"Swish, swish, swish." The sound of the pen tip rapidly crossing the paper kept ringing in the closed room. The sound that should have been very quiet and hard to hear echoed in this extraordinarily silent room and became clearly audible.
The windows were closed with curtains, and only a small part of the sunlight outside the windows penetrated, causing the entire room to look dark inside.
The top of the wooden table is covered with various manuscript papers with patterns, symbols and words on them. Although they seem to be placed randomly, they are actually deliberately divided into categories. However, because there are too many, the contents on them are also a bit confusing. It's too obscure, making it appear very disorganized at first glance.
"Damn it, damn it, it shouldn't be like this. The calculation result based on the things I see is different every time. How is it possible? Even if the calculation is wrong, it is absolutely impossible to be wrong every time and it will be different every time."
Charles threw the pen in his hand to the corner of the table in a frenzy, and in desperation, he tugged at his already curly hair with his hands, making the messy-looking hair even more disorderly.
"How could this be? Although I never believe that our family's ability can completely predict the future, it is completely feasible to use the pictures seen and the information collected with this ability to deduce the future. But why, The results are different every time, and they always look so bad..."
Ciel's brows furrowed together. The continuous failure made him feel very irritable. He drank all the water in the wooden cup on the table, and the feeling of being so angry that his brain was so hot subsided a little.
"Calm down, calm down, Charles, you are a genius. This time you have achieved real glory and wealth, right? You should, uh, anyway, let's try again."
After taking a breath, Charles suppressed his annoyance, picked up the manuscript paper on the table, and looked at it again and again. Every time there was no problem with the calculations, he passed one piece of information and then used his unreliable ability to jump to the next piece of information. Can predict the future to some extent.
But why are the results so bad? Although the results are vague, after so many years, Charles can also figure out a little bit about the quality of the final result. As a result, Arestle will be finished? How can it be? …
"But, no, it's not that I don't believe in this result, but the calculation is obviously correct. Why are the answers different in the middle? And they all point to this ending? Charles, believe in yourself, believe in yourself, if you are not wrong, then There must be something abnormal."
Knocking his head hard, the doubts about himself were shaken out of his head. Ciel was convinced that there was nothing wrong with his deduction. If there was no problem with this ability, then he was correct.
"So, there was some external force that interfered with me? External force, external force...? External force?! No way!" Charles seemed to suddenly think of something, shock took over his face for a moment, and the unbelievable Charles started in the room He walked quickly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Xiao Yi! Is it you? No, it must be you. Who would interfere with my calculations?" Charles asked uncertainly at first, then quickly confirmed himself, and then quickly looked at the whole room. .
[I didn’t expect to be discovered by you so soon. Long time no see, Ciel. 】
When Charles looked at the whole room, he quickly discovered the changes. On his dusty dressing mirror, which had almost never been used or wiped for so many years, a line of inconspicuous black text was written on it. Appear.
After breathing out, Charles was a little glad that he didn't yell like crazy in the empty room in vain. At the same time, more doubts and some angry emotions also appeared in his heart.
"It's been a long time, so why do you want to interfere with my calculations? All the results are too bad."
[Alas, although it is a bit abrupt, Charles, please stop trying to participate in these events in Arestle. What you have seen is only a very small part, the war between Severtan and Arestle. To a large extent, it can only be said to be superficial. There are many beings interfering with Aleister, including my brothers and sisters. 】
"Ah? Is that so? But I still don't want to give up. Since I can see the possibility of the future, how can I not try to change it? Even if you don't help me, Xiaoyi, don't interfere with my calculations. "
[You can't change anything by peeking into the future. There are too many calculations involved. No matter what you do at this time, the result may be exactly the same. They will interfere little by little and make the result on the right track. 】
"But Aunt Purnia should be the same way. Which of your brothers and sisters was she guided by? The result of how things developed is not consistent with what I saw, and it is definitely inconsistent with the result they want, right? At least I His prophecy and participation may have changed the outcome, so it will be the same now.”
[Sorry, this is what I want to tell you, you have to stay away from your companion named Wang Yu. 】
"Why?" Charles was stunned.
[Because the biggest possibility is not that you affected the result, but that he affected the result. All the lines of fate are interrupted on this guy. There is no such thing as an origin. It is completely the same as appearing out of thin air, or he is more advanced than us. Something, or someone is interfering with this person. 】
"Ah? Although I trust you Xiaoyi, I also trust Wang Yu. If you say this, does it mean that if I help Wang Yu, things may change?"
[Sigh, I knew you would think this way, but you have to know that what he has shown so far can only show that he is a "variable". He is too weak, and there are beings who are already making plans for him. , and he seems unaware of it. If you change him as the key to breaking the situation, then the most likely thing is that you will also be involved in the vortex of calculation and find it difficult to escape. 】
"Damn, so the ending is already doomed, Aleister will be finished sooner or later? What the hell, you should tell me what happened to destroy Aleister. This is a kingdom, Xiaoyi!"
[Sorry, but what I can do is extremely limited. I can only save you from the chaos that follows. Although these things seem to have happened to Aleister, in fact, they are related to more things. On a lot. 】
"No, I won't give up even if you say so. Obviously I changed the so-called destiny with you when I was a child, so I will appear to be incompatible with this family later. Now you tell me to give up, obviously we have proven it." "Destiny" can be changed, so I don't believe it."
