After the proposal, the Valkyrie came to the door

The fact that I had those kinds of thoughts about Seele just now, is it really because I'm still too deeply influenced by the past?!

An Liang remained silent for a while, then closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his expression had become somewhat weary.

He couldn't remember exactly how long he had been reincarnated... There were hundreds of reincarnations in total, each lasting a different length of time, ranging from several years to several months or even several days, but in total it must have been thirty or forty years.

Thirty or forty years! This is not only the time he spent fighting against the Honkai, but also the time he spent with the many Valkyries on the Hyperion!

Anliang's current physical age is only 25 years old.

In other words, Anliang has known Xier and the others for longer than he himself has lived.

The Valkyries of the Hyperion occupied most of his life, and each of them had walked alongside him, sharing life and death, and remaining by his side until the end...

In this process, Anliang was inevitably influenced and changed by the Valkyries little by little, and his feelings for the Valkyries were so deep that they had long since exceeded the scope of "like" or "love".

“Every part of my heart bears the marks left by Seele and the others, which is why I naturally think about those things…”

"Because I would spend my whole life with any of the Valkyries."

Anliang shifted his gaze from Xier in the kitchen and smiled bitterly in a voice only he could hear.

Although this sounds a bit off, and seems to imply that Alicia is being cheated on, if you look closely, Anra already has six exes in this timeline, and Alicia is the one who came later.

If Anliang had encountered other Valkyries first in this timeline, even if he had met Alicia later, he would probably have only been with the other Valkyries.

There was nothing he could do; the other Valkyries had already built up his favorability through countless reincarnations. Even someone as strong as Alicia couldn't overcome this overwhelming advantage when she had the advantage.

However, there are no "what ifs" in the world, and no "what ifs" in life!

In the new timeline after Anryo defeats the Cocoon of the End, the first person he encounters is Alicia.

For a long time afterward, he didn't encounter any of the Hyperion Valkyries. In the end, Alicia left an indelible mark on his heart over six months, and he fell completely in love with this pure and innocent pink fairy.

After he decided to spend his life with Alicia and even proposed, he met Bronya and Seele.

"I have to say, fate is truly wondrous... In my previous life, I never imagined I would be with someone other than the Valkyrie. Yet, in this life, I am destined to be with the Valkyrie but not to be with her, and I've even met a captivating little fairy!"

Anliang's tone was full of emotion, but not much regret.

He harbored deep feelings for the Valkyries, but they didn't remember their past vows of eternal love, and they remained strangers when they met again.

You have to get to know your former lover again, but the past relationship can't be rekindled, and your former comrade-in-arms, who used to treat you like a brother, now wants to be with you in this timeline...

After experiencing this kind of thing many times, Anliang got used to it.

For him, choosing either a pink fairy who loves him or a Valkyrie he loves is acceptable.

"It's quite normal to be destined to meet but not to stay together..."

"I've had relationships with Kiana and the others in the cycle of reincarnation. Even if I didn't choose Alicia, and I could only choose one Valkyrie to marry, it would still be a case of being destined to be apart from the others."

Anliang's thinking is very clear.

First, he is a pure love warrior who absolutely supports monogamy. Second, even if he is a scumbag, he is incapable of having a harem in this ordinary world.

The Valkyries are not simple figures. Theresa and Kiana are backed by destiny, Raiden Mei, Bronya and Seele are the successors of Anti-Entropy, and Fu Hua is not as rich and powerful, but she is the strongest in the world and is also a member of the Golden Court.

He was just a painter who had gone into the art world, and his power had been erased by the Cocoon of the End.

What makes me think I have the right to build a harem among these Valkyries?!

"So, it's normal to be destined to meet but not to be together. It's already great that I can become friends with Bronya and Seele again."

Anliang let out a long sigh, shifted his gaze back to Xier who was busy cooking, and tried to give a relieved smile.

However, the way he tugged at the corners of his mouth looked somewhat forced no matter how you looked at it.

P.S.: Occasionally, I'll describe the protagonist's mindset and his thoughts on encountering the Valkyries again... After all, a pure love warrior can't just start a harem anytime soon. He needs to have flaws and loopholes so that the Valkyries can gradually lower his standards, eventually turning him from a pure love single-player into a pure love harem!

Chapter 123 Please, another me!

