【Nain】Did they start dating today?

Chapter 14

Did they start dating today?

--No.

The aroma of food wafts from the woods in the outskirts, and what is more striking than this aroma is the hearty and crisp laughter of the boys and girls.The marinated beef and pork chops sizzled on the hot iron grid, and the vegetables were grilled until they were shiny. Inafan skillfully flipped the grilled golden chicken wings and brushed them with a layer of Thick honey.

The mouths of those who were waiting with their plates were almost drooling, and even the other groups couldn't help but look this way.Yunzi coated the corn with barbecue sauce, and complained to a few team members who were waiting to eat: "Ah~ Really, you guys are here to help, only I and Inaho are almost overwhelmed."

Nina nudged Lai with her elbow, and muttered softly, "Although Yunzi said that, she looks very happy, and I am very happy to be in charge of grilling food with Inaho."

"Anyway, she must be thinking of an innocent girl like 'I hate it, isn't this the same as a newlyweds'." Lai said helplessly.

Cam retorted: "Who told us that we don't own a restaurant at home? It's just that we can't. Come on, future proprietress!"

"Old, lady boss or something—" Yunzi didn't know what to think of, and became flustered.

"Miss Boss, I want to bake rice balls!" Kisuke also booed.

"They say it's not the boss's wife!" Yunzi shook her head while peeping at Inaho in a panic.

Inafan focused on the ingredients on the barbecue website without squinting. He was wearing an apron that was not handsome at all, and there were carbon ash on his face when he lit the fire just now, but Yunzi still felt her heart beating wildly.

A passing classmate asked with concern: "Yunzi's face is so red, are you okay?"

"It was, it was smoked by the fire..."

Listening to Yunzi's lame defense, the others didn't know what to say.While gnawing on the corn, Lai whispered, "Don't you think Inaho is not very happy today?"

"He doesn't seem happy every day," Cam, a friend, pointedly pointed out.

"I mean he didn't talk all day today..." Nina also echoed, girls are always sharper than dull boys in this respect, "But it's no wonder, after all, we couldn't be together, Inaho is also very disappointed..."

"Okay." Inafan's first sentence today brought all the team members back to their senses. After a short thought, they decided to put aside their relationship issues and scramble to rush to the food, no matter whether it is still too hot or not. They robbed them one after another.Inafan picked up a portion and ate slowly. In this barbecue activity, their group progressed the most smoothly. Even if the other groups were slower, most of them had already entered the stage of roasting the food.

There is only one group, which is simply horrible.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Slein coughed from the smoke, but the grill was still quiet, and no sparks came out.Their group hadn't even lit the fire yet, and the two noble Martian princesses sat aside, looking at the boys eagerly.Both Kurankan and Mazluka became painted cats, and like Slein, they were both smoked.

Slein sighed, he saw that Inafan's group had already started to bake, he didn't know how many rounds, and the guy with a cold expression was surrounded by everyone.He saw Inaho and Yunzi standing together, handling the ingredients in a tacit understanding, and he couldn't help but be very concerned. Maybe it was because of this distraction that nothing went well today.

Cuckoo...the stomachs of several people made hungry cries at the same time.

"It's really rude..." Esther blushed.

"Why is Harkulet not here at this time! I remember he would do this!" Remulina vented angrily.

Slein hurriedly comforted her: "Senior Hakulet is in the third grade, so taking the exam is more important..."

The aroma of food in the air was a torture for them, and they felt even hungrier.The barbecue event, which was thought to be not difficult, thoroughly tested these Martian nobles. Among them, Slein, who had the most basic life skills, was helpless.

"Do you need help?" A cold familiar voice sounded, and Slein immediately raised his head. Inafan walked over, and handed him a piece of hot food while speaking.

Slein gratefully took it, and it was full of well-baked food, which made people move their index fingers. "Thank you..." As soon as Slein opened his mouth, Inafan picked up a piece of beef and fed it to his mouth. He took a bite, and the gravy overflowed his mouth with delicious taste.As soon as Slein swallowed it, the second piece of grilled chicken chop was delivered to his mouth.

"Will it be too hot? Is the taste okay?" Inaho asked.

"Yeah!" Slein shook his head first, and then nodded desperately. Others didn't understand what he was saying, but Inafan understood. Slein said "not hot" and "delicious". the meaning of.

Inafan thought that if Slein was in the same group as himself, he would not be so hungry. The principle of grouping this activity was voluntary. If it was just a class activity, it would be fine. Remulina took a step ahead, she held Slein's arm tightly and said, "Of course Slein will be with me, right?"

Slein failed to refuse Remulina, so the two could not be grouped together.

