["I hope you can have a good talk with Shu."]
These were Otto's original words to Cecilia. They were spoken with great solemnity, and it was this solemnity that made Cecilia a little confused.
Talking to Shu was a matter of course. Cecilia could see at a glance that the current Fire Moth only looked glorious on the outside. In reality, it was a precarious empty shell.
It had no solid material foundation, no formed economic cycle, and no bricks and tiles that could support the entire building.
This was an aerial castle tied to Shu, Kiana, Fu Hua, and a few other people. It was only suspended in the air by their strength.
Once the rope holding the building broke, or if someone pulling the building had a problem, the building would instantly crash to the ground and shatter.
Cecilia had thought that their Snow Wolf Squad would be the bricks and stones to fill this building, the guarantee to make it more solid.
But it was only now that Cecilia realized that the person who was carrying Fire Moth was already so fragile that Otto had to ask her so formally to come and talk to Shu.
Before finding Shu, because of Otto's solemn request, Cecilia and Siegfried had also collected some information about Shu in Fire Moth.
Wait, what was "Shu's Recruitment Poster"?
Excluding those abstract things, Cecilia did indeed collect a piece of information.
The entire Fire Moth's attitude towards Shu had reached a level of extreme admiration that could be called "faith." After visiting so many people, Cecilia was surprised that she hadn't felt a single bit of rejection or negative emotion towards Shu. Everyone felt a sense of pride for having him.
No one had even brought up the idea of "why can't Shu do more." Cecilia hadn't asked out of curiosity either, because she could foresee the strange looks people would give her.
Although everyone's description of Shu was "he solved many crises with ease," in reality, almost everyone here had witnessed the battle between Shu and the Herrscher of Evolution with their own eyes.
It was a battle to the last drop of oil in the lamp, a victory that was almost a pyrrhic one.
It was the most sublime display of human will and wisdom that people had seen in a sea of ruins.
So everyone understood that the current light was the result of Shu truly burning himself. This light might be extinguished in the next second, so they would not ask for it to shine further.
Compared to the City of Sighs, the people here were almost all saints!
This was Siegfried's exclamation.
This kind of worship was originally a good thing. It meant that Shu could stand at the forefront without any worries, without having to worry about fires starting behind him or being backstabbed by the evil of human nature.
But after understanding the low self-esteem hidden beneath Shu's glorious exterior, Cecilia suddenly realized that this was not a good thing for Shu himself, but a shackle that held him under a huge boulder, unable to move.
And Shu himself had not realized it, or rather, had realized it but was willing to wear this shackle.
The fatal thing was that no one could unlock this shackle, and it shouldn't be unlocked.
A dead end! This was the reason why Otto was helpless.
"Haha... it's no trouble... it's all my duty," Cecilia repeating her words for the second time was very much like urging. Shu fiddled with his fingers, forcing a smile and giving a perfunctory answer.
Hmm... the problem was even more serious.
Cecilia's smile was much gentler than Shu's. And although Shu couldn't detect the heartache in Cecilia's eyes, his empathy honestly shared with him the sorrow from the bottom of her heart.
Sorrow? What for?
Because of Kiana's injuries?
So they had found out after all?!
Shu's fingers were almost twisted into a pretzel. The pale white of his fingers and the purplish red of his fingertips formed a sharp contrast.
"I imagine Kiana must have caused you a lot of trouble during this time," Cecilia said with a smile, then reached out and took the wine Siegfried had brought. She opened the bottle cap under the surprised gazes of both Siegfried and Shu.
"Speaking of which, it seems to be about time for dinner," Cecilia took two small bottles and poured a small glass of wine for Siegfried and Shu. After pushing it in front of them, Cecilia stood up under their increasingly surprised gazes.
"Mr. Shu, may I borrow your kitchen?" Cecilia asked with a smile.
Shu opened his mouth. He wanted to say something, like "no need, don't bother, you can just order from the cafeteria" or something like that.
But in the end, all Cecilia heard was a sentence full of hesitation: "I might not have that many dishes here..."
"It's alright," Cecilia said with a laugh, then winked at Siegfried without any reservations and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
Leaving only Shu and Siegfried staring at each other.
"Uh..." The cold silence seemed to have chilled Shu to the bone. He desperately wanted to break this slow and agonizing silence, but after a long while, he only felt his mind was a mess, and he didn't dare to say anything.
"Ahem..." Siegfried, who was usually eloquent, seemed to have received some difficult instructions. He also coughed awkwardly before speaking. "Hahaha, I forgot to ask. Shu, you should be an adult, right?"
Shu nodded, then his gaze gradually moved to the wine in front of him. As expected, Siegfried raised his glass. "Then you can drink, right! How's your tolerance?"
"I've never been drunk..." Shu said honestly. Because he didn't drink, he had never been drunk. But he could at least hold... one beer, right?
"Never been drunk..." Siegfried put on a very serious expression, then casually sat next to Shu and put an arm around him. "That won't do! A person has to experience being dead drunk once in their life!"
"What?" Shu was surprised. He turned his head and saw that Siegfried had already downed his small glass of wine.
"I mean, people always need to relax. Otherwise, if you're exhausted to death, who will be there to taste all that delicious food?" Siegfried said with a smile. "Not only does your body need to rest, but your mind needs to rest too..."
Suddenly, Siegfried stopped talking, craned his head to look at Cecilia, who had already entered the kitchen, then lowered his head and said to Shu in a low voice: "Have you seen Alahato? Especially the second season, I highly recommend it..."
"Siegfried~ don't drink too much, we still have to eat~" Cecilia's voice floated faintly from the kitchen. Siegfried shivered and gave a sheepish smile.
"I wanted to ask, do you usually have any way to relax?"