The civilization before the collapse, heroes and heroes are reborn with me

It was not until the Ninth Herrscher incident ended that she saw Lilith dressed up for a banquet and walked towards the garden alone. Out of curiosity, she followed her and saw him, who almost never attended any banquets, and Lilith's confession to him.

Just like when he confessed to me.

She thought he would refuse because he had made an agreement with her, but... she remembered the so-called "agreement". She didn't actually give the young man a specific agreement, and the young man just said that he knew it, but didn't make an agreement with her. At the same time, what he said, "You deserve it", is different from "You deserve me".

In other words, the latter can be understood as she is the one he likes so it is worth it for him to do so, while the former is because she is Alicia so it is worth it for him to do so.

Suddenly... I don't have the confidence to continue watching...

"Besides, peeking at someone else's confession is not a good thing to do," she said to herself.

But after a few days, she saw the young man and Lilith wearing the sun and moon earrings respectively, the young man's earring on the right and Lilith's earring on the left.

She wanted to ask the young man why he agreed to Lilith, but she didn't know from what position she should ask. After all, if the young man really liked Lilith, then in what capacity should she question him?

"Although Lilith has spent more time with you, I don't necessarily know you less than Lilith does," she thought somewhat unconvinced.

Then, the most heartbreaking incident was the Eleventh Herrscher incident.

That was the first time he chose to go against her and led the Fallen Angels to carry out Velvi's plan. In order to stop him, she could only find other fusion warriors and decided to take the lead in the battle.

As long as we defeat the Ruler of Binding faster than he reaches the battlefield with innocent civilians, we can stop him.

We should not gamble the lives of innocent people on a solution that is only feasible in theory, because countless realities have proven that the theory may not be correct.

But she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart, because this was a battle where no one knew whether they could survive. If he still cared about her... he would definitely come back, right?

As it turned out, he rushed back and at the same time completely buried all his and her past.

The fallen angel team was almost wiped out in this battle, and he was the only survivor.

He sat in the morgue where all the fallen angels were placed for a whole night. At first, she wanted to say something to comfort him, but he just said in an almost cold tone: "Alisa, please leave me alone... for a while."

She wanted to stay, at least... she was still his friend... right?

"Come on, Alicia, let Feng be alone for a while." Kevin said, pulling her away with an unusually tough attitude.

Since then, she never saw him again, or rather, she never saw herself in his eyes again.

And for the first time after that, the birthday gift she gave him was returned unopened by him.

In order to replace the thirteen fallen angels and continue to serve as the hope of the remaining people, she proposed to establish a system of fourteen heroic heroes, but it was rejected in the end and only six heroic heroes were allowed to be established.

Later, he came forward to negotiate with the top leaders, and finally established the Fourteen Heroes. However, the establishment of the Fourteen Heroes was not that simple. He refused to become the leader she proposed, and he was not even prepared to be the deputy leader.

He also always refused to meet her, and all the news was relayed by Kevin and Mei.

At least... he agreed to the system of the Fourteen Heroes, didn't he? She thought so.

Soon her birthday was approaching, and she wondered if he would still give her a gift like he had done before, even if he didn't show up in person.

It got dark very early that day. She waited from sunrise to sunset, watching the clock announce that the day had passed, but in the end she did not see anything from him.

What followed was the incident with the twelfth Herrscher, an event that made her fully understand her own feelings.

In order to protect Ling, he was hit by the Honkai energy interference bombs of the soldiers who were already overwhelmed by despair, which made his already broken body worse and he was on the verge of death.

It was not until then that she realized the pain he had been enduring, that there was someone who once needed comfort more than Kevin, and that... she loved him.

When she finally saw clearly her feelings, looking back, the boy was no longer there.

She placed her hand on the window of the operating room, wanting to touch his pale face with his eyes closed, but what blocked her was not only the glass window, but also the long distance between them that could no longer get close.

Qianjie and Ying left. She didn't know what they were going to do, nor did she care what they were going to do. She looked at the various instruments in the operating room and had never rejected someone's departure so strongly.

But at this moment, she could do nothing but watch.

