I Like This Dream!

There was a huge tree behind her. The trunk of the tree couldn't be hugged by several people. Even if you raised your head to the highest point, you couldn't see the top of the tree. There is such a circle of open space on the mountain, probably because of its large canopy.

"Wait for me!" An Xu said.

She pressed her body against the tree trunk, using her hands and feet together, and slowly climbed up like a gecko. An Xu still has no strength, and he can easily climb trees only because of the method he has developed to use his powers.

Static electricity can allow sweaters to absorb small pieces of paper, and can also create repulsion to reduce friction. Magneto and Storm can fly. They are essentially electromagnetic powers. Even if I am restricted from flying, I can just let myself be attracted to something, right? Out of such a whimsical idea, Anxu began to try day after day.

In this dream, staying at home is not called staying at home, it is called retreat and meditation. There are only a handful of people who can match An Xu's meditative quality. Such practice has paid off. Now the golden thread in her body has condensed into a ball at the core, and her level of micro-control of supernatural powers has improved by leaps and bounds. She can concentrate the powers that can only be revealed a little under the Locks of Divine Punishment, twist them into a small network structure, and distribute them widely on the body surface. This kind of electrical energy that becomes sticky or elastic as she operates is like a small suction cup and a small spring, making climbing trees a piece of cake.

Anxu climbed to a thicker branch and lowered a ladder so that Chris could come up. Chris started climbing the ladder, and she climbed higher and dropped another roll. Anxu doesn't need a ladder to climb a tree by himself, but if he wants to bring his friends with him, a ladder is indispensable.

Teacher Nancy is too old, and the ladder was originally prepared for Esther. Unfortunately, my little sister was afraid of heights. She was shaking until she cried after climbing the first gear, so she had to give up. Fortunately it was not dismantled and will be put to use today.

They repeated this, and finally sat on the top of the tree. The surrounding trees are not as tall as this one, and there is a steep slope on one side of the tree. The view from the top of the tree is very broad, and you can see the forest sea below and the unobstructed sky.

Chris's eyes were attracted to the sky. On the dark sky, a bright moon hung high. Next to the moon, countless stars paved the Milky Way. In the forest without the interference of human fireworks, the sky becomes more profound and charming. It's so vast, the forest sea has a limit, and people can be seen in the distance, but the sky is endless, and even if you look far away, you can't see the boundary. Under such a vast nature, the magnificent seminary or the majestic papal palace are just a drop in the ocean. Chris took a deep breath, and his lungs were filled with clear and slightly cool breath, sweeping away the stale air from the past few days.

"My treasure." An stretched out a hand and held it against the night sky. She pretended to raise her other hand, folded her hands together, and put a bulge in the middle, put it on Chris's hand, and said, "Here's half for you."

Chris suddenly smiled, as if he was laughing at An Xu's second grade illness, or as if he was moved by her second grade lines. The haze was swept away, and something gentle, happy, bright and lively bloomed from under the worry. Together with that handsome face, An Xu's eyes widened.

"Smile more, your smile will look better." She couldn't help but say, "People who break off their engagement are so blind."

After saying that, she immediately regretted it and wanted to slap herself. Isn’t the reason why I brought Chris here just to relax? People are happy, but I still insist on mentioning this. It’s a waste of time, you idiot! "Don't worry!" She waved her hands quickly, wanting to bump into the tree, "There is no grass anywhere in the world! You will still meet someone you like!"

Chris, dumbfounded, put his arms around Anxu's shoulders to prevent her from falling. "I actually don't like him," Chris said.

"he"? Yes, Chris seemed to have said the same thing yesterday, but this is the ABO world, and the fiancée may also be a man. An Xu quickly calmed down and shifted his focus elsewhere. She asked: "Why do you want to get married if you don't like him? Were you already engaged by your parents?"

"No, it was my decision."

"Why?"

"Maybe it's because I'm old?" Chris said calmly, "I need marriage. He has excellent conditions and pursues me hard. I'm familiar with him and don't dislike him, so I agreed."

An Xu looked back at him in disbelief, not believing that Chris would make such a decision. She frowned and said, "You can't marry every suitor you don't hate!"

"Yes, I'm only engaged to one person." Chris said evasively.

"Why do you need marriage?" An Xu said confusedly, "You are not short of money, you have an important job you want to do, and you don't have anyone you like... Do you really want children?"

Chris thought for a moment and said, "No."