"Ahem." Esther interrupted them dignifiedly and subtly. After all, they were still hungry. "It's great that Inafan is willing to help. Then I will trouble you."

It was only then that Slein remembered that there were others, and quickly swallowed the food in his mouth. He looked at the plate handed by Inafan reluctantly, and finally said with pain: "Then... everyone will share a share and eat something first. Bar……"

No one was polite to him at all, Slein only saw his arms and chopsticks dancing in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he saw that the plate was empty.

Only Remulina remained motionless, and anyone could easily detect her displeasure from her tense little face.

"I don't need your help!" Remulina stood up angrily and pushed Inafan away, "Slein will do well, I don't need you!"

"If he could do well, this situation would not be the case now." Inafan replied, hearing this made Slein uncomfortable, and frowned slightly, not only Remulina, but Ina, who has always been calm and rational Fan also implies anger.

"You..." Remulina was also a little surprised by his answer, but anyway, she didn't intend to reason with Inafan, and said angrily, "I believe Slein can solve it, so you can go back to your side and have a good time." Just watch!"

"Seeing that you didn't eat until the end of the event?" Inaho asked back.

Arguing with girls is not his style, so people in other groups also looked over. Yunzi and Lai Ai came over, and they also brought baked rice balls for everyone to try. Encountered an embarrassing scene.Yunzi moved closer to Inafan and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Before Inafan could answer, Slein spoke first: "It's nothing, we will take care of it ourselves."

Inafan looked at him, obviously saying "how are you going to solve this?" Slein blurted out that sentence, and he regretted it a bit when he said it, because it seemed to be telling Inafan to leave quickly.He knew what was going on, it was because he saw Yunzi beside Inaho.

It wasn't that he wanted Inaho and the others to leave quickly, but that he himself wanted to escape from the scene of them standing together.

He also hates himself for being so stingy, but when he likes someone too much, reason will lose to emotion.

"Remulina..." Sensing that something was wrong, Esther quickly smoothed things over, "We're running out of charcoal, so it's still..."

"Then I'll go find charcoal, or pick up firewood!" Remulina said without saying a word, and walked towards the woods behind the barbecue site.Esther wanted to catch up, but saw that Slein was already a step ahead of her, and Kuran Kahn grabbed her hand and shook his head.That's right, when her baby sister is angry, she doesn't listen to anyone except Slein.

Mazluka wanted to follow, but Lai grabbed him by the collar and stuffed him with a rice ball to stop his mouth.

Yunzi looked around in bewilderment. She had encountered such an embarrassing situation when she first arrived, and she really didn't know what to say.Everyone didn't speak for a while, this uncomfortable silence made Yunzi feel uncomfortable, she looked at Inaho next to her, she wanted to ask him what to do next, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't say anything up.

It was the first time she saw Inaho looking so depressed.

She knew there was no need to ask, because even Inaho herself didn't know what to do.

Inaho left her sister's wedding and returned to the research institute.Only one of him came back, but what he told the others was that he had arranged for a military contingent to come back.

Although it is a research institute, it is a place specially allocated for them to conduct artificial intelligence research, so there is only one building with a small footprint, and there are no other project teams except for the members of the R&D team.Inafan even rejected the guards on the grounds of the test, and handed over the work in this area to the artificial intelligence.

On the one hand, it is indeed for program testing, on the other hand, he has been waiting for this day.

He untied his tie and loosened his neckline. He didn't use his electronic ID to enter the research institute. If the rebels had captured this place, they might have taken control of it.But he kept a backup plan for himself in advance. He used the key to open the hidden back door and activated the signal jammer at the same time.

But soon he discovered that it was not necessary, because the monitoring system was not working, the surroundings were dark, and the system had entered a dormant state.The inside of the research institute was quiet. Although he deliberately emptied the inside of the research institute in order to let the enemy take the bait, he felt keenly that there was no trace of intrusion from the moment he entered.

how so?Lai's intelligence can't be wrong, and AnalyticalEngine did send out an alarm. Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that someone has stopped the operation of artificial intelligence.

Except for him who has full control, no other person on earth can stop AnalyticalEngine.

Who will it be?Who else?

He walked along the corridor where only the emergency lights were on, and came to the central control room on the bottom floor.Because the system was paralyzed, all the electronic locks failed, and the door of the central control room, which originally required multiple verifications to pass, was easily pushed open.Inaho took out the gun and held it in his hand.

The huge instrument was flickering with a faint light, and a display screen on the main console was on, shining blue light to illuminate the person standing there, the pale golden hair and the bright red earl's uniform looked very dark under the dim light Shen.Inafan's memory, he once wore such clothes, gave speeches on TV, exchanged fire with him at the base on the moon, and pointed to his forehead with a smile while wearing this uniform on the beach illuminated by the silver moon.

