The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Is this... just like this, Eden? Is makeup... so simple?"

Ellie leaned forward and moved her face forward until circles of white steam appeared on the gorgeous half-length mirror because of her breathing.

She tilted her cheeks left and right, and always felt that... Eden spent two hours putting makeup on her, and it looked the same as without makeup... I can't say there is no difference at all, I can only say it is exactly the same.

"It feels different from what you usually put on for performances, Eden. Is it too light? Will it look bad?"

Eden and Abonya stood behind Ellie on the left and right, gently combing her long pink hair with a wooden comb. Hearing Ellie's words, she couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"I usually put on makeup for performances on stage. The lights on the stage are very bright, so bright that it makes people feel hot all over. If I don't put on thicker makeup, I will look too dark."

"Ah? Really? But my current appearance is really the same as usual? Will it look bad?"

Eden paused. Ellie rarely repeated a sentence twice. This was the first time she saw this girl so nervous.

"To be honest, Eden. This is my first time putting on makeup."

"Elly, you told me before."

"Ah, ah...really? Did I tell you?"

Aponya, who was standing by, smiled and gently pressed Elly's shoulders, leading her back to the chair.

"Be more confident, Elly. I have thought of several makeup looks for you, but in the end, your bare face is already beautiful enough, and putting on makeup...is a bit superfluous."

Eden's tone was full of envy. She was discovered and became a star at a young age. When those agents complimented her, they also praised her natural beauty, and she looked better without makeup than others with makeup. Fortunately, these people have never seen Alicia...

After all, she only understood what real natural beauty is until the moment before.

"Wow...it took two hours to put on makeup. I wonder if Mikael will be impatient to wait?"

Elly tilted her head and rubbed the hem of her snow-white dress with both hands.

"Then how about taking off your makeup?"

"Forget it... forget it. I finally have a chance to put on makeup. It's such an important day. Maybe I can do it in the future..."

The words stopped abruptly. Ellie bit her lip in annoyance and glanced behind her through the mirror. Eden and Abonya didn't seem to notice her previous aphasia. They just lowered their heads and gently combed her long hair.

"By the way, Ellie, I haven't given you a wedding present yet."

"Ah... this... this, doesn't this dress count?"

"It was rushed after all."

Having said that, Ellie didn't feel any trace of "rushing". Whether it was the choice of fabric or the treatment of every thread, it was impeccable. In the past, even if she found a private tailor, it would take more than a month, but Eden only took one day and one night...

No.

Ellie glanced at Abonya-Eden...did she really just start preparing the night before?

"Ellie, look at this!"

Eden turned around and took out a hairpin from the box——

"The color of your previous hairpin doesn't match this dress, so I made a new one for you."

Eden said as she pinned the hairpin on Ellie's hair.

"It looks good."

She chuckled.

"Come to think of it, I have a gift for you, Ellie."

Abonia also turned around and took out a triangular bow tie from somewhere.

"This is..."

"This is the legendary triangular knot, which has no beginning and no end. Wear it and you will be eternal."

"Eternity... huh? Thank you! Abonia! I like it very much."

Ellie reached out to take the bow tie, but Abonia shook her head gently:

"Ellie, [please] let me, adjust your collar for the last time."

Ellie clenched her hands tightly, and she looked at Abonia first and then at Eden in the reflection of the mirror.

"You all... know?"

That's right, Abonia must have a clear view of the future.

"Knock, knock, knock--"

Mei gently pushed the door open and walked to Ellie's side.

"Hi! Mei! How is it! Isn't Alicia particularly beautiful today!"

Mei pursed her lips and forced a smile:

"Alcia, I also have a gift for you."

"Oh! You are too polite, didn't you say..."

Before she finished her polite words, Mei lowered her head and whispered something in Ellie's ear, and a smile quickly spread across her face.

"Don't you want to give her a name? And a surname, you and Mikael... don't seem to have a surname?"

Ellie was about to bite her lip, but suddenly remembered that she had just applied lipstick, and quickly pursed her lips.

In fact, Mikael really has a surname - Zaychek. His biological parents are actually the couple who later adopted Xier, and Mikael once told her.

But... Mikael doesn't seem to be interested in that surname. Perhaps, it can only remind him of some unpleasant things, right?

Let's ask for his opinion first!

"What did Mikael say?"

"He said... I'll leave this to you."

Ellie's smile remained as she asked:

"Mei, what did you and Kevin name your child?"

"Adam, Adam Kaslana."

"Then my child will be called Eve. As for the surname... Kaslana... Shaniyat - Eve Shaniyat, how about it?"

