The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Here comes the chicken soup!"

Following Celia's cheers, the children became restless, and some even stood on the stools just to smell the aroma of chicken soup earlier.

Even the pink-haired girl next to Mikael is the same, even more active than the other children.

The only exception is himself - as a glorious soul-piercing uncle, he really can't imitate the movements of a ten-year-old child.

and……

"Hey...what? It's said to be chicken soup, but it's really just soup..."

"Isn't there still a piece of meat?"

"What do you know? It's called Qilixiang!"

"What does Qilixiang... have to do with chicken?"

"I don't know, Mikael said that chicken butt is Qilixiang..."

Celia kept an awkward yet polite smile, and tapped Mikael on the head with a small wooden spoon.

"I know you read a lot of books, but don't tell them all the nonsense!"

Mikael stuck out his tongue and rolled his eyes. While a group of children were eager to drink the hot chicken soup, he silently took a small piece of corn and turned around and handed it to the girl next to him.

"Na!"

"Na!"

But the girl happened to turn around with the bowl in hand. The two of them seemed to be familiar with this tacit understanding. The girl took the corn from Mikael's hand without any problem, and Mikael also silently took the soup from the girl.

Corn is a rare thing in the orphanage.

And the warm chicken soup helps swallow the tooth-chilling frozen potatoes.

"Speaking of which, those strange uncles came here again this morning. This is the third time, right? It's really annoying to have a physical examination!"

Mikael's hand shook, but the children were already chattering.

He secretly looked at the girl next to him. She was lowering her head and keeping silent.

Normally, she would be the center of all the children, and her words would never stop, but...but her name is Alicia.

It was Alicia who was clearly dressed up and smiling, but made people shed tears unknowingly. By the time she realized what she was doing, she had already broken through the dimensional wall and came to this world.

He didn't know why he came to this era that was destined to end, but since he was already here, then...

So he stretched out his finger and poked Ariel's baby-fat cheek.

When she turned her head angrily and looked over, Mikael had already revealed a smile that he thought was warm.

Then he hit Celia on the head again, "Mikael, don't always bully Ellie."

"Children, those uncles brought you flour and butter. I will make cakes for you to eat in the evening. How about it?"

"Great!"

After lunch, Mikael returned to the room.

His narrow bed was littered with various books and drawings.

"Atomic Arrangement Structure of Iron", "Carbon Infiltration of Steel", "Drawings of Classic Handheld Firearms of the Last Century"...

I don't know why, but he has been particularly interested in this kind of books recently. No, it seems that before he took over this body, this little boy had already started browsing chemical engineering books.

This is certainly not something a ten-year-old should be exposed to - at least not for the average child.

He organized the books and drawings and walked towards Celia's room, but stopped at the door.

"Mother Celia, I...I want to leave here."

Alicia's voice came from the room. Michael pursed his lips, leaned against the wall, and slowly lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Alicia came out, and she immediately saw Mikael leaning against the wall.

"Hey, why are you here!" She seemed a little flustered.

Mikael raised his head and pursed his lips, but couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Hey! Why are your eyes red? You..."

Mikael quickly turned his head, "It's okay, it's okay! I..."

While he was quibbling, he snorted a big snot bubble while breathing.

"Hehehe!" Alicia was amused by his appearance.

Mikael couldn't stand such an embarrassing look, and quickly ran into Celia's room holding the book.

"Mother Celia..."

"Phew!" Seeing the boy's snot bubbles that were constantly changing with his breathing, Celia laughed out loud for the first time.

She wiped Mikael's nose and asked, "What's wrong?"

He took a deep breath and finally just said: "The date is here, I'm going to return the book and bring some back."

"Go now, won't you be back before sunset?"

Celia wanted to say this.

But she knew why the boy was crying just now.

In other words, she thought she knew why the boy was crying, so she really couldn't bear to refuse the boy's request anymore.

"Okay then! Take the money and try to come back before dark!"

She rubbed the boy's silky silver hair.

"Ahem! "The Structural Principles of Modern Mainstream Mechas"... You kid is quite different."