He put down the gun unknowingly, he always felt that he was awake, but at this moment he couldn't tell whether he was dreaming or not.Because he can only see this person when he is dreaming.

The man turned around slowly, and the pair of green eyes that he always dreamed of over and over again in his dreams were watching him quietly.The light fell into the beautiful pupils, sparkling, and the eyes were as gentle as a dream.

Srain Troyet, the one he will never forget in his life.

He approached Inaho and smiled at him.

At this moment, the dream was shattered and he woke up.

How ironic, he always hoped that he was not dead, but when he really appeared in front of him, he really realized this cruel reality.

Because it is different, completely different, even if the facial features are exactly the same as a copy, it is not Slein Troyet.He doesn't have such gentle eyes, nor does he show such a smile, that soul is no longer there, and the unique him in the world he loves has died in his arms.

Inaho held down the opponent's move to grab his gun in time. He reacted quickly, and the opponent was not weak. He went around the back and made a series of grabbing movements, pressing Inaho face down on the ground.

Inafan did not resist, he said: "When we first met, you pressed me to the ground like this."

"Don't use such a respectful tone to me, Inaho." The gentle female voice said, "It will make me very sad."

A burst of light filled the central control room. When the light faded, the weight on Inaho's body also disappeared. He got up from the ground, and in front of him was a blonde woman wearing a queen's costume.

"Seram..." Inafan looked at her with some surprise, yes, there is indeed no second person with the highest authority on Earth, but Mars does.

AnalyticalEngine was originally a technical product of Mars. In order to facilitate cooperation during the research process, the queen was also given the highest authority.

"I know I won't be able to fool you." Queen Atheilam said, smoothing her skirt gently.

"I heard that Her Majesty the Queen is unwell and shouldn't be traveling long distances. Why did she appear here?"

"Well, I'm pregnant." Aesiram touched his unobvious belly, "From the time, the date of birth of this child is almost the same as that of Slein..."

She said the name calmly, causing Inaho to lose his mind for a moment.He hasn't heard this name mentioned for a long time. Since when did this name become taboo?Everyone was careful not to mention Slein easily in front of him.

Only he himself recites this name silently in his heart every day, and wakes up in the middle of the night, holding the amulet and calling out this name softly.

"Actually, there is no rebel army. Lai lied to me." Inafan said.

"As expected of Inavan, I guessed it right away." Esailam said softly, "Actually, I am not completely lying to you. The rebel army exists, and they will always exist. But that is not Inafan's responsibility anymore. , that is my duty as Queen of Mars."

"But……"

"You want revenge, don't you?" she sighed, "but then Slaine won't come back, so it doesn't make sense. If Inaho does it, it doesn't make any sense, but if it's me ..."

Inafan met the firm eyes in front of her, and Aesiram said, "That's my duty as a queen, do you understand?"

The person in front of her was no longer the girl who would be amazed at the sight of the ocean and sky. She had become mature and stable, and she could shoulder the heavy responsibility of a country.Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, she is already a woman who is about to become a mother.Looking at Aesiram like this, he suddenly realized that his time had been stopped.

Only he has never changed, no matter how many years have passed, no matter how old he is now, he stays where he is, waiting for someone who will never catch up again.When he regained consciousness, those who used to walk side by side with him in the past had gone very far.

"Don't worry us any more." Aesiram said, looking down at her belly, "Inaho, do you believe in an afterlife?"

——Inaho, do you believe in an afterlife?

Slein asked him that too.

"Actually, after the war ended, I would occasionally be able to talk to Slein, and he once told me that." Aethelam took a deep breath, as if he had made some major determination, "He said he didn't I don’t regret this life, but I hope that there will be an afterlife. 'In this way, we can meet in a different way, and we will definitely have a better ending'he said..."

Inafan slowly covered her face, she listened quietly to his little weeping, and thoughtfully did not disturb him.The man had suffered for too long, had died when Slaine died, and had never allowed himself happiness.

But it shouldn't be like this, because for Slein, Inafan is the person he most hopes to be happy.

Can the mind that cannot be communicated even after death be conveyed at this moment?

After a while, Inafan calmed down, and he asked, "Did you come here on purpose just to tell me this?"

"If you were willing to immerse yourself in the illusion just now and let me take your gun, then I will format the AnalyticalEngine, because this thing will only make Inavan indulge in the past." Queen Atheilam decisively Said, "But you rejected the illusion I created with optical camouflage, so I think this thing can be handed over to you, including this..."

