"Why do you always look at me?" he asked her while eating.
"I..." Xuanji lowered her head. She has been fascinated by Kalki these days.
The Gaia Soldier Canteen is located under a wingspan-like hall. It is as crowded and lively as the Plato Fleet Restaurant. There are young people in uniforms coming and going. However, there are no automatic tables, but artificial intelligence closing robots are busy at all times.
, sometimes bumping into impatient young soldiers who are just chatting with friends, the scene is very interesting.
"Why don't you go to the high-ranking general's restaurant?" She quickly changed the subject, "I heard that the environment there is excellent, even better than the most luxurious hotel in Star City. The Gaia War Department is like this.
, the levels are clear, so everyone wants to climb up."
"I am used to eating with everyone in the canteen. You know that the knights live in a collective life. Even if the grand leader can enjoy privileges, the living and accommodation environment are the same." Kalki said, "The soldiers canteen is open for meals.
It’s simple and quick, and eating healthy is enough.”
Xuanji looked at his portion of food, which was just peas, cucumbers, celery and whole-grain bread. He had always lived a healthy and simple life. He saw that he was spreading organic vegan food on German-style rye whole-grain bread with a knife.
butter, and eat with relish.
Xuanji thought to herself that a little bit of happiness could satisfy him. For example, when he ate Berlin buns with chocolate filling for breakfast, he was very satisfied, like a happy big boy. When asked why he was so happy, he actually said the first
I ate chocolate-filled Berliner buns for the first time. For the sake of the health and graceful figure of the young knights, their canteen never provided this kind of delicacy. They only occasionally provided buns without fillings, and the taste was very bland, not at all.
Not sweet.
"It turns out that the life of the head of the group is so boring!" Sometimes she speaks very boldly and directly, making fun of him directly.
"You can't imagine my life, it's a different world." His words sounded like self-defense, but with his usual humble and gentle tone.
"You are the only warrior I know who lives like an ancient Roman." She praised sincerely, "You have a kind of classical virtue, and this virtue is completely lost by the Gaians. Residents of Star City, you
I have also seen that they are always full of desires."
"Of course, I'm like this too... It's hard for me to imagine a society where everyone is equally distributed." Xuanji seemed to be imagining, and her memory before the age of six was too vague.
"Yes, Platons and Gaians essentially regard each other as aliens. These two systems are so different." Kalki looked around warily. The idea of running around in Plato's robe was really not a good idea.
, the soldiers were obviously not as friendly as the citizens of the high-end shopping mall. Some people looked at them and deliberately avoided the long table where they were sitting.
"Can you tell me about your daily life?" she asked curiously.
He thought about it and decided to trust her.
"I have been used to living with many boys since I was a child. Unmarried knights all live in 'Bukhara'. People of different ages live together. A large dormitory must sleep at least 36 people. Sometimes a large number of new people arrive.
Young people, 48 people will be crammed into our dormitory. Each person sleeps in a single bed. It is so crowded. The beds are fixed, so we also have fixed roommates. Of course, it will be particularly embarrassing if the roommate dies in battle.
Sentimental..." He thought of Nell, who was killed in action not long ago, sleeping quietly on the second bed at the entrance.
"I am the nominal supervisor of Bukhara's 'Yestera Mausoleum', and major arrangements must be approved by me." He continued, "Plato is a rationing system, but no one will dare to embarrass me. Otherwise, no one will dare to embarrass me.
I will go to the Senate to complain about the logistics department. Bukhara’s supply is always abundant.”
"Then you look like a medieval abbot." Xuanji sighed.
"It's very similar." He did not deny it.
She suddenly said seriously: "The grand master, isn't he the grand master of the Teutonic Knights?"
"That's right," he smiled, probably amused by this metaphor.
"So what are the Blue Dragon Knights like?"
He thought for a while and said: "Shaolin Temple, monks and abbots."
Xuanji almost burst out laughing, Kalki actually has a sense of humor.
"You are a senior commander, wouldn't you be sad for such a simple life? If you were Admiral Gaia, you could live the most honorable life."
"No, I really don't like those high-end occasions. I am used to being with nature. These don't cost money, but they will make me happier." He said calmly, "For Plato people, dedication to the collective is an honor."
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"Wow! You are such a space Roman!"
"This is a different social system. Plato is like a huge beehive, but not only the queen bee can reproduce. Every Platonic man can get married at the age of 30. At that time, I will move out of Bukhara and settle in with my newlywed wife.
