"I'm not sick; this is more of a precautionary measure..."

Chen Hao shook his head and smiled wryly.

"No, those two are just excuses. Your real thought is that you don't want to hurt innocent people. Are those people who have no relation to you really that important to you?"

Norren, looking aggressive, grabbed Chen Hao by the collar and lifted him off the chair. Chen Hao didn't struggle or resist; he just smiled bitterly and didn't reply.

"Your abilities are indeed strong, and your strength is undeniable, but do you really think you can save everyone by yourself?! What are your motives and thoughts in helping people who are not related to you? A sense of mission? Self-satisfaction? None of that! It's just that your moral compass tells you this is the best outcome, so you do it. Even if you save everyone, you won't be happy. You're like a dog on a leash called morality!"

While cursing, Norren angrily poked Chen Hao's heart twice with his finger.

"What about your own thoughts? Don't you ever think about your true desires? A person should live for themselves first!"

Noren took a deep breath, calming his agitated emotions, and turned his head to mutter in a resentful tone:

"Honestly, why would such great power be placed on someone like you?"

"Actually, I don't know why things turned out this way..."

Chen Hao sighed, suddenly feeling that everything had become utterly tasteless.

Does he really have his own desires, or things he truly wants to do? No, all his achievements so far have been imitations of various male protagonists in novels he's read before, including building a harem. He's like a copycat who follows the crowd.

Becoming stronger is to ensure one's safety and make oneself feel at ease. The desire to travel to different worlds for endless journeys is only because of the current situation, which forces one to go with the flow.

He might have a desire and goal to return to his original world, but is there really anything in that world that he would miss? What's the difference between that life of drifting along and the present?

He claimed to want to bring peace to the world and save everyone as much as possible without harming the innocent. But he wasn't actually that great; he was just bound and driven by a chain called morality, and he was willing to accept this constraint.

Because he was afraid that he would become a stranger to himself, afraid that after abandoning his principles, he would gradually degenerate into a demon.

"Tell me, why didn't I just die on the day I suddenly died? Why did I have to travel to this world and live again?"

Chen Hao asked Norren, looking bewildered.

"..."

Noren turned around, her face contorted with anger once more. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly.

"You damned bastard!"

Enraged, he tackled him to the ground, straddled Chen Hao, and punched him hard in the face.

"If you miss, then just die already!"

Enraged, tears welled in her eyes, and she punched him hard in the face again.

"Then why don't you just die?! Why don't you commit suicide before you even know you've transmigrated?! Why do you still struggle?! Why do you still endure?! Why do you still try?!"

Enraged, agitated, and emotionally overwhelmed, Norren relentlessly rained blows on Chen Hao's face. This pure act of venting his anger did not cause him any harm, because the difference in their strength was too great.

"Why are you still alive?! Why are you still provoking us?! Why are you still so naively interested in revolution?! Why?! And now you're saying such irresponsible things!!!"

Noren's fists gradually weakened from the constant swinging, and his hysterical roar left Chen Hao stunned, unable to move or resist, silently enduring it all.

"Could it be that your true desire... is actually to escape responsibility?!"

Noren grabbed his collar and pulled him up from the ground, almost face to face. He questioned him with hatred and roared angrily, spitting as saliva flew onto Chen Hao's face.

"Escaping responsibility..."

Muttering the word to himself, Chen Hao fell silent. Was this his true wish? He did seem to have such thoughts...

How accurate.

How...lazy!

"You bastard! What do you take us for?! Since you've messed with us, you'd better take responsibility! Are you even a man?"

Noren roared, tears welling up in her eyes and streaming down her cheeks. She felt she had never been so angry in her life.

She entrusted her purity to this man with the resolve to abandon everything in the Kingdom of Geolar and entrust her life and her sister to him.

But this man's current behavior makes her feel like she's been blind and has wasted her life on the wrong person.

For my sister's happiness, we must correct his mindset and wake him up!

"I'm so sorry..."

Chen Hao and Norren looked directly into each other's eyes. He took a deep breath and slowly apologized, his tone a mixture of guilt and relief.

"you!"

What's the point of just apologizing?!

Noren didn't say it aloud, because she saw his eyes again, no longer the blank and dejected look, but a firm look full of faith and awareness, like a blazing fire.

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