Retrieved the mail-order catalogue from outside the door, Phaethon sat down on the couch beside him.

"Is this the one?"

"Well, you can put it there first."

Phaethon placed the mail-order catalogue in front of Shang Luo, and sat back down. She sat in the pit she had pressed out of earlier, huddled there, helpless.

The previous worldview based on demigods has collapsed. As a freshman, she didn't know what she was supposed to behave like.

"I said." He looked at Phaethon, "Are you too nervous?" ”

Without speaking, Phaethon just nodded.

"Well, let me tell you: first of all, you owe me nothing. My account with you has been settled. Your father and I have an account, and he promised me that I would make sure that I would build a successful foundation, and we settled the matter between us. He made an additional request of 'to save you' and paid for the fault on your behalf. In this part, you were punished for violating the law, and he paid back to the law. This is the fault of not raising a godfather, although the beneficiary is me, he also paid it off. ”

"Hmm," Phaethon nodded. Still didn't say anything.

"So, we don't owe anything to each other, do we? You don't have to be so nervous. We're just working together now, and the legacy of your father's life, the Lighthouse Project, is now about where we both go. So although I didn't promise him anything, I walked on the same path as him. So you don't have to worry about his mission, I'm just on the same path. ”

"Hmm"

So, that's it for factorization. Axioms aside, responsibilities aside, what else is there that weighs you on and makes you breathless? The last thing left is for your father's own safety, right? ”

She stopped talking. This answer was too heavy for her and now she. Some dread.

"Okay, do you want to make a phone call?" Shang Luo asked, "Shall I give you a call to Mr. Helios?" ”

She shook her head violently.

"Nostalgia is timid, isn't it? You're not ready to face your father? All right. I'll call and help you ask, how about it? Then I will give you peace to one another. You take a look at the menu first, I'll go out and make a call. ”

He left Phaethon in the living room and walked into the courtyard in the middle of the courtyard by himself.

"Make a call, Apollonia."

[Well, you seem to have become more sensible. 】

"My heart has not changed, and I can't become more 'sane'. It's just that the celestial body has given me more information, for example, I can clearly see Phaethon's emotions - not to mention that she herself has always been like a child, and her emotions are completely written on her face. The more information you get, the clearer you will see. That's what the so-called 'deaf and clear' is, but it just 'looks' become sensible. ”

[Is that so?] 】

"Well, that's probably why you're a god, but you don't look very smart. Because you don't have ears. ”

[I can't even refute it. 】

"Ha, call, stupid Miss Apollonia."

The voice was not very happy, but she still helped to transfer.

"Shang Luo, how are you doing?"

Helios' voice came from the other end of the phone. Shang Luo wasn't sure if he was really "answering" the phone, but compared to the last time, his voice seemed to be much more normal. Not so weak anymore.

"Mr. Helios, Faetong is awake. She's here with me now, and we're ready for dinner. ”

"Well, is she okay?"

"Her strength is gone, but she's ready to rediscover the world in human form."

"That's good, that's good."

Shang Luo was stunned for a moment—it seemed to be completely expected by him. He didn't feel any regrets, but was glad that everything went as he wished.

"It turns out . Wait, is that so! "Shang Luo suddenly came to his senses," Dao Ancestor said at the time, and everything was arranged by him. So Dao Ancestor's reward for donating your heart is.' People'? He also paid you back a real person? ”

"That's right. The so-called triple greatness of Hermes, one of the highest achievements of alchemy, is the refining of the human body - the human body, the identity of the human being, the destiny of the human being, the most precious things in this world. When I was in armor as Helios, as the son of Helios, Phaethon was also implicated by me and lost his human identity. I shouldn't have had to involve her in my rituals if I had known that, and I shouldn't have named her Phaethon in the first place. ”

"I can probably understand that. In our words, being on the god list is not necessarily a good thing. ”

That's exactly what happened. As Phaethon, she inevitably faces the fate of being shot down by thunder. However, in the catastrophe that she was destined to die, it was Dao Ancestor who saved her. The highest achievement of alchemy is only the tip of the Dan Dao for Dao Ancestor. In heaven and earth, only Dao Ancestor's 'Heaven and Earth Oven' can reshape her human body. Compared to eternal humanity, power is only temporary.

Shang Luo understood—although it seemed to be a loss, Helios really didn't feel a loss at all. Although there are billions of people in the world, human life is sometimes lighter than a feather, sometimes heavier than Mount Tai, which is an ordinary but most precious thing. It's like time.

The so-called "immediately juvenile, Shiping has a lot of gray hair." The remnants of the body are forgiven by heaven, how is it to be unhappy? "This Chinese poem written by Date Masamune is very interesting. Time is completely different for people of different ages, when I was a child, I took a nap in class, and the day passed. When you grow up, if you want to find a free day for this day, you have to "steal half a day's leisure".

For Helios, the same is true of human identity. Just like when I was a child, no matter what my parents said, "Time waits for no one" and "You will regret it when you grow up", it is difficult for a child to experience this kind of remorse. When I get older, and the speed of time suddenly becomes faster, I will remember that there are many regrets in my childhood, and there are many things that could have been done better. But then it was too late to regret it.

Shang Luo didn't fully understand the "meaning of people", after all, he didn't get to that time. But judging from this transaction, it seems that to the "gods" who came to them, they have recognized the preciousness of "people", just as adults have recognized the preciousness of time.

"I roughly understand."

"But are you putting those powers to good use? It's temporary, but it's also a huge force. ”

"It's like my hair has gotten cool, and I haven't learned how to use my power yet." Aside from using magic weapons, he has not officially started practicing.

(End of chapter)