After coming out of the astrology girl's room, An declined Vivian's other offer to apologize, saying that it was enough, and left in a hurry, unwilling to stay for a moment longer.
As for Mei Ji, due to the failure of astrology on An, the girl was deeply hit. At this moment, she was in great self-doubt and kept thinking about something. This made the little wolf cub swallow it. She originally planned to let Mei Ji Ji, also gave Vivian the idea of divination.
It is worth mentioning that after they finished their first day on the boat, there was an episode before they returned to their room.
Miss Luzi came to her door in person and apologized to Vivian for the overseer samurai matter. After hearing that the little girl was very concerned about the coolie named "An", without saying a word, she immediately said that she was on board the Astorogis. There are still empty cabins on board, and An can be immediately upgraded to "passenger" level treatment.
But Vivian thought about it and realized that An repeatedly rejected her at that time, obviously not wanting to attract attention. After expressing her gratitude, An refused Luzi's upgrade.
"call..."
The day was finally over, and when she returned to her cabin, Vivian woke up Xin Yan, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, and took out the food she had brought back from the restaurant and left for her.
Compared with the silly sparrow Xinyan who was happily cooking and looking carefree, Vivian and the little wolf cub in the room each had their own concerns and wanted to talk to each other.
Liao Zixuan was thinking about how to reveal the identity of "An" to Vivian, but what he didn't expect was that he obviously underestimated the little girl too much.
Before he could speak, Vivian took the initiative to pick up the little wolf cub, put him in front of her, looked at each other seriously, and began to whisper:
"Xiao Hei, tell me the truth, have you discovered long ago that An... is actually another me?"
"Um!?"
The little wolf cub couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his face was full of shock. It felt like Conan was about to get an anesthesia injection, but Mouri Kogoro identified the murderer himself.
On the other side, the expression on her son's face undoubtedly confirmed her bold guess.
Vivian's face showed a happy and nervous expression of "Sure enough".
"Eh? How do I know that? Well...Xiao Hei, you won't always think of me as an idiot, will you?"
Seeing the little wolf cub reluctantly nodding, Vivian puffed up her cheeks angrily, and then, as if to prove herself, she began to explain and reason.
"Actually, ever since I boarded the Astrologis, my connection with the other me seems to have been suddenly interrupted. No matter how I call, the other me doesn't respond. It's like... disappearing. Same thing."
The little wolf cub nodded to this. Vivian also told him this information at the end of the "third time", but he had not allowed Vivian to contact An before, so this information was wasted. Well, looking at it now...
There must have been a chemical reaction.
"Actually, it's not just Xiaohei. When I first saw An, I also had a strong sense of familiarity. My first instinct at that time was that she was another me. However, when I heard that the supervisor Samurai, when I called An Sir, I gave up the idea and wondered if I felt wrong."
"But then, as I chatted with An on the road, I felt more and more that I could see a lot of myself in An's body. Coupled with your unusual behavior, Xiaohei, to be honest... Well, anyway !Except for me, I have never seen you, Xiaohei, be so clingy to others."
It can be seen that they are already old men... Anyway, if it were the young girl back then, she would definitely not be able to say the last words with pride in front of the little wolf cub.
"Of course, what finally made me come to my conclusion was Miss Mei Ji's astrology, and... did you notice that Mei Ji called Ann "Miss", not Mr."
Astrologers see people differently from ordinary people, so they can accurately identify gender without relying on physical features.
Now the case was completely solved. Since Vivian noticed it herself, it saved the little wolf cub a lot of effort.
He goes a step further and refines Vivian's understanding of Ann's identity.
"Xiao Hei, I... I seem to be an idiot. I don't quite understand. What do you mean by me in another world line? What is a world line?"
The concept of the world line was indeed a bit out of scope for the little girl, but with the little wolf cub's prepared explanation, Vivian quickly understood it.
In short, when major differences occur, the world lines will diverge and produce different endings. As for the so-called major differences, Liao Zixuan directly uses the example of An to illustrate.
"What if I...I failed to summon Xiao Hei, but instead summoned something else? There might even be nothing at all. The summoning failed?"
