Arad's unruly savior

The headlights shone brightly, piercing the cold darkness, and the car sped across the national highway like a ghost. The scenery along the roadside flashed by in an instant. The sports car was one that Ye Lin had casually driven out of the Ruike garage.

Rui Ke loves luxury goods, including but not limited to expensive jewelry, luxury cars, and detached villas. In short, she won't miss anything that can reflect her status and position through external objects.

She is slightly different from the equally wealthy Third Princess. The Third Princess also knows that she is very rich, but she takes all the luxury goods she owns for granted and does not deliberately flaunt her wealth or show off her status. It all comes out naturally, showing the princess temperament in her bones.

Aurora closed her eyes again and leaned back in her seat. It has to be said that while the price of this luxury sports car is astonishing, it is also incredibly luxurious. The seat itself is extremely comfortable to the touch and to lean against, conforming to the curves of the human body. It is definitely not comparable to the military vehicles that pursue combat performance.

The car was warm, and she slowly entered a very comfortable state. The sound of a sports car driving was continuous but not annoying. She didn't need to ask the general where he was taking her; it didn't matter. She could put aside all her anxiety and just wait to open her eyes when they arrived at their destination.

Ye Lin looked ahead and said, "The biggest problem after traveling through time is how history will change when you do things that don't conform to history. You must be very curious about that, right?"

"Hmm," Aurora responded softly. Yes, she had a question.

In the original story, she witnessed her close friend Iaso, with whom she had worked for three years, being killed in an attack by Kallet, and then, due to an emergency evacuation order, she was forced to lead her team away from the battlefield.

She was responsible for her second medical team and for the other eleven people.

Afterwards, the third wave of reinforcements from Ghent briefly repelled Kallet, allowing her to personally retrieve the body of her fallen friend.

Afterwards, Aurora always believed that if she had chosen not to obey orders and instead went to save Iaso, her friend might have had a chance to survive. She felt that she had a chance to save people, and this thought haunted her soul like a nightmare. She regretted and blamed herself day and night. That heavy feeling was like poison that ate away at her spirit, and as a result, she slowly developed mental illness.

Of course, if she had chosen to go to the rescue then, it might have affected her other eleven teammates, and she would still have regretted it. It can only be said that this is like a classic "trolley problem" that has never had a perfect solution.

Now, the Great General, with his mysterious power, has taken her back to the past, giving her a chance to make a new choice and more time to resolve the situation.

She knew in her mind what would happen next, which direction the Kallet troops were in, and what to do during the evacuation. After informing the vice-captain of everything, the trolley problem was solved, and this time she chose to rescue Iaso.

The question now is, which period of history is the true one?

Ye Lin said, "Generally speaking, when someone travels through time for some reason and wants to do something different from the original history, two situations will occur."

"The first possibility is that the impact of that event is so strong that it will completely change the original history, like cutting off the flowing river. In that case, factors that do not belong to the historical time under the rules of spacetime will be erased."

"The other type has a very small impact. In that case, the slight abnormal ripples will be automatically smoothed out by the vastness of time and space. If you throw a pebble into the ocean, the ripples it creates will not produce a tsunami."

Aurora's time travel falls into the second category. Whether she goes to save them or not will not affect the overall trend of the celestial history. It will only cause a slight change in the perception of the eleven-person team she leads, and this is just a small ripple that will be forgotten.

So now, the little episode in history has become Aurora rescuing Iaso. If you ask her former teammates, those who still remember the details will say the same thing, praising their captain for her strategic planning and uncanny ability to predict the enemy's moves, even knowing in advance which direction the enemy would come from.

Apart from the twelve people, including Aurora, no one else knew the details of that incident.

Aurora said with her eyes closed, "But I still know that the original me didn't go to save him."

Not counting Ye Lin, she was the only one who knew the original history.

Ye Lin said:

"If you follow the normal order of time and space, when you change your choices, your own cognition will also change accordingly. You will believe that you saved Iaso and then forget your original memories."

