"Alysia?" The man whispered absentmindedly.
"Father?" Alicia was also a little unsure.
No wonder she was unsure, because Moria now was so different from Moria in the past.
Not only am I dozens of years younger, but the sickly look on my face in the past has also disappeared.
Instead, he looked like a mature middle-aged man in his thirties.
But from his eyebrows, we can still see some similarities with Alicia.
Char's eyelids narrowed slightly, "Sebas said that his job in the imperial capital was taken over by a trainee Shinigami. It seems that it should be you."
Obviously, because of the war, Hades opened a convenient passage, allowing a talented person like Moria, who had just died not long ago, to become the God of Death in a short period of time.
If it goes according to the efficiency that Sebastian told Char before, even if Moria has the talent to become a god of death, it will take a while.
Moria looked at Char. He obviously did not recognize the current Char, with some doubts in his eyes.
"Have you forgotten?" Xia Ya teased, "You gave that child to me, didn't you?"
Moria opened her eyes suddenly, obviously recognizing Char.
"Are you that adult!?"
"Find a place to sit." Xia Ya said.
Moria silently put the things in her hands on the cabinet on the side and said silently for a moment.
"The underworld has rules. We cannot easily contact people in this world, especially our relatives. As the god of death, we must abide by the boundaries between life and death."
The reason why Sebas didn't mention Moria to Char was actually because of this rule, because at that time, almost all of Char's children were Moria's children.
He also believed that as long as it was something Xia Ya wanted to know, he would definitely know it.
In a sense, although Sebas is in awe of Char, he still sticks to his own rules.
"Don't worry, they won't cause trouble for you." Xia Ya said, "I still have some friends in Hades who I can talk to."
Moria fell silent. Sebas left in a hurry and didn't explain much, but he did mention Char.
In other words, because he had already learned most of the things during the Death God training, most of Sebastian's warnings were about Char.
He warned him to maintain absolute respect for the person in front of him.
Because even the Great Death of Hades is like this.
He came back to his senses, and then nodded to Xia Ya.
They said they were looking for a place, but in fact they went directly to Char's tavern, found a corner seat, each ordered a cocktail and sat down.
Moria looked around and said, "I didn't know there was such a place in the imperial capital."
"Now you know." Char said, "You can come here often in the future. Sebastian also comes here often, but it seems that he didn't tell you."
"He told me that you owned a tavern," Moria said, "but I've never been here."
Xia Ya nodded.
Moria looked at Alicia with soft eyes and said, "I have been looking for news about you during this period. Although this adult said that you are safe, I have never been reassured.
Because not even Death's Book of the Dead can find your name. "
This may be why most of the people chosen as the God of Death in the past were souls who had stayed in hell for hundreds of years.
Because the relatives and friends of these souls in this world are all dead and do not have any bonds, or in other words, the things they care about are in Hades.
In this case, the Shinigami who act in the human world will have no distractions and will not do anything that violates the rules.
And if there are still relatives in the world, it will be difficult to avoid some abuse of power.
Moria looked at Alicia. His throat moved, as if he wanted to say a lot, but he swallowed the words when they reached his lips.
Because of Alicia's mother's affairs, the relationship between Alicia and him became very delicate in those years.
After the marriage incident with West France, the relationship between them completely dropped to the freezing point.
I want to open the topic now, but I don’t know what to say.
After a moment, he slowly uttered a sentence, "How are you doing?"
"Very good." Alicia nodded, "In other words, it's better than ever. I have a brand new life."
Moria breathed a long sigh of relief, showed a relieved smile, and seemed to be murmuring to herself and Alicia.
"That's good, that's good."
"I read the letter you gave me," Alicia said.
Moria raised her eyes and looked at her.
"Life is short. If you always live in the past, there will be no future, right?" Alicia stared at him quietly, "You have already died once, so let all the past events follow you. Let the end of life fade away.”
Moria was silent for a long time, then he breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "You said the same thing to your mother."
"Mother?" Alicia seemed to realize something, raised her head and stared at him.
"I saw her in Hades," said Moria, "and she was in Elysium because of the good deeds she had done.
There is the paradise of the other world, where you can enjoy all happiness and joy.
But the God of Death is not a soul in Elysium, so even I can't see her a few times. If I can become a regular and upgrade a few more levels, maybe it will be okay.
I heard that the retirement benefit of a certain level of Death is to go to Elysium. "
This was undoubtedly good news for Alicia. A slight smile appeared on her face and she murmured softly.
“When my mother established a relief shelter in the slums, she was criticized by many officials and nobles.
They say that my mother is a vase living in an ivory tower, has no understanding of reality, and only wastes tax money. "
After a pause, Alicia continued.
“But time will eventually prove everything, and these nobles and corrupt officials who exploit the people will eventually pay the price for everything they have done.
Whatever they were in life, they are the same after death. "
“The relief center is not a complete charity. The work-for-relief method proposed by Anya can be said to be the best solution at that time.
But unfortunately, due to various reasons, the relief center still failed to open. Moria said in a low voice.
"I am now a teacher in a school." Alicia said.
After a pause, she said, "Actually, it's not just me, Isabel is also here."
Moria raised her eyebrows in surprise.