After hearing this example from the little wolf cub, Vivian's heart suddenly tightened. She tried to think about what would happen if she went through everything that happened in Huodian City without "Xiao Hei".
The little girl couldn't help but subconsciously, her body became cold, she began to tremble all over, and she hugged her chest tightly with her arms.
She couldn't imagine how she would have survived the difficulties one after another without Xiao Hei.
Even if it's really possible.
It would definitely not be like what she is now, but... bruised and bruised.
Wait a minute, bruised...
An's bandaged face flashed through Vivian's mind, and a terrible thought couldn't stop popping up in the little girl's mind. What if An's bandages were not just limited to her face, but all over her body? , if it is everywhere...
Covered with bruises.
When she learned the truth of the matter, the joy and nervousness she felt at the beginning about discovering "another me" was no longer on Vivian's face.
Now the little girl was left with a strong suffocating feeling, as if a heavy boulder was pressing on her chest.
Vivian suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt. This feeling was like, why can she live so well, why can she occupy Xiao Hei, why doesn't she have to admit...
Fortunately, at this time, a small paw touched the little girl's shoulder, pulling Vivian back from her daze.
Vivian understood what the little wolf cub meant to express to her.
If you regard this as a "feeling of guilt", it is not only disrespectful to yourself, disrespectful to him as a summoned beast, but also disrespectful to... An.
"Thank you, Xiaohei, it's me... I'm too self-righteous."
Vivian calmed down and corrected her mistake of almost getting into trouble. Owning "Xiao Hei" was not a sin for her. An, who had never owned "Xiao Hei", did not say that he was inferior to her.
However, when faced with the cub's suggestion to go find An together again, Vivian still shook her head, at least tonight.
"I won't go to Xiaohei. This feeling is like showing off. With my other personality, if I were there, I would be even more reluctant to let go. I can vaguely feel that in An, It makes me uncomfortable with my...inferiority complex.”
"So, Xiaohei, it's better for you to tell An the truth alone. Ah, by the way, can I ask you a favor? Can you please, um... don't tell An until necessary, I know she Identity?"
The little girl clasped her hands together, with a pitiful look of supplication in her eyes.
The little wolf cub sighed helplessly and agreed to Vivian's request. The little girl immediately rubbed his belly with gratitude.
"Xiao Hei is the best! By the way! I almost forgot, there are two more things, you must remember to bring them!"
Vivian first took out "Alina's Diary" and put it in front of the little wolf cub.
Immediately afterwards, the little girl arrived in front of the busy little sparrow in the room who looked like "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand anything?"
"Xin Yan, let's discuss something, okay?"
"Haw?"
"I know you have some very powerful feathers. One of them can bring others back to life as long as you gently place it on them. Any injuries on your body can be cured immediately. It is even more powerful than a peerless elixir. Feathers!"
"Chirp, chirp?"
Xin Yan nodded proudly after being praised by the little girl, but soon, the little sparrow realized something from Vivian's expectant eyes, and his eyes were immediately full of vigilance.
As expected.
"Xin Yan, can you pluck off that feather and lend it to my sister?"
"Chir! Chir!"
The little sparrow flew to the bookcase in an instant, carefully protecting its little butt with its wings.
The Blazing Feather is Xin Yan's vocation. Using it once will severely damage his vitality for many days, which naturally makes Xin Yan feel very distressed.
"Do you think this is good, Xin Yan, I used to ask you to recognize four characters during the day and three at night, but if you give me that feather, I will reduce the number for you and let you recognize three characters during the day. How about recognizing four of them tonight!"
Xin Yan: "!?"
The temptation is too strong!
The little sparrow happily flew down from the bookcase, resisting the reluctance to let go, and pulled out a fiery red feather from the wings behind its buttocks.
"Hey!" Before giving, Xin Yan carefully confirmed the transaction between them again.
"Okay, it's a deal, I, Vivian, will never lie to anyone!"
After making a promise to the little girl, Xin Yan was overjoyed. She felt that the deal was not a loss, and she didn't even mind giving the remaining two feathers to the little girl to offset her literacy lessons.
Vivian was equally happy to hand over the feather to the little wolf cub.
It seems like a win-win situation.
