Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Otto's Conjecture on the Fusion World
Siegfried, Cecilia, and Otto are all surprised by Sirin's reaction to the revealing video.
After all, the other party's attitude almost symbolizes that this video is real...
Otto, in particular, felt a burning pain on the side of his face after being knocked away by Sirin.
He even instinctively recalled everything, thinking back to when he played the masked man and drove Sirin away, he was also severely beaten by Mo Chen in the video.
The two of them were playing in the same position, which made him feel that some things were inevitable.
"Ahem, Sirin, are you okay?"
Finally, Cecilia took the initiative to hug Sirin, who was crying and looking in pain, and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let you watch this video. If you don't want to continue watching it, I won't force you..."
"It's okay, Cecilia!" Sirin wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and suddenly said, "I have a feeling that I must continue watching. It is very important to me!!!"
"This…"
Seeing that Sirin was so determined, Siegfried and Cecilia looked at each other and sighed.
In the end, they had to continue showing the video to Sirin.
And this time, Otto did not take the initiative to approach, but stood ten meters away from Sirin, stretching his neck to secretly observe the condition of the little girl.
As the video played, everything about the second eruption appeared in front of Sirin.
Go to the moon, become Honkai, fight against the world, and be redeemed by that man at the risk of his life...
Seeing so many unfamiliar yet unforgettable scenes, Sirin clutched her chest in pain the more she looked, and said sadly: "Why...why did I forget all this?"
The moment she finished watching the video, Sirin felt a large amount of memories beginning to flood into her mind.
Scenes after scenes, experience after experience, a man used his life to bring her redemption...
That story should have been engraved in her heart and never forgotten, but she eventually forgot everything and lived a seemingly peaceful and "beautiful" life.
But it was obvious that life without each other and without the ability to repay all this was not good at all for Sirin.
All that is left is endless emptiness and pain.
"Why? Didn't you say that as long as I was a good kid and made the right choices, you would always stand by me, protect me, and be my one and only partner?"
"Why would you finally sacrifice your life for me and disappear from this world?"
"Why do you want me to forget everything, to live a false, peaceful and beautiful life, as if nothing had happened?"
"…"
Sirin kept asking questions, and the tearing feeling in her chest became more and more intense.
Sirin, who once didn't know what love was, believed that all human beings were evil, and didn't believe that anyone in this world would be kind to her, was redeemed after that dreamlike experience.
She began to believe that love existed in human beings, and that someone would be kind to her and protect her at all costs.
That's why she stands here, protecting this world as the Valkyrie of Schicksal.
However, the person who brought her all this and gave everything for her disappeared completely, not only from her side, but also from everyone's memory.
All this was unacceptable to Sirin!
"Why, why did all this happen? Why did Mo Chen disappear? Even disappeared from everyone's memory?"
Sirin spoke with a complicated expression. She firmly believed that everything was real and not false or an illusion.
Siegfried and Cecilia were still a little hesitant. After all, they still couldn't remember such a person or such a thing happening in reality, unless it was not reality at all...
"I should be able to give you an answer on this point."
Otto walked slowly from a distance. Facing Sirin's sad and confused look, Otto rubbed his cheek and slowly said, "Do you know the concept of the Imaginary Tree?"
"The Imaginary Tree? You mean the theory that each world is a leaf?"
Cecilia responded immediately.
And Siegfried, the theoretical idiot, just stood there in a daze, looking like "What are you guys talking about? It sounds so high-end."
At the same time, Otto calmly explained:
"That's right. Each of our worlds is a leaf in an imaginary tree. Each leaf was originally independent, separated from each other, and developed in a straight line. However, there is a special method that allows a few individuals to travel between different leaves, and even merge different leaves into one, forming a fused leaf."
"You mean?"
Facing Cecilia's surprise, Otto said with a serious expression:
"As you thought, perhaps, this Mo Chen has the ability to travel between different world leaves of the Imaginary Tree. At the same time, after changing the development of the world through his own actions, he also integrated many world leaves in one go and constructed a nearly perfect world."
"Perfect world?!"
Hearing Otto's words, not only Cecilia but also Siegfried and Sirin were shocked and felt the shocking meaning contained in these words.
"Of course, this is just my guess. I don't have any evidence to prove that this is the outcome." Otto waved his hand quickly. "But I once tried to do something similar. Although I didn't succeed, I did get a lot of reasonable theories. This makes me almost certain that only such an outcome would cause so many strange incongruities in this world, and allow us, who should have been dead, to exist again in this peaceful world."
"…"
Otto's words caused Siegfried, Cecilia, and Sirin to fall silent.
Compared to the Siegfried couple who were deeply shocked and pondered many things, Sirin simply thought of one thing and asked the first question:
"That is to say, Mo Chen is not actually dead, and there is a great possibility that he is still alive in this world?"
"Well, that should be it."
Otto nodded calmly.
Although in general, changing the world line requires the cost of life, but for a person who may be able to travel through multiple world lines, even after changing the world line, it seems that he can still live vigorously in a corner of the new world.
So, after getting Otto's affirmation, a smile immediately appeared on Sirin's face.
She then said excitedly: "I will go find him. I will definitely find him. No matter what method I use, I will let Mo Chen know how I feel about him!"
Hearing what Sirin said, Siegfried and Cecilia looked strange.
After all, they had never seen the child so enthusiastic about something. She had even completely surpassed them, her adoptive parents.
They felt very uncomfortable as the cabbages they had grown for a long time were being taken away by someone else.
Especially Siegfried. If he hadn't watched the video and knew how important Mo Chen's existence was to Sirin, he would have wanted to pick up a knife and chop him.
The only thing that made him feel fortunate was that Sirin was not the only daughter he had, which at least gave him enough comfort...
On the other side, Otto thought about it for a moment and then spoke:
"In short, the sensation caused by this video is inevitable. Schicksal must take the initiative to hold a press conference to clarify some facts."
"I'll go too."
Hearing Otto's words, Sirin spoke hurriedly, as if she had made some kind of decision.
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