But then Alicia told him about Hogwarts.
The beautiful scenery there and the environment are more comfortable than the palace.
There are also magical courses there, as well as some interesting stories she experienced in that school, talking about her naughty students.
Moria also recounted some of his experiences after entering Hades.
Xia Ya didn't know whether the grudge and knot between them had been eliminated.
But at this moment, they were just like ordinary father and daughter in many ordinary families, chatting about some common things.
Xia Ya didn't interrupt, just quietly drinking a cocktail on one side.
How many people in this world can sit down and chat with their deceased relatives.
Life and death are a clear-cut gap that no one can easily cross. Once separated, they will never see each other again unless they also die.
Those scary ghosts are actually people that many people want to see but never see again.
This is a very rare opportunity for both Moria and Alicia.
After a moment, Moria finally turned his attention to Char, and he spoke.
"These days, I have been paying attention to that child's affairs. I read the battle reports on the Eastern Front battlefield every day."
He sighed, "I actually hoped that I could rely on this kid to get help from the royal family, but I didn't expect that he would have such talent and ability.
His changes should be related to you. "
"Char is Arthur's teacher." Alicia said, "He has been teaching him all these years."
Moria nodded without any surprise, "This is also an opportunity for this child."
"Want to meet him?" Xia Ya said.
Moria was silent for a moment and said, "But he is in the south, isn't he?"
"Just open the door from here and you'll be there." Alicia said.
"But I can't leave my post without permission." Moria said, "It's already against the rules for me to come to see you."
Xia Ya silently raised the cocktail in his hand and drank it down in one gulp. Star-like brilliance danced in his deep eyes, as if the whole world was in his eyes.
After a moment, he said.
"Sebas is back. You don't have to worry about matters in the imperial capital."
Moria fell silent.
"You still haven't let go." Alicia looked at Moria, "You are afraid, afraid of seeing Arthur, right?"
Moria's eyelids drooped. After a moment, he took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, saying in a low voice, "He is a prince. He should have a prosperous life, but because of me, he became an orphan. , never even met his parents."
"At least let him see his father, even if he can't see him again," Alicia said.
Moria didn't reply. After a moment, he let out a long sigh.
"Go there and have a look. Even if you don't meet, it's good to take a look from a distance.
And, something big is happening over there. "Xia stood up slowly, walked to the door, and looked at Moria and Alicia.
"It has something to do with you all."
Moria frowned and glanced at Alicia. She was also a little confused.
He struggled for a moment, but he still got up with Alicia and pushed open the door of the tavern with Chara.
Although the place they entered was the Imperial Capital, when they came out, it became the streets of the Steam City.
According to normal circumstances, after they walked out of the tavern, they saw what should be a deserted street.
Although the quarantine period has ended, due to people's fear of the plague, few people still go out.
But at this moment, what they saw were corpses all over the ground.
They were all wearing Britannian military uniforms, and the streets were stained red with blood. The store doors on both sides were full of bullet holes, and there were even deep craters made by cannons on the streets.
The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of disinfectant spread wantonly in the air, and shouts and gunshots came from all around.
Some gods of death were floating in the sky above them, harvesting souls. Looking at the number of these gods of death, there should be quite a few people who died in Steam City this time.
Moria frowned. At this time, a god of death jumped down from the roof. He used the sickle in his hand to pull out the souls of the corpses on the ground one by one, and turned them into a small soul ball and threw it to a black pocket.
They ignored the three of Char. As long as they didn't want to, ordinary people couldn't see them. Learning to ignore passers-by was also one of the must-learn subjects for them after becoming the God of Death.
Moria stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? Has the West Asian Empire invaded?"
The god of death stopped where he was. He turned his head and looked Moria up and down, and quickly recognized his identity.
"You must have been sent here to help, right?"
Moria said nothing.
However, the god of death continued to ask disapprovingly.
"Didn't the people over there tell you when you came?"
Moria shook her head, "No."
"It seems like it was too late." The Death God whispered, "The Southern Army rebelled, and Prince Victor led the army and cooperated with the internal forces inside Steam to attack Steam City.
Now three hundred thousand southern troops are preparing to encircle and suppress the northern army and kill King Arthur.
It is estimated that the casualties will be huge in the next few days. "
"What!?" Moria's pupils shrank slightly.
Then, he said in confusion, "Why are you rebelling at this time?"
"I don't know, what do you do if you know so much?" the God of Death said disapprovingly, "Before you became the God of Death, you must have been a Brittanian who died not long ago, right?
You will understand later. You will see many, many disputes like this in the future.
When I was in Europe, I witnessed the destruction of many countries.
And the country I used to live in has also disappeared in the long river of time.
Human beings are such beings. For the sake of power and wealth, they will not hesitate to use the butcher knife on their own kind.
This is just the beginning.”
He whispered softly, "After this war, the southern army will be extremely weak, and the Spanish Empire will definitely take this opportunity to attack Britannia.
Therefore, in the near future, more people will die here.
Look, you are no longer a Britannian, you are a god of death and a native of Hades. "
Moria fell silent, and his expression turned extremely ugly.
Alicia's expression on one side also became very gloomy.
(End of chapter)