After seeing his vital signs return to normal, she stubbornly stood outside the operating room for a day and a night before leaving. Instead of resting, she chose to come to the outside of the Fire Moth base and looked up at the starry sky that she and he once looked up at.

"Ellie...you...need to rest." Eden's voice came from behind.

"It's okay, Eden. He hasn't had a chance to rest properly until now. Compared to him... this is nothing."

"Ellie..."

"Can you leave me alone for a while, Eden?"

Standing alone under the starry sky, she thought a lot.

She thought of the birthday party she held for Kevin. She had thought that the side effect was not forgetting to smile, but... Mebius strictly forbade her to try to check his various indicators. He only told her that it was part of the [God Ascension Plan] and she had no need and no authority to know.

But... why can Lilith...

She thought about it all night, until dawn came and the sunlight pierced her eyes. She made up her mind and decided to hold a "Final Banquet".

She wrote thirteen invitations, but only sent one in the end, because she wanted to see him no matter what. Even if there would be no response, even if he hated her, she had to tell him her belated answer.

She couldn't even hand him the invitation in person.

She dressed up carefully for a long, long time. At the place where the banquet was held, she arranged the fireworks that they had agreed to watch again. She carefully prepared a crystal flower with the same color as his engraved image.

Then she waited for the guests to arrive.

Velvet, Aponia, Eden...

And finally, Kevin came with his invitation. Her heart was broken when she saw the invitation in Kevin's hand. Why didn't he want to see her again?

Love her or hate her...she just wants to see him again.

"He asked me to tell you this: 'Those who attended came because they believed in Alicia, and those who left refused to attack because they believed in Alicia.' He always believed in you," Kevin said.

She didn't need him to believe it!

She just wanted him to be here!

In the end, she wanted to give the crystal flower that belonged only to him to Eden and ask Eden to pass it to him on her behalf, but she gave up.

"You said, at the end of the story, have I become a [human]?"

"Of course, isn't the answer obvious?"

"Tonight, there is no Thirteenth Herrscher here."

"There are only proud warriors of the Fire Moth who sleep here forever."

"【Flawless Person】, Alicia."

"Yes... Because I have become a [human], I have someone to love, and I can be sad and cry because of this... Do you think he will cry for me like Lilith did at that time?"

"..."

"Ha... I know he won't cry for me because I'm the one who killed Lilith and the others... a Herrscher... But when did he leave me? Wasn't I the first person he liked and met?"

"Aliceia (Alice)..."

"...Since then, I have never met him in person again. What a pity..."

They had been so close, but in the end, he became untouchable.

Lilith Extra ②: The Origin of the Fallen Angel

"Why?! Isn't he the one you love the most?!"

"It is precisely because he is my favorite that I have to return to reality, because the real him is the truest him, isn't he?"

The world began to collapse. She watched Feng in front of her turn into loose sand and watched this fictional world be destroyed.

She opened her arms and looked up at the broken sky. That Herrscher was truly... he could even get her hobby wrong. What she wanted to hear was the beautiful cries of humans in despair, and the sound of blood flowing on the ground.

But... yes, yes, she also likes the dream arranged by the Herrscher for her, because here is the person she likes, the person she loves.

It turns out that a monster like her can also fall in love with someone?

Then... when did I start to like Feng? I wanted to kill him at the beginning.

She didn't know the answer, she only knew that she had seen through her own heart. She liked Feng, very, very much.

So it doesn't matter even if it goes against my nature, as long as Feng is here.

"But...precisely because your eyes are never on me, I know that all this is just a dream..." She murmured, watching the world completely collapse.

In the Fire Moth's ward.

The girl who had been sleeping for a long time opened her eyes, and there was a hint of laziness in her purple pupils.

"Are you awake?" A voice that was as emotionless as usual sounded beside her, but it was this voice that made the girl's eyes show genuine joy.

"Feng..." She opened her mouth to call out the young man's name, but found that her voice was weak. She knew that she had probably been sleeping for quite some time, and it was normal for her muscles to be weak.

But she just wanted to turn her head and take a good look at that person.

Even though his eyes never lingered on her, even though she was never in his eyes.

Feng looked down at her. This was the first time she saw her own face in her black jade-like pupils, pale and weak... She hated herself for appearing in her pupils in this way.

