The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

Thick blinds divide the bright sunlight into countless parts, and when it falls into the room, only a bunch of neatly cut rectangular blocks of color remain.

But it was these patches of color that burned Mikael's eyes, causing him to gradually wake up.

"Well……"

What caught my eye when I woke up was not a familiar or unfamiliar ceiling, but a computer.

So strange...why not sleep on the bed?

Mikael rubbed his eyes and flicked aside the eye mucus he picked out. His tired body stretched itself, and a yawn took shape with all his strength.

Something slipped from his body, and after a while, Mikael realized that it was a blanket. The blanket fell from the body, and part of it fell to the desktop, touching the mouse, and the computer with the screen turned on again, revealing a pale Word document.

"Still haven't written a single word?"

Mikael supported his head with his hands, only to feel that his head was swollen and heavy.

But after paying such a price, the harvest is still nothing.

It's quite funny.

But hasn’t it always been like this? Hard work will not necessarily be rewarded. This is the normal state of life. Therefore, he was not too depressed.

The birds outside the window were chirping, and from time to time they would flutter their wings and fly around twice, then fall back to the branches again, as if they were just stretching their muscles.

"Dong-dong-dong-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah!"

Alicia's unique knocking method came from behind, and a picture quickly emerged in Mikael's mind - she was lazily leaning on the door frame, with a quirky smile on her lips, letting four fingers The joints danced on the door, playing a series of brisk and unknown tunes.

Thinking of this, it was hard for him not to smile.

And Alicia had already pushed the door in while he was smiling.

"Did you have insomnia again last night?"

She walked up behind Mikael, reached out and held his head, and gently pressed his temples with her slightly cold middle finger.

"Sorry, I suddenly felt inspired last night, so I got up and wanted to write something. Anyway, there is no need to worry about the holidays these two days - I didn't wake you two up, right?"

After the words were spoken, Mikael felt that they were a bit redundant.

If he didn't wake up, where did the blanket on his body come from?

"Are you worried about anything? Ever since Eve was born and we moved out of the Golden Courtyard, you almost no longer write manuscripts at night."

"I……"

Mikael looked at the empty document, with a wry smile on his lips.

Although he didn't say anything, Ellie quickly understood what he meant.

"Would you like to record our story?"

"yes."

Mikael sighed softly.

"Just like what he said at the beginning, this story has no meaning and no value to be remembered, but as long as the person who has read this story suddenly thinks of this story when making certain choices, it will affect him. choice, then this story was given meaning. They gave me a chance to survive by forgetting all this, so when I remembered everything, I also wanted to let this story be told again. What they saw.”

"However, it is still a bit difficult."

"Yes. I clearly remember everything that happened in my mind, but it is not easy to delete and arrange these memories into a story that can be read. It is just a story. At the beginning, I felt like I didn’t know how to write, and there were also some unspeakable parts of the story that followed, and I didn’t know whether to keep them or hide them.”

"But it's not an option to keep doing this."

Ellie hugged Mikael's head from behind. Mikael was so comfortable that he couldn't help but take a deep breath, but Ellie quickly let go of her embrace, and her five fingers were beating on Mikael like a piano. A flash across his head.

"At least now, it's time for you to wake Eve up! Go quickly, I'll serve you breakfast, and you won't forget what day it is today - it's Eve's birthday! In a while, Maeby Us, Ava, Sakura, Eden, Aponia, Phyllis... everyone will come! Mei and Kevin will definitely bring Adam with them, so be prepared!"

"Yeah, that's true."

Mikael gathered up the blankets and folded them, then stretched and stood up.

Ai Li had already left the study, and when he followed him out, he immediately smelled the aroma of fried eggs.

So the pace couldn't help but speed up.

Walking into the nearby bedroom, Eve huddled up in the quilt in a formal manner, especially around her neck, which was wrapped quite tightly, but her feet were exposed.

