Travel through Kivotos and become Kamen Rider Saber

"Alice!!!"

The moment Saiwa Momoi, Saiwa Midori, and Hanaoka Yuzu appeared, they took two steps at a time and rushed directly to the girl who was lying on the bench and fell asleep.

The tender palms fell one by one on the windbreaker with the emblem of Millennium Institute of Technology on her body. The three little ones from the game development department desperately shook the body of the sleeping Tiantong Alice, just like the prince and princess in the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty.

Everyone's expectant gazes fell on Alice Tendo's tender, fair, and slightly rosy face, while they anxiously called out her name.

"Alice! Wake up! If you keep sleeping in, all your game saves will be deleted by Little Green!"

"Sister, sister! What nonsense are you talking about! I would never do that kind of thing!" Cai Yulu frowned in dissatisfaction, glanced at her sister resentfully, snorted coldly, pouted her lips, turned her head away and ignored Cai Yu Taojing.

This scene made Cai Yu Tao Jing a little confused for a moment, and she exclaimed repeatedly.

"Uuuu!? Xiao-Xiaolu, are you angry? I just wanted to wake Alice up quickly."

"Look, that, doesn't it happen often in games? The sleeping princess needs strong stimulation to wake up?"

"..." Saiyu Midori still ignored Saiyu Momoi and looked worriedly at the face of Tendou Alice in front of her, while Hanaoka Yuzu surrounded them and hurriedly admonished:

"Um, Xiaotao, Xiaolu, stop arguing. Alice hasn't woken up yet..."

The usual quarrels that happened day after day resurfaced in such a serious occasion. Lin Qiusheng slung his shoulders helplessly, and for a moment he didn't know how to separate the two lively guys, Cai Yu Taojing and Cai Yu Lu, who were quarreling.

"……who?"

The rosy lips trembled slightly, and an inaudible voice was heard under the conversation between the Caiyu sisters. Although the voice was extremely small, it was indeed heard by everyone.

They maintained the same movement as in the previous second, looking at the girl lying on the silver-white bench in front of them. Their round eyes like apricot kernels reflected Alice Tendo's tightly closed eyes, which trembled slightly before opening as if they could accommodate all the beauty in the world.

"It's us!"

Saiwa Momoi's pink eyes kept shining, her face was filled with an excited smile, and she opened her arms and threw herself directly onto Tendo Alice.

"Little Alice! We're coming!"

"Alice..."

Just like a replica of Saiwa Momoi, Saiwa Midori opened her arms and threw herself on the girl in front of her, while Hanaoka Yuzu held her hands tightly with both hands.

However, this warm moment was ruined the next moment when Saiwa Momoi took out an object from his shirt pocket.

"Alice, you must be feeling lonely these days. I brought you a new game. Let's play it together after we get out!"

"...A new game?" Tendo Alice slowly blinked her blue eyes, took the game console handed to her by Saiwa Momoi, and looked at the figure slowly walking towards her.

Lin Qiusheng showed a little helplessness mixed with a gentle smile on his face as if he breathed a sigh of relief. He came to her side, raised his hand and patted her head gently to comfort her.

"So you were hiding here, Alice. Everyone's been looking for you for a long time."

"Momo and Midori...? Yuzu...? And sensei...?"

As she looked around at her companions, a few transparent tears unconsciously welled up in the girl's blue eyes, and kept rolling rapidly in her eye sockets.

"Why is everyone here?"

"Need I ask? You ran away from home, and we're here to take you home!"

Lin Qiusheng picked off the two little ones that were jumping on Tiantong Alice, Cai Yu Taojing smiled and waved his fist the size of a steamed bun at her, while Cai Yulu directly took her hand and held it tightly with an attitude of I will never let go.

"Alice, come on, let's go out together!"

"Alice, let's go back."

"..." Everyone's eyes were focused on Tiantong Alice's face. She opened her mouth slightly and was about to answer when she noticed a figure exactly like herself standing not far behind Lin Qiusheng.

The images of those patrol robots transmitted back to her mind through the Millennium Institute of Technology network reappeared in her mind.

In the control room at the back of the Millennium Tower, Tiao Yue Linyin collapsed in a pool of blood, covered in wounds, and her breathing became increasingly unpleasant.

Even though his body was covered with scars, Megan Nero still chose to fight against the monster soldier Shimi among the high-rise buildings. The guards of the Valkyrie Police Station also chose to continue fighting in the face of invincible monsters.

Whenever these images appeared in Alice Tendo's mind, she would tremble uncontrollably, and the anxiety and sadness mixed with pain turned into tears dripping from her cheeks.

"Love...Alice...Alice"

"If Alice stays around us all the time... we'll get hurt."