Aurora slightly opened her eyes, fluttered her eyelashes, and waited for him to tell her what happened next. Her intuition told her that it must be related to General Ye Lin.

"I've given you a special privilege: to have two sets of memories at the same time."

She suddenly realized the truth and understood part of it in an instant. The general took her through time and space, allowing her to make a new choice with the knowledge of the future. This way, she could take care of her eleven teammates and resolve her regret for not being able to save Iaso.

So, if we go back to the present, under the influence of the order of time and space, the psychological problems of the self who makes different choices will naturally disappear. This is a more natural and perfect solution than directly deleting memories.

But for some reason, the general ultimately retained both of her memories.

Ye Lin joked, "Because it would be very painful if I were the only one keeping the secret."

Aurora paused for a moment, her face softening, and the corners of her lips curving slightly upward.

Although this time travel seemed like a futile effort, it wasn't entirely meaningless. She already knew that even if she had chosen to save Iaso back then, she wouldn't have been able to save his life, and Iaso's sacrifice had nothing to do with her.

After learning the truth, Aurora's guilt and torment lessened considerably.

Moreover, the life potion that inexplicably appeared in her pocket, a rare item produced by the magic school, something that even her own mother, Ms. Selena, couldn't take out of the hospital, must have been put into her pocket by General Ye Lin.

With her life and will already on a countdown, Iaso wouldn't have been able to utter her final words or learn of the Celestials' victory without that life-saving potion.

Ye Lin continued:

"After we get back, I'll make you some medicine that will be good for your physical and mental health."

"Your mental anguish has been relieved, but your obsessive-compulsive disorder has become an instinct and will not disappear in an instant. In other words, you will still have obsessive-compulsive disorder, just not as severe as before."

"At the same time, your problem of disobeying orders and defying superiors will still exist for a short period of time. However, you are the combat readiness commander, and your position is extremely high in the entire military. You can count the number of people who can give you orders on two hands."

Aurora's mental health issues have been largely resolved, and the root cause of her illness has been eradicated. Now, she just needs time to recover and be properly cared for.

After that, Aurora slowly closed her eyes, without dreaming, breathing evenly, and fell into a deep sleep until she was woken up by Ye Lin.

"Where are we?" Aurora pulled out a wet wipe and wiped her smooth, glowing face to clear her head.

She looked out the car window; the car was parked in front of a high-end hotel. Ye Lin replied, "Ghent, go wash up, I'll take you to get something to eat."

Her clothes and body still bore the marks of blood and the smell of fire, but she hadn't noticed because she was preoccupied with her emotions.

After a moment of silence, rubbing her forehead, Aurora turned to look at him, utterly helpless, and said:

"I brought money with me."

The implication is that instead of staying at the nearby Ruft harbor, why drive all night back to Ghent? What's the point?

Ye Lin thought for a moment and said, "Because you have to work tomorrow, it won't be enough time to take a bus to Ghent now."

"..."

"Just kidding, I gave you an extra day off."

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The showerhead sprayed out warm, clean hot water, filling the bathroom with white steam. Aurora was enveloped in a comfortable warmth, her beautiful eyes holding some unreadable emotion. Her slender, long fingers unconsciously glided lightly over her fair, smooth skin, moving from her flat, soft abdomen to the astonishingly full curves of her chest and buttocks.

As a woman, she possessed a flawless charm in terms of appearance; her body was damnably alluring, every curve exquisitely beautiful.

It's a bit strange. She had already checked with her professional knowledge and there were no cameras in the room she was staying in, but she still vaguely felt that there were eyes scanning her body.

After a while, Aurora changed into a loose and casual white nightgown, and simply tied her warm, sun-kissed hair up at the back of her head. Her skin, fresh from the bath, now had a healthy glow with a fair and rosy complexion.

She quickly applied a light layer of makeup in front of the vanity mirror.

It was already late at night, and the temperature outside was very cold, with signs of freezing. It was no longer suitable to go out for food, but the hotel we were staying at was high-end enough to provide 24-hour catering services.

