I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1228 - 1116: How About Having a Child?

"Yes."

After seriously looking at the mermaid statue, Leon nodded and said:

"If nothing goes wrong and no one stops us, the future should be like that... So, could I ask a favor from you?"

"Sure~"

After looking up and smiling at Leon, the little mermaid mischievously said:

"Although we haven’t known each other for long, since you’re planning to pursue me, I can consider you a friend, so helping you with something small is no problem~"

"..."

Who’s pursuing you... How conceited... but charming?

Leon looked somewhat speechlessly at the mermaid statue, having gotten used to her confidence, he refrained from commenting, instead, reminding:

"And don’t forget to bring along those three elderlings."

"Already got them!"

"?"

Upon hearing this, Leon turned around to find the three elder Sea Race members, like three belly-up salted fish, floating on the sea behind him.

So fast... But fast is good!

After checking the unconscious elder Sea Race members to ensure everything was fine and nothing was missed, Leon turned back to the mermaid statue and said:

"Let’s start now, could you help find those futures tainted with demonic presence..."

"Already found it!"

"?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Whoa, that was quick?

With Leon’s somewhat dumbfounded gaze, the little mermaid, looking paler, sat on the edge of his palm, swinging her tail and said cheerfully:

"Hardly anyone visits the Sea Abyss World, so there are very, very few changes over time, often looking the same for hundreds or thousands of years, so I didn’t divide the time very finely, but rather averaged it into segments of about ten years each.

After scanning roughly a thousand future segments, I found only one segment with a trace amount of demonic presence. By subdividing that segment into a hundred parts and checking each one, I can roughly pinpoint your timeframe."

"Thank you."

Seeing the somewhat frail little mermaid in his palm, Leon was silent for a moment before reminding:

"Earlier, I asked who destroyed the Sea Abyss World, what their root number is, and the specific plane. You haven’t told me these yet."

"Why? You really plan to avenge me?"

The little mermaid blinked and asked teasingly:

"I think it’s better not to tell you, because I quite like you now. If you actually avenged me, I might get so excited I’d want to have a child with you, and I’m not ready for that~"

"..."

Damn you!

Looking at the mermaid statue who firmly believed he wasn’t the match for her enemy, refusing to tell him the number out of concern yet unwilling to explain properly, Leon rolled his eyes and couldn’t resist saying:

"I’m being serious here, can’t you be serious for once?"

"That’s a bit difficult~"

The little mermaid smiled and then gently replied:

"Serious people find it too easy to be in pain, they’re unable to let go, so I dislike being too serious. If there’s a next life, I’d want to be someone who lives carefree."

"..."

Looking down at the little mermaid’s somewhat lonely figure, Leon’s eyes showed a hint of regret.

Though she, like William, is of the "Root Race," her character and emotions are not much different from ordinary people, and a normal person cannot continuously struggle in pain, they would try to comfort themselves to stay afloat.

After "Evangelin" was killed, the world’s roots were plundered, leaving her kin to eke out an existence in a hopeless world, dying before her eyes, the once vibrant world was reduced to cold sea winds and silent tombstones.

Thus, rather than saying she enjoys being abstract, it’s more like only such care-free, anything-can-be-a-joke demeanor, even telling Hell jokes, keeps her "alive," avoiding being utterly crushed by an unyielding reality.

"Suit yourself."

Unwilling to continue down this path, Leon turned away and shook his head, saying:

"If you don’t want to tell me, I can find it myself, I’ll be returning to Old Soil sooner or later, so please send us back to our original time now."

"Already back!"

"Huh?!"

"No, no, that was just a prank~"

Laughing at Leon’s shock, the mermaid statue jumped from his palm, lifting her little arms to point towards the sea eye, then smugly said:

"Actually, I could have sent you over in one go, but to make your time travel more ceremonious, I took a little extra of the color of origin from you and created a ’door’ at the location of the sea eye.

If you just take those three down into the sea and pass through the sea eye again, you can immediately return to your original time, fitting right through from where you came, right back from where you left, how about that?"

"..."

Not really... but if it makes you happy.

Following the mermaid statue’s tiny arm, Leon hesitated for a moment then asked:

"Need me to stay a bit longer?"

"Hmm?"

"I mean, since all it takes is passing through the sea eye to get back, the current time isn’t that significant for me."

After explaining his thoughts, Leon looked at the slightly surprised little mermaid, his expression unusually gentle as he said:

"So if you’re a little... bored, I could stay here a few more days, keeping you company for..."

"Have a kid?"

"That’s not happening!!!"

"Tsk, then forget it."

Glancing at Leon’s darkened face, the mermaid statue waved her small arms in disdain and said:

"Stingy! I helped you with such a big thing and you won’t even do this little thing? Just go back already! Out of sight, out of mind!"

"..."

You’re really... never mind, forget I said anything.

Frustrated, Leon shook his head, hefted the three elder Sea Race members onto his back, and tied them to his waist with rope. Just as he was about to dive back into the sea, he paused and turned to the dissipating little mermaid.

"Evangelin."

"Hmm?"

"Will we be enemies the next time we meet?"

"..."

"You’re nuts!"

Rolling her eyes at Leon, the little mermaid pouted and said:

"You don’t think saying that makes you look cool, do you? Hurry back to your future, or I might change my mind!"

"..."

"Goodbye."

After a moment of silence, Leon waved his hand and turned away. As his form disappeared over the sea, the little mermaid’s figure slowly vanished as well, and the mermaid statue in the center of the Ruins Square opened its eyes.

"Time..."

After sighing softly, the mermaid statue closed its eyes, gathered the last bit of the color of origin, and slipped back into slumber.

And with her awakening, the temporarily repaired ruins quickly shattered, weathered, decayed, and discolored, returning to their original dilapidated, desolate form...

Until a black stargate opened and a tall, slim figure cradling a colorful glow stepped out slowly.

"Sea Abyss... no, former ruler of the Netherworld, I would like to discuss a deal with you."

After spilling the water-like colorful glow, wetting the mermaid statue’s tail fin, the figure enveloped in blue light smiled at the newly awakened mermaid statue.

"If you are willing to provide a soul capable of resisting time’s erosion, to help us deal with someone, we can offer you an opportunity... a chance to seize the roots of another world, and let your world be rejuvenated!"