Chapter 20: Metaphysical Necrosis
"Me, am I dead?" asked the unconscious Edward innocently, opening his eyes.
Instead of falling into a space-time rift, or going out of his body, he saw a white snowflake, which was brilliant and moving.
"You're not dead, you're still alive. A sweet voice came.
"Oh. Edward replied lukewarmly.
The voice was all too familiar to him.
"But she's dead. The little girl took Edward's body and put him into the stool, while she sat mischievously on his lap, leaned on his shoulder, and said meaningfully, "Even if I don't say it, you understand." ”
"She's dead...... Edward said this stupidly, and anger ignited in his eyes again, "I, I'm going to avenge her, I'm going to kill them all!"
"Hey, calm down Edward, I managed to get you here, I don't want you to kill yourself. ”
"Shela, what the hell is going on?"
"What's going on, what do you mean?" asked Sherra, looking into Edward's eyes.
"......" Edward did not answer.
"Hehe, I'm not your enemy, don't worry, I'm here to help you. Seeing through Edward's mind for a second, Sheila quickly defended herself.
"Why?" asked Edward, cluelessly.
Why did Night die, and why couldn't he change the outcome despite all the preparations?
It seems that Sheila can give an answer.
"Probably, it's because of you. ”
"Because, me?"
"You don't belong in this world. You should be well aware of this. Sheila said mysteriously.
"Yes. In order not to let Emilia die, I gave up my original world and came here, but ...... But I can't save the night. ”
"In order not to let Mom die?" said Shira with a wink of eyes and asked strangely, "Mommy is not dead, in that world." ”
"What?" Edward was dumbfounded.
He was already obsessed with why Sheila called Emilia her mother, and what made him care more was another sentence.
In that world, Emilia is not dead.
Suppose there are two distinct worlds. In the first world. Emilia dies, the God-given land is invaded by foreign tribes, and humanity is facing extinction. In order to avoid tragedy, Edward traveled to another world. That's the world right now.
These are Edward's memories. But. Shira now suddenly tells him that in the original world, Emilia is not dead at all.
If that's really the case. And what did he come here for?
"This world is about to disappear, Edward, and it doesn't matter if I tell you all the stories now. Sheila took a deep breath and smiled in relief, "Would you like to hear it?" Edward, if you want, I can tell you everything. ”
Empty room, a stool, two weirdos.
Time and space follow its dogma and cannot be changed by anyone. Therefore, even with the sword of calamity, which symbolizes all the pain and evil in the world, Edward could not change his fate.
"Actually, Edward, I don't belong to this world. ”
Listening to Xuelajiao's voice, Edward's restless heart gradually calmed down. In the face of absolute time, his greed and persistence seem insignificant.
Edward came from another world, and Sheila shouldn't have been in this world. This is a tragic story of a vain attempt to save and endure the curse.
The story, here's how.
Everything has to start from the beginning.
If you number all the worlds, the story goes something like this.
Edward's memories were not wrong, Emilia was indeed dead, and the God-given land was indeed invaded by foreign tribes.
The most primitive world, let's call it the first world. In that world, Edward did not lose his memory, and Sheila did not exist, and everyone and everything remained the way they were.
There is no amnesia, which means that Edward is still the original majestic demon king.
Last summer, in front of the Demon King's Castle, he fought a life-and-death battle with Amilia, and in the end, both were defeated. Mortally wounded, Edward retreats back into the depths of the Everfree Forest to recuperate, and Emilia has to flee back to the camp with the rest of the Wings of Judgment.
At that time, the two of them were still incompatible rivals.
Predictably, without Edward's help, Emilia would have escaped the enemy's ambush? The Wings of Guilt team was attacked by the Gate of Original Sin, and all of them died, but none of them survived, including the poor Brave.
As soon as Emilia dies, there is no more idiot brave in the way, and then, the Gate of Original Sin can act unscrupulously.
In the first world, Idiel and Bruno's plans were not ruined!
After the end of the Southern Crusade, Vivette's daughter Emisa Xia took over the position of the Brave, and was brainwashed by Idil and Bruno and others to work for the Gate of Original Sin and become their puppet. At that time, the Pope of the Holy Ming Sect was not Shera, but Idir.
When the Holy Ming Church lost control, the cardinal Archbishop Idir overthrew the thousand-year-old history of the "Pope's Chosen Choice" and made himself the supreme leader of the Holy Ming Church.
In this way, the entire Holy Ming Sect fell into the hands of the Gate of Original Sin. Under the leadership of Idir, the Holy Ming Sect has grown stronger, and even has a tendency to replace the royal power and unify all mankind.