But he wouldn't care. After all, he only cared about Alicia, and he was just an ally with whom he had mutual benefits...?

"Do you need me to help you sit up?" Feng said.

"Then I'll leave it to you." She tried her best to smile.

Feng reached out and helped her up from the bed, then held her back with one hand and took a cushion with the other hand and placed it on her back so that she could lean on it.

"I didn't expect you could be so gentle." She thought so, but she didn't say it out loud. She wanted to linger on the gentleness from him a little longer.

Although she was also very clear that he was so gentle to her, most likely he had something to tell her.

It's a mutual benefit, and each of us is each other's tool.

"You've been in a coma for three days." Feng said, "I thought you wouldn't wake up. After all, in the past few days, quite a number of people were attacked by the Eighth Herrscher and not only did they not wake up, but they also became dead soldiers."

He was silent for a while, then said, "I'm glad you woke up. Take a rest these few days. If you need anything, just let me know."

Eh? !

She was a little surprised. Was this the first time he showed such selfless concern for her? She knew him, so she knew that he would not care for her without reason, because he always adhered to the principle of equivalence, and he would not do anything without benefit, unless it was for Alicia.

As for improving her favorability or something like that, with Feng's EQ that can make her so angry that she has a myocardial infarction, could he have thought of going this far?

Then there was another period of silence. She didn't care. As long as she could be with him, it didn't matter if neither of them spoke.

But Feng was the first one who couldn't stand it. He didn't seem to be used to not saying or doing anything when he was with the opposite sex. He just sat there like a stone, so he decided to find some topic. He said, "Because you have been in a coma for the past few days, it may be difficult for you to eat. If you are hungry, I will find the nurse and ask her to feed you some liquid food."

Although you can also inject nutrient solution directly, liquid food can not only replenish the body's nutrition, but also exercise the muscles that have begun to degenerate due to lack of use in recent days.

She tried to put on a playful smile like usual and said weakly, "Heh... you can't handle things without me? Do you really want me to recover soon and continue to fulfill the contract between you and me?"

He glanced at her coldly and said, "If you think so, then so be it."

That's it, isn't it?

As she thought about this, she said, "So... in order for me to contribute more in the future, how about you feed me liquid food?"

"I see you still have the strength to speak. Although your voice is weak, your words are still clear." He stood up while speaking, "Just don't regret it."

Since I'm talking to you, how can I not pronounce clearly?

She kept a playful expression and watched Feng leave until he disappeared from her sight. Then she became expressionless and turned her gaze to the TV hanging on the wall.

After a while, he came back, carrying the liquid food specially prepared by the Fire Chaser for the patients, and said, "You are one of the few people who have recovered from the attack of the Eighth Herrscher. Although you seem to be quite energetic, I still asked Dr. Mebius to postpone the investigation on you so that you can rest for a while."

This time she did not choose to mock him as she did in the past, because she knew that if she continued to mock him, she would have no chance. She had to change slowly and not let Feng feel that her attitude towards him changed too abruptly.

She still knew what kind of person she was in Feng's heart.

So, she can't be impatient.

To be honest, Feng's technique of feeding people liquid food is not very good. To put it bluntly, he is just poking the spoon into people's mouths. Even though he has tried his best to be gentle, as a fusion warrior, he has to bear the side effects and behave like a normal person, so it is difficult for him to control the strength.

She looked at a serious-looking young man somewhat helplessly, and wanted to say that your expression and your method would make people think that you wanted to stab me to death with a spoon.

After feeding her the liquid food, Feng gave her some instructions and watched TV with her for a while. Then he put her down, told her to rest more, and left.

Before Kaede closed the door, she noticed a hint of pink.

And Alicia's voice: "Wow, Feng, did you feed Lilith yourself? How thoughtful~ You will definitely become an excellent captain..."

The rest of the conversation was unclear because the door was closed.

If it were you, he... probably wouldn't even be embarrassed to feed you, and might even not dare to say anything more and just run away.

So, I have experienced something that Alicia will probably never have the chance to experience?

She smiled and closed her eyes, looking forward to meeting him again.