"Ugh……"

Anliang rubbed the corner of his mouth and realized that his smile was stiff.

He thought to himself that it would be good enough to meet the Valkyries again. After all, the timeline had been reset by the Cocoon of the End, and past memories could not be preserved. It was normal that they were destined to meet but not to be together.

But is this thought truly born of relief, or is it a helpless compromise with the current situation?

Anliang took a deep breath.

He knew very well that if he had a choice, he would definitely want the Valkyries to retain their memories from reincarnation...

Therefore, the answer is self-evident.

Letting go of the past is never easy, especially since the Valkyries occupied a large part of his life.

Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, Fu Hua, Theresa... He experienced many happy daily moments with the Valkyries, overcame various painful difficulties together, and even fell in love with each other and got together.

However, the power of the end can render all of this meaningless.

When time flows backward and reincarnation restarts, the past that Anliang and the Valkyrie created together becomes, in the blink of an eye, a fantasy that only he remembers.

It hurts, it hurts too much!

Unfortunately, Anliang couldn't find any solution.

Otto risked his life to travel back 500 years through the Imaginary Tree to create a timeline that would allow Kallen to live, but Anryo's problem was that the End reset time, erasing everything he had experienced.

Even if he tried to emulate Otto's approach, he couldn't retrieve his lost past, because he was already already immersed in it.

Once he understood this, Anliang, like Kevin, could no longer laugh in the cycle of reincarnation. Later on, he focused all his energy on becoming stronger and single-handedly destroyed his mother's cocoon of the end!

"Even if we resolve the final cocoon, it's just that my loss has turned into a lose-lose situation for everyone; it's not even a draw..."

An Liang's eyes dimmed, and he let out a soft sigh before shaking his head.

Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it anymore.

At least he broke free from the cycle of the final cocoon and can move forward into the future with peace of mind, no longer having to endure the pain of being forgotten by his loved ones.

However, his relationship with the Valkyries could never be as close as it was in the cycle of reincarnation...

"It's not just because I've proposed to Alicia, but also because I still can't forget those days from the past."

Anliang reflected on himself in his heart.

Initially, unable to bear the pain of being forgotten by his lover, he gave up the idea of ​​loving only one person in each reincarnation, and later completely abandoned any thoughts of dating.

Undoubtedly, this behavior carries a degree of escapism.

In the new timeline after he defeats the Cocoon of the End, he accepts Alicia's confession and does not actively seek out the Valkyrie...

Besides genuinely falling in love with Alicia, he might also be afraid that seeing the Valkyrie would trigger painful memories and remind him of those painful experiences.

"To be honest, the reason I'm thinking so much right now is because seeing Seele has stirred up some memories for me, right?"

An Liang gave a self-deprecating bitter smile.

He is very conflicted in matters of the heart. He chose pure love, but he couldn't keep loving the same person in every reincarnation. Now the problem is becoming more and more difficult to solve.

If he chooses to be with the Valkyrie in this life, then it seems unfair that he has loved six people in the past... But starting a new life with Alicia means he won't have to worry about these issues, nor will he have to think about the painful past.

"I'm such a terrible captain. I made a promise to stay together for life, but in the end I chose to run away."

An Liang clenched his fist, then let it loosen weakly.

He could actually use the excuse that the Valkyrie doesn't remember anything to convince himself that the agreement is invalid, and that even if they did start over, the Valkyrie might not fall in love with him again, and even if she did, it wouldn't be the same feeling as before.

But the spirit of pure love made it difficult for Anliang to overcome that mental hurdle.

Therefore, he chose to escape, whether intentionally or unintentionally. There's a saying that's true: escaping may be shameful, but it can be useful.

But when he saw Bronya and Seele again, those past events still caught up with him as he tried to escape, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.

"Anliang, what happened? You don't seem to be in a good mood."

The girl's gentle voice rang in my ears.

Anliang turned around and saw that Xier, who should have been in the kitchen, had somehow appeared at the dining table, carrying a plate of delicious-looking dishes.

Looking again towards the stove, it had been tidied up a bit; even the fire was turned off, and only a few dishes were left there.

"Oh, is lunch ready? Let me get it for you!"

Anliang hadn't expected that he would spend so much time dwelling on the past, so he immediately got up and accompanied the girl to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

A few minutes later, the food and dishes were set on the table.

