Ash has always been an outlier among magicians.
Most magicians are indifferent, or in other words, they rarely care about interpersonal relationships in reality. Magicians are not naturally indifferent, but the long period of learning and practice, as well as the adventure alone in the virtual world, are enough to polish every magician into an independent and mature individual.
The essence of human beings is the sum of social relationships, but magicians cannot establish new social relationships in the virtual world. You have family at home, classmates at school, and colleagues at work, but in the virtual world, you can only kill fish and dragons. It is difficult to confide your depression and troubles to others, and you can't find common topics to discuss with others. Over time, you get used to being alone.
When you stubbed your toe as a child, you would fall to the ground and wail for a long time because you knew someone would care about you. But when a magician is seriously injured and dies in the virtual world, he will only sigh, like the first drop of rain falling on a hot steel manhole cover, and then the familiar loneliness is like a downpour, instantly drowning out the pain.
A magician may have a family, a career, and friends, but in the end, he can only rely on himself.
Ash was very strange. Even though he was already a legendary magician, he couldn't help sharing everything he encountered and couldn't help caring about other people's lives. Not only could he not stand loneliness himself, he couldn't stand the loneliness of others. For example, when they were in the Far Space before, Weisser often followed behind silently without saying a word, but he never let Weisser stray from the team.
Whenever they made some progress, Ash didn't like to talk about it, but he couldn't hide his happiness in his eyes.
Sometimes Diya felt that they were indeed harmed by Ash. If they developed according to normal magician's development, even if they liked someone, their love would be like a trickle at most, which would be good to have but also not matter if they didn't, instead of being soaked by the storm like now, and still looking for him to share an umbrella.
If they had never met, they should have been able to get used to loneliness.
It was already very uncomfortable for Ash that they were involved with the Four Pillars Cult. If Ash knew that Sonia gave up her career, her interpersonal relationships, and her first half of her life because of him, Diya couldn't imagine how sad Ash would be.
"Are you willing to hand Ash over to me?" Sonia raised her eyebrows: "If your plan succeeds, the first person he sees when he wakes up will be me."
"If this bargaining chip can make you stay, I am willing." Diya stretched, "I can't bear to see Ash sad."
"Besides," the witch paused, "I would be sad myself."
Sonia blinked and reached out to rub her head, but the witch raised her hand to block it, "Don't touch me."
“I want to touch you! I want to touch you!” Sonia laughed and forcefully hugged Diya and touched her all over. Diya kept struggling and wailing: “Felix, save me!”
Felix, who was in the driver's seat, rolled down the window and motioned for Deda Rose to wait for a moment, temporarily delaying the convoy's departure.
As soon as the Claw Sword Saint loosened his grip, Her Majesty the Queen shrank into the corner of the seat and hugged her legs tightly, fearing that she would be attacked by the red-haired beast again.
"It would be nice to have a daughter like you in the future."
"It's not a big problem. Ash and I will have a baby and you can raise it when the time comes." Diya said, "Based on our friendship, I can let my daughter call you mom."
"I don't want to raise a child," Sonia smiled, crossing her legs. "I actually hate children. I especially hate it when they cry. It makes me so upset. Especially when I see how hard my mother worked to raise me, I feel like I'm not suitable for raising a child."
"So if I have a child, I will give it to Ash to raise. He will take care of all the troubles, and I will only be responsible for enjoying the happy time with the child."
Diya smirked: "I thought you would just give up."
"I really didn't want it before." Sonia smiled, "But now I don't hate having it either."
After a moment of silence, Jian Ji said, "It doesn't matter whether I get off the car or not. I have been in contact with you so frequently. After the Four Pillars of the Gods broke through the sky, how could the throne room not catch me? They are not without prophecy magicians. I will be exposed sooner or later."
"The day I became the Queen," Sonia glanced at the seal on the back of her hand, "I was destined to go against the stars."
Diya's expression was a little complicated: "But..."
"Besides, do you think I sacrificed myself purely for Ash?" Sonia said with a smile: "Although the main reason was indeed for Ash, when I made up my mind to betray Stars, I felt relieved."
"When I was little, I idolized Deda Rose, and I worked hard to become the best shadow princess under the stars. I wanted to be dazzling, I wanted to stand out, and I wanted to be admired by countless people."
"But when I became a Sanctuary Magician, a contemporary sword flower, and the strongest of the younger generation of Galashi..." Sonia looked at her hands, "I found that it seemed to be just like that."
"I used to admire Deda Rose because she played out countless wonderful lives in movies and dramas. I yearn for a wonderful life, but I know I can't do it, so I can only yearn to become a movie star who interprets life."
"And now," Sonia winked at Diya, "I have lived an extremely wonderful life. Even Deda Rose's dramas dare not write it this way."
"I never regretted joining this operation. This is the tumultuous and romantic life I wanted. Ash was the only reason, but it also happened to be what my heart desired."
Diya asked: "But you will give up everything in the stars."
Sonia shook her head: "Friendship is indeed a touch of color in my life, but I am leaving too fast, and we will eventually go our separate ways; my mother's home is certainly my warmest shelter, but I absolutely do not want to go back, I do not need shelter."
"As for my title, business, and career..." She chuckled, "My previous dream was to settle down in the Galaxia. But now that I have achieved legendary status, my opponents have become gods, and I am involved in epic events that have changed the world, I suddenly feel that... the Galaxia is too small."
"I'm tired of it."
"I wanted to go to a university in Kaleshi because I thought my hometown was too small. When Kaleshi gives me the same feeling, I will not miss it anymore, just like I never miss my hometown."
"So Diya, you don't have to be sad for me." Sonia tapped the hilt of the sword lightly: "I have thought about it seriously. I haven't lost anything. With my strength, it is not difficult to go back to Fanxing occasionally."
"I want to save Ash, not because of trivial things like feelings, but because of my insatiable personality. I never know when I will come up with new ideas."
"But I know that no matter where I go, he will be by my side, and he will always be by my side." Sonia tilted her head: "If a wonderful life cannot be shared, it would be too boring."
"Knowing what you want and being able to grasp it is the wisdom of a magician."