Chapter 136: Scenes of the Past, Appointments for the Future
A memory that cannot be forgotten.

Even now, I thought the scars had been healed after a century.

But as long as I feel that deception again, the elusiveness. It’s like the laughter reappearing in my ears, the erratic ether time.

The scene of that day.

It is still vivid in my mind and emerges before my eyes.

The spirit messenger was dead, his chest was pierced. The enemy was an indescribable aggregate that indirectly led to the collapse of many civilizations.

For all the Qi Ling girls present, that could be said to be the destruction of their hometown.

The common enemy of many civilizations.

And on that day.

That malicious gathering, mocking and malicious, seemed to be sneering at everyone’s efforts which were nothing but futile struggles.

Once again, right before their eyes, their only spirit bond was taken away.

Tira will never forget that day.

Her original mission as a hero disappeared after she was summoned and heard that her previous time and space was destroyed.

The world collapsed because of the abyss, which meant that she had not protected anything in the past.

The whole life she sacrificed her life for became meaningless because of the failure in the end.

Therefore, she regarded protecting the Spirit Contract Envoy and helping the young man save his civilization as her mission as a [Hero] in her second life.

But at that moment, at that instant.

The scene in which the young man died with blood spitting out from his mouth and a pierced chest seemed to last a century and will never be forgotten.

Tira knew that even if she got another chance after being disqualified, she still could not protect anything as a hero.

however–

He was clearly immersed in despair and was clearly ready to end his meaningless life with a sword.

That fraudster, that liar, that woman who feeds on the emotions and lives of others and allows her poppy-like joy to bloom unchecked.

She smiled.

Her body shape changed, and she danced in front of the black-haired boy’s gradually cold and bloodless body, transforming into his appearance.

“Oh, look.”

She walked up to the boy’s body under the frozen gazes of many girls.

His voice was as gentle as when he was alive, his demeanor was as calm and unhurried as when he was alive, he bowed, and a leisurely smile was on his face.

She murmured with the corners of her mouth raised.

“——I’m telling you, for an idiot like you who doesn’t even care about his own life, there won’t be a perfect ending, right?”

There are other spirit girls who are unwilling to accept the truth. They are immersed in the lies woven by the fraudster and believe that the boy’s ghost still exists somewhere.

The trickster must have enjoyed the process.

Every one of the people she deceived was a legend, and this must have been the highest pleasure for her.

However, even though Tira’s heart was filled with despair, her “intuition” could instantly realize that those beautiful illusions were nothing but lies woven by the other party.

This person is defiling the dead hero.

She was defiling the first person she loved, and the person she had intended to protect.

How could she.?

How dare she! !

It can be said that in the following seventy years, the reason why Tira did not raise the sword to realize the meaninglessness of her life was because her beliefs were shattered.

It was because of her determination and cold murderous intent, even after traveling through many times and spaces.

We also need to find the liar again.

——Let her pay the price of her arrogant and foolish play with her life.

At this moment.

Once again, I sensed the ether that belonged to the fraud girl, as if I saw the girl in the black sailor suit again.

He gave her his signature smile, blinked, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Tira’s lively smile disappeared.

Extreme anger and hatred emanated from her body, and the overwhelming fighting spirit almost caused the entire magician tower to collapse!

however–

“Calm down, Tira.”

A calm and indifferent voice sounded softly, and a hand was holding back the surging tide. Every moment it seemed as if he was single-handedly resisting the torrent of fighting spirit like a waterfall.

Gently, as if soothing.

Patted her shoulder.

“It’s okay.” The black-haired boy smiled, “I’m here with you.”

At this moment, at that previous moment, all the past grief, anger, despair, and murderous intent subconsciously surged up in my heart.

They are all like lone wolves who survived a fight between wolf packs and returned to their lair exhausted.

It’s like hearing a gentle lullaby.

He lowered his eyes with peace of mind, curled up softly outside with his iron-like body, leaned on the warm straw, and fell into a deep sleep with his head resting on it.

The long hair that had been blown up by the fighting spirit fell down softly again, and the hostility in the eyes disappeared again, returning to its former peace.

“I”

Tira realized that it was just a familiar ether and not her real self.

She looked at the tragic scene around her with an embarrassed expression.

She smiled as usual and wanted to apologize: “Sorry, I overreacted. After all, I do have some old grudges against that liar, but you don’t have to take it to heart.”

As always, as a hero, she must care about her image. In order to become a banner for everyone, she must always be bright and beautiful.

And this time.

She also changed the subject with a light smile.

“Come on! Let’s continue. Don’t let the annoying guy become the topic. You should be in a hurry too. After all, there are many other girls waiting for you–“

however.

Lin Xuan opened his arms, took a step forward slowly, and hugged the brave girl, who was still smiling, in his arms without saying anything.

The sound of the heartbeat is transmitted through the chest, and the tenderness in the breath seems to smooth out the ravines left by the years.