Mikael couldn't help but snickered twice, then stretched out his index finger and lightly scratched the pink sole.

"Well……"

Eve frowned in her sleep, but did not wake up.

"Ah, it seems we still have to use the old method."

Mikael whispered to himself in a low voice, then raised his foot and slowly stretched it under Eve's nose.

Eve's small nose twitched slightly, and her silver eyebrows, which were the same as Mikael's, quickly twitched, wanting to wrinkle into a "W" shape. When she opened her eyes, she saw what was in front of her. At that moment, Dangjie let out a shrill scream:

"Mom! Dad used his feet to stink me again!"

"Ah? Mikael!! You worthless guy!!!"

Two minutes later, Mikael stood in front of the sink, brushing his teeth and rubbing the bulge on his head, while Eve stood on the stool beside him, brushing his teeth as well, but looking like he was gritting his teeth.

"Bah, bah, bah!"

She spat a bunch of toothpaste foam in front of Mikael, but the fierce and fierce look looked like a kitten that couldn't resist and could only express its anger with its eyes. Mikael couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch her. Her long silver hair, which had become messy from sleeping, was crumpled into a chicken coop.

"Hurry up! Come have breakfast!"

Hearing the urging outside, the father and daughter quickly sped up their movements.

Ai Li had already prepared hot water for the two of them to wash their faces by the sink. Even the father and daughter's towels were placed beside the basin. The two of them washed their faces in the same basin, Mi Kyle poured the hot water and stood up on tiptoes to hang the washbasin and towels on the shelf nearby. Eve had already jumped down from the high stool, and then hit Mi with a standard forehand punch. Kyle on the ass.

"Go to hell! Daddy!"

"Shh! You can't curse your father like that."

Before Mikael could say anything, Ellie had already poked her head out from the door.

The expression on Eve's face froze, and she was stunned for a while before asking inexplicably:

"But mom, didn't you scold her the same way just now?"

Ai Li smiled and said nothing, but Mikael had already lightly hit her on the head.

"Of course children don't understand their parents' things!"

She then rubbed Eve's hair and asked:

"Today is your birthday. Aunt Mebius and Aunt May are coming soon. Adam will be coming too. I need to comb your hair properly - you don't want Adam to see your hair in a mess. So, should I cut your hair now or after breakfast?"

"Breakfast first, of course!"

Eve raised her hands in the air and shouted loudly, her mother's blue-pink eyes only filled with the desire to eat.

…………

However, Mikael, who had collected several short videos of hair braiding, finally came to the sink with a plate after more than ten minutes. The matter of combing hair was finally left to Ellie for a very simple reason -

"Last year, you worked on her for half an hour, but ended up with a braid that went up to the sky. Because of this, Eve was laughed at by Adam for half a year. I won't let you play with it this year!!"

But...washing dishes isn't bad either.

As soon as the faucet is opened, there is warm water that Ai Li has adjusted. Although the temperature has been rising recently, even using cold water will not freeze your hands, but...

Sometimes it's not just your hands that are warm.

It’s just a few plates, and it doesn’t take much time to wash all the pots.

The bathroom door was closed, and through the frosted glass on the door, Eve could be vaguely seen sitting on the stool, letting Ellie play with her hair. Just looking at the hazy outline, it seems that until now, Ellie has not made up her mind what hairstyle to give Eve.

Mikael couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, but with a smile, he walked back to the study, facing the empty documents, sitting alone in a daze.

After all... where should I start and how should I write this story?

Is it really difficult to write?

Mikael couldn't help but ask himself.

The answer is - not difficult.

Although he indeed has no experience in writing novels, in the past few years since the world restarted, he has been working in a media company and has been exposed to too many words. It is not difficult to just convert those memories into words.

Perhaps what really hindered him from writing was never the various reasons he said, but a fear that was so thin that it was difficult to detect——

Are you really qualified to write this story?

Can you write this story well?

Will my statement be misleading and taint the story?

