"And then what?" On the train, everyone gathered around, looking eagerly at Kiana, waiting for the rest of the story.
"It's a little different from the version we heard..." Mei said with some emotion, handing Kiana a glass of water. She knew that storytelling was a kind of torture for Kiana.
Short boasts were one thing, but telling such a long story was too difficult for the impatient Kiana.
But she herself was willing, so she told the story to everyone while overcoming the difficulty.
"But there are some similarities, more or less," Bronya added.
Shu, squeezed in the middle of the crowd, rolled his eyes. Did he not know whether the plot was the same or different?
The only ones here who had truly learned the "original plot" from him were the three of them, Kiana and her friends. Although Sirin also knew the general plot, it was, after all, a secondary transcription from the Akashic Chronicle, so it was still a bit vague.
As for Seele, her understanding of the Akashic Chronicle was probably less than the other consciousness within her, which was Dark Seele.
"Aiya, don't panic!" Kiana was getting into it now, especially seeing so many people waiting for her. She felt a sense of accomplishment just by opening her mouth.
Although it was painful to organize her thoughts for the story in her mind, if she couldn't even overcome this small difficulty, how could she defeat the Herrschers, how could she defeat the Honkai?
How could she and Mei go back to her stinky old dad and mom to explain?
With these thoughts in mind, Kiana put down her water glass and then, with a grand gesture, waved her hand. "Last time, we were saying..."
At that time, the world was in a state where the East, with its majestic Shenzhou, was peaceful and happy, the West had countless families pursuing them, the South was dominated by Future City, and only the North was under the shadow of war.
Thus, the captain of the runaway squad gave an important speech on the situation—
"Northward!" Siegfried shouted, and was then shoved into the car by Nicholas.
"You're not afraid someone will chase after you, shouting so loudly!" Nicholas quickly opened the passenger door for Cecilia, then jumped into the driver's seat, cursing as he slammed the accelerator to the floor.
"Sorry..." Siegfried, with his hands clasped together, peeked his head out from the back seat with an apologetic grin at Nicholas, then turned to Cecilia, who was still standing outside the car. "Don't just stand there, get in!"
That matter-of-fact tone, and the car that was about to launch at any second, made Cecilia question Siegfried's logic for the umpteenth time.
But she still got in, sitting in the passenger seat just as the car shot forward, and calmly fastened her seatbelt.
"Whoa!" Siegfried, who had poked his head between the front seats from the back, let out an excited cheer. "To freedom and dreams! Let's go!"
The car roared out of the city and onto the empty highway, the speed so fast that Cecilia could feel a distinct push against her back, but when she turned her head, the scenery outside was only slowly receding.
This was a wilderness, so vast that you couldn't see the end.
It was sparsely populated, but by no means a forbidden zone of life. On the contrary, it was only after leaving the order of human civilization that one could see the splendor of primitive life.
Herds of antelopes, lazy yaks, gray foxes flashing through the withered grass from time to time, snow leopards hidden in any snowdrift...
"Awooo...!!" A long wolf howl was enough to stop a child from crying at night, but in this car, it only attracted the curious gazes of three people.
"What's that?" Nicholas asked.
"Is it a snow leopard?" Siegfried answered uncertainly.
"It's a snow wolf," Cecilia gave the answer. In the field of biology, Cecilia was still a genius.
Siegfried immediately nodded like a pecking chicken. "Then it must be a snow wolf!"
Nicholas was a little surprised. "You just believe her like that? What if it's really a snow leopard?"
Cecilia was about to explain the difference between the howl they had just heard and that of a real snow leopard when she heard Siegfried give Nicholas a silly grin.
"Cecilia is amazing! She knows so much! Her brain is also very good, a little bit stronger than mine... I guess!"
"That doesn't make much of a difference," Nicholas said, not hesitating to insult Siegfried. Ignoring the blushing Siegfried, Nicholas for the first time took a serious look at this quiet woman who looked so familiar to her.
Very young, looking to be about fifteen years old. Although her features matched, the intellectual and holy aura about her indicated that she was not a Kaslana.
Why did Siegfried bring a minor with him when he ran away from home?
As her disdain for Siegfried deepened, Nicholas also wondered what kind of person could make Siegfried willingly admit that he was inferior.
This guy's ambition was as high as the sky, and he had the strength and luck to match it. It was hard to find someone who could make him feel inferior even with a lantern.
"Cecilia is the military strategist I found! We're partners who have fought side by side!" Siegfried's blush was not because he was being questioned, but because his judgment was not being recognized.
Cecilia recalled their "side-by-side battle." She felt that Siegfried also had some misunderstanding of this idiom, just like the countless times he had used idioms incorrectly before.
"Your judgment isn't bad either!" Nicholas gave Cecilia a hearty smile, her serrated shark teeth making Cecilia want to take a closer look.
It's a little impolite, I should restrain myself.
"Let's go back to the secret base first, then we'll start the group transfer," Siegfried gave the order. Nicholas nodded, and turned the steering wheel sharply, sending the car flying off at a dangerous angle.
Cecilia silently grabbed the handle. She regretted a little that she hadn't resisted and had gotten into the car cooperatively.
The so-called secret base was the gathering place of Siegfried's "cronies," but before they arrived, an uninvited guest had already appeared.
"I know you brought Cecilia here! You guys have no idea what you've done!" The trussed-up Shigure Kira bounced on the ground like a struggling salted fish, baring her teeth at the people around her, threatening and cajoling.
"So... who is Cecilia?" the gray-haired, martial-arts-clad female swordswoman asked, looking silently at the others.
"I don't know either..." the short-haired woman sighed weakly. They could only wait for Siegfried and Nicholas to come back...
Hopefully, they would know the answer...