"Lysdea?"

Ash's lips trembled slightly, and he wanted to praise the name by saying that it was nice, but the words couldn't come out of his throat. Instead, they were like a sponge, sucking away all his strength and blocking his throat.

"Impossible, your name is Liz, stop kidding... and you're not some innocent girl, you're suspicious and naughty, how could you, how could you..."

"How can you be the first gospel!"

The last word Ash almost roared out. This was the first time he yelled at the little girl in front of him. When he took a deep breath and tried to calm down, the cold morning air seemed to irritate his nasal cavity. He couldn't help coughing twice, and tears came out of his eyes.

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his palms, but his face became dirtier and more smudged the more he wiped. He rolled in the rain for so long last night that the bridge in front of the parking lot was almost broken by the aftermath of his fight with the Sanctuary magicians, splashing countless gravel and mud. Then he rode the nearly scrapped Yafeikong motorcycle back to the palace, and his face was already covered with a layer of stains. Now that he rubbed it evenly, of course it was a mess.

"I'm sorry for embarrassing you." Ash tried to wipe his face with his sleeve. The corners of his mouth lifted a little bit, but the light in his eyes gradually dimmed. "I'm so dirty and I didn't take a shower. I fell asleep while sitting here. I'm so sorry..."

"sorry……"

By the end of his speech, he could no longer hide his tears and sobs. He covered his face and bent over, as if he was afraid to face the person in front of him.

"Love is a comedy. Although it cannot climb over mountains and level the seas, it can make you happy. Intelligence is a drama. Although it can see the darkness of human nature, it can also let you hear the praises of human nature. Only love and intelligence are just a tragedy."

Lysdiya held Ash's head in her arms: "Because you are smart enough to know the truth, and you are affectionate enough not to deceive yourself."

Ash took deep breaths and forced himself to look up at her, but when he saw Lysdia's face, he collapsed again, his heart seemed to break and he couldn't breathe.

He had thought he would get away with it - when he lost Liz the first time, he let go and allowed Ya Yin to invade, not only for revenge, but also to protect himself.

When you feel pain, treat yourself as someone else, and the pain will go away.

But this time, without Yayin as a substitute, Yaxiu had to eat this buffet given by fate himself and witness how cruel reality was to him. At this time, Yaxiu realized how much he had done to Igula and Harvey - what qualifications did he have to think that he was more normal than the two of them?

The only difference between them was that Ash had only just experienced a worst day until now.

Yes, from the moment he saw the First Gospel being changed, from the moment he saw her appear in front of him intact, from the moment he saw her familiar yet unfamiliar face, Ash had guessed everything.

——Liz became a sacrifice to the gods in his place.

"Where's Liz?" Ash said hoarsely, "She's gone?"

"She's still here, just asleep," Lysdia said. "She wants to see you, too, but she can't. The Gospel will clear away all the extraneous noise until the host is left with only the voice that perfectly fits it."

"But why do you still have self-awareness?" Ash regretted it as soon as he said it: "No, I mean-"

"You don't have to apologize. I know you only care about Liz. To you, I'm just a stranger who looks the same as Liz." Lizdiya smiled and said, "If possible, I also hope that she will stay, not me. But I am the only one who fully meets the requirements of the gospel. Even if I give her up, her consciousness will be worn away by the new flute sound... You don't want this to happen."

Of course, Ash didn't want to, because he had experienced it himself. His spiritual body was beaten by 'Gospel Ash', and his soul was forcibly invaded by Yayin. He lost the sovereignty of his soul bit by bit, and watched himself go to destruction... He didn't want to experience this feeling of being powerless and waiting to die again.

"As for why I was able to retain consciousness, it was because I was too similar to Gospel, and because of some adventures, so when Gospel was just about to merge completely with me, I was able to stop."

Lisdiya explained: "If we compare us to clothes, Gospel will feel uncomfortable when wearing you, so it has to change you to the "Yin size" before it can wear you; but when Gospel wears me, it fits very well, so when I deliberately miss a button, Gospel will not feel uncomfortable, and naturally it will not rush to change me to the "Diyin size."

"That's why I can retain my self-awareness and still control some of the Gospel authority to save An Nan and the others. However, this is just the mercy of the Gospel." She saw that Ash wanted to say something, so she spoke first: "Twelve hours after the Gospel Ranking is updated, the ranking will be completely determined. No matter how suitable or fitting I am, it will smooth out all the wrinkles on my clothes and clear the last bit of noise in my mind. From now on, there will be no Lisdiya, only the sound of the flute."

"How much time is left?"

"There are still ninety-three minutes left." Lysdia said, "That's enough time."

Ash had no time to pay attention to her subtext, and racked his brains to think of other ways to survive: "Don't you have a sister Nina? Can you let her come--"

"This is a lie." Lisdiya said, "Sister Nina has never been a candidate for the Gospel List. She is actually on the List of the Undestined, and she is also my sacrifice."

"In order to ensure that every generation of princesses can become the first blessing, the Yisu royal family will find a way to get another princess with a very high affinity to be listed on the "List of the Undestined", and by sacrificing the fate of the latter, they will forge the glory of the former."

"Sister Nina did live in the tower before. The fact that you can't find her means that she has left as a person without a destiny."

Ash recalled that Liz's wish was to 'cancel the List of the Undestined', and he didn't ask more questions at that time, after all, he also wanted to cancel the list. But if he had asked again at that time, and thought about it again, would he have been able to see through Liz's lies, would he have been able to -

"No matter what you do, she will let me come out to save you." Lisdiya said: "There will always be someone who is sad, and she doesn't want it to be herself."

