Anyway, that's it. See you tomorrow~
Chapter 3 Ice Lake (Two in One)
"Really? She said that..."
The scene changed, and it was already noon of the next day. On the rooftop of the archway at No. 221, Blood Crystal Crow had replaced someone else standing on her shoulders and told her everything that happened last night.
"But is it okay for you?" Xia Yibing thought for a moment and turned to look at her. "She didn't tell me, but we found out through this method... If she knew, she would be very angry, right?"
"How about we make a bet?" Crow looked at her with contempt in his eyes. "She was willing to tell me because she knew I would definitely tell you about these things."
"Is it possible?" Xia Yibing was shocked. "Have you asked her?"
"I didn't ask."
"I didn't ask you how you knew that was the case!?"
"I've been talking to you these days... My God, even a fool would have read it out!"
The crow covered its head with its wings, looking very speechless. "It seemed that you and her got along pretty well before, but it was all an illusion, right? Should I call you a 'rookie'? ... You don't even know how to comfort a heartbroken lover."
Xia Yibing wanted to refute, but she quickly thought of the person in front of her who was the one who "tricked" the Goddess Ji Yang into her hands in history.
Of course - that must be a lie, otherwise how could such a great figure take a fancy to this guy who only knows a little bit of sweet talk, well... now that she mentions it, she does have rich experience and skills, should I learn a few tricks from her?
"Then teach me," she said immediately, "How to coax him? According to what you said, this is an unsolvable problem. I am really stuck in the middle. What can I do now?"
After knowing the truth, Xia Yibing was helpless - it was obvious that she could not persuade Hitzfeld to give up her current idea, persuade her to give up preserving the new mother tree... You know, that tree is the incarnation of her mother in a sense.
It had a chance to really pop up, but she and Aisuen worked together in Bartlett to suppress it. She would have been very sad and blamed herself. Of course, she certainly did not want to exchange the safety of the mother tree at the cost of huge risks. According to Yusilian, she was looking for a win-win solution: to protect the new mother tree and prevent it from causing trouble and attracting the evil god.
Can it be done?
This kind of thing sounds too fantastic... And even if it is done, what should be done in the future? Xia Yibing clearly remembers that the real mother tree of Namiia has always been in the goddess's place. Even if Aisuen finds that method, preserves the new mother tree and avoids those risks, the Sun King will definitely come back in the future, right? She will definitely not allow a second authority to exist here. What should be done then?
"What should we do?" Crow was so angry that he wanted to slap her. "How long will it take? Why are you thinking so much? Just show your courage and go for it!"
"Oh eh, go up"?
What does "Oh hey, go up" mean? Does it mean that I should ignore everything and say something nice to Aisuen first?
For example, "Don't worry, I will support you no matter what", "Even if you decide to temporarily go against your previous position, I will support you unreservedly" and so on.
But Xia Yibing was still a little worried.
Because she thought of Lengdis, who was also shocked when he first heard the clues and the truth. That time, Aisuen firmly defended his position.
But now she wants to change again... Although she undoubtedly has the reason and right to do so, will she really not break her own philosophy and the logic of her ideas?
Don't think this is a small matter. Think about Xia Yibing. Just because a small emotional model was stirred and changed by Hitzfeld, she had to wait for such a long time to adapt. Otherwise, there would be a risk of nightmares getting out of control and even degeneration and corruption. In other words, Hitzfeld had a very serious psychological hidden danger.
Not to mention the consequences of her actions on other people and other things, if she's not careful, won't her own logic collapse?
Then she would no longer be Aisuen Hitzfeld. Thinking of this, Xia Yibing finally understood why the girl asked herself those strange questions after waking up.
The little crow was still chattering in her ear, but Xia Yibing no longer had the heart to listen to her nonsense.
No matter how you think about it, this question is the most important. And she is also the most determined person to take action. She immediately went downstairs and returned home to catch Hitzfeld who happened to pass by with a laundry basin.
"Xia?" Hitzfeld looked confused. She didn't know what Xia Yibing wanted to do by suddenly appearing with such a "death-ready" look on her face.
