"If you want to talk to him, I'll go out and get him back now."

Rika Fujimaru glanced behind her, and the empty hallway was quiet. She turned back again, and the facial features on the statue's face were combined with a "tired" expression:

"Forget it." The Emperor sighed.

Fujimaru Rika stared at the statue suspiciously for a moment.

"I don't know if it's my delusion, but you seem to be much more reasonable now than last time." She looked left and right at the statue, "The feeling of psionic energy is there, I don't doubt that you are the emperor, but I still think ...... The person I met this time and the one I met last time wasn't alone, right? ”

“…… There may be a reason for this. The Emperor smiled wryly and tried to obscure it.

"Don't try to fool around, it may be difficult for others to understand your mental structure, but I've seen something like this, so I can roughly understand what is going on by analogy." Rika Fujimaru folded her arms and asked a little narrowly, "'Substitution' is one thing, and on the other hand, 'the state has really improved', right?" ”

“…… Truly. Although he admitted this, the tired and helpless expression on the emperor's face became more obvious.

Most of the incomprehensible parts of the above conversation are based on the fact that the emperor is an "eternal" who has existed since the dawn of human civilization.

The "Eternals" don't really die, but they are also human. The human psychic structure cannot withstand more than 40,000 years of time, even if the subspecies of "Eternals" is strengthened in this regard because of the ability to "not die", or if the growth of spiritual power also leads to spiritual growth.

Humans themselves are creatures that can only survive for a moment, and if this is not the case, then the existence of the person concerned itself will gradually deviate from the concept of "human".

As a result, the vast majority of the living choose to live in seclusion, instinctively living a repetitive and simple life to minimize mental burden. However, the emperor has been actively participating in the WTO for a long time, and has even personally gone into battle many times to set the node of human civilization - it is too difficult for the existence of life dimensions far above human beings to maintain the human mind as much as possible under this premise.

As a result, the emperor frequently gave up the continuity of memory at some point, re-established his personality many times in a blank life, and naturally blended into the crowd with a newly generated "young personality".

This was an effective way to deal with it at first, but it was by no means problematic. At least in the 40,000th year of human civilization, the problems caused by this have been accumulating.

How many personalities the emperor had, even he couldn't count.

In the actual situation, these countless personalities with different personalities and experiences will react synchronously to everything the emperor encounters—many times very different or even incompatible, but the only person who can really break through the chaotic thinking and make decisions is the personality that the emperor chooses to manifest at that time.

One of the intuitive manifestations of this artificially caused severe "split personality disorder" is that he often seems very detached from himself at different times in his words and deeds.

To others, this may be difficult to understand, but Rika Fujimaru has seen a similar reaction on the aggregate of the seventy-two demon gods: when there is no Getia in the center, they will pick and choose the pillar to float according to the object they are facing. If they talk to several people at the same time, they look schizophrenic as well.

As for now, what is projected onto this emperor statue should be a relatively talkative personality. At least he does admit that he is "getting better".

"And then?" After a few seconds of silence, Rika Fujimaru urged, "You definitely didn't come here in such a hurry just to say this, right?" ”

The "......" statue is silent, and the painted facial features are combined into an "accusatory" expression.

What does this mean? I can't guess if you don't say it—"

“…… You should understand. The Emperor finally reluctantly spoke, "At the beginning, I hoped that Koz would be able to re-recruit troops to replenish the military force for the whole plan, and the focus was not really on 'outside the establishment', but on the 'new recruitment'. ”

Rika Fujimaru retracted the smile on her face.

“…… Of course I understand. When it came to business, her tone naturally became serious, "You want to make sure that all the soldiers under my command are recruits who are 'shallow in karma', so as to prevent me from inadvertently 'becoming too deeply involved' with this universe, right?" ”

Rika Fujimaru from another world does not belong to this universe, so some of the rules that originate from this universe are greatly diminished when they fall on her - typical case, even a chaotic power like Tzeentch can barely effectively tainish and assimilate her when she first arrives without the protection of the emperor.

If nothing had happened, Rika Fujimaru, who did not belong to this universe, would have been thrown out again by the universe itself as a "foreign body" after a long or short period of time, but now, apparently, "something has happened".

The first is that the Emperor used psionic energy to pull her into the Torch with little unknowledge, and actively established a connection between the two parties; The second is that Rika agrees to "pull the emperor" with her special characteristics, and reorganizes the technique for the sake of this plan, so that Conrad Cotz can return to reality; And then there is the most serious one, the compilation of Jestal's matter, and this time Rika Fujimaru's serious interference in fate is completely outside the whole plan, and her own fate is inevitably woven into this universe.

To put it simply, she is gradually gaining proof of belonging to this universe. And when she gets her green card completely, the original entry exemption will also disappear.

"You should understand that it is not a good thing to fully integrate into this universe, and you are already a little too far at this point." The emperor's tone was inexplicably a little bitter, but Fujimaru Rika interrupted the other party's exhortation indifferently:

"It's not all bad, is it? What's more, we said that the premise of the success of the plan is 'let me fully integrate into this universe'. She was relaxed when she said this, "I made this decision on the premise of knowing 'what will happen', not to mention, the sooner I advance, the sooner your condition can improve." ”

As a traveler from another world, Rika Fujimaru also brought the concept of another world with her when she fell into this world. Perhaps every such drifter brings with them some small "souvenir" that will be corrected and annihilated over time after falling into the universe - but what if the drifter who falls in is a "savior" with great karma?