As she spoke, the instruments behind her lit up one after another. This was the light of Aldnoah, gentle and dazzling.

"I endowed Aldnoah with the factor of AnalyticalEngine, so that it has perpetual energy and an ability."

Following her words, countless small beams of light shot from all directions, gathered together in front of Inafan, interweaving a gradually clear figure.With a delicate chin, a slender neck, upturned and arrogant eye corners, and slender eyelashes, his closed eyes slowly opened, and his blue eyes were like fragile emeralds.

He still looked young and noble, but he was not the age when he died.He is as tall as the current Inafan, with long tails of hair, pale golden hair tails covering the nape of the neck, a few strands hanging on the collarbone, the bones of his body are longer than he remembered, and his expression is mature, There is confidence and arrogance in the corners of the mouth and eyes.

"Kaizuka Inaho." He spoke, and the synthesized voice was flawless, just like the person calling his name.

Everything is exactly the same as he imagined. No matter how advanced the 3D stereo imaging technology is in the future, it will be impossible to have such a natural and vivid image, just like the real thing.

Inaho raised her hand to touch his cheek, but stopped.He knew that what his fingers touched was only an illusion of light and shadow, which was a cruel gift, bringing him the illusion of that person's perfection, but reminding him every moment that it was all false.

Queen Atheilam said: "I have given up my authority, so only you have the right to give the projected image. What you see now is the image you most desire to see in your heart."

This is still not Slein, Inaho lowered his arms.

"How to use it is your freedom." She said, "But I...we all hope that Inafan can forgive himself."

Remulina didn't know where she ran indiscriminately, she just wanted to stay away from that place, and she didn't stop until Slein grabbed her arm.

She twisted and twisted angrily, but it didn't work. She said angrily: "Slein is not happy, because I insist on you teaming up with me. In fact, you want to team up with him, right? Christmas At that time, you sneaked away just to find him, right?"

Slein thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes."

He was so direct that Remulina had nothing to say.

"Slein, you—" She blushed.

"Although I think so, since I decided to go with Remulina, I won't be unhappy."

"It's a lie." Remulina denied it straight away, "How can you be happy if you can't be with the person you like? Because... I know best..." Therefore, she insisted on being with Slein, because she already He vaguely sensed that the time to occupy Slein willfully is running out.

"Hi, like..." It was Slein's turn to stammer, and he let go of Remulina's hand.

"That's right, doesn't Slein like that guy?" Remulina refused to say Inafan's name, "Then why did you promise me, big liar!"

"Because it's useless even if you like it!" He said anxiously, "Even if they are grouped together, they won't really be together."

"How could it be useless?" Remulina was very angry, "Did you tell him? If there is no confession, how would you know it is useless. Slein, do you remember that I confessed to you? When I was a child On Mars, and when you decided to go back to Earth... I was rejected by you every time, but I never felt like a failure."

Slein looked at Remulina in surprise, she couldn't hide her liking for him, even though he always rejected her well, she always said "but I will tell Slein next time I like you, because maybe next time you will like me."

"Slein, if you like someone but always think that you will only fail, then you will really fail." Remulina said, standing on tiptoe and kissing him on the cheek, "I can't convey my heart to The opponent, that is the most failure."

Slein covered the place where she kissed, blushing with shame, because girls in love have much higher awareness than him.At this moment, strange noises came from the grass in the forest, and three figures jumped out, all looking like punks, approaching the two of them with sly smiles.

"Who are you?" Slein quickly protected Remulina behind him, looking at the group of people vigilantly.The location here is already far away from the barbecue site, and no one will hear you shouting loudly.

A guy who seems to be the boss said fiercely: "Hmph, I was very proud of letting you escape last time, right? I have been following you for many days, and this time I will specially teach you a lesson Boy!"

"Sorry, did you recognize the wrong person?" Slein had no impression of the person in front of him at all.

"Ha! Are you still pretending?" The boss led two of his subordinates approaching viciously, but they didn't notice that Slein had quietly let go of Remulina.

"It's because of your meddling that we didn't steal that CD last time!"

"That's right, let you know that offending us will not end well!"

Slein said: "It's no wonder that you are worthless because you have been haggling over a CD until now."

"What?!" The boss was so angry that his veins popped out, "Who are you saying is worthless?"

"I'm not targeting anyone, I mean you're worthless." Slein wasn't afraid at all.

He probably guessed who this group of people were. He didn't expect them to be so entangled. If it is not good, it will become a political issue between the two stars.

"Last time I saw that there were quite a few of you, but this time there are only three?" He continued to provoke this group of people.