Mei didn't react at first, but after a moment's thought, she understood Ai Li's subtext, and was instantly dumbfounded:

"Alicia! Let them decide the matter of your... descendants themselves. Why should we forcefully interfere?"

"That's what you say, but Mei, in addition to the Fire Plan, didn't you also formulate the Stigma Plan?"

Mei didn't expect that Aili would be involved in this matter. She looked calm, but she didn't know how to answer the question.

She cast her gaze on the gorgeous half-length mirror, which reflected Ellie's face. She smiled slightly and said meaningfully:

"However, you are indeed right - let them decide for themselves about future generations."

…………

Across the door, Mikael was sitting on the sofa, closing his eyes and relaxing.

"You are so patient."

Kevin sat aside and didn't know whether he was complaining or sincerely praising him.

"It's just this once in a lifetime, why not wait a little longer?"

Mikael sighed leisurely.

Kevin tilted his head, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Mikael's closed eyes:

"Your demeanor, your tone...are you imitating Su?"

"Um."

"…Do you think this is okay?"

For a long time, Mikael didn't speak again, and Kevin couldn't figure out what he was thinking. He only felt that there seemed to be an inescapable burden on his shoulders, which even affected him sitting aside, so that I can’t even say those words to enliven the atmosphere.

It wasn't until five minutes... or maybe ten minutes later, when Kevin felt bored and grabbed the cup on the table and brought it to his lips, Mikael suddenly opened his eyes, and the heaviness surrounding him quickly dissipated.

He turned his head and his joking eyes swept across Kevin's face:

"So, Kevin. With such a great opportunity, why don't you and Mei's affairs be handled together?"

"Uh...uh...cough cough cough!"

Kevin took a sip of tea and sprayed it directly on his pants. Although he was angry, he still lowered his voice and defended:

"What age are we in! Do men and women have to get married if they are together?"

"You do not want?"

"Of course I want to..."

"Then why? I think you just don't dare."

"Oh you don't understand!"

He suddenly slapped his knee and his expression became solemn:

"It's a man's business! How can you say whether you dare or not!"

"Then tell me, why?"

"It's not that I don't want to, and it's not that I don't dare."

Kevin let out a long sigh, hunched over, spread his hands on his knees, and stared blankly at every line on his palms, as if he could find a solution to all problems from there.

"I...can't bear that responsibility. At least for me, I can't guarantee that I can survive until the end of the collapse.

"If we have that day, and I die before then, I hope Mei can face the future that I can't face with a more relaxed attitude. And if we don't have a future, then I can die at the same time and in the same place with the person I love. , I’m already satisfied, so why bother getting married?”

As expected, Mikael shook his head:

"Kevin, do you really not understand or do you pretend not to understand?"

"Um?"

"What you call, 'If you don't get married, if you die, Mei can face the future with a more relaxed attitude', this is simply impossible."

Kevin stared at his palms without making any sound.

"Your thoughts will only make you feel that you are thinking about Mei Duo. But what is the reality? Kevin, you are in a different place. If it was Mei who failed to make it to the future, you would be more relaxed Does the gesture integrate into the future? No, no, your thinking is just escaping, you just moved yourself."

"maybe."

Kevin shook his head.

He did not retort angrily, nor did he fall into long contemplation - it was obvious that he did not know anything about what Mikael said.

But he still chose this way, not because he wanted to be like this, but because of his personality, he couldn't make other decisions.

"Mikael, in literature, there is a saying about tragedy of fate and tragedy of character. But are fate and character really two different things? No, a person's fate is his character."

"maybe."

Mikael nodded noncommittally.

How did He weave destiny? Mikael didn't know.

Perhaps every node of every life is determined to ensure that every destiny is perfectly matched. People will meet again where the threads of destiny intersect, and they will end after the threads of destiny intersect.

But it’s uncertain. Maybe the so-called textile destiny just determines each person’s character?

Due to their character, when faced with every choice, he or they will definitely make such a choice, so this becomes their destiny.

Which one it is, even Aponya, who can see the thread of fate, can't tell clearly.

But there’s no need to figure it out.

Mikael's head was slightly tilted. Hua was holding a writing brush and writing a door curtain full of blessings with ink. Su was holding a small surgical scissors and cutting out lifelike paper-cuts. Every time he finished cutting a piece, Pado He grabbed Ling, who was still a little confused, and snatched it away, sticking it everywhere in the room.

In the corner not far away, Destobia pressed Kosmo against the wall. Gray, who was sandwiched between his parents, held drawing paper and pencils and quickly recorded Kosmo's embarrassment.

