mei felt embarrassed.

"Don't worry, didn't we agree before to just call me Luo Lin?"

Raiden Mei lowered her head in embarrassment. "...Yes, Luo Lin."

Mr. Assassin, huh? Honkaimon trainer, master of a thousand transformations?

Luo Lin stared at Selune's Elegy, the ELF stiffened all over, not daring to act recklessly.

This must be what Selune's Elegy said. At present, there was no one else here who would say so many strange stupid names.

...Of course, it wasn't all chuunibyou.

If someone with Theresa's face said those things while accompanied by a truly wise eyes (which was impossible for the headmaster of the Far East branch for now), Luo Lin would probably explode on the spot.

After intimidating the ELF with her gaze, the Valkyrie turned back to Raiden Mei.

"It seems like Selune has discovered some activity in your Herrscher persona. It's time to give you another treatment."

"Treatment..."

At the mention of this, Raiden Mei couldn't help but tremble slightly.

For Mei, Luo Lin's methods of treatment were somewhat stimulating...

After all, that feeling of accepting "maternal" care so explicitly was very easy to get lost in.

Raiden Mei's mother left this world due to illness when she was two years old, and she didn't enjoy her mother's love for long.

Raiden Ryoma on the other hand was a typical Asian father who wasn't very expressive with his emotions. Mei spent a long time trying to figure out what her father's love really meant.

In this almost parental emotional vacuum, Mei suddenly becoming chuunibyou for a period of time wasn't difficult to understand.

After all, many chuunibyou patients create their own little worlds out of a sense of alienation due to lack of care, feeling out of place in this world, and indulging in fantasies.

And Luo Lin's treatment brought her almost a completely new experience... or rather, made the girl feel as if she had returned to the feeling of security lying in her mother's arms as a baby.

Plus not long ago, Raiden Ryoma reunited with Mei after the disaster. During this meeting, the man finally opened up, and he and Raiden Mei had a brief but memorable conversation, finally expressing his buried fatherly love directly to Mei.

Now, Mei finally filled the void of maternal and paternal love, which even made the girl feel as if she had transformed from a incomplete person to a complete one.

This strange feeling even appeared very clearly in one of the treatment sessions. Raiden Mei lay in Luo Lin's arms and cried — which really startled Luo Lin.

Well, Raiden Mei's impression in the game plot... was very "1".

The Rice Cooker was just one aspect she showed to those she loved and was close to. She was actually a very strong person.

Even when she cried, Raiden Mei gritted her teeth. Her emotional expression was very restrained.

It's hard to imagine Raiden Mei crying out loud in Luo Lin's arms, shedding tears like rain, crying almost to the point of losing consciousness, mumbling a lot of disjointed words.

Only then did Luo Lin realize that the Raiden Mei she had encountered wasn't... "mature".

In other words, she was still just a child.

Mei hadn't gone through as much pain and understanding. Although Nagazora suffered a disaster, the Honkai wasn't directly caused by Raiden Mei incarnating as the Herrscher, and she didn't kill hundreds of thousands of people directly like she did in the original plot...

Later, the Valkyries adjusted the parameters of Emotional Diffusion, at least making the emotions less intense, and Raiden Mei never made a fool of herself again.

But Raiden Mei still had a somewhat indescribable feeling about this "Emotional Diffusion Therapy". She longed for this process, but she didn't really want to face her strange self during the treatment.

It was a contradictory feeling, but not one that couldn't be understood.

"Don't worry, it's very simple, and it will also allow you to live peacefully without someone nagging in your ears all the time," Luo Lin reassured.

"Okay." Raiden Mei nodded. "By the way, who is this... Selune's Elegy?"

"Humph, Selune is... Ah."

Luo Lin wasn't spoiling Selune's behavior and patted Selune's Elegy's head, making the ELF pout in dissatisfaction.

"This is my partner, the ELF, Selune's Elegy."

At the same time, Luo Lin introduced her to the curious Kiana and Bronya, smiling, "She's not only a little helper who can assist Valkyries in battle, but also seems to have a certain role in treatment."