Chapter 687 Return
Boom, boom, boom——!
Alicia, who was running lightly in the city, suddenly heard three loud noises from behind her, and saw that the three Honkai beasts that were hanging far away from her froze for some reason, and then suddenly fell to the ground. , lost all vitality.
"..."
Ah... Sure enough, it still can't be delayed for much time?
Alicia was a little disappointed. She originally thought that if it had only been an hour or two, Li would not be able to move freely, but now it seems that her assumption was wrong.
The next step should be for Li to appear in front of him, and then carry her back to the base, right?
Alicia stood there and waited for a long time, but no familiar figure appeared. Only the cold wind that existed in this city blew past her ears.
"...Oh? It seems I didn't guess completely wrong~?"
Alicia became happy and waved to the sky, as if she was greeting Li in another space.
It's a pity that the direction of her greeting was reversed, and Li could only see the back of Alicia's head facing him from the [space].
So what is there in the base that makes Alicia delay her time like this?
Li looked at the time and saw that it would take three hours until the next activity time was full, which meant that it would take at least three hours for him to bring Alicia back to the base.
Tsk, this guy Alicia...
As a last resort, Li had no choice but to sit on the floor in [Space] and wait for the passage of time.
……
Within the base.
"Sister Theofel...?"
"Well, where were you just now?"
In Xi's room, as soon as Xi came back, she saw Theofel sitting on his bed, sitting blankly.
With no means of entertainment, Theophel could only remain in a daze when left alone.
"...went to a meeting."
Nozomi hesitated and still didn't tell her the content of the meeting. After all, if Teofel knew, it was equivalent to Li also knowing.
Both Sister Mei and Sister Eden have made it clear that Brother Li must not be allowed to know the true nature of the dance, and it is best not to let him know about the existence of the dance.
Although...Sister Eden has also prepared precautions.
Even if Brother Li accidentally discovered the existence of the dance party, she would still have a way to deal with it.
"is it?"
It was already rare for Theofel to take the initiative to speak, so after Jianxi didn't want to say anything more, she also became silent and stopped talking.
Xi took off his little coat, and then went to the kitchen to prepare his lunch... The meeting lasted for a long time, and the content of the meeting was very important, so Xi had even forgotten it at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. have lunch.
"Sister Theofel, do you want it?"
Xi already knew that Theophel had no habit of eating, but he still asked as usual.
"Need not."
Still the same answer today.
Xi simply fried a few side dishes, brought them to the table, filled a bowl of white rice with them, and started eating them absentmindedly.
Sister Alicia's ending...is there really only one ending?
Xi gently bit her chopsticks and accidentally snapped them with a "click".
If the dance is really allowed to proceed normally, then Sister Alicia will definitely die... After all, this is Sister Alicia's own wish. She hopes to use her death to bring the seeds of hope to future humans.
Using one person...no, exchanging the death of a Herrscher for the hope of fighting against Honkai, this should have been a very worthwhile transaction.
But Xi doesn't like this.
She is a little girl who has witnessed a lot of despair, but she has no determination to sacrifice the lives of others to fight against Honkai.
Just like her [Spiritual Healing] seal, Xi hates to see the passing of life.
At the moment when she decided to engrave, Xiben thought that she would finally be able to do her best to save more lives...
She never thought that now, she would be faced with someone close to her actively asking for death, but she was helpless.
Everyone who attended the meeting did not want Sister Alicia to die, but no one raised any objection.
Because even if it was just through Sister Eden's narration, they could still understand Sister Alicia's determination.
The heroes knew that even if they stopped it, it would be useless. On the contrary, it would make the final result even worse.
After all, Sister Alicia held this dance just to embellish her own death, so that she could die in glory as a heroine.
If someone stops her, then Sister Alicia may have no choice but to do the next best thing and die alone in a deserted place until her body is discovered.
That kind of ending... is truly ugly.
"Ugh……"
"You're sighing."
Theofel sat opposite Xi, his faint red eyes facing her, "What exactly happened?"
"No, sister Theofel, you are worrying too much..."
"Your chopsticks have been bitten off."
"..."
Ximo walked to the kitchen and came out with a new pair of chopsticks.
"You can speak out if you have troubles. Li said, you can't keep everything in your heart."
"..."
Just because I can’t tell you, Sister Theofel...
Xi originally had a faint urge to explain everything to Theophel, but after thinking about it just now, she also gave up this idea.
I can’t let my eldest brother mess up Alicia’s sister’s dance party...
"Don't tell me?"
Theofel tilted his head, left Xi's residence, and walked towards Pado's residence.
……
Outside the base, a few hours passed, and Li was finally able to use her body. She immediately rushed out of [space] without stopping and ran towards Alicia, who had long been far away from this city.
She doesn't think she can get rid of herself just by moving, does she?
Li took out [Space Distance] and shortened the distance between him and Alicia in just an instant.
Alicia, who was walking quickly in front, saw Li appearing directly in front of her. She knew that she couldn't resist, so she smiled and raised her hands in surrender.
"Oh, let's stop running. You caught up with me so quickly, Li. I thought I could hold on for at least a few more hours~?"
"...Let's go back to the base."
Li grabbed Alicia's hand and crossed several [spaces] before she broke free.
"Want to resist?"
Li was already ready to pick up Alicia and take her away.
"No, although it's a pity that our trip is coming to an end so soon, but if Li wants to, it's okay to go back quickly. Just...can you carry me back? At least that would be better than being dragged along. Is it more comfortable to just have one hand?”
Alicia made her own little request, and Li narrowed her eyes and agreed.