Charles was a little confused by the words that appeared on the mirror. He punched the table in anger. The water glass jumped up and fell to the side of the table. Charles hurriedly caught the glass and got some glass on his sleeves. He put the cup back on the table and fell into silence.
The whole room also fell into an eerie silence.
[…] No writing appeared on the mirror for a while.
"Rust rustle..." The sound of the pen tip rubbing against the page sounded again, still clear and obvious in the silent room, and Ciel's murmur also sounded together with the sound of the page.
"Wang Yu mentioned to me his certain understanding of destiny. Sandbox, under certain limited conditions, in a specific environment, as long as you know the conditions in this environment, you can indeed predict the consequences of the sandbox. The results are going to happen, and in reality it’s almost impossible to get all the information.”
"However, I know that there is one thing that can actually collect all the information in a certain sense, and that is the void. This thing is just like reflection. All changes in the material world cannot escape the observation of the void. As long as you master these Information can indeed predict the future under certain conditions.”
"And I have always known that even though the void always seems to be more advanced than the material world, and the power of those wizards is simply playing with the material world, the void and the material world are indeed equal."
"The relationship between the material world and the void has always influenced each other. Otherwise, the things that the Night Blade dealt with would have rushed out and killed all the things in the material world."
"Just like you, Xiao Yi, the information observed in the material world through the void is absolutely impossible to be complete. By changing things in the material world, it can definitely affect the void in turn. The future that you call difficult to change can definitely be changed. Yes, just like in the past, I will never give up."
"Change only requires some changes, and it can be done." Ciel's words echoed in the room. The silence was not the silence after Ciel gave up, but the calmness brought by thinking, murmuring his thoughts to himself. After saying this, Ciel buried his head among the pile of manuscript papers on the table and continued to look for his own way to break the situation.
"Well, I just like your way of never giving up. Alas, it's useless to persuade you. There's nothing I can do. I have to admit that a lot of what you said is right. Although there are also some things that are completely wrong, since you choose Keep trying, and I’ll give you the best of luck.”
Yuyou's voice came from his ears, and Charles was stunned for a moment. Although he hadn't seen her for many years, it was still almost the same as that time. His voice had obviously changed.
"Thank you." Charles smiled and began to concentrate on completing the deduction in front of him.
"You're welcome…"
In the room, only the rustling sound of pen and paper was left.
…
After a long time, Charles put down the pen in his hand and looked at some of the results in front of him. There were also complex emotions in his eyes. Indeed, it was unbelievable. His ability could only calculate a little bit of the next steps and the power of existence involved later. It was completely beyond his personal ability, and he couldn't even calculate it.
But even what was happening in front of him in the next period of time was enough to make Ciel feel unspeakably frightened and frightened.
"So is it worth it? The most likely scenario is that what you're trying to do is ultimately pointless."
"The enlightened will always be happy!" Charles suddenly jumped out of his heaviness and said this sentence in a strange tone accompanied by a weird and difficult pose.
"How about it? He's very handsome. I learned it from the guy you told me to stay away from."
"...No, you look like you deserve a beating. I don't know why I want to punch you twice."
"Damn it, you must not know how to appreciate it. What you said makes so much sense. At least I'm ready to wake up now." Ciel, who stood up to pose, sat back down again and focused his gaze on that On top of what might happen next.
"Oh, Wang Yu, I hope you are as reliable as usual, otherwise my efforts will be in vain..." Charles murmured
"..., are you ready? Then I will use my power to erase some of your memories and the memories of what you will do in the next period of time."
"Is it enough to just erase my memory? The impact of my actions should also be observed and calculated. What should I do with this part?"
"My power can only change your soul without attracting attention. As for the secret things, don't you believe in the god served by your archbishop friend? He is really an overly benevolent "god"."
"Oh, I see, He is so generous."
"Then I'll start."
"etc."
"What?"
"Don't you think our action to turn the tide is cool? It's just like one of my previous actions and words, isn't it? I think we need to give this action a name!"
"..." The voice that appeared out of thin air seemed to be silenced by Charles, and he didn't speak for a long time.
"You are talking!"
"Okay... well, what do you call it..." Ciel's shout forced the voice to respond, and there was a sense of shame in the originally serious tone.
"Let's call it, Undertow, because..." Charles said his name for the next action, and planned to explain why he could choose such a perfect name, but a palm had already stopped him before he started chattering. Pressed on his forehead.
"Shut up, idiot."
…
"Ah!" Charles suddenly raised his head from lying on the table and looked out the window. The sun had gone down and it was dark outside the window.
"Uh, did I oversleep? Why is it so dark now?" He looked around in confusion, and suddenly found the diary he secretly kept open on the table.
"Here, why was this thing found out? This thing is so shameful. Am I drunk or something? Damn it, why am I not so clear-headed?"
Hastily stuffing the diary back under the bed, Charles patted his groggy head and dug into his pocket.
"Hey, why is there a tarot card missing?" He frowned. This kind of casting material cannot be thrown away easily. This means... something.
"It hurts so much. Why do I feel pain all over my body? I feel just as tired as the last time I ran all afternoon. Hey, I just woke up and have to go to sleep again. Am I a pig..."
Charles, who had just become nervous, didn't know why. Those nervous emotions were suddenly suppressed. Instead, a feeling of exhaustion swept over his brain. Coupled with the real weakness in his body, Charles collapsed on the bed. His eyelids started to fight.
In the gap between sleep and wakefulness, Ciel's mouth moved slightly, "Undercurrent, hehe..."
