allonlinenovel Chapter 186 Captain and Seele
Chapter 186 Captain and Seele
"who are you?"
Looking at Seele, who didn't recognize him at all, Captain realized that the Seele he had met was not the Seele from his own world, and this Seele looked rather young.
So the captain took a deep breath, flashed a hearty smile, and said, "Captain, you can call me Captain!"
"Be careful of Seele, I have a feeling that she's not someone to mess with!"
The other personality hidden within Seele, Black Seele, spoke up to warn her, but Seele didn't sense any malice from the captain, so she rejected Black Seele's suggestion not to contact the captain.
"But I can sense that the captain isn't a bad person. Perhaps we can try to make contact, since it's so difficult to meet someone here. And what if he's in any trouble and needs help?"
"Tch! Do whatever you want!"
After saying that, Black Seele stopped talking and did not respond no matter how Seele called her. Helpless, Seele could only turn her gaze to the captain beside her.
"Hello! Captain, what brings you here? This isn't a good place. If there's nothing else, please leave as soon as possible!"
Ah! As expected of Seele, she has such a kind heart!
After a brief sigh in his heart, the captain began to talk to Seele. During the conversation, the captain learned about Seele's specific situation.
Simply put, due to the chaotic time within the Quantum Sea, Seele had not yet met Kevin, nor had she been granted the ability to freely enter and exit the world bubble by Kevin. Therefore, she had not yet officially met Bronya, who was undergoing the trial.
However, the ability to freely enter and exit the bubble world was less a gift from Kevin and more a skill he taught her. Seele already possessed that ability, but she simply couldn't use it freely.
So the captain immediately taught Seele this ability. Although it couldn't help Seele return to her original world, it meant that Seele was no longer limited to randomly entering a bubble world by luck to have minimal contact with humans.
After teaching Seele how to skillfully use her abilities, the captain planned to leave. After all, his mission was to use the Judgment of Heavenly Fire to help Kevin obtain the coordinates of the original world. Because he had entered too hastily before, his current coordinates were not near the Eye of the Abyss, so there was no point in luring Kevin here.
But perhaps because she hadn't seen humans for so long, or perhaps out of a desire to repay them, Seele followed along.
This reminded the captain of how he had encountered Seele in his own world in the same way, and how he had taken her through many world bubbles and experienced many events, eventually building a deep friendship until the captain found Kevin.
After all, the captain's mission at the time was to find Kevin and bring him back to the original world. Meeting Kevin meant that his mission was already half completed, so it was indeed not appropriate to have Seele continue to follow him.
With Kevin's help, the captain successfully delivered Seele to the world bubble where Bronya was, allowing Seele and Bronya to reunite. However, it's unclear whether Seele misunderstood something, because after being delivered to Bronya, Seele not only didn't obediently follow Bronya to complete the trial, but also tried to steal the Herrscher of Reason's core, saying she wanted to stop Welt and the others from returning to the main world.
The captain still vividly remembers the hostile look Bronya gave him when he came out to explain the situation.
What the captain didn't know was that Bronya's gaze wasn't always on him; most of the time, it was fixed on Seele beside him.
I just hope that Seele in this world won't cause any more trouble for herself!
After the captain explained his purpose to Seele, he felt relieved and allowed Seele to follow him.
only……
"What do you think of the other me?"
"What else can I think? It's just that your dear brother and sister have a conflict, isn't it?"
"I never expected that Captain would clash with Bronya, but Captain doesn't seem like a bad person. The person he went to save certainly wasn't a bad person either. There must be some misunderstanding here!"
"So what are you going to do?"
"Help Captain, at least don't let Bronya stop them from returning to their home world!"
"..."
Black Seele was baffled by Seele's thought process. She never expected that Seele's first reaction would be to help someone she had only known for less than an hour. Shouldn't Seele have chosen to help Bronya in this situation?
