The Handbook for Completing Demi-Human Girls

Chapter 662: Falling in Love Must Be Before Dusk

"Do you know exactly what you are saying, Elizabeth?"

Fisher walked quickly to Elizabeth's side reaching out to press her shoulders, turning her facing the direction of the ocean towards himself, following which looking directly into her eyes extremely strictly.

And Elizabeth was also led by Fisher without any resistance, even the wine bottle hollowly cupped in her hands fell into the ocean.

"Are you absolutely sure you haven't been influenced by Pandora's prosthetic eyes? Are you sure you haven't been imperceptibly influenced by her power? Black and Anna five years ago, until death they thought it was their own thoughts. You are also thinking like this right now, is that right?"

Facing Fisher pressing her shoulders questioning before her eyes, Elizabeth merely smiled looking at him, allowing him to attempt persuading herself with words.

"This pair of prosthetic eyes currently embedded in your eye sockets, she originates from the most powerful force in this world. There was once an angel beneath Demigod who bafflingly and unaccountably perished and formed it, it's highly likely it has already been polluted by chaos. She is your eyes, able to let you see what she wants you to see, instilling into you those thoughts she wants you to think. This kind of imperceptible concept isn't terrifying, what's terrifying is you firmly believing it to be true, self-righteously thinking you can control her with a mortal body..."

"Pandora, Sariel? Right? The names of those Archangels? But you thought wrong, the prosthetic eye isn't her, but a completely new consciousness. For so many years she has always been in my mind, did you think she would tamper with my desires like how I used words and suggestions to bewitch Black? Or like a sycophantic official whispering in my mind imperceptibly altering my thoughts? No, you are wrong, Fisher, she has always only been a bystander from beginning to end."

"That's also only what you think, Elizabeth, this could entirely be..."

"Could it be she exerted her efficacy yet I am ignorant of it myself?"

Elizabeth with her shoulders pressed smiled saying the words Fisher was about to say, incidentally even reaching out her hand to touch Fisher's cheek, continuing to say to him."Hehe, Fisher, believe me, the things I, a mere mortal, know are far, far more than you imagine... Let's not talk about these okay, I still have to let the people below arrange anew the honeymoon ruined by this gang of guys."

"Elizabeth, right now is not the time for honeymoon, look over there yourself..."

Fisher stretched out his finger pointing above the sea surface in the distance. At dusk, the scarlet color breaking open above the celestial vault was still that conspicuous.

"Fine, even if we first bypass whether you've been influenced by the prosthetic eyes or not, just look over there, the omens of the outsiders' invasion in the World-Ending Prophecy are already so obvious. Right now it's already a time extremely urgent, the entire world is put on fire to roast, especially you. The power of the chaotic Outer God growing in your eyes named 'Trinity of Death', how do you expect me to feel at ease?"

Elizabeth sighed a breath, rubbing her own glabella. Following which she then had to extremely patiently question Fisher in return.

"Yeah, but Fisher, as a scholar after such a long time shouldn't you be more adept at grasping the crux of the problem? Have you ever thought of such a possibility, that the so-called annihilation only targets the original deities of this world? This 'World-Ending Prophecy' is nothing but a death declaration targeting these deities, nothing but Them urgently needing reinforcement thus tying the entire world onto Their chariot of shared life and death..."

"What did you say?"

Fisher slightly blanked. At this moment he indeed hadn't expected Elizabeth would rebut himself from this angle. Yet immediately following, Elizabeth sneered again, looking at the scarlet color in the distance continuing to open her mouth saying.

"Fisher, you even mentioned 'Trinity of Death', indicating you already have some understanding of these powers the gods denounce as 'chaos' right? Then you should at least also understand the meaning of Trinity of Death right? The so-called Trinity of Death, represents the trinity of death, Death of Animals, Death of Wisdom, Death of Gods... This is not only three parallel yet unified similar concepts, but also contains distinctly different distinctions from each other... This means, the deity possessing this Authority is also a trinity, the true bodies of the [End of Impurity] are three deities, They share the exact same Authority from the god."

At this moment, Fisher was completely stunned by the secrets revealed from Elizabeth's mouth, together with the words he wanted to rebut momentarily paused in his throat.

"You should know, under the blockade of the gods if the power of chaos grows it needs to grow. Since when did Pandora's prosthetic eyes get implicated with the death chaos outside? She awakened from the Ideal State erupting from the Authority of Death, the only power she came into contact with was only the Goddess of Death's power. But right now, the power of impurity continues to grow sturdily under my control, why is this?

"Because, the Goddess of Death Hela is exactly one body of the End of Impurity, She is the [Death of Wisdom] among the three types of death. And the so-called chaos outside The Ultimate at this moment, is one of Her original triplet sisters [Death of Gods]. Hela's Authority of Death was originally exactly the death chaos Authority outside, so the prosthetic eyes tainted with Hela's aura can communicate with the deity outside The Ultimate.

