The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"You...sigh..."

Mikael sighed silently, and plucked the furry cat ears with his fingers very skillfully, then moved down to the ends of his hair, and gently rolled the soft hair with his index finger.

"How stupid, how can you remember it so clearly?"

Mikael's voice was trembling, and the muscles in his chest and lungs were numb and twitching, but Pado probably didn't notice it. She smiled and got into Mikael's arms, and then explained with pride:

"We are saving silver coins! We put a silver coin into the clay pot every day! Every time we put in a silver coin, we draw a mark on the clay pot... What is that mark called... Right! Ah Hua taught me, saying It’s an ancient Chinese character, and it’s very useful for counting!”

"Fool, what are you doing saving so much money here..."

"Hey, brother Mikael, don't you understand this? Those bosses who come here for trials, if you directly give them props and engrave them, they will be afraid of what you will do. So, let's do it I bought a lot of shiny silver coins with cat paw prints to trade with them! In this way, they believe the engravings we gave them. Boss Mikael, do you think they are stupid?”

"It's really stupid."

Mikael chuckled, but it didn't last long before she put Pado down. He first flicked Pado's forehead with his index finger, and then rubbed Ling's head.

"You two..."

The initial excitement faded away, and Paduo and Ling finally remembered what they had done before.

Where is this place? The central processing hub for the entire Purana.

And what is Ling's mission? Guard the Twelfth God's Key as the central hub and maintain the normal operation of the Twelfth God's Key.

Although this task is as simple as visiting the library, being caught using the library computer to play games seems a bit excessive, right?

What's more, this is a central processing hub that is much more serious than the library!

Mikael deliberately dragged out the end of his words for a long time. Seeing the uneasy looks of the two girls, he couldn't help but finally laughed again:

"Okay, I'm not that scary. Just remember to turn on the lights next time you two play. Why, playing games with the lights off is more exciting, right? Can you bear it with your dark eyes?"

Upon hearing what Mikael said, the breath that Pado and Ling took deeply into their lungs finally came out.

The smiles quickly returned to their faces, and the two carefree girls soon started to talk about what happened in the Paradise over the past five hundred years or even more than fifty thousand years. Interesting facts.

"Hey! Brother Mikael, do you know? Sister Destobia had a quarrel with Ah Mo some time ago. You didn't see the look in Ah Mo's eyes at that time. It's really aggrieved! But he didn't show up from the beginning to the end. Talk back..."

"Brother Mikael, you would never have imagined that such a gentle person as Sister Nia would actually quarrel with Uncle Hen and Sister Blanca over little Gratius's education..."

Mikael smiled hypocritically, letting more and more meaningless words and meaningless stories pour into his ears, and then his smile became more obvious.

He didn't say anything, just listened quietly. It wasn't until the two girls got tired of talking and went to find water that he finally spoke again.

"Pado, Ling, I'm sorry, I can only stay with you for so long this time."

The room suddenly became too quiet. Paduo and Ling may have expected this from the beginning, so they spoke very fast before, not just to say more words in a shorter time. ?

And now the act of stopping to pour water, isn't it sensible to stop at the right place?

"sorry."

Mikael said the same useless words and slowly stood up.

"Ling, I want to check the operation records of the Paradise of the Past."

"Ah...ah? Okay, I'll do it..."

"No."

Mikael sat directly in front of Ling's computer. He didn't even do any operations, he just put his index finger in front of the computer's USB interface. After a burst of dim blue light, the first knuckle of his index finger turned into a connector, which fit into the interface.

Mikael closed his eyes. After a second, he retracted his fingers that had returned to their original shape and stood up from the seat.

Looking at Ling who was staring at her instep and her red ears, the corners of Mikael's mouth twitched slightly.

"Uh...hehehe, I really didn't expect you, Ling, to like this... uh, I didn't mean it, I didn't see anything!"

"Uh... Boss Mikael, what are you talking about to Ling?"

Pado's innocent question became the straw that broke the camel's back. Ling covered her ears and squatted down. Mikael even dodged and returned directly to the Paradise Hall.

"call--"

He leaned heavily on the soft sofa, and then couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, feeling quite relieved that his child had grown up.

After calming down again, he began to look through the records of the operation of the Twelfth God's Key.