Concentrate on the study of black magic, secretly conduct human experiments, and train soldiers who are not afraid of death-Majin. Idil followed the prophecy every step of the way, step by step, and walked without leaking.
Eventually, disaster struck. Thanks to the Gate of Original Sin. Although almost the entire human race has been reduced to their efforts, they have successfully resisted the foreign invasion.
Humanity survived, but in name only.
All of humanity has been reduced to the servants of Idir, and no one dares to rebel against his brutal rule.
Seeing that the demons were also being implicated, Edward racked his brains. He tried to turn the tide several times, but he couldn't do anything in the face of the impregnable defense of the Gate of Original Sin and the human army that had been completely brainwashed by Idir.
If he could go back in time, he might have been able to prevent the tragedy from happening, thought Edward, who had stumbled upon the Sword of Calamity many years later.
In order to prevent the demons from perishing, and to save thousands of innocent humans who were enslaved by the Gate of Original Sin, Edward ignored the opposition of the night, and the sword of calamity was used to split the rift of time and space. Back in time. Back to the beginning of the story.
The origin was last summer.
The second world began here.
Edward only knew that the Sword of Calamity would allow him to go back in time, but he didn't know that it would take great pain to pass through the rift in space.
Attacked by the turbulence of time and space. Not only did he lose all his strength. Also lost memory. Go back in time. Like an idiot, Edward can only follow his instincts and choose the right path in a future full of fog.
Luckily. His instincts really made him make the right choice. After losing his memory, he accidentally saved Emilia from an ambush and ruined the original sin gate's plan.
The Demon King and the Brave, their two sworn enemies have become close allies, and there is anyone else in this world who can oppose them?
Join Hogg House, participate in the Knight Tryouts, win the Southern Crusade, defeat Bruno, and destroy the Gate of Original Sin...... After all the adventures they went wrong, Edward and Emilia gradually found their purpose in life.
Not for revenge, not for faith, but to obsessively protect each other's smiling faces - this is true happiness.
Pity...... A year later, in the summer, when Edward thought that everything was over, the fate of the woman quietly came.
Night, dead.
Caught in an ambush by Idir, Edward failed to protect Night, and could only watch her die.
"In the first world, Emilia died, and in the second world, she was saved by me after the amnesia, is there anything wrong with that?" asked Edward curiously.
"You think we're in a second world now?" asked Shira with a grin.
"Isn't it?" Edward bewildered the more he listened.
"Hee-hee, of course not. Edward, do you remember who gave you the Sword of Calamity?"
"It's ...... you"
"It was I who gave you the Sword of Calamity so that you had a chance to change the death of the night. So I ask you, what would the world have become if I had not existed in this world and you had not received the Sword of Calamity?"
"......" Edward fell into deep thought.
He didn't dare to imagine it, but Sheila was happy to unravel his scars.
There was no Sheila in the second world, and no one had put the jet-black sword in Edward's hands, and he couldn't go back in time.
All he could do was to bear this grief in silence, accept the night's departure, or choose to follow in her footsteps - suicide, or choose to live in humiliation.
Obviously, he chose the latter.
The second world did not end with the death of the night, but continued along the original route.
If only I had died with her once at that time...... From that day on, Edward fell into deep self-remorse. Because he failed to fulfill his promise to the night.
Unable to go back in time, Edward was naturally unable to bring the night back to life. With the loss of Night, Emilia naturally became his only support.
Acquaintance, acquaintance, love...... They have experienced too many unbelievable adventures together, so they are naturally willing to be each other's most solid support.
Getting married, having children, growing old - they are like an ordinary couple, patiently managing their lives.
There are no conspiracies, no enemies, they deserve their own happiness, but...... The wrong beginning is doomed to the same wrong ending.
Although Edward had sealed the woman in his heart, Emilia was always haunted.
If she hadn't asked Edward to accompany her to the Black Flame Gang, they wouldn't have fallen into Idir's trap, and in that case, the woman wouldn't have died.
She was the one who killed the night. Emilia always thought so.
Finally, one day, they separated.
"You know what? I was very young and didn't know anything. "I often ask my mother where Dad has gone, why don't you come home and stop playing with me." Mom said she was sorry for her father and didn't dare to see his eyes again, so she left him. ”
Edward listened in amazement, and said nothing.
"Why didn't my mother dare to see my father's eyes? At the time, I thought it was because my father's eyes were ugly, but then I realized that I was wrong. ”
"If that hadn't happened, if the woman who had cared so much to Mom and Dad hadn't died, would Dad be willing to come back and play with me?"
"So, I stole the Sword of Calamity from the Holy Ming Sect and came here. ”
"Here, right now. ”
"The Third World. ”。 )