The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Ahhh! Mr. Mask, stop him quickly!"

In the nursing home, the children were playing a childish game of eagle and chicken. As the tallest "Mr. Mask" with the longest wingspan, Qianjie deservedly became the "Mother Chicken".

"Pfft hahaha!"

Xi'er was sitting on the roof of the nursing home. Even though she was far away and even through the cold mask, she could still feel the awkwardness of Qianjie who was obviously very irritable but didn't know how to act.

Not to mention running away, he didn't even bother to move. He just opened his hands dejectedly, trying to block the "Eagle"'s attack with this painless attitude.

But as the "Eagle", Mikael was much more active than him, and he caught all his chickens in just a few strokes.

"I win again, Qianjie!"

"whispering sound!"

The mask covering his face fluttered twice.

"Wow! Mr. Mask fights match-fixing!"

"Mr. Mask, did you accept the benefits from Brother Mikael? We have all lost all afternoon!"

"That's right! Mr. Mask, you need to cheer up!"

The children who were angered by Qianjie's bad attitude surrounded him and unconsciously forced him into a corner.

"Hey! You little brats, believe me or not..."

"Do not believe--"

The children shouted in a drawn-out tone.

Qianjie's entire face was twitching, and he looked at Mikael angrily, as if to blame him for dragging him into such a troublesome and childish game.

But Mikael just smiled, and then deliberately clapped his hands to attract the children's attention.

The weather in July was hot enough, and although it had little impact on Mikael, the children were already sweating profusely after playing all afternoon, and the T-shirts of the same style that Mikael bought for them were already wet and sticky. It feels so uncomfortable on my body. But that doesn't stop them from continuing to play.

"It's been a really long time... No, the energy of these children has not been so good from the beginning... Thank you very much, Alicia."

Aponya's hand reached for the goblet on the table, but when he saw that it was filled with purple-red liquid, he reached for the cup filled with transparent liquid.

"Well……"

Alicia stared intently at the goblet in her hand, watching the gilded rim getting closer and closer to the red lips...

But how could Aponia be fooled? Ellie raised her gaze slightly and saw those eyes full of compassion looking at her.

Aponya put the wine glass down gently, "Alicia, it's not a good idea to coax a nun to drink."

She picked up the glass of wine-red liquid again and drank it in one gulp.

"It's just grape juice."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu It's so damnable that it was discovered so easily! I even asked Su specifically for a reagent that can mask the smell of alcohol!"

Eden held a bright gem in his hand, with a smile on his lips as he watched Aponya educate Ellie.

"This is really the best investment I have ever made..."

She sighed suddenly and turned to look out the window.

"Ahem! Actually, we have to change our mind! Since Mr. Mask is so decadent, then if you let him be an eagle, wouldn't you be able to win easily?"

Mikael shook his index finger and boldly proposed a solution. The children just blinked and his figure disappeared.

Only a slight word echoed in the place.

"Hey, you guys go play with Master Qian! I'll run away first!"

"Ha--brother Mikael ran away again!"

"I must be looking for Sister Xi'er or Sister Alicia again, huh!"

"I don't care, Master Qian is not allowed to leave!"

"Master Qian" successfully replaced "Mr. Mask" and became Qianjie's latest nickname.

…………

The sunset had already set halfway, the evening wind gradually picked up, and Xi'er also felt a hint of coolness.

Suddenly, a shadow completely enveloped her body, and even the wind was blocked.

"Brother Mikael!"

Xier gently grabbed his hand.

"You're tired from playing. Let's eat some apples peeled by Xi'er!"

"Ah - ah, thank you, Xier."

Xier is not a very enthusiastic and proactive person, but he is the only exception.

She held her face in her hands and watched as Mikael crunched and gnawed the apple with his dirty hands. A smile couldn't help but spread on her face.

"Uh...", Mikael glanced at her from the corner of his eye, and then helplessly tapped her forehead with his finger, "Why are you always giggling!"

A black mark instantly left on her fair forehead, but Xi'er didn't care and still stared at the side of Mikael's face and smiled in a daze.