As for the wolf cub...
Seeing Vivian blinking and urging him to go quickly and stop looking at her, she was just giving Xin Yan a math lesson by the way. The little wolf cub could only cast a look of pity on Xin Yan. Then, he disappeared into the house.
Staring at the little wolf cub's leaving figure.
The expression on Vivian's face gradually returned to calm. She clenched her palms tightly and murmured to herself in a voice that only she could hear.
"I'll leave her to you...Xiao Hei..."
"I believe you can save her just like you saved me."
"After all...we are all, Vivian! Anyone with this name will definitely not reject Xiao Hei, for sure!"
...
...
Astrologis.
The bottom of the cabin.
This is an exclusive area for coolies and cold cargo containers.
Even though it was his second time here, Liao Zixuan still felt uncomfortable with the dirty and messy environment on the ground floor.
He walked step by step towards the corner in his memory and started counting down in his heart.
When Liao Zixuan silently recited the end of "3, 2, 1", as expected, a hoarse voice with a warning tone appeared from the hidden shadows as expected.
"Do not move!"
A sharp black sickle was placed around his neck, and An's figure emerged from behind Liao Zixuan.
An watched with vigilance. After coming down from the bottom of the cabin, this person obviously had a strong purpose and came directly towards the floor where he was...
Strange young man.
"Tell me, who are you, how do you know I'm here, and why do you want to come to me?"
"And, you..."
Ann frowned and moved her nose while interrogating.
Soon, her expression changed subtly, and she moved the black sickle closer to the young man's neck.
"Why...why does she have the lingering fragrance on you?"
Under An's stern questioning, the young man who seemed to have his life in An's hands felt no tension at all. He even ignored the terrifying black sickle on his neck and turned around directly to meet An... Face to face.
"Miss An, if I said that we are all trapped in a reincarnation cycle, including this time, this is the fourth time we have met, would you believe it?" Liao Zixuan looked directly into An's eyes.
Before the girl opposite could speak, Liao Zixuan continued to speak.
"In the first cycle, you saw a little girl who looked exactly like you, mistook her for an enemy, and carried out an assassination in the middle of the night. As a result, we all died under your sickle."
"During the second cycle, I learned my lesson and crouched for the assassin in the corridor late at night, and fought with you. Of course, in the end, in a sense, I was killed by you."
Liao Zixuan wanted to continue talking, but An couldn't listen anymore.
"Hmph, I don't know what nonsense you are talking about, but I can tell. What do you mean, I have killed you many times, so now you want to take a preemptive strike to kill me in order to resist?"
"No, no, no, Miss An, you are wrong. I did have such thoughts, but in the third cycle... Miss An, guess what happened?"
The young man opposite was obviously talking nonsense, but Kean didn't know why, but she actually listened to it. Even she herself found it incredible... she felt curious.
"What else can I do but kill you again?"
Liao Zixuan shook his head.
"No, you...saved me."
"Not just me, but the entire Astorogis, the entire ship's passengers."
An looked shocked at this answer, which she had not expected at all.
But she quickly came to her senses. The extremely chaotic and irritable mood in her heart because of what happened during the day reached its peak with the appearance of this strange young man and his strange words.
An seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. With a stern look in her eyes, the black scythe reached the young man's head. If the young man said any more nonsense, he would be chopped off.
"I'll ask you one last time, what on earth are you here for!" the girl warned in an extremely dangerous voice.
But the young man is still the same, with a calm expression on his face. No, this time in the calmness, you can see the fluctuations of emotions. It is a kind of fluctuation that is lost and recovered.
He even raised his hand on his own initiative, reaching towards An who was opposite him, holding a black scythe against his neck, and towards An's bandaged face.
An's body seemed to be frozen, and his whole body seemed to be paralyzed by an instantaneous electric current. The black sickle that could take the young man's life with a slight movement in his hand became an empty decoration, just because of the words from the young man opposite.
"So I am here for the fourth cycle..."
"Save you."
As he spoke, Liao Zixuan's hand finally touched An's cheek without any hindrance.
Very cold, very icy.
But under his warm palm like a stove, it began to gradually warm up and heat up sharply.
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