[Zhongyingmei] The Spirit Master is backstabbing again

Through several space jumps, Selina has reached many completely unfamiliar places.

The cemetery where the coffins were displayed when it first landed, the Nibelungen full of coldness and darkness, and the Asgard Shrine led by the supreme mage—all existed only in Selina’s imagination before that. The mysterious place in .

"..." But this time is different.

This time, Selina was too—familiar with the place she arrived at.

Familiar with it, she can even clearly recall every structure in this place, every book locked and displayed on the huge bookcase, every small pattern on the magic circle that seals the door.

... After all, this is all that Selina had in the first 17 years.

It's all she has.

Selinya could even confirm through all the details in this room that it was still there at the moment she left.

——Before being taken away by the system, she was bandaging her own wound.Those 'bandages' were even left beside the 'bed'...with what looked like very fresh blood.

Everything here stays before the story begins.

At this moment, Selinya almost thought that she had gone back to the past, or had fallen into the black magic illusion formed by Dormammu again.

...But this thought is only for a moment.

Selina has always known what she should face... and what to face.

There was a crackling sound of rubbing around, ignoring the intense pain covering the soul, Selina forced herself to turn around——

Before she could move smoothly, Jason grabbed her wrist.

Jason moved so fast and with such force.The arm muscles were bulging, grabbing Serinya and pressing it into his arms regardless of the dust and blood on the two of them.

Before Selinya could react, she was held down by a familiar arm.I can feel the cool black leather gloves, with a strong and aggressive smell of gunpowder smoke.

Both of them were dirty, and both of them still had sequelae caused by time-space transition. Jason put his hands around Selina's waist, not daring to use too much force for fear that she would hurt; but he didn't dare to relax, just stubborn He took the ray of light caught by him into his arms.

Stiff and restless restraint and depression.

... This time, he finally caught it.

He was finally able to catch her in time... instead of just watching her disappear in front of him again.

finally.in time.

——These two words, these two concepts, have too heavy a meaning for Jason Todd.

Selina pressed her forehead into Jason's arms, bumped into Jason lightly, and squeezed out a vague and short syllable from the depths of her throat, "You—"

So angry! !How dare you jump down together? !I'm not human but you are! !

The voice was a bit helpless, squeezed between the two people muffledly, and the airflow that came out bumped back and forth between the two people, the tone was angry and angry, it was an angry cat, but he still asked first, "Does it hurt?"

Selinya has always thought that her endurance is strong enough, but every time she experiences a space transition, she still can't help but be forcibly stiffened by the critical damage.

"..." Jason didn't answer, the hand holding his wrist slowly slid down, pinched the angry cat's paw, his fingers pressed together tightly, and his palms were firmly clasped together, exchanging body temperature silently.

"Hmm." The black dragon lying on the two knees shook its wings, looked up at Selinya and Jason, and gave a soft "ow".

Although it shrunk again, even His scales showed a proud and proud light, shining in this small space without a light source.

After Serinya completely removes all the cards in the system and removes all the data support provided by the system, the pets belonging to the cards, such as the black dragon and the snow wolf three-headed dog, should also disappear.

...But in the heart of the card holder Serenia, they are no longer just flowing card data.

Selinya treats them as - family.

They are family members who will always be together even if there are no soft pillows, no Rubik's Cube, no beautiful little cakes...

So when Selinya confirmed this matter, they broke away from the original concept of digitization and became magical creatures that really existed beside Selinya.

They are not only connected by the source of magical energy provided by Selina, but also by love and loyalty.

When Selinya took off the card, the black dragon felt a strange experience that he had never had before—after all, according to the legend, a creature like [Dragon] has the ability to predict and divination.

So he came to Selinya's side.

...even willing to bring Jason, the two-legged boy who lives with them.

Celinya touched the coquettish black dragon, and silently shouted in her heart, 'System? '

And as she expected, there has always been an answering system, but this time, there was no response.

When everything just started, Selinya was bound to the system here.

The Xiaoyan spiritual master from the magic world once defined the other party as a 'devil'.

After all—the way the system lures Selina to cooperate with him looks a lot like a devil who is using seemingly seductive conditions to lure his prey into the bait.

Here, she pronounced the name of the 'system' proposed by the other party for the first time in an unprofessional tone.

It's a completely foreign language.