The sound of cooking was coming from the kitchen, and the pots and pans were clashing fiercely. It wasn't necessary to make such a rough sound, but who let the person cooking the food be Qianjie?

Turning her head to the other side, Sakura turned her back to everyone, leaning on the balcony in silence, looking up at the false starry sky. Velvet stood beside her, holding the Key of the Third God in her hand, seeming to show off her design.

Mebius was sitting at the other end of the sofa, motionless, like a snake shedding its skin - she didn't know why she was the only one and didn't see Klein.

Ah, that's right, Mikael just took her out of the solitary room.

"Kevin, you know not long ago, yesterday to be exact... I had a fight with May."

"Um."

In the past, no matter the specific reason, Kevin would have to talk to Mikael to discuss things.

But at this time, he no longer had that kind of mood. Mei did not reveal Mikael's specific arrangement, but he could guess it himself.

Holding such a wedding at such a tense time, Kevin didn't feel any "joyful" meaning at all.

Especially after listening to what Mikael had said to persuade him previously, he didn't think it was a wedding at all. It was more like saying it was a tragic farewell.

"Mikael, what exactly are you going to do?"

"Really want to know?"

"Um."

Mikael took a deep breath. He imitated Kevin's look and stared at his palm. After a while, he slowly said:

"Actually, I am not sure to what extent it can be achieved. If everything develops as I speculated, maybe the Honkai Impact will disappear directly? But, if everything I think is wrong, Wishful thinking on my part, that might not happen."

Mikael couldn't help but be stunned after saying this - he instinctively felt that these words were very familiar, quite familiar.

He just thought for a moment and easily found the source of this passage...

Um? Isn't this what Ellie said before she disappeared?

Is it a coincidence?

Or is it just because the things to be done are similar, so you resort to talking unconsciously?

Mikael himself couldn't say for sure.

"Kevin, there's one thing you might want to be mentally prepared for."

"?"

"If...if I really can't do anything, then judging from the current momentum of the Twelfth Herrscher, it will not be difficult to destroy mankind. But it is not easy for it to attack the headquarters. Especially, More than four-fifths of people left the headquarters after May lifted the ban, and those who remained were heavily scrutinized.

"Even if I fail, I will find a way to reduce the power of the Twelfth Herrscher. Coupled with Mei's wisdom, I believe you will be able to defeat it in the end... But in the face of the end, with all due respect, I do not I don’t think it’s possible for you to surpass him now.

"Of course, Mei thinks so too, which is why we have the Fire Plan, the Stigmata Plan, the Hengsha Plan, and the Ark Plan, but their essence is to leave hope for defeating Honkai in the future..."

"The Stigma Project is now in my charge."

Kevin suddenly interjected.

"Ok, I know."

"You don't seem surprised?"

"It has been anticipated. After all, if this plan is placed in Su or my hands, it will be equivalent to abandoning it."

"...So, if what you want to do fails, then you..."

"Either you will see me alive after defeating Honkai, or after tonight, you will never see me again."

"So what you want to tell me is..."

"If by chance, the second situation happens, then... the next era will be left to you."

"I……"

"Alicia, I'm begging you too."

Kevin pursed his lips and nodded heavily.

"By the way, have you all synchronized the memory?"

"Um."

"If...if I fail in the end, forget it...it doesn't matter."

Kevin was confused by this last sentence. He was about to ask, but unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened. Eden and Aponia pinched the hem of Ellie's skirt, and Mei followed the three of them. Behind them, they all walked out.

"Ellie..."

Mikael stood up immediately, and the others gathered around noisily.

Their eyes met, and the words that Mikael had been brewing for a long time could not be said at all.

And Ellie just chuckled and narrowed her beautiful eyes to hide her gaze that had never taken away from Mikael.

People around him were cheering loudly, and Mikael couldn't even remember what he did or said next...

When he came back to his senses, Aponya had put a shining ring in his hand, and Eden also chuckled and brought Ellie's left hand to him.

Now that things have come to this, if you still don’t understand what to do, it won’t make sense.

He gently held up Ellie's hand and put the ring on her ring finger.

But then he was dizzy and didn't know what to do, so Aponya had to take his left hand and hand it to Ellie, who also gently put the ring on his ring finger.

Then, she smiled slightly:

"Hey! Mikael, the promise you made has come true!"

"Um."

Although the seed that was planted in the hearts of the two of them a long time ago had already broken through the ground and sprouted, it did not officially bear fruit until today, twelve years later. This was a bit of a waste.

But fortunately it's not too late, they still have a chance to be together.

Well, they got married, although it was a very simple wedding.