Russell sat next to the malt wine, leaned to the left on the armrest of the sofa, and murmured in a low voice: "What on earth is the so-called 'fate'?"
"——I think it may be a kind of calculation. It's essentially the same as the weather prediction performed by the annealing device."
At this time, Malt Liquor handed Russell a glass of ice beer with quite a lot of foam.
It was exuding a strong aroma of malt, and a layer of fine ice dew condensed on the outside of the cup wall.
…Will you pass me a drink?
Russell looked sideways at the ale.
The malt wine lady with burgundy horse ears was unwavering and smiled sweetly: "Why don't you have a drink, Mr. Ultramarine? You must have never tampered with it.
"This cup is... ale."
Russell tilted his head, stretched out his hand and took the glass of malt wine from his hand.
He didn't drink it all in one gulp, nor did he just take a sip. Instead, he drank half the cup in one gulp.
Malt Wine stared at Russell's movements, a little surprised: "You actually dare to drink."
"You can see the future, and I can see the present."
Russell raised his glass and made a weak toast to the malt wine: "Of course I can see that you are not hostile to me."
"certainly."
A gentle and intellectual smile appeared on Malt Liquor's face: "I will not do anything that is meaningless and risky.
“One of the most important things my mother taught me is, ‘Don’t be greedy’.
“In most things in this world, as long as you have certain talents, are not greedy, are diligent, think seriously, and study hard, you can maintain the most guaranteed success.
"If you have the courage and seize the rare opportunity on this basis, you will achieve great success."
"Then what do you think means 'seizing opportunities' and what means 'greedy and aggressive'?"
Russell asked rhetorically.
"I don't know either."
Malt Liquor just shook his head slightly in despair: "Such a thing must not have been seen at the time.
"You can't ask a person to be both bold and cautious, innovative and conservative... Successful people who dare to seize opportunities may succeed for a lifetime, or they may fail at the last thing, lose everything, and have no way back;
And a person who will never be greedy and aggressive and does not believe in anything pie-in-the-sky will definitely miss countless opportunities.
"I would rather be the 'second person'. If someone succeeds, I will follow up; if someone escapes, I will follow him immediately. I am not like a strangler, I always want to be the meat-eater.
, always want to sit on the top spot. As long as I have a little broth to drink, I will be very satisfied."
"But in most cases, followers like you will just take over."
"That's because the person who takes over must not be the 'second person', but the 'third person' or even the 'hundredth' or the 'thousandth'."
Ale smiled: "My magic can always tell me who the winner is... I don't need to take any special risks. As long as I can stand on the right team every time, I can at least keep food and clothing safe.
No disaster or disease."
"What you're asking for...is just 'good food and clothing, no disasters and no disease'?"
"only?"
Malt Wine asked back: "Did you know... For many people, this is the happiness they can't get in their lifetime."
"But not for you."
Russell said softly: "You have already been a big shot, haven't you?"
"Momentary success doesn't determine anything."
Malt Wine shook his head slightly: "Big men may also fall from the clouds."
"For example, your mother?"
"...You have already found it?"
"I guessed it."
Russell was not very proud.
Distinguish lies and feel emotions. For him, this is a basic operation.
"I knew... Ultramarine was definitely not some 'innocent and pure' hero."
Ale smiled with satisfaction.
She poured herself a glass of beer and drank it in one gulp.
She did not look at Russell, but while refilling her glass, she replied casually: "You should know that only those who are born without codes can become mages.
"But you may not know...my parents are not uncoded.
"——I am an 'illegitimate daughter'."
She said softly: "But essentially, I am a 'risk investment' for my mother."
When Russell heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
When he said this, he had already roughly guessed it.
"My mother is not my father's wife, not even his lover. She is just his secretary."
Ale caressed his cheek and said sarcastically: "Because of her appearance and ability to do things, she has won the trust of my father. But in the end, she can only be a 'secretary'.
"After all, it is a position that serves people, and you will never be considered a [big shot] in your life. And she has wanted to be a big shot since she was a child, and she studied the secretarial industry just to be close to the bosses...
"Since she has a smart mind, beautiful appearance and figure, and her IQ and emotional intelligence are both top-notch... then why can't she become a big shot?
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"——That's what she thought."
There was only sarcasm in Malt Liquor's tone: "So, she had a relationship with my father by concealing her menstrual period. She also pretended that she was 'married' as an excuse to take maternity leave. She secretly sent me
was born.
"Of course, she was not married. So I couldn't be her official child... In order not to be found out by the company's human resources department, she gave birth to me in a black hospital in Xiacheng District.
"I didn't tell the man when I was pregnant because I was worried that he would ask me to have an abortion; I didn't tell the man when I was born because I was worried that he would send me to a church orphanage. Of course, this is not
Think of it for my sake...but to bind me to her."
"So, she secretly raised me after I was born. When I started to learn to speak and recognize people, she showed me photos... and told me that the man in the photo was my father.
"...I can't remember clearly what happened at that time. But I can only remember her gleaming eyes, as full of urgency and desire as molten gold.
"There is not love in those eyes, but a kind of urgency."
She sneered and shook her head, murmuring in a low voice: "What a stupid and greedy woman."
"What happened next?" Russell asked.
"You can probably imagine that she failed."
Ale said with a smile: "She never thought that that man was actually married a long time ago. So she became angry and used me as a threat to increase her status in the company. Otherwise, she would expose this matter.
.”
Russell raised his eyebrows: "So she died?"
"To be precise, almost."
Malt Liquor mocked: "She got her wish and became a company executive, in charge of the human resources department. But in the first week after taking office, she watched the employees she recruited die in front of her - the cause of death was poisoning. Because she
Seeing that the other person was a little nervous, he gave his coffee to the other person to drink.
"And after he finished drinking, he died immediately. She was shocked and then realized.
"So she immediately took away all the company property she could and went home with all her property - including me of course. She quickly went to the black market to remove the chip and fled into the lower city.
"Soon, she was wanted for theft of company property and murder."
At this point, Malt Liquor took a deep breath: "Until seven years ago."
"……Um?"
Russell was slightly startled when he heard this familiar node.
What Malt Liquor said next made him immediately open his eyes wide——