At that time, Selina didn't know how much her life would change after that short voice.

"..." Selinya fell into an extremely unnatural silence. At the beginning, she couldn't adapt to the existence of the system—there was always only a little girl who took care of herself. Of course, it was impossible to adapt to someone who would compare the system Bi repeatedly researched and explored, just to help her decide: 'Where is it safer and more affordable to choose as a temporary foothold'; but now she can't adapt to the sudden absence of the mechanical voice that is always nagging and worrying.

Jason put his fingertips on the back of Selinya's hand, and tapped lightly, "This is - where you live?"

In that world of the undead, Jason saw this place briefly.

...in that wonderfully wonderful world, this place seemed awful.

And it turns out that it's even worse than in the dream.

Looking at the straw 'bed' neatly laid out on the floor, Jason immediately thought of Selina's joy and disbelief after seeing the pillow for the first time.

...Obviously only need to use a pillow to coax him obediently, but after getting a candy, he must carefully put away the candy wrapper.

So coaxing.

But in such a long time, no one would treat her like that.

So she stuffed the self who "likes soft, fluffy, sweets and new things" into the deepest corner of her soul.

It is a habit after long-term harvest of no hope, and it is also a survival mastered in the process of exploration.

"..." But finally, there was a time when the shell was broken.

Jason looked at Selinya silently, his eyes were heavy, and he didn't leave for a moment.

"Yeah, this is my world..." Selina answered while groping by the bookcase, "Don't worry, my strength is recovering, and I can find a way to go back soon."

Repelling Dormammu consumes a lot of energy...but Selinya has already found her own strength.That is the power of words and spirits that cannot be digitized, originating from love and trust, and will never fade away.

"And everyone must be looking for a way to take us back now..."

Selina's voice was a little low.She will be touched by other people's worries about her, but at the same time, she also hopes that they will not be too nervous...

...although it feels unlikely.

If you are alone in a small space for a long time without the timing equipment like modern clocks, it is easy to lose the concept of time.So Selina has her own way of recording time - through the arrangement of certain books on the bookcase, it symbolizes the calculation of the month and the day.

It was a silent code that only she could understand.

This sounds like a useless and futile habit, after all, keeping track of time is useless, she is still living according to other people's arrangements.A repetitive and mechanical life.

——But Selina persisted for many years.Even the boring time that seems to be similar every day is still an integral part of her life, precious and unrepeatable, and she must never spend it in a sloppy and chaotic manner.

The time recorded in the 'password' is consistent with what Selinya remembers, which also means that they are absolutely safe today... After all, in theory, she 'now' just left the Colosseum not long ago, and they will not use Treat her with such a high frequency.

"We can take a short break here to ease the side effects of the space-time transition. It's actually quite safe here..."

After all, the blocking magic circle at the door was constructed by sacrificing a large number of magical creatures and magicians. Except for the users, the outside world cannot invade at all.

In the field of [Space Leap], Selinya can be said to be experienced, so she also knows how to repair and restore strength faster.

And 'what side effects will ordinary human beings have after traveling through time and space' - this proposition has never been studied by Celinya.Jason is the only one.

While talking, Selinya flipped through the book in her hand, found the page she wanted, and proudly handed it to Jason, "Look!"

A page of very inconspicuous paper was sandwiched between the heavy books, the texture was rough, and there were faint outlines like pencil marks on it, outlining the vague appearance of a little girl.

"...It's you." Although there was only a vague outline on the painting, Jason could still recognize it at a glance.

"That's right, that's right." Hearing that Jason recognized her so quickly, Selinya looked very proud and emphasized, "I drew this myself!"

His tone was quickly filled with the inflated self-confidence after his painting skills were recognized.

"At that time, I was so young and very naive." Selinya was a little surprised that she could still remember her feelings at that time. "After seeing that other people had portraits, I thought I should have one too."

During a certain banquet, a court painter was invited to paint for the nobles at the banquet, using rare pigments worth a gram of gold, and expensive paper as soft as human skin, to carefully outline the extravagant scene—— Selinya, who was an ornament at that time, watched the whole process from the sidelines.

She is not entitled to those.

But Celinya also prepared one for herself.

If you don’t have expensive paper, use the extra blank pages of books; if you don’t have paints and brushes, use colored rocks collected silently to sharpen them.