Ye Lin had already ordered food in advance, and in the private room, he also ordered a bottle of red wine.

"I'll eat something and then take a nap. I haven't eaten since the afternoon."

Aurora didn't stand on ceremony and sat down to eat. The food included a very tender grilled steak, a small but exquisite lamb rib, a dessert cake, some fruit, a vegetable salad, and some fried buns.

Because she needed to sleep and rest afterward, Aurora knew she couldn't eat too much, otherwise her stomach would feel uncomfortable and her body would feel unwell.

Aurora chewed gently, swallowed, and exclaimed in surprise, "This pan-fried bun, which looks so different from the other dishes, tastes exactly like the ones at home. It's really good."

The highest praise for a restaurant is that the food tastes just like home cooking, and vice versa. The highest praise for home cooking is that it tastes exactly like the food in a restaurant.

Ye Lin nodded and smiled, "These are the pan-fried buns made by Ms. Selena. I brought you a portion from your home, and the chef has already heated them up for you."

Aurora and her mother, Selena Joseph, had an excellent relationship, so the former often referred to her as "Ms. Selena" in a teasing tone, which seemed serious but was actually affectionate and a little coquettish.

"You went to my house? My mom asked you to bring me lunch..." Aurora was slightly taken aback when she heard this. Was this relationship moving too fast? No boy had ever been to her house before.

And most importantly, the general seems to be very familiar with Ms. Selena, even bringing her food. It feels like they're childhood sweethearts, and Ms. Selena trusts him completely.

Ye Lin took out his phone, scrolled through the chat interface, showed it to her, and said, "During your week off, Ms. Selena has been asking about you through me. She doesn't want to disturb your vacation, and she knows you're not having a good time in the military because of your mental health issues."

Then he truthfully informed her of the treatment progress, and on the last day, he asked Selena to make fried buns, which he had been preparing all along.

Aurora looked at him and asked, almost emphasizing each word, "So, you had dinner with Ms. Selena at my house?"

“Yes, I bought the ingredients myself.” Ye Lin nodded.

Aurora rolled her eyes and continued eating. The environment was relatively enclosed, so her voice wouldn't disturb others.

"General, you possess the power to travel through time, doesn't that mean your life has no regrets? Have you ever tried to save people from history?"

Ye Lin shook his head slightly and said, "History is like a string of stable data code. If I keep modifying the past because of my regrets, then the meaning of the present will be lost and the rules will be in chaos. As for saving people, to be honest, I have saved a few people and brought them from the past to the present, but that has nothing to do with the order of time and space. In history, they have already passed away normally. I continued more futures at the moment of passing away."

Aurora couldn't comprehend the knowledge about time because she lacked cultivation and wasn't a top scientist like Herman, but that didn't stop her from listening to it as a story; she found it very interesting.

"If you're asking if Iaso can be saved, I can assure you that I can. But I'm also a little curious. When Iaso sacrificed herself in your arms, you must have thought about asking me to save her, right? Why didn't you say so before?"

After finishing the last dish, Aurora sighed and said in a low voice:
“If I ask you to save Iaso and start this process, then I will definitely want you to save more people. After all, she is not the only comrade I have sacrificed in the war, and I want to save every single one of them.”

“I know this must be very difficult for you, and it will put you in a difficult position.”

If the general saves one person, he will definitely think about saving a second and a third.

"Moreover, at that time I had a feeling of seeing destiny. Every person, including Iaso and the captain of the sea train guard, all sacrifices were inevitable, part of destiny, destined to be sacrificed at the corresponding time, so that a future of ultimate victory could be born through the combined efforts of many factors."

"So at that time, I didn't want to, and couldn't even muster the idea of ​​you saving me."

The clock struck around four in the morning. After eating, Aurora said, "How much is the hotel room fee? I'll transfer it to you later."

Ye Lin shook his head: "No need, it's my family's business."

(End of this chapter)