Seria walked very slowly, so slowly that Zhou Jinru had time to observe her ruling office.
Just like before, this is a city buried deep underground. Zhou Jinru only saw exhaust vents along the way, but no windows for ventilation. Even if there were some glass windows, they were just decorations.
They walked all the way to the door of an inconspicuous office. Ceria took out the key and opened the door. Zhou Jinru decided to order something to lighten the atmosphere.
"Your place is much better than I imagined. The underground city, I could never have imagined..."
He is dreaming right now...
Ceria pushed the door open, stood at the door and urged, "Come in, it's safe here."
Zhou Jinru looked at Seria standing at the door. The Diamond Queen still had a cold expression, just like what he saw in the game files. She was unsmiling, super powerful, and harder than stone.
As he stepped in, the door of the office closed, and Seria sat in the chair. At this moment, Zhou Jinru realized that she was actually very tired, so tired that she could hardly stand up. The strength she had just shown was just her last bit of strength. That’s all.
"Ceria, are you really okay?"
Zhou Jinru lowered his voice a lot, looked at the exhausted Seria, and realized that she had exhausted all her strength in that battle, and she could only rely on her extremely strong willpower to sustain herself until now.
Seria pressed her hands on the armrests of the chair, and her face could not hide the fatigue, but her eyes were still bright, and the red-gold pupils reflected Zhou Jinru's figure. Her breathing gradually stabilized, and her stiff body relaxed.
"I just need to rest for a while. You can help me take care of this place temporarily. Don't let anyone in. Please feel free to visit without paying attention to me."
What is she supporting for?
Zhou Jinru watched Seria enter a sleep state. She closed her eyes and her chest rose and fell slowly. Her hot breath made the temperature in the office rise a little.
Zhou Jinru no longer focused on Seria and let her rest for a while. He turned to observe the decoration in the office. In fact, there was nothing superfluous. It was simple and consistent with her character. Embedded on the wall of the desk is an oil painting, a portrait of a Liboli woman.
"Olivia Hummer, she is an excellent researcher, a consummate friend, a wonderful family member, my..."
Zhou Jinru's eyes condensed. He had seen this painting on the ground before. Unfortunately, it was dilapidated and some of the content had been scratched out. But the current portrait was complete. The two missing words at the end were... lover .
"Is it your lover?"
Zhou Jinru's fingers gently touched the edge of the frame, which was polished smooth. It seemed that people often stood in this position and stared at the woman in the painting. They couldn't help but hold on to the frame, as if the person they loved was right in front of them. .
Now that there is a portrait of Hermer, there should be something that symbolizes Ifrit. Zhou Jinru looked at the bare wall and then focused on Hermer. Following her eyes, she was looking at He stared at the desk, and there was a square photo frame placed on the surface of the desk.
Walking over quietly and picking up the photo frame, Zhou Jinru saw a group photo of Seria, Helmer, Ifrit and the white-faced owl.
The Queen of Diamonds had the same cold expression as usual. The researcher turned her face reluctantly. Ifrit smiled happily. The humanoid database pressed the corners of her mouth with the index fingers of both hands to show herself a "laughing" expression.
The background of the photo is a bit blurry, and it looks like it is a Rhode Island land speeder. The background color is yellowish. It seems that a long time has passed, and it has been so long that Hemo has become a memory in other people's hearts.
Flip the frame over and write a message on the back:
"The bird spreads its wings and flies towards the horizon. My body is heavy and I can't catch it. I watch her fly away with the wind."
Putting down the photo frame, Zhou Jinru felt a lot in his heart. He had discovered through emotional perception that Seria was awake. She was sleeping very lightly, and the slightest movement would wake her up.
"Sorry to disturb your rest."
Ceria still sat there without moving, shook her head slightly, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, you can ask whatever you want to know now."
"How are they doing?"
Zhou Jinru looked down at the photo frame and finally asked.
Seria's voice was low, her mood fluctuated slightly, and she said slowly: "Ifrit could not escape her fate. Olivia went to look for her not long after she lost her child. Later, the white-faced owl's condition rapidly worsened. , before losing the last bit of sensibility as a person, I chose myself.”
Zhou Jinru was silent. After a long time, he laughed at himself: "It turns out that I can't do anything in this world."
He let out a long breath. He was not a self-pitying character. He looked at Ceria and said, "I will try my best to do whatever I can do. You can trust me."
Seria shook her head, her eyes never leaving Zhou Jinru, she said calmly: "You haven't asked yourself yet."
"I already know, but I don't want to ask who did it and I will try to prevent it from happening again."
Zhou Jinru is very calm. He also knows that what he can do is extremely limited and he can only rely on himself in the dream world.
But Ceria said: "Actually, I don't know either. Then I came back late, the doctor has been killed, and no one knows who the assassin is, because there was a large-scale power outage in the base. There is one thing I keep thinking, I'm sorry, I I was late for a personal matter, and as an assistant, I could have prevented this from happening."
She seemed to have put down some heavy burden in her heart, and her expression softened, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"I don't want to blame anyone. Everyone is entitled to choose their own path."
Zhou Jinru temporarily substituted himself into this world and accepted Seria's apology. He deeply understood how much effort this kind of behavior requires:
Her lover, children and friends have all left for many years, and she is still guarding an underground city alone, using her own power to protect ordinary people she has never met.
Zhou Jinru felt that he could not do better than Seria.
This is a great warrior.
"I understand, I totally understand."
Zhou Jinru once had a friend who was like this. He wasted a little time and his family members died due to a sudden illness without timely rescue. The friend cried bitterly and begged for forgiveness, but unfortunately he never got the answer he wanted.
If Seria only wanted an answer, then Zhou Jinru's answer was that it didn't matter, he wouldn't blame her.
"Thanks."
Ceria stood up, walked to the desk, took out an old notebook from the locked drawer and placed it in front of Zhou Jinru.
"This is the diary of the White-faced Owl. Maybe you will know something you want to know."
