Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Qianyan's contemptuous tone made me instinctively want to refute her, but in retrospect, her answer at that time was indeed ambiguous.

Her answer can be understood as an affirmative answer, but also as a performance of her avoidance of answering.

"I haven't always been myself. You said I was a different person at the time, why didn't you consider the possibility that she wasn't 'me'?"

"What... what do you mean by 'I'm not myself'? What kind of nonsense are these? Why can't I understand you?"

Qianyan looked away for a moment, seeming to have other intentions, squinting her eyes and looking at me with a faintly beautiful smile, but her smile was gentle and distant, which made me feel a little sad for unknown reasons.

"You'll understand. Someday."

Speaking of this, Qianyan walked up to me abruptly, bent her knees and pressed against my abdomen.

I was caught off guard by the blow, and bent down along with her strength. Realizing that the abdomen and back were injured again, I couldn't help giving Qian Yan an awkward yet polite smile.

What's going on with you today? Why do you like to have trouble with my stomach?

She stretched out her right hand to grab my tie, stared straight into my eyes with icy eyes, and didn't give me a chance to straighten up again.

"You don't move. That's it. I can't talk if I stand upright."

Qianyan pursed her lips and complained unhappily. It's just that even if she pulls my tie, she still has to look up at me a little bit.

So, my only advantage over her is my height?

"Neither can time stand still, nor can you go back in time. The imaginary clock is not the ability to do these things. You may feel that it is inferior to other abilities, and even think that it can only assist others to reach their dominant time. However, please remember -"

The faintly visible clock in Qianyan's pupil suddenly flashed light to reveal its existence, and the pointer happened to point to eleven.

A layer of dark-toned negatives bound the time around me, and my heart seemed to tremble for a moment following the pointer in her pupils.

"Imagination clock is a highly malleable ability, so before doubting it, please doubt yourself properly."

Qianyan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, stretched out her left hand to wrap around my neck, then slowly loosened the tie with her right hand, and made intercourse with her left hand. Her eyes were covered with a layer of sadness, but even in sadness, her indifferent temperament remained undiminished.

"I don't remember what I told you at that time, but please remember those words. Because I will not lie to you anyway."

Qianyan uncharacteristically showed her unique style of gentleness, staring at me with blinking eyes from time to time, which made me feel unnatural. I simply followed what she said just now with unclear meaning, and deliberately asked her a difficult question:

"What if she wasn't you at the time?"

"Then please, trust her."

"Why?"

"Because. You are my ruler. No matter when I am, I will never lie to you."

After I finished speaking, the cool touch disappeared from my neck. She let go of the little hand that was holding me tightly, and shifted her weight back to her heels.

Um. Recently, Qianyan's appearance is a bit strange...

wrong! This is not Qianyan! !

If you want to ask why - because my dream maker, it can't be so cute!

"One more thing." Qianyan put her arms around her arms. She didn't deliberately look up at me, and said softly, "You will participate in the domination war in the future, so you can't find me frequently."

"That's right... I haven't looked for you often before, have I?"

Qianyan smacked her lips in displeasure, and pointed her index finger at me threateningly, probably signaling me not to interrupt.

"The number of times you have used Time Freeze before. Don't you count?"

These words made me raise my hand actively, and moved it from the right corner of my mouth to the left corner of my mouth as if zipping it up.

Most of the time I didn't notice Qianyan's presence, because she usually didn't give me a chance to see her. In this way, she may have appeared far more times than I thought without my knowledge.

"Anyway, even if you come to me in the future, I won't solve the problem for you. Not only will I feel troublesome on my own, but this is a domination war you participated in. The observers have been watching you all the time, and they are looking forward to you The performance... Do you understand?"

Qianyan's words stopped short, without explaining the problem in depth. As if I was just looking forward to her superficial advice, which would make me suddenly have a great understanding of a certain aspect. But if I had this extraordinary comprehension ability, some things would have been self-defeating.

Probably realizing that it was too much for me, she occasionally sighed and gave me a fleeting smile.