"And did you think Hela's unconsciousness within the world was Her own volition? No, She was coaxed, imprisoned by the gods, reduced to Their unconscious tool maintaining the Order of the world. And right now Her sisters blocked outside The Ultimate viewed as invaders are exactly here to release Hela, settling accounts for the crimes of the gods."

After finishing saying all this, Elizabeth then pointed at her own prosthetic eyes, looking at Fisher continuing to ask in return.

"What other chaos it is I don't know, but Fisher have you exactly thought about it or not, what exactly is the reason this World-Ending Prophecy was produced? Could it be our world has original sin since birth, so it has to be destroyed for no reason? No, this is because the deities who created this world committed sins, and we are merely implicated through guilt by association. Why must we bear the sins They committed, just because we are Their creations?"

Fisher looked at Elizabeth before his eyes lightly stating so much information. Until this moment he then barely realized, this woman before his eyes who shared a bed with him for several days actually knew no less things than him.

But his train of thought wasn't disrupted by Elizabeth's evasive words. Even no matter how the current situation changed, there are some things that still won't change.

"Elizabeth, the invasion of chaos isn't only targeting the deities themselves, but also everything They constructed. How They themselves are I don't care, but all our existing Rules are constructed by Them. Once They perish the Rules will inevitably collapse as well, isn't that collapsing crevice in the sky exactly the proof?"

"What's wrong with the existing Rules collapsing?"

However, Elizabeth merely looked at Fisher, suddenly calmly opening her mouth asking in return like this, making Fisher feel unbelievable all at once.

"Do you know or not what the collapse of Rules means? You haven't witnessed with your own eyes the appearance of death erupting and chaos eroding Rules, I have seen it. You don't know how many people will die from the collapse of Rules, how many living beings of this world will perish, I know..."

Ten thousand years ago when the Authority of Death erupted, he possessed seen the Authority of Death swallowing all living beings around regardless of rank. He merely mistakenly thought Elizabeth didn't know such a tragic scene, so wanting to describe that kind of scene to her as much as possible.

Yet today, Elizabeth's replies would always make him exceed his expectations.

She merely looked at Fisher before her eyes expressionlessly, using faint words speaking like this.

"Yeah, but what does this matter? I only need the Nari people intact without damage, I only need you intact without damage and that's fine. What did you think I instigated wars creating death all over the world within such a long time for? To see those corpses explode fireworks? No, I am only preparing for the upcoming new Order that's all. With the Trinity of Death, when the gods are destroyed, when the new world ushers in the new Order, I will have the ability to create the Rules I want..."

Following Elizabeth word by word once again blocking the words Fisher was about to utter back into his throat, that tiny bit of fantasy, or rather fluke luckily thinking in his mind only truly shattered at this moment.

All along, perhaps Fisher had always been internally finding various excuses to cover up for Elizabeth.

She was only hurt by her own past actions, it was his own fault making her reach this state today; she was only bewildered by the prosthetic eyes on her body, leading her to excusably commit those faults; she was only dizzied by the chaos attached to the prosthetic eyes, not understanding the concrete meaning within.

So, although explicitly Fisher was using various reasons and viewpoints attempting to persuade Elizabeth, actually he was merely persuading himself. And when it reached the point Elizabeth said so once again, he then truly had no path of retreat, unable to use other reasons to embellish her actions anymore.

Also until now, he finally understood what those words the Lord of Fate spoke to him meant.

He looked at the expressionless Elizabeth before his eyes, as if knowing her for the first time, as if feeling she was absolutely unprecedentedly unfamiliar. He couldn't help but take a step back, seemingly unable to endure the terrifying scent of shadows exuding from her body at this moment, he couldn't help muttering inquiring her.

"Exactly what happened to you in this four and a half years when I wasn't here, Elizabeth? Since when did you become so cruel?"

Elizabeth who previously was extremely patient no matter what Fisher said, upon hearing Fisher say this sentence yet seemingly couldn't endure it anymore. The muscles on her face even had some unnatural twitches, but finally merely transformed into a sneer.

"...Since when did I become so cruel? What did you mean? Are you trying to say I am different from the Elizabeth you knew before, right?"

"You know what I am talking about, how could you lightly speak such terrifying words before? Elizabeth, do you know how heavy these few words inside and outside your speech are, how many lives are there, yet you surprisingly can speak these words without any burden..."

But Elizabeth completely broke down, her expression instantly changing from a sneer to towering rage. Her eyes instantly extended densely packed golden fine patterns, filling up her small half forehead and temples, exactly like an enraged lion. Added with the bulging blue veins on her forehead, one could instantly understand exactly how violent her mood was at this moment.

Unable to control it anymore she reached out pointing at Fisher before her eyes, the anger contained in that voice was exactly like thunder.

"You have had enough! Fisher! You think I don't know what you are thinking?! You think you standing on the moral high ground can criticize me? I am the Empress of Naris, I am solely responsible to them! You think you are a cosmopolitan practicing medicine to save the world harboring the world in your heart? Actually you are merely considering for those other women related to you!! Are you thinking, if this world is finished, how their hometown and native land will be, is that right?!