Rika Fujimaru brought a completely different "magic" system from psionic energy, and intuitively speaking, many of the devices on the current Storm Frontier still operate in a way that the psionic energy and spells of this world cannot understand; She also brought her own "fate", even if she crossed the barrier of the world, the heroic spirits who had been associated with her could still lend a helping hand to her; And the most important thing is:

She brought with her the concept of "human reason" – the concept of the origin, survival, development, and prosperity of human beings themselves. As long as the concept of "human reason" remains, humanity will not perish.

Moreover, as the "savior" who has successfully defended human reason, she has enough cause and effect to re-prove these concepts here, and at the same time to naturally restructure the relevant concepts that can ensure the survival of human reason.

"In the process of compiling Jaystal's matter, I successfully used the concept of 'human reason' – if it can be used, it naturally exists."

Rika Fujimaru said in a report-like tone:

"Since 'human reason' exists, it will naturally promote the emergence of some kind of 'restraining force' in order to survive. Judging from the current situation, it seems that the 'alayya consciousness', which is made up of the collective unconscious of human beings who "want to live", was formed first. It is because of this that some of the unconscious hopes that were directed at you turn to Alayya, and your state has changed for the better. ”

"That's not the point." The Emperor sighed, "We don't know what impact this will have on things going forward, you're a bit presumptuous. ”

"Huh? Are you worried about whether the operation of the large magic dress that you will use later will go wrong? It doesn't matter, even if the rules of the outside world don't allow it, the mystery that was once mastered will never slip away quietly, but it will become difficult to pass it on. ”

“…… You know I didn't mean that. ”

"I know, but I don't know." Fujimaru Rika looked up at the sky, "I don't know if you don't say anything, even if I can guess it." Being honest can improve the efficiency of communication. ”

This time, the silence lasted for a short time, until the emperor sighed with difficulty: "...... I'm worried about you. ”

"Although thank you, let me remind you that the person in the world who is least qualified to say that he is worried about me is you." Fujimaru Rika shrugged, "You're not the kind of person who will get off that chair after a few words of persuasion, right?" ”

"It's not the same thing that can be compared-"

"-Indeed, it's much easier for me to look at it, right? At least I don't have to be tortured by the super electric chair for 10,000 years. ”

“……”

The expressions that can be combined are surprisingly vivid, at least Fujimaru Ritsuka can clearly read the meaning of "I don't want this kind of efficiency" from the statue's "wrinkled" face.

The silence continued like this for a few more seconds, and finally Fujimaru Rika sighed and took the lead in taking a step back: "Okay, I understand what you mean, it's nothing more than that I don't have to live and die with this sparse universe or empire at all, there are other options." But I'm the kind of person who likes to meddle in things, and it has nothing to do with you or the empire itself, or even the trillions of humans in the entire galaxy, it's just that I have nothing to do, so I just pick a topic that I am familiar with and pass the time contentedly. Does it make you feel better? ”

“…… No, but I get it. The Emperor sighed again, "It seems that we are the same kind of people. ”

This time it was Fujimaru Rika's turn to wrinkle her whole face in disgust:

"I don't really want to be defined as the same type of person as you, my interpersonal environment is much better than yours." She teased, then asked again the question at the beginning of the conversation, "Are you really not talking to Conrad?" ”

The emperor's expression turned a little aggrieved: "He didn't listen to me. ”

Fujimaru Rika made a very strange rhetorical question here: "Then have you heard what he said?" ”

“…… What? ”

"He said, 'I don't want your forgiveness, because I deserve to be punished for doing something wrong,' he also said, 'I am a sinner, and giving me a second life would be to ignore the meaning of punishment itself,' and he said, 'Sinners cannot take on the responsibility of leading and dominating, so they do not want to be joined by the new blood of a blank sheet of paper.'" Although you heard these words before, you didn't consider them as if you didn't hear them, and dealt with him on your own, right? ”

After Fujimaru Rika said this, the emperor thought carefully for a few seconds:

"I'm pretty sure he didn't say anything about it."

"He's your son, do you expect him to say it all plainly? The obscurity of your father's and son's expressions is the same, and of course these are guesses. I can guess you, and of course I can guess Conrad. ”

"In that case—"

"—Nothing, I'm on the same side as him at this point. I was seventeen years old, and I was rebellious, and I could better empathize with the nasty feeling of being a child facing a father who was trying to speak up at home. ”

Fujimaru Rika folded her arms again, raised her chest and raised her head, and showed in a playful way that she would fight to the end, which made the emperor cry and laugh a little:

“…… So that's when you follow him and say, 'Then there will be no conscription,' even though you realize that this conscription is mainly for your convenience. ”

"It's not convenient to go anywhere. If I re-enlist, Astarte's training cycle is very long, so wouldn't I have to be idle in the star torch to get moldy? Rika Fujimaru complained, "And Conrad was reluctantly dragged up by us, and he must have given an account of his past." Whether it's his original legion, or what he's done in the past. Both the victim and himself have this need emotionally. ”

The Emperor was silent again for a moment.

"Even if it's a long road full of thorns with no end in sight, you don't care to stand beside him?"

"Contractual relationships, 'marriage' is pretty much what it is. He wants to do the right thing, and I don't have any reason to stop him, so of course I'll be with him. Fujimaru Rika replied vaguely, "Besides, if there is anything more difficult than 'saving people', I really want to look into it." ”

The Emperor fell into a longer silence. Rika Fujimaru waited for a while, and there was no reaction to anything in the room, which made her yawn boredly, and then decided not to waste her time like this idleness:

She picked up the small brush and prepared to start applying gold leaf to the statue.