"Ah--"

Sighing, Mikael sat up straight and slowly stretched his hands towards the keyboard.

it does not matter.

He told himself in his mind.

As someone who has personally experienced all of this story, no one is more qualified than him to write it.

Can doing and writing nothing ensure the purity of this story?

No, this will only make this story buried forever, and those who have gambled their memories on the ending of this story will lose their memory of this story forever.

so……

Mikael put his fingers on the keyboard keys.

He must write it, and he must be able to write it.

No one needs to encourage him, and no one should interfere with the process.

Because this was the agreement he made with those who saved him from the beginning.

He placed a quotation mark on the blank document.

But suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the doorbell.

"Mikael, someone is here, go and open the door!"

Ellie also called him.

"It's a bit unfortunate...but it doesn't matter."

Mikael closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.

Once you've made up your mind, it's no big deal if you get interrupted.

He turned and walked towards the door. After turning the door handle and opening it, he saw the emerald green outside the door for the first time.

"Ha! I won't be the first one to arrive, right?"

Mebius put his hands in his spotless white coat and looked at him with a smile.

"It's true, but since you came so early, Klein has to work overtime again."

"Do I seem to be such a ruthless person who only knows how to drive people to work?"

Mebius raised his eyebrows. After stepping into the room, without waiting for Mikael to do anything, he took out a pair of green slippers from the shoe cabinet and changed them.

"Where's Alicia?"

she asked seemingly casually.

"Brushing Eve's hair in the bathroom, how-"

Suddenly struck, Mikael took two steps back and leaned against the wall. His hands fumbled around on the wall for a while before finally placing them on Mebius's waist.

"Mikael, who came first? Why didn't you hear anything?"

After hearing this, Mikael quickly patted Mebius twice on the waist, and the latter ended the long and exciting kiss with a playful smile.

"It's me, what's wrong? I was the first to arrive, so you're disappointed?"

Compared to Mikael, who was breathing heavily, Mebius had a calm attitude and didn't mind showing off his presence.

"Ah, it's Mebius. Then I won't be in a hurry. I'll try on some more hairstyles for Eve. Mikael, Mebius will be left to you to entertain!"

"oh--"

Mikael just responded, but unexpectedly, Mebius pounced on him again as if he had received an imperial edict.

"Hey, what are you doing - um - saving -"

After the resistance failed, Mikael could only pray in a vague voice:

"Door... close the door first..."

However, Mebius didn't care about his request at all. She was just like a person who saw a source of water in the desert, greedily asking for Mikael's saliva. In fact, her hand had already stretched out from the hem of Mikael's T-shirt. Got in...

"Ahem!"

At the critical moment, the coughing sound at the door finally saved Mikael.

"Um...did I come at the wrong time?"

Hua was holding a gift bag of snacks and looked at the men and women who were completely entangled in the living room with an expressionless face. Only those who were familiar with them could catch a trace of panic in the eyes of Gu Jingwubo.

Mikael was finally able to struggle out of Mebius's arms. He stared at Hua almost with the burning gaze of a savior, and shouted in a suppressed voice:

"No, Hua, you came at the right time!!!"

"?"

Hua frowned, watching Mikael rush towards her with a face full of emotion. She frowned, obviously she had misunderstood something, so she closed the door from the outside with a "bang".

…………

Not long after, the living room——

A documentary about walking into nature is playing on the TV. The gray and furry loris is using its short arms and slender legs at the same time to crawl softly and slowly on the branches at night.

Its round and long head is like a cat stuffed into a cup, and its amber eyes are as prominent and bright as gemstones. But it is such an animal that is cuter than a cat. The next moment, it is cold-blooded and cold-blooded. Taking advantage of his slow movements at night, he swallowed a lizard in his mouth.

"oh!!"

