Where is Fang Zheng?

Frankly speaking, even Fang Zheng himself doesn’t know the answer to this question.

He only knew... this damn place was quite remote.

"It's starting to snow again."

Fang Zheng frowned as he looked at the howling snowstorm outside the window. After leaving the northern capital, he took Nymph into the forest and found a wooden house. Judging from the wooden house, it should be a place for hunters in the mountains to rest when hunting. But it was a good deal for Fang Zheng and Nymph at the moment. Anyway, the heavy snow blocked the mountain and the hunters could not enter the mountain, so it was okay for them to stay here temporarily.

Fang Zheng had no intention of living in the city. He could guess with his heels that the Temple was looking for him anxiously. But Fang Zheng did not intend to have too much contact with the Temple. Although this conflict was beyond Fang Zheng's expectations, the result achieved what Fang Zheng hoped for. With such a rift, the Temple would have to think twice before looking for him to do anything.

Fang Zheng was hiding from the Temple not just for this reason. He was not stupid. He had made such a big fuss that the Temple would come looking for him, and those cultists would probably not let him go. At that time, whether they disguised themselves as people from the Temple to attack him or tried to win him over to join them, Fang Zheng would not accept any of them.

As for the Mage Tower - considering the advice Rex had given him before, Fang Zheng guessed that he had foreseen something. Since the prophecy instructor asked him not to go back for the time being, then he shouldn't go back.

but……

"I'll go get something to eat."

Looking at the violent snowstorm outside, Fang Zheng frowned and stood up. But at the same time, Nymph, who was sitting next to Fang Zheng, also stood up hurriedly, stretched out her hand to grab Fang Zheng's sleeve, and looked at him like a puppy that was about to be abandoned by its owner.

"Why……"

Looking at Nymph's expression, Fang Zheng helplessly reached out his hand and gently stroked her little head. Ever since the chains were cut off that day, Nymph has been following Fang Zheng closely. Even when sleeping, this little angel seemed to be very afraid that she would be abandoned by Fang Zheng, although Fang Zheng told her several times. But Nymph still seemed unable to get rid of the heavy psychological shadow.

Damn, it’s a loss to kill that woman.

Looking at Nymph in front of him, Fang Zheng gritted his teeth. He originally wanted to take down Brand as well. But with the intervention of the Goddess of Order, Fang Zheng had no other choice. If the Goddess of Order was helping Brand and Connie, then Fang Zheng would still have something to say. At worst, he could just blast them away. But the Goddess of Order had clearly helped him, and even collected all the weapons of that bastard Brand and eliminated his power. After all that, he really couldn't go too far.

That was why Fang Zheng did not choose to take advantage of the opportunity to finish off the enemy but instead just ran away. After all, the intervention of the Goddess of Order meant that a true god was paying attention to him. Right now, Fang Zheng did not have a soul stone strong enough to resist the power of the gods, so it was necessary to learn how to quit while he was ahead.

But... looking at his sister's pitiful appearance, Fang Zheng was still quite unhappy. If that bastard dared to cause trouble to him again, then at that time, not to mention the goddess' intervention, even if the goddess came in person, he would definitely kill that bitch.

Although Fang Zheng had asked Nymph if there was a way to restore the chains, Nymph did not have an accurate answer. She only said that she seemed to remember that there was a way to restore the chains, but she didn't know why she couldn't remember it. Fang Zheng didn't have any good solution for this, so he could only wait slowly.

While cursing Brand's death in his heart, Fang Zheng took out a pot from the space and boiled snow water, then cooked two packets of instant noodles... Fortunately, the things he brought back from the Edge of Tomorrow world had not been eaten up yet, so it was no problem to use them to fill his stomach.

While Fang Zheng was cooking, Nymph was playing with a kitten beside him. Thanks to the kitten, Nymph, who was originally gloomy, regained some energy, otherwise she might have become even more depressed.

It's about time.

While cooking instant noodles, Fang Zheng opened the Dimension Code. He brought Nymph to this deep forest not to enjoy the snow scenery. Whether it was the temple, the cultists or something else, if he really wanted to find them, there were plenty of ways in this world. Fang Zheng was also a mage now, and he knew that mages had many ways to find people. Even if it was a prophecy system, he could determine a general location and send people to search.

Because of this, Fang Zheng did not plan to stay in this world for too long. As the cool-down time of the world copy was about to end, he took Nymph to hide in the deep mountains and forests, waiting for the cool-down time to end. Then he would take Nymph to temporarily leave this world and go on "vacation" to another world.

I just don’t know what kind of world will be next... I still have no idea about the Zerg homeland mission. Hinamizawa is definitely not possible. I just hope that the next mission copy can give me some gains.

"I'm sorry... Master."

"Um?"

Just as Fang Zheng was thinking about how the world should act next, Nymph's voice suddenly rang in his ears. He turned his head to look at the little angel beside him, only to see that she was looking at him uneasily.

"What's wrong?"

"that……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Nymph bit her lip and lowered her head.

"I'm so sorry, if it wasn't for me, Master, you wouldn't have to..."

At this moment, Nymph was quite regretful. As an artificial angel, she should have fulfilled every order of her master perfectly. But now, she has become a stumbling block for Fang Zheng. Especially since Fang Zheng actually confronted the strong men of the temple for her. Just thinking about it made Nymph feel uneasy. She was taught that artificial angels should serve their masters, and the masters had no obligations to artificial angels. But now, not only did her master conflict with one of the most powerful forces in the world for her, but he also ran to this poor and remote place to hide... This made Nymph feel extremely sad.

As an artificial angel, she was totally incompetent. If she were in Synapse, all the things she had caused would be enough to make her completely abandoned. But here, her master didn't seem to intend to do that. This made Nymph feel happy but also ashamed.

"This is not your responsibility, Nymph."

Fang Zheng didn't know exactly what Nymph was thinking, but he could guess a little from her expression. He reached out and stroked Nymph's little head, then smiled slightly.

"To be honest, this is more my responsibility than yours, because I was supposed to protect you..."

"That's not the case, Master. We artificial angels exist for you. You don't have to..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Nymph's eyes widened and she quickly retorted. But before she could finish her words, Fang Zheng waved his hand and interrupted her.

"Listen, Nymph. I don't know what you are like in Synapse. But here, I can tell you that you have helped me a lot. There are some things you are good at, but I can't do them. On the other hand, there are some things you are not good at, and I need to do them. You completed your task, but as a master, I did not protect you properly... I should be the one to apologize to you."

"You don't need to apologize to me at all, Master!"

Hearing this, Nymph stood up hurriedly.

"It's obviously me..."

"Okay, stop arguing. It's useless to talk about this now. But Nymph, I want to tell you."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng reached out and pressed the little angel's shoulders, staring into her deep blue eyes without blinking.

"Don't always worry that I will abandon you, because I won't do that. You are my companion, and you have helped me a lot. On the contrary... I am worried that you will abandon me. After all, compared to you, what I have done is really lacking... Nymph, you won't leave me, right?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Nymph opened her eyes wide and stared at the man in front of her. After a moment, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a gentle smile.

"Of course, Master, I will follow you forever."

Then, Nymph gave a firm answer.

"very good."

Hearing Nymph's answer, Fang Zheng also smiled slightly.

"Then let's prepare to explore the new world."

"Yes! Master!"