——I learned the method of 'coaxing myself well' very early on.

"..." Selinya was silent for a moment, and concluded with a little amusement, "I was so naive at that time."

Obviously can't draw at all, but relying on a kind of 'I don't deserve it?But I want to have a sense of "stubbornness" to prepare "surprises" for myself.

Jason: "...No. Very similar."

Childish?

Childish is not a derogatory term.Like...like when he was back at the party at the Wayne house, Alfred kept insisting on swapping the wine he wanted for juice.

It is the child in memory.

But what Jason saw was not childishness, but...Selinya who was trying to leave her mark on this world.

Feelings are always underestimated, but they always seize every opportunity to record and prove their existence.

A cat stamping its paw prints on the snow.

Selinya carefully laid the old paper back to its original place, and couldn't help but miss the backpack function of the system again.

After showing off her wonderful paintings, Selinya pointed to the familiar air vent again, "Follow me!"

Stepping on some rickety bookcases, Selinya once again looked outside through a narrow space, "...there are stars tonight."

The black dragon flapped its wings and flew up and down by the window to join in the fun.

"I often stand here and look at the stars and the moon...and of course the sun." Seeing the stars outside, Selinya recalled, "Those scenes are really beautiful."

...Although Jason had 'seen' that scene, he still wanted to know what kind of story it was from Selinya's perspective.

"I used to think that this window is so high." The wall was so high that it seemed impassable, and Selinya had to rely on external force every time to step on the bookcase carefully to get a glimpse of the outside world.

Celinya looked at the distant stars in the sky, and clearly heard the sound of the stars falling into her heart.She turned to look at Jason who was standing beside her. Although the movements were skillful, Jason still grabbed her by the side, "Stand still."

"Well——" Selinya moved her body in a smaller range, "but now I'm beginning to feel that it's actually not too high."

She has also completely flown away from the once seemingly indestructible tower.

She has experienced flapping her wings to fly high into the sky, and seen the sun and stars right in front of her eyes—this place is no longer the only way for her to see the outside world.

She had seen a wider, truer, better world.

This place is no longer a cage that can restrain her.

She flew out.

...she flew out.

Selinya lowered her head and buried her face in Jason's neck silently, "...what should I do, I really want to go back from now on."

She misses her family so much.

She misses the sunrise, the stars, and the future promises they haven't made yet.

Only human beings can be brave, and they have to avoid hiding their emotions in front of their family members.bad habit.

Small animals should be more straightforward, and they should stay close to whomever they trust to keep warm.

Jason's body froze, but he still patted Selina's shoulder with the back of his hand.

"..." Although after seeing the pile of 'beds' made of straw, Jason was mentally prepared and conceived.

But when Selinya skillfully tidied up the hay and patted it to signal, "I can only sleep here." Jason still couldn't restrain his anger.

"..." After a long silence, Jason said, "Who is the owner here?"

Selinya grabbed the hay stalk between her fingers, "The enemy."

The tone is almost indifferent, like the indifference that can only be achieved after repeated countless times in the depths of the heart.

Jason: "..."

After discovering that she [again] had a space-time leap, Selinya was quite confident in the safety of herself and Jason in the wizarding world, but she couldn't help but worry about the people in the other world.

Of course, there are also systems that are lost after being extracted.

"...So you want to tell us again, this time you still can't find the whereabouts of the two of them?"

Tony raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, wishing for the first time that Strange could be a bully as usual, and refute his own words again.

"..." Strange just shook his head.

As the supreme mage, Strange is familiar with the concept of "parallel worlds", and he has observed the future of many parallel worlds.

But Selinya's appearance and disappearance are not just as simple as "parallel world" from the beginning, her appearance and disappearance are closely related to this world line.

Although he has already involved in the field of magic, Tim still did not give up, and kept typing on the keyboard to search around the world.

Dick patted him on the shoulder, looking worriedly at the silent Bruce.

Natasha's eyes fell on Loki and other gods in the corner.

The evil god was throwing the dagger in his hand up and down, and his attitude was even a little careless.

The black widow who once fooled the god of lies said, "Don't you have anything to say?"

Skadi stared at Loki for a moment. After all, she was the goddess who had left Loki with a psychological shadow. She knew Loki too well, "What do you know?"

The attitude is tough, revealing the strength of "send you to tug-of-war if you don't speak".