The boss was furious, and he didn't know why. Every younger brother sent to follow him would tell him with a sad face that he would never do it again. Everyone seemed to have been enlightened and told him that life is so wasted. Time is really meaningless. While one is still young, one should live a good life and not become Luthor who eats dog food all his life.

Although the eldest brother didn't understand, he couldn't stop their determination to leave.Later, he occasionally had a few former younger brothers, one became the main force of the baseball team and found a girl, with a face full of satisfaction; one repented from the pain and repented, and dated his childhood sweetheart who had been worried about him; the other one he met at a shrine and piously courted him sign……

The lonely boss felt very sad, so he turned his anger on Slein even more.It was fine to scare him, but he didn't expect that he would dare to provoke him everywhere. The boss, who was so angry, gave an order, and rushed forward with the two younger brothers to beat Slein.

Slein pushed Remulina away and said, "Run! Go back and inform them!"

As he said that, he turned around and ran to the other side. The little gangster chased him, and because he was angry, he didn't care about Remulina at all.

The last time they relied on the large number of people, Slein didn't dare to confront them head-on. This time the number was much smaller, and they were still in the bushes.Slein found a tree hole to hide, and slipped out quietly when the three people went to find him separately.

He found the boss easily, and saw him rummaging around in the bushes. His movement had already betrayed his location, and he also helped Slein cover up the sound of his footsteps.Slein used to be on Mars because he was always with the two princesses, and was urged by a super strict Earl of Mars to learn self-defense.

With one blow, the boss who doesn't have any real materials will fall to the ground.Thinking of Remulina's pale face with fright just now, and the fact that he almost fell into the deep pit last time, and more importantly, Inafan almost fell into it, Slein was so angry that he gave him a few patties on his stomach. Then he took off his coat, tied his hands and feet, threw him into the depths of the bush, and pulled some branches to block it. His younger brother didn't seem to have a high IQ, so he probably couldn't find the boss.

Before he goes back to call the police, this boss should just stay here.He clapped his hands out of the bushes, and then realized - he was lost.

The sky turned dark unseasonably, and large groups of rain clouds gathered. Slein turned around in the woods and found that the surroundings were as dark as night. The weather forecast said that there would be thunderstorms in the afternoon, so it should be turned indoors after the barbecue. .But now, he forgot his mobile phone in the barbecue area, and completely lost contact with the outside world.

At this time, he found a building in the woods, which seemed to be lit with lights.It would be easier if there were people, even if no one had to find a place to hide from the rain, so he walked there.

When I got closer, I found that it was a small building surrounded by rusty iron bars. Because it was covered by trees, thick leaves fell in front of the door.The outer walls have long been mottled and peeled off, exposing the bricks and stones inside, like torn wounds that cannot be healed. The windows are covered with dust, and the inside cannot be seen at all.

Slein clearly saw that the lights were on here just now, but when he got to the door, he found that it was pitch black inside.The lifelessness here, the dark clouded sky and lightning, make people's hair stand on end.

Slein didn't think too much about it. He knocked on the door and found no one answered, but he heard some slight movement inside.He waited for a while, but still no one came out. He tried to push the door, but unexpectedly it opened like this.

Perhaps it was because the doors and windows were closed all the time, but the inside was still clean, but it didn't look like a residential place, without any decorations, but it was full of useless cameras.Slein remembered, it is said that there was a strange prison here a long time ago, where only one prisoner was held.

"Prison..." He murmured to himself, for some reason, he didn't feel terrible about this place, but on the contrary... had some nostalgia.It was strange to say that he had never been here before, but he always knew where there was a door in the corridor and where there was a staircase to go down.He even knew that there should be a rocky beach behind this, facing a silent sea.

"Is anyone there? Sorry to bother you..." Slein greeted politely, but there was no response.

He wiped the ashes on the banister with his fingers, and there was loud thunder outside. He was alone in this dark house, wondering if anyone would find him.Will Inaho find him?Will he be found like before?

It was only then that Slein realized how cautious it is to like someone. He was always worried about being hated, but he was even more worried about being ignored. It's awkward, the so-called "like" is probably so insatiable.

He thought seriously about what Remulina said, and when the rain stopped, even if Inafan didn't come to him, he would definitely go to him, and no matter whether he would fail or not, he wanted to tell him his heart.

Suddenly, Slein felt that someone was watching him, and he looked around quickly, only to see a figure appearing on the stairs, looking down at him.A flash of lightning flashed, and Slein saw clearly that it was a young man. He was wearing a blue suit and had an eye patch on his left eye. He appeared silently, like a ghost.

However, Slein didn't feel scared at all.

Because the man looks exactly like Inaho.

Because, he looked at his right eye too gently.

Did they start dating today?

--No.