The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"I understand... Alicia, thank you."

Mikael broke away from Ally's arms. His tears dried up in an instant. He rubbed the muscles of his face with both hands and returned to his original cold look.

Looking at his expressionless side face, Ai Li pursed her lips and suddenly reached out her hand to poke him gently on the cheek.

"..."

The corners of Mikael's mouth twitched slightly, while Ellie covered her mouth and laughed.

"I know what you're thinking."

After laughing, Ellie put her arm around Mikael's shoulders and said softly:

"When I poked you in the face just now, did you think for a moment that I was her?"

"……Um."

Mikael's Adam's apple continued to squirm, and he finally gave a positive answer.

"well……"

Ellie sighed softly and poked Mikael on the cheek several times:

"You, you look like an adult, and you are fifty thousand years old, but sometimes you are as childish as a child. You see, the question of whether I am her or not, you have been asking since fifty thousand years ago. I'm still confused, and I still can't get a result, but is the answer to this question really important to other people? Well, maybe Hua Hui will think about this problem like you, but she will think about it better than you? Be more decisive.”

"Then... Alicia, for yourself, do you think you are her or not her?"

Mikael leaned forward, staring blankly at his toes.

His rhetorical question was once again laughed at by Ellie, who kicked the ball back to Mikael:

"So what if I am her, so what if I'm not her?"

"..."

Mikael took a deep breath suddenly, and a gloomy look flashed between his eyebrows:

"Alicia, you said... If I firmly believe that you are her and you are still alive in this way... then everything I have done in the past 50,000 years and the reason for my reincarnation in the world is completely It's unnecessary, isn't it? In that case, I don't have to go on. Although I can't make Honkai disappear directly, I can control Honkai until the day when humans can completely master the power of Honkai. It’s a completely different ending. If it were like this, would it be better and more in line with her expectations?”

"Yes, yes, you are right."

Ai Li rarely used a perfunctory tone, followed by another long sigh:

"Oh...Mikael...don't you understand? There is no point in worrying about these. Since you have chosen the current path, haven't you already handed over your answer? Of course, if you regret it now, It's not too late, but you are not that kind of person. Mikael, you are so awkward. It is easy for you to get entangled in a problem and hesitate for a long time, but once you make a choice, you will be extremely stubborn. What about the sins you have done, what you have thought, and the sins you have confessed? Just use the power of the end to make up for the mistakes you made, so why bother?"

"...Haha, you are right."

Mikael closed his eyes and smiled rarely:

"It's true... In fact, there is no need to worry about these issues at all... I just keep living in the past, always thinking that if I had made different decisions in the past, the results now would be completely different. …But the past cannot be changed. This kind of thinking may not be wrong, but it must be futile and meaningless. Nothing will happen except to move yourself.”

"Hehe! It seems you are not hopelessly stupid!"

Ellie patted Mikael's head gently, as if she was comforting a child.

"Ellie...I am an adult..."

How could Mikael not feel her attitude? I couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

"Maybe, but I think your thinking is still at the naive level of a child."

"First of all, this is a personal attack!"

Mikael took the hand that Ellie stretched out to rub his head.

"Secondly, whether you are naive or not is a definition given by humans. No one has ever stipulated the quantitative standard for what is naive, and no one has ever said that adults must not be naive."

Ellie tried to pull her hand away with a little force, but Mikael's hands held tightly and wouldn't let go. She quickly gave up and allowed Mikael to place her hands across her knees.

She knew that Mikael was not so fragile outside. Even in that era when it seemed extremely immature now, he was never that fragile in front of others.

How can people not be fragile? If there is no vulnerability, strength will no longer be meaningful. If there is no childishness, maturity will no longer be meaningful.

People cannot erase their own fragility and naivety, they can only choose who to show the bad side of these universal values.

It is obvious that no one would be stupid enough to show such a bad side of themselves to irrelevant people...

People only shed tears in front of those closest to them, that's probably it.

She waved her other hand, a meaningful smile appeared on her face, but there was a sense of helplessness in her tone:

"Yes, you are right, but... in the eyes of a girl, her lover is also her child, just an older child!"

"Heh... yes."

He grasped Ellie's left hand with both hands, shook it hard, and then stood up with a bang.

"Okay, Alicia, as you said, let's stop the meaningless things."

"Are you going to... leave?"

Ellie's voice was a little low, and Mikael turned his head to prevent her from seeing the reluctance in his eyes, but except for his eyes, that emotion had already overflowed from every pore in his body, and no attempt was made to cover it up. In the final analysis, it is just a cover-up.

"Can't bear to part with it?"

Alicia thought for a while and then pointed it out directly.

Mikael hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded truthfully.

