novelraw Chapter 718: Welcome
Chapter 718: Welcome
"A- Asuka? T- Ten thousand years?"
Jasmine looked at Gou Wen before her eyes dumbfoundedly. At this moment, the name spoken from her father's mouth was like a leaf falling into a calm lake. Just falling into her mind, it stirred up layers of ripples, making Jasmine's mind ill at ease.
But she couldn't state the origin of this feeling. Her heartbeat just sped up for no reason, and her entire person was instantly swallowed by the feeling of palpitations, her fingertips also trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Xuan Can hurriedly reached out and pressed down on her trembling shoulders. The mother's gentle palm stopped the trembling of Jasmine's body, yet still didn't stop the paleness on her face; Gou Wen raised his eyes and looked at Xuan Can behind her, only to see Xuan Can slightly shake her head,
"So... actually, I- I'm not Daddy and Mommy's child? I am a soul from another world... the same as those existences that caused the destruction... That's why I couldn't enter the Mythic Rank... right?"
Gou Wen withdrew his gaze, hurriedly comforting her,
"Jasmine, Jasmine, don't be anxious. You will always be our child, and we have never viewed you as the cause of destruction. You don't need to anxiously think deeply about this matter. Daddy and Mommy told you this only to give you a preventive shot, hoping you can accept the changes produced on your body later. Whether it's us, or Fisher, we won't have any changes towards you because of this."
"Jasmine, we will always be here..."
Behind her, the palm of Xuan Can gently patting her back had the weight as if patting a swaddling infant, making Jasmine uncontrollably feel a bit more at ease. Even the dense brownish-black color in her eyes faded bit by bit. She brewed her wording for a bit, asking,
"When did Teacher Fisher know about this matter? Did he... also always view me as that Asuka?""No, he also only just found out about this matter. Moreover, I'm afraid just like you, he hasn't made the preparations to welcome this answer yet either."
"Then the reason Daddy didn't let me approach the Crevice back then was because of my true identity?"
Gou Wen paused slightly. Exchanging a glance with Xuan Can, he nodded and shook his head again.
Bringing this up, the color of doubt in his eyes wasn't any less than Jasmine's. Even Xuan Can's eyebrows wrinkled,
"Mhm, the pollution permeating in the Spirit World is transformed from your physical body. In the past, after your soul and physical body separated, It lost its rationale, turning into an existence taking searching for its soul as its sole purpose. But Jasmine, the one who didn't let you approach the Crevice back then wasn't me... The time flow in the Spirit World and reality isn't consistent. It's very difficult to determine the situation happening in reality here. That is something only deities can do. Even Ramastia had only just rushed over back then, I simply didn't have the time to pay attention to the situation happening in reality in real-time..."
Jasmine's eyes widened, her expression becoming unbelievable. She turned her head and looked behind, asking Xuan Can,
"Then meaning, that 'Daddy' who directed me to deliver medicine for Teacher Fisher, repaired the Laws for Mommy, and also didn't let me approach the Crevice at that time... wasn't 'Daddy' at all?"
Xuan Can nodded, her expression not looking too good either,
"Not only that, the existence that delivered the medicine to save that Fisher at that time wasn't your Daddy either, nor was it the one who made me step forward."
"But, that existence was capable of creating medicine that made you, an Ocean Emperor, unable to distinguish its authenticity. This is enough to prove that existence's background isn't small."
Bringing this up, because Ramastia didn't say much, He merely told Gou Wen that perhaps Fisher would know some clues, combining Ramastia's words and the situation described by Jasmine, he actually felt increasingly doubtful.
From the actions of that voice impersonating himself, not only did he direct Xuan Can to help stall the invading Chaos-kins, he also created medicine and saved Fisher, and later even provided a method to repair the damaged Laws for Xuan Can whose Laws were broken, although it was at the cost of lives related to Elizabeth and Naris citizens...
Looking at it overall, that existence came to help Fisher?
Could it be the Moon?
This also made sense logically. The Moon and Fisher shared a not-shallow relationship, and her previous incarnation, the Mother Goddess, was also Asuka's good friend...
Gou Wen stroked his chin. Contemplating for a moment, he stood up. Looking at Jasmine who was still burdened with many worries before his eyes, he turned his head to look at Xuan Can and softly said,
"How about this, Wife, you rest here for a bit with Jasmine first, also letting Jasmine digest this for a bit."
"What about you?"
"I'll go get to the bottom of this matter. Incidentally, there are also urgent matters in the Spirit World regarding Hamon Hamon from a thousand years ago. I'll go take a look with Fisher. The communication crystal from before can still be used now. When the time comes, just directly use this to contact us."
Gou Wen turned his head to look at Jasmine sitting where she was. Seeing her utterly confused expression, he knew the chaos in her inner heart right now.
It was also no wonder. If suddenly one day your parents told you you were actually an old monster that lived for ten thousand years, anyone would be at a loss. Let alone, she only just found out from Gou Wen just now that she had waited for Teacher Fisher for as long as ten thousand years.
Ten thousand years, how long was that?
