Joan of Arc still had a smile on her face.

But in her heart, she felt so aggrieved that she almost cried.

Although she had not been unaware of it in the past.

But when she was standing at the door just now, she, who had never avoided anything, almost wanted to turn around and leave, and then pretended that she knew nothing, until Shen He spoke to her in person.

——The world is painful.

Joan of Arc suddenly remembered what someone had said to her, that weak animals died in the mouths of powerful beasts, and powerful beasts died under the tools of humans, while humans, were killing each other.

It is not easy to live in such a world.

Even so, Joan of Arc still yearns for the world and her life after the age of nineteen.

Because in this painful world, there is still love.

She led the army to slaughter the enemy, not hesitating to bear the blood and deep sins on her body. Even the Lord would not forgive her for being like this, but she still walked on this path unswervingly.

Because she loves her country.

Even though she knew that she would end up in ruin and would be laughed at for her pathetic appearance, this love had been driving her to move forward and she never regretted it.

And now, she also loved Shen He in front of her. The

reason why Joan of Arc did not escape was because she knew this very well.

Shen He gave her the continued life she longed for, gave her plain and warm understanding and tolerance, and gave her love as bright and gorgeous as a rainbow.

And her feelings for Shen He also turned into a feeling of love that as long as she thought of him, no matter what she did, she would be happy and warm in love.

If it is said that

the current grievances and the torment of worrying about being gradually separated are also part of the pain of this world, and are emotions that must be experienced in this continued life.

Then she only needs to bear it all as before.

Joan of Arc prayed silently in her heart.

Almighty Lord, I have never regretted this continued life, and I am extremely grateful for the love and romance in my heart. Even in this painful world, as long as there is love, I will not stop moving forward...

"

Master." Jeanne

spoke slowly, interrupting the silence in the room, with a gentle smile on her face.

"Actually... I have noticed it a long time ago... Among all the servants, only Shiki is different."

"..."

Shen He stared at her in a daze.

"Master... I just said that before I came... Master began to care about Shiki." Jeanne kept smiling, as if thinking about the wording, and said a little bit intermittently, "It doesn't matter... No matter what happens to the Master, I am the Master's Servant... Opening a harem is also normal for the Master... After all, we will never be separated and have a long life... right."

"..."

Shen He was completely speechless.

Because unprecedented strong emotions hit his heart.

Of course, it was not excitement, but self-blame.

"Joan of Arc--!" Shen He rushed forward uncontrollably, hugged Joan of Arc tightly in his arms, his voice trembling, "You are hopelessly clumsy in lying."

Such a clumsy lie, clumsy smile.

He felt that his heart was trembling.

Perhaps because the relationship was developing too smoothly, or perhaps because Joan of Arc's status as a servant meant that she could only be by his side, Shen He did not realize until this moment how important Joan of Arc was to him.

Not just as a partner.

More as a lover.

"Master..."

Joan of Arc showed an expression that was hard to tell whether it was confusion or sadness. She simply tiptoed, leaned hard against Shen He's arms, and stretched out her hands to hug his back.

Say nothing, think nothing.

The scene was quiet, Shen He gritted his teeth, hugged Joan of Arc tightly, and his mind was also blank.

He suddenly realized that he thought he could talk about everything and then accept the new relationship with Shi naturally, which was too naive.

Even if it was really possible.

How could he bear to hurt Joan of Arc who loved him so much?

However...

his care for Shi has reached a point where he can no longer deceive himself.

"Joan of Arc." Finally, it was Shen He who broke the silence. He gently touched Joan of Arc's forehead with his forehead and found that there was still tension in her pupils that was difficult to suppress. He couldn't help but feel distressed and gritted his teeth, "I... let it go."

"How can this be--!" Joan of Arc raised her voice and put her palm on Shen He's chest, "You can't deceive yourself with the feelings in your heart."

"But I don't want to see you sad." Shen He could only smile bitterly .

Look at those novels and animations.

