I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

But the sudden attack was something Arturo had not expected.

Therefore, the girl's heart couldn't help but feel a little confused and a little shy.

Then I felt the residual warmth of the part of my calf that was touched by Ekaros, as well as the warmth and touch of the calf that was now gently held in Ekaros's hand.

She was feeling somewhat distracted.

Ikaros's hand feels warm...

Thinking of this, Arturo's face turned even redder.

But it's normal, after all, Arturo is only sixteen years old now.

It's a pity that Ekalos subconsciously forgot this point, and subconsciously replaced the current Arturo with the personality of the operator in the game from his past life memory.

As a result, unnecessary misunderstandings and disagreements arose between the two.

All I can say is that the road of relationship between the two is still long and there is still a long way to go.

Chapter 25: Be my eternal partner, Ekaros

Rutland, an ordinary nursing home.

As the soul-stirring ensemble of strings and piano music came to an end, Arturo put away his bow, opened his slightly closed eyes, felt the emotions brought by instinctive empathy, with a faint smile on his face.

Then she bowed, holding the bow, as a dancer would do after finishing a song.

Ikaros also took back the piano in front of her that she had constructed in the perspective of others through the Originium technique. After standing up, she politely lifted the hem of her skirt and saluted the old people.

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At this time, I don’t know which old man clapped first, and then all the elderly people in the nursing home began to applaud as if they had just woken up from a dream.

For a moment, the small auditorium was filled with endless applause, which brought this charity performance to a perfect end.

After the applause, the elders also expressed their heartfelt praise and gratitude to the young girls in front of them.

"Hahaha, what a great performance. It reminds me of my experience at the Leitania Golden Theater. These girls really have a bright future!"

"Yes, yes, you don't know, I just felt like I picked up a gun to shoot again, but you know, my old friend is no longer usable, but after listening to the performance of the girls, I still feel much better."

"It's the same for me. You know my legs can no longer move, but I just felt like I could run again. I even seemed to be participating in the sports meeting organized by the Pope! Oh, isn't it amazing? If there is a chance in the future, if these two girls hold a concert, I will definitely go to support them!"

"Yes, I think so too..."

……

Words like these are heard all the time.

The old people sincerely thanked Ekalos and Arturo.

However, their words of gratitude were also mixed with some of their emotions and the wishes hidden deep in their hearts.

There are some regrets from the past, some wild ideas, and even some disputes and past hatreds hidden in it.

But at this moment, when the old people said these things with a smile and enthusiasm.

Those things seemed to be released or realized, turning into relief and satisfaction.

Everyone faced their own hearts during this performance. While being pushed silently, they were also carefully fixed in the "dream" and released in the unrestrained "dream", realizing the wishes and thoughts that they had carefully sealed deep in their hearts...

Although the remaining impressions were vague, they were undoubtedly satisfied with the wonderful music.

……

"Ikaros, thank you for today as well."

Bathed in applause and thanks, Arturo responded to the old people with a polite smile and expressed his gratitude in Icarus' ear.

She clearly understood the impact her Originium skills would have on herself and her audience if there were no restrictions from Ekaros.

Although I will never regret my choice to perform.

"You're welcome. This is something we agreed on before, right?"

"——'We want to be the top musicians in Terra, writing the chapters of people's hearts with piano and cello.' I have never forgotten these words, Arturo."

In response to Arturo's thanks, Icarus shook his head with a little fatigue in the corners of his eyes, and looked towards Arturo's obsidian eyes with a weary smile.

A pair of golden eyes seemed to be sparkling, and for a moment Arturo seemed to see the appearance of Ekalos when the two of them secretly climbed onto the roof and made the agreement.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"...Yes, we have an appointment."

His heartbeat quickened unconsciously, and Arturo suddenly felt that the chapel was a little too hot and stuffy.

She said goodbye to the dean who had just recovered from the music ensemble, and then, under the other party's repeated thanks and grateful eyes, she held the cello and pulled Ikaros out of the nursing home.

As soon as we left the gate of the nursing home, the sky was already dyed red by the setting sun.

The gentle light cast by the setting sun exudes magic, making people intoxicated by its charming glow, as if they were in a dream.

The lingering tail of the afterglow swayed gently, as if saying goodbye to the world, leaving behind a beautiful memory.

The wind blew gently, making the glow of the afterglow softer and more dreamy, and dyed the girls' bodies, as if constructing an artist's painting.

Looking at Arturo, who was pulling him out of the nursing home with his face dyed with the color of the sunset, Icarus looked at Lateran and the girl in front of him under the sunset, and for a moment he was a little absent-minded.

"It's so beautiful..."

Looking at everything in front of him that was like a picture scroll, Ikaros didn't know what he was sighing about, but he quickly shook his head and regained his attention.

Arturo also noticed that they had left the nursing home, so he let go of Ekalos' hand, breathed in the fresh air, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, as if she remembered something, she turned around and looked at Ekaros behind her and asked, "By the way, I was very curious just now, Ekaros, what happened to your piano today? Wasn't your piano unplayable before?"

Looking at Ekalos curiously, Arturo put her cello and bow into the box. They would need to go to the hospital to visit their mother later. Although it was not tiring to hold the cello all the time, it was not convenient.

"Well..." Hearing Arturo's question, Icarus opened the cello bag he was carrying and naturally matched Arturo's movements in packing the cello. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "Just think of it as a new ability I developed because I wanted to play a real instrument with you."

