The puppets' stage play

"It's indeed a long time no see, Camus."

Qi Xiu looked at the woman in front of him, and memories related to her flashed through his mind.

The hand covered with fine needles still reached here firmly, like a girl who was longing for something.

His eyes flickered slightly, and then he suppressed the throbbing in his heart. He was not qualified to accept Qi Xiu's emotions.

Wow, there was a slightly urgent sound behind him, and along with the sound of breathing, the pretty little maid walked over with a smile like a flower, and stood side by side with Qi Xiu.

"Is he someone the master knows?"

A soft voice sounded, and her somewhat innocent eyes looked here. The next moment, she looked at the woman with a somewhat obscure gaze, with a cold look in her eyes.

She will clean up the excess human females! She shouted secretly in her heart.

The flawless white beast curled his lips and sat down again.

The golden butterfly stood on the table, taking care of its appearance very seriously, with a faint golden pink mist surrounding it.

The phantom villain looked at this side with a sly look and laughed sinisterly.

The Deinosuchus water bug with a blank expression blew bubbles and looked melancholy.

As for the red tiger... The tall man just glanced here and then got into training again, constantly waving the stick in his hand to fight against the silver bullets flying in the air.

"...I don't mean any harm." The woman who always had an arrogant look on her face in the past smiled bitterly, with a hint of exhaustion deep in her eyes.

However, such relaxed words alone could not dispel Xi Shou's guard at all. Although she did have the idea of ​​​​being a well-behaved and pitiful little maid in front of her master, a trace of black thread flashed in the depths of her water-colored eyes. .

I'm a small swarm creature, but I can't control so many random thoughts, hehe.

The dark-hearted little maid thought darkly in her heart.

Qi Xiu glanced at the little maid beside him who was mentally active and felt a little tired for no reason.

However, he turned his head and said coldly.

"Be honest, what is your purpose here?"

Although he briefly wanted to invite the other party in, if he compared the value of Xi Shou and the woman in front of him, then there was no choice at all.

Everything in the past has nothing to do with him, he thought silently.

"You have also become mature." Camus sighed softly, and a smile appeared on his face. His somewhat weak eyes instantly became extremely tough, and they were the eyes of a person who seemed to have walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"I'm taking advantage of this once-in-ten-year 'admission party' to take a look at you. After all..."

She smiled and said nothing more.

As for the farewell meeting, it was a routine meeting where the masters of the major worlds sent people to report their duties and tribute resources in order to express their surrender.

Except during this conference, the Federation prohibits people from these big worlds from setting foot on federal lands without authorization, and violators will be erased.

"Chu Qingci...or Chu Qinglian?"

Putting aside the vague expression of the other party, Qi Xiu glanced around, but felt a little surprised in his heart. If he went by the impression in his memory, that smart woman should have become the other party's confidant.

...Why not here?

Inexplicably, he had an unknown guess in his mind.

"She..." Camus smiled tiredly, his eyes looking a little dazed, as if he was recalling a scene in the past, "In order to save me, she was hit during a certain foreign invasion."

"It is actually quite difficult to be the Lord of the Great World, especially those of us who have been exiled to the 'Outer Land' because of our sins. It is inevitable that everyone will be disappointed because of my incompetence."

The woman lowered her eyes and murmured to herself as if she were confessing.

Qi Xiu was keenly aware that it was probably a rebellion caused by collusion between the inside and outside. Even with the power sent by the federation, he could only protect the woman in front of him and leave alone.

"Dead."

Qi Xiu's tone seemed very calm. After all, in the final analysis, he didn't have much friendship with that woman... Inexplicably, he recalled the girl who tried to blackmail him in that room.

What was she longing for at that time?

He didn't know.

"...I'm a bit talkative, haha." The woman put the sadness in her eyes away, and a calm and elegant expression appeared on her face again, "Congratulations, Qi Xiu, for successfully overcoming the first difficulty."

"In the future, you will definitely become an amazing strong man."

The woman's face was full of sincerity. She was indeed sincerely happy, as if she were looking at her friend.

"Of course." Qi Xiu nodded. He would never waver on this point. He had a purpose that must be achieved.

For most people in the Federation, the first trial world is a difficult time. There are even people who are so decadent that they can no longer move forward and can only barely maintain their lives.

After all, the information from the Department of Foreign World Affairs is trustworthy, but it cannot be completely trusted. Just like what happened to Qi Xiu, if you encounter a disaster that you cannot handle by yourself, even if you die there, it is not impossible.

Xi Shou became silent, and she retreated silently, leaving the place to the two of them.

"That's great." There was a touch of envy and a hidden loneliness in the woman's eyes.

"Then, I give this to you as an apology for the childish me that I was." Camus put his hands on his waist and held up a small box with red packaging in both hands.

"Please accept it and forgive me." The woman lowered her head deeply and stretched her hands forward with the box in her hand.

"Can I ask why?" Qi Xiu's eyes narrowed and he asked calmly.

"I believe in you, and I firmly believe that you will succeed. Therefore, as the spokesperson of the Lord of the World, I have to think about myself. It is best not to let you have any opinions on me... It's just for this reason .”

The woman's head was lowered, but her voice seemed extremely calm.

"....Then, I accept it."

Qi Xiu reached out and took it. Maybe, according to his past principles, he shouldn't take over the relationship with 'Qi Xiu', but he knew that that person would definitely take it.

"That wipes the slate clean."

The woman raised her face, looking here with slightly moist yellow eyes, and an extremely bright smile appeared on her face. There seemed to be a trace of nostalgia in her eyes, and then, as if she was about to cut them off, she took a few steps back. .

"I won't see you again from now on."

"From now on, we have nothing to do with each other."

"From now on -" The trembling high-pitched voice echoed around, Camus showed a somewhat lonely but happy expression, and slowly raised her hand and shook it.

"I won't call you brother anymore."

Her nose twitched, she turned around and ran away as if running away.

Qi Xiu stared at the figure until it disappeared from the end of his field of vision.

"Master..." Xi Shou's somewhat hesitant voice sounded from the side.

"Let's go, there's no need to stay any longer."

Cutting away the confusion in his eyes, yes, there is no need to stop at all, the man said silently in his heart.