Her eyes remained fixed on him until he turned his head and looked back at her.
At first the detective didn't understand what the girl was looking at, until her pupils began to brighten a little, as if there was some kind of fire in his eyes that quietly ignited in hers the moment they looked at each other.
"Just live on..." She murmured, probably not to herself.
The snow was heavy the night he adopted her.
But when the girl walked into the detective's house, put on warm clothes, and lay on the sofa, she suddenly felt that the snowflakes outside the window were actually hexagonal and so beautiful. In the past, she was only afraid of its coldness and never appreciated its beauty.
Just like the heavy rain that night, the goddess Tasliche's beautiful hair was broken, and she threw away the strict instructions given by the priests.
At this moment, she suddenly realized...it turns out that rain can also be praised as "beautiful".
The small light in the carriage flickered, casting shadows on her hair. The light in her eyes became brighter, reflecting him completely.
——Those past events have long been like a brand, forever in her every move, she uses herself as a photo to remember. He chose her life in the summer and winter of each year, and she also filled his every twelve hours of dedication, until they both shaped each other.
The game could not become a barrier that separated their lives. In the silence of the rainy night, on the desolate battlefield, the mechanical vehicle creaked and swayed forward, as if it was about to fall into the endless underworld, while their story had already embraced each other at the beginning.
At the beginning of the story, the detective took the girl's hand on a snowy night.
"Detective...sir." said the girl.
"Yeah," the detective responded.
"What do you think life is?"
"Life is death that can be freely chosen."
"Then are you willing to believe me?"
“Of course, I have always... believed in you. I am still wondering if I can break your fate of sacrifice and prevent this fate of reincarnation from happening again. Because... this is my... [mission].” When he mentioned the word "mission", he could hardly suppress the pain on his face.
"But if I become the alien king, will I kill you with my own hands?"
"No. Fate cannot kill me. Even if the Alien King has other intentions, I will come back again and again... until I win."
"I have another question."
"You ask."
"Are you warmer?" the girl asked softly.
The detective suddenly became very quiet.
The girl knew that he was afraid of cold, especially rainy nights. Every year when he came back from shopping on the street and encountered heavy rain, the detective would immediately hold an umbrella. But there were no umbrellas on the battlefield, and no one around him would hold an umbrella for the detective.
So the girl kept wiping the water droplets off his hair. Her eyes were filled with gentle emotions.
"Are you cold too?" The detective saw that she was shivering too.
"It's cold." said the girl.
"But being with you...it doesn't seem so cold anymore..."
There was a gleam in her pupils and her voice was calm and gentle.
...Because you pulled me back from the snow. Since I met you, I am no longer cold.
At this moment, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably and he put his fists to his lips, as if that could stop his whole body from trembling.
Alice...
He remembered that when the girl first learned to practice sword, she learned very slowly and practiced poorly even after a semester. She would get up early and stay up late to practice.
He was still wondering at that time, how could she protect the world in the end with such mediocre talent.
[“Detective, am I a little stupid? Other children can easily learn to swing a sword. Grandpa Morgan also said that I am not good at learning swordsmanship.”]
[“But I will work hard, because you said that I will protect the whole world in the future.”]
…
He thought of the time when the girl became an honorary knight, her hard work finally paid off.
She jumped up and down in front of him to show him her medal, which gleamed with gold and reflected the light in her eyes.
[“Detective, Princess Evetina asked me to be her knight! This is my first step in protecting the world!”]
…
He remembered how she had whirled among the lilies, her smile like a dove flying over the church.
[“Detective… When the war is over, let’s go see the sea together!”]
Thinking of how she always made black tea and spring cakes, the flour floated in the kitchen, and she said she liked to drink his porridge.
[“Detective. If there is a chance… I would like to teach you how to make spring cakes. You will definitely be able to make something delicious… But, no one has ever taught you, ever.”]
[“I think you are very tired. Every time I see you, I feel that you are very tired. So, I want you to feel happy and relaxed when you are with me.”]
[“In this way... you may not regret adopting a girl named Alice. She is stupid and mediocre compared to other children. But she has always been thinking that maybe if she works harder, a little harder... she can protect more people.”]
[“A mediocre girl can become the protagonist because she must have something special about her. So, she has been thinking that she must make herself strong enough to break free from this “specialness”.”]
[“She has always wanted, really wanted… to break free from her fate.”]
…
Su Mingan's chin was slightly raised.
Within a short distance, Alice's hands covered with sword calluses lifted his gaze, meeting the tears in her eyes.
"Detective."
She just called him softly.
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