The male protagonist has a harem, and the female protagonists are still happy.

How could such a thing happen.

Even a gentle person like Joan of Arc would feel wronged and sad.

"You can't make Shi sad."

Joan of Arc looked at the struggle in Shen He's eyes, and her heart was also uncomfortable.

Emotions can't deceive yourself.

She would not want to see Shen He suppress his emotions because of her. She would rather bear the grievances herself.

"Don't think about it anymore." Jeanne stood on tiptoe, kissed him gently with her red lips, and murmured in a low voice, "Let it be, we are lucky because we have enough time to experience life, whether it is laughter or tears."

"......" What else can Shen He say.

He can only hug her tighter, stick closer, and use all means to convey his love to the lovely girl in his arms.

......

In the end, they still couldn't find a solution.

When they met Ryougi Shiki again, she had changed into the same clothes as before, and still stood in front of Shen He with her back straight. After looking at Jeanne, she looked at Shen He again.

That look seemed to ask, have you explained it?

In her heart, she didn't really understand what love was, nor did she really understand what kind of relationship lovers had, but she didn't want to be hostile to Jeanne.

Because she didn't hate Jeanne.

"Shiki." Before Shen He replied, Jeanne spoke first, standing in front of Ryougi Shiki, "I won't care about your affairs, but I won't be outdone by you." Since

lies can't deceive Shen He.

Then tell the truth.

No matter what, she won't let the master's love for her fade in the slightest.

"Won't you care?" Ryougi Shiki seemed to have some exceptions to this result. After thinking for a while, she asked again, "Won't you care about having children?"

"Puff——"

Shen He almost couldn't help but spit out his saliva.

"You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you..." Joan of Arc blushed and stammered for a long time, and finally shouted loudly as if she had exploded, "What on earth are you talking about all of a sudden!"

"Is there anything strange?"

Ryougi Shiki's expression became a little complicated.

This attitude.

Sure enough, it's saying no.

In her common sense, love is equal to husband and wife, which is equal to producing the next generation. This seems to be the responsibility of two people who love each other, or the normal development.

If it's just about helping each other and protecting each other, what's the difference from now.

"I see, is that so? That's right, I can't have children..."

Joan of Arc kept muttering in a low voice, and visible resentment began to appear behind her.

"Cheer up, Joan of Arc!"

Shen He shook Joan of Arc's shoulders hard. He had just heard strange sentences like "There are three unfilial acts, and having no descendants is the greatest."

The heroic spirit body cannot get pregnant, which is what Joan of Arc cares about.

Shiki's words really stimulated her.

"Shiki, I didn't say anything like I want to have a baby." Shen He could only look at Ryougi Shiki helplessly.

This is very unfair. Shen He is only 26 or 27 years old now. Compared with his current life span, he can be considered too young.

And he already has adopted Sakura, so he doesn't have much desire for children now.

"What?" Ryougi Shiki was obviously dissatisfied, "In that case, what you said yesterday was just expressing possessiveness."

"Of course not!"

Shen He found that he didn't know how to explain it at all.

Jeanne beside him looked like she was hit hard, and Ryougi Shiki in front of him seemed to be beginning to understand his confession in a strange direction.

How did those big guys who opened harems do it?

...

Because of various special reasons, in the end, when Shen He and others left the room, it was already afternoon of that day.

This was because Jean came to knock on the door.

Congressman Kelly, who escaped from Magneto yesterday, found this school, but he was already dying.

"The professor thinks you have the ability to save him."

Jean said this, and at the same time, her eyes swept slightly over Shen He and the other two.

As a woman, her intuition always made her feel that there was something different about these people.

"Take us to see."

Shen He motioned for her to lead the way.

In a few days, there will be the World Summit, and the heads of state of various countries will gather on Liberty Island, and that is when Magneto will start his plan.

But yesterday Shen He reminded Mystique of the biggest mistake in Magneto's plan.

So Shen He didn't know what choice Magneto would make.