Anliang sat down again, and Xier also took off her apron, shed her cook form, and sat down opposite him, blinking her beautiful, deep blue eyes.

"By the way, Anliang still hasn't told me why you looked so worried just now. Of course, you don't have to answer if you feel uncomfortable."

"Uh, was I that obvious...?"

An Liang scratched his cheek somewhat awkwardly, but wasn't too surprised.

Seele is a sensitive and empathetic girl, so it's normal for her to realize that she has something on her mind.

"It's nothing serious, I just remembered some unpleasant memories, so I'm feeling a bit down."

Anliang picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of food, and put it in his mouth. As he ate, he gave Xier a bright smile.

"At times like this, a delicious meal is just what I need... Mmm, this dish tastes really good, Seele, your cooking skills are truly excellent!"

"Hehe, actually I'm only really good at Russian food and desserts, it's great that it suits your taste."

Looking at Anliang, who was enjoying his meal, Xier raised her beautiful eyebrows and smiled slightly, her dimples appearing faintly on both sides of her cheeks.

She actually cooked this lunch according to the captain's taste from his previous life.

She had been worried that the captain's tastes had changed in this life, or that he might be influenced by bad women outside, but now it seems that the captain is still the same captain she knows.

Seele felt somewhat relieved, while her longing grew stronger.

The more Anliang behaved in a way that matched the girl's impression of her past life, the more she wanted to possess Anliang, to completely own him, and then live happily ever after, just like in her past life.

However, being too hasty will only alienate the captain from you.

First, gradually build up goodwill, and when the time is right, create an accident to take advantage of the captain and snatch him away from his fiancée.

Of course, being too slow won't work either. If things just go by naturally, by the time she's raised the captain's favorability enough, the captain might already be having a child with another girl...

Seele lowered her head to eat, her mind racing, and then silently recited something to another personality.

"I need to use some tricks to speed up my relationship with the captain, but I'm not good at these things, so... please, another me!"

P.S.: It took about a chapter and a half to properly depict the protagonist's psychology. In fact, from the very beginning, the author set the protagonist's emotional state as contradictory and complex. The protagonist leans towards pure love, but hundreds of reincarnations have made him unable to love only one person, either passively or unexpectedly. When he realized this problem but had no solution, he could only choose to escape the past. Later, he planned to be alone, but the appearance of Alicia gave him another choice, starting a completely new life... Then, the Valkyrie came to him after he proposed.

Hehehe, the protagonist's conflicted psychology is also a landmine, and this landmine will explode the moment the Valkyries attack him and discover the truth. Each one explodes in a chain reaction, and this twisted and powerful plot makes the author look forward to it so much!

Chapter 124 Black Seele is PUA'ing the Captain!

Meanwhile, Anliang was focused on cooking.

Seele honed her cooking skills while helping to care for other children at the orphanage. Unlike Raiden Mei or Rita, she doesn't have the level of a master chef and can't make any complicated or elaborate dishes.

So even though she wanted to serve some fancy dishes to An Lianglu, the girl ended up making just a few home-style dishes, making a simple meal of three dishes and a soup.

Seele felt a little embarrassed about this, feeling that she hadn't treated her well.

Ke Anliang was very satisfied with his meal.

Although they are all very ordinary home-style dishes, with a touch of the rugged style of Siberia, upon closer tasting, you can see that Seele specially changed the proportions of the seasonings to make them more in line with the tastes of China.

In addition, the combination of meat and vegetables in the dishes is also very reasonable.

It strikes a good balance between greasy and light, ensuring that the food is neither bland nor too heavy, clearly demonstrating a focus on a balanced diet.

This is Seele's cooking style.

Although she is only good at home-style cooking, she can give people a warm and caring feeling, which is something only the gentle and kind Bai Xier can do.

Anliang picked up some food while secretly reflecting on his experience.

He learned the culinary skills of many Valkyries during his reincarnations and could easily prepare a large, sumptuous meal. Seele's cooking, on the other hand, was simple yet had a comforting, homey taste...

It's really hard to say which of these two is better!

That said, Alicia's cooking skills probably can't surpass his, but in the future, she might be able to cook a few simple dishes with a "homey taste" like Seele, which sounds quite exciting... Well, provided she doesn't research weird dishes like Indian porridge anymore.