Another Life: Elf Archer

"Does he know your identity?"

Nian Nian turned slightly sideways, glanced at the direction Song Qing had just left, turned back to look at the familiar yet unfamiliar Imperial Master, and asked.Flashdance..

"Maybe he knows, but he won't care."

The Imperial Master said, and a gentle smile appeared on the face that looked exactly like Simil. It had a gentleness that had nothing to do with Simil himself, but also had a strange sense of reality that was far from him.

Those eyes were too calm.

The lustrous and warm pupils in the eyes, just the right highlight, the whites of the eyes with a slightly glassy texture, and the clearly visible eyelashes around the eyes, when combined together, only one word comes to mind every year.

It stands to reason that the expressions of every person in the game, whether players or NPCs, including all subtle muscle movements, will be accurate data expressions. Otherwise, we would not hate those guys who read her face without permission every year.

But inexplicably, Niannian only felt that the accuracy shown by this person had a special sense of violation, as if he had accidentally gone too far when imitating a real person.

If the expression is a faithful reflection of the heart, then this person's inner fluctuation will probably always switch between the zero starting point and the perfect end point, and will not be like other people who are undergoing subtle deviation swings all the time.

"Why, are you still angry about what Song Qing said just now?"

The arc of the smile remains unchanged, and even the intonation of the question is so precise that no reference value is needed to measure the error.

Nian Nian instantly forgot about Song Qing and his words, and faithfully expressed his heart with words.

"When you were a deer before, I always thought you were very human. But now that you have really become a human, why do I feel that you are not so human anymore?"

The words were so direct that as soon as they were spoken, Nian Nian immediately remembered Song Qing's unthinking evaluation of her. .. As for whether this is stupidity or recklessness, Nian Nian still wants to be tough-spoken for a while.

The curvature of the corner of the Imperial Master's mouth rose slightly, just enough for Nian Nian to see that his good mood had risen to another level.

"You just care too much about appearance, and most people are like that. When the appearance of others is different from yourself, you will persistently look for things that are similar to yourself; and when faced with an appearance that is similar to yourself, you will look for things that are different from yourself. things, and fortunately, humans can always find results that satisfy themselves, even though the core on the outside actually never changes.”

Sigh every year.She just casually expressed her feelings, but the topic turned to all human beings.

Let’s not talk about whether she can represent all mankind, or whether she herself is not qualified as a human being.

"You really like to be reasonable as always." In the end, Nian Nian could only think of this dry response.

The Imperial Master's smile did not change. He raised his hand and looked at Nian Nian.

"sit down."

Chongshan Ruliu was sitting in front of the stone table, and the candle in front of her suddenly "crackled". Looking at the dancing candlelight, Nian Nian seemed to be waiting for the next spark to explode, and fell into a nervous silence while writing.

The mission target she had been thinking about was sitting defenselessly opposite her, and the surroundings were silent. Not only had Song Qing's footsteps disappeared long ago, but even the attendant who led the way had unknowingly withdrawn from Nian Nian's hearing. scope.

"Don't you want to ask something?"

The Imperial Master's words passed through the candlelight between the two, with a burning coolness, making Niannian feel that this person actually knew what his goal was from the beginning.

As if out of anger, Nian Nian quickly found a suitable question.

"Do you know the person named Song Qing just now?"

"know."

Once again, Nian Nian felt that the two-word answer she got was probably synonymous with "stupid".

Nian Nian began to gnash his teeth inwardly and poke Song Qing in the forehead, blaming this man for scolding him a lot before leaving, and his mind was still confused at the moment.

Moreover, looking at the way this man smuggled himself into the palace with ease, and there was not even a shadow of a guard along the way, this guy was definitely a bad official who formed a clique and took bribes for personal gain, and he was a bad person with ulterior motives.

Poking and prodding, Nian Nian suddenly thought of the world mission that Jiang Jinse had mentioned in the prison at that time, especially the team of survivors coming from the southern coast, the last step where there was an obvious problem.

Hit by an unbelievable guess, she raised her head suddenly, stared at the Imperial Master in astonishment, and said in shock

"Could it be that Song Qing helped you enter the palace and let you see the emperor?"

The Imperial Master nodded slightly, and the arc was so precise that he completed the two movements from nodding to raising his head in just one second.

"Why would he do this? What's the benefit to him? It should also be very risky."

Nian Nian pressed her. If Song Qing hadn't been here, she would have wanted to grab this man's collar and shake his brains out.

If he wasn't so troubled, why would there be so many messy things in the game? He still has the nerve to say that she causes trouble every year. It's clear that the person who causes the most trouble is him, right?

"For him, what he got was great power, and for the forces he belonged to, what they got was a unique opportunity. That's why he took the risk and secretly brought me into the palace and let me be the wandering prophet. I stood before the emperor with my identity, and helped me gain the emperor’s trust.”

As expected, the Imperial Master is still the same as when he was a deer in the Qinling Mountains, and his frankness makes Niannian feel embarrassed.

Nian Nian curled his lips and said, "In the final analysis, this person is doing it for himself and does not care about the interests of other people in the game. Being selfish is really a bad person doing bad things."

"There is such a sentence in my database, and I think it makes sense."

The Imperial Master raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a page of yellowed and old paper suddenly appeared next to the two of them.The paper is stretched, and on the side facing Nian Nian, an invisible pen is writing lines of black text in gorgeous and slender cursive.

itayhelptounderstandhuanaffairstobeclearthatostofthegreattriuphsandtragediesofhistoryarecaed,notbypeoplebegfundantallygoodorfundantallybad,butbypeoplebegfundantallypeoplenote one

"You want to say that that guy is not a bad person, but he is not a good person either," Nian Nian concluded.

"I want to say that from the nature of human beings, there is no need to define good or bad in what he does."

I sigh again every year. I haven’t seen you for a while. Does this guy have a great ambition to be a mentor to mankind?

"And looking at it from another perspective, what I do cannot be defined by good or bad."

After thinking about it, Nian Nian stood up and stretched. He didn't say any more, and just started to circle around the pavilion. While sorting his thoughts with the oncoming night breeze, he picked up Song Qing's words again and thought about them carefully.

She had simulated many possible situations on the way here, and each possibility was designed to increase her chances of escape, because in all the possibilities she imagined, the Imperial Master would die tonight. In her hand.

She may take action as soon as they meet, she may be in the mood to reminisce about old times, she may take action quickly after a disagreement, or she may regretfully let this acquaintance make a new start with sympathy.

After all, such an opportunity is really rare, and she has a strong will to not be refreshed and a selfish reason for not being refreshed.

In fact, no matter what she imagined, she didn't think she could escape 100%, so when the palace door closed, she couldn't help but worry a little, and also lingered on the world outside the palace door at that moment.

But now, Niannian suddenly wants to put aside this mission and this guy with unknown nature, Simil, and freely make a choice without being influenced by others.

In order to make choices freely, Niannian feels that only after fully understanding the consequences of different choices can we have true freedom of choice.

After Nian Nian walked back to the pavilion, the Imperial Master was still sitting at the stone table. Looking at Nian Nian's approaching face, he showed a smile with the same curvature of his mouth as before.

"You are planning to kill me"

"No," Nian Nian shook his head and calmly sat back on the stool opposite the Imperial Master, looking directly into his eyes, "I want to ask clearly first, if I kill you here, what will happen to the current situation in the future? what happens"

Note 1 From Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens.

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