Tila’s eyes widened.

“Hey, this is sexual harassment.” Her voice became smaller and smaller, and gradually faded away quietly.

Her delicate body tensed at first, then relaxed. She closed her eyes and leaned the entire weight of her body into the boy’s arms.

His normally upright back, which held him up like a tall building even when facing a majestic beast, now softened and it was discovered that he was half a head shorter than the boy.

Just like an ordinary, hurt, fragile girl.

“Sorry. It only takes a moment. Can you please keep doing this for a while?”

Tira closed her eyes and whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito. She leaned against him and buried her head in his arms.

Curl up your hands and gently place them on your warm chest.

It was not a ghost, not the late nights of those years when he was pale and bloodied in countless repeated nightmares, giving her his last smile, and waking up feeling filled with empty memories of the past.

But it is real and exists here.
He is her only spirit bond.

In the laboratory that was destroyed like a ruin, research papers were scattered all over the place, wooden boards on the floor were broken and lifted up, and there were cabinets that were overturned.

The boy just hugged the girl quietly, letting the silent conversation pass away bit by bit in time.

A moment, and eternity.

“”.””

As if replicating the scene not long ago, Tira once again knelt down on the ground obediently.

But this time she wasn’t alone.

Because Lin Xuan was now in the same template posture, with his back straight, head held high, and kneeling beside her.

——The witch lady, whose face was completely black, was looking down at the two of them with her sky-blue eyes, her arms folded across her chest, and her petite height.

“Really sorry.”

Lin Xuan spoke crisply and clearly, and his apology came from the heart.

He actually took the initiative to take responsibility!
Tila was somewhat moved, because at this moment the silver-haired little witch exuded a terrifying aura, and even she did not dare to take the initiative to speak.

The silent embrace between the two just now lasted for more than twenty minutes.

In fact, she adjusted her mood in ten minutes.

But because I couldn’t bear to leave, I continued to enjoy the atmosphere for another ten minutes.

Until the white-haired loli standing nearby tidied up the messy room.

With a blank expression on his face and without saying a word, he stood there watching them in horror, and only then did Tira reluctantly let go.

In the eyes of the brave girl, Lin Xuan said sincerely without hesitation: “My careless brave, because of a moment of willfulness, completely destroyed the operating room that you spent more than a week preparing for my heart treatment.”

“I sincerely apologize on her behalf. You can punish her however you want! She has a tough skin and flesh, and has inherited my Death-Enduring King qualities!”

Tila: “?”

Although what you said is true, can you give me back the gentle boy from before?

Even if I am 99% wrong, but you who I miss so much, don’t you have 1% responsibility?

“.well.”

Luo Wenna couldn’t stand the farce between the two people, she shook her head.

Turned around lightly.

He patted the bed and it was made flat again.

A childish voice spoke up, “Well, don’t waste my precious subject time with meaningless questions. I still need to observe your heart closely.”

“Lie down, now.”

Even though it was magical technology that she had never come into contact with, with her level of skill, she was able to master 90% of the technology just by fiddling with it.

In addition, Lin Xuan was incredibly skilled in handling this kind of sudden outbreak, and he smoothed the hair down immediately.

It was not difficult for her to repair the messy collapse of the mage tower.

And I saw that the little silver-haired witch was not too angry.

The two of them also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hey,” Tila leaned close to Lin Xuan’s ear, looked at the witch’s strange expression and murmured, “Honestly, what medicine did you feed her?”

“I’m ready to be torn apart by the spatial collapse and to be hit by the time stagnation to let her mess around.”

“After all, it’s a bit unkind of me to hug you for so long in front of her. I’ll accept it even if I’m beaten to death by jealousy. It’s my fault.”

In the past, we were all partners.
But at the same time, because of a certain person’s relationship, they can also be said to be competitors.

The person who had held her in front of him for so long was able to forgive such a thing.

Except for the fox who is so dull that he refuses to admit his own emotions, so he pretends to be ethereal and calm but is secretly unhappy.

Unexpectedly, even Luo Weina could accept it?
Eh? Did everyone accept it now, and she was the only one who didn’t realize it?

Zundu is fake.

“Ah.” After a moment of confusion, Tila continued to bite her ear and whispered, “Okay. That’s true. If I didn’t have to kill you, I think I could accept it.”

More than ten years of close relationship is enough to cause the relationship to deteriorate.

The Yin and Yang have been separated for more than a hundred years. It seems that this relationship has not only deteriorated, but has even undergone nuclear fusion.

“No way.”

As if she thought of something, a little blush stained her earlobes, and she hesitated for a moment.

Whispering quietly: “Many people expressed their feelings back then, but you pretended to be wooden and refused to touch anyone. Could it be that you have been waiting for this day——”

A cold cough cut the conversation short.

The silver-haired witch said this in an adorable, extremely cold voice.

