Chapter 661 Dream Master Mikael

The power was taken away, no, maybe it was sealed.

But there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two words in practice. No matter how the power is lost, what remains unchanged is the "loss" itself.

My limbs were weak, but I struggled desperately, but I couldn't touch anything.

Nothing could be seen or felt except darkness around him, but in his daze, he suddenly heard Feng Xue's whimpering.

It was the wind and snow that Bronya was very familiar with. It came from the land called Siberia, which was soaked in snow for three-quarters of the year.

"what happened?"

The wind stopped, and it seemed that her eyes could be opened, but the next moment, the white snow stung her eyes, and Bronya had to cover her eyes with her hands, and a lot of tears poured out of her sore eyes.

Even though it was just for a moment, even though my eyes were so painful that I couldn't open them again for a short time, what I saw at that moment - the endless white snowfield, the bare birch forest like dense and towering tombstones, there was no doubt that it was... This is where she was born.

"Is it...an illusion? Or is it a world bubble?"

Based on past experience, Bronya made a quick judgment.

It's nothing more than the above two situations, but it can never be [reality].

"No, you guessed wrong this time. Bronya, in a sense, this is indeed reality."

The cold and stiff palms covered Bronya's head. The touch felt like the hands of a snowman that would break into pieces at the touch, but there was a warm current flowing out of it, which quickly relieved the pain in Bronya's eyes and recovered. .

"Bronya doesn't know if this is reality, but... you are the instigator, why do you put on such an appearance..."

Bronya opened her eyes carefully to avoid being blinded by the white snow again. After getting used to the surrounding light, she turned to look at Mikael with doubts on her face.

Mikael did not answer her, but relied on his tall body to look at something in the snowy field from a distance.

"This scenery seems strangely familiar. Let me tell you a secret, Bronya. In fact... this place can also be regarded as my hometown. The starting point of my story is also in this snowfield. So... it's really I miss you...

“When I get up in the morning, I can always hear the chirping of birds by my bedside. Occasionally, there are wild geese flying over in the sky. I’m afraid they are birds that didn’t have time to follow everyone to the warmer south in autumn. Whether it’s early morning or late in the morning, At dusk, the yellowish sunlight with a hint of blood always assimilates the white snow until the boundary between the sky and the earth is blurred, making people mistakenly think that as long as they keep moving forward in the snowfield, they will definitely catch up with the sun.

"There are hibernating bears and tigers in the birch forest, but they always sleep soundly. Children will run into the woods with some firecrackers, light them, and then run back quickly. When the brown bears with messy hair are awakened by the explosion, Sleepy eyes, When we staggered out of the house, we could only see the straight projection of the birch trees on the snow that was as smooth as a mirror. Of course, we children would definitely be beaten by Celia's mother when we returned to the orphanage. Ass.

"How long ago were these things... In a sense, they are more distant to me than the so-called [50,000 years], so that sometimes when I think back, I can't help but question whether these things really happened. Or maybe they were just conjectures that existed in my mind. Later, these pictures were also overwhelmed by the vast sea of ​​memories. Although my memory will not fade away, it is like a book piled at the bottom. Unless I think of it, maybe. I will never open it again for the rest of my life..."

"What do you mean when you tell me this now?"

Bronya did not panic because she was in the current situation. She knew very well that the matter was at this point, and whether she resisted or struggled, it would not make any difference. Instead of doing this, perhaps clarifying Mikael's thoughts would be more helpful in solving the problem.

"It's nothing interesting, I just felt a little emotional suddenly."

Mikael said, taking a step forward, then quickly retracting his foot, quietly staring at the distinct footprints left on the snow.

"Everything that has happened will inevitably leave traces in the world. So, when necessary, I thought about these things again. Of course, logically speaking, it is never possible for me to be true. I thought of this, but the Stigmata Project gave me a chance to re-examine myself. With the opportunity of life, I was able to see everything I have experienced from birth to now. But Bronya, do you know that the Stigmata Project is very magical, these things in the past, these things only exist in the brain. All can become [happening reality] in the world of Stigmata.”

Bronya frowned, and Mikael had already pointed to the wooden house not far away.

"Bronya, look, something is happening over there that is related to you, but unless something unexpected happens, you may never know about it."

"That's...Honkaimon over there?"

Although the gray-white exoskeleton melted into the snow and was almost invisible, the purple patterns and energy on the Honkai Beast's body were still unusually conspicuous.

And from the chimney of that small wooden house, there was a faint black smoke floating out. It was obvious that someone lived in it.

Bronya didn't know what [what was happening] was, and her body had already followed her instinct as a Valkyrie and rushed out.

She hesitated a little until the third step, but after realizing that Mikael had no intention of stopping her, she boldly quickened her pace and approached the wooden house in a moment.