"Well. I don't expect you to understand now. I only hope that you will understand what I mean one day."

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The field of vision briefly dipped into gray. When I opened my eyes again, the sky outside the window had already turned into twilight.

"Twelve hours, how long is left?"

I don't intend to deliberately calculate the time, and I don't want to schedule the twelve hours to the brim, so let's just go with the flow and spend this half day. No matter where time will end, dreams or reality, there will always be meaning for its existence.

Supporting the edge of the bed, I sat up and stretched my arms to the side. It suddenly occurred to me that the days when I only pursued clarity and despair, and only longed to actively give up, seemed a little far away before I knew it. I pushed away from the room and went downstairs, and the tempting smell of meat came from the kitchen.

"Don't go. You bring the food over."

Mother gave me an order without looking back. When I walked to her side, she suddenly pointed at the unopened wine bottle next to her.

"Send it to your dad. If he says no, you'll force it. Just say you want to have a drink with him."

The lights in my father's room were not turned on, and the room was pitch black. If it wasn't for my mother's special care, I thought he hadn't come home until now.

I knocked on the door twice and pushed the open door inward. My father was sitting at the desk facing the window. When he saw me coming in, he just glanced at me and didn't say much. I was a little surprised at first, but my mother must have said something to him when he came back.

"Did your mother send you here?"

My father's plain words made me a little embarrassed for a moment, so I had no choice but to lift the bottle and point to him, then walked to his side and put the bottle down.

"I was planning to come here to find you, Dad. It just so happened that Mom asked me to bring it here."

Thinking about how to say goodbye to my father would be more appropriate, but when it came to my mouth, I didn't know how to speak.

I suddenly remembered what my mother told me just now, and tentatively suggested to him:

"We father and son...have a drink?"

My father squinted his eyes and looked at me. Seeing my puzzled face, he pointed at the wine in my hand with some amusement.

"Don't talk about other issues. The wine is there, but where is your glass?"

"Ah... isn't this the first time I drink alcohol on my own initiative? I accidentally didn't pay attention... I'll go to the kitchen and get two glasses."

"Stop. Don't rush away. Do you have to drink to say something to me?"

I don't know how to answer my father's question. I always feel that if he said that, I shouldn't leave the room, right?

Seeing me standing still, he reached out and snatched the wine from my hand, put it on the desk and pushed it close to the wall.

"If you have anything to say, you can tell me in person."

My father turned his gaze elsewhere and didn't say anything, as if he was quietly waiting for my response.

"I... I know that if I go back to that world, my future may be ruined here. I have considered this issue. Domination war will ruin my life, and it will gradually erode my spirit like a slow poison, but it ...and more than once, saved me."

Now, I don't have a strong sense of presence in the dark time of my childhood. But even so, I also know that when I had nowhere to go, I found a place to rest, and the joy was pure and real. It saved me at the time anyway.

But back to the present, I, who was aimless towards the future and had no direction, found a tiny ray of light again because of dominating the war.

Even if that ray of light is illusory and ethereal, it is traceable. So it led me the way I am now.

Sato Kazuhiko finds the meaning of existence and voluntarily gives up his life.

Watanabe Feng chose to quit after experiencing betrayal and confusion.

William is only desperate for the obsession that he has not grasped.

The people I met in that world, whether they are the rulers who have withdrawn and died, or the rulers who have survived until now, they have all brought changes that I can't detect in the rest of my life.

"I can't quit the war of domination. Even if I'm just looking for an excuse to continue the war of domination, I must take this path in order to make an agreement with Xia Yinci... So, even if this is a road of no return, I will Never look back."

My father stared straight at me, and he didn't respond to my words for a long time, only the tangled color in his eyes turned into clear sadness.

His expression made me feel a little confused, I lowered my head in embarrassment, and added in a low voice:

"Of course... I'm not going to die. Dad, this won't be a goodbye forever, just goodbye."

My father still didn't respond. He let out a long breath while looking at me. He raised his hand to comb his hair with five fingers, pointed at the wine bottle on the desk with a wry smile, and shrugged his shoulders.

