Volume I, Chapter 6: Defense
"You've lost your awe. ”
“......”
"You've lost your awe. ”
"Got it, got it. ”
"You've lost your awe. ”
"Okay, okay, don't make any noise......" Even though I know it's my own voice and set my own program, it's still boring to repeat it like this—if not painful.
Mr. Zero returned home and found it peaceful and normal.
"If it weren't for the sake of getting something, I wouldn't have dared to come back here......"
As soon as I entered the room, the sound of this lingered in my ears.
"I was really trying to convince myself...... But I really just had to convince myself. Someone has to do these things...... And I'm the only one who did it......"
"And there's been a loss of awe or something—it's inevitable!"
Zero looks into the air where nothing remains. "Anyone who sees the world reset again and again in 'change' will gradually lose the so-called awe...... But fortunately, only I can 'remember' a little, and I can taste all the bitterness alone......"
"That being said, I'm affected by the changes, and so are my memories. Resistance is not immunity. ”
Zero shook his head and forgot about his trance of "his own voice", and went straight to the spare ladder to climb up the attic, packing a bunch of bits and pieces into a suitcase.
I couldn't help but smile when I saw a beautiful box that fell to the ground between rummaging.
"That's what I used to seal that thing," ...... thought for a few seconds, and Mr. Zero tossed the part back into the box. "But it's a pity that the power that can be suppressed is still limited, otherwise it wouldn't have been so troublesome if it could be sealed forever......"
Mr. Zero took roughly everything he could take away, and hid everything he couldn't take away in an unknown corner.
"The Holy See's wanted and hunt is probably coming soon...... Anyway, the people from the Inquisition were already hunted down before, and the next one should be the second wave. ”
Zero walked out of the house and looked back, but he was not reluctant.
"But...... How can I be sure that the 'current me' will and will be able to persevere......
He shook his head wordlessly, ready to leave the place and go on the next leg of his journey.
He happened to look through the window at the furnishings in the room, and there were already some primitive mechanical artifacts faintly appeared.
Immediately, his mind was gradually stuffed with some knowledge about the so-called mechanical technology.
"The 'change' was triggered...... As the unnamed god to whom the mechanical parts belonged, the age of the machine gradually came...... But fortunately, there is a divine power of the church as a neutralization, and it is a sufficiently gentle 'change'. There is no destruction of the world, and there is no 'reset'...... It's just a gradual change and overwrite. ”
Mr. Zero paused, but continued his movements, walked out of the courtyard, and prepared to leave in the carriage.
At this moment, a low-key but delicate enough carriage approached.
“...... It seems to be someone's private property. Not the kind of ...... that can carry passengers."
Mr. Zero's plan to wait for the carriage to pass by on the other side of the road was quickly shattered: the car stopped in front of his eyes.
When the door opens, you can see the ornate and comfortable decorations, and the more ornate people within.
"Long time no see, Zero-" The girl on the other side smiled smartly, and shook off the maid beside her with great joy and pounced on Zero.
“...... Long time no see, Your Highness the Princess. Zero had no choice but to catch the other person's body, put the other person on the ground, and then quietly took two steps back.
"Well, I managed to escape from the palace.
In the face of his fiancée, who he hasn't seen for a long time, is it such a cold reaction~"
She didn't look at it, but still leaned over and hugged Zero's arm.
"......" Zero smiled bitterly and just asked, "Why are you here?"
"Hey~ People have been here for a long time, I just want to observe Zero for a few more days......" The other party smiled, but even if he admitted that he was monitoring himself, he couldn't feel malice, so that Zero couldn't react more.
“...... Observe me for what?" Zero tried to toughen his voice, but was obviously useless to the girl across from him, who even knew him better than he knew in some ways.
"Of course, let's see if any bad women are trying to seduce you...... If there is, chop them all up**Okay~"
"Huh?" didn't seem to hear clearly, but it always felt like I had just heard some blocked word and decided not to dwell on it. But the smile on the face of the girl who said this on the other side was still pure and flawless, which made Zero feel a little trembling.
"But I just noticed something strange going on in Zero's house...... And then Zero is gone. Now I'm back from outside, and I'm packing up my things and leaving in a hurry...... Is there something going on again?" she hugged Zero's arm close to his body, conveying the warmth to the touch, and as she spoke, she raised her hand to tug at Zero's collar and tugged at it intimately.
After feeling the flying touch of some parts of the other party's body, the corners of Zero's mouth twitched, and then pushed the other party away slightly, but he talked about another topic: "Don't always pull my clothes, if you have a favorite clothes and I tear them out, you won't be happy, right?"
