"Alicia..."
"Hehe~"
Alicia stepped back lightly and turned around, not looking at Sakura's helpless gaze. Sakura knew that there was nothing she could do with Alicia like this, so she just looked at Mobius again, and after finding that she really didn't say anything, she slowly took off the knife from her waist, put it aside, and asked Alicia to take care of it.
After all...it would be really ruining the fun if you were wearing this kind of thing on the dance floor.
Then, she walked up to Xiwang, bowed gracefully in his manner, placed her hand gently in his palm, and walked onto the dance floor with him.
The people who were watching the fun withdrew their gazes and continued their own things, but were soon attracted by the two people's graceful dancing. Looking at their handsome and beautiful appearance, many people sighed at how well they matched each other, but when they thought of Alicia waiting on the side, many people suddenly laughed again - the relationship between these three people was really strange, but...what did it matter? They were also very happy watching.
"They're both really beautiful, aren't they?"
Alicia sat in the corner holding Sakura's knife, watching the two people dancing on the dance floor and said with a smile.
Ah...it turns out that my efforts have not been in vain. It really took me a lot of effort to teach two people to dance.
Alicia gently swayed her legs, her head swaying gently with the music. She looked at Xiwang and Ying, her eyes curved into crescents.
So good~
"Then why did you get in between them? You look like a bad woman who interferes with other people's love affairs~"
Mebius said this with a hint of sarcasm.
"I never thought you would be this kind of person, Alicia."
"That's too much. You slandered others so casually. Even if it was you, Mobius, I would be angry~"
"Humph, who cares about you..."
Mebius shook his empty cup, then found a similar drink on the table, took it in his hand, and drank it in small sips.
"But how long are you going to continue playing this kind of house game with him? You don't really like him, and he doesn't really like you. Keeping each other hanging will only make others feel weird and disgusted."
"Do you think so too?"
"Who cares about you?"
Mobius showed a somewhat disgusted expression.
"Hey~ I thought Mobius would pay a little attention to me~"
Alicia blinked and her eyes stayed on Xi Wang on the dance floor.
"But...you are wrong about one thing~"
Watching his graceful dancing posture, watching his originally calm expression gradually change, watching the corners of his mouth slightly raised, watching the joy gradually revealed in his eyes.
In the black eyes like the night sky, the tiny golden dots sparkled like stars, attracting Alicia's attention.
"I actually like Wang very much~ very~ very much~?"
"So you're just going to keep me hanging like this?"
"No, it's just that sometimes, if I don't keep an eye on him, he might suddenly capsize like a ship in a storm, or be lost forever like a star in the starry night if I lose my focus..."
"Then you underestimate people's strength."
"Who knows? But... there's nothing wrong with taking a little care of it, right?"
"Hmm... I think I understand what you mean."
“Is that so~?”
"Then it shouldn't be a problem for me to participate a little, right?"
“…Ah? Huh?”
Alicia was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Mobius, whose face was flushed.
"Really? Such a thing... well, how can I be absent from such a thing?"
Mebius put the cup down unsteadily, burped cutely in the middle of his speech, and then walked forward with a crooked step.
"Why are you drinking?"
Alicia quickly reached out and grabbed her, then reached out and picked up her cup, sniffed it a little, and said helplessly.
"It's already been handed to me...how can I...not drink it!?"
Mebius shook his head, shook off Alicia's hand, then took off the white coat that she almost never took off, threw it to Alicia, turned around and walked towards the dance floor, aiming directly at Xiwang and Ying.
"Little white mouse, the snake is coming to eat you~"
Seeing Xiwang pulling Ying behind him, Mebius smiled and directly grabbed Xiwang's hand that was trying to push him away. Then he opened his mouth and bit a mark on his hand, as if leaving his own mark.
? ? ? !
This move confused everyone else.
"...Doctor, you are drunk."
Sakura poked her head out, and when she saw Mobius's red face, she understood and said helplessly.