However, when she arrived, the Honkai beasts heading towards the wooden house had been broken into fragments, and they would be buried by the wind and snow in just one night.

Bronya approached the wooden house on tiptoe. The aroma and warmth of the burning wood flowed out from the cracks in the wooden house, making Bronya move closer. Finally, she stood sideways to the window, stretched her neck forward a little, and saw the woman lying on the bed in the house through a window full of water marks.

"!"

The silver-gray pupils shrank instantly, and what Bronya saw through the window was a woman who seemed to be carved out of the same mold as herself.

The same silver-gray long hair that was tied into two drill bits, the same silver-gray eyes, and almost the same facial features, but more mature.

And... even though the other person was covered by a heavy quilt, her belly was still bulging high.

Bronya was not stupid. Even without any reliable evidence, Bronya could easily guess the identity of the woman in front of her -

If nothing unexpected happened, the other person should be Bronya's mother whom she had never met.

She leaned her head on two stacked pillows, reading a book with a worn cover in her hand, and did not notice that there was suddenly a person by the window.

But the next moment, the door of the bedroom in the wooden house was pushed open, and a person who Bronya was more familiar with walked in.

There was no mistake, much younger, much more childish, and even the color of her hair was completely different from now, but that standing posture, those facial features, that fierce and lazy coexisting expression, and the way she held the bow... It was Natasha.

"The teacher and I have solved the danger outside, so you don't have to worry for now. It just so happens that you ate a lot of salad yesterday, so it's probably to your taste, so he is making it in the kitchen."

"Thank you so much to you and your teacher, sister Natasha."

The woman on the bed closed the book, put her palms together in front of her chest, and bowed gently.

The sound insulation of the wooden house was obviously very poor, and Bronya heard their conversation clearly from outside.

"It's just a small favor. Even if I didn't meet you, the teacher would definitely give me some tasks to hunt Honkai beasts. From this perspective, meeting you is a good thing. At least I don't have to run around in the snow. As long as I stay here, Honkai beasts will come to my door stupidly."

"But for me, you did save me, and this is not inconsistent with the convenience you, sister Natasha, have obtained. If a good deed is no longer considered a good deed because it is rewarded, then are there really good deeds in this world? I don't know."

"Uh... Ms. Alexandra, forgive me for being blunt, your words are sometimes as obscure as the teacher's."

"Really? I'm honored."

The woman called Alexandra put the previous book on her belly, gently stroking the rough cover with her palm, or feeling the heartbeat of the fetus in her belly through the not-so-thick book.

"Sister Natasha, although it may be a little presumptuous, can you please convey a few words to your teacher for me?"

"Huh? Such a simple matter, of course I don't care."

"Yeah."

Alexandra nodded briskly, and then said:

"Thank you for your care and protection these days. In two days, I will leave here..."

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about? How can you leave a place like this alone... Hey, you are not going to..."

"Sister Natasha, I won't do such a stupid thing... In fact, before you came, when I was trapped here by the wind and snow, the phone line was still connected, so I called Alexei's colleague Maxim, and he told me that he He will bring his men here immediately, and he will come to pick me up and leave here in seven days at the latest. However, by chance, I met you before he and his men arrived. "

"Oh-oh... I was scared to death, I thought you wanted that... But is the Maxim you mentioned reliable? What if you are a pregnant woman and are bullied?"

"Don't worry about that, Natasha. He is Alexei's best friend. In a sense, Maxim is more [dutiful] than my husband Alexei."

"Okay, I'll tell the teacher, you just know it yourself."

Natasha put the bow with snowflakes hanging on it on the wall, and then left the bedroom. Perhaps because she was afraid that the warmth from the fireplace would leak out through the door, she also closed the door - although this didn't have much effect, the wooden house itself was a building with air leaks on all sides.

"What a kind child... She's not too old, why don't you leave a token or something? If we meet again in the future, maybe she will become your sister."

Alexandra stroked her bulging belly and whispered to herself.

"But... hunting Honkai beasts, such [assignment] has exceeded the scope of self-protection, right? What exactly does Mikael want to do? But... In this land, this is the only way to survive."

In the bedroom where only one person was, Alexandra kept muttering to herself.

Not long after, Mikael gently pushed open the bedroom door. Then he stood by the bed in two or three steps.

"You want to leave? Excuse me, even if your husband's colleague is reliable, there are still great risks."

Although it was not said explicitly, anyone with a little bit of brains could feel what Mikael was referring to.

Alexandra was no exception, but she just held her belly with both hands, raised her head with a bit of stubbornness, and looked up at Mikael.

"That's why it's necessary to leave."

Alexandra smiled very gently.

