Suddenly, his whole body tensed up and he froze in place.
It was like being stared at by some ferocious predator.
A damp smell came to his nose... He was familiar with this, it must be him! Another imprisoned "suspected Herrscher"!
No... He is the Herrscher! It's just that the Fire Moth has not yet made a judgment on him!
"Why are you here?! You should still be in the [Imprisonment] observation stage!"
He turned around and yelled at the man, his tone filled with anger due to fear, and even with a hint of threat.
But Xi Wang ignored him.
A trickle of water poured into the room and slowly began to eat away at and dissolve his body.
“Damn it… Damn it! I knew it! I knew it! You are one too! Just like that girl! You are Herrschers! What’s the point of saying you are suspected? You are one! I should have killed you when I found you! I should have punished you! I shouldn’t have kept you here for observation! Those people on the Fire Moth are trash! (Expletive)!”
"Wait... please... please! Don't! I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything... don't kill me... please... I didn't know when the girl died... I didn't know anything... If I were here, I would definitely stop them... How can you forgive someone for doing this to a little girl?"
"I never mentioned that Bell was dead."
Xi Wang calmly pointed out the loophole in the other party's words.
"And the Fire-Chasing Moth has not been released yet. The news that the Herrscher appeared only because of Ling's death."
"........."
"Humph."
Xiwang turned around and ignored him.
The only smell left in the original room was dampness and the scent of lilies mixed with a hint of sweetness.
Which one is this? Never mind, it's not important.
Go ahead, keep [hunting] until you [hunt] them all out.
Just as Xi Wang was about to summon the "ocean current" again, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He shifted his gaze and looked at her who had arrived here at some point in time.
"Please don't go on... everything that holds you together is becoming weak..."
"Shut up, Aponya."
Xiwang straightened his body and faced her.
"Come to think of it, you should also be a target of [hunting]... They all have the smell of [discipline], so... tell me, why?"
"Dr. Mei once promised Ying and me that although Ling was imprisoned, she was also protected. She also promised that she would not harm Ling for reasons other than [becoming a Herrscher]... But now it seems that she lied to us. She really did not harm Ling... Because she did not need to do anything. She only needed you to impose [Discipline] on others."
"Now, you have one chance to tell me what that [commandment] is... You can make up any excuse you want, even a lie."
He raised his hand and pointed the sword in his hand at her, and the water around her began to move unconsciously, changing from transparent to azure.
"But you... must be [hunted], along with Mei."
"Lying is a crime. I have no intention of deceiving you... but if you want me to pay the price for this, I will never refuse."
Aponya put her hand on her chest and spoke softly.
"The [Commandments] I gave them were simple... "Never give up hope against the Honkai", that's all."
"I don't know why this makes their hatred for the Herrscher reach such a level... that even when faced with the existence of the Herrscher-suspicious... they must execute him."
Then, she looked at Xiwang with some worry and anxiety and said.
"Please stop here... or else..."
"Otherwise what?"
Xiwang's tone remained calm.
"Otherwise, you will be attacked? And judged as a Herrscher?"
"........."
"Heh... Honestly, I wish I was really a Herrscher now."
"you……"
"At least this way I don't have to maintain my identity as a human being and listen to your nagging, nor do I have to listen to your words of dissuading me with words like 'for the sake of humanity'... hehe."
"........."
Aponia opened her mouth, and finally lowered her head in disappointment. She looked very dejected, as if Xiwang's denial of her own existence as a human being was a huge blow to her.
"Come on, let's start the [hunt]."
Xiwang ignored her and just spoke calmly.
"I allow you to resist because you are a strong enough [prey]."
"You can try to restrict me with your [Discipline], but you will definitely be [hunted] by me."
"I'm sorry... I can't do this..."
Aponya said this dejectedly.
"You...are walking on a long and difficult road. Your [destiny] has already been waiting for you at the end, and the [end] you expect will surely be achieved...Before that, I cannot, should not, and will not be able to have any influence on you."
"In other words, you can impose [discipline] on anyone [person], but you can't do it on me?"
"……Yes."
After saying this, Aponia seemed to have used up all her strength. She just lowered her head and waited silently for his [hunt].
She naturally knew the meaning of acknowledging this... This undoubtedly further confirmed the fact that [Xi Wang no longer belonged to the human race], and this would also allow Xi Wang to further let go of the so-called insistence on [being human].
"what……"
Xi Wang smiled, as if he was laughing at Abonya's hypocrisy, and also as if he was laughing at his own boring persistence and all the past events.
The azure "water" began to spread and eventually turned into a sharp blade and attacked her.
But in the end, it was blocked one by one by the pink, crystal-like fragments.
"Hope... is enough."
Alicia said softly, stepping forward and holding her hand.
"I'm still here..."
She tried her best to comfort Xi Wang, no matter how insignificant it was.
Chapter 52 Falling Like Flying Flowers
[Perhaps it was the arrival of Alicia that made you regain some of your consciousness as a "human", and you finally stopped "hunting"]
[Of course, this does not mean that the "hunt" is over, it is just slightly delayed.]
「But it’s still the same sentence. Here, at this moment, the only ones you care about are Alicia and Grayshu... For this reason, you are no longer willing to be separated from her and them.」
[Anyone who comes to dissuade or persuade you will be attacked by you... If it weren't for Grayshu, you would have launched a "hunt" on them. If it weren't for Alicia being by your side, your attacks would have been blocked by her, and they would have died, and finally turned into foam in the water, leaving no trace.]
