Xino looked at the young man under the altar with confusion, and saw that his eyes were as deep as the night, peaceful and quiet.
"Yeah." Ringer nodded lightly and said, "I don't know how you usually view me. You seem to think that as long as I come forward, I can definitely help Alice get out of her heart and change back to her former self. But the actual situation is
Yes, I don’t have the ability to do this at all, because whether Alice can get back on her feet depends only on her own will, not on anyone else’s solution. Let me ask you, Xino, do you think that caused Alice to
What is the reason for Si’s self-isolation? Is it just the past she saw from the archive records?”
Xino hesitated for a moment before replying: "Is it because of the destruction of Eden in the old world and the eternal sleep of the goddess? Alice may have thought that these two things were caused by herself, so she felt guilty and self-blame, and even thought
Want to escape?"
Her tone was uncertain. If she were asked the same question again if she were asked the same question again, she would definitely give a very conclusive answer. And she believed that not only herself, but others must also think so. But now it was Lin
Ge was asking. This young man seemed to have a keen intuition and the ability to see through everything. He could always get to the core of the problem accurately. In front of him, Xino did not dare to say that he had found the correct answer.
"This is what you don't understand, the ingenuity of human emotion. It is just like the Difference Engine described by Charles Babbage. It is an extremely precise, delicate, and fragile machine."
Ringer said: "Memory is the cornerstone of this machine and the driving force for its operation. Once memory is lost, emotions are like a primrose petal in the wind, helpless. So before discussing this issue, you should not
Regardless, Alice is first of all a person who has lost her memory, or in other words, she has closed those memories and is unwilling to face them. This is why she can always maintain an alienated bystander position with the world, rather than a deeper understanding of the world.
Essence. Just imagine, to a person who has lost his memory
For people, talking about her past is nothing more than describing a stranger's story for her, or playing some specious images - you want her to immediately assume her new identity and contribute to the destruction of the old world.
And being sad, suffering from the departure of the goddess, and paranoidly blaming all the faults on oneself, is like asking an amnesiac to have an unparalleled sense of substitution and immersion in the stories of all strangers.
, and these two things are exactly what Alice lacks."
Xino thought thoughtfully: "You mean, Alice doesn't actually believe that much in those file records? But, if she didn't believe it, why did she react like that in the end?"
The expression on her face when she left the control center was so cold that even Xino, who had only been in the team for a short time, felt something was wrong, let alone the other companions.
"Because someone wants to make her believe it, and that person happens to be the person Alice trusts the most - or in other words, it is her confidence and source of escaping reality." Ringer said softly: "That is Themis of the Heaven.
"
When Xino heard this, his pupils shrank slightly, and he vaguely felt that he had grasped something.
"Alice once mentioned to me her life on Earth, although in my opinion, it was not a normal life at all - playing games, surfing the Internet, eating, sleeping, and other memories did not exist at all.
, even if it exists, it is in a very vague state, as if it was hard-wired into it by human beings. Everything she comes into contact with is arranged by Themis of the heaven, and the only person she can possibly come into contact with is the heaven.
Themis. Faced with this situation, any normal life would inevitably feel anxious and uneasy. What's more, Alice had only lost her memory. She was not emotionless and did not lack channels to understand the outside world. But she still stayed in that little place.
In the room where I live, I feel at ease in front of my imaginary genius player and never explore the outside world. Why is this?"
He looked at Xino who was gradually stunned, and said softly, word by word: "Because from that time on, Alice has regarded the world as a game, not only the mirror star world, but even the earth world. And the heaven world
Themis is the NPC who has been throughout Alice's gaming career. She guides and helps Alice as a mysterious person on Earth, and continues to guide and help her as the narrator of the game console on the Mirror Star. From beginning to end,
For Alice, who cannot integrate into these two worlds, in her few short memories, she may be the most trustworthy, even more trustworthy than our companions who are within reach. This kind of trust is not a manifestation of
Not verbally, but reflected in actions: Alice has never doubted the origin of the game console or the identity of the narrator. She mindlessly follows all the instructions of the game console and chooses to believe all the prompts of the narrator.