But in the end, he couldn't escape the most essential purpose - to let mutants influence or even control the world.

Just as Shen He was thinking, the three of them were brought by Jean to the secret base under the school, where all the teachers, including Wolverine, were.

In fact, there were only five people.

In addition, Congressman Kelly was lying naked on the examination table, with blood vessels clearly visible all over his body, and breathing with difficulty.

Shen He walked to the side of the examination table.

Somewhat unexpectedly, there was not much resentment in Congressman Kelly's eyes, but more of a reluctance to give up life.

"Are you mutants too?" Congressman Kelly looked at Shen He and the others. "Mutants are really blessed by nature. I always thought you were only incredibly ugly, but I didn't expect you were also incredibly beautiful."

"We are not mutants." Shen He said softly.

"......"

Congressman Kelly was a little surprised. He looked at the professor beside him, as if he wanted to confirm.

"They are indeed not mutants." The professor rolled his wheelchair. "But they have more powerful powers than mutants. Mr. Kelly, this world is far from as simple as humans imagine."

"......No matter what kind of existence there is in the world, it cannot escape the struggle for interests. It has been like this since ancient times." Congressman Kelly shook his head with difficulty.

He is a fierce competitor.

So he firmly believes that there will be a war between mutants and ordinary humans. Everything he does is just to end it before the war causes greater damage.

From this aspect, he is not a selfish person.

"You are right." Shen He looked at him and said calmly, "So I want to know, what kind of benefits can I get from saving you?"

"Mr. Shen?" The

professor couldn't help but shout.

"Charles." Shen He knew what the professor meant. He chuckled. "If I saw a homeless man who was about to freeze to death on the side of the road, I would help him. This is because I am kind. However, Congressman Kelly's current situation is because he chose war. It is normal for him to be killed by the enemy in the war. He is not an innocent person involved."

"..."

Charles had never heard such logic.

But he couldn't accept it at all.

"If kindness can choose the object, it is not true kindness. It can only be called the mercy of the superior. Congressman Kelly should not suffer such revenge."

"Charles, there is no absolute good and absolute evil in this world." Shen He shook his head.

He also knew that it was useless to say this.

Charles in front of him was more like a Virgin Mary than Joan of Arc.

In the original plot, when Magneto kidnapped Little Rogue in front of him, he was fully capable of stopping it, but because he cared about the lives of a group of policemen, he watched Little Rogue being taken away.

Innocent outsiders are more important than his innocent students.

"Mr. Shen..."

Charles wanted to say something else, but Congressman Kelly stopped him.

"Professor, this gentleman is right." Congressman Kelly, who grew up in the officialdom, did not think there was anything wrong with what Shen He said. He looked at Shen He and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"You see the threat of mutants, but you don't know that mutants are the future of human evolution." Shen He changed the subject, "You can never catch all mutants, because as long as humans exist, mutants will continue to appear, and may even be your children, your grandchildren, your descendants. One day, this world will belong to mutants." "

...Maybe what you said is right." Congressman Kelly has heard of this theory, "But that will be a very distant time, and before that, there will be countless ordinary people who will die because of the war, such as me now."

Being captured and tortured by Magneto, in a sense, made him more certain that what he did was right.

Mutants are a huge threat to the world.

"In addition, there is another very big possibility." Shen He said calmly, "The whole world, or human civilization, will be destroyed because of such a war."

"How is this possible!?" Congressman Kelly lost his voice.

Although he was aware of this war, in his opinion, mutants were just some threats that could only hide.

Just like uncontrolled guns and weapons.

Maybe they could create a terrorist attack, or they could commit a shocking crime that no one could solve, but destroy the world?

"You have seen the power of mutants." Shen He ignored the professor who was frowning on the other side and continued to deceive, "What if someone replaced the president? Someone stole nuclear weapons? Someone assassinated an important figure in another country and framed you? You will never know what mutants are capable of, so you will never know what mutants can do."