The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Haha...what a wonderful day...hehe, let's continue tomorrow!"

As night fell, everyone was exhausted from having fun in an unprecedentedly carefree manner. Considering that they had to start filming early the next morning, no one was in the mood to hold a bonfire party or anything like that, so they all returned to the cruise ship early. Come on, get ready to rest.

Mikael was still sitting alone on the balcony, with a glass of orange juice in his hand. He no longer deliberately chilled it. The sea breeze at night made the glass ice cold.

The sound of running water in the bathroom was inextricably intertwined with the sound of waves washing over the cruise ship. Despite this, when the sound of running water in the bathroom calmed down, Mikael sensed the difference immediately.

"Bah chirp—ba chirp—ba chirp—"

Ellie impatiently walked out wearing a bath towel. Her body was not completely dry yet. Every time she took a step on the floor with her bare feet, she would leave a distinct, slippery footprint.

"Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

Mikael complained, so the sea breeze could no longer blow into the room along the balcony, and the entire space began to exude warmth. This warmth was not as burning as fire, but rather like the warm wind of melting snow in spring, which made people feel warm. It feels like your whole body is melting away with ease.

Feeling the rapid moisture on the surface of her body, even her damp and sticky hair became dry and fluffy again. Ai Li suddenly felt confident:

"Girls don't catch colds so easily...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"..."

Ai Li casually pulled out a napkin from the bedside table, blew her nose, and let out a contented hum from her nose.

Then, as if on a whim, she held the pack of napkins in her hands and weighed it twice, then rolled her eyes, revealing a cunning light.

"Okay! Mikael!"

"What's wrong?"

“How come napkins are used up so quickly!!!”

Mikael turned around helplessly, and in the dim light, he first saw the box full of napkins in Ellie's hand.

"You call this fast?"

The answer is obvious, but Ellie insists on it, even resorting to cheating in a thick nasal voice:

"Hmph! Don't think I don't know. This looks like a pack full of napkins! But it's no longer the pack I put here before taking a shower! This is a new pack!"

"..."

Seeing that Mikael was indifferent and didn't even mean to argue, Ellie curled her lips in boredom and gently put the tissue back on the cabinet.

Seeing how she was asking for trouble by raking the rake, Mikael had the intention to make fun of her, but when the words came to his lips, he somehow managed to shake his head in agreement:

"Ah, yes, yes! I'm so awesome! I used up a pack of napkins in one breath!"

"..."

This time, it was Ellie's turn to be speechless.

"What's wrong? You answered the call?"

"You're not cooperating well at all. That's not right! You just made me angry on purpose!"

To be honest, when I first met Ally, it was indeed easy to be caught off guard by her enthusiasm and all kinds of teasing. But for Mikael, who has been with Ally for more than ten years, Although it's not so commonplace and there's no disturbance in my heart, it's not difficult to make a little counterattack to make Ellie's little snack deflate at once.

After all, they were too familiar with each other.

Ellie finally understood this. When she thought that future "attacks" might not be effective against Mikael, she pouted dissatisfiedly, lifted the stool from Mikael, and dragged it to the other side of the balcony to sit down.

"Pfft...hahaha!"

Seeing her angry look, Mikael couldn't help but laugh twice, which obviously made Ellie even more embarrassed.

When Mikael lifted the stool and put it on his butt, curled his legs like a crab, and sat down next to her, she just kept turning her head away, supplemented by waves of cold snorts.

The result of this was that the bulging side of the face was exposed to Mikael's sinful hands.

I saw Mikael raised his index finger and poked gently at the round side face. The elastic skin dented and bounced up again, and trembled slightly. Finally, it seemed as if it had been really punctured, and quickly Deflated.

"Ah sneeze!"

It seems that I really caught a cold earlier.

Mikael complained while laughing:

"How old are you? How come you're still the same as back then, always catching yourself a cold?"

During the first six years when the two of them walked on earth, the most troublesome problem was undoubtedly illness.

You can sleep under a small quilt under the overpass, eat with the relief food distributed by local city halls to homeless people, and occasionally rob the rich and give to the poor, while ensuring your life. Moreover, the first three things Mikael learned to organize during the journey were: bread, water, and containers.

Only things like medical treatment can be solved with over-the-counter medicines in pharmacies. If the fever is serious enough to have a high fever, it will be a bit troublesome to go to the hospital for saline treatment. There is no information about these two people in the household registration information of the coalition government. To put it bluntly, It's a black account.

Going to the hospital for medical treatment was an insurmountable hurdle, not to mention that at that time, the two of them were not sure whether the special characteristics of their bodies would be discovered through the hospital examination.

After all, the two of them didn’t think much about it when they just left. In fact, thinking about it now, if they had not left in a hurry at that time, but returned to the orphanage, waiting for Celia to bring the identity certificates of the two of them the next day. Go to Vostok City Hall to upload the file, and the subsequent journey will be much easier.

Because of this black account problem, I almost couldn't get into the Fire Moth. Fortunately, Hen, who was in charge of recruiting soldiers at the time, recognized the two of them immediately after seeing Ai Li's conspicuous pink hair.

