The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Not impressive?"

"Yes."

Apponia's iceberg-like face finally showed a trace of emotion.

"I looked up, thinking I could follow the thread of fate and see her final outcome. But the fact is that after my sight reached a certain height, the thread suddenly broke."

"disconnect?"

"Yes, there is no doubt that someone is controlling the fate of everyone in the world through these invisible threads, but at a certain point in the future, those threads will at least symbolize Mebius and me. And the threads of fate of many people here were cut off right there - I'm sorry, in fact, I had acquired this ability before the surgery, and I also peeked at you without your consent. fate.

"But then again, the upper part of the thread did not leave even a trace. It was like a pair of scissors roughly cut off all the fate, so I couldn't see the final part. ending."

【Is it because of Ai Li? 】

Taking advantage of Aponya's opportunity to sort out his words, Mikael thought in his heart.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Mikael's mind, and he suddenly asked: "Then...Aponya, have you ever seen Sakura's fate?"

"Is that the lady with the long ears? I've seen it, and the thread is still cut at the end of the line of sight."

Mikael took two quick breaths.

Although it was only a short sentence, in the case of an open-book exam, Mikael could also analyze many conclusions from it. If the cutting of the silk thread was indeed due to Ally's influence, it would mean good news and bad news. information.

Good news: Sakura survived, at least until the end.

Bad news: Alicia is dead.

Mikael's face gradually darkened, and he asked with the last glimmer of hope: "Then...Apogna, what is my fate?"

Mikael has seen the bad habit of many people reading. When they have just read a book and there is not much content, they can’t wait to turn to the last chapter or page, trying to see the ending of the story first.

He has laughed at this approach countless times - if you know the ending from the beginning, what's the point of reading the story in the middle?

But now he also has this kind of thought, and he can't restrain it at all - he urgently wants to know the final outcome, and whether all the efforts along the way are really just a waste of water.

But Aponya smiled, and that smile gave him inexplicable hope - if it was a bad ending, how could she laugh?

However, Mikael only received a response that did not answer the question: "Mr. Mikael, you don't seem to understand fate...or the meaning of fatalism."

"What...what do you mean?"

"The so-called destiny is something that cannot be violated and cannot be changed. If we live in a fatalistic world, it is not that the outcome has been predetermined, but that every move we make and every word we say is determined. It was already arranged by fate.

"As I can see, there are several threads hanging from everyone's body, leading directly to the clouds, and some indescribable existence uses these threads to control us to make the actions He wants. In other words, The world is just a huge stage, and we are just puppets on the stage.

"So, Mr. Mikael, since you have seen a certain future, [please] answer me - did the conversation you and I have today happen in the future you saw?"

"No."

Aponya's smile became even brighter.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know? When I first took in those children, I clearly saw their future fate - they would be killed in the near future, yes, not long after this time, because of a Everyone died from a serious disease, and even the entire Twilight Street was affected.

"At that time, I did not see through the nature of fate. I believed that fate could be changed. I made a lot of efforts, but in the end, before you arrived, the fate of the children and Twilight Street was different from what I had seen before. It's no different. I also know that if it weren't for the serum you brought, they might really..."

Mikael frowned, and he finally caught Aponya's logical loophole:

"No, Aponya, you also said that fate cannot be changed, but aren't those children doing well now? Judging from your expression now, their fate and their final outcome have changed, right? This is different from what you said before It seems contradictory to say that fate is irreversible and cannot be changed.”

"That's true. Not only that, the fate of everyone in the Golden Courtyard is completely different from when I first saw it. It's even changing every second."

A happy smile bloomed on Aponya's face, and Mikael understood that she had deliberately led his thoughts to this point.

No, in other words, from beginning to end, she was trying to lead Mikael's thoughts to this path.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know why humans have constructed such a desperate 'philosophy' as fatalism?"

"have no idea."

I don’t know, Mikael has never known, whether in his past life or this life, why someone would put forward such a world view - is it because the knife of life is not cruel enough?

"Because of order. The first essence of fatalism is not despair, but order. If everyone thinks that what they do is due to the meticulous arrangements of the great gods, they will naturally lose some enterprising spirit, but they will also change as a result. To keep to themselves. Emperors in ancient times tried to rule their subjects in this way because they were sure that their destiny was no longer planned-even though we know that this was just poor wishful thinking.

"Correspondingly, fatalism is based on an absolute order. The reason why it will not make any mistakes, and the reason why it is irreversible and cannot be changed is because Shenqi has arranged all the fates perfectly. , all roads are just orderly and converge to the final destination. As long as no one can violate this rule, fate will never be changed. "

She raised her eyes to look at Mikael, and her originally dull gaze suddenly became energetic, even a little fanatical.

"I have tried to change the fate of a certain person or a group of people countless times, but they all ended in failure. I once doubted myself, once doubted the world, and once fell into despair. And when I asked out of this despair I prayed to a god I didn’t understand at all - I wanted a light. So that afternoon, Mr. Mikael appeared in front of me. When I saw you for the first time, I knew I had found the light I longed for. ——

"Mr. Mikael, you don't have those threads on your body."

Mikael belatedly lowered his head and looked at his hands.

He finally understood what Aponya really wanted him to understand under his painstaking guidance.

He is the one who can ignore traffic rules and make a mess on everyone's road.

He was just a puppet without strings. All his movements were based on his own will, knocking other people he touched on the stage to stagger, and even the threads of fate that bound them deviated from their original tracks.

This also explains everything that happened to Mikael. He has indeed changed the fate of countless people - the original First Herrscher, Carol, the children in the orphanage, and everyone in Anti-Entropy.

Even if the world line corrects itself and converges on its own, so what?

At least...at least in this world heading towards a desperate ending, he has the possibility to change everything.

Because he is an "outsider".

Since outsiders do not belong to this world, they will naturally not be bound by the shackles of fate given by the world.

"But then again."

Aponya's voice sounded again.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know why I guess you know some kind of destiny?"

"Why?"

Perhaps because he really "knows", Mikael has never paid attention to this point. It was not until Aponya took the initiative to bring it up that he finally felt doubtful.

"That's because of the way you looked at Xi'er when I first met you, Qianjie and Xi'er."

"Ah, that's it."

Mikael chuckled.

"It seems I don't need to say more, Mikael, you seem to have found a way to change Xie'er's fate."

“There are indeed some ideas”

Mikael nodded.

"Didi! Didi! Didi!"

Mikael's cell phone suddenly rang three times.

"Excuse me."

He first apologized to Aponya. From the moment the latter heard the bell, his eyes became empty again, as if he was really wandering in the sea of ​​stars, trying to get a glimpse of the future...

When she came to her senses again, there was no sign of Mikael in front of her?

Only the fluctuations caused by jumping into the space rift slowly rippled like water waves.

[What a coincidence. Just after dissecting the fate with Mr. Mikael, he really wants to control the "destiny" of many people...]

Although the real owner has disappeared, Aponya still clasped his hands on his chest and made a gesture of prayer.

【That day, He fell from heaven. People on the ground looked up and saw the stars. 】

The departing man could not hear this song-like prayer.

But in the future predicted by Aponya, this ballad, this single-sentence ballad, will echo back and forth in his dreams for countless days and nights to come.