Chapter 403 More Gentle than Before

"Hmm...huh..."

The already dim light was filtered by the curtains, leaving only a dark gray aftertaste. Mikael opened his eyes in confusion, but there was nothing around him.

"plum……"

Before the first syllable flowed out of his mouth, he swallowed it back. He stretched out his hand to explore the sheets beside him. Whether it was the sunken humanoid outline on it or the faint residual warmth felt in his palms, it was proved that The reality of what happened last night.

Mikael covered his head angrily:

"Damn it, why..."

What is he angry about? He couldn't explain clearly, he just touched his heart, feeling the heartbeat that was still surging despite being absent for a long time.

Well, the object of his anger was not Mebius at all, but himself. He just didn't understand that even though he had made up his mind not to be a human being, he still managed to regain his lost heart.

But it doesn't matter, it's just a heart that can be discarded at any time. His five fingers pierced his left chest, and warm red liquid flowed down his nails. He felt the pleasure brought by the pain, but finally gave up the act of abandoning his heart directly.

"Forget it, what if... what if Mebius still... um..."

He easily convinced himself, got out of bed, put on his clothes, and opened the door. Although the light in the winter morning would never be as dazzling as in the summer, the sudden light still made Mikael's pupils shrink instinctively. , and then a sense of sourness spread in his eyes.

"Yawn——"

Mikael covered his mouth with one hand, rubbed his eyes with the other, stretched again, and felt that all the bones in his body were loosening.

Then he froze.

He opened his eyes wide in disbelief and stared at an extremely inconspicuous texture on the floor under his feet. As expected, a sour feeling came back to his eyes after two or three seconds. He closed his eyes again and rubbed them with his fingers.

Joy, sadness, surprise, confusion...many emotions flashed through his mind one after another, and in the end there was only one sentence left: "Illusion, this must be an illusion."

"Huh? Uncle Mikael, you're awake!"

In the next room, Kiana heard the noise, opened the door with a bang, and stuck half of her head out with a toothbrush in her mouth.

"Um."

Mikael nodded calmly. He didn't seem to want to talk more, but Kiana kept talking while brushing her teeth:

"Meiyi got up early. I asked her why she got up so early. She said she was making breakfast and a lunch box to take to school at noon today."

"Oh? Really..."

"Oh, uncle Mikael, don't worry, Mei Yi will definitely not forget your share!"

"I don't……"

"Bang!"

Mikael smiled bitterly. He didn't need to eat, and it would be a waste to eat. But Kiana didn't give him a chance to speak. Probably because the toothpaste foam was about to fall, she hurriedly closed the door and ran away. Went back to the bathroom.

"Would you like to wash up... I feel so nostalgic."

After standing there and thinking for a while, Mikael did not immediately go to the kitchen where the pots and pans were clattering to make a mess. Instead, he returned to the room and washed himself seriously.

When he walked out of the room again, Kiana had already put on an apron and was sitting at the dining table, flipping through comics absentmindedly and glancing up at the kitchen from time to time.

Mikael grinned, shook his head, and walked slowly down the stairs.

For some reason, he had a vague hunch that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

But the stairs were only so long in total, and they came to the end so quickly with a "squeak" that before he even started to think about what he had forgotten, he had already seen the answer - Oops! Forget about that guy!

The end of the stairs faced the kitchen. Probably because of the cold weather, the kitchen door was closed but carelessly left a gap. Therefore, although he could not clearly see the specific situation inside, the sounds of conversations in the kitchen slipped into Mikael's ears through the gap.

"Sister Mebius, did you arrive last night?"

"No, I arrived in the early morning. After all, this guy Mikael has to protect you, guard this villa, and also find time to investigate your father's affairs. He is somewhat incapable of doing the same thing."

"Oh, oh... Then Sister Mebius, what is your relationship with Mikael?"

"Me and him...hehe..."

"Cough cough cough!"

Mikael pushed open the kitchen door, the corners of his eyes and mouth twitching together.

"Mebius, why did you..."

"What's wrong with me?"

Mebius wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, pouted and turned around to scold him.

Mikael's expression gradually became stiff, and then in disbelief. He simply turned around, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then turned his head again, hoping that what he just saw was just a dream...