When the game console asked her to develop games, she developed them; when the narrator told her who was the Maiden Queen, she believed it; even when Themis of Heaven told Alice that you were also the Maiden Queen, her first reaction was not surprise, but
Happy, that’s enough to explain everything.”
"I even doubt that if Themis of Heaven did not choose to tell the truth, but continued to blind Alice, packaging the memory and past into the background story and main plot of the game, allowing her to fight against the Witch Association as a game player,
That guy would be happy to accept it. But contrary to expectations, Themis of Heaven chose the most direct, sharpest, and most impactful approach - she tried to make Alice believe that this was reality, not reality.
game."
"I think you should know what this means to Alice, right?"
Lin Ge took a deep look at Xino. The girl knight subconsciously clenched her fists, and after a while, she loosened them weakly. She whispered: "I'm afraid it's no less than...the collapse of faith, right?"
The difference is that Alice does not believe in gods, but believes in games, or in other words, believes in a position that allows her to stay out of the situation and look at the world from a distance. But their essence is the same. How fanatical the belief is to establish, its
How painful it would be to collapse.
"So, what Alice faced at that time was not actually the question of whether what she had done in the past was correct, but the question of whether she should believe in Themis in the heaven."
When Ringer said this, he sighed helplessly. That sigh contained too many complicated meanings: "Believing that this is reality means admitting the past and admitting that oneself has been affected by those innocent and fragile things."
Fantasy has led to the destruction of the old world, the departure of sisters, and the eternal sleep of the goddess; but similarly, if you do not believe that this is reality, it means denying the past, denying your own incomplete and fuzzy memory fragments, denying
She has violated the expectations and expectations of the goddess, and even denied the original intention of Themis in the heaven to guide and help her along the way... She has been dispelled by her fantasy, but has not yet learned how to accept reality, so she is caught between the two.
, excruciating pain.”
Ringer was considered by everyone to be the only person who could possibly help her, but even this young man seemed so weak before Alice faced the most important decision in her life. The emotional side was incomprehensible, and the rational side was incomprehensible.
It is difficult to substitute for the other side. If you stick to emotion, you might as well use deception as the truth; if you stick to rationality, it is tantamount to uncovering the abyss, and the young man chose the former.
A poor excuse, at least for the time being, she got out of her knot and returned to her former self.
"But these are all false."
Xino suddenly said: "I don't know how long it will last, and once it is broken, the consequences may be more serious."
The young man did not speak, but lowered his eyelids slightly. This attitude was acquiescence.
Of course, Xino did not mean to accuse, on the contrary, she admired young people for making decisions.
"If it were me, I might have backed down a long time ago." She laughed self-deprecatingly: "Helping others make choices is always the most difficult thing in the world, especially when your choice is likely to affect her future.
life, and even affects the fate of the entire universe and civilization. I want to apologize to you, Ringer, I just said that you are irresponsible. It is only now that I realize that the responsibility you bear may be far heavier than we imagined.
"
Her expression contained a hint of sincerity in her apology. She lowered her head to the young man and touched her chest with her left hand, performing the knight's apology etiquette. However, she suddenly realized that some strange association she had just made made Ringer
It is actually very appropriate to be associated with their fathers. Because they are the kind of people who bear a lot of responsibilities, but are not understood by others. Moreover, the responsibilities they bear often do not come from personal wishes, but from others.
Various factors around me influence me, and I have to reach that step.
If possible, why wouldn't his father want to be a qualified heir, a qualified husband and a qualified father? It's just that he is not qualified to have such a dream.
In the same way, if possible, the young man in front of him might just want to stay in the small city where he was born, and live a stable life with his sister, guarding the church left by his adoptive father, right? A little bit like Sino's father
The difference is that in this process, the young man actually has many choices. His relatives, his friends, and even his enemies are all willing to leave a bright escape route for him. Even if he reaches this point,
He was still able to stay out of things and watch with a cold eye.
