"I'm your family too...? Thank you, Mobius, for giving me such an important place in your heart. I'm very happy...
But Mobius, right now, you see me as the most important person in your heart. Yet, we both know in our hearts that we are ultimately just fleeting passengers in each other's long lives.
Mobius, you're still young. You will continue to grow up. Your splendid and colorful life is always courageously moving forward, toward the future.
You will see a world you can't even imagine right now. You will meet many, many people, experience many, many things...
One year, two years, three years... after several decades, when you've grown up, when you've experienced many things and established your own worldview... will you still think that I'm someone worthy of entrusting everything to..."
"I will! I definitely will!"
Mobius's eyes were red as she tightly gripped the corner of Ryn's shirt, shouting her reply with a sob in her voice.
"I've chosen you! Whether it's one year, ten years, or even a hundred or a thousand years... a snake has its eyes on you, and it will never give up!!"
A flicker of emotion showed in Ryn's eyes, but in the end, he still shook his head gently.
No matter what Mobius said, no matter how sad she was, in Ryn's eyes, Mobius was still just a child.
Can you believe the vows of children? Time will prove everything...
It was just like how children always say, "When I grow up, I'm going to kick Dad out and marry Mom!" or the little sister next door hugging her big brother's leg and saying, "I'm going to marry you when I grow up!".
And what was the result? After growing up, a mother and son are lucky if they can have a calm conversation. The little girl next door will also grow up and move away, and years later when she sees you again, she won't even remember who you are.
"Mobius... we're not from the same era."
"I don't care about age!"
"This isn't about age..."
"Then you just want to reject me! These are all just excuses!"
Mobius flung Ryn's hand away, took two steps back, the grievance and sadness in her eyes turning into unwillingness and anger.
Ryn wanted to explain, but in the end, he just nodded, not denying Mobius's words.
"Yeah... if you want to see it that way. You can..."
Mobius was stunned for a moment, pointing a trembling finger at the door and roaring angrily.
"Get out! Get out!"
"This is my house."
"Ryn!!!"
"Alright, alright... don't be angry. I'll get lost right now..."
Ryn placed his house key on a nearby table, pointing to let Mobius know where it was. Then he crouched down, hugged his knees, and literally "rolled" out of the room.
Seeing Ryn actually roll away, Mobius was so angry her hair stood on end. Like a world-destroying demon king, she picked up a chair and charged towards the door.
*You bastard, you'd rather literally roll out than find an excuse to lie to me. Can't you use your honesty somewhere else!*
Mobius rushed out the door, but Ryn was nowhere in sight.
He was gone. Mobius could feel it...
He didn't even take his luggage. He just left like that...
The chair in Mobius's hand slipped from her grasp and fell to the floor. Tears streamed down her cheeks, dripping onto the ground.
The young girl had known from a young age that crying was useless. It was just an expression of weakness encoded in human genes, a way for the weak to beg for mercy and pity from the strong.
But at this moment, how she wished that this bodily function passed down through generations was useful, that it could soften Ryn's heart and make him come back...
But Mobius cried until she couldn't squeeze out another tear, and Ryn's figure never reappeared.
She returned to Ryn's house and picked up the key he had left behind.
Finally, she lay on Ryn's bed, her red, swollen eyes wide open, thinking all night.
Where exactly did she lose? Why wouldn't Ryn agree? Was it really because she was too young?
But Ryn was clearly a pervert! Shouldn't he be more excited the younger she was!
Was it just because he already had a wife and child?
*They better not let me meet them... I'm going to kill them all...*
*Ryn... belongs only to me.*
...The next day, Mobius returned to the laboratory, sullen and unhappy.
She had grown accustomed to Ryn's daily companionship, and now having to suddenly accept the fact that he was gone made Mobius feel extremely uncomfortable.
She often made mistakes during experiments, causing her to lose the mood to conduct them.
Her fellow researchers, who had all been fond of this genius child Mobius, would greet her whenever they met. Although Mobius was arrogant, she would usually respond politely.
But unfortunately, Mobius was not in the right state of mind today. Not only did she ignore the greetings of others, but when some people called her by affectionate nicknames like "Little Dr." or "Little Genius" that included the word "little," Mobius would explode like a barrel of gunpowder, pouncing on the person who called her that, pinning them to the ground while roaring and cursing.
Mobius's eyes were like a snake's pupils, not only putting pressure on those who made eye contact but also drawing out their inner fear. The person pinned down by Mobius cried out for help in a panic, attracting everyone nearby.
It took a lot of effort for everyone to peel the constantly shouting "I'm not little!" Mobius off the researcher.
Then, her colleagues, concerned that the pressure of research was too great and she was having a mental breakdown...
Because it was common for people in the scientific community to go insane, they expertly sent Mobius to the hospital.
After a diagnosis, it was confirmed that Mobius did indeed have some mental problems. She kept claiming she was a snake, a snake this, a snake that.
She was almost locked up in a mental hospital. In the end, it took Dr. Einstein a great deal of effort to get her out.
But Mobius had also transformed from a child genius into a strange person that everyone feared. She called herself a snake all day long, and her speech was always sarcastic and weird. Sometimes you wouldn't even know what line you'd crossed, and she would just blow up, acting crazy and deranged.
After that, Mobius seemed to have broken through some kind of bottleneck. Although her personality was disliked by everyone, her progress in scientific research advanced by leaps and bounds, achieving many extraordinary accomplishments at a young age.
Dr. Einstein often received news of Mobius making yet another pioneering breakthrough. Whenever this happened, she would repeat a sentence to the Armed Doll zero, earnestly instilling this life lesson in it.
"No men in your heart, and in science you'll be a god. The first step of research is to cut down the one you love!"
zero always felt that this wasn't right, but Mobius's case was right there as an example... forcing it to believe.