In the house given to me, our children will still enter this system, I think this is quite fair." He looked at her, and when he said this, he felt a little sad.
Suddenly her mind went blank.
"You're going to get married soon... when?" Xuanji found that her voice was trembling. Of course she knew Plato's system. But when he said "my new wife and I" in person, she felt filled with excitement.
The feeling of loss, the more I try to hide it, the more I can’t.
"At the end of this year according to the Platonic calendar, I should get married after I go back."
"Congratulations..." She suddenly felt that she was so wishful thinking.
After that, Xuanji turned pale and said nothing. She sleepwalked on the training ground all afternoon. Kalki seemed to have something on his mind, and changed his previous extremely serious attitude and stopped giving her strict instructions.
It wasn't until she got home that she hid in her room, hugged Master Maurice and cried.
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This is just a dream. They all tell themselves that they will wake up from the dream soon and life will get back on track.
She will continue to be a mercenary and do odd jobs, returning to the life track of an ordinary girl in Gaia. And he will return to Utopia, endless combat missions, killing many people; spending three years with a woman he has never met before.
For ten years, they gave birth to children, until they were burned to ashes in a fire. They have always been people in two worlds.
She returned to that dream again... Why do people sometimes go back to a dream? Kalki, covered in blood, was still lying there, as peacefully as if he had fallen asleep.
Everything was destroyed, all his dreams, only she accompanied him, leaning on her right breast, still tender.
She recalled the rise and fall of his chest before getting up in the morning, and the warm breath on her hair.
He wants to save the world, but why do so many people curse his name?
Hot tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, and Xuanji woke up from her dream. This was a very sad dream.
When she woke up, she saw the tall figure projected on the beige floating bed curtain again - he was still the same, unable to fall asleep in the early morning, standing on the balcony overlooking Manxing City again.
Kalki, wearing a thin coat, stood alone in the darkness, overlooking Manxing City, which is known as the "City of Light" at night. Countless high-rise buildings were piled in front of him, forming undulating peaks with brilliant colors. This is a strange and bizarre place.
, the city that never sleeps is so dazzling that it never burns out, and he is a heterogeneous body in this world. Everyone has his own world, but these worlds are not connected. The world of the Gaians is trapped in the Star City, as if there are countless
The gravel rolls in the sea of desire, and like the gravel, it approaches each other, collides with each other, and then moves away.
He looked up and saw the two satellites "Selene" and "Hekate" rising up, with orange-red and white cold light intertwined and shining on this colorful city, a city full of desire and vitality.
The city has a strange beauty.
"The heavenly Jerusalem will come down to the earthly Jerusalem, and all things will rejoice like a bride welcoming her groom."
He muttered to himself, as if he was reciting a string of ancient mantras.
"Kalki, you are here, why don't you sleep?" Dressed thickly, she passed the automatic sliding door and walked onto the balcony.
Kalki was stunned for a moment, and his mind returned to the real world. He is a typical person with light-colored eyes and can see very clearly in the dark. With the light reflected by the endless colorful lights, he could clearly see Xuanji's slightly haggard face at night.
, her eyes were reddish, and moist tears were shining on her face.
Xuanji has always been a girl with high life energy, so she is always bright, cute and happy. Ever since she learned from his joking conversation in the afternoon that he was getting married at the end of the year, she became depressed, and she almost didn't even sleep until she fell asleep.
Talk to him again.
In fact, he also feels that it is very weird to marry a girl he has never met. If possible, he hopes to enter into a marriage contract with a person of the opposite sex whom he knows and has a crush on. Maybe this idea is too weird for a Platonic person.
So rebellious.
"Like a bride welcoming her groom..." He couldn't help but stretched out his hand, trying to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took it back dejectedly.
He still did not dare to violate the oath of "ascetic". On the Midsummer Festival before the ninth day, young Kalki was happily promoted to a knight by the Grand Master of Ahir. His simple and frank eyes sparkled under the reflection of the flames in the darkness.
He solemnly made a vow to abstain from sex until he got married at the age of 30. He thought he could easily fulfill it. He had never been interested in women, but now this vow is so heavy
"I'm going back to the guest room to rest. You should go back as well!" Kalki left after saying that, leaving her alone on the balcony.
When a man and a woman live in the same room, nothing happens, but it is the most embarrassing thing.
Xuanji stood alone, unable to resist the coldness in her heart even though she was wearing thick clothes. She told herself that Kalki didn't like her, that she was too stupid and wishful thinking.