"Drunk? I'm not! Come on! Little white mouse, I'll take you to the lab to see some good stuff~"
As she spoke, Mobius grabbed Xi Wang and tried to leave, but after taking two steps she found she couldn't move him. She turned around and looked at the two of them. She seemed to understand something and continued.
"Oh, I see! Ying, you come too! Your work isn't over yet! I'm going to give you two a full-body checkup. Don't worry, it will be over soon."
"Ah... Of course it may not be that fast~ It depends on you~ Little guinea pig~"
As if he was thinking of something very happy, Mebius used that seductive tone again, and even wanted to reach out and touch Xiwang's eyebrows, but failed.
"........."
Xiwang was speechless for a while.
Although I know that she means to drag me to the lab, the timing and wording are... well... not very good.
While everyone else was still confused, Xi Wang took Ying in one hand and dragged the drunk Mobius in the other and walked towards Alicia who was greeting them, then quickly left the party and rushed towards Mobius' laboratory.
And after a brief silence, the party...exploded, with countless people discussing intensely and eating melons with great interest.
As for what rumors will spread the next day...that doesn't matter anymore [sad].
"...Thank you very much. Doctor, she is not good at drinking. Once she drinks a certain amount, she will... um... do some things that seem strange or even unbelievable to others. I hope you can forgive me."
"It's okay~ After all, drunk Mobius is cute too~?"
"I'm glad you don't mind... Well, I'll take the Doctor to rest now."
After handing Mobius, who was still muttering "Oh~ It's rare that the little white mouse is so proactive, I'm so happy~" and "Come, get on the operating table, let me study you carefully~", to her assistant Klein's care, Xiwang and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the three of them left the laboratory door silently and walked slowly in the quiet corridor... As for the dance, it was impossible to go back. If they really went back, I'm afraid some strange rumors would appear again.
"……Feel sorry."
Xiwang said softly.
"Hmm? No need to apologize, Nozomi. After all, this isn't Nozomi's fault. It's Mobius' bad luck, isn't it?"
Alicia said with a smile.
"She knew she couldn't drink much, but when she got the wine, she was unwilling to change it because of her face, and it ended up like this... It was actually Mobius's own fault, right? Hmm~ When Mobius sobers up tomorrow, I'm going to have a good talk with her about her performance tonight~"
"Please let the doctor go, Alicia..."
"Don't worry~ Mobius won't care about such a small matter~"
I'm just worried that she would vent her anger on me... Sakura didn't say this out loud. After all, if Mobius went out, she would have to go with him, and it would be fun to be the one vented on her anger then... I hope Dr. Mobius really doesn't care about such a small matter.
"But~ I hope you still owe me a dance~"
Alicia took two quick steps forward with brisk steps, turned around and said with a smile.
"Not only that, Sakura hasn't even finished her dance yet~"
"……Feel sorry."
"No need to apologize~ After all, it can be made up~"
"Look, isn't this a very suitable place?"
Alicia smiled, opened the door, and looked up, only to find that they had unknowingly walked to the sky garden inside the Fire Moth.
This is where Alicia and Ying like to whisper to each other the most, and it is also where Ying and Xiwang often take walks.
It was quiet and deserted here, especially now when the ball was being held. There were almost no people here, only the moonlight shining on the ground and the blooming flowers.
"Da Da? ~ Da Da ~ Da? ~ Da Da? ~"
While singing a cheerful tune, Alicia took the two of them for a stroll in the garden. Against the backdrop of flowers and moonlight, she looked like an elf in a fairy tale.
In an open space in the center of the garden, Alicia stopped, turned around and faced him, her white skirt slightly lifted up, then slowly fell down.
"So ~this handsome gentleman~?"
She jumped lightly in front of Xiwang and said this.
"This beautiful lady~?"
She jumped briskly in front of Sakura again, then stood between the two of them, bowed gracefully, and extended her hand to them.
"Would you accept a cute girl's invitation to dance?"
"…………"x2
Xiwang and Ying looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes, but then they both smiled and gently placed their hands in hers.
