Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 207 - 031. The Wedding Across Spacetime

Chapter 207: 031. The Wedding Across Spacetime

Adam’s words had thoroughly enraged the followers of the Children of Fire Church. They angrily raised their guns, their bodies painted red like flames, shouting "Burn him to death," "Sacrifice him," "You have no right to say that."

At this, both Amanda’s subordinates and the young officers could no longer sit idly by; they began to raise their weapons and aim them at each other.

Just a day before, they had been comrades-in-arms, united in resistance against the colonizers and their collaborators, but now they were at each other’s throats over a matter of belief.

Seeing that the situation was on the brink of internal upheaval, Li Aozi was ready to intervene, to use Gravity to completely suppress these disappointing fellows, when Alicxia suddenly stood up, carrying a briefcase, and strode forward.

Li Aozi was taken aback, then he pulled out an earpiece translator from his pocket and tossed it to her.

"Catch."

Smack.

Alicxia raised her hand, caught the translator, and hung it on her ear. She walked confidently, exuding a confidence that the new generation had never shown before.

"Excuse me, coming through."

Her footsteps were firm and powerful. Her boots hit the ground like cannonballs, making it impossible for people to ignore her presence as she squeezed through the crowd — or rather, as soon as people saw Alicxia Yimanuel Justin in uniform, they subconsciously made way for her.

Her expression was calm and serious but not off-putting; her long braid swayed with her steps. She walked into the center of the crowd, threw down her briefcase, and a mechanical device immediately deployed on the ground into a lectern as she wished. The moment she stepped onto the lectern, all eyes were drawn to her, silently observing this girl blossoming like an iris.

"Excuse me, all you oppressed and colonized victims, but I need you to listen to me now,"

She touched her chest and nodded in apology, then continued,

"I am Alicxia, Alicxia Yimanuel Justin, a ghost from the old era."

"I know this may sound abrupt, but after witnessing your behavior and hearing your words and thoughts, I must point something out."

Her speech was slow, deliberate, accentuating each word, and everyone listened intently, riveted to her speech.

The next moment, Alicxia nodded slightly and said,

"You fools, idiots, brutes! Such a group of fools, stupider than frozen fish!"

The crowd below erupted, just about to heap abuse on her, when Alicxia spoke again with a deep voice,

"Who now wants to destroy you? Who is your enemy? Who is the one who has harmed you the most?"

"Is it your compatriots? The comrades whose guns you point, yet who carry justice and fervor?"

With these words, people shut their mouths. Alicxia continued with unyielding force, her words ringing out sharply and bringing people to a sobering reality,

"You carry rifles, your bodies outfitted with titanium exoskeletons and silicon chip implants, yet your actions are as shallow as those of pirates and bandits."

"Any secondary conflicts should be addressed only after the primary ones have been resolved."

Adam lowered his head in shame, struck by a soft spot in his psyche by Alicxia’s speech.

"However, this does not mean that evil and ignorance should be overlooked."

Alicxia raised her hand, with gold wrapping around her arm like ears of wheat, and in her raised hand, she held a gavel.

"I am not a judge, I am a prosecutor, a former Conviction Officer."

She turned her gaze towards the followers of the Children of Fire, in whose trembling figures were reflected in her dark golden eyes.

"I merely bring a public prosecution, revealing the sin, and as for judgment and forgiveness,"

She deftly struck the gavel down on the void.

Bang—

Thousands of followers of the Children of Fire fell to their knees, their mouths involuntarily opening, confessing the crimes they had committed.

"Under the guise of preaching, I once abducted a girl..."

"I killed two boys and took their hearts as a sacrifice to the deities," he said.

"I, I was tempted by the price offered under the Third Rule and betrayed the hiding place of the guerrilla members," he continued.

"It wasn’t me, it wasn’t—it was me, I secretly trafficked women," he confessed.

She stood in the center of the crowd, making the criminals kneel and plead their case, decisively discerning right from wrong.

Alicxia did not pass judgment on them, she stepped down from the platform amid the changing jeers of the people, quietly exited the scene, left the crowd, and approached Li Aozi.

Li Aozi was crossing his arms, the golden ring in his eyes fading.

He hadn’t used Gravity, yet these people had knelt and confessed their crimes because of Alicxia.

So this is what a "Judge" is, people of the old era, though not masters of the Pathway, they still had their own proud path.

"Thank you," she said.

Alicxia held a briefcase in both hands and spoke with a smile.

"It seems you’ve found a reason to live," Li Aozi remarked, "There’s a light in your eyes now, and it looks beautiful."

"Yes," Alicxia turned her head, looking towards the crowd.

After their crimes were declared, the followers of the Children of Fire were no longer arrogant and domineering, they had become submissive, with leverage in the hands of others.

"The Goddess of Justice wields a scale and a sword, justice too requires martial force to maintain."

The "Judge" spoke cheerfully:

"The era of Yamiriko has ended, but as long as there is injustice in the world, people will continue to fight."

"I came with the hopes of the old era, though this era is not beautiful, those who aspire to beauty are always the same."

"Do you want to rebuild Yamiriko?" Li Aozi asked curiously.

However, Alicxia shook her head and said:

"No, since we failed, it means you have your own path to walk, a new era more suitable for the Azure Star People must be pioneered by you. Any happiness must be fought for by oneself, what others bestow will always belong to others."

"I like that saying," Li Aozi extended his hand, "Li Aozi, just a regular superpower user, currently working to overthrow the colonizers."

"I am Alicxia," the "Judge" took his hand and said, "A person from the old era, giving this to the bride of the future. According to the contract, you meet the evaluation criteria of the General Affairs Bureau as a compatible partner, which makes you my fiancé."

With that, she kneeled on one knee, the gold in her palm melted and reshaped, solidifying into a ring.

"Will you marry me, Mr. Li Aozi?"

—She had just shaken his hand; she couldn’t have been measuring his finger size, could she?

Li Aozi’s eyelid twitched:

"To be honest, I’m not quite ready for marriage yet, and, Miss Alicxia, since when does a woman give a man a ring...?"

—Pfft—

Yet, his words only made Alicxia unable to hold back her laughter.

"Why laugh?" he asked.

"People of later generations, truly conservative," she remarked.

Alicxia tilted her head playfully and said:

"In our time, it was the custom for women to propose to men."