[End] 106: Inferior Sincerity
Nothing will happen.
Huaiyan had already considered the worst possible outcome.
The mission is complete; the outcome is no longer important.
So the boy, trembling, looked at the man and finally nodded in agreement.
I fear that once the mission is completed and I leave this world, I will never have such an opportunity again.
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"Baby." Father God picked up the petite boy and coaxed him gently, "Eat something before you sleep."
Huaiyan, still half-asleep, raised her eyes in the man's arms and obediently nodded.
The man has important business to attend to today and seems to have to leave for half a day.
"I'm full."
The boy let out a small burp, then turned around and snuggled into the man's arms.
The boy had a small frame, and when he leaned against the man's chest, he was as fragile as a butterfly.
The Father God held the docile boy in his arms, a faint unease creeping into his heart.
He couldn't explain where this unease came from.
It's been like this for a month now.
The Father God always has this illusion that he will lose sight of the boy in the next second.
But he spent more than a month lounging around in the palace with the boy, neglecting his official duties.
The boy was still fine and showed no signs of leaving.
Although the man was worried, he had official duties to attend to, and there were simply too many things left undone this month.
Those issues urgently need to be addressed, and he cannot afford not to go.
"Father God."
Huaiyan didn't understand what the man was thinking; he simply looked up at him naturally.
"What's wrong?" The man cupped the boy's face, his voice gentle. "Hmm?"
The boy smiled mischievously, his narrowed eyes curving into two crescent moons.
He quickly placed a kiss on the man's lips, then asked, "How long will it take you to be back?"
The boy had no idea about the mountain of official duties the man had.
After all, in his mind, men always seemed to revolve around him.
"If you miss me," the man said casually, lowering his head to return the kiss, "I don't have to go."
Their lips met, and the boy's eyes widened as he muttered, "How can that be?"
-
073 finally logged on at this moment, anxiously thinking, "I almost thought I'd never be able to log on again in my life!"
Since the admonition ceremony, when the Father God appeared and took Huaiyan away, 073 was directly squeezed out of the backstage area.
Now that the dimensional mission is complete, Huaiyan can prepare to log out of the world.
The signal to the backend was interrupted. 073 tried hundreds of times, but all attempts failed to connect.
It was suspected that the Father God might have secretly manipulated the admonition ceremony to keep the boy by his side.
073 became even more anxious.
He went crazy, constantly trying to connect to the backend, and even contacted the main god system and the maintenance headquarters.
However, since this was not a problem with 073 itself, the AI world was also helpless.
Fortunately, after being harassed by a crazy number of people, 073 finally managed to get into the backstage area.
Are you leaving?
Huai Yan was dressed in a pure white undergarment, and her hands and feet were adorned with various gold and silver jewels by the Father God, making her appear especially noble.
The boy swung his legs on the edge of the bed, quietly waiting for 073's reply.
"Of course you can," 073 said confidently. "If I could log in, we would have left long ago."
The boy nodded knowingly, but his expression was somewhat forlorn.
In the vast bedroom, he was all alone, sitting on the bed.
Like a butterfly waiting to take flight, it is about to head to that unknown distant place in the next second.
"What about Bai Li?" Huai Yan tilted her head and asked, "And Lang Qing and the others... are they all alright?"
A month has passed, and it's unknown whether the continent of Seer has held a new election for the Holy Son.
Such a vast country cannot function without a Holy Son.
But the admonition ceremony is held only once every five years, will it be in time?
They left in such a hurry that time; Huaiyan was determined to leave with the man.
They didn't even properly say goodbye to Xiuyi and the others, nor did they choose a successor for the Holy Son.
But I guess it's probably not necessary; seven people would be too much to handle.
If her man found out, she'd probably be sulking somewhere again.
"Bai Li has been expelled from the continent of Seer." 073 said with great joy, "It seems to be the work of the church? In any case, the public is indignant and he may never be allowed to enter the continent of Seer again."
