"Father."
"What is it?"
"They chose you to come see me just now. You know why, don't you?"
"I do. They wanted me dead."
"Unfortunately, they didn't know you were my father."
"That's right."
"But Father-what does 'father' mean?"
Shen Ye's heartbeat had remained steady, and his expression had not changed at all.
Only when the other party asked this crucial question did his heart finally begin to race uncontrollably.
This was the moment that would determine their identities in relation to each other.
If anything went wrong.
He would die.
Death meant Entropy Annihilation, the end, nothing left at all.
Shen Ye said:
"I am your guardian, guide, and educator. You will be born because of me."
"Is that so?" the dwarf and the enormous shadow behind it asked in unison.
"Here in this Entropy-Extinction Era, I investigate the problems with the eras and guard your ferry until the moment you appear in the future," Shen Ye said.
The other party had come from the future with unprecedented malice, intent on wiping out everything here!
If he was doing this, his interests and will aligned with its own.
This offered the greatest possible protection!
-And proved his identity as "Father"!
"...I see."
The dwarf pondered.
The entire ship might belong to it, or it might not.
But.
The life standing before it certainly belonged to the future.
He was "Father."
He had already taken the initiative to do what it wanted to do.
And-
When he spoke, it had involuntarily acknowledged that fact as well.
Then he should indeed be "Father."
The dwarf fell silent for several breaths, then suddenly began to chant:
"Niazoto, Kesalie, Serisituo, Bone Fang, Xierwanuosi..."
It chanted a long string of names, more than forty in all, and stopped only after reciting every one.
It