Honkai Impact 3rd: The Game Developer of the Golden Courtyard

[Honkai Impact 3rd] [Daily Life] [Romance]

Bai Yi, a game developer whose creative career has taken a serious hit, travels to Changkong City in the Far East to clear his head at his mother's suggestion. She tells him to stay at a place called the Golden Courtyard, whose landlady is her old friend, "Eden."

On the cherry-blossom slope leading to the Golden Courtyard, an accident stops him in his tracks: a runaway stroller rolls downhill, and a pink-haired girl bravely tries to stop it, only to tumble into it herself. Bai Yi rushes over and stops the stroller, only to discover that it doesn't contain a baby, but a little dog wagging its tail.

More surprisingly, the girl recognizes him at a glance.

"You're Bai Yi, right? The Bai Yi from the Sunflower Orphanage when we were kids!"

Nearly twenty years later, the two are reunited. Elysia takes him into the Golden Courtyard and enthusiastically adds him to the group chat "The Golden Courtyard Family." A group of residents, each with a distinct personality, one by one enter his life: a quiet teenager, a hot-tempered chef, a genius inventor, a scientist who says one thing and means another, a kind medical intern, a mysterious girl who paints, and Eden, the landlady and globally famous pop star, among others.

In this courtyard surrounded by cherry blossoms, Bai Yi rediscovers his passion for game development. Little by little, he also realizes that Elysia's smile hides a secret far deeper than his childhood memories.

"Whenever and wherever you are, Elysia will always be here to make your wishes come true♪."

A heartwarming tale of reunion, creativity, and companionship...

(The setting of this story is based on the Honkai Impact 3rd animation Golden Courtyard: New Year's Wishes in Winter, with some changes and original elements.)