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"We are chatting, not discussing funeral arrangements... Why are you suddenly talking nonsense?"
"…Has anyone ever told you that your words are unpleasant to the ear, Xier?"
Eula rolled her eyes in annoyance, and lay on her side, her eastern hemisphere piled up on the plastic mat and was squeezed out of shape...
With that confused look in his eyes, Xier could only sigh that the man's aesthetic taste was still online:
"I'm really sorry that Sora complained like that."
"...If you keep going like this, I'll be pissed off to death by you before I pass out."
The vengeful knight no longer had the energy to add to her.
Compared to those guys who are just playing coy, Xier, apart from being tongue-tied, is very worthy of being cultivated into a "drinking buddy" in Eula's eyes.
"…Give me some wine. Don't say you didn't bring any. Every time you go on a mission on the surface, Oleg will give you two cans."
"You've got my attention... but you could pass away at any time, who would dare to let you drink?"
"If you don't give me some, I'll show you now."
"Tsk."
Feeling that her "time limit is near" and that she would have to leave with regret, but still unwilling to admit her own weakness, Eula spoke without any manners at all, even with a hint of cheating in her voice.
"Here...this is what you brought in from outer space." Xier had no choice but to take out the wine jug.
Due to the harsh living environment, Xier learned the technique of drinking alcohol to temporarily warm up the body to withstand the cold when she was very young, but in fact this warming cannot be sustained... Just like Eula now, both the Eye of God and herself show a kind of false strength and last gasp.
The cost of driving the star core out of your mind is much greater than you might imagine.
"Gululu, let's drink together? Aren't you afraid of lowering your body temperature?" Under Xier's worried gaze, Eula drank without restraint.
"Of course not. You... you can't be a bad drinker, right?"
You can vaguely see the uneasiness that Eula is hiding with her boldness, but all Xier can do is sip the hot liquid with her, gaining a brief warmth at the cost of increasing the burden on her body.
"Hey, you drink too fast."
"Don't be so nagging. I feel uncomfortable when I think that you can still kiss and kiss me with Sora, but I'm about to go back to my hometown--"
The alcohol definitely didn't take effect that quickly, and when weakness swept over her brain again, Eula confused her unconsciousness with being "drunk".
After clinking glasses with Xi'er, she lay back down again, holding the pot, her cheeks flushed as she murmured:
"Damn it, this grudge... What's the point of remembering it... I really can't give up everything for him. I just kept thinking that there would never be a day when we would be separated again, and I kept deceiving myself. I'm so stupid."
"Don't say such discouraging words. You shouldn't regret running into the Rift Realm to find him, right?"
"No, I just regret that... I should have been more careful when conducting guerrilla warfare - I was always calm when leading the team, but when it came to his safety, I..."
"What's wrong with you?"
The male voice interrupted Eula's distracted eyes and slightly wavered:
"Sora? I've had too much to drink? I'm starting to hallucinate?"
"Huh, huh, you dare to go into the Rift Realm alone to save me, can't I hurry over to help you?"
"Teacher! Senior's condition is very bad! Her heart rate is very high!"
"Finally he's back - this guy has already started to run away, hurry up and think of a solution!"
Upon hearing this, the shadow, which had already become blurred, made way for a while, squatted down, panting slightly, and placed his fingertips on Eula's neck: "...The rules are becoming unstable...The ice element has reached its limit. Damn it, stripping the star core actually uses real energy--"
"She became a victim of the mutual balance plan... Doctor. Reduce the number of women assisting you. I warn you - I think they should have the same goal. Although I am reluctant to admit it, Bingliangliang and I are physically weaker, so it is easier to attack."
"…So the lone ones should come first?"
"If I hadn't been with you guys, and if Cocolia hadn't been there to escort me, my fate wouldn't have been any better than hers - the purpose of this series of accidents is clear."
"I'm afraid the meaning of destruction is somewhat contradictory, Dr. Kong. He wants to kill several of your female companions at the same time, causing you to worry about their death or deportation, and finally take risks."
In the dim light, Eula seemed to see a woman jumping out from the surface of the ice cluster and explaining to the air:
"You didn't attack your partner directly, fearing that it would violate some of the contracts you had with higher beings. But even higher beings don't seem to mind the Star Gods taking advantage of loopholes to get what they want from you."
"...Now you know what will happen, Yiting?" Haiya's voice was somewhat dissatisfied:
"We all know that Destruction wants to anger the Doctor, Patrol wants him to avenge his partner, Mystery wants Asuna and the others to return to their 'original appearances', and Huhu wants an indifferent balance - but these evil intentions combined will cause half of the Nameless Guests to be deported. I'm afraid you can't afford such a heavy loss. If we share the information earlier, we can avoid more risks."
"…If you provide these memories too early, Hu will further interfere with you. But now His goal has been achieved, and the filter has become sparse. This is to prevent Him from increasing His investment. We have to conceal it."
"...Don't blame the messengers, Haiya. I was negligent. I thought I wasn't that important, and I thought you wouldn't be a target for the time being... Heh, but the more the enemy wants something, the more we must prevent them from getting it."
"…You have decided to draw a line between yourself and destruction?"
"Nonsense. This also includes mutual mystery. If there is a next time, they try to gain balance on me or release the restraints of the people around me - I will take revenge on them."
"But that would mean..."