"Then...just stay by my side for a while? Didn't I say that? If you feel tired, if you don't want to move forward for the time being, you don't have to force yourself to move forward. Mikael, we always have enough time, even if What if you stay with me for a few more days?"

"maybe……"

"ah?"

Maybe, if Ellie hadn't said that, maybe Mikael had really softened his heart for a moment and immersed himself in the false beauty of the paradise of the past, and he couldn't tell whether he stayed there for several years.

But when she took the first step and said generously: "You don't have to force yourself to do things you don't really want to do now" and "If you are tired, just rest by my side", Mikael was unwilling to stop there. .

From this point of view, the "consolation" provided by Ellie is not an effective incentive?

People's hearts are like this sometimes. Blindly encouraging and pouring chicken soup will only make people bored and will only make people unable to muster the strength to move forward.

But if someone generously tells you at this time that you are tired when you are tired, why do you have to force yourself to keep moving forward? Just come here and take a rest. Then the lazy mind will gradually fade away to nothing, and finally it can bite you again. Grind your teeth and continue on your way.

This was the case with Mikael at this time.

Although he was extremely reluctant to leave, and although he knew that Aili's original intention in saying this was that she really wanted him to rest here for a while, he also knew that Alycia would definitely feel a little disappointed if he left at this moment...

But at this moment, he must move forward, in order to live up to the past 50,000 years, in order to live up to all the mistakes he has made, and in order to live up to her love at this time.

Ellie showed a wry smile. She was also reluctant to leave Mikael, but she knew she couldn't keep him. As a memory, she could only do so much for him and the world.

However, after waiting for fifty thousand years, she finally had ten minutes of alone time with Mikael. She didn't know whether to feel bitter or happy for a moment.

"Then...where are you going next?"

Ellie stood up, and before Mikael could answer, she gently covered Mikael's mouth with her hand:

"Shh! Don't talk. Let me guess. Are you looking for dear Mebius?"

If it had been 50,000 years ago, Mikael would have twitched the corners of his mouth, cleared his throat, and then spent half an hour fully explaining to Ellie the "necessity" of finding Mebius, until finally Ellie concealed it. After pouting and nodding, he took steps forward with a guilty conscience.

But things are different now. He is no longer a young man who couldn't even reach the other side of the river...

As Alicia said, mistakes made with the final power can be made up for in the future with the final power. By the way, mistakes made not because of the final power can also be made with the final power in the future. Just modify the power.

Since it can be corrected in the future, what is right or wrong at this moment is not that important.

Is this really so...

As if she knew what Mikael was thinking, the moment he raised his feet and was about to leave, Ellie held her hand again.

Mikael turned his head in surprise. He thought Ally wanted to keep him, but unexpectedly, she didn't say anything and just bit her lower lip.

She frowned slightly, her eyelashes trembling little by little, and the meaning in her eyes was clear to Mikael - pity.

She had something to say, but she didn't intend to say it.

Mikael also knows what she wants to say. This is something that can be guessed without the power of knowledge, just based on the two people's understanding of each other:

"Mikael, in fact, all your pain is just due to... your own almost fragile kindness. If you change it to another person, change it to someone who does everything possible, the past mistakes will be directly used by all kinds of powers. Cover it up, and the mistakes you will make in the future will be erased because of the ending that is destined to be corrected in the future, not to mention that there will be no psychological burden caused by it. Only you... you firmly do not think that the mistakes will be buried or erased. It just doesn't exist, and it puts too much pressure on myself. I always feel that I am some kind of heinous sinner...

"But think about it carefully, how many people have you hurt? How many people have you saved? Of course, such an algorithm of offsetting merits and demerits is probably unacceptable in your eyes, right? This is indeed a very, very naive and fragile idea. , but...it doesn't matter, I don't hate you, I just like you when you are so fragile."

She held Mikael's hand with slight force, as if hoping that part of the force she exerted could be distributed to Mikael and provide him with some insignificant help.

"Because this kind of fragility is proof of the goodness of people's hearts, and conversely, the future that you would rather bear such heavy pain and reach must be a very beautiful, very perfect, and very worth looking forward to."

"Um."

Mikael held her hand and replied firmly:

"No matter who it is, it is a perfect future. This wish is the only thing that has not changed in me for fifty thousand years. I promise you."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Mikael's figure soon disappeared like a cloud of mist.

Alicia, Alicia in the Paradise of the Past was still standing where she was, with her left hand still holding it, and it was not until two or three minutes later that she slowly tightened it.

"What a pity!"

Clear laughter echoed in the empty hall. She took two steps back and sat back on the sofa softly and slowly.

"It's a pity, it's such a pity..."

She turned her head and stared blankly at the broken star gate, her voice was calm but sad:

"No matter what, as a memory...I cannot move towards that future."

"He's been here?"

