Chapter 1452

Swear on wine...

After hearing the red-haired Director's words, Emma couldn't help but bite her lip slightly, her chest heaving violently twice before she slowly unclenched her tightly gripped fists.

If Olivia were swearing on her chastity, then naturally not a single word could be believed, but since she's swearing on wine... there's at least a little bit of credibility.

"So... what kind of future did that damn crystal ball actually speak of?"

"A very, very important future!"

Seeing that her best friend seemed to have intentions of letting her off the hook, the red-haired Director secretly let out a breath of relief, then hurriedly spoke up to explain:

"According to that bad woman from the Pisces Branch, if Li Ang's marriage partner is Queen Veronica, he will gain an incomparably important special ability, sufficient to benefit our human race for hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even longer.

Due to restrictions, she couldn't speak of the specific situation, but it seems to be a miraculous power that, once conditions are met, can turn deserts into oases, melt glaciers into fertile land, and turn natural barriers into thoroughfares — a future that will be the welfare of all humanity."

"..."

Is it really that exaggerated?

Although she already had some vague guesses in her heart, after hearing the red-haired Director's description that exhausted all powers of exaggeration, Emma still couldn't help but frown suspiciously, then asked:

"Are you sure these are true words?"

"Shouldn't be false."

Seeing Emma's expression gradually calming down, the red-haired Director hurriedly raised her hand to swear an oath:

"The price of revealing the future is huge. That bad woman from the Pisces Branch, in order to be able to tell this matter, nearly lost her own life. She most likely wouldn't lie on this.

If you don't believe it, you can recall the previous joint mission — did she ever show her face? Actually, back then she had already lost half her life and was carried back to Headquarters to recuperate."

But... but even for the future of the entire race, for the welfare of all humanity... you can't... you can't...

Seems like it's not that you can't either...

After all, the importance of the two ends of the scale really doesn't seem to be on the same level. Compared to the possible marriage between herself and Li Ang, obviously all of humanity is much more important.

Her fair fists clenched and unclenched, her ruddy lips bit and bit again. Discovering she had nothing to say, the tall beauty could only sit back in her chair, her expression somewhat despondent as she asked:

"So, if I hadn't left, and ultimately ended up with Li Ang... what would our future be like?"

"The future where you two marry..."

Looking at her best friend's exceptionally low spirits, the red-haired Director hesitated for a moment, then answered helplessly:

"You'd die. Both of you would die."

"?!!"

In Emma's suddenly widened eyes, the red-haired Director lowered her voice and began to narrate:

"The specific process isn't clear, but if the one marrying Li Ang is you, the two of you have a very high probability of leaving the mortal world prematurely and entering the Netherworld due to some matters.

Although neither of you would truly die, Li Ang would be stranded at the entrance of the Netherworld due to Authority issues, while you would remain at a deeper location, probably somewhere between the 【Shroud Mirror Lake】 and the 【Corpse Soil Black Forest】, and it would take many, many years before you could meet."

"How could it be..."

Hearing this rather tragic outcome, the tall beauty couldn't help but raise her head, her expression somewhat flustered as she pressed:

"Olivia! Are you lying to me again? You... is what you're saying all true?" "Although I don't know the details, the ending should be like this, no mistake."

"..."

Looking at her somewhat absent-minded best friend, the red-haired Director couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Reasonably speaking, yours isn't even the most tragic. The most tragic one is clearly me, okay?

If I really had something happen with Li Ang, and even at the last moment couldn't think straight, put on a wedding dress and walked into the ceremony hall with him, I'd be forced to quit drinking!

That's quitting drinking!

Although you might not think it's that tragic, to me, there's truly no outcome harder to accept than this...

Recalling the tragic future she'd heard from the Pisces Director about what would happen if she married Li Ang, the red-haired Director couldn't help but drink a mouthful of wine with lingering fear. The two best friends in the room, at this moment, because of the same man, both sighed long and short in their hearts.

After a short while, it was still the red-haired Director who loved wine more than men who shook off the low spirits first. She took out a mission slip from her drawer and handed it to Emma across from her, then tentatively asked:

"How about... you go do a mission?"

"?!!"

Looking at the mission slip pushed before her, Emma couldn't help but blank out slightly, then looked over with an expression full of disbelief.

Looking it over one by one/p>

I just missed... because of a mission... and you still want me to do a mission? Are you even human? You... you really think I won't strangle you to death?!!!

"Uh... what I mean is, you don't know how to face Li Ang right now anyway, so why not go do a mission, change your mood?"

Seeing her best friend's expression gradually rising with anger, the red-haired Director couldn't help but blink, hurriedly explaining carefully:

"You also know, the Thousand Sails Sea Nation has had a major problem recently. No matter who it is, once they enter the range of the Veiled Moon Sea King Ship, they will thoroughly 'die' after experiencing one day and night, and even the Directors cannot escape this rule.

So the Bureau was forced with no choice and issued a death order directly to us Directors, preparing to forcibly conscript all Cleaners with undying bodies, letting the undying go to the Veiled Moon Sea to investigate.

Uh... actually besides you, Li Ang was originally also in the conscription range. Only recently he should have a new mission, and it seems to be a designated mission, so... Emma, will you go?"

"I..."

Hearing the red-haired Director's question, Emma instantly couldn't help but recall the scene just now, remembering Li Ang's smile that was still intimate yet had subconsciously begun to keep distance, and felt a sharp pang in her heart.

"I'll probably go..."

Pressing a hand over her heart, the tall beauty nodded slightly, then said with somewhat low spirits:

"Olivia, Ellie is in your care. My situation... is different from before now. It would be a bit inappropriate for Ellie to continue living at Li Ang's house. Please help me look after her!"

"Uh... but I'm not good at taking care of children."

Hearing Emma's words, the red-haired Director's face couldn't help but stiffen slightly, then she gripped the wine bottle on the table hard, blinking her eyes:

"My thought is, it's best for a child not to keep changing environments. So let's keep things separate. Although you and Li Ang didn't end up together, it doesn't affect Ellie continuing to stay at his place. You agree, right?"

"How could it not affect..."

"It's possible, it's possible!"

After giving two affirmative answers in a row, the red-haired bureau chief secretly observed Emma's expression while tentatively opening her mouth to propose:

"How about... you let Ellie acknowledge him as a godfather?"

"Ah?!"

(End of chapter)