"Even if it's just to protect myself."
A lie. Su'er then said a lie that he himself would not believe.
After all, the world this woman longs for has already been told to him in that cave where the bonfire was lit - she wants a pure world, a world without the noisy and meaningless great war that exists now, and without the existence of other annoying races.
Think opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but Su'er spoke first.
"Although I can be said to be completely ignorant of magic, things involving the divine will not be simple no matter how you think about it. How many years will the competition between you and the dwarf last?", Su'er shrugged casually, "Ten years? Twenty years? Fifty years? A hundred years?"
"It's very likely that it will last for a hundred years and no research results will appear, right?"
It was undeniable.
Even though Think was arrogant and confident, she still dared not easily make a conclusion about using a part of the divine as a weapon.
If she could make such a bold claim, it would no longer be a sign of unintelligence.
"The most likely situation is that when you come out of the experimental workshop, you suddenly find that I have grown wrinkles, and the next time you walk out of the workshop, you find that I am so old that I can barely stand with a cane... So a partner... let's forget it."
Without any regret, Su'er said calmly.
He had indeed seriously considered Think's invitation to him to become a useless partner, and if he hugged such a golden thigh, humans would live a more comfortable life in this world, right?
But unfortunately, it didn't take long for him to thoroughly give up this idea.
The Elf still have a lifespan limit.
To be frank, Su'er felt that he didn't even have the qualifications to be friends with Think. Even after such a difficult trek, the relationship between the two of them had become much closer, and they could communicate like a pair of ordinary friends... But would you really be friends with an insect that you only saw disappear after work?
Compared to the long lifespan of the Elf, the past ten-odd days are not even enough to take a single step.
He easily came to this conclusion. Compared to wandering by Think's side and eventually becoming an ugly old bone, Su'er would rather deny this kind of thing so decisively.
In this way, even if she only considered his life-saving grace, after he disappeared, Think would still continue the agreement between the two of them out of her own pride.
This could also be considered Su'er's despicable and sinister little thought.
A bone-chilling killing intent was coming from the woman in the pool. Her pupils, which housed the six-sided hexagon, were as cruel and ruthless as when the two of them first met.
"...How dare you refuse this invitation?"
Speaking word by word, Think's voice was like a cold wind freezing this space, but Su'er was not afraid as he was in the past. This man even laughed strangely.
"What's this? These aren't the words that the Nirvalen in my impression would say, are they?", his body moved naturally, not frozen by this killing intent. Su'er laboriously carried the white log and placed it in the hole that had been dug earlier, "...The tone and expression are quite on point."
It was as if Think, who was glaring at him from behind, didn't exist.
"Although it's a bit embarrassing to say, to be honest, the moment I woke up here, my first thought was that it would be great to make a home here", Su'er slowly said as he compacted the dirt, "The light is as warm and bright as the sun, the fragrance of the grass juice... At that time, I felt that it would be a great thing to die and be buried here."
"The so-called sun is a thing like this luminous sphere, floating high in the sky. But from a cosmic perspective, the sun is a star that is exploding all the time. The light and heat it emits from the explosion are transmitted to our planet, illuminating the entire world..."
Su'er used vines to tie the wooden pillars together with force, and his mouth kept talking.
"The atmosphere on the surface of the planet becomes a transparent blue because it is illuminated by the sun. As the position of the sun and the planet changes, it also gives rise to corresponding seasons and day and night, and it also creates different species... Ah, at least it's like that where we are."
"Sorry, it's a very weak and escapist thought, isn't it?", Su'er smiled awkwardly at Think with some shame, "I don't know if it's because I once had it but lost it, but every time I see this little sun, I can't help but feel emotional. I'm still too useless... If Riku were here and had the same conditions as me, that guy would probably do better..."
Su'er's smile became self-deprecating.
"Is that so?", finally restraining her murderous gaze, Think closed her eyes slightly, allowing her body to slowly slide into the pool.
"Of course!", Su'er suddenly became energetic, "Compared to an ordinary person like me, Riku is truly a hero! After all, I still have decades of life as a foundation, but that man is undoubtedly the one who carried the lives of everyone on his young shoulders!"
"That's not necessarily true."
Think interrupted Su'er's words without a pause, but Su'er couldn't pretend he didn't hear this!
"Although I don't know what that Riku you're talking about has done, I think you're already great, Mr. Monkey?"
Just as Su'er was about to take a breath and count the great deeds that Riku had done one by one, he heard Think's subsequent words.
With one arm resting on the edge of the pool supporting her cheek, Think lowered her head and watched the grass leaves floating on the surface of the water in front of her. Her other hand was still fiddling with them boredly.
"..."
Speechless, for a moment, the only sound in this space was the splashing of water made by Think.
Su'er felt the skin on the side of his face to the base of his neck burning slightly. It was just an ordinary compliment, but when it came from the mouth of this proud Elf, it gave him the illusion that the praise was more than ten times stronger.
Ah~ ah! This is it, isn't it! The so-called difference between a good person occasionally doing a bad thing and a bad person occasionally doing a good thing. Is it a contrast? It must be a contrast, right?
Standing on the verge of losing the ability to control his facial expressions, Su'er instinctively searched for a reason in his mind.