But when she stood in front of him the next day, she looked full of energy again. She was wearing training clothes and wearing a black bun. She seemed not to mind his almost rude indifference to her last night and continued to practice seriously.
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He knew she was strong, like all warriors.
"The first priority on the battlefield is self-protection." Kalki kept emphasizing to her, "You are always eager to hit your opponent hard, and you are too eager to attack. Once your physical strength decreases, you will be killed by your opponent. Your age
If you are too small and your figure is too slender, your strength and stamina will always be lacking."
There were dark circles under her big, watery eyes, and she could only shake her head at his comments.
"Attack is the best defense." she retorted.
"The most important thing is to come home alive from the battlefield."
"These words really don't sound like what a person who is known as the 'Warrior of Warriors' said. Are you afraid of death?" Xuanji looked at him proudly. She looked cute and cute with her bun hair.
"Of course, of course I'm afraid of death."
He answered so frankly that Xuanji was stunned.
"I have seen too much death and blood." Kalki said with a slightly sad voice. "The finale of every military operation is a cremation ceremony. I have entered the Trayest Mausoleum since I was 10 years old.
Some people were still having fun in the martial arts school and driving their training machines to have fun in the mountains. I had to follow the grand leader to attend the cremation ceremony. Countless knights were burned to ashes in front of me, and the young men were surrounded by raging fire.
Human corpses, everything was twisted in the rising flames... Yes, I am afraid of death, death is too heavy and too hideous."
Kalki's thoughts wandered and took him to five years ago - the Gaia fleet launched a massive attack on the Platons. A large number of new weapons and new tactics were used to deal with the Knights. Countless white heavy electromagnetic bombardments were fired intensively.
There were also the torsos and harassment of the drone swarm. He heard the cry of Captain Rohan being hit in the internal communication. For a moment, he couldn't believe that the leader was such a good commander and had always taken good care of him.
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As a direct subordinate of the Captain of Rohan, Deacon Kalki attended the funeral of the Captain. After that, he was promoted to the Captain. This made him suddenly understand that the promotion of one person often means the fall of another person. The wheel of fate is like this
Ruthless and cruel, everyone was tied to it, rising and falling.
The next year, during a brutal counterattack, he heard bad news in the internal communication - Varuna had been hit!
His best friend Varuna's fighter plane was hit by the intensive artillery fire of the Gaia fleet, and the whole plane exploded out of control. He did not escape. The medical ship quickly arrived and dragged the cockpit that protected the knight's body back for treatment.
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Seeing this scene through the observation interface, Kalki's mind went blank for a moment while he was fighting, and he immediately left the fierce battlefield and rushed to the fleet medical center.
"Kalki, calm down!"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Captain, what does this mean?"
"Chief Ravana will punish you!"
Friends and subordinates were chattering in the communication system, which was so loud that they would be punished if they left the battlefield without orders, but he turned a deaf ear.
He parked the fighter plane at the entrance of the huge floating medical center and entered it directly through the transmission pipe. He ran wildly with long strides and rushed towards the translucent emergency rooms in the medical station. No one could stop Karl, who had lost his mind.
base.
In this way, he witnessed the death of his best friend. Varuna's body was like a rag, with broken limbs and bloody flesh. Medical soldiers and medical robots surrounded him, using various instruments to glue the fragments of his body together. He occupied
The blood-stained face was so calm, as if he was resting in the eternal tranquility of the universe. The busyness and anxiety of this world have nothing to do with him.
After 30 minutes of rescue, a military doctor confirmed Varuna's death and signed the death certificate of an "Undead Army" knight. He did it skillfully and hurried to other emergency rooms.
, this is just a trivial matter on the front line.
But Kalki collapsed and rushed in to stop the medical assistant from wrapping the body and taking it away for disposal. He knelt in front of the body of his friend, caressed the body on the spot and cried bitterly. He could not accept this reality. It was not Varuna who died, but himself.
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"I have no parents, no relatives, Varuna... you are the only one who loves me! Why didn't I die? Why didn't I die? Why..." Captain Kalki was like a desperate lone wolf in a pool of blood.
Wail.
A Plato regarded the companions he grew up with as his family, and Varuna was the other half of his life. The most beautiful and pure boyhood ended abruptly, in a bloody mess.
Afterwards, there was another collective cremation ceremony. This was the cycle of life of Plato's knight. His youth withered overnight and turned into white ashes. The flames swallowed up Varou's corpse covered with garlands. Everything was distorted in front of his eyes. Tears blurred the whole world.