"...Phew, with this kind of insight, if you were to become a police officer, there probably wouldn't be a single case you couldn't solve, would there?", Su'er sighed for a long time and said with a bitter smile.
His reaction undoubtedly showed that what Think had said just now was all correct, without a single mistake.
"Mmmhmm~, compared to being a police officer, I think calling me Sherlock Holmes would be better, don't you?", Think smiled and retracted her hand, making a gesture of smoking a pipe.
"I'll let the first part slide, but how did you see the second part?", Su'er asked back listlessly. He reached out and picked up a small cake again, but just as it was about to reach his mouth, he felt that it was tasteless, so he put it back.
"Because Mr. Monkey has been trying to create new things during this time", Think said honestly without holding back: "New flavors of food, new decorative styles, new tools... To be honest, such clumsy innovation is a bit cute~, it made me clearly understand what an ordinary struggle is, you know?"
"Okay, okay, you don't have to say any more", Su'er hurriedly raised his hands to stop her. He felt that his cheeks were uncontrollably burning. He never expected that all the attempts he had made had been seen by Think. He thought that this woman would not think about any extra things while she was in her lab.
She was just a good-for-nothing who couldn't even shower herself.
But even so, the predicament Su'er was facing would not change at all.
He was worried, he was afraid, and he was troubled by the value he had lost.
It had only been a little over two years. What if this time was magnified to twenty years?
At that time, he would be forty years old. How could he maintain the interest of the Elf and the Flügel in the unknown during these twenty years?
In just two years, he was already exhausted. Twenty years later, he would still be in the prime of his life. Su'er's reason told him that for Think, the resources he had consumed were only a very small amount, and even if he included the humans in the settlement, it was not much. And they did not have enough weight to make Think break her promise.
But Su'er's emotions were constantly refuting all of this, not believing in things that had not happened yet - it was constantly clamoring, craving to find its own value, a value that could prove his existence, a value that could give him peace of mind.
He could not calmly accept everything in front of him and enjoy it.
"...I want to return to the settlement", his voice became incredibly low. Su'er was surprised to hear such words come out of his own mouth. It was almost a thought of seeking death.
"Ah~, and then?", however, Think was not surprised at all. She just asked calmly. She knew that Su'er's meaning was not to return to that precarious life.
"And then... and then I'll go to the eastern island... the place that Okein told me about in the end", it was not a sudden impulse. What he was saying at this moment was a plan that had already been made. Su'er said slowly: "You still remember, right?"
"I want to know that answer."
The last words that the God of Forge Okein had left behind when he threw him and Think out of that small world had never been forgotten by Su'er. He had not even transmitted this extremely important message to the settlement.
As the leader of the settlement, Su'er thought that Riku needed to know about the agreement between him and the Elf. In that way, with Riku's cooperation and concealment, many things would be much easier later. And if Su'er did not personally appear and explain to Riku, that man would definitely not believe it.
Even if he was tormented and endured the unease in his conscience, Su'er still held on to his own thoughts... The thing about unknowingly accepting the Elf's grace in the dark was absolutely something that all humans could not know.
Su'er believed that Riku could arrange everything after he had enough information.
Only Okein words, only this one piece of information, Su'er never planned to tell Riku.
If that man knew about it, he would definitely go on an adventure alone, wouldn't he... To seek an answer, an answer that would allow humans to stand up from now on and live on this planet like other races without the name of a beast.
But he would die.
Su'er sadly foresaw all this.
Even because he was not yet dead, that man would be happy to hand over the responsibility of the settlement to him again, and then he would happily go to the most dangerous place - that's what Riku would do.
And then he would die.
Not only the dangers on land, but he would also have to face the dangers from the races in the sea, the waves, the sea beasts... That man could not overcome those difficulties and dangers with a fragile human body.
This is something only I can do.
On a quiet night, this sentence once again appeared in Su'er's heart. It was as loud as a bell, just like on that night in the past, urging him.
But Su'er did not reject it. Instead, he was unusually calm and accepted all of this calmly.
Riku would not succeed. Even if he went through all the hardships and reached the place Okein had mentioned, he would not get the answer he wanted - he would not succeed no matter how much he paid.
Because he was not the one with an alien soul and flesh and blood.
"...Is Mr. Monkey planning to leave quietly at a time when no one knows?", Think pressed her forehead as if she had a headache, "With those toys?"
"Ah ha ha, they're not toys, are they?", Su'er laughed awkwardly and answered. To be honest, in the eyes of this Elf and that Flügel, there were too many things that were toys.
"Look, there's a backpack that can make me fly temporarily, shoes that increase my jumping ability, and a weapon that can penetrate things... These are already very strong", he counted the items that the three of them had made out of curiosity over the past two years with his fingers one by one. Su'er indeed believed in their quality and effectiveness, "As long as I'm as careful as before, nothing will happen."
"And you took all those miniature bombs with you too?", Su'er's words made Think even more speechless. She sighed exaggeratedly and said.
"They're just firecrackers. Eh? Wait, how did you know?", Su'er was slightly stunned. He suddenly realized something, "...You sneaked into my room?"
"It was just a patrol", like a queen, Think showed no sign of remorse for invading someone else's private space.
"At least have the decency to be a little embarrassed when you're caught red-handed", Su'er complained with squinted eyes: "Anyway, you two don't need those toys, so I just took them with me."