Many people have told Chris that there is no such thing as an omega who doesn't want children. When he was obsessed with swordsmanship, when he left home to join the police force, when he organized a temporary team and was about to continue doing it for the rest of his life, there were voices everywhere saying that he would eventually fight for an unknown person. Round or flat children give up everything. Chris doesn't believe this, and his mother is a perfect example.

After being injured, Chris received many pity looks. Many people felt that his life was ruined. Even his fiancé refused to want him. Who else would want him? But compared to the fact that he will not have children, what really hits Chris is something else: no matter his boss, colleagues, or the people he has rescued, in their eyes, the value of Chris himself cannot be compared. Descendants that do not yet exist.

He felt tired and discouraged.

"It's my fiancé who wants children." Chris said flatly, "We each get what we need. I don't have what he needs, so it's reasonable for him to break off the engagement."

An Xu laughed angrily at his understatement, and she said angrily: "What does he think of you? Returnable goods?! What do you need from him? Can a marriage certificate be used as a death certificate? With conditions like yours , Why would you marry such a person when you can’t find the one you want to sleep with?”

"You can't say that." Chris considered it and said vaguely: "For example... if you want to break some conventional rules, you must comply with other regulations. If it is impossible to achieve them all, you have to sacrifice the ones with smaller impact. You can give up, only in this way will the resistance decrease and nothing will be accomplished.”

"But if you give in one step, won't there be a second and third step?" The girl looked at him with stern eyes.

Chris was stunned by her aura.

"You protested with your fists that you wanted equality, but the slave owner said you could, but you couldn't agree to all the conditions. So you compromised and agreed to be a slave for only half a year. Soon the slave owner said that it must be extended to nine months, otherwise the conditions would be void. You want You think about how hard it is to fight, and then you think about the fact that you have already compromised and been a slave for half a year, so you compromise again. In the end, you work for the slave owner for one month of the year, but you are grateful to him, and you feel satisfied that your life is better than before. An Xu wrinkled his nose in disgust, "Everyone knows not to reveal their trump cards when bargaining. Why do you think that if you give in, the other party will do what you want? Can you only rely on the other party's kindness? Just kidding! If you are kind, you can solve it." There was nothing to fight about in the first place!”

"It's only a matter of compromise? That's weird! Let me guess what you just said. In order to start a career, you need to get married first? People think that married people are more stable and reliable? If you are old enough and don't get married, you will be considered problematic. ? Bah! You got married today, okay. People don’t say you’re not married anymore. They start asking you why you don’t have children even though you’re married. You have a child, okay. Do you want you to take care of the child? There’s an opportunity to show off your talents. In a distant place, you need to go alone to a distant place. Are you going to abandon your wife or stay where you are for family responsibilities? Are you going to abandon your small family for everyone? Ha, get married for the sake of face and convenience for work, and throw away the people you have used for work. On the other hand, that's no different from being a scumbag. So you stay, take care of your children, and live step by step, until most of your life is spent for boring reasons like 'need to do this', and you no longer have any energy left to pursue your ideals. All this is just because in In the beginning, when you still have a chance, you think, ‘It’s okay to do this’.”

An Xu said a lot in one breath, and became really angry.

Her parents in real life abandoned her at her grandmother's house when they were young. When they got older and wanted to have grandchildren, they remembered that they had a daughter as big as her. They regarded An Xu's "older singleness" as an embarrassment to them, and they threatened and induced her to cry and act violently. Forced marriage. An Xujie studied hard, worked hard to make money, moved far away as soon as he had the ability, changed his number when forced to get married, paid alimony every month, stopped contacting other people, and lived alone at ease. And her childhood playmate who stayed in her hometown was forced to get married while complaining. The topic of complaint became her husband's faults and how naughty her children were.

Every time she complained to An Xu and An Xu replied, "Don't get married" or "Get a divorce," she always had a reason not to do so. How could I leave? My parents need me. They gave birth to me, raised me and took care of me. Isn’t it unfilial if I disobey? Although my husband beats others, he is still very good when he is not drunk. We have been married for many years. What can I do as a married woman? Ah, now for the sake of my son, of course I can't get divorced. Although he is a little naughty, he is very cute at other times. You will understand when you have children...

An Xu changed his number again, and the world became peaceful.

