Chapter 973: Escape
Chapter 973: Escape
Sacrificing oneself to revive the citizens of the Eastern Carleva Kingdom and preserving the Palace of Observation...
It turns out that in your eyes, I'm actually such a "great" person?
Looking at the determined Lyon in front of him, the red-haired director fell silent for a while, then shook his head slightly.
"You guessed wrong."
In Lyon's somewhat puzzled expression, the red-haired director lifted a strand of her own hair and gazed at the snowy strands, saying:
"I'm not as good as you think. The real reason I decided to do this is neither the responsibility of being a cleaner nor the guilt for what happened back then. It's just the simplest desire to escape pain."
Escape pain...
Upon hearing this, Lyon pondered for a moment, then frowned and said:
"Slaughtering blood hair?"
"Yes."
After nodding slightly, the red-haired director lowered her eyes and whispered:
"You touched my hair with your hand, knowing what it would cost to use it. But no matter how detailed the intelligence you obtain, as long as you don't become the holder of blood-killing hair, you will never truly understand what it means to be its holder.
It absorbs the [killing] actions of the holder, and as long as my mind is clear, all the people who died because of me back then will curse me endlessly, revealing their hatred and resentment, and even when I'm asleep, they won't stop.
Over the past so many years, only when my consciousness is numbed by alcohol, will the voices of those one hundred and twenty million people filled with anger and hatred become slightly blurred and move slightly further away from my ears..."
After putting down her hair that was finally no longer stained with blood, the red-haired director stretched out her finger and drew a small circle by her ear. Then, looking at the silent Lyon across from her, she opened her mouth and said in a low voice:
"They curse too fiercely, too viciously, and too... correctly, Lyon. I really can't hold on anymore."
"..."
In Lyon's somewhat complex expression, the red-haired director pursed her lips and said with a slightly dim expression:
"I am the one who destroyed the Eastern Carleva Kingdom, and I am the sole creator of these one hundred and twenty million killings and the only recognized holder of [Slaughtering Blood Hair]. Their hatred can only be borne by me.
Even if I can cut off all the [Slaughtering Blood Hair], and the curses that are enough to drown me temporarily disappear from my ears, but I've been listening for so many years. Even if their voices leave my ears, I still clearly know what they will curse.
Those one hundred and twenty million voices, the curses of those one hundred and twenty million people who died because of me, may temporarily leave my ears, but they will never leave my heart."
"..."
Looking at the red-haired director in front of him, who seemed to have completely changed, no longer laughing and scolding, no longer winking with those pretty fox eyes, and smiling mischievously, Lyon's heart still felt a heavy blow, even though he had prepared enough in advance. He couldn't help but speak up to comfort her:
"This is actually not your fault..."
"Of course, it's not my fault."
Unconsciously avoiding the light coming in from the window, hiding her body in the darkness created by the curtains, the red-haired director shifted her gaze, and her voice seemed to waver as she said:
"I've never regretted doing that back then. I know I did the right thing. It was the best solution I could think of at the time. No one could bear the consequences if I didn't do it. I know I didn't do anything wrong... but neither did they."
"..."
"Those people I killed with my own hands are not the ants crawling all over the place in the [Thirteen Ant Nest]. They are living people just like you and me. They have their own joys and sorrows, just like you have your own family and loved ones. They have their own
And they clearly did nothing wrong, but they had to be like a bunch of ants, crushed by me in an instant, completely disappeared from this world, and they didn't even leave a trace of their existence.
In less than six hours, when the sun rises the next day, more than one hundred million living people will be completely forgotten by all the people in the present world along with their country...
And all of this, it turns out, is what I did, what I did with my own hands!"
"..."
Looking at the red-haired director in front of him with slightly trembling arms, Lyon was silent for a moment, then swallowed the words of persuasion he had originally planned, and immediately changed his angle, trying to persuade him:
"Director, you know? Actually, the thing that makes me feel the most painful is not that they scold me, but that they scold me without mistake."
After closing his eyes slightly, the red-haired director leaned back in the chair, his voice faintly:
"Facing the executioner who took away everything from them, they really have the qualification to scold me! And I don't even have a reason to scold back... So don't try to persuade me anymore, I've always been clear about what I'm doing.
Lyon, I'm not as noble as you think, neither am I prepared to sacrifice myself to protect the Palace of Observation, nor did I want to sacrifice myself to resurrect the citizens of the Eastern Carleva Kingdom. I just don't want to hear them scold me anymore... So don't stop me, can you?"
"?"!
Hearing the words of the red-haired director, Lyon's breath couldn't help but slightly stagnant, and immediately instinctively covered:
"What are you saying? I wasn't already... "
"Too fake, your plan is more obvious than mine."
Pointing to Lyon's arm that was hugging Princess Eriel, the red-haired director shook his head:
"This abnormality that can only be activated by the queen, almost has no release distance limit, and the consumption is even more astonishingly low, the only weakness is you yourself.
And with your habit that is exactly the same as Emma's, even if you think you have the upper hand, without maintaining the investigation of the Lake of Heart, you must have some precautions about the surrounding situation, it's impossible to be completely unprepared."
"..."
"At first I really thought you were careless, but when you were caught by me, since you didn't threaten me or persuade me, instead of giving up the struggle and directly admitting it, I knew you must have other plans.
And as I expected, you didn't take long to start constantly probing my plan with the excuse that you were caught by me and had no threat... Lyon, you deliberately led me here, didn't you?"
"..."
(End of Chapter)
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