Chapter 182 I Don't Want to Disappoint Them

Walking on the deserted streets, the ground under your feet is covered with thick dust. Every time you step up and down, fine gray particles will be thrown into the air.

It's strange that those particles didn't fall down as usual after reaching mid-air - if you ignore the surrounding buildings, this place is like the moon, the girl thought to herself.

Xi'er clasped one hand tightly on her chest, holding the pendant that Aponya had given her when she said goodbye not long ago. She stretched out her other hand to gently gather the dust. She could even easily squeeze the dust into solid soil. However, when she let go of her hand, the ball was still floating in the air without any movement.

"Brother Mikael, where is this place...ahem!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, a large amount of dust was inhaled by her breathing, causing her to cough. The hand holding the pendant couldn't help but loosen her grip, and she lightly covered her mouth.

The pendant bounced on her chest. Its shape was a bit strange. It was only half-sided and not symmetrical. It looked like a vertical crescent moon, but there were no sharp tips at both ends of the crescent moon, but two vertical ones. strokes.

It's like someone split a circle in half along its diameter and left a knife light at the break.

Still holding Siel with one hand, Mikael snapped his fingers with the other hand, and the whole world came to life again.

The dust fell to the ground and was blown up by the wind blowing from nowhere, turning the broken and silent streets into a gray mess.

World Bubble, this is World Bubble.

But where exactly is this place? Mikael really never paid attention. The first time I came in, it was still far away from the sixth collapse. The second time, I came and went in a hurry, and I didn't even have time to say a few words to Ellie.

As for this time, he came precisely to push the Sixth Collapse away from the originally set track, and he didn't seem to need to know "which place" it was.

So he was silent for a while, unable to answer, so he could only pull Xier forward and go to the base where Mei and Ai Li were.

"call--"

The wind rose so suddenly that Mikael almost staggered and made a fuss in front of Siel.

"Uuuuuu——"

The retro-style telephone poles beside the road are connected by empty rubber "wires". Driven by the strong wind, they sway their bodies desperately, like whips cutting through the airflow, making a loud bang that is indistinguishable from a whimper.

The dust was rising again, and the vision was not so clear.

Braving the wind, the two of them turned two more streets and walked to a long bridge.

The wind suddenly slowed down, and the world returned to tranquility at this moment. Only the dull sound of running water continued to go away under the feet, and then returned from the distance.

Xi'er couldn't help but run two steps quickly and lay down by the wall, looking at the wrinkled water under the bridge with an inexplicable smile.

Suddenly, her expression changed slightly.

She quickly took two steps back and carefully examined the patterns carved on the railings of the bridge.

Even after a long period of wind, rain, sun, and no one taking care of her, the edges and corners were gradually smoothed away, and the patterns were out of shape, but Xier still recognized it——

It was as if she recognized the city easily.

"What's wrong?"

Mikael asked confused.

Xi'er didn't say anything at first, but instead took Mikael's hand and pulled him to run towards the ruins of the bridge.

The original appearance of this place is no longer visible, and I don’t know which battle it was destroyed in—

Was it the battle between the Fire Chaser Moth and the Sixth Herrscher a long time ago?

Is it the battle between Mikael and the Sixth Herrscher?

Or is it the battle between Mikael and Da ZiZhitian's clone?

I can’t remember it for a long time.

Like a dying man covered in wounds, he could no longer tell which injury each of his wounds corresponded to.

If I can’t remember it clearly, there is no need or meaning to remember it anymore.

Michael caressed the remaining half of the broken wall under Xi'er's gaze.

The wall is mottled, and there are still black marks burned by the flames at the base of the wall. Even though the wind has been blowing for so long, this black color has not faded at all.

"This is... ah, that's right, after all, the Sixth Herrscher is..."

Mikael whispered a few words in a low voice, but Xier tilted her head and didn't understand.

"Here... isn't this the department store we visited two days ago, the department store in Brindi City? At that time, Brother Mikael, you were still on the bridge tying a hair tie and hairpin for Sister Ellie... Here... When did it become like this?”

Mikael stretched out his index finger and lightly tapped her forehead.

"There will be something strange about you soon."

Glancing slightly with half-closed eyes, Mikael chuckled, "Okay, they're here."

"Eh!"

Mikael held Xi'er's cheeks with both hands, and there was a hint of coolness where his palms touched. He used gentle force to turn her head to look at the end of the street.

"That's not—sister Ellie!"

Xi'er jumped twice and waved her hand.

Mikael had already told her that Sister Ally would accompany her when she got there.

But it was obvious that Mikael did not have time to tell "Alicia".

