It will be all right.
The stargazers then handed the choice back to Ning Feng.
...Do you still have doubts now?
"Alice, I really am me."
Although the sentence was strange, Ning Feng believed she could understand it.
"I've finally remembered everything from the past."
"I remember everything from the Dark Ages, from when you were still inside the crystal, to the growing Prophets... I remember all of that."
Upon hearing her name called, Alice's light-colored eyes flickered slightly:
"Alice, it's been so long since I've heard anyone call me that...it's been a really long time."
"You're saying you've remembered everything?"
She gazed intently at Ning Feng, her calm eyes questioning his very soul.
Do you still remember the vows you once made?
"……Remember."
Straightening his back, Ning Feng looked directly at the stargazer opposite him.
“I promised them that I would let them live.”
“I promised that I would lead the way for them, and that I would be the only one leading them.”
"I promised you..."
Taking a deep breath, Ning Feng uttered the vow he had made with the utmost sincerity.
"I will definitely come back."
The last vow made by someone determined to die.
It was also the only vow he didn't intend to keep.
For their sake, and for her sake, the prophet at that time chose to sacrifice himself to corrupt the Lord of Light, hoping to gain a chance to breathe.
Judging from the results, Ning Feng succeeded, keeping the gods asleep for a full thousand years.
But from another perspective, he also failed.
He broke his promise, leaving Alice to wait for his return alone for a whole thousand years.
To the world, he is a hero.
But to a waiting woman, he was the worst kind of conman.
"You haven't forgotten."
"No."
The aura fluctuated for a moment, then finally returned to calm. Alice nodded.
"So, why haven't you shown up all these years? Do you have any explanation for that?"
"No."
Ning Feng had no intention of explaining; given the current situation, any explanation would be futile.
Seemingly surprised by Ning Feng's calmness, Alice raised an eyebrow and leaned back.
"So you still dare to come see me now?"
"…………"
Shaking his head, Ning Feng remained steadfast in his decision.
The space fell silent once more. Alice narrowed her eyes, and her aura began to turn dangerous.
"I'll ask you one last time, Prophet... this is the last chance."
Leaning forward, the stargazer's eyes lit up as he stared intently at the prophet, asking each word slowly and deliberately:
"Do you really have nothing more to explain about these things?"
This is an ultimatum.
"No."
"I have nothing to explain."
In the unspoken silence, Ning Feng never lowered his head, keeping his eyes fixed on Alice.
"The mistake has been made, and I am the one who broke the promise. I should bear all the consequences."
After squinting at it for a long time, Alice shook her head in disappointment and sighed:
"Bear everything... Ah."
With her eyes closed, Alice seemed to want to see this repulsive oathbreaker no longer and was trying to drive him away with her actions.
Just as Ning Feng was about to get up and leave to let her calm down for a while, Alice suddenly opened her eyes.
"It wasn't until just now that I realized you really haven't changed at all."
"I……"
She looked at Ning Feng and suddenly said:
"You didn't actually break your vow, did you?"
! ! ?
"……What did you say?"
Ning Feng's eyes widened as he realized that Alice had actually discovered something he had been deliberately avoiding mentioning.
From the very beginning, Ning Feng's vow to Alice had already left himself a way out.
I will definitely come back.
"After all, you only said you would come back, but you didn't say when you would come back."
This oath does not specify a time limit!
Alice watched with amusement as Ning Feng, who had been maintaining his composure, suddenly lost his temper, and shook her head with a sneer:
"You even lied to a little girl. Did you have any conscience back then?"
Me, you, that...
His eyebrows twitched incessantly, and Ning Feng stammered for a long time, but ultimately couldn't utter a single continuous sentence.
Little girl?
What was you like back then?
"…………"
In such details, it's best to remain rationally silent.
Whether it was Ning Feng's imagination or not, he felt that the whole situation was suddenly going off track.
Shouldn't you be angry?
After admiring Ning Feng's expression for a while with smug satisfaction, Alice teased him in a lighthearted tone:
"Surprised?"
"You don't really think I've never considered these things all these years, do you? Do you think I'm just a self-pitying, resentful woman?"
laugh.
"Put away that awkward pride of yours that leaves no room for words, my savior."
Ning Feng: ?
? ? ?
"The way you look right now is really infuriating."
"It's exactly the same as it was a thousand years ago!"
The stargazer's demeanor quickly changed, reverting to the style of Alice that Ning Feng was familiar with.
She curled her lip and gave the bewildered Ning Feng a disdainful look:
"You don't need to take all the responsibility on yourself."
Facing the man who had always chosen to bear everything alone from the very beginning.
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