Jasmine didn't know, merely feeling it should be very, very long. She tried to imagine that concept, imagining what feeling she should have, but what she got was only pain and resistance, stopping her from continuing to simulate that feeling.
She didn't know how she should go about accepting this matter, merely thinking immaturely, if it was like this, would she be able to have more confidence, and also have a greater chance to obtain powerful strength?
Thus Jasmine thought.
Gou Wen walked out of the basement. Honestly speaking, Xuan Can coming to the Spirit World at this moment reduced his pressure significantly, and even the coughing symptoms on his body were alleviated quite a bit.
He returned to Fisher's side again. When he returned, Fisher was conversing with Lady Bojiang about the news regarding that base. Renee disappeared who knew where. Seeing Gou Wen return, only then did Fisher say that something seemed to have happened on Renee's main body's side and she needed to go back to deal with it for a bit.
Simultaneously, Fisher also softly asked Gou Wen,
"How is Jasmine?"
"How else could she be? With you messing with flowers and grass every day, Jasmine will soon not want you."
Gou Wen said frightening words to scare people. Fisher raised his eyebrows, not knowing when he learned to joke expressionlessly. It was just that looking at the expression on his face, Fisher seemed to have realized something, softly asking,
"You told her about Asuka's matters?"
"How did you know?"
"Your expression is very complicated and very uncertain, like you made some decision even you don't dare to confirm yourself."
"You do understand me. That's right. I'm not certain if this is a good thing. If possible, I hope she never knows about these matters, never recalls the matters of Asuka, because to her, all of those are sufferings."
"...You are right."
Gou Wen's analysis earlier wasn't wrong either. Fisher actually hadn't entirely accepted this matter yet either. The specific manifestation lay in that, he obviously had many words he wanted to say to Asuka who waited ten thousand years for him, especially when he already knew the final choice she made, that even before dying she still entrusted the Mother Goddess to teach humanity magic, to shelter humanity...
Obviously she had already done so much that made one's heart ache, and also gave Fisher so many emotions he wanted to say. But now, bringing up this matter to Jasmine was undoubtedly selfish.
It was like, in order to repay his guilt because Asuka waited ten thousand years, he couldn't wait to apologize to her like that. But doing this would only awaken her memories of experiencing sufferings in the past.
Even Fisher also froze on the spot. But at this moment Gou Wen had already taken the lead to do so. Whether Fisher should do the same was still yet to be known...
"How is the situation on Hamon Hamon's side? When you returned I hadn't had the time to ask in detail."
Gou Wen changed the topic, peeling Fisher away from contemplation. And Fisher nodded, informing Gou Wen about the invitation letter David received.
He chewed on the words and phrases within it, muttering,
"Obviously I felt like Hamon Hamon seemed to have undergone some kind of benign change. Hearing you say this, why does it seem like a banquet with treacherous intentions again?"
"Banquet with treacherous intentions, what's that?"
"A term used by Demi-Human Girl Con, meaning a banquet harboring ill intentions and having ulterior motives. She frequently describes Xuan Can inviting her to the seabed as a guest like this, so she hasn't gone even once."
"Then in reality?"
"In reality it is exactly a banquet with treacherous intentions, because Xuan Can always feels she led me astray, and wants to teach her a lesson."
"..."
Fisher no longer spoke. Contemplating for a moment, only then did he continue saying,
"Lady Bojiang said many Chaos-kins have headed there. Regardless of whether it's a banquet with treacherous intentions, Hamon Hamon is a problem that must be solved. Right now Renee and the God of Destruction are both here, so there is also a certain guarantee. Now that Jasmine has entered the Spirit World, only by solving Hamon Hamon earlier can we shift our attention to Jasmine as soon as possible."
"...Yeah, regardless of what we should go take a look first."
Gou Wen clapped his hands, turning his head to look at David's Cardinal Ship moored beside the small island. David was already unable to wait to head there, but Renee hadn't returned yet,
"Are you hungry? It seems you haven't eaten anything since coming here. Xuan Can also just arrived, and said she wanted to treat you to something to eat. Just perfectly Renee hasn't returned yet either..."
"...Forget it, let's just set off directly. Renee will directly arrive on the ship later."
"Hehe."
Fisher refused Gou Wen's banquet with treacherous intentions. Thanking Lady Bojiang before his eyes who answered his questions earlier, he walked warily towards the direction of the Cardinal Ship.
While Gou Wen behind him smiled slightly. Looking at Fisher's back, for some unknown reason, he could always recall that woman with a head of messy long hair. It was just that unlike Fisher walking forward silently, in the past that fellow who ardently loved demi-human girls would definitely shout loudly while waving her hand, and subsequently stagger away from him, taking a very long time to return.
Who knew if that fellow was dead by now?
A scourge lasts a thousand years. Who knows, that fellow might still be at large somewhere outside the Barrier right now, or might have also returned to her world?
Who could know this?
"Beep beep... beep beep beep beep..."
