You don't even want to call me godfather

That person was Angel. She was definitely Angel. There was no way he could have made a mistake. Even those Hai Si could not create such an identical Angel.

"Hey, hey! What are you thinking about?"

Lappland waved his hand in front of Koshe's eyes, pulling him out of his thoughts.

"… Sorry, I was lost in thought." Koshe's eyes suddenly became a little lonely, but he also noticed the faint black crystal on Lappland's wrist. "Is that a newly grown Originium crystal?"

Lappland withdrew her hand, turned over her wrist, looked at the Originium crystal piercing her skin, and smiled.

"Eh~ I didn't even notice it myself. You really have sharp eyes, Koshe." Laplander patted the pocket of his leather windbreaker, which contained a long square box. "But don't worry. When I was rescued by Rhodes Island, I took some medicine from their infirmary. The amount is quite large. I can last for a long time."

"No, I'm not worried about you, it's just..."

Looking at the Originium crystal on Lappland's wrist, Koshe sighed secretly.

When will this disaster end?

When will those Hai Si be able to leave?

Extra IF: Lapland's victory...? (Part 3)

"Cough cough - cough -"

"Ahem, um---"

During the night, Koshe was awakened by the sounds of coughing and retching.

"what happened?"

By the dim light of the candle, he saw Lapland lying on the other side of the bed, curled up and seemingly in pain.

"No... cough cough - it's okay, maybe it's the mineral disease..." Lapland climbed up with some difficulty and took out the box from the pocket of her fur coat. "Don't worry, cough, I'll be fine after taking the medicine."

With a rustling sound, Lapland seemed to have taken medicine. She held the medicine box.

Extra IF: Lapland's victory...? (Part 4)

"Ah... today... today is..." Lappland, who was sleeping on a boulder at night, suddenly woke up. She seemed a little frightened, and fumbled around with one hand, "Ahem... Koshe... are you still there?"

"I'm here, Laplande," Koshei held Laplande's hand and comforted her, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

"...Yeah," Laplande nodded weakly. She leaned to the side and snuggled on Koshe's shoulder. "I dreamed about the death of my family members, the death of Texas, and also..."

Laplande did not say anything else, but felt her slight

Extra IF: Lapland's victory...? (V)

"Squeak-"

Pushing open a door that collapsed in the corridor with great effort, Koshe continued to move deeper into Rhodes Island.

Looking back, the broken walls, collapsed doors, and dried blood on the ground reminded Koshei all the time of what had happened here that led to the current dilapidated scene.

According to his memory, when ACE and Scout took him to visit Rhode Island, they introduced the facilities, and Koshe checked each room one by one.

When he checked an operating room, he stopped in front of the door, stunned.

Extra IF: Lapland's victory...? (VI)

Koshe held the dagger tightly and looked at the woman who appeared before him.

His breathing was extremely heavy, his anger was evident in his words, his slightly twitching cheeks and the bulging veins on his forehead made his face full of hatred.

And along with his hatred came an irresistible impulse.

"S...Skadi!"

Koshe ignored the Haisi who were right behind him and not far away from him. He rushed towards Skadi with a knife in hand and roared.

But just as the blade was about to touch Skadi's skin, Koshe stopped moving. He suppressed his impulse and forced himself to calm down and think calmly.

The woman in front of him couldn't have appeared for no reason, nor could she have made those sea creatures stop attacking for no reason.

Thinking of this, Koshe turned the handle of the knife and put the blade against Skadi's neck with one hand.

"Tell me, why are you here?"

Skadi did not resist, and Koshe could see that she was completely different from the image he had known her before.

If you only look at her eyes, you can't even believe that this woman is the same "hunter" as before.

He didn't know what happened, but he didn't want to know.

He only knew that it was this woman who brought the "doomsday".

He only knew that it was this woman who destroyed everything around him and everything he had.

"S...Katie..."

Skadi did not respond to Koshe's question. She just repeated her name, seeming a little unfamiliar with it.

