At dusk, the Central Library is closed as usual.

However, for adventurers, it makes no sense to lock the door and not to lock it.

So when the library staff were all off work, Gentle was already sitting in the librarian's office.

In her hand, she also holds a photo album of Mia's father and Mia.

Gently flipped through one by one, she looked very seriously and carefully.

It wasn't until Shen Yi came in that he leaned over to look at the photo and chuckled: "What?

Gently replied without raising his head: "It's just a moment of curiosity, and even if there is anything, it has been eliminated by the city." ”

Shen Yi smiled, sat down on the armrest beside Wen Wen, and just turned to a photo of Mia's father and daughter at the door of the library, as soon as he saw this photo, Shen Yi smiled, pointed to the photo and said: "This photo was taken when I first met her, there should have been another person, that is, me, but it was eliminated...... PS level is good. ”

"And what about this one?" Gentle gestured to another photo.

It was also a picture of Mia with her father, with the old man wearing a red hat and a Christmas tree behind him.

Shen Yi shook his head: "I haven't seen it, isn't there time in the lower right corner? It was taken last Christmas." I was already in the city at that time. ”

"That's weird. Wen Rou tilted her head slightly: "Since it is a photo of last Christmas, why is it only her and her father? If she is married and has children, shouldn't she spend Christmas with her husband and children? Also, I flipped through the entire photo album, why did I only see photos of her father and her? Not even a single picture of her husband and children?"

Shen Yi froze slightly, and he noticed that the eyes that looked at him gently, were a little harsh.

Shen Yi couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "You are really getting better and better, okay I admit it, she is not married, I just don't want you to be jealous." ”

"The kid is gone?"

"No!" Shen Yi replied, "She is indeed pregnant." ”

There was murder in his gentle eyes.

Shen Yi hurriedly said: "Don't look at me like this, the child is not mine." Well, I'll admit that I did sleep with her, and I was her first man, but that doesn't mean I have to be her last man...... I couldn't abandon my wife and children to get revenge, so I rejected her. She was so sad that she found another man and they weren't married, but that day she told me she was pregnant. I persuaded her to get married, but she said she didn't want to, and she would rather live alone with children. Judging from the time I entered the city, the child should have been born by now, and at least half a year old. ”

"And what about the kids?"

"No, he doesn't exist anymore. Shen Yi shook his head.

Gently looked at Shen Yi in surprise: "What do you mean by this?"

Shen Yi replied seriously: "In this world, Mia didn't give birth to a child, and from the first time I saw her today, I saw the answer...... That's why I would recommend coming to the library. I just want to know this, and it's the only thing I can do to connect the situation of the earth with the city. ”

Gentle was completely confused: "You mean...... On Earth, Mia didn't give birth to a child......"

"No!" Shen Yi grabbed his gentle hand: "It's not that Mia on the earth didn't give birth to the child, but here, the city didn't create this child!"

"Why?" Gentle was puzzled, "Even if you imitate the whole process with the earth as the background, it is actually a big project to modify the content related to the adventurer and the mission. There was no reason for the Supreme Council to do anything superfluous, and from an urban point of view, it was far easier to replicate a newborn baby than to erase his existence and modify the associated memories. ”

Shen Yi smiled: "This is the crux of the matter, do you remember the girl in white?"

Gentle spirit shocked: "You mean ......"

Shen Yi nodded: "I suspect that she is an adventurer or a child of a plot NPC, for some special reason, she has a powerful ability, and for the same unknown reason, she is against the city." Her presence is supposed to be some kind of rule loophole, but I'm not sure which one, and I don't even know if the guess is in the right direction. Then I remembered Mia, and I remembered the news that she told me she was pregnant before I entered the city...... I wasn't going to get anything out of it when I decided to come here, but when I saw Mia and saw that she was still sitting there reading like a girl, not behaving like a mother in the slightest, I knew I might have guessed the right direction......"

"You're saying that the city didn't create this child, probably because of ......"

"It could be because there are loopholes in the rules, it could be because of the fear of the same or similar things, and of course it could be something else, but anyway, they're avoiding it all, there's no doubt about it. ”

Regarding the life experience of the girl in white, in fact, there were many speculations about it long before this.

Among them, she may be the product of adventurers or plot characters is the most suspected.

But all this time, there is no evidence to confirm this.

To this day, Shen Yi used the simplest method to confirm: Mia's child does not exist.

This means that the city is likely to be trying to avoid something.

A simple reversal of the contradiction.

While it may not be accurate, at least the possibilities are greatly increased.

Of course, the point is never the result, but the process...... At the beginning, Shen Ruixia in the Valley of Strange Beasts didn't have a child, but it turned out to be a buried corpse in the wilderness. So it doesn't matter if the girl in white is the child of an adventurer or not, what matters is that if she is, then how did she become what she is now?

However, for Shen Yi, the first thing he needs to confirm is the direction of his thinking, and then he looks for the reason for all these changes.

At this moment, he understood Shen Yi's motives, and after confirming that he didn't have any thoughts of trying to rekindle with his old lover in the old world, Gentleness finally put his mind at ease.

She began to rub her temples and think about Shen Yi's words: "The loopholes in the rules...... What will be the rules?"

"I don't know how the city is designed, and it's useless to think about it. Shen Yi put the album back: "But what is certain is that this problem should have been solved by now." ”

"Doesn't it mean that cities can't close the loopholes?"

Shen Yi looked at the album intently: "If you can't make up for it, it doesn't mean that the problem can't be solved." If you have a hole in your pocket, you won't be able to do needlework...... The easiest way to do this is not to put money in your pocket. ”

Wen Rou narrowed her eyes, as if she thought of something: "Adventurers in the past could have children, but now female adventurers can't have children, you say, will it have something to do with this?"