Even his brain couldn't browse too much information in one second, let alone what he had to face for five hundred years?

So he actually only did the "extraction" step just now. The specific browsing and sorting of information will start from now on.

As for Ling's browsing history, it was just an accident, just like you are going to get something in a room, but you can never control what you will see when you open the door.

The smile on Mikael's lips slowly dissipated, and he began to read each record carefully.

The power of the Herrscher of Reason originally requires the brain to operate at high speed. Coupled with the "digital" changes brought about by the erosion of power, he can process information extremely fast.

"Is it Velvet who has been in and out of the Paradise most frequently in the past five hundred years? Also, for her, a world without the ability to 'innovate' is too monotonous. Was the last time you went out half a year ago?"

The reason why she was the first to look at Velvet's records was because she visited the Paradise the most frequently, and also because, at Ling's place, she mentioned that the games she played were brought back by Velvet from outside, not What?

Unfortunately, after briefly putting Velvi on the "suspect list", Mikael quickly took her out.

Velvet has been in and out of the Paradise a lot, and mainly in recent years. After all, the older era does not have much appeal to people like her who are constantly innovating - if there is another completely different civilization, then that's it, but It's just a small difference, more like a product of the reset of the original civilization, and she probably has no interest in it.

Although the Paradise files will not show where Velvi has been, Mikael can see the times she entered and exited the Paradise several times, including the time period she stayed outside. He only needs to make a comparison and it is not difficult to find that Velvi left the Paradise. Nothing special seemed to happen during those few days. To be precise, there shouldn't be anything that made Mikael feel guilty.

She also spends varying amounts of time in the outside world, which suits her style.

Of course, this is just a preliminary screening. Under specific circumstances, he can also directly read the memory in Velvet's memory, but he plans to complete the preliminary screening first.

The next step is to check the records of Sakura's visits to the paradise. As long as we can find the time when she last left the paradise, we can roughly determine what happened to stimulate her to make her current decision, but...

"How can it be!"

Mikael's upper body, which was leaning on the sofa, tensed up instantly. He looked at the entry and exit records displayed in the form of data in his mind.

It was blank, just like his thoughts at the moment.

Five hundred years ago, Sakura never returned to the Paradise of the Past!

Mikael felt that he could not stay in this paradise for a moment longer.

Whether Sakura returned to the Paradise of the Past five hundred years ago is actually not that important in itself, at least not to the extent that it would shake Mikael's mind.

However, these situations were all confirmed by Mikael later from Mebius.

what does that mean?

In fact, there is no need to use your brain to think about it at all, but at that moment, Mikael had the urge to "not want to delve deeper".

Of course, it is not ruled out that Mebius himself was deceived in some way, but there is also a possibility that Mikael cannot deny - Mebius, after all,... did not betray, but turned away from him.

"Ah……"

Mikael sneered and closed his eyes, feeling extremely tired.

He slowly leaned back on the sofa, supporting his head with his hands, as if not lying down completely was his last stubbornness.

Although he kept saying it... No, it seems that he never really said this. But he always believed in his heart that as long as Ying Jie made a choice of his own will, he would accept it. No matter whether their choice was an enemy or a friend, he would face their new relationship with the utmost seriousness.

Moreover... he never wanted the heroes to just stay in the paradise, indulge in everything in the past, and then quietly wait for all the endings to come.

However, when he really discovered that one hero after another had betrayed him and chosen a path that was diametrically opposed to him.

Looking back on the time we spent together as comrades-in-arms, how could we not feel any fluctuations in our hearts?

What's more, Mebius has a more special meaning in Mikael's heart.

Sometimes Mikael himself can't help but think, if Alicia had survived when the end came, and she was the one who gave her life, would he still be where he is now?

Or to put it in a simpler way: Alicia's weight in his heart is at least equal to that of the entire world, so what about Mebius's weight?

The answer is - Mikael cannot give a definite answer.

Not being able to give a definite answer actually means a lot.

From a certain perspective, this means that Mebius cannot achieve this weight in his heart. But if the perspective is changed, this also means that there is a possibility that Mikael really does the same thing for her as he did for Alicia.

And this possibility is not too small, otherwise it will not make him hesitate to give a definite answer.

But now, even she has to stand on his opposite side... Then Mikael feels that his whole fifty thousand years of life has been a complete failure...