In the bookstore, a pale old man was sitting on a lame chair. He glanced at the books held by the boy in front of him and muttered in a voice that was almost difficult to catch by human ears.

Mikael took out nine coins from his pocket and lined them up on the table.

He was a little worried. The money was not enough to borrow this book - or in other words, it was not enough to borrow this book and pay off the previous credit.

As for why there were only nine coins, it was naturally because of the cake in the box he was holding in his other hand.

But the old man leaned on the plastic board behind the chair and made no movement.

He didn't move, and Mikael didn't move for a moment.

"Bang!"

The thin door panel was blown open by the wind, and Mikael was startled and quickly wrapped his coat tightly.

But the old man still didn't move.

Mikael let out a sigh that a child could not utter, took two steps forward, and lifted up the other party's sleeves.

Sure enough, the purple lines had spread to his wrists.

This disease...

"Hengkai disease..."

Mikael recovered nine coins.

The fateful end is unfortunate for the old man, but not necessarily for Mikael - at least he can save money and take the old man's scarf to keep warm.

As for calling the police or the hospital, they have long lost their necessity.

For this small town called Vostok-51... no, soon, for the entire world, illness and death will become commonplace.

It was already dusk when he left the bookstore. He should have walked faster, but his steps were surprisingly heavy today.

That's right, no one knows the heavy burden that this era will bear.

Only he had ever glimpsed the identity of a witness.

Night has fallen quietly.

"Oops, it will take a long time to get back to the orphanage."

Mikael quickly quickened his pace. He promised Celia that he would leave early and return early.

What's more... he knew Alicia would leave.

He knew he couldn't stop her.

That's why he bought this cake just to use it to send Alicia off.

After all, "Sweet cakes go best with beautiful girls."

She must have said that.

“Salsa”

“Salsa”

It was the sound of boots on the snow.

Mikael turned his head sharply. No matter how well the other party hid it, and even deliberately followed his steps, he finally heard the discordant charm.

But he was wrong. There was no one in the snow behind him.

The low buildings on both sides emitted dim and warm lights, illuminating the footprints on the snow.

There is no one else but himself.

He was wrong, a very serious mistake.

That is - you should never expose your back to the dark.

Feeling the strange movement coming from behind, Mikael turned his head stiffly, only to see an enlarged version of... a mosquito?

No! no! Its wings and body are not tightly connected, and purple energy overflows from the top of its head in lumps.

"This is... Honkaimon!"

The alarm bell rang in Mikael's heart, beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead, and was frozen by the wind and snow halfway.

The corner of his eye quickly scanned the surroundings.

Perfect, not a baseball bat to be found.

Although it was useless to find him, his surname was not Kaslana and he could not display the strength that a baseball bat should have.

What's more... this body at this time is really just a child...

But before the emotion called fear could spread completely, it ushered in another change——

The Assault-level Honkai Beast did not attack Mikael, but rather... rubbed up against him in a slightly affectionate manner?

"Why……"

The moment the words fell, Mikael suddenly understood why he kept reading those obscure books under the trend of a primitive impulse.

He is not a genius.

Of course, by definition for many years to come, he was indeed a genius.

He just wants to move towards the so-called destiny, that's all.

"Snapped".

The shriveled corpse of the Assault-level Honkaimon fell on the snow at the same time as the book.

Mikael lowered his head and said nothing.

Soon, the north wind howling above the town began to twist and bend until it formed a vortex.

The overflowing Honkai energy dyed the wind lavender.

The center of the whirlpool is Mikael's thin body.

He started running wildly, but not in the direction of the orphanage.

Something seems to be coming out of my head.

He wanted to take advantage of his last moment of sanity to stay away from this town, so that not too many people would die due to the rapidly increasing Honkai.

"It turns out...it turns out that I am the First Herrscher..."

His eyelids were heavy, and he could only see a glimmer of light in front of him.

Suddenly, the light seemed to turn pink.

Although he knew that the Herrschers of pre-civilization could not retain human consciousness.

Although he knew that the former civilized Herrscher could not escape the end of being killed.

But he still held on to that unrealistic hope:

"But if you are a Herrscher...maybe you are qualified to be a witness..."