She came full of joy, but when she saw Mikael, or to be precise, the person standing next to Mikael, she was somewhat frightened.

"Hey! This, this...th..."

She pointed at Seele and blinked at Mikael crazily.

Looking at Aili's expression, there was a moment of doubt in Xi'er's eyes, but just for that moment, she walked to Aili's side in three or two steps and took her arm familiarly.

"Hello, sister Ai Li, this is the first time we meet. My name is Xi'er."

"First meeting..."

Michael opened his mouth slightly and looked at Xi'er in disbelief.

The latter smiled back.

"Brother Mikael, Xier is not a stupid kid!"

…………

"Hey, this is——Sister Mei is so kind! First time we meet, my name is Xi'er!"

Compared to Ai Li, whose shock was written directly on her face, Mei's reaction was much calmer. After seeing Xi'er's appearance, she just raised her eyebrows slightly, her pupils trembled imperceptibly, and her eyesight changed from She refocused in a daze and stopped at the pendant on Xi'er's chest. Then, she looked at Mikael without hesitation, quietly waiting for his explanation.

Mikael spread his hands and said, "Mei, I may have to trouble you with one more thing..."

He was a little embarrassed, a little hesitant, and a little embarrassed. Looking at his tangled expression, the corners of Mei's lips raised slightly, but unexpectedly, Ai Li also laughed at the same time.

"Okay, okay, I'll take Xi'er to find a room to stay in first!"

She winked at Mikael, and Xier followed her away quite obediently, but then turned back in three steps.

"Has your original world collapsed for the fifth time?"

"Um."

Mikael sat down on her workbench, skipping various complicated codes and unrecognizable formulas from time to time on the computer screen in front of him.

"Is this the Sixth Herrscher's suitable body? How did you find it... No... She..."

Just from the expressions of the two of them, Mei could glimpse something called the truth.

"You didn't want her to suffer the fate of becoming a Herrscher, so you brought her to the world bubble and tried to cut her off from the existence you called the [Tree of Imaginary Numbers] in this way?"

"Yes...I'm sorry to trouble you."

Mikael bit his lip lightly, feeling a stinging sensation on his lower lip, and then a salty taste began to melt on the tip of his tongue.

"It's not troublesome. I said that you have enabled our world to survive, so we will naturally help you when you need it. Besides, this is also a kind of relaxation for Ellie and me - you can't bear it. Let Xier live just like the rest of us for more than a year, right? Although I don’t mind that kind of living, I don’t enjoy it. Besides, I also have some ideas to put into practice. practice."

"That... of course. I will use all the power of the Second Herrscher that I can control to strengthen the boundaries of the world bubble. Supporting the original world for about two years is not a problem. The only thing to worry about is that such a Come on, except for phase travel, it is almost impossible for me to use the power of space during combat, but this is not a big problem. "

Facing Mei's joke, Mikael analyzed it seriously.

But she didn't appreciate it, her purple eyes stared at Mikael, neither excited nor too gentle.

Then, an inexplicable weight fell on Mikael's shoulders.

This is a very strange scene. On one side is the Herrscher who can destroy the world at will, and on the other side is a woman who has long been unable to restrain the chicken.

The weak become the pressurers, while the strong have no objection.

"Mikael, if you have any other requests, please tell me them all?"

"Well..."

Time passed slowly, and two thoughts were constantly fighting in Mikael's heart.

The drama has already begun, and it is no longer possible to exit at this time. So where does that hesitation come from?

Maybe it's because of his personality.

But since it was impossible to look back, Mikael finally mustered up the courage to ask:

"Mei, do you know the specific location of the members of [SEELE]? With the help of Velvet, I have sneaked into some departments and warehouses of the coalition government and obtained some interesting things, but the location of their leader is very hidden. As an outsider, Velvet cannot accurately locate it.”

Mei narrowed her eyes, crossed her legs, and looked a little playful:

"Mikael, since you are asking me this question, it means that you are sure to get the answer from [me] in the original world, right? Then why do you want to seek the far away instead of the near?"

"I……"

Mikael's right hand clenched and relaxed, relaxed and clenched again, and so on.

After a while, his voice sounded softly in the dead silence of the world:

"Mei...she does know most of my plans, but because of this, I...I don't want her and them to know this last one, only this one..."

Mei had seen this man's weak side more than ten months ago - if her count was correct.

But at that time she was just watching from afar.

And now, face to face, she heard for the first time a plea full of fear from the man in front of her...

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid they'll be disappointed in me."

He didn't even want Alicia in the world bubble to know.