No! He suddenly woke up.

He just habitually thinks about the so-called "worst possibility". He is such a pessimistic person. But from the beginning, didn't he also give another explanation - Mebius had neither the power of consciousness nor the power of erosion, and wanted to deceive her and create the illusion that Sakura had indeed returned to the paradise. It's not that difficult actually, is it?

In fact, just go to Mebius directly to confirm. In front of him, no one has the possibility of lying.

Maybe he should also check Mei, or even her... However, he couldn't stand the operating records of the Land of the Past for the time being, and he would wait until he confirmed Mebius's situation.

But... even though he walked out of the Paradise of the Past, which was the headquarters of the World Snake, the physical distance between him and Mebius was not far away, but for a moment he just felt tired and just wanted to rest for a while on the sofa where Ellie once lay. rest for a bit.

He was not rich in time, and the appointment with Otto was only for one day. He must return to St. Freya Academy before the sun rises tomorrow, and then continue to move forward step by step with the time that can no longer be turned back. .

But it’s very tiring, really tiring.

It took him a long time to come here.

Let's rest for a while.

The last stubbornness disappeared, and he let go of the hand holding his head.

My head was pillowed in a piece of softness, but the elasticity was obviously not what a sofa should have.

"hehe……"

He chuckled.

A pair of somewhat cold hands gently covered his eyes, and he closed them in cooperation, letting her fingers massage from the eye sockets to the temples on both sides.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes. Thank you, Alicia."

"Oops? You guessed it so easily? If I had known better, I should have covered your eyes first, and then asked: Guess who I am?"

"I couldn't have guessed wrong."

"Hmph! Don't you dare guess wrong!"

Although his eyes were closed, Mikael could feel that Ellie seemed to be clenching her fist and waving it in front of his eyes.

He tried to hold his lips together, but finally, he laughed from the bottom of his heart.

But the laughter was not all filled with joy, but also with the helplessness and sadness suppressed in it.

What has he done in the past fifty thousand years?

Do you regret it? There is never a moment without regret.

He also thought about another ending. He accepted Alicia's sacrifice, and then controlled all the Honkai energy as the ultimate, so the world could be saved.

But in a world like that, is there any need to be saved?

Mikael never thought that the world without Alicia was meaningless, especially after seeing what his other self had done. It was not Alicia who drove him to make that decision, but that the world had been destroyed long ago, and he only filled in the last handful of dirt.

But I will still regret it. If you regret, regret it. People cannot control themselves from regretting everything they have done in the past. As long as a choice has more than one possibility, humans cannot control themselves to imagine another possibility.

Forcing yourself not to think about it, forcing yourself to tell yourself "no regrets", this kind of attitude can never be considered mature, nor can it be considered strong.

But in Mikael's eyes, it's just... regret? Of course I regret it. But so what. Although he regretted it in his heart, he would still step by step and step on the time that could no longer be turned back.

However, such maturity and strength were broken by Alicia's words:

"It must be very tiring to do something you don't like."

His breathing became heavy for a moment, and Mikael wanted to say "I'm not tired," but he knew he couldn't deceive Alicia.

"Don't leave in a hurry this time, rest beside me for a while. I haven't seen you for so long..."

"Sorry, I have to leave soon."

"I know, I won't force you to stay, but there is still a lot of time before you leave, right? Have a good rest here."

"I...I still have things to do..."

"Well... then, how about taking an hour's rest, relaxing, emptying your mind, thinking about nothing, and having a good sleep with me on your pillow?"

Before Mikael could refuse, she blocked Mikael's mouth with her lips.

After a while, she raised her head slightly, leaned into Mikael's ear, and said softly:

"I'll wake you up in an hour. Don't refuse! I'll be angry!"

"Um."

Mikael really couldn't refuse. He turned over and rested his head on Alicia's thigh, his face buried in her belly, and his hands wrapped around her waist.

As he breathed, the fragrance that belonged to Alicia penetrated his nose one after another, impacting his consciousness like a wave. Instead of falling asleep due to fatigue, his spirit became extremely energetic. Extremely awake.

as well as……

Restless.

So, his hands climbed up uncontrollably.

"Huh? You...you...don't be here!"

Mikael felt that these words seemed familiar.