She looked at the blade against her neck, then looked at Koshei, whose expression was distorted because he was trying hard to suppress himself, revealing an expression that was unclear whether it was confusion or doubt.

“Don’t play dumb with me!” Koshe took a step forward, the blade slightly embedded into Skadi’s skin, but did not hurt her. “What on earth do you want to do? You brought disaster, destroyed everything, and appeared in front of me again. What on earth do you want!”

"I...I am...you..."

Skadi was a little incoherent. She was like a child who was not good at speaking, stammering a few words.

"Don't fucking play with me!" But this was a different feeling for Koshei. He maintained a tough attitude and asked, "What do you want to do? Silence me? Get rid of me who escaped the net? And then completely eliminate all life on the land?"

He gritted his teeth, wishing he could kill Skadi on the spot, but he knew very well that it was impossible for him to kill this woman alone.

"I... don't know, I... don't want you to die... Kosh--"

"Are you fucking kidding me!"

Koshe was completely furious. He swung the dagger to the side and stabbed it into the sand.

Then, he suddenly pushed Skadi, who had no intention of resisting, to the ground, sat on her, and strangled her throat with both hands.

"What on earth are you talking about!" Anger gradually filled Koshe's eyes. He pinched Skadi's neck and shouted at her without caring about his image, "You brought those monsters and sea heirs to the land and killed my family, my friends, and my people. And now! What are you saying... that you don't want me to die?"

"Ko...Kosh..."

Although Skadi was being strangled, she didn't seem to express any desire to resist, but just continued to look at him with that innocent expression.

"You guy..."

The anger in Koshe's eyes did not diminish, the hatred was constantly magnified in his heart, and the strength in his hands became stronger and stronger.

"Want to... kill me?"

Suddenly, Skadi asked, and the strangulation did not seem to hinder her from speaking at all.

"What did you say?"

Koshe was stunned for a moment, and his hands relaxed a little. He frowned and couldn't help but wonder if he had heard it wrong.

"Sure, if it's Koshe," Skadi stretched out his arms and made a hug gesture, "If you want to kill me, then do it."

"What are you... talking about..."

Koshei finally realized something was wrong. Skadi's words made him start to waver, and even his arms began to tremble uncontrollably.

"I can feel Koshe's mood, anger, hatred, and unwillingness," Skadi reached out to Koshe's clothes, pulled out the pistol with only one bullet, and pointed it at his eyes. "If you want to kill me, just shoot here. In this way, I will die if Koshe wants to do this."

"..."

Koshe was silent. He really wanted to kill Skadi, but he also understood the consequences of doing so.

Those sea creatures crawling behind him, ready to make a move, were controlled by Skadi. Once Skadi died, the next to die would undoubtedly be him.

Koshe hesitated for a moment, and looking at Skadi's scarlet eyes, he wavered.

After a long time, he slowly loosened his hand and took back his gun from Skadi.

"I don't seem to recognize you anymore, Skadi," Koshe stood up, put the gun back into his coat, and stepped back, shaking his head. "You are not her, who are you?"

"I'm... Skadi."

"No, you are not." Koshe picked up the short knife stuck in the sand. He touched his pocket, felt the medicine bottle in his pocket, and remembered the business. "You are just... a Haisi with the appearance of Skadi. You are just... a monster."

Skadi did not respond. She lay on the ground in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking. Perhaps it was Koshe's words that made her speechless.

Koshe gave up the idea of ​​killing Skadi. There were more important things that needed him to deal with right now.

Lappland was still behind the boulder, waiting for the life-saving medicine in his hand.

He glanced at the motionless Hai Si and stopped thinking about it. He dragged his injured leg and limped in the direction he came from.

Looking at the sky that was beginning to darken, he knew that he had already wasted a lot of time on this trip and he must not delay any further.

……

When Koshe returned to the desert, it was already completely dark.

The climate abroad is often unpredictable, just like now, a sandstorm has begun to blow.

In the darkness, he saw the huge rock and a leg sticking out from behind it.