Eve in Mikael's arms let out an exclamation that couldn't be said to be pitiful or excited. Correspondingly, Mikael himself, who was holding her, had a look of despair on his face——

Alicia and Mebius were sandwiching him on the left and right, both with calm smiles on their faces, but the aftermath of the explosion caused by the contact between the two was blocked by the distance between them. Kyle had a full view.

He had to turn his gaze to Hua on the other side of the sofa. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident, but with the corners of Hua's mouth twitching, he could only give him a helpless look.

It's terrible, it's so terrible.

Hua pulled the collar of his shirt, feeling that the confrontation between the two women almost evaporated the air in the entire living room. Eve didn't understand anything, so she couldn't feel anything.

Under such circumstances, she naturally couldn't get closer at this time. After all, she didn't have a clear conscience. If she had the slightest intention of getting close to Mikael, it might escalate this silent war.

"Oh, that's right! I couldn't think of a good gift for Eve at the moment. According to Chinese custom, I'll just give her a small red envelope!"

Mebius suddenly took out a not thin red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Eve.

"On such an important day, just giving some money or something, Mebius, are you too perfunctory?"

Alicia said with a smile.

But in the blink of an eye, Eve had already pocketed the red envelope, which made her look stiff.

"Be good, Eve, give the red envelope to mom, and it will be used as your kindergarten tuition for the second half of the year."

Although she was still smiling, Alicia bit every word hard.

Eve seemed to sense that her mother's mood was not right. She tightened the red envelope in her arms with some fear, and then looked up at her father.

Mikael looked up at the ceiling expressionlessly——Huh? What is a daughter? His own life still matters.

"Oh? You actually have to rely on red envelopes to support your tuition? Is your family's financial situation already so tight? Not to mention Mikael's salary, Ellie, the gifts you receive every month as a virtual anchor are not small. What's the amount? What's more, I heard from Eden that the lyrics of several of her songs were written by you and your wife, so you should get a lot of money."

"Ah, yes, yes."

Alicia's teeth chattered from side to side, but when she saw the nervous Eve, her expression relaxed again.

"Ah, speaking of which, Eve has already started kindergarten. Time flies so fast."

Ellie touched Eve's head tenderly, then smiled and sent a soul torture to Mebius:

"Dr. Mebius is older than me, right? When are you going to get married and have a child? If you don't work hard now... Oh, by the way, you like Eve so much, otherwise you will let Eve recognize you as your godmother. , how about providing you with old age care in the future?”

A very beautiful reply. In addition to Mikael lamenting in his heart and Hua shrinking towards the edge of the sofa, shivering, Mebius, who actually faced this blow, was already livid.

A winner's smile finally appeared on Ellie's face - but only for a second.

Because there is a kid who doesn’t understand anything who takes it seriously.

"My foster mother is here! Please accept my child's respect!"

Eve raised her hands high, then placed her hands flat in front of her body to simulate the appearance of the ground, and then kowtowed hard on it.

"Um...Mom Mebius, will there be any red envelopes in the future?"

Mebius smiled and opened Eve's fingers and took the red envelope back from her hand.

But just when Eve was crying and wanted to regret it, she took out a thick wad of money from her pocket and stuffed it into the red envelope, almost stretching the red envelope into a ball, and then handed it back to Eve.

"..."

Alicia silently gently pinched the soft flesh on Mikael's waist.

"well……"

Mikael looked at the ceiling and said he didn't know anything.

But the next moment, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Ai Li stretching out her hand with a weird smile, touching the corner of his mouth, and then handed her index finger stained with lipstick to his eyes.

The muscles on Mikael's face twitched, and finally, with an awkward and stiff smile, he took the red envelope from Eve's hand.

"Be good, it's not good for a child to have so much money. Dad will save it for you."

Eve did not resist, but clutched her heart tightly and turned all her attention back to the TV, her face neither sad nor happy.

And Hua... without saying a word the whole time, she kept moving towards the edge of the sofa, almost hiding in the kitchen.

But even so, there was no escape.

