Chapter 298: Past and Future (VI) You Must Move Forward...

Golden blood flowed down the sharp knife against her neck and onto the back of Vifiya's hand.

She looked up expressionlessly.

Thesmera shifted her gaze from the table, which was not at all messy, to her and smiled, feeling the body that was constantly being torn into holes and the disorder of magic.

He spoke softly, "Didn't Valega tell you my weakness?"

"Where are they?" Vifia said firmly.

Of course she knew that this little wound was useless to God. As she vaguely discovered that He was slowly getting hurt while she hadn't taken any action, she realized that it was very likely related to Isidore and the others.

So, where were they, and what dangers had they experienced? Was the so-called gentler approach to let them experience danger while she sat here and waited?

As if aware of her anxiety, Thesmera answered irrelevantly: "Do you mind if they know you've been on this cycle so many times?"

She was stunned and lowered her gaze: "Did you tell them?"

He thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't entirely depend on me."

"Your fate has long been intertwined with theirs. The experiences you have with them are your experiences, as well as theirs."

Thesmera grabbed her hand, the palm and back of her hand stained with cold blood. He moved down little by little, and the tip of the knife gently touched the hexagram.

“They saw my past,” Vifiya said.

"Mostly." He let go of his hand. "Maybe true, maybe hypothetical, maybe..."

After a pause, he said, "Responding to the desire."

He smiled faintly: "What do you think they will choose?"

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“Boom.”

The stone fell into the water, creating a beautiful splash.

The little boy put his head on his knees and threw the small stone at hand again.

“Boom.”

He didn't look at the river again, but rested his head on the side of his head: "Fei Yi, what's wrong with you?"

"Fei Yi?"

Fei Yi shuddered, her eyelashes trembling, and looked at him.

She opened her mouth, her throat dry, like a surging river that could not be crossed. After an unusually long time, she finally found his eyes in the vastness. Her voice finally returned, but it was unfamiliar and childish: "Eddie."

He was already dead, died in her arms, without even a trace left. Fei Yi knew very well the reason why he appeared in front of her. Apart from him, no one could easily trap her.

Eddie observed her quietly.

There was a lot of noise around, and she knew what time it was, when he had not yet drifted with her on the sea, and did not know about Samsonta.

Eddie suddenly smiled at her, stood up, dusted himself off, and held out his hand to her: "Okay, Feiyi, let's go home."

She stared at his hand, a hand that was not thin but rather fleshy, a hand that had held hers many times before.

The warmth between his hands was something she hadn't felt for many years, but it was no stranger to her.

The rippling river surface returned to calm.

The cobblestone streets were still unusually wet from the recent rain. The two-story houses were made of gray bricks, the only bright color being the orange-red tiles on the roofs.

Most of Fei Yi's memories of this gray place come from here.

There was no words along the way, only the warmth of the palm remained.

Her home cannot be called a home. A person’s home is not a home.

Although a long time had passed, she still remembered the direction of "home". As long as she walked all the way to the corner of the cobblestone street and into the end of the dim gravel alley, she and Eddie would part ways.

They will always part ways in this place.

My steps became heavier, the warmth in my palms grew hotter, and the uneasy feeling in my heart grew stronger.

Fei Yi suddenly stopped.

Eddie also stopped and followed her gaze doubtfully, looking towards the end of the alley. He thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, Feiyi. Let's keep going and just cross the alley."

After saying that, he gently pulled her over and led her forward.

Two small hands folded.

"Don't go any further." Fei Yi looked at Eddie's back and couldn't help but say.

Eddie didn't look back and continued to comfort her: "It's not scary, Feiyi. The alley is just a little dark, but it's not scary."

Fei Yi frowned: "No."

"Fei Yi, don't be afraid. It's not your fault that you're timid. It's not your fault at all."

She subconsciously didn't want to break free from his hand, and glanced towards the end of the alley which was getting closer and closer.

The anxious feeling wrapped around her like a poisonous snake, slowly tightening her, as if she was in a vast fog, with inexplicable and unbearable fear, a pair of invisible hands, sometimes clenching, sometimes loosening, and no matter what she did, it would not go away. She could not even see the end of the alley, and could not remember what the end of the alley looked like in her memory.

"Don't go any further!" she shouted in a state of collapse, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip on his hand.

The next second after he finished shouting, Eddie really stopped moving forward. He turned his head and said, "Okay, I won't go any further."

The boy was as tolerant of her as ever.

Under her incredulous gaze, he slowly pulled his hand away from hers.

The first time, Fei Yi thought without thinking and didn't react for a while.

The humid air seeped into their open palms, bringing a chill. She instinctively wanted to scoop up that warmth, but all she touched was her own palms.