"Within the scope of Party A's permission, I don't mind completely side with Lan. Intelligence doesn't care about my position, but the hunting patrol will definitely need me."
"Yiting also cares... Dr. Kong, please allow me to preserve Miss Eula's memory."
"No need, she's still alive... Haiya, look, this situation..."
"I've made up my mind, Doctor. No need to beg me anymore. You just taught Kokolia a lesson - remember to lead by example."
“…Then I’ll leave it to you.”
A dark green shadow replaced Kong's figure. The swaying snake tail looked less energetic, and the breath was not very steady. The tired tone revealed a bit of relief and helplessness:
"Ah, Bingliangliang, although I had a feeling that I couldn't keep the ticket when I got it...but you are really too cunning. How can you be more anxious than me to make the doctor regret his life?"
"? Fat snake?"
A dark green shadow replaced Kong's figure. The swaying snake tail looked less energetic, and the breath was not very steady. There was a sense of relief and helplessness in the fatigue.
"…You can laugh if you want. I was just a little impulsive."
"Heh, I've known for a long time that you're in love, but I still can't believe you can be so stupid. And you've implicated me too."
"...involving you?"
In confusion and doubt, Haiya lifted up Eula's hand and stuffed a ballpoint pen between her fingers.
"Sign here."
"What...are you doing?"
"I gave it to you. Don't forget to return the favor, Bingliangliang."
……
Eula's body turned into a golden beam of light.
Under the agreement between the system and Party A, the ticket opened up a channel to the world and took her into the sky.
The people below watched her "ascend" silently, like an angel bathing in golden rain. She spread her arms, closed her eyes, and peacefully passed through the opening of the rift and entered the material universe, causing a circle of people outside the cordon to stop and exclaim.
“…It’s Eula.”
Ying, who had been waiting for good news, didn't expect that he would get such a result.
"What happened? She was deported?" Kama was shocked.
Could it be that the Master couldn't hold it?
"No, look carefully."
Ying raised his head and clenched his fists slightly: "Hai Ya transferred her ticket."
"That woman is so kind..." Kama pouted unhappily, but the envy in her eyes betrayed her.
"Aren't their relationships bad? I thought she would applaud when Eula was driven away—"
"…Some things are more important than your own obsession. Kama, they were rivals in love before, but now they are close friends. They have been side by side for so long to protect the same person and pursue the same goal. No one wants the other to leave with too much regret."
"Tsk, how disgusting. I hate the talk of friendship the most, ah. But the Master is not short of these crap."
Kama waved her hands and continued to admire the sight of Eula's "ascension". She felt a little soft in her heart. She didn't expect such a big scene to happen when she left. The key was when she came back...
It was enough for her to have a lover to meet her at the station.
"There's only one ticket. If anything goes wrong again..."
"boom!!"
She was about to make a few symbolic complaints when the golden beam of light turned into a train that went straight to the sky, soaring straight up into the clouds and drilling into the passage between the worlds the moment it reached outer space.
Shadow vaguely saw the familiar towering tree and the inn attached to it through the torn passage - their starting point.
"…Come back early to help, Lawrence."
[I saw a golden train passing by, carrying the person from another world and taking her back to her hometown.
But that is not her destination - the swaying dandelions all have their journeys to an end, but the destination of the nameless guests seems to always be the "next stop." 】
As she watched the train roar and disappear into the sky, Pera, with a storm raging in her head, had already thought of the sentences she wanted to use in her new novel.
"What happened just now?"
[Jizi, we just sent Eula back to Teyvat for recuperation. It's not a big problem.]
After the public channel was restored, Kong's voice, which was neither sad nor happy, immediately echoed in the minds of everyone involved.
[Huh, you guys finally came out—wait, Eula is injured?] Himeko's inner voice also became nervous.
She could sense a suppressed anger in Sora's psychic energy.
[…Her elemental energy has been exhausted. Kaiya, Karin, and Asuna have all been exhausted to varying degrees. I plan to take them back to the car—Did the boss win? ]
[The Buli people have been expelled from the Lagrange point by Walter - they found that the star core was not in the scheduled location and gave up the deal, but unfortunately, we have too few ships and the fleet lacks mobility, so we can't pursue them... Also, your girls are almost out of ammunition and need to rest. ]
[…I have taken note of the situation of the Buli tribe. I will ask the company to offer a reward for them later. If I have the chance, I will personally make them pay a heavier price.]
327. I want to go
Inside the blockade, Bronya, who should have been in ecstasy after finding her mother and Sora, looked at Sora's murderous eyes and tried to speak several times, but couldn't take a single step forward.
Even when fighting against the thawed legions in the Rift, Sora had not shown that kind of expression, but when she recalled Eula's "voice, appearance and smile", she could fully understand where Sora's current low pressure state came from.
Turning to the mother - Cocolia should have been detained by the Iron Guards, or she should not be allowed to appear in broad daylight at all, and become a lonely figure in the old world. However, at this time, she glanced at her daughter and the man leading the team with the same complicated expression, as if her focus had long shifted from how to atone for her sins to worrying about whether Sora's subsequent handling would be deviated due to Eula's "sacrifice".
Seeing this, Yaya wanted to go over and talk to her, but Cocolia resisted the urge to hug her daughter and lowered her head slightly, indicating that now was not the right time.