The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Let's go home."

Mikael repeated it again in as gentle a tone as possible, but Mei still stood there blankly, not making the slightest move.

Seeing this, Mikael slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he finally noticed the food hanging all over her body.

His lips trembled, then he knelt down on one knee and gently brushed off the stolen goods from Mei's long hair and woolen sweater.

After he finished doing this, he held Mei Yi's hand again, squeezed out a smile that didn't look very sincere, and said softly:

"Mei, let's go home."

Meiyi's body swayed, and her originally stiff limbs gradually softened.

Mikael held her hand tightly, and then stood up. With a little effort, Meiyi was led by him to move step by step.

"Mea Yi..."

When the two of them walked past Kiana, she suddenly raised her hand, as if to retain her, but unexpectedly, Mikael directly grabbed her hand, and the two girls were attracted by Mikael in such a strange atmosphere. I left the classroom half dragged and half dragged.

It wasn't until she was blown by the cold wind in the corridor that Kiana came to her senses and began to look at Mikael involuntarily - apart from her hair that was a little too long, her face was no better than this school. How much older are the boys here?

However, I always feel that something is completely different... Wait, who is he from Mei Yi? Is it a relative or a brother?

Kiana couldn't figure it out, so she wanted to turn around and ask Mei Yi directly, but even after the latter left the classroom, she still lowered her head and didn't look like she had the intention to speak at all, so Kiana didn't know whether she should or not. spoke.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming from the corridor again. Different from the crisp "tap" sound of high heels, the footsteps of the person coming were very dull, and she knew it was a man.

Moreover, some people may not believe it, but Kiana did feel the familiar machinery and old-fashioned sound from the footsteps. She shivered all over, and there was no need to guess the identity of the person coming.

Soon, Mikael took the two girls and met the expressionless Mr. Kuzuki at the top of the stairs.

The two stopped and looked at each other without saying anything. On the contrary, Kiana behind Mikael took a deep breath, feeling that a conflict would break out between the two in the next moment.

Of course this kind of thing will not happen. After a brief confrontation, Kuzumu handed Mikael a note and spoke slowly:

"This is Raiden Mei's leave note."

Michael took it silently, pulled Kiana behind him and said matter-of-factly:

"Now there's one more person. Remember to help her complete the procedures."

Kuzuki didn't speak, seeming to be thinking about something, but he nodded after all.

After receiving a positive response, Mikael did not want to waste time and directly pulled Mei and Kiana downstairs.

It wasn't until she walked out of the teaching building that Kiana spoke carefully:

"you……"

She really didn't know how to address Mikael, so she could only use the clear and vague title "you".

"Do you know Mr. Kuzuki?"

Mikael paused for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

"I don't know him, I just happened to meet him, so I asked him to ask for leave."

"oh."

Kiana didn't think much about it, but she was more curious about why this guy took her away with him. She was sure that she didn't know this guy, but it didn't matter. Firstly, she couldn't worry about Mei Yi, and secondly, it was an opportunity for him to skip class openly.

But what she didn't know was that until they walked out of the school gate, Kuzumu still stood there stupidly. It wasn't until he was sure that they had completely left the school that he turned around and walked onto the rooftop of the teaching building.

Here, he no longer needs to hide anything. The nanorobots that make up the skin on his face melt like heated rubber, revealing the cold metal head and the scarlet eyeball.

"Transfer me to the doctor...ah, it's a pity that I don't have an umbrella at hand."

He seemed to be talking to himself, and indeed he was talking to himself.

After a while, he spoke again:

"No, everything is going according to plan. Both qualified bodies are in normal condition, but...it's just that I seemed to have seen...Mikael just now."

…………

The black car stopped at the door of a seemingly ordinary ramen shop. Kiana glanced at it and saw that it was indeed an ordinary ramen shop. Mei raised her head in hindsight. When she saw clearly The look of the surrounding streets suddenly became extremely complicated.

At this moment, the car door beside him was opened.

"I know you haven't had lunch yet, so let's just make up for last night's meal."

Mikael pretended to be relaxed and said while holding out his hand to Mei.

Mei Yi stared blankly at the hand in front of her. Only then did she realize that the palm was covered with yellowing calluses and scars, which was so ugly that it was scary.

But she still gently put her hand on it.

Walking into the ramen shop that she wanted to go to last night but couldn't, Mei suddenly felt a needle-like pain in her nerves.

Same place, same street, just half a day later, my mood is completely different.

Now smelling the aroma of ramen, she couldn't bring up the slightest appetite.

On the other hand, Kiana looked a little eager to give it a try, but she hadn't figured out the current situation yet, and she didn't have any money with her. She looked at Mikael, and finally wisely remained silent.

"You won't say anything?"

