Chapter 85

Although the old political system of human society had been overthrown and a new king had indeed been enthroned, theoretically completing the construction of a new nation and a new era... Even for this purpose, Tang Cheng had specially changed the year of Histeria's enthronement as the new queen to Year 1 of the Xian Era. Logically, this side mission should have been completed.

However, strangely, Tang Cheng did not hear the announcement of the mission completion.

Later, after checking the information panel in his mind, he finally saw a hint. It turned out that although the side mission was completed, the evaluation of the mission had not ended. It would only be completed after he returned to the Cycle Space after completing the main mission, and only then could he receive the reward for the side mission.

Afterward, Tang Cheng asked the ordinary youths, and from their mouths, he learned that although most side missions in the Cycle World could receive rewards upon completion, there were some special missions that could only be truly completed after returning to the Cycle Space. After listening to their examples, Tang Cheng roughly understood why this was the case.

Take the New Human Era mission, for instance. Although he had forcefully seized the entire regime, no matter whether he acknowledged it or not, such forceful means would inevitably cause some side effects, and there would always be people who were dissatisfied. The foundation of the new regime was still very unstable. If it collapsed after just a few days, then his completion of the mission would be meaningless.

Even worse, if the challenger were more ruthless and destroyed the new regime he had created, or even brought in the Titans to eliminate all humans, they might receive double rewards. This clearly did not conform to the rules of the Cycle World.

So, Tang Cheng understood that his task was not yet over. How to make this new era more stable and stronger was also something he needed to consider... In summary, although it was a bit boring, it still had some challenge and would not make him dislike it.

On the other hand, although she had smoothly become the queen of humanity, the most revered existence above all, Histeria's mood was not as happy as it seemed on the surface. In fact, one could say... she was a bit sad.

Because she knew that Tang Cheng would soon leave this world.

Unlike ordinary people, most challengers would try to hide their origins from the natives of the副本 world when performing side missions, and would not easily reveal their identities. The Cycle World would also impose some restrictions on the challengers' words and actions, such as generally not allowing the disclosure of information about the Cycle World.

However, Tang Cheng was not very concerned about this, or rather, he enjoyed showing his uniqueness to others.

Therefore, people like Erwin and Levi, who were relatively smart, could more or less sense that Tang Cheng did not belong to this world. Histeria, who was closest to Tang Cheng, clearly knew that he came from another world.

This was not because Histeria was smarter than Erwin and the others. In fact, even the smartest people generally would not have such a worldview-breaking imagination. The real reason was: Tang Cheng had told her!

Once, Histeria could not resist her curiosity and, taking advantage of a moment when Tang Cheng was in a good mood, boldly asked him. Although she regretted it the moment she asked and thought it was impossible, she never expected that Tang Cheng would really tell her that he did not belong to this world.

Of course, Tang Cheng would not reveal the information about the Cycle World that was forbidden to be disclosed.

However, this information was not important to Histeria. After learning Tang Cheng's true identity, her mood became very low, especially when she realized that he would eventually leave this world and might never see him again... Every time she thought about it, she felt like crying, as if she had returned to the emptiness and loneliness of her childhood.

But what to do, Histeria had no idea.

Because of this overly troubling problem, her state of mind in recent days had been very poor. At least, to outsiders, she seemed to be burdened with heavy thoughts. Ymir had always been concerned about her condition and had asked multiple times, but Histeria did not tell her because she knew Ymir could not help with this matter and did not want her best friend to share her worries.

However, she felt she should talk to someone.

So, in the afternoon of that day, Histeria called her senior in the Survey Corps, Petra.

As an elite of the Survey Corps, Petra was not only excellent in strength but also very skilled in handling interpersonal relationships. She was also outgoing, humble, gentle, and kind, and always took good care of new recruits and juniors, so she was deeply trusted and liked by everyone... In Histeria's social circle, if there was anyone she could discuss this matter with, it would probably only be Petra.

So, after Petra promised that today's conversation would not be heard by a third person, Histeria told her everything... about her childhood experiences, the hardships of having to pretend to be Historia to survive, Tang Cheng's identity, and most importantly, the fact that she had fallen in love with an alien.

Hearing her words, Petra was inevitably surprised, completely not expecting such a hidden story. However, she knew that now was not the time to be surprised but to solve the problem. Looking at the troubled girl, Petra asked, "So, does Tang Cheng like you? Or have you told him your feelings, and what was his reaction?"

Histeria shook her head, "I haven't told him, but... I don't seem to be his type, and I think even if I told him, he wouldn't care."

"That's true, he's a lunatic," Petra agreed. Although Tang Cheng was an excellent man, his abnormal personality was undoubtedly proportional to his excellence. "Since you know he won't like you and won't stay for you, why not forget him and try to like someone else, like... Armin or Jean. Aren't these boys very excellent?"

Histeria looked up at her and asked, "Miss Petra, would you fall in love with someone other than Captain Levi?"

"Uh..." Petra was speechless.

To make her fall in love with someone other than Captain Levi? That was impossible. Even if others were more excellent than Captain Levi, the only person she would love in her life was Captain Levi. By extension, wasn't Histeria the same as herself?

Especially Histeria, who grew up in such a tragic environment, still managed to maintain her inner kindness. Such a girl might quickly forget hating someone, but once she fell in love with someone, she would probably never waver until the day she died... and because they could not be together, she would only fall deeper.

Telling her to like someone else was simply a bad idea.

Thinking of this, Petra could not help but feel sympathy for the girl. Although they were both in unrequited love and both liked strange men, compared to Tang Cheng, the man she liked, Captain Levi, was short, neurotic, and rough, and hard to approach, but apart from that, he was still normal and not an alien, and would not leave her to a place she could not reach.

But what about this girl in front of her?

The man she liked was abnormal from head to toe, excellent but a pervert, omnipotent but a pervert, and charming but still a pervert... Well, even if he was a pervert, love could solve many problems, but the question was, would a pervert like Tang Cheng really fall in love with someone?

Petra felt that it would be several times more difficult than eliminating all the Titans in the world.

Her unrequited love still had some hope, but Histeria's feelings would likely have no good outcome.

Sighing silently for the girl, Petra carefully asked, "So, what do you really want? Do you hope he will like you? Do you hope he will stay for you? Or something else?"

Histeria shook her head, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness, "I don't know. I just feel that even if he doesn't like me, even if he won't stay for me, if... if he can still remember me, and when he is tired and weary, he can still think of me and have a chance to come back, maybe... I would be content."

After a moment of silence, Petra suddenly said, "If that's all, perhaps there is a way."

"What way?" Histeria's eyes lit up, and she asked eagerly.

Petra opened her mouth, hesitating, then leaned close to the girl's ear and whispered something.

Histeria's face turned bright red, and she stammered, "Th-th-this... Can this really work?"

Can it work?

No, before asking if it can work, can I really do it? That kind of thing!