“Brave man, huh? Very interesting. After this operation is over, I hope you can provide some body samples for my research.”

The witch tilted her head, her long eyelashes blinked, and her tone was completely different from the cold one, “You won’t refuse, right?”

“.yes.”

Are you moved to meet your companions after a long separation?
Don’t dare to move. Don’t dare to move.

“That Mage Tower erupted with intense fighting spirit and nearly collapsed, but has it been repaired?”

The emperor sat on the throne, listening to the serious report from his guards.

Alfonso rubbed his hand between his darkening brows.

His expression was solemn and expressionless as he asked calmly, “Is that the end? No fighting broke out afterwards, and we didn’t see the hero leaving the royal city with anyone else?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Half-kneeling on the ground, Keylan reported respectfully.

As the first guard to come into contact with Lin Xuan and Luo Weina, he has now been assigned a task and become the exclusive contact person for the two guests from the pure white tower.

These days, Lin Xuan has been traveling around the various realms of time and space in the Demonic Abyss Realm.

He also served as an accompanying guard, always leading the troops from Galmoso and following the enemy’s command to fight on the spot.

If you want to talk about Kylan’s purest feelings.

At first, he thought that the boy was a very powerful magician.

But during this period of time, the other party’s identity as a ‘commander’ had an overwhelming presence, forcing him to subconsciously forget his initial impression.

At the beginning, when His Majesty Alfonso gave the young man military power, allowing him to fully command the Seventh and Eighth Magic Legions when rescuing the people scattered around the country.

Even Keylan, who had a good impression of them, felt that it was too much.

Not to mention the elite troops who came to this world along with the fog. They were unwilling to trust an outsider.

It was Lin Xuan who relied on one victory after another.

Hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of people were rescued and accommodated in an orderly manner.

All those who initially had complaints about his abilities changed their minds.

Don’t say anything else.

In the case of a high-risk beast tide, all he left was a sentence: “I will attract all their attention in the city, leaving you half a day to arrive, otherwise I will die.”

“I have given you all the strategic command maps you should give me. This shouldn’t be a difficult request, right?”

——Then he teleported alone into the city-state attacked by a huge tide of beasts, leaving the elite troops stunned and speechless.

This kind of behavior shows complete trust in teammates and willingness to leave the rest of your life to all of them.

It makes them willing to give their lives in return.

Even so, out of loyalty to the empire, Keylan once doubted for a few moments whether this was a deliberate “torture trick” by Lin Xuan in order to win people’s hearts.

but.

The young man expressed his complete trust in them and strategically did not treat them as pawns that could be discarded at any time just because they were outsiders.

As a result, countless refugees were saved.

So whether this is a pretense with ulterior motives is actually irrelevant.

“Is it.”

Alfonso listened to the report calmly, his expression showing no sign of emotion.

He was well aware of what Lin Xuan had done in the army and how he had successfully gained the trust of these people.

It is indeed just as it was in the original vision.
The young man did not seem to think of himself as a very powerful person, but the habits in his words and actions could not deceive people.

He was born to be a leader, to light a spark in the long and eternal night.

Become the one that people follow.
The temperament of a hero.

Half an hour later.

He said quietly: “Okay, go down and rest first.”

Soon after Kylan left, the throne room became deserted again.

The shadows began to stir.

A graceful figure, the refraction of the crystal ball, and a smiling woman walking out of the shadows.

“Your Majesty, we have proven our sincerity.”

Maji’s face was hidden under her cloak as she looked up at the majestic yet young king.

She smiled.

“Even if you are summoned as a ‘Contracted Spirit’ and have regained control of the current situation, immediately give orders to all the [Named Magicians].”

“Send all of them to the Abyss to stop the spread of the Abyss.”

“For this reason, there is not even enough energy to stay behind to assist in the transfer and rescue of the refugees.”

“Even if it means showing my cruel side to my subordinates, I will hinder the evolution of the Glory of the Abyss and prevent the residents of the Royal City from being qualified to receive the honor.”

Said softly.

“Even though you are so cautious,” the woman continued with a smile, “the Abyss still provided you with most of the data points where the refugees are located.”

“So that you can successfully transfer most people to the royal city before the abyss tide.”

“This is our sincerity.”

When she stepped into the hall, the ether around her seemed to become countless times heavier, like cold shackles imprisoning her limbs.

Even breathing was extremely difficult, leaving her with only the strength to speak weakly.

But even so.

Maji remained calm and waved the crystal ball that was emitting a mysterious purple glow.

He spoke.

“And now that most of the people have been rescued, the guy named Lin Xuan has lost all his value.”

In the deathly silent throne room.

The woman smiles.

“This is the final deal.”

“Lead the boy and his companions to the location given by the Abyss.”

“——In this way, the abyss will be divided into your own territory.”

“And we agree that in the long years ahead of you, Your Majesty, under your eternal governance as a ‘contracted spirit’, humans can always be just humans.”

(End of this chapter)