Sitting in the garden of the institute, Todd lit a cigarette before taking a puff, then frowned and pinched it out.

Rachel took a can of beer and took a sip: "I have never seen you touch this before."

"I liked this a long time ago, but then... quit." Todd exhaled a suffocating breath in his chest: "The more beautiful things, the more helpless sometimes."

Todd watched the last gleam of fire in the cigarette **** slowly extinguished, and said to Rachel: "We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Well, for so many months you have been injured, you have not contacted me in your soul space. I thought you had forgotten me..."

Todd looked forward, his eyes lost focus: "You should know that what I mean by meeting is not in the soul space."

Rachel grabbed the beer can between his hands, was silent for a few seconds, looked at Todd's profile, and suddenly asked calmly, "Are you going to marry the queen?"

Todd raised his eyebrows unexpectedly and shook his head without even thinking about it.

"Why not find a wife? You are the only one who can't be empty in the palace of West Side."

Todd whispered: "Twilight West has been free from the shackles of kingship, and I have returned my freedom to my people."

Rachel smiled slightly: "A long time ago, I had heard of your remarks about citizen sanity. At that time, I always thought you were joking. But now, I think you are too harsh, always Choose to doubt yourself."

Looking at the beautiful smile near Zai Chi, Todd smiled unconsciously: "It's not that I don't believe in myself, I just don't believe in the future monarch of Muxicheng."

Rachel put the beer can by his side and asked Todd: "Before the establishment of the ancient Tyro Empire, two kingdoms fought a naval battle called the Battle of Aquinosa. Have you heard of it?"

Todd shook his head.

"In the two kingdoms, one adopted a complete democracy and the other adopted a military dictatorship. At the end of the war, after paying a heavy price, the democratic countries won the final victory in the naval battle and become triumphant generals. When returning home, guess what happened?"

Seeing Rachel's malicious smile, Todd's eyes twitched and shook his head.

"The ten generals who participated in the war were arrested by the citizen council. After a referendum was held, all citizens of the entire kingdom ruled that the generals were guilty. As a result, six of the ten generals were sentenced to death and executed immediately." He leaned forward on the bench and stretched his waist: "The national hero who was a few days ago became an unforgivable death row in a blink of an eye. History is so ironic, isn't it?"

Todd rubbed his forehead and reached out a hand to stop Rachel's speech: "Wait a minute, what crime did the six generals commit?"

Rachel blinked: "In the naval battle, some soldiers accidentally fell into the water. Those generals did not provide timely assistance, causing these soldiers to drown. That's it."

"For this reason?!" Todd's eyes rounded: "Due to the inertia of the ship's navigation during naval battles, as well as the relationship between wind and waves, the ship has no way to stop the ship in time to rescue the person who fell into the water. This charge is completely arrogant. !"

"This is how the referendum verdict recorded in the annals of history was written. Many scholars have speculated that citizens were bewitched by people with a heart, thinking that these generals were unsuccessful in their opinions." Rachel turned his face to look at Todd: "After all, most of the citizens participating in the referendum are not professional military personnel, and they do not understand war at all. In addition, as long as someone makes some sensational speeches before the referendum, then the family members of the deceased are brought in to complete several times. Performing, the people will soon forget the greatness of the hero and pour out their anger instead."

Todd said distressedly: "This approach is destroying the entire kingdom."

Rachel spread his hands: "The cycle of cause and effect was soon realized. In the third year after the end of the Battle of Aquinosa, the two kingdoms broke out in naval battles again. The naval fleets of democratic countries feared the loss of soldiers and chose to be conservative. The enemy’s tactics have been reluctant to engage in the battle, but the enemy seized the opportunity to complete the interspersed and encircled, and finally ended in a big defeat."

"After that, this kingdom that killed heroes with a referendum completely lost its dominance of the sea and gradually fell into decline." Rachel stroked the handle of the bench and said with a chuckle: "I'm curious, when these believers Democratic citizens, looking at the corpses of the army scouring the coast, will they regret the original decision, or will they continue to believe in the greatness of freedom?"

Todd frowned: "Did they not want to think about it more before making a decision?"