Ash pulled the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh: "I have taken care of her for so long, accompanied her for so long, supervised her studies, played games with her, and I have been so good to her, and she actually..."

"…Are you willing to make me sad?"

Lysdia: "Forgive her for her last act of willfulness."

"What about you?" Ash suddenly asked, "Who are you? Why can you replace Liz and squeeze me out of the Gospel List?"

"I am Lisdiya," she repeated, "I am a true princess raised by the royal family of Isu, the perfect candidate for the First Gospel. The Lis you know is my sister who was born when I was asleep."

Ash was startled, then smiled bitterly and said, "No wonder, I was wondering why she didn't look like a princess... Turns out she really isn't."

"She is." Lisdiya said, "The time she spent with you was her happiest time. She is not Yisu's princess, but she feels like she is your princess."

"Can it be called happiness to be wandering around with a group of us?" Ash looked down at the ground, "She hasn't grown up yet, hasn't been to school, hasn't had a relationship, hasn't made friends of the same age, hasn't been to the virtual world, hasn't had a good look around Nabisteen, hasn't been to Happy Land for the second time, hasn't..."

Lysdia looked at his shaking shoulders, listened to him talk about his future plans, and then reached out and touched Ash's head: "You don't have to punish yourself like this, it's not your fault."

Ash was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Will Liz really disappear completely? I mean, is there any way... Yes, the Lord's Wish!"

Ash wiped the dirt off his face, grabbed Lisdiya's arms and said, "You can make a wish with the God's Wish to create a new body for Lisdiya. No, just refuse the possession of the God, or -"

Lisdiya shook her head: "The Lord God's wish does belong to the First Gospel, but the prerequisite is that the Gospel List is completely confirmed and I can only obtain it after I completely become Diyin. At that time, I will no longer have any sorrow, joy, or selfish desires in my heart."

"It doesn't matter. There is a contract between you and me!" Yaxiu said, "Just like An Nan can control Ya Yin to cancel the gospel, I can also control you to make a wish!"

Lisdiya still shook her head: "No."

"Why not?"

"Because you don't have a contract with me?"

"Why didn't I tell you--" Ash said as he realized, "Could it be..."

"You only have a contract with Liz. If Liz becomes the First Gospel, then you can indeed control her through the contract." Lisdiya said, "But the First Gospel is me, and you and I don't have a contract. Even if I am replaced by Liz, she can't become the First Gospel because of her personality. The First Gospel will only be transferred back to you."

The contract between Liz and Ash was effective separately, not because of fate, but because they had planned it in advance, in order to switch personalities at the critical moment to ignore the contract. However, no one thought that this contract would have a chance to shine, and at this time, the "single account binding" could not bring out the effect of the contract.

"Then let me become Ya Yin!" Ya Xiu said immediately, "Then let Liz control me to make a wish!"

Lisdiya suddenly asked a strange question: "Ash, do you still remember the first nine lists of the Weaving Festival? Do you think you are someone who is willing to waste your life to save a country?"

Ash was silent for a moment. "I can't sacrifice myself just to see strangers applaud me, especially when I have someone I want to see."

Lisdiya nodded. "Yes, then why did the Weaving Festival weave a picture of you, Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Borgin saving the future of the Gospel Kingdom? Even if this was a disaster caused by Miss Annan, and even if you will be with Annan in the future, do you feel that you have a responsibility to make up for Annan's mistakes? And Miss Annan may not think that she did anything wrong."

"The Weaving Ceremony has already given the answer to your abnormality: the person who wants to save the Gospel Kingdom is not you, but Yayin. In other words, although Annan controlled you to cancel the Gospel system, the spirit still resides in your soul."

Ash's heart was getting heavier, but Lisdiya was still saying, "Ms. Annan hates the gospel extremely much. No matter how she feels about you, her first wish should be to destroy, repatriate, and seal the gods, rather than lightly canceling the gospel system. After all, as long as the gods are still there, there is a possibility that the gospel can be reorganized."

"Not to mention that she certainly doesn't want you to become a vessel for the gods. If there is any possibility, she won't let you take Mr. Harvey and Mr. Borgin to save Gospel."

"So, Ash, your idea is impossible to achieve. Someone must become the first gospel, and even the Lord God's wish cannot cancel it."

Ash: "What if I wish to coexist with the gods? I don't need to destroy the gods, I just want to keep my self-consciousness?"

Lisdiya thought about it and nodded: "There is a possibility of success."

Ash was overjoyed: "Then——"

"So, this explains why Gospel weaves the improper relationship between you and Qinna, Nona, and Falin, and why Mr. Bogin and others follow you." Lisdiya said: "In the world line where you become Yayin, Annan should have wished that you can coexist with the gods, but you finally merged with Yayin, and Yayin's will to save the world always prevailed. Occasionally, you appear to be responsible for weaving the plots of the list."

“So, I won’t do that,” she said. “That’s just a dead end that will keep you alive.”

"It's not that and it's not possible." Ash almost gritted his teeth and trembled: "Then let me do it--"

"Don't you have someone you want to see?" Lisdiya said, "You still have many people who need you without Lis, but no one needs Lis without you. She is willing to let you be sad, but can you also let her live alone?"

"Nikonalu is Lisdiya's destiny, and Lis is Ash's destiny." She smiled and said, "Take her fate and leave here."

Ash murmured, "Leave?"

"Yes."

Lysdia said, "Within eighty-nine minutes, you must leave the gospel."