Chapter 237

"That friend of mine is very good at mixing drinks herself. However, Himeko, you are right. The alcohol content of the wine that guy gives me every time is always higher than the last."

Bai Ge shook the goblet in his hand.

After taking a sip, he raised it to appreciate the red wine liquid against the moon. He had always liked to enjoy this beautiful thing, so he often felt sorry for the fact that he couldn't get drunk.

The wine Raven drank for a small drink after each mission was basically mixed by herself, and the alcohol content was higher each time, as if she wanted to get Bai Mou drunk, although she failed every time.

"Hehe~ I can understand the mood of that friend of yours."

Himeko revealed a meaningful smile.

"Oh? Can you tell me?"

Bai Ge immediately asked curiously.

"Well, I think any woman who drinks with you, Bai Ge, would very much like to see you drunk. But unfortunately, you can't get drunk, therefore... she can only get herself drunk in the end."

"...... Is that so? Himeko, you too?"

"Unhuh~ otherwise I wouldn't have been willing to take out such expensive wine today, but it's a pity you still can't get drunk."

Himeko's beautiful, mature face became very red. Her fingertips flicked the goblet in her hand, making a crisp sound, and finally, she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

If there were wine in this world that could make Bai Ge drunk, she felt that she might not even look at the price and buy it directly... Bai Ge's friend probably thought so too.

"Himeko, are you drunk?"

Bai Ge raised his hand and waved it in front of Himeko's eyes, thinking that this time it seemed rare that she didn't throw a drunken tantrum. He remembered that the last time she got drunk, she directly took off her clothes, which was truly impressive.

However, he was a bit concerned now. Although Bai Mou felt his emotional intelligence wasn't low, he didn't understand why these women would get themselves drunk when they couldn't get him drunk.

"Hehe, don't underestimate my alcohol tolerance, Murata Himeko. It's still too early to make me drunk... eh? Why is there a big pancake in the sky? How strange."

"It seems you're really drunk. And that's the moon."

"Is that so? So it's the moon. Hmm~ not bad, truly beautiful. If only I could go up and see it one day."

Himeko leaned on the windowsill. After getting drunk, she seemed to be attracted by the bright moon in the night sky, and even made a slightly childish gesture of reaching out to grab it.

Bai Ge continued to take a sip of wine and shook his head.

"There's nothing to see. The moon is riddled with holes, it's not interesting at all."

"Heh~ I'm talking about the moon, you're talking about the moon."

"Uh, okay."

Bai Ge was stunned for a moment and then nodded in recognition.

However, he really didn't expect that he could be refuted by a drunk Himeko, nor did he expect that she actually had such a romantic side, so he felt a bit eye-opening.

But then Bai Ge remembered that Murata Himeko herself was a romantic woman.

She had read Tagore's poetry collection, and Himeko's initial dream was to travel to the stars and the sea one day. It was only because of her father that she changed course halfway and became a Valkyrie.

The Himeko in the neighboring Honkai: Star Rail is probably what Murata Himeko would look like after her dream is realized.

"Bai Ge, (Qian Wang Hao) do you want to hear about my past?"

The drunk Himeko suddenly asked.

"If you are willing to tell, I am willing to listen."

Bai Ge put down the wine glass for the time being and said. Himeko curled her lips, looking at the starry sky as if she had fallen into memories.

"Actually, my father was a scientist at Destiny. Because of him, I have always taken becoming a physicist as my goal. Speaking of which, you might not believe it, but I was admitted to Caltech at the age of 15."

"Hmm, that is indeed hard to imagine. Himeko doesn't look like a nerd at all!"

"Ouch, are you mocking me?"

Himeko raised her weak fist and knocked on Bai Ge's chest, but the next second, her expression suddenly dimmed.

"It's just that suddenly one day, my father died. I don't know exactly what happened, I just found Destiny's materials on his desk, and then... in order to investigate the detailed situation, I became a Valkyrie."

"Now that I think about it, it's really ridiculous. In order to become this Valkyrie that I didn't want to be in the first place, I gave up my studies at Caltech, gave up my dreams, and even accepted artificial stigmata, which consumes lifespan."

"Bai Ge, tell me... is the life I'm living now correct? Did I make the wrong choice back then?"

Suddenly, Himeko lunged in front of Bai Ge, grabbing his shoulders with both hands, and asked with a confused look in her eyes.

"............"

Bai Ge was a bit dazed for a moment.

He didn't know why Himeko would suddenly reveal her past to him. Perhaps it was just because her head was muddled by alcohol, perhaps no matter what he said, she would forget it after she sobered up.

But he still felt he had to answer this question well.

"Himeko, I don't have the qualification to evaluate your life, but... even if you embarked on a path different from what you initially expected, that doesn't mean your life is wrong."

"At least I like the current Himeko very much. Not just me, but Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, Theresa, everyone at St. Freya Academy likes you."

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