Shen Yi looked at Mia's appearance in the photo, slowly closed the album, and sighed: "That may be the reason, or it may be the effect, some things, if we don't get to that point, we won't understand after all." ”

At this moment, Hong Lang suddenly rushed over: "The banquet is about to start, just waiting for you." ”

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The library lobby is parttying at this time - everyone is celebrating Sarah's 20th birthday.

Zhou Yiyu came over with a small cart, and there was a three-tiered cake on the cart, with 20 candles on it.

"Happy Birthday!" Gentle sent good wishes to Sarah.

"Wow! what a big cake!" said Sarah, cheering in surprise.

"And this. Shen Yi magically conjured up a luxurious evening dress: "Put it on, you are the princess tonight." ”

"Oh my God, it's beautiful. Sarah exclaimed as she held her evening gown.

Then Hong Lang, King Kong and others gave Sarah gifts prepared for themselves one by one, including diamond necklaces, famous watches and other valuable items.

"Where did you get it?" asked Sarah, taking the gifts one by one.

Then she heard the answer that made her hang her head.

Hong Lang said: "Robbery, what else can it be, I went out with the fat man in the afternoon and got it back." ”

Sarah rolled her eyes, "Hell, I said none of them were brought back through legal channels?"

"Yes. Shen Yi smiled: "How about a kiss?"

Shen Yi said, holding Sarah and kissing her lightly on the forehead: "This is a thank you for helping us destroy an enemy, and it is also a reward for your extraordinary courage." ”

"Your reward is too light. ”

"I'd love to give you a further reward, but I'm afraid someone won't. Shen Yi said with a smile. His words were puns on the words, which caused a lot of boos.

Wen Rou had already brought up the cake, and glanced at Shen Yi angrily: "Don't pay attention to him, it's not a reward but a advantage." Hurry up and blow out the candles, and don't forget to make a wish. ”

Sarah folded her hands very reverently and whispered a few words, not knowing what she had made.

She blew out the candle, then clapped her hands and laughed, "Okay, it's time to cut the cake." ”

As she spoke, she picked up the knife and sliced heavily at the cake.

She sent a large piece of cake to Shen Yi: "This is yours." ”

Shen Yi took it: "Thank you, can you tell me what kind of wish you made?"

Sarah smiled and replied, "Live." ”

Everyone was on the same page at the same time.

Sarah had lowered her head and said, "When the Dragon Ball is born, I will die, right?"

Shen Yi looked at Sarah in a daze, and everyone was silent at the same time.

For Team Breakers, the real moment of Sarah's birthday is also the moment when the first main quest is completed, and for Sarah Daniel, it is also the moment when her life comes to an end.

Although no one mentioned it, the girl herself was smart.

Why did Ethan's predecessor give up the mission of Heaven for love five hundred years ago, why did everyone always look at her with some sympathy and pity, and why did everyone never mention what would happen after this...... Some things can be guessed even if you don't say them.

Even though Sarah is just an NPC, she is flesh and blood and has a mind of her own. Compared to humans, she was only born differently, but there was no difference in the internal structure, and because of this, she guessed her destiny.

Shen Yi sighed and nodded lightly: "Yes." ”

Sarah's face turned pale.

She turned her head to the window, looked out at the moonlight and said nothing.

Shen Yi walked over and gently grabbed Sarah's shoulder: "I don't know how to comfort you, but Sarah, death is never terrible, and sometimes, death itself is a kind of rebirth." ”

"But I don't like that. Sarah sobbed under her breath.

Shen Yi hugged Sarah: "Don't be sad, Sarah." You're a good girl, and you may not believe what I'm saying, but the world does exist because of you. When you leave one day, you have to believe that the world will lose its meaning because of you. ”

Sarah curled herself up into Shen Yi's arms: "Sounds great......"

"You've always been great. Shen Yi smiled: "Otherwise, how could Heavenly Court send us down to protect you?" So remember, you will not die, but be reborn in another form." ”

He tried to push Sarah away, but Sarah grabbed him and wouldn't let him go.

She whispered, "Hold me tight, it makes me feel safe." ”

Shen Yi was stunned, and he looked back at Gentleness.

Gentle Wan'er smiled: "It's late, let's go to rest, you are here to accompany her." ”

As she spoke, she left, and the people looked at each other and departed together.

When leaving, Hong Lang looked at the cake with some reluctance, grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering while eating: "Don't waste it." ”

Sitting in front of the windowsill, Sarah looked at the moonlight outside the window obsessively: "When I was young, I used to sit in my mother's arms and watch the moon, listening and watching at the same time, but every time, I fell asleep before I finished the story...... Can you tell me a story?"

Shen Yi thought for a while, and he nodded: "Okay, what do you want to hear?"

"I will listen to whatever you say. ”

"Let's tell me a story that my adoptive father used to tell me when I was a child. Once upon a time......"

Shen Yi began to tell the story in Sarah's ear.

I don't know how long or how much I talked about, and finally, Sarah fell asleep.

She slept peacefully like a child, except for two lines of tears that remained on her face.

Shen Yi sighed softly and fell asleep against the windowsill.

Time passed.

Suddenly, Shen Yi felt his body move, he opened his eyes, and saw that the sky was already dawning, and the dragon tattoo on Sarah's shoulder seemed to be alive, emitting a lot of light.

The light condensed in the air, forming the image of a dragon ball, but Sarah in Shen Yi's arms became blurred in the light.

"Sarah!" Shen Yi shouted.

Sarah opened her eyes and smiled at Shen Yi.

The next moment, her body suddenly burst out with countless points of light, and the whole person completely dissipated in Shen Yi's arms.

At the same time, in the distance, a crisp and loud dragon roar sounded