Mikael forced a smile, and the ramen shop owner recognized him. As the owner said last night, there were only so many customers coming here every day, and they were all familiar faces. Whenever a new face appeared, he would remember it clearly.

He wanted to say hello, but he seemed to have noticed the awkward atmosphere between the few people, and didn't know whether to speak for a while.

In the end, it was Mikael who made a simple and rough decision for the other two:

"Three bowls of pork bone char siu ramen, please hurry up."

"Oh, okay, okay."

Mikael took the two people to find a table and sit down, but the three of them were not very familiar with each other, and too many things happened at once today, so the three of them had nothing to say for a while.

It was past meal time when they rushed here from Qianyu College, and there was no customer in the ramen shop. Not long after they sat down, the owner brought three bowls of ramen.

Three bowls of ramen, three people, one bowl for each person, Kiana glanced at the other two bowls unconsciously. She had never been a carefree person, but she had heard from her classmates about what happened in the ME Club today, and she also knew that this incident had a huge impact on Mei. She was a little afraid that her behavior would cause Mei to misunderstand, so she had to eat her noodles in silence.

Mikael, who was sitting opposite her, just lowered his head and smelled it, then shook his head slowly:

"I didn't expect that the taste of this thing has not changed at all..."

He whispered something Kiana couldn't understand, but pushed his bowl of noodles in front of Kiana.

"This..."

"I can't get used to it."

Mikael didn't explain much.

Kiana was a little embarrassed. She wanted to say thank you, but when she met Mikael's deep and weak eyes, the simple "thank you" was blocked in her throat along with the noodles, unable to go up or down.

But the most bizarre, yet not surprising, thing was Meiyi - she didn't move her chopsticks at all, but just used a soup spoon to scoop up the turbid bone soup and slowly pour it on the noodles, repeating this mechanically, without any other movements or sounds.

"Meiyi..."

Kiana quickly emptied the two bowls of noodles and the soup into her stomach. She looked at the shiny bottom of the bowl, and then at Meiyi who just kept repeating this action. She bit her lower lip silently, not knowing what she could do.

She glanced at Mikael again. The man sat up straight, but he didn't seem to pay attention to Meiyi. He just closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Meiyi..."

Kiana called again, and Meiyi paused, but soon continued to repeat.

Kiana took a deep breath. The rain outside had stopped long ago. The air was fresh, but she felt something lingering around her, making her only be able to take half a breath each time. As a result, more and more air was trapped in her chest. If it lasted any longer, she might explode.

Fortunately, at this point, Mikael finally spoke up:

"Mei, do you still want to eat?"

Mei did not answer, but silently put the spoon back into the bowl.

Mikael did not say much, but decisively pushed Mei's bowl of noodles in front of Kiana.

So, what Kiana coveted at the beginning finally fell into her stomach, but she did not feel happy or satisfied at all, only the pain of being full and the lingering depression in her heart.

The three of them fell into silence again, and even the owner of the ramen shop felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and he worked with a bit of caution.

Kiana drank the last mouthful of soup and gently put the bowl back on the table. She picked up the napkin on the table and wiped her mouth, then stared at Mikael intently.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Mikael asked in surprise, then shook his head helplessly.

He patted Mei's shoulder gently and said gently:

"Let's go, this time we're really going home."

But Mei didn't move.

Mikael bit his lower lip and waited for her to speak.

"My father...how is he?"

Mikael took a deep breath, but finally chose not to lie:

"I went to the ME building this morning, but I didn't see your father, I only saw Komatsu, but judging from your father's actions, he probably wanted to take the blame for the economic fraud by himself, and not implicate the entire ME company."

Mei's tears fell all at once, and her voice could no longer be controlled:

"So, my father really...really cheated people's money, right?"

"No, it's not." Maybe Mikael should continue to tell the truth, but he didn't do so, instead deliberately chose to be vague:

"I don't know. I haven't even seen your father, and now, does it really matter what the truth is?"

"Bang!"

"Of course it matters!"

To Mei's surprise, but not to Mikael's surprise, the person who slammed the table just now was Kiana, who had nothing to do with the matter.

Seeing two people who could be considered as the parties looking straight at her, Kiana felt a little nervous, afraid that she would say something wrong and irritate Mei, but before this worry passed her mind, she spoke first:

"Why is it not important! If uncle was wronged, then we should work hard to clear his name!"

Mikael blinked his eyes, looking a little innocent, until he showed a sarcastic smile:

"If you can prove that you are wrongly accused, why doesn't Mr. Ryoma prove his innocence?"

Kiana felt that the man in front of her was making sophistry. After thinking carefully, it seemed that he was indeed making sophistry.

"Then...then..."