Before Tendo Alice could finish her words, Saiyu Midori and Hanaoka Yuzu quickly grasped her cold hands tightly and anxiously retorted:

"Alice! No! It's not like that!"

"Little Green is right, Alice, we never thought of it that way..."

"Midori...Yuzu...but it's because of Alice that everyone is hurt..."

"Princess..." KEY slowly walked to Lin Qiusheng's side, his murmurs filled with heartache and powerlessness.

As the guide of [Nameless Princess of the Gods - ALIS], her existence is more like a sister than a guardian. She can do anything for the princess, even if it means sacrificing herself to fight against their creator, she will never hesitate.

However, when she faced this kind of question concerning Alice Tendo herself, she could not give any answer. She could only lower her head in silence with Lin Qiusheng and others, listening to the girl's sad words.

"I am the Demon King who will one day bring destruction to this world... to all of Kivotos..."

"It's because of Alice... It's because Alice wants to be with everyone... That's why..."

"The Demon King...can't stay around us like this."

"Rather than letting everyone I cherish... be hurt and suffer... it's better to let Alice..."

The almost whispered words left only the girl's sobbing. Her tender and fair face had already been wet with tears. Her face full of sadness and pain squeezed out a trace of the innocent and beautiful smile that Lin Qiusheng had smiled countless times before.

However, this time the smile no longer represented beauty, but was like a knife sliding up and down in their hearts, erasing all the happiness in their memories.

"Let Alice just disappear like this."

"Sister, Alice..." Cai Yulu frowned in panic, and pinched the corner of Cai Yu Taojing's clothes with her right hand and pulled it quickly a few times, hoping that her usually optimistic sister could persuade Tendo Alice.

Saiwa Momoi changed her usual sunny smile, stared at the pink doll with half-closed eyes, and stared at Tendo Alice in front of her with puffed cheeks and remained silent.

Cai Yulu saw that her sister Cai Yu Taojing seemed to be thinking about something and ignoring her, so she quickly looked at Lin Qiusheng behind her and looked at the adults behind her with the eyes of an abandoned dog.

However, at this moment, Lin Qiusheng just wanted to say something to Tiantong Alice in front of him. He put away his usual cynical and nonchalant smile, and looked at the girl in front of him with his mouth drooping.

"Alice...are you really thinking this way about such self-denial and self-deprecation?"

Lin Qiusheng bent down and knelt on one knee, looking at Tiantong Alice at eye level, and raised his slightly trembling hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The girl clenched her fists tightly with her hands hanging in front of her, and in her tear-blurred vision she saw the reflection of the game console that Tao Jing had just handed her.

"Sen, sensei, Alice saw it. Alice not only hurt Xiao Tao, but also hurt many people..."

"Well, I know all this, Alice." Lin Qiusheng nodded slightly, looking straight into Tiantong Alice's eyes, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised with a gentle smile.

"I've heard about the current situation at Millennium Institute of Technology and what's happening in other Kivotos academies through Noah and the Ministry of Truth's little hook eye. I feel sorry for all this sadness."

"So, do you really want to compromise with your so-called fate?"

"...Fate...Compromise?"

"Alice, in all the games you've completed in the game development department recently, there shouldn't be a single protagonist who would choose to abandon themselves and hide away in a crisis like this."

"No matter how many times they are knocked down, they will always stand up again. Their unshakable strong will will eventually become the bond of tomorrow, leading them forward."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Lin Qiusheng saw that Tiantong Alice had turned her attention from her sadness to him. He raised his voice slightly and said to her seriously:

"So, trainee hero, Alice."

"Before you make your final decision, how about hearing the story of my early days as a swordsman?"

First of all, I wish all my readers a happy Dragon Boat Festival! It's already reached a million words without me noticing, it's gone by so fast. Thank you all for your company.

The remaining plot will probably take a long time. According to the agreement, I will keep updating until no one subscribes.

The current planned total word count is approximately 10 million words.

Millennium Science Academy: Chapter 241: The True Hero

"Alice, you now and I in the past are so similar in some ways."

Lin Qiusheng raised his hand and took out the handkerchief hidden in his pocket, and gently placed it in Tiantong Alice's hand. His calloused palm wrapped around the trembling tender palm.

He melted the girl's cold heart bit by bit with his warm touch, as if carrying a beautiful lullaby, soothing her anxiety and sadness.

Unconsciously, she stopped crying and finally raised her drooping eyes, gazing at the adult who was waiting quietly in front of her with her eyes shining like jewel boxes.

"sensei..."

"It's like a coincidence straight out of a fairy tale. You are the demon king who destroys the world, the commander of an incomprehensible army, and the princess of the nameless gods."

"For the first half of my life, I lived an ordinary life, going to school and spending my days with friends just like you. But one day, I was torn from my familiar life and traveled to a secret realm where the Sword of Truth resided. I was hailed as a hero who saved the world."

