Chapter 38: Astray(1/2)
The clear crescent moon lies behind the world, but outlines the outline of the world clearly. Half the window is the moon, and half the window is the mountains.
In an instant, he poured a cup of hot water and placed it in front of Marina, and sat back in his seat.
The collision between the glass cup and the mahogany table woke her up in a daze.
"Thanks……"
The tired eyes could no longer look around them calmly, but only looked at the rippling texture of the clear water in the cup and the rising heat.
"Why can we allow our free movement?" she suddenly looked up and asked, "We are the enemy? Is it really good to just let us wander here?"
He pointed at the personal terminal on her wrist with his finger and explained patiently:
"This is supervision. On it, the special monitoring program, coordinates, heartbeat, gravity changes and other data will be reported. This base is controlled by the program. The sound insulation system will not send your knocking sound to me. On the contrary, the program determines that you can enter here, and then it creates a knock sound through the speaker and sends a message to tell me that you are here. Then accept my instructions and automatically opens the door."
This design has been adopted in a small amount in this era. Marina roughly understood it and could only respond sadly:
"I see."
He said seriously in a moment:
"I said this to make you not mind. But if you want to ask if you are an enemy? I don't think so. There are no such enemies in this world."
There is only one true enemy - the clash of fundamental interests.
All other enemies are either false or deceived.
Even a real enemy can exist without being an enemy as long as it reconciles the conflict of interests.
The reconciliation that was impossible in the past era is not impossible in the present, but in the future there is infinite hope.
Marina looked at the child's expression quietly, couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then realized her loss of composure, covered her face with her hands, stopped her smile before saying:
"I'm sorry, this is rude. Mr. Shina is obviously a child, but he is very... mature and powerful. What I mean by strength is not physical strength, but toughness... The experience that I have not been able to understand is like a dream... There are too many things I can't understand but have more things I can do. It's really hard to imagine... I can do this by being captured by Raiser, but Raiser's initiator is still a child."
She also explained that her words were ambiguity and quickly said:
"This is not about looking at age... because it is too incredible, so I..."
As she said that, her tongue was as if she was tied, making it difficult to describe her feelings.
"But what? A genius, a superman or a messenger of God?"
"The Messenger of God—"
An angel or a man from heaven?
This is the suspicion that even she couldn't explain clearly in Marina's heart.
Yes, if all abnormalities are done by angels or heavenly people, then they will not be abnormal.
"I'm not, Marina Esmail. I'm not an angel, nor a heavenly man. I'm just a man on earth looking forward to and striving for the future."
He stared at the girl seriously.
Every child has always had a kind of beauty that is untainted by the world.
Marina didn't know if she saw this kind of beauty, but she knew that she had indeed seen a flawless innocence, like the tough and clean rocks under the clear stream in the deep forest, or like the stars burning silently in the deep space.
That is undoubtedly a kind of beauty.
"Has Mr. Shina used to be a young soldier?"
She asked.
"Yes, it was just when I was very young."
He replied.
"But Mr. Shina is only about ten years old now."
She said, a little uncertain.
Because the mind that instantly surpasses its appearance distorts the inherent ideas in Marina's mind... the ruler that links mind to age and experience.
"When I was very young, Is it five or six years old?"
He thought about it and replied.
He does have the ability to remember completely. But that period was too early, so early that his cognitive ability had not yet developed to the point where he could clarify everything outside, so he only left a strange and absurd strange scene.
"Why did you become a young soldier?"
She asked.
"Because it was very cold and hungry that day, because I wanted to survive."
He replied.
For a moment, there was a silence, a faint sound of wind and a sad sound of insects. The sea of sand was like a mirror, swaying on this rotating earth, just like the moon in the sky became silver, lonely and barbaric.
The glass in the palm of her hand gradually lost its temperature. She took a sip and moistened her throat, trying to cool down the restless emotions in her heart.
Then he continued:
"A man told me through your God what he called heaven and happiness, and I joined KPSA ignorantly. But the more I grew up, the more I lamented such a truth - at the end of this world, there was no God's existence, nor any place for God's existence!"
The girl could no longer look at the child.
The more those eyes like star-like eyes looked at, the more they found that the stars were magnificent suns, huge and terrifying, making it difficult for her to breathe
At this time, the young age actually made the facts in the words taller.
What he was responsible for made this royal girl feel fearful.
Above the stars on earth, the leaping light and fire are the weight of human suffering.
It is infinitely serious and cannot tolerate any frivolity. It is not about treating guests to dinner or chatting and saying hello.
He also said:
"But it's over, Marina Esmail. Don't worry, I'm no longer a teenage soldier. KPSA was eliminated by me and by Raiser."
"But you are still fighting!" After hearing this, she asked back with greater excitement, "Why do you still have to continue fighting?"
The bright lights illuminate every strand of his hair, every eyelash and his eyes clearly.
Without hesitation, he replied naturally:
"Because there are still people suffering in this world! Because there are still people who cannot get happiness in this world!"
What a childish statement...but this child obviously believed it, and was indeed constantly acting, committed to human happiness.
What a weird thing! What an incredible thing! What a crazy thing!
Marina suddenly wanted to cry as much as she wanted, but couldn't help but smile.
She drank the water all over, but choked, coughed several times, but could not hide the excitement in her heart.
"So that's it, I can sleep with peace of mind! Good night, Mr. Shina."
I couldn't guess where Marina's changes came from in an instant, but I just responded blankly:
"Good night, Marina Esmail."
Before he knew it, he was also telling himself to Marina at this time.
Marina walked away lightly, just as she opened the door-
"Celine!"
"Princess?"
Celine wandered outside the door for a long time, and was about to leave, but was caught by Marina who opened the door.
"Celine, what are you going to do with Mr. Shina?"
Celine showed a look of struggle and finally made up her mind to say:
"Can you wait for me?"
I was also a little surprised to see Celine outside the door in an instant.
Celine came in, closed the door with her backhand, and sat on the sofa where Marina had sat.
"Celine Baphutiar? What are you going to do?"
He asked.
"Mr. Quanta, can I join Raiser?"
She looked at Shina and said with a serious expression.
"Yes, Raiser welcomes anyone. Can I ask why you want to join Raiser first? In the previous combat meeting, you also participated as an intelligence provider for a while, and Raiser and Chengying City were in danger. We will not coerce you to do anything. If you join us, you will be a natural rebel. Your relatives in the Kingdom of Azadistan..."
"I'm dead!" Before Celine could finish speaking, she suddenly interrupted Shina loudly.
After this day, she had already guessed that Shina had a good personality and dared to interrupt like this loudly. Shina also knew that her heart was not peaceful now, and she didn't say anything, just waiting for her to speak.
Celine took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, and put them on, and her eyes seemed much clearer.
She took a deep breath before vomiting, saying, "The original Celine Baphutiar was dead in the Raiser's attack on Azadistan. Now I am another person named Celine Baphutiar. Unfortunately, the original Celine had no relatives in the Kingdom of Azadistan. She was always an orphan and was raised as a servant in the palace..."
She was about to continue, but suddenly she felt that it was really strange that she had confided into a child, even if the child was unusual.
To be continued...