Chapter 79: Abolishing the System (Fourth Update)
The future Sara was still on her way to the Land of Water when she was suddenly summoned here, a little confused about the situation. Seeing her past self and Mei only deepened her confusion. She looked towards Kakashi, the only one who knew what was going on.
"My lord?"
"M-m-m-m-my lord?!?!?"
Little Sara's reaction was even bigger than Mei's. A few seconds after the red-haired woman spoke, Mei belatedly reacted, her face turning grim. She didn't immediately question the summoned person but instead turned to the instigator, Kakashi.
"What is going on?"
"Now is not the time to get hung up on these things. The top priority is to get out of this godforsaken place."
"No, this is more important."
"It's not important."
He stared at Mei for a while before realizing there was still another person involved who was being ignored.
Young Sara made a very vivid 'X' with her hands in front of her chest to express her dissatisfaction, while also carefully observing this so-called future self. She went forward to pinch her forearm, then compared their heights, and finally checked the red hair that only the pure-blooded royal family of Rōran possessed.
It was undoubtedly her.
This was terrifying...
It took only three or four seconds for her to go from initial surprise to faint excitement, and finally to fear. What did it mean for Kakashi to make her future self appear before her? It meant that something irreversible had happened in the future.
And it went without saying what that was.
'Did I... ultimately make that kind of decision?'
Young Sara didn't dare to ask the question, she could only stare intently at the older Sara.
The older Sara looked around, and seeing her past self's expression, she immediately put herself in her shoes and deduced what she wanted her to say.
'So, when should I shatter my past self's illusion?'
"Abandoning Rōran was my decision, and it had nothing to do with anyone else."
The last glimmer of hope was extinguished. The young Queen of Rōran's eyes gradually dimmed, losing their light. Her intertwined fingers relaxed, hanging limply at her sides.
Ideals and reality were so far apart. Was this what a queen ultimately had to face?
"I... why should I... believe you..."
"Because I am you. And because you already believe it."
She was ruthless towards her past self, tearing away the last veil of shame from her heart.
People always say that when facing your past self, even the self from a day ago, it feels like looking at a toddler. You can't help but want to help them, scold them, or even hit them.
To see the most famous scene of "self arguing with self" from a certain Moon World play out before his eyes, Kakashi marveled, and at the same time felt a little fortunate.
If he had gone to the future and found that another living version of himself really existed, then with his personality, he would probably have charged at him with a Raikiri immediately.
There absolutely could not be a second version of himself. This was Kakashi's strange bottom line, whether from the past or the future.
Young Sara's experience, eloquence, and strength were completely outmatched by the older Sara. The latter knew everything she was thinking; she couldn't hide anything. She was like a peeled grape placed in a glass cup, on display for all to see.
"I held on for much longer than you, but in the end, I still gave up. I figured one thing out: when you can't change anything, live for yourself."
"Wh... why... why did it turn out like this..."
"This is the fate of Rōran. The oasis sacrificed in the desert is Rōran's graveyard. The moment the barrier fell, the ending was already set."
"No... I can still... Mother spoke to me..."
"Haven't you grown up yet?"
Without mockery or contempt, the older Sara simply hugged the red-haired girl in the same way her mother used to comfort her, her fingers running through her red hair, combing it.
Mei blinked, watching the interaction between the two beauties, big and small. Kakashi's ambiguous answer made her very uneasy. With her astonishing intuition, she believed that neither of these two were easy to deal with. The big one seemed to have already hooked up with Kakashi, and while the small one hadn't yet, she was heading in that direction. Furthermore, young Sara's status and position were not something she could compare to.
A queen of a fallen nation was still a queen.
Out of ten isekai novels sold on the street, eight would have a female protagonist with the attribute of a fallen princess/queen. Such novels were usually harem stories, with the male protagonists being bigger scumbags than the last.
Calling them scum would be a compliment. 'Trash' was a more fitting description.
Hatake Kakashi is trash.
"Sara."
The older Sara and the younger Sara turned their heads at the same time.
"I mean the big one..."
"My lord, did you call me over just to have me persuade myself?"
"Actually, there's one more thing. The flow of time on my side and yours is close to a 7-to-1 ratio. That is to say, for every seven days that pass here, only one day passes for you."
"Alright."
The older Sara smiled, indicating that she understood.
"But this timing is not fixed. As time passes here, the time in the future world will gradually synchronize with mine."
Kakashi had just learned this from the system.
[The rate of time flow will gradually synchronize until it is completely identical. After synchronization, an unknown change will occur.]
The silver-haired young man could understand the first two sentences, but the last one was a bit problematic. Changes could be good or bad. What if the worlds merged...
One continent could be divided into so many countries fighting like this. Two worlds? What would that be like?
Kakashi couldn't imagine a scene where the Five Kage from two worlds sat together for a meeting.
Before that, he had to get stronger.
Young Sara, feeling extremely down and seeing the future as hopeless, couldn't understand why the older Sara could still look so happy.
What on earth was she so happy about...
Could it be?
"You... you... you called him 'my lord' before, right?"
"That's right."
"Referring to?"
"The Prince of Rōran."
Sara's vision went black, and she fainted. It wasn't because she heard the news, but because she was knocked out by a karate chop from the older Sara.
"My lord, please take care of her."
"What are you going to do?"
"Think of a new path for my past self. What Rōran needs now is not a queen, but resources."
Slowly walking to the platform where resources were being distributed, the older queen instantly captured the attention of all the citizens.
The crowd was very confused. How had their queen grown so much in such a short time? But it didn't prevent them from recognizing that this was the real queen.
"I have an announcement to make. From today onwards, Rōran will abolish the monarchy. Until the Sand takes over Rōran, I will temporarily serve as the commander to direct everyone's actions."
The crowd below was dead silent.
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