Ark: The Cycle of Light and Darkness

Misha's illness comes and goes just as quickly.

Although the girl was still relatively weak for a short period of time due to the ore disease affecting her body, she was no longer in the same incapacitated state as before.

After enjoying a sumptuous breakfast cooked by Levi using the last food in the camp, the two set out on the road to escape again.

To Levi's expectation, the operation went much smoother this time.

Although all the paths were chosen which are inaccessible to ordinary people, the hidden sentries and temporary checkpoints that could be seen everywhere before seemed to have disappeared. After avoiding the checkpoints on the road, it took only two days for the two of them to cross Siberia and reach the border of Ursus.

It only takes half a day's journey to leave here and arrive at the border between Ursus and Yan Kingdom, which is the destination of this trip - Longmen.

【Although the policy for treating infected people is not much better, it is at least better than Ursus's policy of directly sending you to death. 】

While driving, Levi chatted with Misha.

【I know some people in Longmen. Although they are certainly not good people, they are trustworthy people. 】

Levi smiled when he thought of the penguin who looked a little funny but had unfathomable energy behind him.

【After you drop me off...are you leaving? 】

Misha, who was sitting in the passenger seat, lowered her head and pulled Levi's clothes, seemingly reluctantly.

I don't know if it is related to the illness, but the girl from Ursus' attitude towards Levi has almost completely changed in the past two days, from being indifferent to being very dependent.

Levi was stunned.

He naturally thought of what he had promised to adopt Misha and become her brother in order to comfort Misha. But now he can't take her to Rhode Island on his own initiative

【……Misha, if you still remember what I said before, then I can guarantee that every word I said counts. 】

The girl’s eyes seemed to be a little brighter.

【But Misha, what I'm going to do next will be very dangerous... so I can't take you on the adventure. ]

(But I——)

Looking at the girl's anxious and unwilling eyes, Levi smiled bitterly, held the steering wheel with one hand, then touched the girl's head with his right hand, and motioned the girl to look out the window.

【This is?……】

The scenery of the snowfield had disappeared at some point, and in the sky not far away, a huge mobile city was gradually enlarging the field of vision as the car approached.

High-rise buildings, row after row, this is a scenery that the girl in Ursus has never seen before

【The place in front is called Longmen, which can be regarded as the mobile city of Yan Kingdom. 】

The girl's eyes lit up and dimmed randomly, as if she was thinking of the current situation of being separated from the person in front of her.

As if he guessed the girl's thoughts, Levi sighed. How could he not know the girl's dependence on him? However, whether as an operator of Rhode Island or as a natural disaster messenger, his job is too dangerous, and he must not take Misha with him just because of his willfulness.

The crisis contract has helped Misha prepare a new identity in Longmen. He must not deprive her of the new life that is about to start here just because of his own impulse.

【Welcome to Longmen, Misha - a bright future is waiting for you】

————Dividing line————

Although he was reluctant to leave, Levi still set foot on the road back to Rhode Island after seeing Misha off.

The past few days of getting along with each other made him put Misha in a special position, not just as a mission target, but as a more important person.

That's why he specifically asked the emperor to take care of him during his short stay. Although the penguin of unknown origin is sometimes unreliable, it is absolutely unambiguous in major matters and has great magical powers. It is just too easy to take care of an infected person in a home environment like Longmen.

Of course the emperor was happy. After all, he had owed Levi many times before, so he just took advantage of the situation and treated it as a return of the favor.

At this time, Levi was sitting on the aircraft specially prepared for him by Crisis Contract.

This time he not only paid off what he owed in the crisis contract, but also made the old man owe him a favor as a boss. From this point of view, Levi had earned it.

However, the fatigue that had been restless for the past few days finally climbed up his body. Levi leaned back on his seat and closed his eyes.

If there was nothing wrong with what he had guessed, Amiya should be ready to take action at this moment. Although he does not support it from a personal standpoint, as a quasi-operator of Rhode Island, Levi must help her.

So Levy prepared to recharge his batteries and at least take a nap.

(It's strange... the feeling of exhaustion comes... so... violently...)

Levi, who was about to close his eyes and rest his mind, felt as if his body was being affected by a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling. For a moment, I could no longer feel the vibration of the aircraft under my seat.

(Am I... dreaming?)

When I opened my eyes, I saw a strange yet familiar scenery. It was so strange.

It was obvious that I was still on the aircraft just now, but now I suddenly changed to a different place.

(Is it a trap?!...)

Having this thought for a moment, Levi almost immediately put his hands on his waist like a hair. However, after recognizing where this place was, he hesitated and put down his hands.

This is clearly Kazdaele.

To be precise, it is the palace of Kazdaele - before the civil strife, this was once the most prosperous and beautiful place in Kazdaele.

Of course, the real Khazdel Palace is now in ruins.

……So, why does this palace stand intact in front of him?

Levi frowned.

(Where is...where?)

【……Levi? 】

Levi was shocked when he heard the sound.

He turned around mechanically and looked at the figure behind him, the person who was engraved in his memory and could never be forgotten no matter what.

However, although his body kept telling himself that this was the person he thought about day and night and dreamed about, his soul knew better that the person in front of him should have died on that day.

He knew that this was a dream.

But in dreams, you always have to wake up - when you wake up, there is nothing.

However, she was clearly right in front of him, so real, as if she was still alive.

【you...you are……】

It sounded like a murmur, like a dreamy voice:

【——Your Highness Theresia? 】

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