We are from the future ark

"There are some things I need to tell you in advance to avoid any trouble later."

……

An hour later, Chen Qi had left the office for a while. At this moment, Ifrit, who had changed into her usual clothes, slowly came to Kal'tsit's office.

"Doctor Kelsey..."

"…Now you are here, take a seat. Your test report is out."

Kal'tsit glanced at Ifrit, who looked a little gloomy, and after slowly asking her to sit down, she handed the report in her hand to Ifrit.

"In fact, even if I don't tell you, you should know your situation."

"After such a heavy blow to the abdomen, the chances of survival are very low. I should have been mentally prepared for this."

“…I understand.”

After receiving such a reply from Kal'tsit, Ifrit paused for a moment and her expression dimmed for a moment, but she recovered quickly and her mood improved immediately.

"…Although I knew it would definitely fail, it still felt a bit painful."

"Also, why didn't I bleed then... This is not the same as what I read in the textbook."

"…Maybe it's because you are a Sarkaz. The gestation period of Sarkaz is long, and there might not have been a complete life form in your belly at that time."

After a moment of hesitation, Kal'tsit said calmly, "Just think of it as a part of your menstrual period that remains inside you and has not been excreted. You are recovering very well, so there will be another chance in the future."

"There is a chance..." Ifrit couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he heard this. When he thought about how he and Chen Qi had been together for so many years and had just completed an important mission under such extreme conditions, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"…It looks like it might be a little difficult."

There are too many people targeting this guy... Although her incident made many of them feel uncomfortable for a while, Ifrit doesn't think that some of them will just give up.

They were all members of a team and knew each other very well. Ifrit also knew that as long as they had the chance, they would never give up their "ambitions".

"...In fact, I sometimes wonder why he chose me."

Ifrit's expression suddenly became somewhat dim. She looked at her hands, which were covered with scars from holding the shield for many years, and began to mutter to herself:

"I wasn't the first person to stay by his side. I wasn't the only one who fell in love with him because he helped to resolve the knot in my heart... I wasn't the prettiest person around him, nor was I the one he relied on the most... I wasn't even as persistent as some of them."

"I actually always felt that he chose me only because I was close enough to him. I happened to be the person closest to him at the time... and because of that incident... I became his choice."

"Sometimes... I always wonder if I should really treat him as something that belongs to me alone... Can someone as unconfident as me enjoy his love..."

"…I don't understand the relationship between men and women. I can't answer this question for you."

After a moment of silence, Kal'tsit said calmly, "However, except for Yan Country, no other country in Terra has monogamy regulations, and we in Rhodes Island do not have a clear monogamy regulation either."

"Moreover, from a biological perspective, I personally hope that Chen Qi can have some connections with women of multiple races. This way, his physique can be passed on, and we may be able to use this to obtain the [Chimera] gene that allows for a normal lifespan."

"As for you, with your current status, no one will have any objection if you want to monopolize him. All you need to think about is whether you can monopolize his love."

"If you really want to monopolize Chen Qi, then I will support your idea."

"No one wants to share their lover. I have no problem with that. I think everyone else is the same."

"……Yeah."

Kal'tsit's advice seemed to make Ifrit think a little more clearly. She nodded slightly, smiled at Kal'tsit, and said lightly:

"...Dr. Kal'tsit, where is Chen Qi? I want to find him."

"...He went to the ward to look for Skadi." Kal'tsit replied calmly, "Ward No. 9, but I think you should wait until he finishes his work before disturbing him."

"I'll wait." Ifrit nodded, slowly stood up and left.

After Ifrit left, Kal'tsit looked at the physical examination reports that Ifrit had left there, couldn't help but sigh slightly, and took out another one from the drawer.

The copy in Kal'tsit's hand is almost identical to the one in Ifrit's hand, but there is only one piece of information that is completely different.

In the report on the situation inside Ifrit's cavity in Kel'tsit's hand, there was a very clear statement: "No life was found."

"…I lied to her at first, saying there was a possibility of pregnancy in her body."

At that time, Kal'tsit said to Chen Qi: "The main reason is that when you were killed, Ifrit's reaction made me a little worried. She looked hopeless and it seemed difficult for her to recover."

