Chapter 1048

"Eh? May I ask who you are?"

Cecilia looked at the person in front of her blankly.

A man who sounded like a youth was sitting on a leather sofa, wearing a white-gold mask on his face, and also had snow-white hair that seemed even whiter than her own, with an incomparably noble temperament.

Bai Ge tossed a peeled apple to Cecilia.

"I've already healed your injuries for you. How do you feel yourself?"

"My injuries?"

Taking a bite of the apple, Cecilia was surprised to find that the injuries on her body had indeed healed.

Originally, after suffering a gravity attack, some displacement and bleeding had appeared in her internal organs, but now, let alone pain, her whole body felt comfortable and relaxed.

"Tha, thank you for saving me! Uh..."

"Just call me Bai Ge, no need to be polite. As for the mask, don't worry about it, this is for your safety."

Bai Ge touched his white-gold mask and said.

Cecilia immediately became nervous, thinking to herself, is this the kind of person who will silence anyone who sees their face?

"Your expression tells me you're overthinking it. Not letting you see my face is just because it has too much lethality for you."

The holder of the Schariac Stigmata would uncontrollably develop a fondness for Bai Mouren. If one said 100 points was the full score, this innate fondness was probably around 90 points.

But if Bai Ge restrained his aura and covered his appearance, then it could probably be suppressed to around 60 points.

It seems like it's just over half, but in reality, this is already quite outrageous. After all, strangers are only around 30 points, and 60 points can already be called a trustworthy friend.

It can be said that as long as Bai Ge takes off his mask, Cecilia would fall in love at first sight and be almost completely conquered, but that would be too boring, so he didn't want to do that.

"Although I don't understand very well, in any case, Mr. Bai Ge, thank you for saving me."

"...... Just a small matter."

Cecilia said very gratefully. Looking at this girl who revealed a pure smile, Bai Ge raised his eyebrows behind the mask, only feeling that Cecilia during this period was a bit natural.

But thinking about it, it was very reasonable. As the eldest daughter of the long-standing "give-away" family, ah pui, the Schariac family, she had received proper education since childhood, and on top of that, after being targeted by Otto, she hadn't left Schicksal headquarters even once.

This is roughly equivalent to a young lady who doesn't know the ways of the world. Added to that her pure personality, it can only be said that it's fortunate the person who picked her up was Bai Ge.

If it were a bad person, even if they sold Cecilia, she would probably help the other party count the money.

"Uh oh, I have to hurry back to the mission."

Seeing the time displayed on the wall clock, Cecilia hurriedly wanted to get out of bed, and at the same time, she searched on her body, helplessly discovering her damaged terminal.

"Wait, Schicksal Valkyrie."

"Eh? You know I'm a Valkyrie?"

"Hehe, isn't that big 'Fei' (Non) logo on your clothes obvious enough?"

Bai Ge pointed to the chest area of Cecilia, which had the Schicksal logo, a large golden 'Fei' character, although in reality, it was two pieces of steel wings.

Cecilia looked down at her towering heart, and was surprised to find that the Schicksal logo really looked like the character 'Fei', and immediately curled her lips, inexplicably feeling it was a bit funny.

"Ahem! As the person who saved you, I want to ask you a question: what is your reason for being a Valkyrie?" Bai Ge asked very suddenly.

"...... To fight for the protection of all beauty." Cecilia answered after hesitating for a moment.

"A very nice-sounding answer, but it's not true, at least not for you right now." Bai Ge shook his head.

"To fight for the protection of all beauty" is the slogan Otto set for Schicksal. Of course, this is just to fool people.

Because for that fool, the only beauty in his world died five hundred years ago.

However, it can also be said to be true, because in reality, most Valkyries are sincerely fighting for this goal.

"Cecilia, becoming a Valkyrie is not your own choice, but a destiny arranged for you. You haven't found your own beauty yet, so you can't fight for it."

Bai Ge leaned close to Cecilia and said. Even with the two crystals on the mask covering his eyes, the latter still felt that obvious gaze.

"Mr. Bai Ge, do you know me?"

"Uh-huh~ I heard about you from someone (your future self). She said that you right now haven't found your true self, and are just a puppet acting according to other people's orders."

"I am a... puppet..."

