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Inger looked at Alex's face and understood what he wanted to say. He deliberately said in a cold tone: "I'm not kidding. My suggestion is to choose the latter."

Alex stared at him with a ridiculous look and gently touched the head of the baby in his arms, but soon stopped.

Inger said calmly, "He's a demon, a half-blood."

Alex's eyes widened as he slowly unwrapped the cotton cloth that wrapped the baby. In addition to the small bump on the top of the head where horns were about to grow, there was also a little tail shape protruding from the coccyx.

However, these are the only two places; the rest are exactly the same as those of ordinary human babies.

Amidst all this movement, the baby kicked his little feet, opened his mouth and opened his eyelids.

Those eyes were similar to human pupils, but the color was very rare.

Inger's eyes lingered lightly between Alex and the baby.

If Alex's eyes and hair were the bright gold of the dawn, inherited from his mother, then this baby was the bright red gold of the sunset.

Their hair color is almost the same.

If an uninformed person saw this, they might think they were parent and child.

Alex's smile faded, his expression became serious, he wrapped the child up again and asked, "Where did you find him?"

"We fought all the way to the Xiongkou Strait and cleared out some of the demons there. Then, when we were cleaning up the battlefield, I found him." Inger said slowly, "He was thrown into a natural ice cave, so he escaped being trampled and slaughtered... Demons with a certain degree of intelligence sometimes capture humans... He must have been born by humans on the battlefield and then abandoned."

Inger's words omitted some cruel facts.

In the eastern part of Saranqin's territory, there is still a small piece of land near the ocean, where some backward ethnic groups live. They have their own cultural customs and are unwilling to submit to Saranqin. In addition, they are located in a relatively remote area, so it is normal for them to be captured.

Because they have been hunting and surviving on the frozen plains for a long time, most of these people have good physical fitness, so it is possible for them to give birth to demon children. Although demons do not have the ability to conceive, humans do.

Inger continued, "Do you remember what I told you before I went there?"

"Chris's prophecy?"

"Yes, the content of her dream was not particularly clear, but she had a particularly strong premonition that she saw a handful of extremely pure light on the battlefield, so she asked me to look for it. In fact, at that time I also received a request for support from Saha, and was about to go. I searched the battlefield more carefully than usual, and found the child."

Inger cleaned the child and saw the mark of a demon on his body. He should be a half-demon with dragon genes mixed in.

If that were the case, he wouldn't have said such shocking words just now.

Alex asked, "Why did you say you wanted to kill him?"

Inger looked at him calmly and asked, "What do you think? Even if there are human parts mixed in, it is still a demon. We have been killing it for the past few years."

Alex held the baby in his arms. The baby was very quiet, with his big eyes open, and seemed to be still in a dazed, half-asleep, half-awake state, and could only make weak whimpers.

Alex turned around and smiled slightly: "Ying, you don't have to test me. You knew I would let the child survive, so you came to me first, didn't you?"

Inger said calmly, "I've said before that I suggest he stay alive first, just because he has value. Even if you want to kill him, I won't let you kill him now. He is the miracle we have been waiting for."

Alex was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then his expression changed several times. He opened his mouth, and his tone revealed surprise that could not be suppressed: "You mean..."

Inger returned his attention to the baby.

The first time he saw this kid, he looked even more exaggerated than Alex is now.

He even almost cried.

Since the beginning of the war between humans and demons, the human army has been on the defensive and can only retreat continuously. Regardless of victory or defeat, humans will lose their own land.

After trying for so long, they still couldn't find an effective purification method. Qiu Ni could only rely on Inger's detoxification and the fire of the phoenix to eliminate the poison, while Li Weier could only rely on the dragon flame, and Sahe had to rely on Qiu Ni's assistance. The Red Rock countries had almost no ability to resist, and to say it was a drop in the bucket was an exaggeration.

