The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Hey! Did you hear that Guinevere, the aimer of the B07 railgun team, was actually 'invited' into the interrogation room twice in a row today? Could it be that the Second Herrscher and the former Fourth Herrscher Is it her fault that she disappeared?”

If we were to choose the noisiest place in the world, then the finalists would probably be the canteen and the market. But the human ear is sometimes quite talented, allowing the owner of the ear to still clearly distinguish certain words that he cares about even in such a noisy environment.

But is this really a talent? Or is it more appropriate to say [torture]?

The previous sentence was lost in the noise. I could hear the words clearly, but for a while I couldn't find the person who spoke. However, because of the interesting content, someone quickly picked up the conversation:

"First of all, our B07 railgun team has found no such person - as we all know, the great Lady Guinevere has always trained with the two Herrschers. I guess she must also be a powerful Herrscher! Tangtang Lord Herrscher came to act as our aiming hand. Isn’t this a joke? There must be a mistake!”

At this tone and tone, the girl cautiously glanced at her out of the corner of her eye. It was not surprising that the person who just spoke was indeed her "captain" in the true sense of the word.

"Hey! Hey! Don't say that. Although she was taken to the interrogation room twice, wasn't she released properly? Well, she is still sitting there eating and drinking. Obviously these two things It has nothing to do with her, so I advise everyone to mind their own business. After all, that gentleman is following Bronya and the Second Herrscher every day. If one day the leader of the alliance really passes the position to Bronya, Nia, what’s her name... Xingjin’s ministers will inevitably launch a big purge on us!”

"Pfft hahaha——"

"Maybe. You see, Lady Bronya usually ignores her. Ah, this is indeed a sign of her strength. After all, no one else has the shame to bother Lady Bronya."

The girl chewed the bread gently. The combination of butter, sugar and flour should have brought a sweet taste, but the girl only felt that she was chewing a ball of paper.

In fact, she has no talent at all. She has never had any talent since she was a child. The reason why she can distinguish those voices clearly in such a noisy place is because the people who spoke met her first and then specifically talked about it. This topic inevitably raises the voice a bit.

And another reason is...

"Guinevere?"

"!"

The noise, and the answer that was about to pop up in my mind, were cut off by a simple voice.

Guinevere raised her head, and Bronya was leaning forward, almost reaching across the entire table in front of her. Her iconic dead fish eyes had also disappeared, and there was only suppressed concern in her eyes.

She raised her hand, first waved it in front of Guinevere, and then rested the back of her hand on her forehead to feel the temperature.

"Are you OK?"

"I……"

Guinevere wanted to respond to this concern, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't know what she could say.

"Guinevere's face looks quite bad. She must have not slept well last night. Then let's go to bed early tonight."

Xi'er was also whispering beside her. Of course, neither she nor Bronya were so deaf that they couldn't hear those words, they just didn't want to mention them.

Maybe she was worried about being irritated - Guinevere thought.

No matter what, Bronya-senpai and Xier-senpai are both great people, but...

"Bronya...Xier...don't you ask me about the interrogation..."

As she expected, when she lowered her head and uttered these words, the two girls in front of her also fell into silence for a short time.

Then, the noise around her reached her ears again.

"Then again, she has really... uh... let's forget it for the past six months."

"Is there anything bad to say? Isn't it just that your figure is getting better and better? Well, if you like her, you can try hooking up with her. Most of the guys like her who are not very beautiful in the first place have no experience in love. , in my experience, her self-awareness has probably not been refreshed yet. At this time, as long as you care about her a little, she will give all her love back to you. Isn't this just the right time to catch Lady Bronya's boat? ?”

"What dirty things are you talking about here, you idiot!"

"Yes, yes...it's better not to talk about this. It was fine before, but this is a bit too much..."

"What are you afraid of? I can't see you being so hypocritical. You all talk so sanctimoniously and your eyes are constantly wandering over there. Why do you think you are some kind of flower protector?"

The surrounding voices gradually became erratic, and her eyes were a little sour. Guinevere originally thought she would cry, but her vision was not blurred.

Why aren't there even tears? Why?

The questions in her heart never stopped for a moment, and she finally gave her own answer - maybe she was used to it.

"Guinevere!"

"Well……"

Cold fingers slid across her cheek and gently blocked her ears.

Lifting her face fifteen degrees, she met Xi'er's eyes as deep as the sea.

"Does this... feel better?"

Feeling the coolness on the other girl's fingertips begin to spread throughout her body, and finally drive the heat that should have been in the summer to an invisible corner, Guinevere closed her eyes and nodded lightly.

However, a second later, she shook her head again, held Xier's wrist, and took off her hands.

"Okay, I'm not that fragile. It's not like I've never heard these words before. At least compared to the beginning, I now have something interesting for everyone, right?"

Xi'er sat back on the stool, but the smile on her face was still worried.