Her face flushed red, and she finally caught the flaw in Mikael's words, and then she responded:

"People have framed Mr. Ryoma, how can he prove his innocence? We must persist in collecting evidence and finally overturn Mr. Ryoma's case!"

Kiana didn't know Raiden Ryoma, she only knew Mei, but after a brief contact, she felt that a girl as good as Mei would never have a fraudster father, not to mention that even if the fact was true, it shouldn't be said so bluntly at this time...

But Mikael seemed to have no regard for Mei's feelings at all, and was still loudly refuting Kiana's words:

"Oh? Then what? How long will it take to collect evidence to overturn the case? One year? Three years? Five years? Ten years? Or twenty years? Even if Mr. Ryoma was framed, the bullying that Mei suffered today will still happen every day before the case is completely overturned. From this point of view, whether Mr. Ryoma was framed or not has no effect on Mei!"

Kiana was speechless for a while. Mei grabbed the sweater with both hands, twisting and pulling it hard, but without making any sound.

Mikael sighed, tapped the table lightly, and rubbed Mei's head gently.

"I know what I said may be a bit harsh, but... instead of letting you suffer again and again, it is better to take this opportunity to tell you the worst situation directly at the beginning, so that you can have a psychological expectation, and then it should be less uncomfortable to face it later."

Mei was caught off guard by this sudden gentle action. She glanced at Mikael with a complicated expression and was about to break away from his control, but after hearing his words, she calmed down again.

Mikael was right. These are things that will be faced sooner or later and cannot be avoided. Instead of returning to school early tomorrow morning with the thought that things will get better and then being hit again, it is better to listen to all the bad news at once. After all, after experiencing the previous things, these don't seem to be a big deal.

Of course, the more important point is... the feeling of Mikael's hand touching her head is not annoying. That rough and warm feeling made her mistakenly think that the person sitting next to her was her father...

But soon, Mikael withdrew his hand, and Mei's dream was shattered. She buried her head again, as if she had made up her mind to isolate herself from the whole world.

Kiana looked at the scene in front of her and always felt that something was wrong, as if there was some doubt in her heart from the beginning, but it had been ignored before...

Ah! Yes...

Kiana slapped the table with both hands, stood up and asked loudly:

"Ahhh!! I finally remembered! Who are you to Mei!!!"

Mikael glanced at her casually, and his eyes seemed to ask back: "Why do you ask now?"

But he did not answer immediately, but stretched out his index finger and pressed Kiana's head, easily and weirdly pressing her back to her seat.

"I..." He closed his mouth as soon as he said the first word. The words turned around in his mouth and came out as: "This is not a place to talk. Go back to the car first." He pretended to reach for the key in his pocket. The car outside the ramen shop made a "beep" sound, and the inner back door opened automatically. Kiana hesitated and stood up. Meiyi didn't move at all. Mikael patted her shoulder again. She stood up without saying a word, and then quickly walked out of the ramen shop and rushed back to the car. The speed was so fast that Kiana didn't even react. Only Mikael's eyes flickered. He probably understood Meiyi's thoughts-she was just afraid of being recognized. "Go to the car and accompany her. I'll pay the bill." Mikael urged, and Kiana chased after him as if she had just woken up from a dream. Then, he stood up calmly and walked towards the owner of the ramen shop step by step. There were no other customers at this time, so the middle-aged boss was sitting behind the counter holding his phone. Mikael walked up to him and knocked on the counter, and he jumped up from his seat in shock. Then he stuffed the phone into his pants pocket behind his butt without leaving a trace.

"Customer, you..."

The two looked at each other for only a moment, and the boss's eyes gradually became confused, and then he fainted on the ground.

Mikael waved his hand, and the boss's phone appeared in his hand. He first confirmed that all the messages sent by this phone were intercepted by the erosion power, and all those that should not have been deleted. Finally, he left the money for three ramen noodles and the phone on the counter, and then returned to the car with satisfaction.

"Hey! You guys, can you answer the question now!"

In fact, Kiana has a more direct choice. She can ask Mei directly, but perhaps she knows that Mei will not speak even if she asks, so she has been waiting for Mikael.

But Mikael didn't seem to want to talk any more. He took out a document from the drawer in front of the co-pilot and handed it to Kiana, saying:

"Read it and show it to Meiyi."

"What is this...?"

Kiana took it with curiosity, but Meiyi thought it was just a previous labor contract and didn't care... until Kiana screamed:

“Adoption Agreement???”

She glanced down, and sure enough she saw Raiden Ryoma, Raiden Mei, and a man named "Mikael".

When she wanted to check it carefully again, Mei Yi had already snatched the document away.

Mikael turned his head and spoke quietly:

"The agreement was signed eight years ago. I'm sorry, Mei, but actually... in a sense, I am also your father."