[And now the Fire Moth doesn't know how to deal with you... It's not true that they judged you as a "Hershersman" and sent you to attack. After all, you haven't actually become a "Hershersman". Your situation is the same as Ling's. You both maintain your consciousness as a "human". You are just judged as a "suspected Herrscher". Therefore, you should be regarded as a "high threat person"]
[Besides, with the situation of the "Twelfth Herrscher" in the past, they dare not defeat you... What if they defeat you and release the real "Herscher", then won't they repeat the incident of Ling? ]
[But as for imprisoning you... no one suggested this, because if you imprison you, then Alicia and Grayshu must also be sent there. Right now, only the two of them can maintain your mental state to a certain extent. If any one of them is missing, your mental state will become unstable.]
[As for judging you as a companion rather than a Herrscher... then most people would not agree. You have shown strong malice and murderous intent towards the Fire Moths and even towards humans, and you are constantly wavering on whether you are a "human". Therefore, it is not appropriate to regard you as a companion.]
[But one thing is certain, your situation is similar to Ling's... You will definitely become a Herrscher.]
[And now, according to the news Mei brought back, there are only two left before the arrival of the "Final Herrscher". Including you, there is only one "Herscher" left, and the fate of the Herrscher is unknown.]
[This is good news that is not good news... After all, it is always good to know the enemy's intelligence in advance, but this also means that the final moment is coming soon.]
[However, at this moment, there is another piece of bad news - when Mei was looking through everyone's past experience data, she noticed something unusual about Alicia and your identities.]
[Both of them appeared suddenly, both had no birth certificate and parents, and both were adopted, but their experiences were completely opposite]
[Combined with Alicia's strange attitude towards you and your abnormality... Alicia is likely another "Hersher"]
[A closer look reveals that there are very few physical examination reports on Alicia, and in many cases, there is no report at all. There is not even a report on the "Fusion Warrior Surgery" that Mobius performed on Alicia. Even Mobius' memory of the surgery process on Alicia is not very clear, which further deepens the issue of Alicia's identity.]
[In this regard, you are completely the opposite. You have a lot of physical reports, and no major problems have been found. Except for that strange "abnormality", it is almost entirely "human" data. But this "abnormality" is so obvious now that it seems to be evidence that you were "non-human" from the beginning.]
[For this reason, Mei initiated a meeting against you and Alicia. The participants of the meeting were the remaining fusion warriors except you, Alicia and Grayshu.]
[Although a lot of information can show that there are abnormalities between you and Alicia, at the end of the meeting, everyone still believes that Alicia should not be a "Hershersman", but just has some "little secrets"... After all, she is Alicia, and they are willing to trust her.]
[As for the conclusion about you, it is left unresolved. After all, no matter what your original situation was, your current identity as a "suspected Herrscher" cannot be erased.]
[You and Alicia naturally knew about this meeting, but you didn't care about it. After you denied yourself as a "human", your spirit was on the verge of breaking, and you could only rely on your attention to Alicia and Grayshu to maintain it.]
[But after Alicia learned about this, she decided to do something]
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"Eden looks really beautiful now, doesn't she, May?"
Alicia looked out the window. Under the silver moon and in the drizzle, a huge aquatic creature like a whale was swimming in the sky. It was surrounded by melodious singing, emitting a soothing melody.
"What a pity~ We only stayed up there for a while before coming down... I wanted to listen to Eden's singing more and enjoy the night view up there~"
"In fact, you can do the same, Alicia."
Mei slowly sorted out the physical data about Alicia - these were all the results of the examination.
"You don't have to come at all."
"That won't work. After all, this is a very important matter. It's important to everyone."
Alicia shook her head, smiled and returned to Mei, picked up the information about Xiwang that Mei had prepared for herself, and read it carefully - these were all pieced together bit by bit by Mei from the fragmentary information left by [Poison Pupa].
“And I finally managed to calm Wang down, but we have to hurry up… We can’t hold out for long with just Grayshuin and Eden, we have to hurry up~”
"Indeed."
Mei nodded, then reviewed Alicia's physical data again and sighed.
“…But it turns out that he really is… a natural-born Herrscher.”
"You never expected it, right? This is the secret I have been keeping for a long time. Unfortunately, you have finally discovered it."
"So... Hope, is he the same?"
“…I think so~”
"Why aren't you sure yourself?"
"Because I really didn't expect that someone as special as me would have a [companion]~"
Alicia put down the information in her hand - she had basically finished reading it. Although the information in it allowed her to know more about what Xi Wang had experienced, those experiences... were not very pleasant.
"And Wang is even more special than me. When we first met, I did feel that he was similar to me, but... we separated after that. When we met again, I didn't have that feeling anymore."
"Now that I think about it, I should have worked harder..."
"…More special than you?"
Mei raised an eyebrow and wanted to move closer to Alicia to discuss the matter further, but her weak body forced her to only move forward a short distance before she had to sit down again.
"Yes~ I only discovered this later."
Seeing this, Alicia took the initiative to come and sit in front of Mei, and covered Mei with a coat.
"If I consider myself a Herrscher who is a human being... then Wang should be considered a Herrscher who has become a human being... After all, as you can see, no matter how you examine his condition, he is just a somewhat special person, and I only need to do a physical examination to immediately find out that I am a Herrscher."
"In this regard, Wang is even better than me. He trusts humans so much that he is willing to give up everything he has as a Herrscher, leaving only a few special features. I still have the power of a Herrscher... Of course, these are just my guesses."
Alicia said with a smile, then glanced at the information just now, her eyes drooped slightly, and she felt a little depressed.
"It's a pity that he's not as lucky as I am... and he can't do anything without his power."
"Come on, Mei, you've seen Wang's profile, right? What do you think he looks like?"
"like what?"
"Yes, for example, I am a lovely girl who is as gorgeous as a flying flower, isn't it? What do you think I look like?"
Alicia said with a smile.