After a while, a familiar voice sounded in her ears, and Alicia nodded silently.

Mei didn't say anything more, she just pushed her eyes gently on the bridge of her nose, as if everything was expected.

…………

"That's pretty much it, Kevin."

In one breath, he laid out all the information he had received from last night to now. Su felt that his brain was lacking oxygen.

From time to time, two busy signals came from the other side of the communication line. Su waited for a long time but did not receive a response from Kevin.

"Ahem, Kevin, are you still there?"

"Ding!...Wait a moment, I'll talk to you later...Bang! Talk to you!"

"well……"

Su leaned back, and the bamboo lounge chair shook with a continuous "squeaking" sound.

He began to count silently in his mind, and it wasn't until the 200th second that Kevin's communication dialed back.

"It's me, Kevin, can you say it again?"

Su sighed, calmed down his emotions, and tried his best to repeat the previous situation in a concise and capable tone.

"So, it is now absolutely certain that Mikael is still alive. He even went to the Paradise of the Past five thousand years ago and left a message, predicting that you will see this message five thousand years later? You also made an appointment with us to have a fight in Klosten?"

"Things are getting more complicated..."

Su raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brow, which was visibly red and swollen. It was not difficult to imagine how many times he had repeated this action.

"I can't figure out what he is going to do..."

"No, actually you, actually we have always known what he wanted to do."

"ah?"

"We used to speculate on his purpose based on his actions. Since his actions were too unconstrained, we naturally couldn't deduce any results. But, Su, a person's character is his destiny. You put yourself in his shoes and step into his shoes. Think about it from perspective, do you really not know what he wants to do?”

Su was silent for a while, then bitterly uttered four words:

"Alicia..."

But he quickly denied this statement:

"No, it is precisely because I understand his character that I know better. Of course he loves Alicia, but he is not the kind of person who can completely ignore the world for Alicia. Besides, if he is really like this If you do, this won’t be what Alicia wants, right?”

"Maybe, but do you have any other explanation?"

"No……"

"Then just think that everything he did was just to resurrect Alicia."

Su was speechless for a moment. He could feel the deep resentment in Kevin's words, but he couldn't say whether this resentment was directed at him or Mikael.

But all in all, he can probably understand Kevin's thoughts:

Mikael wants Alicia to live, but doesn’t Kevin want May to live? Mei's matter is also very complicated. From his and Kevin's perspective, the cause of Mei's death is undoubtedly the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment launched by Kevin. But if Mikael had not disagreed, it would have become the final reincarnation of the world. , how could all this happen?

Su even felt that Kevin was certainly not sure that all Mikael did was just to resurrect Alicia, but he hoped so, which would make him feel envious - and why didn't he want to search for it at all costs? Possibility of resurrecting Mei? But the weight he carries determines that he cannot just "despite everything".

"Then...what do you think about what he said about the battle in Klosten, Kevin?"

"If he wants to fight, then he'll fight."

"No...Kevin, you..."

Su rubbed his red and swollen eyebrows again. He had already gotten out of the initial state of excitement, so he felt more and more that there was no chance of winning this battle.

Fifty thousand years ago, with the cooperation of Moonlight Throne and Hua, Kevin briefly entered the so-called [salvation] state, and then successfully struck a sword that seriously injured Mikael.

But now that the Moonlight Throne has long been burned down, Hua's attitude is unknown, and he may even be leaning towards Mikael. Kevin's body has been irreversibly traumatized by that overweight super-transformation, so that he can no longer enter the state he was in at that time, and currently humans His own fighting power is still too weak. In this case, what are the chances of winning against Mikael?

"I know what you are thinking, Su, but why do you think Mikael would set the time for this battle now? Now that my condition has recovered a lot, why did he not take action in the past 50,000 years? ?”

"Well……"

"Perhaps he himself was severely injured in that battle fifty thousand years ago and has only recovered now. At least he thinks he has recovered the strength to suppress you and me..."

"No, Kevin, there is no evidence to prove what you said..."

"...I know, but we have to fight. Do you think it is possible to hide?"

Su shook his head. He felt that Kevin was too impulsive now, but he also said a lot, and he had to fight if he didn't fight. So besides selective belief, what else could he do?

"What are you going to do?"

"Combat is just a process of stacking weights on a scale. If he thinks his weight combined exceeds that of you and me, then we will find another weight and catch him off guard."

"You plan to find..."

"I'm in Australia. I just fought off a girl with the Key of Dominance. I should see Hua soon."

"..."

Su didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Even if, even if Kevin can successfully draw Hua into his camp, then...

"Kevin, have you forgotten Mebius?"

Su asked this question, but received no response for a long time. Only then did he realize that Kevin had already hung up the communication.

It seems that he is determined to have his own way to the end.