In the previous life when Alex led humanity to fight, humans never found a way to completely purify the demon toxins and eradicate the Mother Tree. The so-called tragic victory was nothing more than delaying the destruction of the world.

But now, he found it.

Turnaround.

miracle.

"This child has the power of purification."

Strange one.

Many things flashed through Alex's eyes. He took two breaths and suddenly hugged the baby in his arms.

Inger described what he saw one by one: "When I got there, the entire area of ​​Zedo was infected by the demons' poison. No living creatures could survive there, except for this child. When he made a sound, a beam of light appeared around him. It spread out from him, and the toxins disappeared, dissolved by the light, including all the toxins in the ice layer and frozen soil. It was like a chain of erosion of the poisonous fog."

He continued, "We may have to continue to observe the details. We must protect this child for now, but what is certain is that his purification is aimed at the demons."

Alex was speechless for a long time after hearing what he said.

In fact, he never knew how to break the impasse.

Although he kept saying encouraging words, he gradually lost the ability to believe them from the bottom of his heart.

Every day is a continuation of despair.

The buds of the demon mother tree are growing freely.

No matter how much we kill the demons, we cannot stop the erosion of the mainland.

Despite this, he is still human, struggling, living, piling up blood, flesh and bones, and witnessing countless sacrifices to get to where he is today.

It is precisely because they firmly believe that there is a third way, a third way other than extinction and mutual destruction, that they have persisted until now.

He had asked himself more than once, is it true that all human struggles are in vain?

Now, there is an answer.

It is because they persisted until now that they finally waited for a miracle.

It is somewhat ironic that miracles are born out of the brutal collusion between the enemy and us.

When Alex came to his senses, he found that he had laughed so hard that tears came out.

“Hahahahaha, I’m sorry.” Alex wiped his tears and found that Inger was looking at him as if he was crazy. He explained, “I’m sorry, I was too happy.”

Inger was about to say something when suddenly a childish voice interrupted them.

“Ga….Ha….Ga….Ho-lo….”

Alex looked into his arms and saw the demon baby waving its little arms and imitating his giggles.

Alex couldn't help but burst into laughter again: "It sounds like the sound of a little duck."

Inger frowned slightly, and soon the wrinkles on his brow deepened: "This means that this child must stay on the battlefield. It's really a big trouble."

Alex looked at his expression and smiled, "Ying, do you like children?"

Inger said decisively, "Nonsense, of course I don't like it."

"But you don't dislike Ninifer and Christine?"

"They are old enough to understand at that age."

Alex lifted the baby up and placed it in front of him, leaning over and saying, "How can anyone not like a child? It's so cute, it looks like a boy."

The baby was not afraid at all, and he waved his hands and feet at him, giggling.

Inger quickly took three steps back, revealing an unbearable expression.

He had no choice but to bring the thing back in person.

He remembered how Alex had played with the kids in the seaside town. Alex had always liked kids.

Alex teased him a little, then took the child back and held him high up, saying, "Yes, it's a bit troublesome. You and I both need to go to the front line, and we can't always take him with us. How about this, I'll ask Alsophila to take care of him... Well, this child, do you think... he looks a lot like me?"

Inger nodded: "Yes."

"Then I'll adopt him, hahahahaha, will they think this is my illegitimate child, hahahaha."

You can see that this guy is having a blast.

Inger pressed his temples.

Later, Alsophila and Kunpeiwu were called over. When they saw the child, they were both shocked.

Alsophila was shocked and asked, "Is this your child? When did you have a child?"

Alex burst into laughter: "Hahahahahahaha......."

Inger: “….”

Kunpewu looked like he was trying hard to suppress the urge to strangle the child: "...Your Majesty, where did you pick up such a small child? Are you going to send it back to the capital to find a family to adopt it?"

Not only did Quinpeu guess the origin, he also gave him a solution.

Inger felt that Kumpeu and he should be like-minded in this regard.

Alex smiled and said, "Altissima, this child is for you. Take good care of him. If anything happens to him, all of humanity will be buried with him."