Anxu like this neither understands her friends in her world who are complaining and resigned to their fate, nor does she understand Chris who is struggling in this abo world. At times, her unaccommodating attitude toward those who didn't understand bordered on indifference and arrogance. However, when Chris was entangled in the invisible spider web, unable to move and almost suffocated, this simple and crude outsider thinking was like a sharp knife, cutting open the spider web.

Chris was silent for a long time, and suddenly talked about an unrelated topic.

"I admire my mother very much." He said, "He is an omega born as a commoner, and he entered into an involuntary marriage contract with my father...or to put it more bluntly, he was robbed."

"Barbarian," Ann commented bluntly.

"Yes, barbaric behavior. But even a beta would not marry an omega who lost her virginity, not to mention that my mother was pregnant with me. After kidnapping, raping and giving a sum of money to my grandparents, Instead, my father became my mother's legal spouse." Chris said, "When I was a child, I always wondered why my mother didn't like me. When I was about six years old, I walked into his yard and asked him, and he said: 'Why should I like her? You, just because you are related to me? I have no reason to care about you, just like you have no reason to care about me, don’t care what others say.'"

An Xu blinked. On the one hand, he felt that Chris was miserable, and on the other hand, he wanted to give his mother some praise.

"After my father died, my mother became a wealthy widow. He could inherit the fame, status and territory, as long as he stayed and found a decent alpha after a year of mourning. But he didn't." Chris smiled. , "He quickly sold off all my father's inheritance, everything from castles and fields to rust-gold family crests and ancestral oil paintings, and exchanged them for easy-to-carry cash. He left 10% for me and took away 90% for himself. Cheng, never to be seen again. My uncle’s family was furious. Being treated like this by my mother, the whole family ceased to exist except for an empty name.”

"So handsome!" An Xu couldn't help but applaud.

"I also think that although he did this, it brought me a lot of trouble." Chris smiled, "My mother was an alchemist. He had a set of special instruments in the castle. When he finally left, there was only his assistant and money. Other than that, I only brought that set of instruments. Wealth, status, and family could not be compared with the mysteries in his bottles and jars. I once wanted to be a person with clear goals like him, but now, I think I have become more cautious with my experience. , In fact, it just became timid and lost its original intention."

"I don't want wealth. The inheritance and annual salary are enough for my living needs. I will use money to help others, but money alone is far from enough."

"I don't want status. The title is just a false name. It can only explain the glory of the ancestors, but cannot explain what I have done. There are scum among the nobles, and there are heroes among the common people. Titles don't mean anything."

"I don't want marriage, because everything that others gain will be lost by others. Putting half of your destiny on others is just adding trouble."

"I don't want other people's tears of gratitude or praise. I save them just because I want it, not to seek their gratitude. Since I don't need their gratitude, there is no need to listen to their slander."

"I want……"

Chris stood up holding on to the tree trunk and looked into the distance, his blond hair rustling in the wind. Like An Xu, he stretched out a hand with his palm downwards. Compared to An Xu's grasping gesture, it was more like a gentle touch.

"I want human beings to be able to walk safely under the sky, without having to worry about being attacked by alien beasts, or being casually convicted by nobles. I want everyone, no matter what their birth, no matter what gender, to have the right to choose. Only for themselves." He said, "I want to change the world."

Chris turned around and smiled at An Xu, his whole face seemed to be lit by the sun. It was the smile of a saint, no, of a martyr, gentle, peaceful and relieved. He knew what he wanted, and he had made up his mind and was willing to devote himself to his path.

At that moment An Xu seemed to be hit.

The handsome martyr smiled brightly at her, his face shrouded in the glory of divinity. She could hear the roar of her heartbeat and see the bright stars behind Chris. What does it feel like to fall in love? Perhaps the feelings accumulated day by day gathered into a tower, or perhaps a smile turned into a sharp arrow that pierced the heart. Anxu forgot to breathe, forgot that he was in a dream, forgot the whole world, and could only see Chris thinking blankly , wow, he is glowing.

Chris looked embarrassed by An Xu, sat back down, and smiled shyly: "Doesn't it sound arrogant?"

"Arrogant and stupid." An Xu said, "But without arrogant and stupid people like you, human beings would not progress at all."

"Do you think it will happen?" Chris asked with a smile.

"I want them all to come true." The girl hugged Chris' arm, looked at him, and said even more arrogantly, "Believe me, I am the king of the world!"

There was a shooting star crossing the sky. Even the young Paladin and the young Uncrowned King himself had not thought about where the future they were pushing would go.