But he didn't do that, which shows that his attitude towards him is completely biased. He is a great and upright man.
"The same to you."
Xino suddenly heard what the young man said. She raised her head in surprise and met a pair of calm and gentle golden eyes: "You are also that kind of person, Xino. You always shoulder a lot of responsibilities, but you never show it to outsiders.
I mentioned it because I know in my heart that all the responsibilities in this world are just the result of people's own will. If we don't hesitate, there is no need to regret it. What we can gain from it is far more than what we lose. Don't you think so?
Xino?"
He quietly stared at the girl on the bench. Xino was stunned for a long time, then realized and couldn't help but laugh: "Do you mean, we are all the same person?"
"Yes." The young man nodded firmly and seriously.
"Then, this is worth celebrating." The girl tried her best to suppress the curvature of her mouth, and slowly raised her left hand to the young man, with five slender white fingers clenched into a fist. She had obviously been practicing martial arts and riding skills since she was a child, but she
Miraculously, not even a cocoon can be seen, but it is still as smooth as jade under the moonlight. She raised her heroic eyebrows and looked at him with a half-smile: "We are all responsible people. How heavy this responsibility is is only ours."
I know—but maybe this way, it can be weighed?"
The young man looked at her fist, then raised his left hand to look at it. Whether it was an illusion or not, Xino seemed to see the corners of his mouth outline in the moonlight, revealing a sincere, relaxed and plain expression.
The smile was as if he had finally found a companion with whom he could share the baggage during a long journey. Half of the weight on his shoulders was removed, and his whole person suddenly came to life. He slowly closed his five fingers and clenched them into
Then he stretched out his fist and lightly touched Xino's fist. The warm touch that came from that moment made the girl suddenly feel a strange feeling in her heart.
It is true that she has never been in such close contact with another person of the opposite sex, but the atmosphere is not necessarily ambiguous. The eyes of both of them are so clear, just like the bright moonlight in the prayer hall.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xino was surprised by his sudden idea, so he smiled silently, took back his hand, stood up from the bench, and said to Ringer
Said: "I still remember your promise, and will always remember it, Mr. Ringer. Since we are all responsible people, we should understand our position and unshirkable mission. Therefore, this time I can give in."
, I will pray in the Tianxin Church that Alice will bring us the victory we long for. But next time, and all the times in the future when I need to step onto the battlefield, I will uphold the will of the knight and fulfill my duty, which is to pioneer
Baron Vince, White Knight Hibberton, Bigot Leonard and the glorious ancestors of the Goldstaff family gave me admonitions——"
"Fight for justice and win for justice."
After saying this, her tense expression immediately relaxed. Without waiting for Lin Ge to answer, she turned around and waved her hand: "If there is nothing else, I will go back first and have to apologize to everyone."
That's fine. Leaving the table abruptly out of anger is a very rude act."
Ringer stood there without moving, watching the girl's back quietly as she walked away. When he reached the end of the moonlight and stopped in front of the ajar door, he suddenly spoke and said: "I can do the same."
Prayers.”
Pray for Alice's victory, and always win.
Only in this way can she get the happy ending she wants.
The young man's voice echoed in the quiet church, hitting the cold electronic screen of each game console, reflecting a cold light. Xino did not respond. After a brief pause, he still stretched out his hand and opened the door of the church.
He pushed it open and walked out into the dim night.
Not long after, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the church. Brandy seemed worried about her master and kept guard outside.
And if I stay in this church, who can I keep waiting for?
Linge turned around, raised his head, and his eyes fell on the statue of the goddess.
The cold moonlight slanted in from the window, dividing the church into two. Two pairs of eyes looked at each other across the boundary between light and shadow, both were equally calm, profound, and showed a touch of compassion.
Gloria still remembers that Ringo's final form in the game is [Elf King].
But he forgot that at the beginning, he should be——