Chapter Forty-Eight Goodbye
The Saintess Jenna asked, “Did she finally repent in the end?”
“She became too comfortable in her homeland, where no one could oppose her. She had essentially become a queen. So when the attack first started, I easily captured her, intending to take her to trial and hoping she would repent and find redemption.”
“We talked for a long time. After she confirmed my resolve, she directly charged into the holy sword and killed herself. She would rather die than accept so-called redemption. To her, being good and just meant becoming a slave to others, and after fighting for hundreds of years in another world, she had no intention of returning to be a slave.”
George said, “Although she had been a victim, she did not need pity, nor sympathy. She was strong-willed and steadfast in her beliefs. My teacher Gregory once said that her faith was even stronger than mine. That’s when I understood.”
The Saintess Jenna asked, “Then… are you going to kill her?”
George’s gaze darkened. “Yes, it is my duty. Justice demands that I eliminate her for all humanity.”
“But she is still alive.” Saintess Jenna said, “Both of you are unyielding people, clashing against each other until you are bloodied. I can’t imagine what happened in the past; it must have been terrible, but since she is still alive, it should have a good outcome.”
“That’s right. I don’t even want to remember that night of fierce battle with her. Time and again I struck at her, pierced her. Her body once warmed me, and yet I severed it.” George said, “I lost, she won. She cursed the sun, wanting all things to perish with her. So, before, those who asked me to attack Ji Ma, many of whom were also victims, all demanded that I stop, blaming me and asking me to agree to all of Ji Ma’s demands, just to make the sun shine again.”
At this point, George let out a bitter smile. “She accused me of being nothing but a slave to the crowd, and I found I had no retort.”
Saintess Jenna gently said, “You did nothing wrong, George.”
“I was wrong, far too arrogant.” George said, “Thinking that I could change her character, mold her into a good person, reshaping her to my liking. I thought I was saving her, for her own good, but she didn’t need it at all. I completely disregarded her thoughts.”
“I was so tired back then, Jenna.” George continued, “I didn’t want to bear justice anymore, so I took the risk… to reconcile with her. She accepted, and the sun shone again.”
In the end, although it was difficult to part with her lover and flings in her homeland, along with her power, she still followed me back to this world.
Flings and lovers? One could only say, as expected of a succubus? Jenna decided not to think too much.
Jenna sighed in relief and said, “Reconciliation is good, but you really should not have come back. Although the fragment of the crown she brought can destroy the Eternal God’s distant crown, it’s not very useful for the overall situation. Can you go back? If you can go back, living together in Ji Ma’s homeland would be good too.”
At this thought, the idea of George leaving suddenly made her throat tighten.
“Jenna, I will not give up on this world, nor will I give up on you, you cannot give up on this land either.” George said, “Don’t cry, it looks ugly.”
“I am blind.”
“Your tears have smeared your face.”
“Really?” Jenna touched her face, feeling a little damp, and asked in surprise, “George, have you fallen? Have you lied? Just a little bit of tear.”
“But to me, it’s like your face is smeared.” George grabbed Jenna’s hand, “Don’t be pessimistic, Jenna. I brought some wisdom from Ji Ma’s world, which could very likely save the world. Guess how many people there are in humanity there?”
“Forty million?”
“Wrong.” George said, “Nine billion, one hundred million.”
“Nine… nine billion?”
Jenna said, “That number is hard to fathom. I can’t even imagine how many cities they have. How do they guarantee their food?”
“Their cities are as large as a kingdom. I saw with my own eyes that there are buildings hundreds of meters tall, more than the trees beside the road. It is a world of civilization, prosperity, and peace, where the great powers have been at peace for a long time.”
“Do they have a high moral standard, restrained by divine laws?”
“There are no gods, no magic, and no extraordinary beings.” George said, “I think precisely because of this, their world is on the path to prosperity.”
“What is the order like there?”
“Everywhere is a white city.”
“It truly is a wonderful world.”
Jenna said, “Ji Ma is so lucky to be born into such a world, it’s unfortunate she has taken a path of evil. But her return must have meant she made a very difficult decision.”
“Yes.”
“You haven’t told me how the great powers maintain peace.”
“A kind of weapon that can destroy the world.” George said, “As for specific information, due to confidentiality, we can only discuss it in safer, more hidden places.”
Jenna nodded in agreement and asked, “Where?”
“Ji Ma will invite us to the Dream Palace for a gathering in a few days.” George said, “I can talk about more that is inconvenient to mention there.”
“Alright.” Jenna said, “It’s been a long time since everyone has seen each other. I think I can cook and let everyone taste my cooking.”
“No need.” George said, “To put it harshly, the food in the tent reminds me of bad things.”
“What?” The usually gentle Jenna raised her voice. “That is just a special smell, clearly good to eat, not just me. Not long ago, a naive and lovely little boy came to me every day for food and especially liked my cooking.”
George was startled. “Where are his parents?”
“He only has a father, a truly pitiful child.”
He must have been so hungry that he could only come to Jenna for the food in the pot.
George sincerely said, “Poor child.”
Jenna’s voice grew heavy. “What do you mean by ‘poor’?”
“By the way, Jenna, I have a gift I hope you will like. It’s from Ji Ma’s homeland.”
Jenna curiously asked, “What is it?”
“An electronic device, quite fragile, with a certain level of intelligence and can be used without eyes. You’ll find out when you try it.”
George pulled out the smartphone he had prepared, about the size of half a brick, with a nuclear battery.
He demonstrated to Jenna how to use voice control to play music and listen to books.
“The books downloaded in it could fill at least a hundred sacred library halls.” George said, “I downloaded most of the information from that world.”
“Wonderful.” Jenna’s mood brightened, and she couldn’t put down the smartphone, holding it in her hands and saying, “The knowledge of a prosperous civilization is contained within such a small machine. It’s truly amazing.”
They talked for a long time together until small-scale warfare broke out again, and Jenna had to go tend to the wounded, having to leave.
That night, when Jenna returned to the tent alone, she heard Xiao Lv’s voice.
“Sister, sister, it’s me, Xiao Lv!”
“Xiao Lv? It’s so late, why aren’t you asleep? Doesn’t your father worry about you?”
“I’m leaving with my little friends, sister.” Xiao Lv said, “My uncle asked me to say goodbye to you. Goodbye, sister, I wish you joy every day.”
“Goodbye, Xiao Lv.”
After saying that, the rustling sound gradually faded away.
Jenna couldn’t help but feel a bit lonely. George was still busy, with so much to do.
In this war-torn era, perhaps the next time she sees Xiao Lv, it might only be to see its body.