"I was worried that she would fall into extreme thinking, so I had to use this method to deceive her so that she would have the motivation to continue living."

"...But, according to the test report I got now, there are obvious signs of heavy blows on her abdomen. Therefore, I have to tell her that she has had a miscarriage. You have to help me make up this lie."

……

"The current situation... should be considered the best situation I expected."

Kal'tsit slowly put down the report in his hand, took out a portable lighter from his pocket, and lit the report. Then he murmured to himself:

"This is the first time I've tampered with a test report... I even broke my doctor's principles for you."

With a bitter smile, the report in Kal'tsit's hand finally turned into ashes slowly, and after a while of fluttering, it completely disappeared in the air.

Chapter 146: Skadi's awakening, the "elegy" of that night

Chen Qi walked all the way to the location of Ward No. 9 mentioned by Kal'tsit.

This is a completely isolated area for seriously ill patients, but the wards here are not used very often. The patients here are either in the late stage of Originium disease or are so seriously injured that they are on the verge of death.

However, due to the gradual use of Originium disease potions within Rhodes Island, these wards that were originally used on a large scale for the treatment of Originium disease were gradually emptied. In addition, Rhodes Island was docked at Lungmen and gradually moved away from the war, so these days, the wards were still very empty.

Chen Qi came to the ward where light could only be illuminated by fluorescent lights, opened the door, and soon saw a familiar figure lying on the bed.

However, when he saw Skadi, who was surrounded by wires for various instruments and whose life could only be maintained by infusion and ventilator, even though he was mentally prepared, his heart ached unconsciously.

...He had never seen Skadi so weak.

As far as she could remember, Skadi and herself had known each other for a long, long time. Ever since the day she first met this lonely deep-sea hunter, she had been following Chen Qi, watching Chen Qi slowly grow as tall as her and eventually surpass her.

"Humans...are growing really fast." Skadi would occasionally sigh like this, not knowing whether she was happy or sad.

In his impression, Skadi had the power to turn the tide, the slash that was enough to cut through the sea, which saved them from danger time and time again. It was precisely because of Skadi that many of Chen Qi's plans went so smoothly, because Skadi had never let Chen Qi down.

Unconsciously, Chen Qi realized how important his position was in the heart of this taciturn woman who had been silently accompanying him from the beginning.

...No, I should say it's my luck. After all, if she wasn't lonely, how could she pay so much attention to someone like me?

"I'm sorry... Skadi."

Chen Qi's lost and regained left hand gently stroked Skadi's snow-white long hair. Looking at her beautiful face that looked slightly thin at the moment, Chen Qi said with a slightly trembling voice:

"I'm sorry... I kept you waiting for too long..."

"If you still want to... please wake up..."

"I still need you... I think I can never leave you..."

Along with Chen Qi's muttering, the transmission brought by [Emotional Infection] was also slowly transmitted to Skadi's mind. The spiritual world that was as calm as a dead body of water, at this moment, because of the fall of this small rock, it set off a long-lost wave.

Although it was so slight, it seemed so clear in this dead silence.

"Skadi..."

Who is it... I seem to hear... someone calling my name...

"I'm sorry... I kept you waiting for too long."

At some point, the heart rate that had been maintained at a minimum began to slowly recover, along with the beating of the pulse and the display of brain waves.

The stiff fingers seemed to twitch slightly, indicating that the blood was flowing again.

I...remembered...

I want to... wake up.

He still needs me...

"..."

He slowly opened his wine-red eyes and could only see the dim light in front of him. He didn't know how long it took before he felt his vision slowly recovering.

"…Is it Chen Qi?"

Because she hadn't spoken for a long time, a slightly awkward and hoarse voice came slowly. However, along with Skadi's faint words, the next moment, a face that she had been thinking about day and night appeared in front of her.

"..."

Skadi didn't say anything, not because she didn't have the strength to do so. However, at this moment, the tears slowly falling from the corners of her eyes had already condensed all her emotions into them.

Chen Qi didn't say anything, but silently unplugged the various devices on her body, took off her respirator, and used his fingers to wipe away the tears that rolled down her eyes.

"…I had a dream that lasted a very long time."