"Lapland!"

In the wind and sand, Koshe shouted Lappland's name. He endured the severe pain in his knee and came behind the boulder.

"Lappland! I'm back!" Koshe shook Lappland's quiet body and called out, "Hey! Wake up, you'll be fine!"

"Hmm... Koshe..." Laplande slowly woke up. She opened her blind eyes and said weakly, "There are so many stones. What I saw... Are those Originium?"

"It's okay, Lappland, it's okay now," Koshe hurriedly took out the medicine bottles from his pocket and poured them all onto the ground, while comforting him, "I've been to Rhodes Island, where there was no natural disaster, and I found a lot of medicine."

"Hmm... I didn't expect that this would be the case after I became blind..." Laplande didn't seem to be listening to Koshe's words. She just smiled and asked, "I feel... something is not right, Koshe, am I... dying?"

"Stop talking nonsense! You'll be fine!" Koshe was extremely anxious. He hurriedly opened the medicine bottle and poured out two pills from it, wanting to feed them to Lappland. "Take these first. These are fast-acting first aid medicines. After the medicines take effect, inject the medicine to adjust the blood source stone content."

"Ha... don't bother with that, Koshe..." Laplande sighed. She didn't take the pill Koshe handed her, but said in self-abandonment, "You and I both know that at this point, this medicine has no effect."

"You...what are you talking about, Lappland?" Koshe's expression froze for a moment, but he continued to urge Lappland, and even wanted to stuff the pill directly into Lappland's mouth, "Take it first, you will feel better after a while——"

"Don't waste your time on me, okay?" Before Koshei could finish his words, Lappland suddenly slapped his hand away, and the pills fell to the ground. "When you were away... my oripathy broke out twice. I know my body well, Koshei..."

"Lappland, you..."

Koshe pursed his lips and his eyes unconsciously looked away.

"I know, Koshe, I know... You know, I just want to save face, so I've been holding on..." Lapland's emotions seemed to be out of control, but she suddenly felt a few drops of warm water falling on her face, and she was stunned for a moment, "Huh? Why are there drops of water falling?"

"Ah? Um..." Koshei choked up and said calmly, "It's just, um...it's just raining."

"Koshe, you are still unwilling to tell the truth at this time..." Lapland complained helplessly, but then she smiled again, "Well... but this is indeed in line with your personality..."

"Lappland..." Koshe held the medicine bottle, raised his hand, and shook it up and down. After a moment, he put it down weakly, "Is there no other way?"

"You know what? I used to reject faith. Look at those silly and naive believers. God can't save the world. I always say that, but the illness changed me. When the pain came, I had nowhere to hide." Laplande did not directly answer Koshe's question, but changed the way she said it. "'Always have to have faith in life', this is what my godmother told me, but even if I pray over and over again, the ending will not change. There is only one way, I have known it for a long time, I...we, just don't want to admit it, don't cry, okay?"

"But why... did it turn out like this?"

Don’t cry, this instantly broke down Koshei’s psychological defenses that had been built up over this period of time.

Maybe he did hate Lappland in the past, but now, he is the one who is most reluctant to part with this "enemy".

"Well... I always stubbornly avoid it. I and other people are originally people with feelings. I always ignore that I am just like them, groping in the dark, trying to find the light. They just want to survive, but few people listen to them." Lapland looked in the direction of Koshei and asked, "So please, Koshei, in these last moments, listen to me, okay?"

"...Well, I'm listening, Lapland, I'm listening." Koshe wiped away his tears, choked a few times, and then agreed, "I'm here, Lapland, I will always be with you, so... don't be stubborn, okay? I will definitely protect-"

"Koshei?"

Suddenly, Laplander interrupted him.

"I'm here, Lapland, I'm here."

“Koshe…” Laplande looked up at herself. After just a moment, tears could not stop flowing down her cheeks. “Why… have you been silent since just now…”

"La...Lappland...you..."

Koshe's eyes widened, his pupils shrank sharply, and every breath was accompanied by a palpitation.