In short, at that time, catching a cold was a big headache. Mikael's physique is better, but Ellie is really like a child of that age. She has a cold every three days and a fever every five days. She can't get salt water and can only carry it.

In her own words, perhaps:

"Beautiful girls are as delicate as flowers and need to be taken good care of!"

So who just said, "Beautiful girls don't catch colds easily"?

The most memorable time for Mikael was at the beginning of May, when the weather had already entered early summer, but Ellie developed a high fever for some reason. Mikael rolled her up into a caterpillar with two quilts, and her teeth were still cold. I couldn't stop shaking.

"But now we don't have to do that anymore."

Mikael looked at her cheeks that were stained silvery white by the moonlight and muttered softly.

"Um?"

"Give me your hand."

Ellie turned her head in confusion, obviously the anger in her heart was not completely gone, but she still reached out her hand in front of Mikael obediently.

She seemed to have gained some weight recently, and her wrists were round as if they were marshmallows without edges. They were integrated with the forearms at the back, and they were immersed in the watery moonlight. Only then did Mikael understand what the so-called lotus-rooted arms were. .

I wanted to laugh a little, and I wanted to say "Alicia, it's you who's fat", but Mikael still held it back with great perseverance.

Although Ellie would probably forget all about these well-intentioned ridicules after a sleep, this in itself is also a way to maintain a channel of communication between two people.

But after all, everything is too much, and endless ridicule, even if it is completely well-intentioned, will make people feel bored, right?

Even Ellie herself seems to like teasing people very much, but she always has a good sense of proportion. In short, no one except Mebius is bored with her because of this.

As for Mebius, that involves another situation.

"Hey! What are you...ahhhhhhhhhhh...what are you thinking about? Tell me and listen?"

Seeing Mikael staring at her hands in a daze, Ellie was a little confused.

Mikael rubbed his head vigorously, as if to stuff all the memories that were pouring out like melting glaciers back into the depths of his brain.

This state lasted for a while, then he raised his head, took a deep breath, and gently held Ellie's hand.

next moment……

Nothing seems to happen.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Ai Li tilted her head and didn't feel any obvious changes in her body, but...it seemed like her speaking voice was a little clearer?

Mikael shrugged, "It's just some applications of the power of death. Do you still have snot now?"

"Um?"

Ai Li sniffed and said two words - transparent.

I had just caught a cold, but the napkin with the snot between my nose was still lying quietly in the trash can. When I sneezed, the violent vibration caused by the lungs linking the trachea to the chest had not completely dissipated.

But at least...the mucus stopped pouring out of my nose, and my cold was gone.

"hehe!"

She suddenly chuckled twice, and then teased:

"Speaking of which, Mikael, if the previous Herrschers knew that this is how you used their Herrscher powers, how would they feel?"

"What can you think?"

Mikael rolled his eyes.

"They are already the dust of the past. Even if they want to protest, they can't make a voice, right? No, they shouldn't be able to see how their power is being used."

"Ouch! Don't be so serious! Just imagine this situation - a lot of Herrschers surrounding my dear Mikael, asking one by one: 'Say! How did you use our power?' Then My dear Mikael wriggled his lips and blushed, not knowing how to answer. I was so excited when I thought of such a scene! "

"I think you just want to watch the fun..."

"But speaking of it...not all Herrschers are dead, right?"

"Huh? You mean the Eighth Herrscher? In the previous turmoil, she regained part of her power through the Tenth Herrscher, controlled the entire negative consciousness in the depths, and tried to besiege Aponia, but the entire army was annihilated. ”

"That's not what I said!" Ai Li smoothed the hair hanging down by her ears and asked softly: "I mean... Xi'er."

"She..."

Mikael's voice suddenly became deeper, and combined with the cold and humid sea breeze, it made people feel like they were out of time.

Ellie felt a little regretful, maybe... she really shouldn't have mentioned this name. In fact, no one has mentioned Seele's name in front of Mikael in the past two years. Even Mei, who is always known for not taking care of other people's emotions, has never tried to take back the Black Abyss White Flower from Mikael.

But the reason why she mentioned Xi'er was naturally not to cause trouble...

Throwing away all thoughts, she quietly looked at Mikael's expression in the silent night.

However, apart from the silence of the sound for a moment, no other abnormalities could be seen.

Mikael curled his lips in disgust and complained mercilessly:

"She is having fun in the Quantum Sea now. Some time ago, I borrowed the stigmata and asked her to help me pay attention to the location of the World Bubble in Mu Continent. But before she could finish her words, she ended the communication unilaterally. It's really a little bit... No face given."

"puff!"

Ai Li covered her mouth, held back her laughter, and excused Xi'er:

"After all, she finally gained true freedom. It's normal for her not to want to come back for a while, right? After all, she inherited another side of her personality, and she's almost at the rebellious stage. But don't look at her like this, maybe you still feel in your heart Miss us very much.

