Overturned Tower

Delphinium didn't know how to answer.

She frowned, curled up her calves slightly, and concentrated on thinking.

Guilty...or not guilty.

Destroy order and bring chaos; eradicate lies and bring truth.

No matter which side you choose, it seems like you are denying the other path. There should also be at least half of the good things on the other road.

"I……"

As soon as Delphinium made a sound, Russell, who had his hair tied up, smiled and touched her head.

Her lover's warm touch interrupted her thoughts, and when she raised her head, she saw Russell's gentle, lake-like eyes.

"You don't have to give the answer right now," he said.

"...I can't give you an answer either."

Delphinium closed her eyes and said in a deep voice: "If you let me use instinct to judge which answer is closer to my true thoughts in a short period of time, this test can still be done. But if you want me to make a decision A detailed, 'real answer' that I won't regret...I think it will take at least a few days.

"Yes. I need detailed thinking, investigation, reasoning, thinking arrangement, and detailed information before I can come up with the final answer."

"It doesn't have to be that complicated."

Russell said softly: "Let me take you to see it."

As he spoke, he pulled Delphinium up from the bed.

The two of them were dressed in casual clothes and left Langyin's bar after eating a simple breakfast prepared by the servitor Xiaoxi.

The next moment they left the bar door, an ordinary small floating car that had just landed at the door opened its door.

Russell pulled Delphinium into the car and greeted the unmanned floating car politely and warmly.

"Morning, Goddess of Beauty."

"Good morning, Russell."

A gentle female voice echoed in the car: "Good morning to you, Miss Delphinium."

"Good morning, Your Majesty the God of Beauty."

Delphinium nodded somewhat cautiously and said hello softly to the empty driver's seat in front of her.

Only then did she suddenly remember that all the public transportation on Sogo Island were controlled by this beautiful "lady" who controlled "order".

There is no need to wait for the bus, take a taxi on the roadside, or even book a taxi online like on Happy Island.

As long as you give your destination, the three sages will always find a suitable way to send you there.

You won't be late, you won't make mistakes, you won't be tired, you won't be angry, you won't complain.

Always rational, always peaceful. Only do what is right, only do what is needed.

From the perspective of "work ability", the artificial intelligence group headed by the three sages has completely eliminated the old humans.

"Are we going to...see your mentor now?"

Delphinium asked in a low voice: "I remember that I heard a similar request yesterday."

Although this car does not actually have a driver, and the beauty can still hear her voice no matter how low it is... But even if it is useless, it is still expressing an intimate attitude of "I am whispering to you".

"Not going today."

Russell simply replied: "We will go together tomorrow."

"Isn't it your birthday tomorrow?"

"right."

Russell responded softly and glanced at Delphinium sitting opposite him: "That's why I have to go back tomorrow to take a look.

"Since I'm planning to get married, I have to take it back to show it to my elders. I specially picked a festive day, so at least she won't kick me out directly."

Hearing Russell's unabashed words, Delphinium was a little shy.

Her tail began to wag subconsciously. Her tail has never been able to hide her thoughts.

Delphinium stretched out her hands and lowered her head slightly to support her cheeks. She seemed to be feeling the temperature of her cheeks with her fingers and the back of her hands, or she was using her cold hands to physically cool her cheeks.

"Should I say - congratulations?"

Mei Shen's voice sounded from inside the car: "The clumsy and melancholy little kitten of the past finally found the one he loved."

"Speaking of which, can you also be considered my elder?"

Russell smiled: "After all, you watched me grow up."

"I think it counts."

The Goddess of Beauty was like a real human being, with a smile mixed in his voice: "It's such a happy event, but I have to inform the other two."

"But I remember, the real God doesn't like me."

"The other person and I like you, that's enough. We always obey the majority."

Meishen said: "If you plan to hold a wedding on Sogo Island, I can help you apply for a venue."

"forget it."

Russell smiled and leaned back.

He opened the beverage cabinet next to him and subconsciously wanted to take out an ice-cold Coke at the right temperature. But his fingers paused slightly, and he took out a bottle of golden champagne that was still bubbling.

He took a sip, and then repeated softly: "Forget it, really.

"After all, I don't have many close friends who are still alive here. All the acquaintances I have left in Sogo Island are my elders. Taken together, there probably won't be enough people for a table... I don't want to open a During the parent-teacher conference, you have to be reprimanded before getting married. That way the atmosphere of the wedding will be too heavy.

"I'd better go back to Happy Island to hold the wedding. At least all my acquaintances there are young people."

"I'm very sorry."

Meishen said softly.

Russell shook his head: "There is nothing to be sorry for."

But it was Delphinium sitting opposite Russell.

"Don't you drink Coke?"

Delphinium took out the iced Coke for Russell, put it in front of Russell, and gently rotated the handle to make it easier for Russell to grasp it.

Russell hesitated, but still shook his head.

"Today is a good day for drinking. Just this day, drink with me for a while."

After hearing this, Delphinium was finally able to confirm that...it was not his own illusion, but that Russell was indeed not in a very good condition today.

She also immediately thought of the truth.

"Is today...Alice's death anniversary?"

Theoretically, she should be called "Mom" and at last "Auntie". But Russell often turns into Alice, so Delphinium always feels as if Alice has never died and has become his friend.

It feels a bit strange to call sisters who have a close relationship and often play with each other "mom"...

Not to mention, even Russell himself often calls Alice by her first name. Just like Russell could hardly call him "Uncle Dodgson".

In fact, even Delphinium didn't know when Russell would use honorifics and when he would call him by his first name. He seems to have his own set of rules.

"Actually, strictly speaking, it's tomorrow. Because it's early morning tomorrow."

Russell replied: “My birthday is the anniversary of her death.

"But considering that tomorrow will be a good day, we can spend it a day earlier. Mom won't care - that's right."

When he said the last sentence, his face suddenly blurred for a moment like a TV screen with poor signal, and turned into the look of Alice.

She said softly in Alice's voice.

The next moment, it seemed like it was all just an illusion. Delphinium just blinked and she turned back into Russell.

Delphinium suddenly seemed to understand where she was going today.

"That's why you specially rented this ordinary-looking and low-key car..."

"Yes."

Russell replied: "Let's go see Alice first today."

"……First?"

"First."

He said calmly: "After that, we have other things to do.

"Before my birthday and the anniversary of her death come...before Lycaon's death anniversary ends, I want to put an end to the werewolf incident on Sogo Island.

"Just as a celebration... and a memorial. Forget about that, come and have a drink with me."

"OK."