Rachel looked into Todd's eyes and said sadly: "The so-called people, when faced with rumors and sensational speeches from the outside world, they will choose what they prefer to believe. Compared with heroic feats, The people are more convinced that there are ulterior transactions behind them; compared to the decisions made by those in power, the people believe in the so-called conspiracy of the government; the people always say that everything is for the great kingdom, but when it comes to their own interests, they will Become the most despicable villain."

"Todd, politics is always a minority's game."

Richel stood up from the bench, knelt on the ground, knelt in front of Todd, raised the man’s face with both hands, and said emotionally: “I don’t believe that so-called citizens can bring the kingdom to a better place. The future. If it’s more serious, I don’t believe in humans at all, I believe in you only..."

Todd stared blankly at the beautiful woman in front of him, Meredith’s words flashed across his mind, and he blurted out, “If you believe me, why don’t you confess your own affairs to me? ..."

Rachel's eyes widened, with an incredulous expression on his face: "My own...thing?"

"How did you spend your past? Who are your parents? What are you doing now?" The inner suffering made Todd's face distorted: "Also, why don't you stay with me? By your side?!"

The light of tears gleamed in his eyes, and Rachel closed his eyes lightly, letting two clear tears flow down his cheeks: "Todd, I beg you, don't ask me these questions..."

Todd pulled away Rachel’s hands and said in pain, "I don’t understand. Sometimes I don’t really understand what you’re thinking. When I needed you, you chose to leave. You don’t care about me anymore. Yet?"

Rachel's hands fell weakly, and he shook his head while weeping, "You know? How much I envy the lives of ordinary women who have parents, children, brothers and sisters, and their own families."

"When she is sad, her family will gently pat her back and tell her that everything will be fine; when she is alone, her family will come to her and tell her that she is not alone; when she gets married, her mother will help her mending her wedding dress. , My father will turn his back to tears..."

Rachel grabbed Todd's hands hard and shouted: "But what about me?! What am I?! The body I boarded in is the body of my best friend! My soul has nothing to do with God, it is entirely from experimentation. product!"

"Look at me! I'm not even a foreign species! I'm just a freak! A monster that doesn't even deserve a child!"

Without the calmness and composure of the past, Rachel struggled to get up from the ground, her clothes already wet with tears.

"Do you know what I am most afraid of? What I am most afraid of is the mirror. Whenever I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a broken body and a deformed soul. A monster like me, at all Don't dare to extravagantly seek happiness, and being away from each other may be the best choice for you and me."

Todd stood up, anger and sadness made his body tremble, and he shouted at the woman in front of him: "Rachel! In your mind, am I such a narrow-thinking idiot?! If you care about humans My body and soul, how did I choose to embark on the road of tyrant?!"

"It doesn't matter whether your body belongs to someone else, or whether your soul comes from God! I don't care about it at all! I don't care at all!"

"But I care!" Rachel pressed his right hand tightly to his heart, crying and said, "I care!"

Rachel stepped back, only endless sadness and despair left in his eyes: "You don't understand a woman's self-esteem, a woman's self-confidence, where does it come from!"

Todd opened his arms and wanted to walk towards Rachel.

The latter shouted loudly while wiping his tears: "Don't come here!"

The two people stood still ten meters apart, looking at each other speechlessly for a long time.

Rachel closed her eyes and took a deep breath. After adjusting her emotions, she said in a strange tone: "Todd~lightnovelpub.net~ let's put those personal affairs aside and talk about it. Business. I heard someone say something. No matter who is in control of power, alien species will be the target of cleaning. Because the ability of alien species is the biggest obstacle that threatens those in power to govern."

Rachel adjusted her makeup and said in a depressed voice: "This sentence makes me think about what might happen in the future. If you plan to give up the kingship of West Side, then I can't believe your so-called citizen. Reason can create a bright future for the aliens in Twilight. Therefore, in order to prevent any accidents, I plan to take my own way and try to find a new and alternate shelter for the aliens."

Todd took a step forward: "Rachel..."

"I said not to come here!" Rachel said sadly: "Todd, do you still remember the promise that you gave me at the beginning, you will try your best to shelter all the alien species in the city, I hope you don't forget your promise... now, Send me out here... before our relationship gets worse..."

Seeing the determination in the woman's eyes, Todd closed his eyes and waved his arms.

Rachel's figure faded in the soul space, and eventually disappeared.

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