Unfortunately, reality is reality.

Mikael stood blankly at the door, Mebius glared at her warningly, and then ignored him.

She stretched out her hand to test the temperature of the pan, turned the heat to the minimum, poured a little bit of oil into the pan with some unfamiliarity, and then cracked an egg in with a "snap".

"Hiss... sizz..."

The oil burst out of the pot and spread all over the kitchen. Meibi heard the sound and turned her head to speak, but Mebius silently took two steps back, with veins popping out on his forehead.

"Ahem, um... Mebius, let me do it."

As soon as Mikael stepped into the kitchen with his left foot, Mebius glared over.

"go out!"

"Well……"

Meiyi on the side gave a wry smile, and when Mebius wasn't paying attention, she picked up the plate on the side and walked to the door, gently pushed Mikael out, and closed the kitchen door from behind.

"Why is she so crazy again?"

Mikael asked, holding his forehead.

"Why do you say...well, no, I mean, this is all the result of sister Mebius's 'hard work'."

Mikael lowered his head and saw that there were a lot of things that could barely be seen as eggs piled on the dinner plate. Some were still sticky and not completely solidified, some were directly shoveled into egg drops, and there was a large amount at the bottom. A pure black carbide with a burnt smell...

"She didn't influence you, did she?"

"No, no... Actually, I'm not very good at cooking, but today's bento has been prepared. It's just that Sister Mebius insisted that she should make breakfast, and as a result, there hasn't been an egg yet..."

Mei shook her head quickly. She seemed to want to laugh, but she seemed to hold it back because she considered that Mebius was also Mikael's friend.

"Just laugh, she does too, why are you so angry with Egg when it's okay... Wait, what did you call her just now?"

"Huh?"

Mei didn't quite understand Mikael's leaping thinking, but she still answered truthfully:

"Sister Mebius, although she looks quite young, she said she is older than me and asked me to call her sister. Is there any problem?"

"...Actually, based on her age, you should call her Grandma Mebius."

"ah?"

"Remember, remember to call her Grandma Mebius from now on."

Seeing Mei's face gradually change from surprise to despair, as if something important in her heart collapsed, Mikael smiled, reached out his hand, and gently rubbed her head.

"Well——"

Even though her bangs that she had just combed in the morning were roughly messed up, Mei did not feel angry. She quietly felt the warmth on the top of her head that should have been given by her father. She suddenly felt that compared to yesterday, Mikael was Although her palms were still so warm and dry, something had definitely changed, but she didn't yet know whether the change was good or bad.

"Okay, you go and stay with Kiana, I'll go see Mebius."

Mikael looked at the time. Everyone got up very early today, but after wasting so long, it was already too late.

Mei Yi nodded obediently, the two passed by, and she suddenly pulled Mikael's sleeve.

"What's wrong?"

Mikael raised his eyebrows, turned around and asked.

"You...seem to be very happy today."

"?"

Mikael touched his cheek in confusion, but didn't feel any difference from the past. He deliberately asked Mei Yi how he could see that he was very happy, but the other party had already ran to the dining table without looking back.

"...Are you happy?"

Mikael opened the kitchen door again. Mebius glanced at him from the corner of his eye and returned his attention to the eggs.

Thank God, Mebius finally gave up her insistence on fried eggs and switched to scrambled eggs. It's hard to say whether fried eggs are easier or scrambled eggs are easier, but at least this time she didn't fry them.

Mikael silently walked up behind her, hugged her waist from behind, and gently rested his chin on her shoulder, but because Mebius was too short, she seemed to have no intention of returning to normal size. , before Mikael did this move, he had to take a step back and lower his upper body.

"How did you..."

Mikael wanted to ask why Mebius didn't leave, but as soon as he said it, he changed to:

"Why did you start cooking?"

As he spoke, he laughed first.

"why are you laughing?"

"I thought about Mei's birthday. We agreed that each of us would cook a dish as a birthday gift, and you ended up making a bowl of green eel soup."

"Shut up! I know you have a good memory!"

Mebius gritted his teeth, but he didn't expect that he would also break the skill just two or three seconds later, and laughed "chichichi".

"Haha, if you didn't tell me about that, I wouldn't even remember it."

