Chapter 216: A Heartless Fairy Tale

"Don't cry because it's over, start smiling because it happened (Dontcrybecauseitsover, smilebecauseithappened)."

- Theodore. Theodor "Dr. Seuss "Geisel"

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There was only one lamp in the room that barely dispelled the darkness.

Because not everyone really has the courage to face their naked selves.

The blonde girl stood in front of the mirror, gently putting on her white tights, and the soft and strong costume swept over the girl's white back little by little, covering the small and terrifying, twisted and spreading scars like reptiles.

Scars don't get bigger as you grow older, but the pain does.

TF will leave a scar when transforming, and this scar will not heal, although the scar of the subsequent battle will disappear due to the rapid metabolism, but the scar left by the first transformation surgery, like a proof of turning from a human into a weapon, is forever engraved on the body.

One hundred and seventy-four, this is the number of all the scars on the girl's body, from head to toe, there is almost no complete skin to be found.

This is the price of becoming a top mechanical TF from an ordinary girl overnight.

Another price is the length of life.

But the girl still stood in front of the mirror with her chest held high, and fastened the zipper of her straitjacket, and she raised her hand, straightened her long hair, which was like a golden waterfall, and picked up the hairpin that was placed on the table. Carefully pinned to her forehead, and then stretched out her hand, the girl who finally had the courage to turn on the light, looked at the tights in the mirror, which had almost replaced the color of her skin in her impression, and gently hooked the corners of her mouth.

Laughing too forcefully. The corners of the eyes should be bent a little more, and the corners of the mouth should be raised too much.

Fail, do it all over again.

Yes, that's a lot better.

The girl squinted her eyes and practiced smiling in the mirror, as if adjusting a mask that she would wear every day.

It really looks like a clown, and suddenly, an idea popped into the girl's head, and she kept the corners of her mouth raised, so that the smile naturally turned into a wry smile.

But what does it matter to be a clown? As long as it makes people smile. Isn't the profession that gives people courage and dispels the gloom in the hearts of others what they like?

Nodding, the girl who confirmed her intentions took a breath and turned around.

The room was small and unfurnished, and the girl once tried to raise a pot of flowers, but eventually transplanted it into the green area of the barracks.

There is a dedicated person to take care of there. In this way, if you can't come back, you won't affect this little life.

The girl crossed her waist with one hand. Take a step forward and set your eyes on the knight's suit hanging from the hanger. Her gaze lingered on the left collar without the badge, but her expression did not change.

Do you believe that there will be a man who will become a god?

I believe it now.

The girl sneered for no reason, then took the dress and put it on expertly.

Coat. Pants, skirts, metal boots, gloves.

The outfit is obviously too cumbersome, although it has a bulletproof function. But in any case, such a large skirt will inevitably affect the action.

But every girl has a dream of a princess dress, and even if she is past her age, she will never be able to give up this romance.

Otherwise, why are wedding dresses all big skirts?

Besides, if the princess of the Knights is stubborn, no one will be able to stop her.

"Uh-huh~ Robin is ready, Batman is waiting for me to save you~"

With a movement of her right hand, the girl took a deep breath, playfully stuck out her tongue, and then turned and opened the door to the room.

It's just that instead of a hallway, she saw an old man with his chest up, dressed in a blue knight's suit.

"Ah, Your Excellency, Speaker." Jeunse. Mino didn't hesitate without any hesitation, and habitually made a knightly salute, while looking at the old man in front of him with a smile behind him, "What's the matter?" ”

"I remember your order...... It's bed rest. "Isaac. Rasmussen stood straight in front of Jeunse, a tall man with a height of one meter and eighty-five who was not angry, "Where are you going?" ”

"Can't you see it yet?" Still smiling, Jess raised her head to look at the old man in front of her, "Of course it's disobedience." ”

"Don't you care about your body at all?" The old man frowned lightly and hesitated, he wanted to force the order, but then remembered that it seemed that it was useless.

"Bed rest doesn't prolong life." Jeunse shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "Anyway, it's a doomed ending, and I still have work to do before this ending comes." ”

"If ......" Speaker Isaac looked at the smile on the face of the blonde girl in front of him, but a heavy helplessness and bitterness rippled in his heart, his tall figure bent slightly, and he was silent for a while before speaking.

"What if this is not an order, but a father's request?"

"If it's a father, then come in and sit." Jesse didn't say anything, not even the smile on her face, she turned to get out of the way, and stretched out her hand, "It's rude to have my father standing outside the door." ”

Isaac looked at Jesse, shook his head, and walked into the room.

"I eat in the cafeteria, and there is no water in the room, so I'm sorry, why don't we go to the café?" Jeunese closed the door, moved a stool to Isaac, and sat down on the bed, and almost in an instant, she went from being a respectful subordinate to a caring daughter.

"No...... That's it, it's good. ”

Isaac sighed, then glanced at the stool that Jesse had moved, hesitated, and spoke in a tentative tone,

"Well, can I sit next to you?"

"Poof, what's wrong with that!" Jesse looked at Isaac, who had completely transformed from Speaker to father, smiled, then stood up, reached out like a daughter dependent on her father, and took Isaac's arm. They sat down on the bed together.