"Squeak, squeak..." Mikael gnawed the apple until only a small core remained, and then threw it towards the window not far away.

The core easily hit a pink head.

"Mikael!"

The crystal arrow flew past the roof like a meteor, even lifting up a tile.

Mikael and Xi'er covered their mouths and snickered while rolling to the other side of the roof.

"Hahaha, is it really okay to bully sister Ai Li like this?"

"It's okay, she's easy to talk to."

"Oh, really? Mikael!"

A familiar voice sounded from behind.

"Sister Alicia, I was wrong!"

"Sister Alicia, Xi'er said she knew she was wrong!"

"..."

Night had fallen, and Mikael accompanied Xier to wash all the dishes used by the children.

Aponya was telling bedtime stories to the children. Mikael and Xier stood at the door and said goodbye from a distance without going in to disturb them.

Walking through the empty courtyard, the smell of children's sweat still seemed to linger in the air, and then walked past the iron gate that had been kicked down by thousands of calamities.

In a heart-wrenching "squeak" sound, the iron gate was slowly closed.

In the guard's small room next to the door, Qianjie was lighting a candle and using a small carving knife to carve rough and simple lines on the wood.

He doesn't seem to like the artificial dazzling light of incandescent lamps or fluorescent lamps, but rather the fragile, dim light of candles.

"Mr. Qianjie is also a very complicated person."

"Well?"

Xi'er held Mikael's hand, and the two of them walked in the dim streets of Dusk Street like real brothers and sisters.

"Mr. Qianjie has a bad temper, but he never gets angry with the children. He is even willing to work as a doorman here. Moreover, in addition to those strange wood carvings, there are also several puppets given to him by the children on his table. Woolen cloth."

"Hmm - um -, Xi'er observes very carefully!"

"Brother Mikael, Xier is no longer a child!"

"Uh-huh--"

"Brother Mikael, if you say 'hmm' again, Xi'er will be angry!"

"Uh-huh--"

Xi'er curled her lips and was about to get angry, but suddenly her head felt warm:

"Time flies so fast, it's been a year and a half."

"Ah...it's been a year and a half..."

Xi'er felt the temperature in her palms and the top of her head, and suddenly smiled:

"Brother Mikael's hands are still so warm, just like my sister."

"..."

Some of the mental damage caused by Midora seems to be irreversible. Even though a year and a half has passed, Xi'er still firmly believes in the existence of that sister.

And neither Mikael nor Su, nor anyone else, dared to point out this fact.

No one knows whether the girl's already fragile spirit will collapse as a result.

Then leave it to her.

"Anyway...her dependence on me is only because of that non-existent sister, right?"

"Xie'er?"

"Um?"

"Going on vacation? Going somewhere far away to relax?"

"Going on...a vacation? I heard Sister Hua say that Brother Mikael once took her to work overtime in the name of 'vacation'..."

"This...this, this, this, this, when did this happen!"

Mikael took two steps back after being ruthlessly exposed about his past embarrassment.

But in a blink of an eye, he flicked Xi'er's forehead again, interrupting the girl's silly smile, "Don't worry, we must choose a good place this time, just you, me, and Aili, no one else can disturb us. …Speaking of which, I haven’t truly relaxed in a long time. By the way, where do you want to go?”

"Do you really want Xi'er to choose?"

"certainly."

Xi'er sucked her fingers, her eyes were a little wandering, and she said in a daze: "Xie'er... Xi'er wants to go to the sea, to the beach... Xi'er once made an agreement with her sister to go to the sea..."

"Yes...is it...?"

Mikael forced a smile and immediately took out his mobile phone to type in the question: [Recommendations for summer seaside vacations around the world? 】

"Didi!"

Within a few minutes there was a response.

[Thank you for the invitation. I am in Attica and just got off the plane. This is indeed a world-famous summer resort. Here is a link to the local street scene shot magnet:?xt=urn:btih:72FE2A4237C0331]

"The city of Attica..."

Mikael narrowed his eyes.

"Xie'er, come and see, how is this place?"