Huai Yan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
For Bai Li, this ending should be a good one.
In this dimension, Bai Li, though seemingly repulsive, sought to take a shortcut to become the new Holy Son.
But she never plotted to frame him.
Aside from the knife used in the admonition ceremony.
"As for Lang Qing and the others..."
073 paused tactically, his voice strange, "I heard that the five leaders seem to have cooperated on something? Anyway, according to the masses, this is the most peaceful time for the five races in nearly a hundred years."
In the past, the demons and vampires would fight whenever they met. As non-human races, these two leaders were fierce rivals, often going to each other's territories to openly provoke each other.
There's a certain beauty in the way a leader disregards the lives of his people.
The beastmen remain as savage and unrestrained as ever, but it is also said that Wolf Green will no longer lead people into the secret forest to capture spirit beasts.
Because they are about to relocate the entire tribe to the Secret Forest after the next New Year.
073 said furtively that it might be because it was in the secret forest that Huaiyan and Langqing first met.
Huai Yan neither confirmed nor denied this point.
The Spirit Race remained unchanged, acting as if they were the only supreme race on the continent of Seer, and that only the Spirit Race was the purest race.
Lucy was still gentle, but she smiled much less, and seemed rather melancholy compared to before.
Huaiyan never truly understood Lucy, but she hoped that Lucy could have a better life.
The situation of the human race is somewhat more normal than the other four, and the one that has changed the most is Zhou Luo.
According to the servants, Zhou Luo used to be an approachable and easy-going person in the palace.
The nickname "smiling tiger" is no exaggeration.
However, ever since the admonition ceremony that day, when the Holy Son was taken away by the Father God, Zhou Luo's personality has changed drastically.
The seemingly innocent, harmless, naive, and enthusiastic smiling tiger, who was actually ruthless and vicious behind the scenes, has completely disappeared.
Instead, a completely new, no-longer-disguised human leader will likely emerge.
The great mage Xiu Yi has been very busy lately, as rumors are circulating across the continent of Seer that Xiu Yi is about to abdicate.
As to whether his abdication was to prepare him to become the new Holy Son, opinions vary.
The Holy Son's strength must be great, and looking at the entire continent of Sai'er, it seems that only Xiu Yi is the most suitable.
However, whether this news is true or not, 073 does not know.
In his memory, Xiuyi was the one who, besides his father, was the one most deeply in love with Huaiyan.
Finally, and most importantly, are the guards.
The guard was promoted to captain, finally having enough qualifications and confidence to bargain with the other six on certain issues.
In short, at present, on the surface...
Without Huaiyan's presence, everything seemed fine to them.
But whether that's the outcome or not is not something Huaiyan should care about.
The time had come. The boy slowly stroked the bed beneath him, then stood up.
He looked around the enormous bedchamber, lost in thought.
He'd actually been here for a month, and he was pretty much familiar with the place.
Even with his eyes closed, he could easily tell which direction it was.
The man was very capable and probably sensed long ago that he had to leave.
The two remained silent, unsure of each other's background, probing and pulling at each other.
Huai Yan thought that he was most likely doing it voluntarily.
Because what is certain is that this was absolutely not forced.
Let's go.
Huai Yan lowered his eyes, concealing the compassion and naive kindness that belonged entirely to the Holy Son Messiah.
The boy's eyes regained their shimmering, vulnerable look, evoking tenderness upon closer inspection.
This was his usual disguise, and it even fooled 073 and everyone in the dimension.
Of course, over time, the disguise ceases to be a disguise.
"I thought you had to wait for him to come back," 073 muttered, opening the system portal.
A breeze suddenly blew into the bedchamber, stirring the bed curtains.
The hem of Huaiyan's sacred robe fluttered in the wind.
His voice was very soft, as if it might disappear into the air at any moment.
"Next time."
If only I could see a man again.
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