"After all, a person's birth is not a trivial matter... I want her to see the world for the first time, and the surrounding scene is not as lonely as it is now."

As she said, Alexandra cast her eyes out of the window.

Outside the window is still endless ice and snow, even those bare birch trees, in this season, such a place will feel lonely.

The cold wind blew all the way east from the Ural Mountains, and the snow on the snowfield was blown up by the wind, gradually approaching the hazy fog.

It's a beautiful scene, but it's too lonely. If you stay in a place like this for a long time, your mood will inevitably become heavy, and...

Alexandra's eyes glanced at the window and suddenly lit up.

"Not good!"

Bronya quickly dodged to the blind spot of her sight, but even if she tried her best, she seemed to be a little slow...

At least, she can hear the sound in the house now-

"Was that...my illusion?"

"I think it should be. With me here, no one can approach this room quietly."

"Ah...Is that so..."

"You seem a little regretful."

"Of course, it would be better if it wasn't an illusion...It's a very romantic thing to see the grown-up child in advance, right?"

Bronya touched the window again, only to see Alexandra's five fingers dancing on her belly like playing the piano:

"Maybe that's what it looks like when it grows up. It looks like a girl, and looks almost exactly like me."

Bronya couldn't help but smile when she heard this.

It was a smile that came for no reason, but was not sad.

But soon, she saw Mikael sighing, and then interrupted the [mother's] fantasy with a calm and indifferent announcement.

"Excuse me, Alexandra. The child you expected has no chance of being born."

"What?"

Alexandra's face was a little confused, and there was still a happy smile. She must have been excited by this sudden turn, and her expression didn't even have time to change.

Mikael pulled a stool and sat down beside the bed, and then he spread his right hand on the bed.

Under Alexandra's gaze, Mikael used a knife to cut off the fingers of his right hand one by one, and before Alexandra screamed, new finger bones and flesh grew again on the white bone stump, and it was restored to its original state in just two or three seconds.

"This is..."

"This is the ability I use to treat you. Theoretically, it can treat all diseases in the world, but it can't do it in reality. Its essence is to use Honkai energy to operate in a complex way, and finally achieve the effect of accelerating cell regeneration. Well... the key is Honkai energy."

"What... I still don't understand."

"It is Honkai energy that makes this land like this. You should have seen those people with pale skin and purple lines all over their bodies. If a person can withstand such power, then almost all injuries can be repaired, but if they can't withstand it, then before the injuries are fully repaired, they will be eroded by this energy first, and finally there is no cure. Your own Honkai energy adaptability is not outstanding, I can only hang on to your life, but even so, this intensity of Honkai energy radiation is deadly enough for an unborn child."

The very simple and clear explanation made Alexandra's two drills spin.

Just a joke.

"You... Mikael, can you tell me who you are?"

"I...?... From the conclusion, it may not be Honkai that caused all this in Siberia, but me."

Alexandra was silent, and Mikael did not speak either. He just closed his eyes, raised his head, and sat on the bed, as if waiting for something.

Natasha closed the bedroom door again halfway through listening. Maybe she knew some things, but she was still unwilling to accept such a truth.

But Alexandra did not remain silent for long. She quickly asked back calmly:

"Then...is there any other way?"

"...I'm sorry."

"You are my savior - this has not changed at all, so I will not blame you, and I am not qualified to blame you. I just want to know if there is a solution. This is the most important thing."

"Method..."

Mikael's voice was unusually light, but both Alexandra and Bronya heard it.

So, Alexandra gave her answer, unusually calm, as calm as if she was talking about a daily topic like what to eat next:

"It's okay, even if I have to be the price for the child to live, I can accept it."

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure."

"Is this... worth it? I don't know your child, I only know you, Alexandra. If I have to make a choice, I will definitely choose to save you who is right in front of me, not your child. Even if I save her now, she may die at a very young age, or she may..."

"Worth it? No... Is this something that can be evaluated as worth it?"

Calmness is just a mask after all. Alexandra interrupted Mikael's speech. She began to cry uncontrollably, and then poured out all her emotions with words mixed with thorns.

"Just to avoid my own fate, I have to take away the future she should have? I originally thought that you were a poor person who was cursed for no reason because of the injustice of fate... But you don't feel guilty from the bottom of your heart at all - you still think of yourself as a god! You do have great power, but why do you decide the destination of a life at will... Uh cough cough cough!"

The emotions were too excited all of a sudden. Alexandra covered her chest and coughed violently. Bronya saw Mikael raise his hand, but after hesitating again and again, he did nothing.

Bronya just stood by the window and watched quietly. Suddenly, Alexandra raised her head again and looked out the window.

Inadvertently, the mother and daughter looked at each other again. (End of this chapter)