Oh well, what can I do? She's the owner of this body. All I need to do is protect her; nothing else matters.
Thus began the Captain and Seele's adventure, first arriving at a world bubble set against the backdrop of heroes and demon kings.
There, they found a way out by using a hero's manual that had somehow appeared in their hands: defeat the Demon King.
So they set off from the starting village, following the map in the Hero's Handbook. Along the way, they encountered the Spring Spirit Sirin, the Forest Spirit Durandal, and Delta, who looked very similar to Rosalia.
And so the hero team was assembled. After overcoming various trials, they finally arrived at the Demon King's castle.
After entering the castle, the group fought their way through various obstacles and finally arrived in front of the Demon King. When the captain realized that the Demon King was Ai-chan, he instantly understood the nature of this world.
As expected, Ai-chan, the Demon King, hadn't actually done anything heinous. She simply wanted everyone to grow cabbages, but everyone refused, arguing that growing only cabbages would lead to a rapid drop in market prices due to the limited variety of crops.
So, unwilling to give up, Ai-chan used some crystal jelly she somehow got her hands on and, on a dark and stormy night, secretly planted cabbages in all the farmers' fields.
And for some reason, only cabbage could be grown on the land fertilized with crystal fertilizer. As the villagers had predicted, the quantity of cabbage far exceeded market demand, causing prices to continue to fall. However, Ai-chan did not give up the villagers' right to grow other crops.
Finally, the villagers, left with no other choice, gave Ai-chan the title of "Cabbage Demon King" and left for distant lands. Over time, the legend of the Demon King spread throughout the world, becoming more and more outlandish.
It wasn't until the captain and the others arrived that Ai-chan, who had been obsessed, came to her senses and broke the curse of Crystal. After doing all this, a portal to leave the World Bubble appeared in front of the Demon King's Throne, which was made of cabbage.
Looking at the portal in front of him and the villagers behind him thanking them profusely, the captain didn't know where to begin his rant.
After leaving that bubble world, the captain and Seele experienced several more bubble world adventures. Faced with this scene that seemed to be repeating itself, the captain's ominous premonition grew stronger and stronger. What's worse, there were no clues related to Kevin in these bubble worlds.
As it turned out, the captain's premonition was correct. After these adventures in the world bubbles, Seele became more and more certain of her idea that there must be some misunderstanding between Bronya and the captain, and she had to stop the two of them from hurting each other.
Fortunately, in the next world bubble, the captain finally found a clue about Kevin, which was about a pre-civilization world bubble.
The timeline is set in the final stage after the Twelfth Herrscher was contained, when only three cities remained for humanity.
After arriving in this world bubble, the Captain and Seele were separated for the first time. The Captain arrived in this world bubble as a soldier to protect the base, while Seele, as in the original story, was judged to be a person suspected of being infected by the Herrscher and was imprisoned in an underground prison.
After identifying the bubble world he was in, the captain immediately understood its owner and began heading towards the underground facility without hesitation. However, due to his low level of authority, even after reaching the underground section, the captain was not authorized to access a significant portion of the area.
The good news is that captains still have the right to visit the prisons containing Honkai energy, but only the upper areas. Captains still cannot go to the deepest areas where the Twelfth Herrscher, Herrscher of Erosion, Bell, is imprisoned.
However, judging from the time it took for Ling to be tortured and killed by the researchers, the captain had no choice but to take out the Heavenly Judgment and try to force his way in, regardless of being suspected.
Just then, a cold voice rang out from behind the captain: "This weapon... Who are you? Why do you possess Kevin's weapon?"
The captain's body stiffened instantly. He turned around with difficulty, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
Sakura is one of the Thirteen Heroes of the previous civilization, and also the older sister of the Herrscher of Corruption.
"Is this Sakura-sama? I am Pangolin 1145, a soldier at this base. This weapon was obtained from its owner for a secret mission."
