Infinite Cafetaria

Chapter 280 Introspection

 After leaving the giant tower, Malu went to the Witch's House to pick up Skylark and others.

Although he has a large amount of redemption points on hand, the previous attack on the mine triggered a wave of panic buying, resulting in that there are currently no good products in the weapons and equipment department.

  At least we have to wait until next month for new equipment to be found before we can find equipment worth buying. This way, Malu is not in a hurry to expand his team. After all, the people he recruits must have good equipment to be effective.

 After that, he opened the mission system and looked through the missions updated this week.

I don’t know if it’s because of my promotion, but there are a lot more tasks to choose from this time, three pages long, and one of them is located in the Red Rock Grand Canyon, where someone once discovered Singer Sour Berry. trace.

 It is also Malu’s target location this time.

However, this is an investigation mission, which requires searching for traces of the remnants of the fallen witch in the Red Rock Grand Canyon.

Ma Lu, who was involved in the matter involving the Witch Alliance, was a little reluctant to get involved, but then he thought of something and his spirit was shocked again.

Just searching for traces, without arresting people, it feels like there is still a lot of room for maneuver, especially since he has a spy from the Witch Alliance buried in the Temple City.

 Sitting on the war horse, Malu sent the photos he took from the library to Bird of Paradise, who fell into silence after reading them.

Seeing that she had been silent, Skylark couldn't help but feel a little worried. He stopped playing backgammon with Cerberus and handed her a piece of honey cake stolen from the canteen.

She originally planned to give this piece of cake to Malu, because she had mentioned it during the previous chat. Malu casually said that he wanted to try it, and Yunque took it to heart.

But seeing that the Bird of Paradise was in a low mood, she hesitated and felt that it was more important to coax the Bird of Paradise first.

But the red-haired girl shook her head and did not eat. Then she looked at Malu again.

 “Do you know what’s written on the page?”

"Well...I met an old nun in the library, and she insisted on dragging me along to give me a history lesson."

“What do you think?” Bird of Paradise took a deep breath and asked.

 “What do I think?”

“I want to know what you think from a human perspective...the relationship between us witches and the church. Do you think what the church is doing is right?”

"Is that important?" Malu raised his eyebrows and asked, "As a witch, why do you care about human opinions? And you also know me. I am not a local, just a passerby."

 However, the red-haired girl seemed not satisfied with this ambiguous and cunning answer, so she went further.

“Then let me ask another question, if you were a witch, what would you do?”

 “Break the ring of order and overthrow the church.” Ma Lu said without hesitation.

“So you will also choose to side with the Witches Alliance?”

"That's not necessarily true. I lack trust in politicians. In comparison, I prefer to believe in myself." Ma Lu paused, "But if I have to choose a side, I will side with the Witch Alliance first. After all, If they win, at least the situation of the witches will not get worse. "Do you think the Witches Alliance can solve the dispute between witches and humans?"

"It can't be solved," Ma Lu shook his head. "It's something that even the X-Men can't solve, let alone the Shrike."

 “Who are the X-Men?”

“A group of superpowers led by a bald old lame man are in a similar situation to you witches. They also live a very hard life. Unfortunately, I am not the same type of person as you, so I can’t give you much life advice.”

 “Are we any different?” Bird of Paradise wondered.

Ma Lu thought for a while, "You all have good hearts and noble character. You are persistent in finding the right answers. You will think about the fate of mankind and the world, and transform the world with a purpose.

"But I am different. I am vulgar and superficial. I have accepted the reality that the world is chaotic from the beginning. What I am best at is using the rules to make profits for myself. I am addicted to vulgar things such as money, video games, thighs, and breasts. among things, and never tire of it.”

The more Ma Lu spoke, the more ashamed he became, "...I have been busy collecting ingredients during this period, and I have not cared much about the conflict between witches and humans, nor have I thought about a solution."

"Even if I knew what happened in the 14th year of the Holy Calendar, I didn't have any trouble in my heart. When the old woman grabbed me and told me about the tragic history of humans and witches, what I was thinking about was why the forced plot could not be skipped, and what was the meaning of this paragraph? Not a homage to the X-Men.

Malu clapped his fingers and said, "...As a knight of the Holy Knights, I found out there was something wrong with Ouroboros but did not report it to the church. Instead, I protected her secretly. After that, I kept paddling during the battle with the Witch Alliance, watching. My colleagues fell one by one around me, and I felt like I was almost a traitor to the Witch Alliance.

"However, I did not come forward when I witnessed the witch being burned. Later, Shrike and other witches were killed by Li Wei with missiles. I obviously had the opportunity to avenge them, but considering that I had to collect ingredients later, I did not kill Li Wei. Wei, instead used this incident to become a master. Of course, I am also quite puzzled about the latter incident.

“I don’t know what Levi likes about me. There are obviously more honest and loyal people in the Holy Knights than me, so he is probably a little blind.

"In short, at this critical moment that determines the fate of the two races, the only thing I did was... **** a monster. This is indeed a bit... that."

　　　…”

After reflecting on his wall-riding behavior, Ma Lu said sincerely, "But you are different. I don't treat you as my weapons or consumables like other knights. Instead, I have always treated you as friends. As friends, I sincerely I hope you can live a better life.

"So you can tell me what you want to do or what plans you have. Whether you want to join the church's senior leadership, or leave Temple City and join the remaining members of the Witch Alliance, I can help you find a way, and I will respect it. The choice of each of you.”

Hearing this, Skylark looked around and saw that no one was speaking. He boldly spoke and said weakly, "I...I think it's good like this now. I'm very happy to be able to follow the Lord Knight all the time."

Cerberus pointed at his ring of order, "Hmph, you are despicable, but you are still honest, so I will trust you for once. No matter what method you use, as long as you can remove this thing from my neck. Just remove it.”

 Ma Lu looked at Ouroboros and Bird of Paradise again, the former shook his head slightly, "I have my own path... You don't need to worry about it, you have done enough for me, I will remember this kindness."

 The last red-haired girl frowned and said, "I... haven't thought about it yet. I need to digest the knowledge I gained today."

“It’s okay, you can tell me at any time when you think about it,” Ma Lu said.

 (End of this chapter)