On the flat and open runway of the airport, planes buzzed with the sound of their takeoffs and landings. There were countless people walking through the spacious terminal building with their luggage.
Ticket purchase windows, check-in counters, security check channels... bright luxury stores under signs and advertising screens,
France, Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Today it also transports tens of thousands of passengers to all parts of the world.
The real world is still running calmly as usual. No one knows that an event has occurred in another world that may affect the whole of Europe.
On the screen at the airport, the news about a sudden large-scale power outage for several seconds in London at night a few days ago was quickly drowned out by various other colorful media headlines, and no one paid attention.
There was only one figure in the crowd, a young man carrying a suitcase that was not that big. He stayed in front of the big screen above for a while. His eyes were lost in thought for a while, and then he continued to walk forward with a slight smile.
After passing through the crowd, the waiting room at the first-class boarding area was empty at this time.
Sitting quietly near the window, the cloud trail of a plane that had just taken off on the glass crossed the radiant reflection of his eyes.
Then the boarding announcement sounded, and he got up with his suitcase and walked towards the boarding gate.
"stop!"
But at this moment, a low shout suddenly sounded.
With his eyes slightly surprised, he turned around and looked at the beautiful woman who suddenly broke in. Her rapid breathing seemed to be chasing him eagerly.
As a well-known fashion model, even her low-key casual clothes attracted special attention along the way, but compared to these, compared to even relying on connections to force her way through the security check,
At this moment, Melandu'er just stared at the handsome figure in front of her, and her voice could not calmly confirm while breathing:
"You want to announce to the public that you are terminating your engagement with me?"
When he heard that she came after him to ask this question before he left, the young man just smiled and nodded without any surprise.
"Um."
After actually hearing such an answer from his own mouth, Melandor's still-uncalmed breathing rose and fell again, and she felt a surge of anger.
The kind of anger that comes from being abandoned by someone you clearly have always looked down upon.
Taking a deep breath, knowing that he was the only way for her to get in touch with people who were beyond reality, Melandre used the emotional control she had developed in social circles and slowed down her voice slightly:
"Listen, I know that what I did at the dance some time ago may have made you unhappy, but that was just my excitement. I believe you won't give up on our relationship just because of this little thing..."
Feeling irritated that she actually needed to tell him such a compromise, Melandor wondered what happened after she suddenly disappeared from the ball that night to make him make such a decision when he reappeared.
Zhizhong was trained to be that kind of person since he was a child, but how could he fail...
She tried to dispel his thoughts with a gentle tone, but for a moment of doubt flashing through her heart, Melandu'er suddenly realized that the young man in front of her was...
From now on, he has just been facing himself calmly and gently, and there is no longer that vague sense of loss and depression deep in his eyes.
There was no pallor, no reluctance, everything seemed calm and composed.
"you made it?"
The conversation that was intended to be stabilized temporarily was interrupted, and she subconsciously asked this question. Melandu'er's eyes were slightly enlarged and she saw that the other party was not proud or showing off, but simply smiled and nodded again.
"Um."
Then, as if to prove it to myself, I casually put the suitcase into the standard carry-on space for techies.
This scene made Melandor stunned for a moment, unable to accept it.
The person who was originally infatuated with her and despised by her suddenly became the person she tried every means to get in touch with. She couldn't accept this fact.
What she couldn't accept the most was his peaceful attitude towards her at this moment.
There is no trace of admiration or fluctuation anymore.
"So...this is the reason why you want to break off your engagement with me...?"
Looking at her slightly difficult question, he thought about it for a while, but finally decided not to adopt the plan that night at the French B&B where the two figures almost jumped on the table and shouted. The young man answered with a slight smile:
"After all, the so-called engagement is just a scam."
Hearing him say these words directly, Melandu's eyes widened slightly for a moment.
"My uncle wanted to use me to gain connections with major scientific research institutions in Europe. He promised to inherit the group's bait and let me help his research team develop new types of aero engines and expand the market free of charge."
"And you want to use me as a springboard to enter the circle where the official participants are."
There was no tact, no maneuvering, and no scruples. In the waiting room before boarding, he simply chuckled and said that he and his family only wanted to take advantage of his evil plan.
After being pursued for too long, I have become accustomed to him responding to my every request. Until I was exposed so directly and face to face, I couldn't keep my expression.
Only then did Melandor remember again that the person in front of her was a genius in the eyes of the world.
After telling what he actually knew from the beginning, the young man was not angry in the end and just smiled and asked:
"Am I right?"
And listening to his every word at this moment, it was like the most bitter sarcasm slapped on her face. She clenched her hands and lowered her head. Melandor suppressed something in a low voice...
"Is there anything...that doesn't work...?"
She suddenly raised her head, looked at the completely changed young man in front of her, and shouted emotionally!
"Is there anything wrong? I am the best and most outstanding woman in this country. I am already at the top of this society. I want to have such an extraordinary special partner. What is wrong with this!"
Then her eyes shone with light again, and she spoke sincerely and with hope:
"Krim, let's start over. You are already a participant. I will no longer be indifferent to you. Do you remember when you were a child, when I often accompanied you?"
"This time we can really be together!"
Mentioning childhood memories, looking at Melandre in front of me, it seemed for a moment that the person in front of me was not a well-known fashion model, nor was he the heir to a major aviation company.
But the beautiful little girl who quietly watched herself assembling a machine when she was a child and handed herself a piece of spare parts.
In the softest place of memory, the young man watched 'her' voice speak softly and carefully:
"Mel, I like you."
Hearing his extremely gentle words, her eyes shimmered, but the next second, Melandu'er saw...
The young man in front of him raised an extremely confident smile. All the paleness, sadness, and weakness in the past... everything seemed to be wiped out in the wind.
At this moment, he truly has the strong aura of a super genius!
Krim watched Melandor turn around to board the plane, saying goodbye with a chuckle as she called out her name for the last time.
"Bye now."
...
I always thought that fate could not be changed,
It is as indestructible as steel.
Just like I couldn't become a participant no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't respond to anyone's expectations, and I couldn't achieve anything.
but...
Unable to change, unattainable,
My pale and feeble life seems to have been quietly changed when I picked up the dark crystal that tripped me in that arctic night.
That large piece of rare size completely solved the problem of scarcity of materials for the main experiment. The energy was extracted to create a dark energy crystal, and the remaining material was used to create the mechanical model.
Krim thought of the story about dragons that he had read that night.
It fell from the sky and helped the young man defeat his fate.
Recalling the figure in the deep dark well who could even surpass the limit, I grabbed my collar and spoke in a low voice with great force!
'Watching...'
I don’t know whether to let myself see that despair can be broken, to see that my own strength becomes the key to solving everything, or to prove the words he once said to himself,
-'As long as that's what you want...'-
-'No matter how far out of reach you are, your efforts are not meaningless.'-
I didn't think about the figure whose pride was shattered in the terminal. On the first-class seat, I looked at the sea of clouds outside the window and thought about my next destination and 'new experiment'.
There is no need to respond to anyone's expectations anymore. This time, I just have an extremely strong hope that my power can help that figure.
The only thing that can break the fate of steel is a miracle.
Klim has always been convinced of the non-existence of the results he calculated.
Until the end of despair, when the mechanical dragon that covered the sky and the sun spread its wings in the infinite light wind and roared,