"......" Zero just casually used to divert the topic, but found that the girl really thought for a few seconds, and then replied decisively: "Zero likes me to wear whatever I wear, I will wear it, I don't like it if I don't like it." ”
I don't wear ......
Just as Zero groaned, the girl came back to her senses, "Don't interrupt! What's wrong? How can I help?"
“...... I just blew up the Great Sanctuary over here. After thinking about it for a while, Zero still said so bluntly, anyway, with her talent, this kind of news can be inquired about soon.
"Huh?" The princess who was staring at Zero was stunned for a moment, then clapped her hands and put her hands on the side of her cheeks and smiled slightly: "Since Zero thinks it's going to be fried, of course it's fried well~" Then he thought about it and said: "So Zero, are you still worried about being found at the door? Don't be afraid, I'll protect Zero!" She straightened her not full chest, and made an atmospheric statement: "It's the church that is looking for trouble first, and our royal family won't be afraid of them!"
"......" Zero pressed the corner of his forehead, wondering if it was better for him to smile: "Because of this, a lot of people died......
"Woo......" A look of compassion flashed from the eyes of the princess, but she soon bloomed with a soft look, and wanted to hug Zero's shoulder but because of the height problem or Zero's deliberate dodge, she didn't achieve it, so she lowered her hug and hugged the other party's waist and whispered: "In this case, this should put Zero in a lot of trouble, right?" But anyway, if there is anything I can do to help, because I am Zero's fiancée." ”
"Well, it's not all about that, though...... But I really need to get out of the way for a while. Zero subconsciously flinched, but still rubbed the girl's head before letting the other party go. "So I'm sorry, even though you're new here, I can't do anything with you. ”
Although he said that, staying away from this princess still made Zero feel inexplicably relieved.
"Huh...... I've just come out with a hard time, are you willing to leave people here alone again?" seemed to sense Zero's emotions, Wang Nu muttered aggrievedly, and then her eyes quickly became watery, as if she was about to cry out and looked up at Zero's eyes.
"......" Zero gave a look that looked like a toothache.
The girl's expression changed so quickly that it seemed like a fake, like many people who deliberately use crying as a weapon.
But it was just that the other party was like this, and he didn't pretend at all, but he always felt that he couldn't deal with this royal highness.
"I'm sorry, but I'm really going to get something done by the way. Zero said vaguely, "I didn't deliberately hide from you or anything." ”
This is a lie.
Zero and Wang Nu should be very clear in their hearts.
This has been the case for many years.
But the princess still burst into tears and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Zero, you have your own business, even as a fiancée, I will not and should not interfere with you." ”
She tidied up a few wrinkles for zero, just like a real wife at home.
"Then, now, remember not to mess with flowers and butterflies outside?" There was a gloomy laugh from the other side, "Otherwise, ......" The princess took out a knife out of nowhere and gestured at zero, as if to show the tragic end of the other party.
“...... Your Highness, your demeanor has collapsed, huh?"
"I don't care about that. The girl was still smiling.
"Ahh Incidentally...... You didn't move anything when you entered my house just now, did you?" Zero said anxiously as if he suddenly remembered this stubble.
"No~" the girl said quite obediently, "Zero, you said that if I went after those weird things, you would ignore me~ How could I risk touching it?"
"Ahh How so...... May you always stay away from danger. Zero shook his head, "Goodbye...... Also, don't follow my every move, it will cause you trouble and danger......"
Zero turned around and walked a few steps, then said with a slight pause, "If I come back, I will tell you as soon as possible." ”
......
The princess smiled and waved goodbye, and then after Zero's figure disappeared and disappeared, she jumped up excitedly and said to the maid who had been following her: "Did you hear that!
...... No, Your Highness, the first time to say it is not the same as the first to say it......
The maid said in her heart, but didn't really say it. She had long seen that this pair of concubines was ruthless, but the princess had been living in her own dreams.
Speaking out will not only not make the princess sober, but will only lead to the horror in her heart......
Obviously, the former princess was like a pure lily, but because of this man, she gradually became a distorted appearance.
She shook her head and stopped thinking about it.
After returning to the carriage, the princess nodded to the maid, and she took out a slightly dim crystal ball, and the vague appearance of Mr. Zero appeared in the hazy fog of prophecy.
"Hehe, I don't go to the anomalous, but I didn't say I can't recruit people who come into contact with the anomalous...... If I don't go to spying, my subordinates can do. The princess seemed to have a little gloom in her cheerfulness, and said so.
"Yes, Your Highness. ”