Chapter 155 [Honkai: Star Rail]
Custody Battle!!
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Custody Battle!!]
[Stelle]: "No! I want Honkai Impact!"
[March 7th]: "This name..."
[Kiana]: "Mei, look! This seems like a very interesting family drama!"
[On the Astral Express, Kafka and Himeko are locked in a tense standoff while Stelle sits nearby, fidgeting nervously, unsure whether to intervene or not.
Himeko takes the first shot at
Kafka: "I worked hard to raise Stelle! Don't think you can just show up now and fight me for custody!"
Kafka lets out a light scoff: "Hah, with her malnourished little frame, I doubt she's been eating well or dressing warmly on your train!"
Then she sighs dramatically to the heavens: "My poor, dear daughter!"
"Um... my figure is actually quite good..."
Stelle, who has no say in the matter, points at herself while quietly defending Himeko.]
[Stelle]: "Sigh, I thought it was someone else. So it's Himeko and Kafka fighting over my custody!? Damn! The drama came right to my doorstep!"
[Kafka]: "Sweetie~ Make sure to grow up healthy on the Astral Express too~"
[HSR·Himeko]: "No need for your concern. Stelle can learn many things during her trailblazing journey."
[Sparkle]: "Wow! They're actually fighting in reality too!"
[Stelle]: "Please stop fighting over me!"
[Himeko naturally refuses to fall behind: "Don't give me that, Kafka! Everyone on the express cares about her deeply - we're her real family!"
"She's just lost her memories right now.
She'll eventually remember the happy times from her childhood living with us Stellaron Hunters!"
Facing Kafka's quick retort, Himeko shows a mocking smile: "Hah? Since when do notorious Stellaron Hunters know how to raise children?"
Himeko points at
Kafka: "If she goes with you, she'll probably end up in the Xianzhou prison the very next day!"
Kafka starts heating up: "She's been wanted plenty of times while with you too! If she wasn't so clever, she would've been caught by Silvermane Guards right in bed at Goethe Hotel!"
"Getting dragged out bare-bottomed - how embarrassing!"
"I actually don't sleep naked though..."
Stelle still tries to quietly defend herself, but no one listens.]
[March 7th]: "Uh... I don't even know how to refute what Kafka said. What do you think, Mr. Yang?"
[HSR·Welt]: "I'll watch from the sidelines. This isn't something I should interfere with."
[Dan Heng]: "Stelle will always be our companion."
[Stelle]: "So... my past is really connected to the Stellaron Hunters?"
[Kafka]: "Sorry, sweetie. You'll know in the future, but now isn't the time. Just stay with Miss Himeko for now."
[Stelle]: "The debt of birth and the debt of upbringing are equally important! Can't I just have both?"
[Kiana]: "The Astral Express gets wanted wherever they go, the Stellaron Hunters get wanted wherever they go. The Astral Express roams around the universe, the Stellaron Hunters roam around the universe. The Astral Express has a Stellaron, the Stellaron Hunters also have Stellaron. Therefore - the Astral Express IS the Stellaron Hunters!"
[Stelle]: "What genius analysis! So we're actually one family!"
["Hmph, you're the one who delivered this child to me back then! Now that she's about to be officially released, you come trying to get close? In one word: no way!!"
"No use talking more.
The child has grown up - let her choose who to follow in the future!"
"Fine, I agree!"
Himeko and Kafka simultaneously radiate maternal pressure, staring at the trembling Stelle.]
[Stelle]: "Please stop fighting! Of course I choose to have both! That way I'll be properly nourished and complete!"
[March 7th]: "So which one do you actually want?"
[Kiana]: "Such a terrifying question."
["Stelle, if you dare choose her, I'll spread that surveillance footage of you tying up Pom in your room all across the universe!!"
"If you choose that woman, I'll show everyone your browsing history from when you secretly used Silver Wolf's computer!!"
Facing two mothers who hold her secrets, Stelle wants to cry but has no tears: "Uh~ C-can I choose both?"
"Waaah so scary!!!"
Stelle is now trembling so much she can't even speak clearly: "I choose...
I choose whoever has a gentle personality that makes people feel at ease—"
Hearing Stelle's answer, Himeko smiles confidently: "That would definitely be me!"
"Who often gives me surprising gifts—"
Kafka smiles elegantly: "Only I can truly be called surprising."]
[Stelle]: "Monday, Wednesday, Friday with Mommy Himeko; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday with Mommy Kafka; Sunday off!"
[March 7th]: "The Stelle in this fanwork is so perverted!"
[Pom]: "Miss Stelle! You wouldn't actually want to tie me up in your room, would you!?"
[Stelle]: "I could consi—I'm not that kind of perverted person!"
[Silver Wolf]: "Good thing you don't mess with my computer in reality. Otherwise, just watch your browsing history fly across the universe."
[Stelle]: "Stelle was wrong! Please don't dox me!"
["With a full and well-proportioned figure—"
Hearing this requirement that both mothers meet, both become angry and say in unison: "Who exactly are you choosing?!"
Stelle hugs a silver trash can lovingly, saying with utmost happiness: "Only this little can is my eternal home~"
"Oh my trash can~ oh my trash can~"
Himeko pinches her nose in disgust, saying to
Kafka: "Whoever gave birth or raised her, just take her away quickly!"
Kafka also pinches her nose, responding: "The debt of birth isn't as great as the debt of upbringing. I'm not really familiar with her - you keep her for yourself!"]
[Sparkle]: "Hahaha! What a genius way to resolve it! I think it's a loss that she doesn't join the Genius Society!"
[Herta]: "Her? Success would be if she could even walk the Path of Erudition."
[Kiana]: "Uh, what if she gets noticed by an Aeon precisely because she's too abstract? Is that possible?"
[Herta]: "Somewhat possible, but not much."
[Stelle]: "You just don't understand~ The charm of trash cans is invincible!"
[March 7th]: "If you keep this up, even the real Himeko and Kafka will嫌弃 you!"
[Stelle]: "No! Absolutely not! The trash can is innocent! Such a wonderful, uniform, gentle trash can that can bring me surprises and a sense of security! How marvelous!"
[Argenti]: "As expected of my dear friend! Even a trash can contains the radiance of 'Beauty'! Only you, my dear friend, can see it perfectly clearly. I still have much to learn."
[Qingque]: "Should I expect nothing less from a Knight of Beauty? So eloquent."
[Guinaifen]: "Actually trash cans are pretty good too. At least when livestreaming, rummaging through trash cans provides plenty of content."