"Is that so... so Kevin... and I didn't expect that someone could use the Judgment of Heavenly Fire without being corroded or burned. Your Honkai energy resistance and physical fitness must be quite good."
It's obvious that Sakura misunderstood something, but that's fine too, it saves the captain the trouble of explaining (or arguing).
"However, it seems you've encountered some problems. Since both of you are heading to the deepest part of the prison, I might as well lead the way. But before that, I'm afraid you should put it away first to avoid any unnecessary trouble."
Upon hearing that Sakura intended to take him to the deepest part of the ship, the captain immediately agreed. After putting away his weapons, he began to follow Sakura to the next level.
Of course, the captain wouldn't forget that Seele was currently locked in a cell. However, he had already searched the upper area but hadn't found Seele, which meant that Seele was very likely locked in the lower area or even the deepest cell.
The captain felt a pang of worry at the thought of Seele waking up to find herself alone again and feeling lost, so he spoke up.
"Sakura-sama, there's something I'm not sure if I should say."
"what's up?"
"There was a girl named Seele who was imprisoned in the upper area before, and we were quite close. When I came down this time, I specifically went to look for her, but I couldn't find her in her old cell, so I'm worried..."
"Could it be that the child's infection has worsened?"
“I don’t know.” The captain shook his head and said, “I only remember that the child’s emotions have been very stable since she came in. She even healed me and helped me out of my previous confusion. Logically speaking, she shouldn’t have been transferred to the lower level or even the deeper areas.”
"So why was she transferred?"
"I don't know until we find out. Of course, I understand if Sakura-sama doesn't have time, since that matter is more important."
Upon hearing the captain's words, Sakura's pupils contracted. She had originally planned to take the captain to find the child named Seele that he had mentioned, but now she hesitated.
After much deliberation, Sakura decided to go find Rin first, since the situation there couldn't be delayed any longer!
Because of the Honkai, people are quite wary of the existence of Herrschers. Even after Rin became the Herrscher's hostile entity and showed a harmless appearance, it still couldn't eliminate people's prejudice against Herrschers.
Even now, Rin's imprisonment in the deepest part of this place was at her own request, and so many days have passed, yet even as Rin's older sister, Sakura has still not been granted permission to visit her. Sakura worried that if too much time passed, the researchers who were with Rin might do something irrational, so she could no longer wait and immediately decided to force her way down to check on her.
This is undoubtedly a betrayal for humanity today, but Sakura can no longer care about that. Her long-standing worries have long since clouded her judgment, and she can even offer her own interpretation of the captain's flawed explanation.
Yes! After all, Kevin is the strongest warrior in the world and also Mei's well-known bodyguard. His will is Mei's will, so he absolutely cannot show too much favoritism in dealing with Rin, otherwise people will mistakenly think that it is Mei's will. That's why he chose to hand over his weapon to someone who can use it to stand up for Sakura in his place.
Sakura firmly believed this, because it was one of the reasons that allowed her to persevere when she was on the verge of collapse.
Without hesitation, she led the captain to the bottom floor. Just a short walk further in would lead to where Rin was. However, the closer they got to Rin, the more uneasy Sakura felt.
But now there's nothing she can do but pray silently in her heart, praying that it's not too late.
They then found Seele in a room, and upon seeing the stigmata patterns exposed on Seele's chest, they understood why Seele had been transferred there.
Since May proposed the Stigmata Project, various bases have begun conducting experiments on infected individuals in order to create stable Stigmata gene samples for May to inscribe into the genetic sequence of the next civilization.
Without a doubt, Seele is the most successful and perfect experimental subject that Sakura has seen so far. The stigmata in her body are not only intact but also very active, so it is no wonder that she was transferred here for containment. I believe that soon those researchers will take Seele to the operating table to extract genetic samples from her body.
However, since Seele is a perfect Stigmata test subject and is also contained here, it means that my bell is nearby!
At this moment, Sakura's heart was filled with hope.