Cecilia's eyes widened slightly. She couldn't find words to refute for herself, because her life up to now had indeed been arranged and manipulated by her family or some dog Otto.

Although she knew this deep down, being told so bluntly made Cecilia feel a bit hurt.

At this moment, Bai Ge reached out his hand to her.

"So, would you consider joining World Serpent?"

"Eh?"

"I can change your destiny, but I won't arrange your life. How about it, Cecilia? As long as you hold this hand, you can obtain freedom."

Cecilia looked blankly at the hand Bai Ge extended, only feeling it was very attractive, as if as long as she held it, the invisible chains bound to her would disappear.

And she discovered that she subconsciously developed trust in Bai Ge, instinctively believing the other party's words, although Cecilia wouldn't have had any suspicion towards her savior anyway.

She unconsciously raised her own hand.

But at the very moment she was about to hold Bai Ge's hand.

Cecilia pulled her hand back.

"...... I didn't feel any malice from you. I can feel that you are indeed considering things for me. Thank you for your invitation, but I don't intend to give up my identity as a Valkyrie."

"Why?"

"Because I accept who I am now. Although I have indeed lost my freedom, I don't feel regret, and I believe that becoming a Valkyrie is a correct and meaningful thing."

Cecilia said earnestly, her sky-blue eyes filled with firm will.

"So that's how it is, you choose to accept it."

Different from Siegfried, who chose to reject the Kaslana mission in order to pursue freedom.

Cecilia chose to accept her mission.

Even if this would make her lose her freedom, even if she didn't yet have a beauty she wanted to fight for, she knew that the path she was walking now was absolutely not wrong.

"Alright, poaching failed, what a pity."

Bai Ge pulled his hand back decisively.

In reality, he hadn't held any hope to begin with. If Cecilia had accepted, he would have felt very surprised.

"Uh, I'm very sorry."

Cecilia lowered her head a bit embarrassedly, and then she realized that she had probably been out of contact for a long time and had to hurry back to headquarters to report.

"Really in a hurry. This is the outside world you've been longing for for a long time, isn't it? Wouldn't it be better to stay a while longer? Why are you in such a hurry to return to the cage?"

"Because, my mission..."

"Eh~ really too serious. Could it be that Durandal also inherited this point? And speaking of which... Cecilia, do you really know the way back?"

"Eh?"

Cecilia was stunned. She looked out the window and discovered she was in a region she didn't know where, and couldn't see anything that could be used as a marker in the surroundings.

Not to mention that the World Serpent headquarters was extremely hidden.

For Cecilia, who had never left headquarters except for this mission and now had a damaged terminal, although she wasn't bad with directions, it was impossible for her to return to Schicksal headquarters independently.

"May, may I ask what place this is?"

She asked Bai Ge blankly, and then got a name she had never even heard of. Cecilia was instantly confused.

After hesitating for a while, she said a bit embarrassedly.

"Mr. Bai Ge, could you please help me go back?"

"Why should I help?"

"Uh, please, I beg you! Afterwards, I will definitely try my best to compensate and repay you. I'll do anything!"

Cecilia said with utmost sincerity. Bai Ge's eyes twitched as he looked at this pure, natural-airhead girl, only feeling that the contrast with the person in his memory was a bit big.

Although the Cecilia of the original timeline also had this personality, at least her knowledge reserve was greater. But this Cecilia, who didn't understand much, seemed to have even greater lethality...

In the end, Bai Ge still agreed to send her away.

(Anyway, there's no rush for this little while. There's quite a lot of leeway for this time travel, and keeping her here by force now, what I could play with seems to only be imprisonment play.)

Bai Mouren had always respected personal will. Secondly, he had the ability to do whatever he wanted in this era. If he changed his mind later, there wouldn't be any obstacles.

Bai Ge: "Then let's go, I'll take you for a ride."

Cecilia: "Okay, okay!"

...... Half an hour later......

Accompanied by the roar of the quantum engine, a blue-and-white motorcycle with a full sense of technology sped along the highway.

"How does it feel, Cecilia?"

"Hmm! This is so amazing!"

Cecilia sat in the back seat, hugging Bai Ge's waist tightly, looking at the scenery in front of her in surprise. At the same time, the strong wind made her white hair fly, and the feeling of speeding made her heart surge.