"Anyone who knew about such a thing would definitely find it very confusing, right?" Lin Qiusheng sneered helplessly, recalling the past hidden deep in his mind and looking at the people sitting around Tiantong Alice.

"At that time, I was just like you are now, very uneasy, in pain, and afraid of everything unknown."

"I was subjected to various brutal training sessions in the enclosed forest. Every day, I would fall asleep covered in wounds near the dawn of the night. The next day, I would immediately resume those tedious sword training sessions."

"I was wondering why I was the only one going through this and not others, and how long it would last."

"Dark thoughts grew within me, and finally, I seized an opportunity... and escaped from the Sword of Truth."

Having said that, Lin Qiusheng raised his hand awkwardly and scratched his cheek repeatedly, grinning. Unknowingly, the five little ones from the game development department gathered around him, listening to this story that they didn't know.

Cai Yu Taojing nodded heavily with a serious look on her face, leaning forward and staring at his face with her pink eyes. Her sister Cai Yulu frowned, with a gleam of light constantly swirling in her eyes.

"It must be very hard for you to go through that kind of thing, sensei..."

Before Cai Yulu finished speaking, Cai Yutaojing stood up and moved to Lin Qiusheng's side, grabbing his left arm with both hands like a cat and shaking it hurriedly.

"Hmm! Hmm! Sensei, what's behind!!!?"

"Oh, sister~sister! Don't push over here! Get up!" Cai Yulu puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction. The emotions that had just been brewing disappeared in an instant. She raised her hands and held Cai Yu Taojing, rubbing her up and down.

Looking back at Tendo Alice who sat up from the bench with a serious expression and bright eyes, Lin Qiusheng smiled knowingly, raised his hands, held Caiyu Taojing and Caiyu Midori's heads, and patted them gently.

"Okay, Xiaotao, Xiaolu, stop arguing. I'm going to continue."

After coughing a few times to calm himself down, he saw the Caiyu sisters sitting obediently in their seats below him, looking in his direction, and Lin Qiusheng briefly recounted:

"After escaping from the secret realm of the Sword of Truth, I came to the outside world."

"What I find strange is that apart from the prison-like Sword of Truth, everything around here is just like the modern city we live in now."

"I wandered aimlessly among the street vendors, broke and without a drop of water, for two days. Eventually, I was picked up by an elderly couple with limited mobility and taken home."

"I was so grateful that they were willing to help a stranger like me. The long-missed warm meals and the sight of a concrete and steel building made me so happy that I couldn't help but cry."

"The old couple smiled lovingly at each other, stayed by my side, and handed me a towel and hot tea."

"Finally, at their strong request, I ended up staying temporarily in the elderly couple's home."

"While helping two elderly people in their fifties with their household chores and selling vegetables on the street to make a living, I was also looking for a way to return to my original world, because... my family was waiting for me there."

"As I slowly joined this new family, I discovered a very strange behavior."

"This elderly couple would go to the Sword of Truth base or the government office every weekday from Monday to Friday."

"Because of my status, I could only watch quietly from a distance and wait for them."

"But every time I entered, I was forcibly escorted out by a group of young women in black uniforms. There were constant arguments between them."

"Finally, those people in black uniforms stood guard at the door and stopped the elderly couple from entering. Only then did they give up and return to me."

"Due to the distance, I only heard a few words about the other party's family tree. I could only laugh awkwardly and didn't dare to ask."

"I never thought such a gentle old couple would behave in such a shameless way. It makes me feel really sad, but after all, they are living under someone else's roof, so I can't say anything."

"I can only accompany them silently as they continue to come and go day after day."

"Until one day, I found a wrinkled, yellowed family photo of three of them in their home. After repeated questioning, I learned from the elderly couple that they had a son more than 20 years ago who had grown up."

"However, the building where his company was located was attacked by Megiddo, and in the end, the police only returned them with a watch."

"They were furious at the result and refused to acknowledge these so-called relics. They drove the police out of their home."

"They believe that as long as the bodies haven't been found, their children may still be living somewhere in the world, waiting to be rescued by government personnel."

"Although the hope is slim, they still try. For more than a decade, they have been running back and forth between cities, constantly communicating with the government and the Sword of Truth, hoping that they can send rescuers to save their children."

"If that child were still alive, he would probably be as tall as you."

Lin Qiusheng imitated the sad tone of the old couple in his memory, and his hands hanging above his legs couldn't help but clench into fists.

"It was at that moment that I finally understood the reality around me. That old man... my master hadn't deceived me. There really was a monster called Megiddo wreaking havoc and destruction."

"Many people lost their lives and their families in the plunder of Megiddo, and the rest of their lives were filled with pain and sorrow."