A foreigner's journey

There is a deserted and quiet alley deep in the corner at the end of the street opposite the cafe. The bricks on the alley floor are uneven and there is a lot of water in the depressions. The Mako pipes laid at the bottom of the wall extend to both sides of the alley.

A girl with brown hair in braids squatted in front of the Mako pipeline, holding a basket full of flowers in her hands. She was bathing in the green light overflowing from the damaged part of the pipeline with her eyes closed, and seemed to be listening. What are you wearing?

Suddenly, she opened her eyes alertly and looked towards the end of the alley with a slight panic.

At some point, a young man with glasses and short black curly hair stood there, looking at the girl with his hands in his pockets.

Because she has been targeted by the will of the planet for many years and has the specificity of the alien fire, Heather can now slightly sense the large-scale gathering of the life stream. When he was drinking coffee just now, he felt that the flow of life was gathering at an unusual level. Out of curiosity, he walked to the alley to find out what was going on, and then he saw this scene in front of him.

Alice Gainsborough, another heroine in the original FF7.

She is the last ancient Settra in the world. In the original book, she died under Sephiroth's sword at the age of 22 without leaving any descendants, declaring the complete demise of the once extremely powerful ancient Settra tribe.

At the same time, due to the favor of the planet and the characteristics of the ancient race Settra, Alice traveled the river of life inside the planet as a spiritual body after her death, and eventually became the spokesperson of the planet.

I didn't expect to meet her in this place.

According to the timeline, Alice should still be living with her adoptive mother Emina in the Wufanjie slums and under 24-hour surveillance by the Shinra Company's secret agency Tuckers. She usually earns some pocket money by selling the flowers she grows. money. By the way, the large-scale gathering of life streams just now was caused by her? It looks like she can talk to the planet now.

Although she was a little curious, Heather had no interest in Alice at all. According to the original statement of one of Kuruneo's subordinates - [Although he looks very cute, his body is only so good], and Heather is not the type to fall in love with someone he meets, and he still can't figure out who he is. How could he provoke other girls when he was in a relationship with France?

On the other side, Alice clenched the flower basket in her hand and looked alertly at the black-haired man with glasses not far away.

She was just communicating with a little bit of the life stream leaked from the Mako pipeline. It was a messy sound similar to many people whispering in their ears. If you don't concentrate, it would be difficult to sense what the life stream wants to express. Of course, there are only rare occasions when the Lifestream reveals itself. But Alice would still listen patiently every time she had the opportunity to communicate with the flow of life.

Communicating with the planet is her unique ability as an ancient Settra, but she never shows it in front of outsiders.

This time, she walked back and forth twice to make sure there was no one around the alley, and then she squatted in front of the pipe with peace of mind and listened to the sound of the flow of life. But not long after, she heard a clear response from the flow of life.

This is the first time Alice has discovered that the flow of life can produce such complex emotions. It was a strange emotional fluctuation mixed with doubt, vigilance and a strong desire for knowledge. The intensity of the emotion even made Alice feel dizzy.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the source of the 'emotion' in the flow of life - the strange man standing at the entrance of the alley.

What to do, do you want to escape? Seeing as he was blocking the entrance to the alley with no intention of moving away, could it be that he had discovered the secret of being able to communicate with the flow of life? No, no, no, I squatted there and didn't speak at all. To others, I was just closing my eyes and resting. However, what can make the flow of life like this...

Wait a moment, Alice suddenly remembered something.

Apart from her, only her biological mother Ifaluna was able to attract the attention of the Lifestream, all thanks to the abilities of their ancient race, the Settra. The man in front of me can also cause disturbances in the flow of life. Could it be that he is also an ancient Settra?

Thinking about it from another direction, maybe the other party came to find out because he felt the flow of life converging, and the other party can also sense the flow of life!

He is not the last Settra, he still has his own kind! ?

Thinking of this possibility, Alice's little head felt slightly dizzy. For a long time, the strong sense of loneliness as the last Settra has been lingering in her heart. The sense of mission that no one can help her shoulder has made her shoulders heavy. Witnessing her mother's tragic fate since she was a child has made her... Feeling of panic and constraint due to identity.

But now, Alice seemed to feel a ray of sunshine shining in her heart, dispelling all fear and loneliness.

"Hello?" Alice held the flower basket tightly and hesitantly greeted Heather.

Heather did not expect such a start, and nodded to Alice: "Hello."

Alice didn't know what to say next. She looked at the pipe that leaked some life flow, and then looked at Heather, she hesitated to speak.

Heather understood the meaning immediately. She didn't want to reveal her ability to communicate with the planet, right? learn.

Thinking of this, Heather spread her hands and tried to keep her tone as gentle as possible: "I just passed by by chance and came over to take a look when I discovered that there was a leak of magic energy. Just hope you're okay."

Passing by by chance? Found the Mako leak? What a liar! Alice suddenly knew that the other party could definitely sense the disturbance of the flow of life, but he was also concealing the truth.

Alice took out a narcissus lily from the flower basket, walked to Heather and handed it over: "For you."

"ah?"

"Thank you for the concern from the 'stranger'. This flower is given to you." Alice emphasized the word 'stranger' and insisted on handing the flower in her hand to Heather, as if she would not accept it if the other party did not accept it.

Heather had no choice but to reach out and take the flower. When the flower connected their fingers, it turned into a 'bridge'. The green light spots of the life stream around Alice suddenly became brighter and brighter, and some light spots fell on Alice. .

As if listening to the sound of the stream of life, Alice sensed the powerful vitality of the man in front of her through the light spots of the stream of life that she actively integrated into. This is the first time she has had such a novel experience. Is this also one of the abilities of the Settra tribe? Is this fellow member teaching him how to use the power of the Settra tribe correctly?

But the next second, she was frightened by Heather's terrifyingly powerful vitality. What she saw in front of her didn't seem to be a human being, but a terrifying beast with a huge body entangled, without any malicious intent.

Heather instantly noticed the disturbance in the flow of life. Was the planet observing itself through Alice's senses? It turns out that this way, we can use the abilities of the ancient race Settra to see if they have enough power to threaten the planet.

Given that Alice had no ill intentions at all and the planet had not generated any additional hostility, Heather didn't care much about this temptation.

"that……"

At this time, Alice looked at Heather with bright eyes and couldn't help but ask:

"Can I ask you to teach me?"