None of them called her the goddess Tasliche; they all called her Alice.
Alice wanted to cry, but she couldn't even open her eyes. She could only hear her old friends whispering in her ears, saying goodbye to her.
Don't go, don't go, don't go.
do not leave Me.
…
[Pat: I won't go with you. Detective, the 39 grams you gave me once saved the lives of the children in the slums, so it can be considered as a repayment. Let's leave here, and do your best in the future.]
[Div: Humph... go to a place without war. There, you definitely won't need to be a goddess. Next time... remember to restrain your breath and don't scare away rabbits when hunting. That time, I won't be there to help you shoot.]
[Mei Mi: We definitely can't leave this city, I will have one last good meal...Alice, the lily in your back room, although you haven't taken care of it for a long time, it is still blooming well! The secret of spring cakes, remember it. ]
[Rita: As a nun, I will live and die with the local church and protect this land of sheep. Alice, you are a good child. Let's go, leave the place where the gods are watching. ]
[Josh: Don't throw away the boxing gloves I gave you! Go quickly, you deserve a better future. Go see the world beyond for me, Alice.]
…
The future is full of thorns and blood.
But when they looked back, those old friends were decreasing one by one.
At this time, the sound of an airship was heard in the air, and a flaxen-haired girl was standing on the airship.
[Princess Evetina: Detective, Alice, get on the airship, let's go! ]
The airship was moving very fast, and Su Mingan was quick to grab the rope ladder dangling in the air. He tried to grab a companion and save at least one person, but was pushed away.
It was Pat who pushed him away.
"If the war ends one day, we may still be here, waiting for you to come home. You don't have to take us with you, we are just a burden." Pat smiled and waved: "Goodbye, Alice, detective."
He raised his head high, his red eyes full of their reflections. The scarf around his neck fluttered in the wind, the tiny strips of cloth making a sound.
"Click, click--" The airship soared high into the sky. Su Ming'an climbed up the rope ladder with Alice on his back and boarded the airship.
Evetina was the only one on the tiny airship, steering the helm and trying hard to avoid the javelins.
"Princess." Su Mingan called.
"You don't have to call me princess." Evetina's smile was bitter: "The country no longer exists because of the war. I am just Evetina. Evetina wanted to save Alice, the honorary knight of her childhood, so she drove a private airship here. That's all."
Su Ming'an leaned against the side of the boat and placed Alice under the awning. Her forehead was a little hot and the rain made her body temperature very low.
"Alice." Su Mingan said.
“…”
"Don't be afraid." Su Mingan put his hand on her forehead.
“…”
"It will... be okay." Su Mingan wiped the rain off her face.
Her hand pressed tightly against his.
She cried.
…
…
Since high-altitude flying was restricted at the seaside, Ivettina left. Su Mingan and Alice boarded a lifeboat and went into the sea.
He didn't know where to go. It was the first time he felt so confused since the copy was opened.
Maybe he should send her back to the Church. Maybe he should listen to the gods, stop interfering in this very complicated instance, and wait until he finishes it.
But……
He chose to take her on the lifeboat, and wait for a better way amidst the swaying waves.
Noel had been silent since he sent that message. Su Mingan held onto the edge of the lifeboat and tried his best to keep Alice lying flat. She had been given antipyretics, but she was still somewhat confused.
It was raining heavily, and in the violent wind and waves, it was almost impossible to see anything. This feeling of not being able to see any ground was enough to make anyone feel scared and confused.
If Alice didn't exist in this copy, Su Ming'an couldn't imagine himself being alone and what his mental state would be like. At least he certainly wouldn't be as clear-headed as he is now.
"Detective...sir," Alice said.
"Um."
"Actually, when I first saw you, I felt that... there might be a day when we will be separated." Alice said stutteringly.
"I also thought that in general development games, big events would only happen when the protagonist turns 18. But I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Your stats aren't that strong, but you ended up becoming a goddess." Su Mingan held the umbrella over her head. "Later, I gradually realized that this isn't a game. Reality doesn't follow the same logic as games."
"——We are all the protagonists in our own world." Alice said.
"Yes, we are the protagonists." Su Mingan said.
"The protagonist will...get through it. We will also...go back and reunite with Pat and the others...after the dust settles..." Alice said softly.
"The goddess and the vile will strike their fate."
"You are not... a despicable person."
"This is a compliment, describing a person as a protagonist."
"Despicable... one."
"Um."
"——Give it...to you."
Alice raised her hand.
There were very few flowers left in the world, so Alice just picked some grass along the way.
At least, for such a fateful reunion, she should at least give the detective a gift, even if she was extremely poor and could only pick some weeds to give to him.
Su Mingan lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the gift in her hand.
——It was a foxtail grass that Alice had picked up on the road.
Su Mingan took the foxtail grass. It looked wilted and lifeless.
He placed it in his inner chest pocket.
Alice was already a little confused from the fever. She talked about this and that, from the bow she found when she was a child, to the antiques in the detective's house, from the bullets Dave gave her, to the court ball she attended when she was fourteen.
He just listened quietly to all her nonsense and helped her block the rain.
——Finally, he suddenly realized.
It seemed like a long, long time ago that he hadn't seen any comments from the audience in the world game.
He looked to the upper right corner of his vision, and saw nothing but a blank space, as if his computer had been infected with a virus.
The cold rain hit his back, giving him goose bumps, and he laughed softly.
…Should he feel despair?
But Alice is still here.
Drifting on the sea, my whole body was almost frozen, and my five senses were not clear. The overwhelming rain was so heavy that even the wet clothes on my body seemed like boulders.
…Should he feel cold?
But Alice is still here.
He didn't have any special feelings for her, but because she was the protagonist of the Dream Patrol game, he cared about her so much... Was that really the case?
But Alice is still here.
“…”
He took out a knife and cut off the rain-proof clothes on his body bit by bit.
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