"If you don't beat me, I want to call you Dad, how kind it sounds."

"How could it be ......" Isaac looked at Jesse who was leaning on his shoulder, and now he looked a little cramped and uneasy, but this old man who still exuded the majesty of the superior just now.

"Actually, I have a gift for you."

Isaac cleared his throat and pulled a small box from his bosom. He raised his hand to open it, and it was a golden knight's badge.

"This is the badge you had at the time, and I know you liked it." Isaac sighed softly, "Sometimes, this is the government, and I can't help it. ”

"Wow, it's really mine." Jesse reached out and took the box containing the knight's badge with a happy smile.

But she just held the box tightly. Didn't bring the left collar.

"Karin......" Isaac pursed his lips and looked at the girl who stood up with the box and looked at it carefully, "I know, you still hate us......"

"No," Jesse looked up, her stunned expression was not disguised at all, and after a short stay on the girl's face, she was completely dispelled by a faint smile. "I really, never hated you."

"On the contrary. It's me who is wrong, it's me...... Did that. Jess closed her eyes and sighed, "Probably, I did this, and there is an element of atonement in it." ”

"If you are a sinner...... Am I not guilty of heinous sin? Isaac smiled bitterly. His hands were propped up on his knees, and his white gloves covered his face, which was covered with lines due to his age.

"No, Father, you are not a sinner." Jesse gently snapped the box and took a step back against the table. Looking up at the ceiling, "I swear in the honor of the true God, and this is not to comfort you, nor to speak back or ridicule." ”

"Whatever you do, someone has been saved, and I respect Sergeant Marven for that." Jesse closed her eyes and spoke in a slight but firm tone, "Because of you, no one fell in the snowstorm in Iceland; Because of you, there is hope in the eyes of the people of Northern Europe; Because you ...... The ACA and the alliance did not use black technology to destroy each other. ”

"You know what I believe, salvation is righteousness, and even if sacrifice must occur during this period, it is necessary blood, more than many people...... I'm just too insignificant......"

“…… It's so blissful. ”

When she said the last sentence, Jesse smiled again, and it was from the bottom of her heart.

"That kid......," Isaac smiled wryly, "but even if he is a true god, he is just a pawn of politics...... ...... in this world There is no God. ”

"But there's science in this world, right?" Jeunsy still smiled softly, "'Can one person, or a few people, change the world, can they stop the crisis that may come, and thus save humanity'?" If this proposition is a scientific proposition, then no matter how small the possibility of the answer 'is', someone must believe and pursue it. Science has told us countless times that perceptual cognition cannot describe the world, so I have to prove it. ”

"Besides," Jesse winked playfully at Isaac, who was sitting on the bed, "and since the probability of this proposition being correct is so small, wouldn't it be better for me, who has few days to live, to prove it?" ”

“…… You're really not making fun of me, are you? Isaac smiled helplessly, "If you're an ordinary girl, you'll be a good satirical critic." ”

"If I were an ordinary girl, I would probably grow fat." Jesse walked up to Isaac, bowed down and handed the box in his hand to his father, and then tilted his head in Isaac's surprised gaze, "This thing should be regarded as my relic, I don't like to take pictures, I don't want my father to be dead and not even have something to see things and think about people." ”

"Besides, knights or something...... It doesn't matter anymore. Jess stuck out her tongue, "Your chief knight is the girl the true god likes." ”

"Karin......" Isaac gritted his teeth and choked as he looked at the box containing the knight's badge in front of him, and then reached out and took Jesse's hand along with the box.

"Dad." Jesse looked at Isaac who was slowly standing up, then took a step forward and threw herself into the old man's arms, "Thank you." ”

Life is already hard, so why care about the things that make you miserable?

Isaac hugged the girl in his arms tightly, and for no reason, he remembered what the girl had said.

“…… I know I owe you a lot...... "Isaac said in a deep voice, "I will pay back to those you rely on." ”

"Then I'll thank you a lot." Jeunese and Isaac slowly let go of each other, and the girl stretched out her right hand and made a triumphant gesture, "By the way, when I die, remember to put all the original things in my body back, and keep them all safe, right?" ”

"No problem." Isaac nodded heavily, barely squeezing out a smile.

"Then give me the 'Jesus Supper,'" Jeunese took a step back and gave a knightly salute to Isaac again, "The knights of the Order will always be the vanguard of the battlefield, not a little girl who needs to be cared for. ”

"Okay."

This time, Isaac was silent for a minute, but eventually, he closed his eyes and nodded.

"The plane is ready, you go contact Payne." Before Jesse could speak again, Isaac said the third thing Jesse wanted, "Remember, as long as life remains, it must be used in the most valuable places." ”

"Remember, Your Excellency."

In the third knightly salute, Jesse bowed her body deeply, as if bowing at 90 degrees, resuming her address to the old man.

"Go, and may the true God be with you."

"May the true God be with you."

Jesse straightened up, then turned and grabbed the doorknob.

At that moment, the girl's hand did tremble, but in the next second, she unscrewed the door and walked out of the room.

Then the girl raised her head and slowly closed her right eye.

The little girl from Reykjavík, the chief knight of the Knights, the always smiling Snow White, did not shed a single tear on Icelandic soil. (To be continued......)

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