Collapse Iron: What does it mean to broaden the fate of four people in one sentence?

So what she meant was that we shouldn't use "radical" methods.

Lin Si smiled.

"Don't worry, sister. The current Great Protector is my mother."

Upon hearing this, Hiluva visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

She smiled again and reached out to pat Bronya on the shoulder.

"Bronya, you've really changed a lot."

Lin Si smiled but didn't reply.

The two parted ways at the street corner.

Hilva walked towards the machine shop, while Lin Si turned and walked towards Cripper Castle.

The massive building stands at the highest point of the upper section, its dome gleaming coldly in the wind.

Lin Si looked up and glanced at it.

Cripper Fort.

It's time to go see "Mother".

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Cripper Castle, the office of the Great Protector.

Lin Si stood at the office door and knocked.

There was no response.

He knocked twice more.

Still no.

Lin Si pushed the door open and entered.

The office is large, but not particularly impressive.

It looks quite tidy overall, but only in terms of "overall".

It's not suitable for an office desk.

The files were scattered everywhere, some spread out, some stacked together, and a few lying on the ground, indicating that the owner had left in a hurry.

Lin Si walked closer and took a look.

Most of them are routine government affairs: resource allocation, iron guard mobilization, boundary erosion reports...

There's not much useful information.

He looked away and began to survey his surroundings.

Then he saw an ice spear standing in the corner of the office.

The gun was long and slender, its entire body crystalline, as if sculpted from a single block of ice. Even from a distance of several steps, one could feel the chill emanating from it.

Lin Si raised an eyebrow.

He brought up the game system and scanned it.

The Great Guardian's Rifle

[Type: Special Item/Weapon]

[Description: A weapon passed down through generations of Great Guardians, but it has long since lost its original master. It waits, waiting for someone who can awaken it once more.]

[Note: Is this Belloberg's real magic weapon?]

Lin Si narrowed her eyes as she looked at the description.

"Belloberg's true magic weapon? What does that mean?"

He muttered something to himself.

"It can only be activated through the energy of destiny, right?"

He stepped forward and reached out to grasp the ice spear.

My first impression upon handling it was that it was cold.

It wasn't the kind of bone-chilling cold, but a quiet kind of cold.

It's like the cold of standing alone on a snowfield in the dead of night.

Quiet, empty, nothing at all.

then......

The ice cream started to melt.

Lin Si: "......."

He paused for a few seconds, then looked down at the gun in his hand.

The ice on the gun was melting at a visible rate, and crystalline fragments fell through the gaps between the fingers, revealing the reddish-metallic interior.

What's going on?!

Isn't it "waiting for someone who can awaken it again"?

How did it melt?!

I'm not here to help you pass on to the afterlife!

Just as he was lost in thought, a voice came from the doorway.

"Bronya!"

Lin Si turned her head.

Cocolia stood at the doorway, holding a file in her hand, as if she had just rushed back from a meeting.

Her pupils contracted sharply as she stared intently at the gun in Lin Si's hand.

The gun that is melting away.

The Great Guardian's lance.

A weapon that has been passed down for seven hundred years.

It is being 'reawakened'.

The scattered fragments of blue light reflected in her eyes, like two burning stars.

The file slipped from her hands and fell to the ground with a thud.

She didn't pick it up.

"you......!"

Cocolia's voice trembled slightly.

She looked at Bronya, at the daughter she had protected since childhood, at the child she thought would never be able to bear the weight of this world.

Then, a look of joy appeared on her face.

It was a feeling of ecstatic relief.

It's like someone who has been walking in the dark for too long, so long that she's despaired, so long that she wants to give up, so long that she's become numb.

But finally, a long-awaited glimmer of hope appeared.

“Bronya..…”

She rushed over in three strides and hugged Bronya tightly.

Her voice was trembling, her eyes were red, and the image of her usually calm and rational guardian was completely gone.

"My child..."

Chapter 44 Bronya, you are my eternal pride

Lin Si stared blankly at the woman who was hugging Bronya and sobbing uncontrollably.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at the lance in his hand, which had been completely melted by the ice and snow, and seemed to understand something.

The lance was radiating an intense heat.

It wasn't a scalding heat, but a warm, reassuring temperature.

It's like holding a cup of hot tea in the snow, or like waiting for a hug in the cold wind.

This kind of temperature is a luxury in Belleburg.

Combining Cocolia's reaction with the description of this lance,

It's not hard to deduce.

For seven hundred years, no one in Belobello has ever been able to receive the Amber King's gaze.

But when was Bronya spotted by the Amber King?

Lin Si didn't understand.

Aside from chanting slogans and creating mischief, he didn't do anything particularly groundbreaking while controlling Bronya.

How did I suddenly catch the eye of the Star God?

Does Amber King like this style of art?

The more outrageous the act, the stronger it becomes?

Should he start a live stream in the game with the title "The Amusing Journey of the Destiny, Even Amber King Says It's Great"?

As Lin Si's mind wandered, she watched Cocolia holding her daughter and crying.

Although this is just a game, and although Cocolia is just an NPC, this hug belongs to Bronya.

Lin Si didn't hesitate; he quit the game.

The light and shadow before my eyes dissipated, replaced by a familiar ceiling.

He took off his glasses, got up, and pushed his wheelchair toward the living room.

"Mom, I'm hungry! I want to eat braised pork!"

In the living room, Lin Si's mother was watching TV, a comedy program was playing. Hearing her son's voice, she turned around with a smile.

"Awake?"

She stood up and picked up the fruit plate from the coffee table.

"Eat some fruit first to fill your tummy, then Mom will make it for you!"

"okay!"

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Bronya stared blankly at her mother, who was sobbing uncontrollably, and felt her embrace.

She could feel her mother's shoulders trembling slightly, could feel the hands holding her tightening, and could feel warm tears dripping into the crook of her neck.

She had never seen her mother shed a tear.

Cocolia in my memory will always be the woman standing at the highest point of Cripperburg, overlooking the entire city.

He is a majestic protector to the people, a gentle mother to her, and a ruthless decision-maker to the enemy.

But it has never been like this before.

So out of control, so fragile, so....

Like someone who has finally laid down all their burdens.

Bronya remained silent for a long time.

This time, when the Demon King suddenly went offline, she didn't complain in her heart like she had before.

She simply reached out and hugged her mother as well.

"Mother..."

The sound was very soft. Cocolia's body stiffened for a moment, then she hugged even tighter.