"Do you feel if I cannot consider for those women related to you then I am an unforgivably wicked villain, do you feel if I cannot stand on the same standpoint as those women then I must definitely be overthrown and criticized? So that's why you are using these words to deny me now? Let me tell you, in the four and a half years you weren't here, I didn't kill them all entirely out of consideration for that letter of yours! I have thousands upon hundreds of methods to get rid of them, but in the end I gave up on all of them, what do you think the reason is?

"You think I've changed, and you seemingly only realized this point until today? Take a look at your eyes, entirely saying, 'quickly return that Elizabeth from over ten years ago to me, the current you isn't her', how unbelievable, how astonished, how heartbroken... Then what about me?! My heartbreak, my astonishment, my disbelief have you seen them?

"Fischer Benavides, all the things I promised you, all the agreements I fulfilled them one by one. The Universal Request I promised you at the Griffin Race, even if it reached such a crucial moment, even if however much I didn't want to let you go, I still fulfilled my promise agreeing to your request; you wrote a letter coming back, I bitterly waited for you for four and a half years, during this period, have I done anything excessive? Don't think I don't know those women you know...

"The Dragon Queen of the Dragon Court, that damned Whale-kin, that Phoenix of the Northern Border, that Renee who knows where she died to, and that Alajina you probably forgot early on... You writing a letter, then I can endure a full four years, I want nothing, I only want you to come back alive, come back alive to see me. Even if Alajina abducted my little sister, I still reprimanded the Black Chieftain who voluntarily ambushed her ship. Even for that Dragon Court in the Southern Continent, at the time Barbatos and the others could defeat the Dragon Court in one fell swoop I also didn't issue the clearing order for a full four years..."

Elizabeth's eye sockets were completely red, even the prosthetic eyes within her eyes exactly like unable to endure her extreme emotions at this moment emitted "ka ka" sounds like glass shattering. But Elizabeth yet still looked straight at Fisher, using a hysterical tone torturing his actions.

"But what about you?! Fischer Benavides, you right now questioning me where the Elizabeth from so many years ago went, then do you still remember so many years ago you promised me to marry me, grow old together with me, having only each other this lifetime?! Fine, this agreement you forgot, rendered invalid, won't fulfill, then what about the 'coming to see me' you said when writing the letter four years ago?

"Four and a half years of time!! Leaving without a word, I just worried about your safety day and night like this, and you? When coming back did the people you wanted to see exactly put me in the front, like you said in your letter definitely must meet again. As a result? First going to the Southern Continent staying for a few months, very happy with that Dragon Queen, right? Coming back still needing to be together with that Phoenix, if it wasn't me finding you, were you planning to keep hiding, or wait until after seeing absolutely everyone else, then you would raise your noble hand remembering there originally still is an Elizabeth?

"I still forgave you likewise nonetheless, even if you already disappointed me so many times, even if you already betrayed our vow so many times, I still said nothing, up to you suspecting me being manipulated by the prosthetic eyes, becoming a supporter of chaos I was also willing to explain for you... But, but!! You clearly just promised me, to spend this honeymoon with me... Even this simple, tiny agreement you couldn't fulfill!!"

Elizabeth breaking down grabbed Fisher's collar. She fiercely looked at Fisher before her eyes, letting him see clearly, how those prosthetic eyes he slandered as the "chief culprit" were struggling and enduring within her emotions.

"Why don't you ask yourself yourself at this time?! Where did that gentlemanly Fischer Benavides who keeps his promises from so many years ago go?! If saying so many words and matters are my wishful thinking, then what do these vows we agreed together yet unilaterally betrayed by you count as? They are trash! Are waste! Are papers you use to wipe your body after sleeping with one woman after another!! Only I this cheap bitch still treats them as treasures, cupping them in my embrace!

"Yeah, I am exactly a fool, even if I saw clearly early on you already changed, I yet still believed you, and today you use this kind of unbelievable gaze to look at me, thinking I changed?!"

Until Elizabeth spoke these words, he then recollected these. Also until this time, he finally felt those familiar feelings don't know since when became so distant.

Fisher suddenly remembered, the golden color in Elizabeth's eyes was the color of the sun in Fisher's impression, also the place he gazed upon most frequently when young.

He could often see his own shadow in those bright eyes, seeing her eyes curving into crescents holding full love towards himself...

Only a pity, at this moment many years later, the sky above the ocean had already been burned thoroughly by the scarlet sunset, covering up the golden color belonging to her eyes' color during the noon sun time, leaving only traces of desolate hollowness...

"Hua~ Hua~ Hua~"

The ocean waves and her angry roar occupied everything on the shore, finally sounding withered echoes akin to tinnitus, like the receding tide carrying away the past of they two people entangled for more than ten years retreating into the ocean within...

So ah, falling in love must be before dusk.

(End of this chapter)