And he grabbed her so hard... My arm must be hurting...
"Aisun." Xia Yibing decided to be more direct. "Yusirion told me everything that bothered you."
Is that what I fucking taught you?
The Blood Crystal Crow squatted on her shoulder and listened with its eyes wide open.
I clearly did - I asked you to make up an excuse, like you were hanging behind and eavesdropping or something like that... Whether she believes it or not is one thing, you can't betray your ally in person, can you?
Xia Yibing had no time to care about her allies, or in her subconscious, the Blood Crystal Crow was no longer useful at this time.
She focused all her attention on the girl. Not only did she hold her hand as if she was holding an illusion that could disappear at any time, she also stared at her without blinking. The burning look in her eyes made Hitzfeld feel embarrassed.
"Your emotional model..." Then she heard the woman pause, "that is, your kind of... um... logic? You won't really stand against us because of this, right?"
I was worried about these things...
Feeling quietly relieved, Hitzfeld closed his eyes, and when he opened them again he smiled faintly at her.
"No," she said, "because the two situations are different."
Lengdis...that was the time with my father. On the one hand, Lengdis had actively sought death and had completely lost the will to live; on the other hand, he had indeed done many heinous crimes while retaining his self-esteem.
She would not make excuses for him, saying that he was actually deceived by Yinsel... What was done was done. As Lengdis said, if she chose to forgive these actions at the time, she would have no face to stay in this country.
How would she face her lady's grave?
And there are those who have always believed in her and have always firmly supported her.
They would say: Look, Your Majesty really trusted the wrong person. Hitzfeld, the one who was highly expected of us, finally betrayed us.
That's why she was so painful at that time, and even tore out another self because of the decision she made.
She admitted it was a heavy blow.
But this time the situation is different.
Logically speaking, my mother was dead the moment she came here.
It's not as simple as "she merged with the mother tree"... Although that's possible, she was never the main subject. A statement closer to the truth should be "Mansura-Laurel-Vera-Hitzfell was eaten by the root."
She was devoured.
It merges with Namiya in the form of being swallowed.
Her body is gone, and her consciousness has long been assimilated by the root. Even if Hitzfeld tries harder now, even if the mother tree can really rise like it did on the beach, and even push this side to the throne of god in one fell swoop, this person will never come back.
In other words, the mother had died a long time ago.
But she didn't disappear so completely, after all, she retained a part of herself in the roots.
Hitzfeld was not very happy to think this way... because if she thought this way, she would bear great pressure and fear of the future.
But the most likely scenario is this: the reason why a mortal can accomplish such a miracle after all his strength and faith are exhausted is that he is not completely swallowed and assimilated by the mother tree but is still able to retain some of his consciousness, or even vice versa - has an impact on this magnificent existence, making it easier for the entire root to accept her child, that is, Hitzfeld's own consciousness.
...This is probably due to love.
Because I love my children so much, I can accomplish such a miracle.
With this understanding as a foundation, and the fact that the mother has indeed lost consciousness, all the actions taken by the mother tree from its own perspective can be said to have nothing to do with the mother...then Hitzfeld can of course accept her existence calmly.
This is different from Coldis consciously doing bad things.
After making it clear what he was thinking, Hitzfeld saw that Xia Yibing was obviously relieved.
Really... Even after I said that, she still decided to support me.
Although the woman didn't say it, Hitzfeld could see it.
Otherwise it wouldn't be like this - she shouldn't have cared about whether she had a model or not first. Her concern meant that she subconsciously put this matter first.
But what about her own position?
I don't want to make things difficult for everyone because of me.
"..." Xia Yibing quickly understood what she meant from her expression and eyes. She was very emotionally intelligent at this time. After thinking for a while, she said, "Don't worry about me. After all, to put it bluntly, what you are doing now may be beneficial to everyone."
"favorable?"
"Didn't Yusilian say that?" Xia Yibing handed the ball to Little Crow again, "that you might be able to climb to a certain position with this relationship..."
