Collapse 3: The girl who chased the fire moth

"Kevin ransacked Dr. Mebius' laboratory in order to play with Gracie in collusion with Wilwe..."

Melutina bent down and looked at Kevin,

"I think that's a very logical answer."

"..."

"Kevin -!!!"

Apparently, some aunt who came to deliver candy had seen the lost items in her lab.

Chapter 7 The real beginning

Thirteen is a special number.

In some countries, it represents perfection and dignity.

But in other places, it symbolizes betrayal.

For religion, thirteen is a false number.

No.13 Herrscher, the truth hidden at the end of the former civilization.

Thirteen heroes, the last guardian of the former civilization.

They are all thirteen.

……

"Melutina, you seem really sad lately?"

Alicia poked the face of the person next to her,

"Is there some girlish secret?"

"Alicia...do you really think we should accept Raiden Mei?"

Melutina turned her head and asked.

"Hmm, I think this question should not be as simple as whether you get along or not?"

Alicia said with a smile.

"Personally, I don't hate her, but..."

Melutina lowered her head,

"We really have an obligation to deal with the current civilization..."

"Whether it is a pre-civilization or a modern civilization, are you human?"

Alicia interrupted this sentence, which is really rare for her,

"Melutina, you can't lose sight of yourself because of me?"

"..."

Melutina lowered her head, stood up after a long silence, and left the hall silently.

"It's rare that you talk to Meddy like that."

Eden chatted aside with a glass of wine.

"Melutina, is she too easy to be manipulated by others?"

Alicia looked at the cup in her hand, and rarely showed a bitter expression,

"I don't want her to do anything more for me. She should think more about herself, right, Eden?"

"It's no use asking me that question because I want you both to think a little more about yourselves."

Eden smiled and sat down beside Alicia,

"Miss Mei and Qianjie's battle, what do you think?"

"The idea is certainly intriguing, but isn't it out of Alponia's grasp?"

Alicia didn't really care about it.

"Miss Mei will not die in Qianjie's hands."

Eden drank the wine in his cup,

"Ai Li, why is it black for Viale and gray for Meddy? I thought you would do the opposite."

"Vilvi's life is full of various colors. When these things are mixed together, isn't it black? As for Melutina..."

Eden also felt a little sad when Alicia showed that expression again,

"Do you really think that the lives of her, Gracie, Hua, and Patuo...their lives should end there?"

"...they are all young, and some of them haven't even had time to understand the way life exists."

Eden was also silent when he heard the words.

"Do you know? Eden, I'm scared, whenever Mei mentions her civilization era... Hua, Kevin, Melutina..."

Alicia held the wine glass, showing an expression that didn't look like her at all,

"But I don't know that Melutina...Mei doesn't know Gracie, and she doesn't know Pado... Are they okay? Did they survive to the next civilization?

Do they have a perfect life?The perfect curtain call?Are they satisfied with their lives?Have you ever felt regretful? "

"Ellie."

Eden's tone became more serious.

"I know, Eden, maybe I had too much to drink today?"

Alicia returned to her usual enthusiasm and cheerfulness,

"I don't want to be unhappy, I have to chat with Mei, who has finally escaped from the clutches of a thousand catastrophes?"

Seeing Alicia bouncing away, Eden was silent for a long time, lowered his head, and looked at the remaining liquid in the wine glass.

"……actually."

she said to herself,

"I want to know these too."

……

At the junction of the outside world of Paradise, in a dark space.

"Have you made up your mind?"

Green pupils glowed in the dark, she asked.

"Is this the best way?"

The golden pupils responded.

"Yes."

"……it is good."

"Don't you have anything to ask?"

"Do you regret it?"

"Regret what?"

"Everything."

"It is because I don't regret anymore that I can get to where I am today."

"...But it's okay to be overwhelmed by guilt."

"She'll be sad, won't she?"

"Yes."

"What you are doing now is what I used to be."

"The choice I made became the future named [you]."

"Then, there is nothing to hesitate." They said in unison.

……

Spiral Workshop

"...at any time."

Seeming to have a premonition, [Great Magician] Wei Wei leaned against the wall,

"Vale is going to play the villain, my lovely school girl, you have to work hard. But...Kevin won't know anything this time, right?"

……

One step, one step, one step.

As if announcing the emergence of changes, the woman in the clergyman's attire walked to the paradise hall with clear steps.

Aponia...

left the depths.

"When exceptions are made, it's not surprising that there are more exceptions, Albania."

Eden saw the visitor and raised his glass.

"Long time no see... Eden."

Aponia greeted her in the usual unhurried tone,

"You are still as beautiful and elegant as ever."

"I'll accept your compliment, Aponia, haven't you seen Metty?"

Eden smiled softly.

"...she sees me often, but recently, I think, she seems to have made up her own mind."

Aponia closed her eyes, opened them a moment later,

"She is also a member of Thirteen Yingjie, she will not just listen to me or Alicia like a child."

"You seem to have missed Mebius."

Eden shrugged.

"No, Mebius won't say anything. The idea of ​​infinity she insists on will make her support whatever Metty does. As long as it's not being coerced by someone."

Aponia sat down at the bar, she didn't look like a tavern bar at all,

"However, people have weaknesses. Even Mebius may make different choices because of his soft heart."

"Dr. Mebius is a very powerful person. She walks the road that ordinary people dare not walk, and thinks about things that ordinary people would not think about."

Eden swung his wine glass and did not drink any more,

"But when she is with Melutina, I often think... Even that Dr. Mebius will have that side."

"Eden, you are a little shaken."

Aponia heard some other emotion in these words,

"If the analogy... For you, that person is Alicia. So, what are you worried about?"

"Who knows, maybe, maybe not."

Eden didn't know where the wavering came from,

"It's just... sometimes I'm so cowardly."

"There's nothing wrong with that."

Aponia realized something, turned her head and found that Eden had fallen asleep.

Chapter 8 Hidden Messages

When Raiden Mei appeared in the Paradise Hall, he saw a little girl painting there.