"My pleasure" x2
The moon is the lamp, the flowers are the decorations, the breeze is the audience, and the slight sound among the leaves is the applause.
Their dancing steps are the rhythm and what they hum is the song. At this moment, in this scene, no one can appreciate it except themselves.
Chapter 22: The brisk daily life is always disrupted
【■■Month 27th, 34 stars. Today is the celebration of the Sixth Herrscher subjugation war. Although some accidents occurred because of Dr. Mobius, we still had a lot of fun.
Sakura is very beautiful, and Alicia is also very beautiful. In comparison, I haven't paid much attention to my appearance... Maybe I can go shopping with them in the future?
There will probably be some weird rumors in the base tomorrow... I just hope those people won't be caught by Dr. Mobius, otherwise I will definitely go over to help... But I'd better not go, otherwise I'll be forced to go on the operating table again.
But I had promised Hen that I would go see Grayxiu, and I couldn't not go... I always felt like tomorrow would be unlucky.
There is another mission to kill the poisonous pupa in two days, but this time it is not to kill it, but to directly hand it over to the poisonous pupa personnel, saying that it will be taken to a place "deep"... It's a bit disgusting, and it's easy to think of bad things. 】
Xiwang paused for a moment, poured out another candy from the candy box, put it in his mouth, changed the number to [35], and continued writing.
[The tasks given by the Poison Pupa recently are a bit strange, and are gradually becoming less and less... Even the sugar supply is less, and it seems that the amount given to me is limited. However, the tasks given by the Fire Moth are increasing, and they are becoming more and more dangerous. ]
Having written this, Xi Wang paused for a moment, and after going over his clues and inferences in his mind, he wrote down as if to confirm.
[…May be abandoned, of course, after all, they have other alternatives.
I should be assigned to the Herrscher's expedition team from next time on, and officially face the core of the disaster... Fortunately, Sakura is now directly under the team of Dr. Mobius and Dr. Mei, and is only a nominal member of the Poison Pupa, so she doesn't have to worry about being transferred away.
If you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with being included in the expedition team. At least I will be closer to Alicia.]
Xi Wang paused for a moment, his adjutant and members of his team flashing through his mind.
Once, because of his and Sakura's "special combat method", although their team suffered casualties, it was very few compared to other teams. After all, the real combat was done by him and Sakura in advance, and the team members could only serve as rescue and support personnel, and do logistics and so on. The atmosphere in the team was not loving, but at least harmonious. Many people even joked in their spare time, "They are just a burden to the two captains. Why don't we just merge them into a rescue team and let the two captains have their own team."
Now, Sakura's team was taken over by others. After participating in several Honkai operations, they died one after another and were replaced by newcomers. Xiwang's own team was directly wiped out in a wave in the [Sixth Herrscher Subjugation Campaign], and he was the only one left.
This does not mean that those team members were incompetent or lazy in combat. On the contrary, they were very brave. Even when they received missions with extremely low survival rates, they never questioned them and never ran away.
Having lived from the early outbreak of Honkai until now, they knew very well what they were facing, but they never retreated - and then they all died, died in heroic battles, and more were infected by Honkai while trying to save others and finally sacrificed their lives.
By the way, Xiwang still remembers that one of his team members once asked him for a candy with a smile when he was lying on the ground waiting to die after being infected with Honkai, saying that he "wanted to taste the candy that the captain eats all day long"... Of course, Xiwang didn't give it to him, but only fulfilled his last wish - Xiwang personally killed him, allowing him to die painlessly as a human being.
There was another person who used to be in Sakura's team. If I remember correctly, she should be the last person in Sakura's team. She was also carried back, and was gossiping with others in the ward about "the progress of her captain and Captain Xiwang"... Then she died the next day because of the spread of Honkai, and her body was recovered by Dr. Mobius for research.
They are all dead... Because of the collapse, there are only a few familiar people left.
Xi Wang closed his eyes and calmed himself down. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes had returned to their usual calmness like water. He wrote last.
【I will Survive.】
hiss-