"Oh Hua! Why are you sitting so far away from us? Come and sit next to me! Or are you saying - you don't like sitting with us?"

Hua opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer, when the doorbell suddenly rang again.

She quickly volunteered to open the door, but after opening the door, two more pink figures appeared in front of her——

Sakura was holding a large watermelon in her hand, while Suzu was standing at the door holding a rectangular gift box.

"Yeah! Sakura is here too, come over here, let's sit together!!"

Ellie stood up with a calm and gentle smile on her face.

But Mikael had already taken advantage of the gap when Ally stood up to speak, took out his mobile phone from his mouth, clicked on Kevin's profile picture, and quickly entered four words:

"Come quickly, help!"

So, when Kevin and Mei arrived holding Adam one by one, they saw only four people, Ellie, Mebius, Hua and Ying, sitting on the sofa, talking and laughing, looking peaceful and fine.

"Huh? Where are Mikael and Eve?"

Kevin shook his sweaty palms, but did not see Mikael.

"He, haha——"

Ai Li sneered twice and pointed to the closed study door.

"He and Ling went to the room to play games, and Eve was cheering them on."

Kevin swallowed nervously and glanced at Mei from the corner of his eye calmly.

But Mei pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose and gave him a gentle look.

"Mei, why are you staring at me?"

The outspoken Kevin asked directly and aggrievedly.

But Mei just led Adam towards the sofa, turned around and said in a low voice:

"Heh, man."

"I didn't do anything?"

Kevin scratched the back of his head, felt aggrieved, said hello and ran into the study.

It wasn't until more than two hours later that the study door opened again. Mikael walked out rubbing his sore eyes, followed by the shouts of several people:

"You hit me from behind! You hit that monster behind me, brother Kevin!!"

"I'm stuck here on this rock and I can't get over it!"

"Jump! Hey... don't press the forward button. Jump first and then press the forward button to pass!"

"Hahahaha! Uncle Kevin is so naughty!"

"I just made a mistake. Wait, what did you call me?"

"Uncle Kevin."

"..."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Aunt Ling, you laugh so hard."

"..."

boom--

Mikael closed the study door with some embarrassment, only to find that everyone in the living room was already here——

The women all crowded on the sofa in the living room and chatted together. Of course, Ellie was the well-deserved host. After everyone joined in, the strange feeling was finally diluted a lot.

No one seemed to care about what was playing on the TV, and of course no one paid attention to Su, who was standing in front of the TV watching a Chinese medicine documentary with his chin raised.

Qianjie was cooking something in the kitchen over a high fire. It smelled like squid, and Hen was trying to help him. But considering his cooking skills, maybe it was because he couldn't stand the sound of women talking in the living room.

Compared to Hen, Kosmo was much more self-aware. He just stood beside Qianjie with a cold face, observing every step of his cooking.

And Paduo was also standing on the side by the pool. She looked at the ingredients tumbling in the pot, and absorbed the aroma floating in the air. Her eyes were bright, and she simply had "I want to eat secretly" written on her face. .

It seems like someone is missing...

Mikael looked into the bedroom and saw the grown-up Gracie looking at the paintings graffitied by little Eve and her mother on the bedroom balcony.

The voices of the women talking were really noisy, and they were talking about topics that Mikael couldn't understand, but he didn't feel irritated.

Instead, I felt a rare sense of calmness in my heart.

This ending... isn't bad either.

Anyone who has seen their past and now will definitely feel this way, right?

That’s why he had to put this story into words…

Ding dong——

The doorbell rang again, and Mikael was stunned for a moment, and then the whole living room fell silent. Only the sound of cooking that almost broke the pots still came from the kitchen.

It's strange, everyone is already here.

Mikael knew that this should not be just his doubts, but this did not prevent him from walking to the door and looking out through the peephole...

Then, he fell silent.

Turning his head and looking at everyone with a smile——

"Don't worry, we are acquaintances."

Mikael opened the door and was met by Mei's smile.