Alsophila took the child's hand and trembled, and his legs almost went limp: "........"

Inger looked at her with a rare hint of pity in his eyes.

Kunpeiwu was quietly gnashing his teeth, but he still asked respectfully, "Your Majesty, may I ask why?"

Alex narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Because he has the ability to purify."

The two people's eyes changed instantly and they stopped talking.

They all knew what this meant.

Inger confirmed with him again: "Do you really want to adopt this child? You can also let someone else adopt him." He paused, "If you get married in the future..."

Alex poked the baby's face, who was already lying in Alsophila's arms, and turned back: "Huh? Didn't I tell you? I won't get married in the future."

Isn't he the emperor?

Alex laughed and said, "It is precisely because I have already succeeded to the throne. If I get married, it must be a political marriage. The children I give birth to, whether one or more, whether male or female, whether he is happy or not, must sit on this position. I don't want that."

Ah, if it was him, such an answer wouldn't be surprising. This was Inger's first thought.

Alex continued, "Moreover, the era of monarchs has ended, at least it will end in our generation. The contradictions between the classes have reached their peak. Now it can be ignored because of the war. Once the war subsides, the contradictions will erupt completely. The changes brought about by the mechanical revolution are too great, and I personally think that this system is no longer suitable. Even if I am in power and Sister Aura is in power, who can guarantee that our children, our descendants, and our descendants' branches will not become people like Sampsis?"

"Reform from the top down is easier than reform from the bottom up, and there is less bloodshed. What I want is to completely end the rule of the royal family and aristocracy. Sister Aura's peaceful resignation is one of the links. I want to learn from Li Wei's idea of ​​succession by the capable. Only when the capable are in power can the country be peaceful for a long time. Nothing is more important than peace and stability. And let everyone have such a subjective consciousness: they are the masters of the country. The country is controlled by them, and they are Rulers, all aspects of the country are closely related to them. Everyone can become a leader, people should have the right to elect their leaders, and they should also be their supervisors and removers. It does not mean that classes and class contradictions will disappear. It can be predicted that they will not disappear in the next two hundred years, but at least the times are constantly progressing. Well, this is not something that I can solve in my time. When that time comes, I will leave it to future generations to think about. "

Inger was amazed.

When Alex was young, he lived in the countryside with his mother and adoptive mother, and he had no aristocratic honor or sense of belonging.

Alex sees things farther and is more open-minded than he thinks. At the moment, he always does everything he can to protect the country and the people.

Alex spread his hands and said frankly: "Besides, for someone like me, having a family and children is the greatest irresponsibility to them."

Inger knew what he meant.

Alex is a universal person by nature and he cannot give his love to just a few people.

He may be a good king, a good leader, a good commander, a hero, but it is difficult for him to be a good husband or a good father.

His life destined him to not be able to live a stable and peaceful life like ordinary people.

"But I don't feel regretful. I already have a family that loves me, a lifelong goal to strive for, and now I have an adopted child... I don't think a person needs to fall in love, get married and have children throughout their life."

Inger's brows relaxed involuntarily, which was similar to his attitude towards life.

But there was one thing he didn't agree with. He thought Alex would be a good father. It was clear from his attitude towards the child.

Alex said softly, "As for this child, we need him. He is special. He is a miracle that all of humanity desperately needs. But I also hope that after the war is completely over, he can live the life of an ordinary child."

He continued without hesitation: "Besides, I also agreed..."

He was halfway through his speech when his mind went blank.

He also promised...

What did he promise? Who did he promise?

Alex vaguely remembered that he should have made a promise, an agreement with someone, but the content of that agreement and who it was with disappeared like the morning mist. There was a void in his heart.

Inger looked at him in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Well, nothing. I might have...confused dreams with reality." Alex smiled and lightly ignored this insignificant sense of déjà vu.

(déjàvu) déjà vu.