"Heh, you know in your heart whether you're a bad person or not."
"Besides, I haven't denied that you've been helping me."
Instead of dodging his outstretched hands, Alice wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I thought you wouldn't let me take it."
hehe.
"Why? What's the point of insisting on it? Do you think I'd be happy if you left it on me? I'm not a masochist."
"It's just a religious office, nothing good."
With a sneer, Alice explained dismissively:
"There are two reasons why I left it inside my body without completely sealing it off."
"On the one hand, it is to completely control this power and prevent it from affecting the part that remains in Ash's body, so that he can experience the time he lost more easily."
"On the other hand, I need this divine office to provide me with a certain level of divine power to observe the movements of the gods."
"But now, none of that is needed."
Ning Feng nodded silently, sighed, and said softly:
"Yes, we don't need to anymore."
On the one hand, Ash had already passed away contentedly.
On the other hand, Alice is no longer the "Stargazer" who needs to shoulder everything alone; there are other people to entrust her with other matters.
So he said:
"Don't worry, I'll take responsibility... um."
As Ning Feng spoke, his lips were gently sealed by a soft kiss from below.
When their lips parted this time, Ning Feng smiled and gently stroked the hair of the person in his arms.
Alice lay back down with a smile, hugging the clothes draped over her body, her expression suggestive:
"Of course you will take responsibility, and not just for that one thing."
Ning Feng tightened his arms around her waist, rested his chin on Alice's head, and chuckled softly:
"Yes, I will. I will take full responsibility."
"That's more like it."
Lying in her large, warm embrace, Alice suddenly yawned loudly and gradually felt her eyelids getting heavy.
"Hmm, I'm feeling a little sleepy..."
Alice's strength doesn't actually require sleep; sleep is just a habit. But at this moment, she was still about to fall asleep.
Because she was too tired.
Alice hadn't slept like this in a long time. In these thousand years, she had never dared to relax her consciousness for a moment, always keeping a close watch on the world to guard against the infiltration of supernatural beings and gods.
Now, just as the god is about to return, at a time when Alice should be at her most tense, she actually feels a sense of relief.
He's back, and she's relieved.
"It's okay, go to sleep whenever you want."
Since he said so, it's okay to slack off a little, right?
The gentle voice in her ear gradually faded into the distance, eventually leading her into tranquility.
"Get some rest, I'll take care of everything."
Using a long robe to cover her fair and somewhat slender body, Ning Feng gently picked her up and carried her out of the top floor of the tower.
Holding the sleeping Alice, he slowly walked through the Sky City.
Ning Feng didn't need a guide; he knew everything about this place and knew where every road led.
They walked through the dimly lit corridors, moving softly through the deserted tower, their faint footsteps echoing in the winding passageway.
Ning Feng's gaze swept over the portraits hanging on the corridor walls. Everyone who was qualified to leave their portrait here was a hero of the Watchers or even an ordinary person.
And coincidentally, he knew each of their names, life stories, and deeds... He secretly accompanied them for a period of time.
These people came from different backgrounds and may have made mistakes in the past, but in the end, they all deserve to be called heroes.
"…………"
Ning Feng stopped in his tracks and turned his gaze to the top of all the portraits, to the figure wearing a hood that obscured his face.
The first president of the Watchers should have been the position of the Prophet, but Ning Feng knew the truth behind it: the "president" was actually played by Alice.
And this is only a tiny part of what she has done.
After pausing for a while, Ning Feng withdrew his gaze and led Alice to her bedroom, which she hadn't been back to for a long time.
He placed Sleeping Beauty on the large bed, tucked her in, and gently kissed her forehead, softly saying:
"Get some rest, I have some things to take care of."
I walked out of the bedroom, closed the door, and took one last look at her peaceful sleeping face.
"…………"
As Ning Feng stood at the door, his aura instantly changed, shifting from the warmth of spring to the icy chill of winter.
The aura spreading from the soul was as dark as ink, like the darkness that devours its prey.
As he walked, Ning Feng lightly tapped the wall with his fingertips.
Tap, tap, tap...
The gods and saints intervened, and they almost succeeded.
If I don't come back.
If Alice had to deal with it all by herself...
"…………"
This matter absolutely cannot be left unresolved.
The knocking sound disappeared, and so did his figure.
The vast floating city returned to silence, but this time, it was no longer lonely.
...
...
"Keynes!!!"
"You're insane!!!"
Painful wails and terrified roars filled the council hall of the Silver Council.
The incident happened very suddenly.
After everyone reached an agreement, just as they were preparing to hold a banquet to celebrate the bright future, death came.
The Eli family's extraordinary power surrounded the council hall, forcing everyone inside, and then they began a massacre without hesitation.
The nobles were certainly not fish to be slaughtered at will, but compared to the well-prepared assassins, their conventional countermeasures were not very effective.
Moreover, what these pampered nobles never dreamed of was that they would be betrayed by their own people when they were at the height of their success.
The Eli family was just a pawn; the real mastermind behind everything was the Jasmine family!
But this shouldn't be happening!
Didn't we all make an oath?
Has Keynes gone mad?
Do you know what you're doing?!
"You actually attacked your ally! You're betraying the Silver Alliance!"
The cold-blooded old man remained expressionless, sitting upright on the high platform, looking down at the angry crowd below, ignoring all the curses.
"betray?"
Upon hearing this word, Keynes' expression finally changed, and he looked at the nobleman who had rebuked him.
“I know exactly what I’m doing, better than any of you.”
He looked at this group of insects, who had long since discarded their honors in the stinking ditch, and spoke coldly:
"It is you who have betrayed the Silver Pact."
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