"Thinking about the six years we spent wandering outside, we never went back to Vostok to see everyone at the orphanage and Celia's mother, but that doesn't mean we don't miss it there..."

The topic ended abruptly here.

Alicia pursed her lips tightly into a straight line and stopped speaking.

So what if I miss you?

Reason and sensibility are like two parallel lines, one left and one right, demarcating the path of life. Therefore, the course of everyone's life is a process of repeated struggle between the contradictions between the two.

Obviously you really want to do something, but you will find all kinds of reasons to deny it. You obviously want to see someone, but you will always shrink back before embarking on the journey of searching. Even, obviously you miss him very much. Alone, but not even thinking about looking for it.

People will never live according to their own wishes.

In a sense, this is a good phenomenon, as it prevents humans from acting out all their rational and irrational impulses.

But sometimes, the roles of reason and emotion are reversed, and this phenomenon becomes a way of self-escape.

Then regrets arose - if the two of them had gone back to Vostok before joining the Fire Moth, they might have seen the much older Celia's mother in the orphanage.

And just like this, just a few months apart, seeing each other again became a reality that would never come true.

Although the statistical system has completely collapsed and the death certificate of "Selia in the orphanage in the town of Vostok-51" cannot be found, it is assumed that she did not die in that disaster and is not too young. , has been wandering around for several years, and the hope of surviving until now is very slim...

Even if she can live until now - overturning all previous realities and assuming that she has lived until now, she probably will never have a chance to see her again.

Death is not the only thing that can separate people forever. "As long as we live, we will meet one day in the future" is just an artistically processed plot that only appears in novels.

Even in a normal world with extremely convenient and developed communications, the goodbye between two people may be an eternal farewell, let alone a world where order has collapsed today?

"well……"

Ellie sighed softly. She originally wanted to test Mikael's mind, but unexpectedly she fell into a sad fantasy.

Perhaps, in such a world, wanting to spend a truly carefree and completely happy day is simply an unattainable luxury, right?

However, there seemed to be no explicit emotion on Mikael's expression.

The feeling...how to put it, it's not a kind of neglect, it doesn't mean that he didn't hear what Ellie said at all, nor did he understand its meaning, but that he knew very well that he understood what Ellie wanted to express. Emotions, but in the end just resort to "got it".

Otherwise, he just stared at the night sky motionless.

"Ahem!"

Ai Li cleared her throat, temporarily relieved the heavy weight in her heart, and turned to chatting about unrelated topics:

"Speaking of which, when I saw Sakura today, she seemed to be in a low mood. Didn't you tell her that?"

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"That is, the Twelfth Herrscher may not be born in Ling."

"Um……"

Mikael was silent for two or three seconds before answering:

"It's just a possibility. I don't want to give her false hope."

"oh!"

As the initiator of this topic, Ellie just ended the topic with a soft "Oh". Obviously, she was completely aware of Mikael's thoughts, but she just used this to change the topic and change the atmosphere.

However, Mikael explained to himself as if he was afraid that she would not understand:

"Besides, this kind of thing may not be called easy for Ling and Sakura. Look at Captain Himiko, he has used more than 20 serums in a month since he was lying on the hospital bed, and his body is obviously no longer good. Well, the drinking got worse.”

After saying this, there was a long silence between the two.

Silence often means having nothing to say or nothing to say.

For these two people now, there is no need to resort to words in most cases.

But this time, I really have nothing to say.

Logically speaking, there are indeed many things that we can share with each other and want to protect and share with each other. It seems that we can never use them all, but at this moment, we no longer have the desire or need to speak out.

"Uh... well, where's Kevin? What did Mei say about going to the Americas branch to inspect, but not letting Kevin come to vacation with us alone? Do we really not have to worry about her safety?"

Ellie changed the subject stiffly again.

"Don't worry, my clone will follow her."

"Clone?"

"Well, with the help of the power of control, of course there are other things, I can't tell clearly. In short, they are clones."

"Oh...by the way, why didn't Mei bring Kevin with her? It was the same before the ninth collapse."

"Probably, although I can't enjoy this kind of happiness, I still hope that the person I love can have this opportunity. From our perspective, maybe it is better to take Kevin with us for the inspection, even if the process is not easy, the two of us We face it together personally, but from Mei’s perspective, she may not want Kevin to get involved in things that may be involved in darkness.”

After the words fell, silence once again enveloped everything in the night, except for the tireless sound of the waves.

Mikael kept looking up at the stars, and Ellie followed his gaze. Thick clouds filled the night, and even the moon was mostly covered, let alone other stars.

Feeling the warmth on her shoulders, Ellie opened her lips gently. This was the first time that Michael took the initiative to hug her.

She followed Mikael's movements and rested her head on his shoulder, then raised her head and looked up with him.

The cold wind blew the clouds in the direction of Principle Island. The clouds seemed to be made of putty, hard and with different shapes.

The clouds are continuously blown into the distant sky. No matter how much they are blown away, the clouds remain turbulent, as if they are determined to block out the stars and moonlight tonight, and in short, all the light from the sky.