"Are you ready, Elise?"

The words of self-questioning kept flashing through her mind, and Elise's eyes widened, and she froze in place, her neck twisting stiffly.

Is she really ready to be a demon again?

Asking herself another question in her heart, Elise sat on the ground with an ambivalent expression, her head hanging and panting.

The twin peaks on her chest fluctuated because of her rapid breathing, and she slowly raised her trembling right hand and landed on her heart, where the chaotic beating made her feel even more flustered and uneasy.

Raising her stiff head with a complicated expression, Elise looked at the huge pillar of white light on the big screen.

If she destroys the forbidden device, everything will be back to normal, and she will once again be the Demon Empress of Shadow Isle, which is awe-inspiring.

Isn't this the real purpose of forcing Ye Feng to understand the map of Dr. Hart's base several times these days? Why is it that the goal is obviously close at hand, but there is a feeling of resistance in her heart?

Could it be because of the after-effects of living in Zaun for almost a month as a human being? Elise lowered her head again with gloomy eyes, and she began to spit on herself in the bottom of her heart.

As the Demon Empress of Shadow Isle, how can she confuse herself with those ugly humans? Hasn't she had enough of the betrayal and bullying of those humans before she became a demon?

As a demon, she doesn't care if she destroys the forbidden device and will be regarded as a savior by humans, she only cares if she can live happily and casually!

At the thought of this, Elise felt a burning fire of hatred and resentment in her heart, igniting her gray eyes.

Determined again, Elise picked up the laser sword and slowly walked to the counter, intending to destroy the forbidden device.

But on the spot, Elise's trembling body betrayed the truest and contradictory side of her hidden in the depths of her heart.

"Destroy the forbidden device, and you're no longer Ellie, but Elise......"

The voice in her heart that made her stunned sounded again, and Elise, who couldn't bear it, slammed the laser sword deep into the floor, venting her suppressed emotions.

Ellie...... Elise ...... Ellie...... Elise ......"

Staring at the floor with vacant eyes, Elise kneeling on the ground held the hilt of her sword with both hands, her pretty face resting on the back of her hand, slightly tired.

Thinking back to the time she spent with Ye Feng for nearly a month, Elise's eyes were slightly moist and hot, although she was very reluctant to think about it, she still had to admit that she was a little moved and nostalgic by getting along during this time.

It's been a long, long time since she's experienced what it's like to be cared for and cared for. Although she had more or less felt his care in her previous experience with Ye Feng, those were obviously not as deep as the feelings that these days of getting along with her were.

In the past, she had always regarded Ye Feng's words about wanting to redeem her as nonsense, but now she somewhat understood that he really wanted to pull her back from the abyss of demons.

Wiping her red and swollen eyes, Elise sobbed unconsciously, holding back the tears that were about to overflow at any time in her eyes.

If Valoran was still in the era of magical civilization, even if Elise was really moved, she would not believe that Ye Feng had the ability to make a demon turn back into a human.

But what about in the age of technology? Without her magical powers, her body turned back into a human before she became a demon, and it was a complete rebirth for her.

She can abandon everything in the past, stop thinking about the tragic experience of being abandoned, hunted down, and scolded and insulted, and start a new life.

Although she has lost that endless life, she can at least guarantee that she will be accompanied by Ye Feng in her future life, and she will not be as helpless as before, isn't it?

If she had lived in an age of technology without magic from the beginning, maybe she wouldn't have suffered so much misfortune, right? Without so many experiences that distorted her psyche, maybe she wouldn't have become so dark.

"What's wrong with you, Elise? Do you still dare to trust those humans? Even if the man named Ye Feng treats you well, he is just your slave, as a demon, how can he have these inexplicable mortal emotions? ”

Another voice sounded in his heart, rebuking Elise for her weakness and incompetence.

"Haaa......"

Panting heavily, Elise shook her body in embarrassment, two contradictory thoughts colliding with each other, as if she had to decide the winner so that she could make the most accurate decision.

With her left hand covering her pretty face, Elise, who was engaged in a fierce struggle in her mind, knelt helplessly on the ground and threw away the laser sword in her hand.

In a battle that was enough to tear her nerves, the dark demonic thoughts in her heart were finally defeated.

That's right, Elise chose not to destroy the forbidden device in the end. Because she wants to be with Ye Feng, she has been living like this.

Actually, that's a good idea, isn't it? Without magic, all battles would have ended, and she could be regarded as indirectly saving humanity and getting redemption. And she can also be a human again with Ellie's new identity. Isn't this the most urgent wish of her girlhood when she was in despair and fear?

Don't worry about turning into a demon, don't worry about people you once knew expelling her with the gaze of a monster, don't worry about those she helped humiliating her, don't worry......

The complicated emotions in her heart gradually calmed down, since she was chased by the villagers and almost fell into the river and drowned, she has not had this kind of calm mind for a long time.

Letting go of everything and being an ordinary human girl is exactly the simplest wish she once had as Rena.

Whether it's Rena's brilliance or Elise's misfortune, from today onwards, none of this will have anything to do with her.

Now she is neither the saint of Ionia nor the leader of the Shadow Isles, but a maiden named Ellie, nothing more.

Looking up at the countdown to the last five minutes, Elise not only did not have any panic in her heart, but instead felt a sense of relief.

Her centuries-long torment is finally going to be freed today......

Standing up, the girl Elise wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, blew her nose fiercely, adjusted her mood, and stopped crying.

Silently watching the countdown on the screen pass by little by little, Elise slowly raised her hands in front of her chest and clasped her fingers together.

Closing her narrow eyes, she closed her eyes calmly, and her mind kept flashing back to all the experiences she had with Ye Feng from Noxus to now, and the corners of her mouth were flushed with a shallow arc.

However, at this moment, Elise heard the door of the forbidden device's room open. Thinking it was Dr. Hart's arrival, she thought about the rhetoric in her head, trying to convince Dr. Hart that she had changed her mind about destroying the forbidden device.

But the next familiar voice made the unexpected Elise tremble and fall into an unprecedented panic.

"Ellie!"

This familiar voice is not Ye Feng, who could it be?

An inexplicable and inexplicable emotion surged, and the excited Elise opened her mouth in a trembling voice, and said in disbelief: "Ye ...... Leaf wind? ”

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(End of chapter)