Bronya held her head and tried her best to suppress the expression on her face, but she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Don't look at me like this. I'm not that fragile! I just experienced a little bit of what Kiana felt like..."

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Guinevere mentioned this name, and then the atmosphere at the dinner table became even more silent.

But she was right about one thing. In the past, when Kiana was around, most of the focus of everyone's discussions was on Kiana. Those completely unprovoked but profound malice were always directed at that white-clad, hairless person. Go away as a filthy girl—maybe this is the reason why he is always willing to shamelessly stay by Kiana’s side? Even Guinevere herself couldn't help but think so.

"That... Guinevere..."

"What's wrong? Sister Bronya?"

Imitating the names she learned from Ciel, Guinevere tried to make her smile appear natural.

"No...Bronya wants to...if you are willing, can you tell Bronya what happened? Although you probably don't know much, you should know more than Bronya. ? That idiot Kiana just disappeared, and then there was news that Miss Wendy also disappeared... Bronya felt that her mind was in a mess... and she was really... powerless. "

"Uh...Sister Bronya, you..."

"What's wrong? Do you think Bronya shouldn't have such an expression?"

With a somewhat sad smile, Bronya looked seriously into Guinevere's eyes and said:

"The squad leader said something - it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Bronya turned a blind eye to the current situation. That Dr. Mei didn't seem to want to tell Bronya anything, and Mr. Walter and the principal didn't know anything either. I didn’t say anything, Bronya doesn’t even have the capital to be anxious now, Bronya doesn’t know anything.”

"..."

"Guinevere, if you know anything, please tell Bronya. Even if it is just some insignificant details, Bronya may still be helpless after knowing it, but it is better than not knowing how to be anxious now. Where to throw it?"

Her gray eyes were like a dim mirror. Guinevere looked at her tiny reflection. For a long time, or perhaps for a short while, she avoided Bronya's sight.

But that's not rejection.

Whether it is Bronya, Seele or Kiana, they are all too powerful, at least in Guinevere's eyes. They are so powerful that they are always helping her, but they never ask for her help.

But at this moment, she had something that could be used as repayment...something to offset each other.

"Well... how should I put it... I don't know much, but... there are indeed very strange things."

"Strange things? It means..."

Guinevere deliberately tilted her head, as if thinking for two or three seconds, and then spoke slowly:

"I did accept two summonses - not long after the first summons passed, I was invited back again before I even walked out of the door of the Intelligence Department. The reason...Miss Wendy also disappeared. But when I When I walked into the interrogation room, uh..."

Guinevere suddenly stopped speaking, and the next words seemed to require all her efforts to stop her from speaking out:

"Although they said it was not an interrogation and I was not a suspect, everyone knew it in their hearts. However, when I walked into the interrogation room for the second time, something was really, really, really wrong."

The girl used three "realities" in a row, and it seemed that she could not continue the "story" without such emphasis.

"Although I have never experienced an interrogation, in TV dramas, it is usually two people interrogating one person. This is indeed the case the first time. But the second time, it is the other way around."

"in turn?"

"Uh-huh."

Guinevere nodded hurriedly.

"The person who was interrogated with me, Sister Bronya, and Xi'er also know each other, that is Mr. Kruger, the intern doctor."

As she spoke, Guinevere shook her injured arm, as if she was using the bandage on her arm to prove the existence of the man to the other two girls.

"Then the person sitting opposite us is also an acquaintance, Mr. Su, who always has his eyes closed. He is the only one, but he keeps his eyes open the whole time."

"..."

"Of course, when I went in, he also talked to the two people who interrogated us before. The two guys seemed to say-'Why are it the two of them again?' According to this statement, it seems that Kruger Sir, like me, is both a suspect in Kiana’s disappearance and a suspect in Miss Wendy’s disappearance…”

Bronya rubbed her brows heavily and glanced at the clock on the wall of the cafeteria. It was already close to six o'clock in the afternoon. Although I feel embarrassed to say this, if Guinevere is allowed to continue talking like this, she probably won’t be able to finish her talk until eight o’clock in the evening...

"So, Guinevere, don't you think something is wrong? Bronya doesn't know when Wendy disappeared. But the surveillance in the ward is much stricter than that in the dormitory area, which means that the news of Miss Wendy's disappearance should have spread quite quickly. In any case, you have an alibi, right?"

"Yes, that's what I said."

Putting the last piece of bread soaked in gravy into her mouth, Guinevere's voice was a little unclear.

"But they insisted that they saw someone who looked exactly like me in the surveillance to deliver breakfast to Miss Wendy, and Miss Wendy disappeared within half a minute after the me in the surveillance left. I repeatedly told Mr. Su that Miss Wendy and I were not close enough to get up early in the morning to deliver breakfast to her. Mr. Su also said that there was also surveillance showing that I was in the corridor of the Intelligence Department at that time. He said that the murderer probably used me as a scapegoat, so he used some method to disguise himself as me."