Eddie kept looking at her, backing away, backing away.

She couldn't help but turn around, just so that her eyes could reflect his figure again.

"But Fei Yi, you have to move on," he said.

Eddie smiled and said, "You've always been smart. You know why you're here and why I'm here."

Fei Yi was stunned. She obviously didn't expect that he would know everything.

Her breathing quickened slightly, as if anticipating what she would do next, and the little boy, who had stopped walking again, stopped her movements.

The distance between them was far enough, but it was enough for his voice to reach her ears: "I'm very happy, Fei Yi."

He stared at her intently, as if wanting to remember her forever.

"I'm very happy to see Fei Yi grow up."

She couldn't help but look down at herself, and then she realized that her height had increased a little, and the clothes on her body were the same as those used to enter the pure white space.

"Fei Yi is even better than I imagined. You must be stronger and braver than before. You must have received a lot of support from people who truly care about you. Seeing you like this, I am very happy."

No, I...

"You guessed right, I appeared here to trap you."

"Actually, I'm a little happy. You're actually willing to be trapped by me so frankly. Didn't we agree? You can give up on me."

"Eddie!" The words that followed made Fei Yi reflexively try to stop him from saying the next words.

The boy shook his head: "Fei Yi, can you listen to my wish?"

She suppressed her panic and looked into the eyes that were staring at her.

"I miss you," he said, "but I'm afraid you won't love me anymore."

Don't be trapped by me anymore. From now on, please lift your feet and move forward. Don't miss out on better people or more beautiful scenery than the ones we have seen together because of me.

"I hope you can continue to love me."

I am you, so please love yourself, including that part of me.

We have never been apart.

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We have separated.

The blue eyes, far more beautiful than the fields covered with flowers, looked at the strange visitor in the distance in a daze.

After a moment, He smiled and extended His kindness to the visitor.

"Hello, my name is Valega."

The story of Valega and Thesmera begins here. From then on, they were always together and never separated.

They also thought that even time could not easily sever the connection between them.

They will also become extremely stupid in the face of emotions. No one in this world understands the unexpected pain better than them.

The human-shaped Buma Lingdare slowly transformed back into the big-eyed Valega.

He looked at the illusion that should not have appeared, and He was never separated from Him.

The illusion, Valega admitted, was beautiful.

But Thesmera, you can't fool me.

The big eyes tried to force a helpless smile, but unfortunately the sun and moon pupils would not change.

After years of companionship, you understand me and I understand you. Illusions are useless to me. The galaxy has been disconnected, the flowers in the fields have withered, and we have been separated for a long time.

The magic that lingered around him was so familiar to Valega, why did he try to entangle Him with illusions?

Compared to this, with His unspeakable past of thousands of years, He would be more willing to stay.

After He regained His past, He seriously considered whether Valega still loved humanity as much as He once did.

〈He〉 is Valega, but he is no longer the original Valega. 〈He〉 is willing to take the initiative to prevent the world from being destroyed, just for his best friend.

That was His wish, a wish He had held on to for thousands of years.

From Buma Lingdal to the eyes, He has learned to do things for Himself rather than for others.

He did something unforgivable to Vephiya, and it was His fault.

Valega fell into an indescribable state, wondering whether he should scold him harshly.

"Thesmera, I know you can hear me."

The six white wings in His eyes spread open, and power burst forth.

"You're such a jerk."

"What does the survival of this world have to do with Miss Vifiya? She is just an ordinary human. Putting aside the fact that she comes from another world, what is the difference between her and every other human we have met?"

He was a close friend, and it was true that he wanted to save the world, but his process was wrong. Even if there was only one way left, was it really the only one? What if there was another solution?

The magic power belonging to Him swept through the illusion. He knew Thesmera and knew where He would leave weak spots.

He will definitely leave weak points because His goal is to fall.

"We are all guilty, Thesmera. The world has been guilty since you brought her into it. I cannot judge you from a high position without getting stained by any dirt, but..."

"We, all of us, all living things, the whole world, owe her."

"Thesmera, you are kidnapping."

"This is an extremely despicable act in the human world, a shameful and contemptible method."

"If you truly feel guilty, if you are truly merciful, regardless of whether you succeed in preventing the world from being destroyed or not, you should send her back to where she came from."

"besides……"

The magic power directly hits the illusion's weakness, and its weakness is also the sharp blade that penetrates His body.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Ah, it turns out that this is what He truly cannot let go of.

Why not tell Him?

Thesmera wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, of course because she knew Valega would not agree.

He lowered his eyes, and a long sword emitting a faint smoke was resting right on the hexagram.