"After all, I also want everyone to hear our 'voice', Arturo."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Ikaros's long silver hair, casting a faint glow, and his golden eyes looked at Arturo with undisguised sincerity.

This was not a lie that Ikaros told to hide the system and the simulation, but it was what she had always wanted to do.

Now that Ikaros had done it, she naturally wanted to share this joy and her once small wish with her best friend.

But this sentence sounded a little subtle to Arturo.

"I want to play a real ensemble with you"

'We want everyone to hear our voices'

After seeing Icarus' smile in the sunset, Arturo's brain took the other person's words out of context, and the young artist's flexible brain started to think a lot of random things in an instant.

Then, looking at those sincere golden eyes again, Arturo's heartbeat accelerated again.

Fortunately, Arturo was used to such situations, so she didn't blush.

After placing the cello in Ikaros's hands, she smiled faintly, looking at the sincerity and lovely smile in Ikaros' eyes, who was a head shorter than her. Suddenly, she gently hugged Ikaros's soft little body and breathed warm air softly into his ears.

"Then... my ensemble members, please join me in reaching the pinnacle of Terra's music in the future. If you regret before then, I will not let you go, even to the ends of the earth."

After saying this, Arturo let go of Ekalos who was in his arms.

Then he turned around and walked towards the hospital with a satisfied smile.

The long black hair danced in the breeze, just like the girl's rippling heart.

The breeze also carried the girl's faint floral scent mixed with the fragrance of shampoo and drifted into Ikaros's nose.

The fresh fragrance from the nose brought the stunned Ekalos back to his senses. After briefly thinking about Arturo's words, the girl smiled and followed Arturo's pace without thinking too much.

"…Don't worry, Arturo. I will never go against our agreement."

Walking to Arturo's side, Icarus blinked his golden eyes and made a solemn promise.

Leaving aside other things, on this one matter alone, Ekalos would never regret it.

She could even stay with Arturo forever, as long as Arturo didn't dislike her.

"Then let's make it a deal. Don't go back on your word, Ekaros."

Walking forward, Arturo turned her head to look at the silver-haired ball beside her. She got a satisfactory answer and had spent a wonderful day, so she now had a satisfied and sweet smile on her face.

Even Ekalos couldn't help but sigh in his heart: She is so beautiful.

Then Icarus answered seriously: "Okay, I promise you, but don't forget that we have to go to see Luciana's mother today, so don't take the wrong road."

"Don't worry, but don't let Mother misunderstand that I told you the news, otherwise she will probably be angry with me again."

"Ok, my mouth is shut, don't worry, Arturo."

No matter how much fun they had, the girls interacted with each other until the end and none of them forgot what they had to do last that night.

So before the stars were about to replace the sunset as the masters of this world, Ekalos and Arturo, who had been sticking together and chatting with each other all the way, came to the last stop of the day with the fruit basket they bought on the road.

But before they went into the hospital to visit Luciana, Arturo and Ekalos ran into an acquaintance outside the hospital...

This temporarily stopped them from entering the hospital.

As the title says, Didi is planning to start writing the next simulation, and I am here to ask everyone what you would like to see.

The ones mentioned in the introduction will be considered as a guarantee, but everyone needs to vote to decide the order.

The following is the selection range.

[Reproduction] Newborn - (Slaanesh theme, Skadi the Impure)

The God of the Underworld in the Closed World——(Greed Theme, Typhon and some Behemoth Characters)

Love of Infinite Love——(jealousy theme, related to Rhine Life)

Great Lord Protector of the Country——(Raging Theme, Reed Sisters)

Loveless Year-Old Beast——(Gluttony theme, story involving fragments)

Endless Sleep - (Theme of Idleness, involving the story of Syracuse)

Holy Ursus——(?? Theme, involving the reconstruction of Holy Ursus)

Please choose, and it will last for one day. The author needs to start writing faster (there may be other simulations in the future)

Chapter 26 Without me, this family would have broken up long ago!!!

"Federico?"

Just as he was about to walk into the hospital with Arturo, Ekalos saw a familiar young man not far away.

The young man was wearing a white coat and black pants. He was about 1.8 meters tall, with a handsome face but an icy coldness.

His cold and indifferent temperament that keeps people at a distance makes people's first impression of this boy is that he is a cool and handsome guy who keeps strangers away.

But in reality, Ikaros could only see the boy's expressionless face and the clear... uh, innocence and straightforwardness in his eyes.

Arturo, under the influence of Ekalos, also noticed the boy approaching. She should have welcomed her cousin, but she couldn't explain why she didn't want to see him now...

This is not to say that Arturo hates Federico, on the contrary she likes this cousin very much.

I just simply don't want to see the other person right now.

"Good evening, Sister Icarus, Cousin Arturo, are you here to visit Aunt Luciana?"

Federico nodded to Icarus and acknowledged his identity, facing his few relatives in Lateran in a calm tone.

People who don't know him might think Federico is cold, but Ecarlos and Arturo, who know Federico's true nature, are already used to it.

Or, if one day Federico really suddenly hugged them enthusiastically when he met them.

Then the two of them would probably just beat Federico half to death even if it meant breaking the law.

——That situation was too scary. Either they were crazy or Federico was crazy.

"Yes, Arturo and I just finished playing this afternoon, and now we're going to visit Mother Luciana. Do you want to join us, Federico?"