"Hmm..."

Bronya snorted without comment. She picked up the empty plate, and Seele and Guinevere hurriedly followed.

After placing the plates in the designated location, the three of them left the cafeteria and headed for the dormitory area.

Although this happened, the Salt Lake City base was unusually calm. Those who made decisions did not seem to take the disappearance of two consecutive Herrschers seriously - well, Wendy can naturally be considered a Herrscher. Although the core is already in Kiana's body, Mei has proved that people who have become Herrschers can still become Herrschers again even if they lose their core.

Moreover, after taking Kiana, who has the Desire Gem in her body, the next target is to capture Wendy... It seems that they are planning to create a fourth Herrscher.

Putting aside these unpleasant things, the three of them still have their vacation, and it is natural that it has been extended.

In the past, seeing Kiana still sweating on holidays, most of them would choose to go to the training room to accompany her, but at this time, no one obviously has this mood.

Along the way, Bronya and Seele maintained a strange silence. Guinevere felt that the atmosphere was a little stiff, but after thinking for a long time, it seemed that no words were enough to dispel the heaviness brought by the disappearance of Kiana and Wendy at this moment.

"Guinevere, if you have anything to say, you should wait until you get to the dormitory area before telling Bronya."

As if her heart was seen through, Guinevere heard Bronya's voice.

Glancing at the passers-by who always walked around them on both sides, Guinevere nodded slightly when Bronya couldn't see.

…………

"Then, besides you, why was Mr. Kruger identified as a suspect?"

Bronya sat on the bed like a duck, raised her head slightly, and looked at Guinevere who put her butt on the corner of the table.

For some reason, Seele didn't follow, maybe she was not interested in these stories. Guinevere didn't care.

"Mr. Kruger is really miserable..."

Guinevere showed a meaningful smile.

"He got the same vacation as us, but because he is an intern with no status, he was called back by Director Kenneth of the Medical Department to take over the shift, because he had asked for leave yesterday. The two tasks he received early this morning were to check on Miss Wendy's condition and take Kiana for the weekly physical examination."

"Uh... In a sense, this is too miserable..."

"Who said it wasn't. He got up at 5:30, clocked in at the Medical Department at 6 o'clock, got a lecture from the Director at 6:30, arrived at Miss Wendy's ward at 6:57 to inquire about the situation, and went back to hand in the report and went to see Kiana at 7:40 - Sister Bronya, you didn't see Mr. Su's eyes when he heard these... Maybe he remembered some bad memories. Mr. Kruger said that he was probably a doctor!"

Flirtatious voice, exaggerated movements, Guinevere even jumped off the table and bounced twice.

But in contrast, Bronya just lowered her head and sighed repeatedly:

"That's too miserable."

Guinevere, who tried to liven up the atmosphere but failed miserably, pulled over the stool and sat down again, in a rather unique posture - with legs apart and upper body leaning forward on the backrest.

"Sister Bronya, do you want to play games?"

"Bronya... I don't have the strength today..."

"Eh?"

"I have a slight headache."

Bronya knocked her head. She was cold most of the time, and it was quite rare for her to show her vulnerable side so straightforwardly.

"Guinevere, go and rest too. You didn't look very good in the cafeteria before."

She said this while sighing incomprehensible words.

After she finished speaking, she took off her socks without saying anything, lay on the bed, and didn't cover herself with a quilt. She just turned over, facing the wall and stopped talking.

"..."

After a long silence, Guinevere stood up again, put the chair back to its original place with gentle steps, and added a sentence as if it was superfluous:

"I understand, Senior Bronya, I will go back and have a good rest."

Feeling Bronya's even breathing, Guinevere tiptoed to the door and gently turned off the light.

"Pah--"

The vision suddenly became extremely dim, and the sound of the door opening and closing, as well as the sour friction sound when the door handle was turned, could be vaguely heard.

Time moves forward slowly and unshakably, anchored by every breath.

Perhaps a few minutes had passed, or perhaps more than an hour had passed, but the sound of footsteps that had been suppressed once again sounded in the room.

Suddenly, Bronya turned over and lay flat on the bed. Her breathing was accompanied by almost imperceptible footsteps.

But after confirming that she was still asleep, the footsteps started again.

As if it took a long time, in the hazy light and shadow, a ball of [nothingness] stood beside the bed.

The footsteps stopped here, and in the silent bedroom, only the deep and even breathing eroded reality bit by bit.

Suddenly at a certain moment, the sound of breathing split into two parts, as scattered as the rolling and falling tide.

But this situation did not last long, because the owner of the other breathing sound could not hold back after all, and said something at the last moment——

"I'm sorry, Senior Bronya... In this cruel world, it would be great if you were on our side."

That familiar voice was full of loneliness and helplessness, but Bronya just opened her eyes slowly and answered softly:

"Really, but I really don't want to believe it's you."