"You don't want her to take this chance, do you?"
The little crow was completely shocked.
"Do you know how small the chance is? It's not like her mother can really control the mother tree! To be honest, the fact that she was able to leave a message is terrifying!"
"Shut up!"
Xia Yibing grabbed the crow's neck, leaving only her head exposed. She glared at her fiercely and said, "Just tell me if this can solve the problem - to preserve the mother tree and resist the Gray Mist Evil God!"
"I can't do it." Crow simply shook his head.
"Can't do it?"
"But if another god can really be born in Namiia... our pressure will be much relieved." Crow changed the subject, "I said before that your level is too low now and you can't participate in the front line of this war... If Aisuen can complete her life transformation through this, then it will be different. Maybe she can come to help... Then the Kingdom of God may be able to spare some energy to come back... As long as the Kingdom of God is there, no matter how many evil gods come, they will not be enough."
"Isn't there going to be another big war?" Hitzfeld stared at the sidelines. "A lot of people are going to die on the ground again?"
Become a god yourself...
She really hadn't thought about taking this path.
"Don't be happy too soon. All the steps in what I just said are uncertain." The crow snorted.
"First, you have to become a god. You can't be sure how much affection that guy still has for you, right? Then you have to be mentally prepared... That is, you may not even be able to climb up to the entrance of that road - to walk this road, you need to improve your life level first, and a mortal body can't do it - and even if you climb up, you may encounter a 'disposition change' in the process, and no longer think you are lovable and kin, and directly smother you in one bite."
so dangerous?
Xia Yibing's face turned green.
So maybe we should stop playing like this...
"Secondly, even if you succeed, your status and abilities as a god are uncertain." Crow continued, "I'm not talking about whether you will have any new special abilities...but how high your life level will rise, how many secrets and knowledge you can bear, and whether you can fight against those monsters. These are all questionable."
"If you can't do that, then your movement to become a god will only speed up the process of Namiia being discovered and destroyed."
"Even if you do, you may not be able to withstand the first wave... You may not have the chance to call back the Kingdom of God to support you."
"So this is almost impossible." The crow concluded, "Even so, will you still do it?"
She felt that compared to such a crazy plan, it would be more practical to find a way to cut down the tree.
But this is not easy to say...
Little Annie is already so miserable. The Blood Crystal Crow can instigate anyone in this world to do this, but it has no right to let her do it.
There really are all kinds of conflicts... Why are humans so troublesome?
"You also said that you can't think of any other solution for now, right?" Hitzfeld thought.
There are still two years left anyway.
It was impossible for her to give up directly, she had to give it a try.
"Whatever you like." The crow stopped talking.
She doesn't care anyway.
With her life level, even if it’s just a drop of blood, those things can’t do anything to her.
Even if monsters were attracted and began to erode the roots of the world, as long as they could not eat everything immediately, she felt that the Kingdom of God would definitely come back at this critical moment.
So this is the difference between her and ordinary people.
She can afford to wait.
Mortals can't wait.
That level of time span... When the Kingdom of God returns, all life on earth may be dead. Then of course they will have to fight for their own survival.
really weird.
The crow narrowed his eyes slightly.
This was clearly what we had discussed at the beginning... using the criminals' survival instinct to buy time for the homeland... why do I feel so uncomfortable now?
Is it because of little Aini?
It must be.
It's rare to find such a good seedling.
It would be nice if the Hitzfell family's transformation rituals were set up directly in the Kingdom of God.
"Anyway, I've made up my mind," Hitzfeld said calmly. "As for the consequences... I know very well that this is a bit willful. If I fail, it will be no less than burying everyone's future with me."
This is the biggest contradiction and the core of all her entanglements.
Whether it is worth it to gamble the whole world and the future of all life in the world for an existence that is almost only of commemorative significance is not worth it... Is she, Hitzfeld, qualified to make decisions for others?
"I have also considered this aspect." She paused, "In any case, I will not make things difficult for everyone."
This is... can it be solved just by saying it's not difficult?