Skadi's hoarse voice came slowly. Feeling the touch and familiar temperature of Chen Qi's touch on her face, she murmured to herself word by word:

"I dreamed that I returned to the sea of ​​my hometown. There, it was endless, with nothing to see except the dead sea and the dark seabed."

"I kept shuttling back and forth in the sea, kept swimming, kept calling... but there was no sound, no movement, not even... no trace of life answering my voice."

"I can't see them, I can't see any living creatures, only endless loneliness, solitude, and coldness..."

"I am surrounded by loneliness and fear, the endless sea, without a single sound... I can't hear anything... I can only call out again and again, trying to hear even the slightest sound."

"——Until now, I finally heard it."

Tears of joy kept seeping out of Skadi's eyes. Her arms, which had gradually recovered, embraced the man in front of her whom she had been thinking about day and night. At this moment, the boundless yet unexpressed loneliness in her heart finally broke out completely.

She hugged the person in front of her, and used her cool, moist lips to block all the words he wanted to say. In this way, she tried to convey her loneliness and longing to the person in front of her whom she most wanted to understand.

"Don't say anything...just like this...just feel my love for you."

Chen Qi heard Skadi's faint voice again in his heart. Although he was a little surprised by the sudden attack, he did not resist and gently hugged the woman in front of him.

It is true that he also loves Skadi, but... for many reasons, he cannot say these words.

Lifespan, mission, principles... and other factors troubled Chen Qi. However, what Chen Qi didn't know was that Skadi knew all of these. It was precisely because of this that Skadi didn't reveal even a little bit of her thoughts and love to Chen Qi.

Neither of them wanted to burden the other, and it was not until now that they completely exploded.

"Wow..."

However, the sudden sound from the sensor door made the two of them pause slightly. A familiar figure stood outside the door, staring at the two people hugging and kissing in front of him in a daze.

"..."X2

At this moment, the three pairs of eyes met each other. Ifrit outside the door still had her mouth slightly open, but her eyes were already trembling.

Chen Qi's pupils trembled a little, and he almost ran away in a moment of panic. However, Skadi held him tightly and did not let him retreat.

But Skadi looked at Ifrit without any fear. However, what was conveyed in those wine-red eyes was not a threat, but a hint of... a faint pleading.

I don't know how much time had passed until someone sighed. Ifrit took a long breath and suddenly became irritable.

“——Damn it! Couldn’t you guys discuss this with me before doing this? You made me so defenseless! I almost had a heart attack, you bastards!”

"I'm not such an unreasonable guy! Can't you all just give in one by one?!"

Ifrit grabbed her hair anxiously. After her smooth silver hair was messed up, her expression finally changed and she yelled at the two people inside:

"I don't care about your business anymore! Just finish it!"

Finally, with a last roar, Ifrit, scratching his head, left here, ignoring Chen Qi's panic-stricken eyes, and walked towards the other end angrily.

At this moment, in the ward that suddenly became quiet, the passionate kiss between the two finally came to an end slowly.

"...I might die next." Chen Qi couldn't help but say with a somewhat bitter smile. The guilt that surged in his heart made him extremely tormented. The feeling of cheating during the engagement period really tortured Chen Qi's conscience.

“It’s not over yet.”

However, Skadi's faint voice from below slowly came, immediately breaking Chen Qi's thoughts.

He only felt that the distance between them suddenly became closer. Chen Qi was facing Skadi's beautiful face, but he found that Skadi didn't seem to be in a very good mood at the moment. Her slightly pouting mouth seemed as if she was angry.

"You're with me, but you're still thinking about other people... You're such an unprecedented scumbag."

"I……"

Chen Qi seemed to want to argue, but at this moment, his situation made it impossible for him to refute. At least, his self-proclaimed "gentleman" image would definitely not be preserved today.

Having restrained his male desires for so many years and maintained an objective and friendly relationship with everyone, this image has now completely left Chen Qi.

"...I know that you have a lot on your mind, and I also know that I'm not the only one who loves you so much."

Skadi's faint voice came again. She gently stroked Chen Qi's cheek in front of her and said with a somewhat resentful tone:

"But, I hope that at times like this... you will only look at me."