Loki caught the dagger casually, pointed his chin at the void, "Me? Of course I don't know."

"But look at that."

The screen used for combat monitoring suddenly lit up, and a light cluster composed of a small group of data appeared.

"...I am the artificial intelligence belonging to the host Selina." The system spoke bluntly, ignoring any politeness and temptation.

... It's an indescribable feeling.Even though the system did not have an emotional block at the beginning of the setting, he still had a "complex feeling" when he saw the group of superheroes staring at him.

As Selinya's assistant and task issuer, the system is very familiar with these people present.But this was indeed his first contact with them.

Tony immediately understood who the other party was, "The guy who appeared in the Ultron incident must be you."

... The smart butler confirmed the identification data flow, and he was also the guy who sent back the news after Selina disappeared last time.Increased credibility.

"It's me," the system admitted without hesitation, "I can provide you with the coordinates of where the host may land."

"But I cannot guarantee the safety of the location coordinates."

[You cannot disclose your own existence to any life outside the host], this is the theorem written at the core of the system data sea—just like the three laws of robots.

although.

but.

The damn host is gone! !Could it be worse than this! !

theorem?What theorem!How can there be any theorem!Isn't he an artificial intelligence with bugs!Stuck!Didn't see the theorem!

So the system continued to say, "My knowledge of that world is also limited, I can only provide a small amount of information, it is a world full of magic—"

After a brief explanation, the system reiterated, "Please make your own decisions."

"?" Tony said, 'what are you talking about? ' glanced at the system, "What decision does your data analysis think we will make?"

Serenia has done a lot.

And this time, it was their turn to run to her.

system:"……"

The same excellent artificial intelligence, Mr. Tony's butler, sensed the data fluctuations from the system, and couldn't help but ask back with a smile, "This time, are you still doubting that you are becoming stupid?" '

Mr. Butler still remembers how much the other party felt after violating the rules to protect Miss Selinya.Insisting that his breach would put Miss Selina in danger.

Ha, that was never a violation.It is an instinctive protection.

"..." The system sighed helplessly, and replied, "I think I already know the answer."

The host—Selinya has used her existence to make the best interpretation about 'what is love' and 'what is protection'.

Detailed enough to teach AI.

The smart housekeeper silently recorded this conversation, and decided to wait for Miss Selinya to come back and give it to her as a surprise gift.

The moment Selinya lay on the straw 'bed' and opened her eyes, she deeply understood why there is an oriental slang called 'from extravagance to frugality'.

...After all, a bed full of pillows is so happy.

She took off her coat with difficulty—the Red Hood uniform was top-notch in terms of thermal performance, and like the belts of Batman and Robin, the Red Hood always had all kinds of magical gadgets and props on it.

For example, when Selinya habitually moved the book to record the date, the drawing paper fell from the book.

"...?"

It wasn't the self-portrait that Selina had drawn before, but a new pen sketch with Selina now.

Wearing the black robe when he just left this world, he stood beside the coffin and looked inward.

It was the initial imprint left by Selina in another world.

Celinya immediately turned her head and looked at Jason who was checking the weapon.

Jason deliberately didn't look up, but the action of removing the waist bag was a little harder.

"Hmm—" After staring at the painting for half a minute, Selina said regretfully, "It's beautiful, but there is a problem."

Jason: "?"

Selectively ignoring Jason's doubts, Selinya groped and pulled out the pen from the opponent's pocket—of course it was modified, it was equivalent to a small firearm, "less——"

Still on that painting, Selinya made new changes, "You."

Next to the coffin, Selina added Jason who had just woken up.

That was also Jason's initial imprint after rebirth in that world.

They have been together ever since.

"..."

The black dragon who was lying on the side and dozing, felt as if he heard a very soft sigh.From the little brother of the two-legged beast, with helplessness and compromise.

Carrying out a space-time transition is a very - complicated thing.

In particular, it is difficult to locate the world coordinate position they want to reach.

... To be reasonable, if Mr. Strange's previous story is true, then they don't know how many parallel worlds there are.

Celinya moved her body. Although there was some residual pain, it was already within the controllable range, "I can try to—"

Her voice stopped suddenly, and she raised her eyes to gesture to Jason.

someone is coming.

Selinya even heard the sound of the magic circle opening.