"Forget it, you'd better go downstairs to get two wine glasses, let us father and son have a drink."

Although I suggested drinking, in the end my father only forced me to drink a small cup, and then allowed me to let me go.

Unknown bugs humming repetitive tones,

Sitting in the quiet backyard and looking up a little, you can see the night sky with only a few scattered stars. The high-rise buildings in the distance flickered with little lights, and it didn't take long for thousands of houses to turn into a bright night scene unique to the city.

Light footsteps sounded from behind me, until they stopped at my side, and quietly slipped to my side and sat down.

"Awake. Have you eaten yet?"

Xia Yinci listened to my question, blinked her eyes, and looked me up and down strangely.

"The way you greet, why is it the same as the old man."

"I really want to ask you if you have eaten, not to chat with you..."

I twitched the corner of my mouth helplessly and looked into her eyes resentfully.

"Okay~ Thank you, the grandfather of the Su family, for caring about me. Are you satisfied with this?"

Accustomed to her playful way of speaking, I simply smiled and didn't deliberately respond to her jokes.

Xia Yinci propped her hands behind her back, raised her head and looked at the night sky, the hair hanging by her ears fell down, and the hair that covered her side face was scattered to the side with her movements. She looked at the night sky, and I couldn't hide my admiration for her shining eyes reflecting the moonlight.

Suddenly, her eyes turned to the corners of her eyes, and she looked sideways at me as if no one else was watching her.

"Why are you staring at me? Is it pretty?"

"Hmm. Looks good."

I sincerely commented in the simplest two words, but Xia Yinci's eyes trembled slightly, she straightened up hastily, and covered her side face with her small hands.

"Sweet words. I didn't ask you to praise me..."

"Oh. I get it! You only dare to tease me when you're ready. Tsk tsk."

"Then... so what! Didn't your face turn red when I teased you in the afternoon!"

"It doesn't matter. Usually, you can come back when you are not defending. Now it's just a one-to-one draw."

"Childish. There is no such naive grandfather as you."

Regardless of her flushed cheeks, Xia Yinci turned her face and stuck out her tongue at me, making a grimace.

Who is naive? How about being a different person from that annoying little goblin in the afternoon!

"I said, how many nicknames are you going to give me today? It's Grandpa and Mensao Rabbit."

"Hum~"

Seriously, if it were someone else sticking out their tongues and making faces at me, such as Lin Yu, or the genuine medieval magician Yin at clock number three, I would definitely have the urge to hit someone!

Xia Yinci, you can rely on your good looks!

"Why are you still staring at me! There is something on my face that makes you look at it for so long, can't you just look up at the sky?"

"Why am I looking up at the sky... Speaking of which, I remembered something... I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for you."

"Huh? What?"

Xia Yinci held her cheek, and was afraid that I was tricking her on purpose, so she looked towards me half-believingly.

"Didn't you say before that you don't have the right to be reborn in a dream?"

"Oh... so you still remember."

nonsense! At that time, Xia Yinci mentioned this kind of thing to me unexpectedly, and stared at me with watery eyes. I will never forget this kind of thing in my life, okay?

"Well. Now that the new rules come, everyone becomes "one life". This should be good news for you, right?"

"What kind of good news is this...I'd rather have several of your lives than spend it~"

Xia Yinci waved her hands dismissively, lost interest, turned her face away again, and sighed softly.

"That's true...this kind of thing is not good news."

At this time, the sound of light footsteps sounded again in the room, and Su Huilin walked slowly behind us. She hesitated for a moment, and after wandering her eyes, she finally chose to sit beside Xia Yinci. Afterwards, Su Huilin glanced at me with unknown meaning across Xia Yinci.

"Are you awake? Are you eating... Uh, forget it."

I noticed the faint smile on Xia Yinci's face next to me, and she would definitely call "Grandpa" a few times after she finished speaking.

"Eat? Brother, you are hesitating, why do you give me the feeling of... um, grandpa?"

"Hey! This is too much! Why do I look like a grandfather anyway? You two must be in collusion, right?!"