Leng: Queen, Don't Worry About Retiring

The moment the diary content was updated, Keisha, through a dark space link, sent comfort to all angels who had a copy of the diary:

"Calm down."

Her voice was calm and powerful, like a stabilizing needle, instantly suppressing the stormy waves in the angels' hearts.

"This is just—a future that hasn't happened yet."

This sentence gradually calmed all the angels.

That's right.

These things... haven't happened yet.

However, Keisha's next sentence made several little angels' hearts rise again:

"And even if I'm really gone, you should be strong and lead the angels toward a beautiful future."

Angel Leng: The Queen is invincible, how could she...

Angel Yan: Queen... How could such a thing happen...

Azhui: No, Queen...

Lingxi: Wuwuwu, Queen, we can't live without you...

Zhixin: Queen... We...

"Fledglings must learn to fly," Keisha's voice carried a rare trace of gentleness.

"I can't... be your guide forever."

Keisha's voice echoed in the ears of the little angels, with an undeniable decisiveness:

"The Angel Civilization has existed for tens of thousands of years. In this long period, we have experienced prosperity and decline, victory and sacrifice."

"But no matter what happened, the angels have survived."

"Because the 'justice' of angels has never been based on one person."

"It is built in the heart of every angel who believes in and practices justice."

Yan and the others seemed to see a gentle and gratified smile on Keisha's face.

"So, even if I really 'go offline,' the angels will not fall."

"The order of justice will still continue."

"Because you... are the new 'pillars'."

"Queen..." Yan's voice trembled for the first time, "Can we... do it?"

"Yes," Keisha said without hesitation.

"Because you... are the warriors I chose, the children I trust, and... the future of the angels."

Her voice was sonorous and powerful, with absolute confidence:

"So, don't be afraid of the future."

"Because the future... is in your hands."

[Although Keisha was actually just tired and didn't want to do it anymore—I can run, but I won't. I'm just tired and want to retire, is that not allowed?]

The gratified smile that had been on Keisha's face froze the next second.

The corners of her eyes couldn't help but twitch.

What the hell... I just gave them a good lecture, and you pull this stunt behind my back?

Doesn't Keisha have any pride?

The angels who had been deeply moved by Keisha's words of "inheritance," "responsibility," and "future" just now...

At this moment, looking at the line in the diary, "I can run but won't run," their moods were indescribably complex.

It was as if... you were shedding tears for a tragic future, preparing to fight to the death, and suddenly someone told you--

"Stop crying, the protagonist just didn't want to work anymore and deliberately threw the game."

This feeling plunged all the angels into an eerie silence.

Merlo Heavenly Court.

Hexi was the first to break down and chuckled.

"Cough cough..." She quickly covered her mouth, but her shoulders were still trembling slightly.

"Hahaha, I can run, but I just won't run, haha, this old woman is so accurate!"

Keisha looked at her expressionlessly, her eyes filled with "Do you want to die?"

But Hexi wasn't afraid at all; instead, she laughed even harder:

"I'm tired, I don't want to do this anymore, I just want to retire."

Hexi reached out and wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes.

"Oh my, our King of Gods is just being willful."

Keisha: "..."

She suddenly felt that her moving and heartfelt speech just now seemed... a little redundant.

Isolated Villa.

Yan and Azhui exchanged a look, seeing a sense of wry amusement in each other's eyes.

"Sister Yan..." Azhui said softly, "Is the Queen... really retiring because she's 'tired'?"

"...I don't know." Yan put a hand to her forehead. "But it's written like this in the diary... maybe... it's possible?"

After all, the Queen had indeed led the Angels for tens of thousands of years.

Tens of thousands of years of war, tens of thousands of years of responsibility, tens of thousands of years of... loneliness.

If one day, she truly felt tired and wanted to rest...

It seemed... not entirely incomprehensible?

"But..." Azhui hesitated. "The Queen just said..."

"That she wants us to inherit her will and lead the Angels to the future?" Yan gave a wry smile. "That was probably... her preemptive warning to us?"

"Huh?"

"Meaning," Yan explained, "'I'm tired, I don't want to do this anymore, this mess is yours now, so do a good job and don't disappoint me'."

Azhui: "..."

This explanation... somehow... actually made a lot of sense?

Freyja.

Zhixin stared blankly at the diary, her scientific mind whirring at full speed:

"If the Queen truly chose to 'go offline' because she was 'tired', then her act of 'going offline' could be seen as a proactive 'strategic retreat' or 'handover of responsibility'..."

"Therefore, the detonation of Emerald Star and being blown to pieces might just be 'acting'..."

"The purpose was to 'exit gracefully' while simultaneously... creating 'growth space' for Sister Yan and the next generation of Angels..."

The more she thought about it, the more logical it seemed.

After all, with the Queen's abilities, if she had truly wanted to escape, who could have stopped her?

But she didn't run.

Why?

Because... she didn't want to run.

She wanted to "get off work."

This conclusion made Zhixin suddenly feel... a lot lighter.

If the Queen had truly chosen to "go offline" proactively, then her "death" was not a tragedy.

Merlo Heavenly Court.

Angel Leng's expression shifted from shock to confusion, and then to... relief.

"So... that's how it is." she murmured to herself. "The Queen... was just tired."

This explanation suddenly dispelled the lingering obsession in her heart that "the Queen is invincible, how could she possibly lose."

Yes, the Queen was human too, and she got tired.

She had protected the Angels for tens of thousands of years, and it was time... for her to rest.

"So..." Leng looked at Lingxi. "Queen, what you said just now, was it actually... settling affairs?"

Lingxi: "...(Sister Leng, don't you think this question is a bit beyond my scope?)"

Without waiting for Lingxi's reply, Angel Leng directly sent a "message" to Keisha through the diary system:

"Queen! Please retire with peace of mind -- we will definitely lead the Angels to a better future!"