The gloominess of the Spirit World paved by the Scarlet Mist had already become a lingering shadow in the inner hearts of the Chaos-kins. Ever since their former faith, the Mother Goddess, due to a promise with a close friend, broke off relations with the Gods in order to shelter humanity like moths darting into a fire and thus perished, the Chaos-kins had already suffered in torment for an unknown amount of time in the long years.
Perhaps what they resented wasn't that Magic Lord who enticed the Mother Goddess into fighting for her life. They were just unwilling, unwilling that the reason the Mother Goddess gave up her life for was that Magic Lord, was humanity, and never them.
They had obviously followed the Mother Goddess for so long, and even when the Mother Goddess taught magic they also aided humanity with all their might, helping them create their own powerful race "Witches". Yet the Mother Goddess discarded them like worn-out shoes, like throwing them away after using them as tools. And upon death, she no longer cared about the matters behind her.
The long torment from the Spirit World pollution made this group of Stars, who only loved gazing at reality and did nothing, change their temperament. They increasingly felt this world was like a family that didn't love them. Especially, when they learned that the Sea of Souls that birthed them was stolen by the Gods, this dissatisfaction towards the world after birth reached the extreme.
At this moment, the Chaos-kins with twisted body forms, massive statures, and countless compound eyes, while silently reciting the incantation taught by Elizabeth, sliced open a rift in the Spirit World pollution permeating the Spirit World. Leading them was a Demigod whose condition was considered passable, Pisces.
Behind him followed several Chaos-kins of the Nineteenth Tier and Eighteenth Tier, as if forming a small squad crossing the Spirit World pollution to head to the unknown place hidden within the pollution.
Only to see ahead of their compound eyes, when the boundless Scarlet Mist dissipated away bit by bit, an Angel's Shelter as massive as a mountain floating in the deep space of the Spirit World suddenly occupied their entire field of vision.
"As expected, the closed Shelter has already opened..."
Pisces stopped in the space not far ahead of that massive Shelter. The several Chaos-kins brought behind him also took the opportunity to stop behind him. Tentacles of various forms swayed slightly. In the darkness solely their eyes were still bright, looking just like twinkling stars in the night sky.
"Beep beep... beep beep beep beep..."
Many controlled Cardinals were coming and going from that Shelter continuously, receiving many Chaos-kins to enter within like welcoming guests.
Generally speaking, Chaos-kins act independently, and aren't an unbreakable whole. Apart from the existences surrounding the most powerful twelve Chaos-kins, there were also many, many dispersed Chaos-kins fleeing and hiding on their own. At this moment, there were already pioneers who received Hamon Hamon's reception and entered within.
Pisces looked at those Cardinals going in and out, still feeling somewhat unbelievable,
"If not seen with one's own eyes... who could imagine Hamon Hamon from hundreds and thousands of years ago... would become this... amiable..."
"Pisces... don't forget... the arrangements... of the esteemed 【Ocean】."
"I know."
Pisces's compound eyes flickered slightly. His tone in the darkness also appeared exceptionally resolute,
"The 【Song】 allows no noise, allows no violating the musical score... That Fisher... possessing precious properties... will definitely come. We also need to convey the Ocean's... esteemed intent... to Hamon Hamon..."
"..."
Saying thus, Pisces swayed the tentacles behind him again, flying towards the direction of that opened Angel's Shelter. But halfway there, a blurry human figure carrying a faint light flew up, blocking their path for the time being.
"Several respected Stars, may I ask if you are also here to participate in Hamon Hamon's banquet?"
Listening to that Angel language not heard for a long time, Pisces and the other Chaos-kins stopped once again. Compound eyes scanned the blurry human figure standing in the darkness before their eyes from head to toe, only to see behind the human figure, there seemed to also be wing shapes with a bit of faint light sweeping past...
"You are?"
"I am the Angel responsible for receiving the various guests. You all can address me as Ariel..."
"Angel?"
Even the widely-experienced Pisces paused slightly. They looked at the blurry figure before their eyes. Accommodating the blue light flickering on a Cardinal beside them, a bit of the outline of the human figure before their eyes was also slightly illuminated, perfectly revealing the friendly hand the Angel before their eyes stretched out towards Pisces...
That pair of hands was a mangled mess of flesh and blood. Above it seemed to be covered in densely packed, squirming granulations of flesh. And from within it also seemed to flicker with a color and texture similar to metal.
Pisces's compound eyes flashed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, amidst the gazes of several Stars behind trying to dissuade him, he stretched out one of his tentacles, intending to place it on the Angel's hand. But this movement of stretching was bizarre. One tentacle stretched out, while the remaining several tentacles all wrapped around the end of that stretched out tentacle. If any mutation occurred, they were already prepared to chop off that tentacle at any time.
"Smack!"
But when the tentacle contacted the Angel's palm, nothing happened. Pisces also didn't feel any fluctuation of Hamon Hamon's Authority from the Angel before his eyes.
That Angel named "Ariel" merely withdrew his hand politely. Flapping the illusory wings behind him carrying a bit of strange smell, his side profile made an inviting gesture, speaking warmly to Pisces,
"Welcome to Hamon Hamon's banquet. We sincerely welcome your arrival, Stars!"
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