She scooped up a piece of egg, tasted it, smacked her lips, and poured a spoonful of salt into the pot with her backhand. Unexpectedly, Mikael's eyes were fixed on the flames that were constantly licking the bottom of the pot. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't notice Mebius's movements.

After a while, until Mebius started to put the scrambled eggs on the plate, he said quietly:

"Mebius, you are... gentler than before."

"snort!"

Mebius snorted coldly, raised his chin high, and after a while, his tone softened again:

"This is just one day, so cherish it."

"Why? Do you think those two girls are..."

"Shut up!"

Mebius turned her head away again, but then she felt something was wrong and quickly explained:

"Aren't you the one who has quietly become someone else's guardian? You are now a father, so I have to take on the responsibility of my other half, right?"

"You don't need this, Mebius."

Mikael's arms around her gradually tightened.

"But five thousand years ago, thank you for taking care of Eve, especially outside of the promised land."

"Bang--"

The spatula fell at Mikael's feet. Mebius broke free of Mikael, picked up the basin of scrambled eggs and rushed out of the kitchen.

"...I'm such a fool."

Mikael sighed lightly, patted his mouth, leaned over to pick up the spatula, and dipped the pot, spatula, and used plates and dishes into the sink beside him before walking out of the kitchen.

There was a plate of scrambled eggs on the table alone. Judging from the color, there was no problem. Kiana kept swallowing her saliva, and her fingers subconsciously touched the chopsticks in front of her. Just like when cheating in an exam, she would always unconsciously glance at the invigilator, and Kiana couldn't help but look up at the girl who was much younger than herself.

"Hehe."

Mebius, who was sitting opposite her, squinted and smiled, and his pointed tongue slipped out from the gap between his lips, sliding from one corner of his mouth to the other.

Kiana put down her chopsticks with a wry smile.

Fortunately, Mikael also arrived. He pulled open the stool and sat down. He glanced at the small plate of scrambled eggs, and then quietly glanced at Mebius's face, and coughed twice a little unnaturally.

"Well... isn't it a little too little? How about buying some more milk and bread on the way?"

"Bang!"

Mebius slapped the table, frightening the other three people.

"Eat first."

"Don't be so angry..."

Mikael felt a little guilty, but he had already stretched out his chopsticks, but Kiana was faster. She had already stuffed the largest piece of egg into her mouth, and then...

Then her facial features were gathered together, rising and falling, and her body leaned forward slightly, but when she met the emerald green snake pupils, she quickly swallowed the egg that she had not chewed a few times.

Her appearance frightened Mikael and Mei so much that they dared not to do anything. Mobius grabbed a piece of egg and put it into his mouth before Kiana opened her mouth. Then he picked up the egg and turned away expressionlessly, leaving only one sentence:

"Let's buy some breakfast on the way."

…………

"Minister, the micro-robots found the base of Cocolia yesterday. The defense does not seem to be very tight, and... there is an unexpected surprise."

Komatsu handed a stack of photos and hand-drawn maps to Gregory.

This is a dim room, and even the only window has been specially treated to prevent too much sunlight from entering. And if you look out along that window, you can easily see the gate of Qianyu Academy.

This used to be their branch in Qianyu Academy, and they specially sent people to guard here to protect the eldest lady, but it has not been used much in the past few years.

Gregory took out a flashlight from his pocket and turned it on, using the light to look through the information handed over by Komatsu.

"Hmm, is it an orphanage? On the surface, it looks like the defense is indeed lax..."

"Minister, how about we just..."

"Are you a fool?"

Gregory tapped his fingers on the pile of information twice, "Do you think Cocolia is so stupid? Or do you think Cocolia doesn't even have the resources to organize defense? This is obviously just luring the enemy."

"Hmm..."

Xiaosong groaned and didn't say anything else.

Gregory quickly flipped through the photos of the orphanage taken by the micro robot until a photo with a human figure came in.

"Is this what you call a surprise?"

"Well, these five girls, judging from their school uniforms, are students of Qianyu Academy. Maybe they are used to monitor the young lady."

"Really?"

Gregory lit a cigarette, and the faint sparks flickered in the darkness.

In fact, if he had looked out the window, he would have found that the girls in the photo had just walked to the school gate and then passed by his young lady.