Chapter 1038

"Whew~ Thanks, Cecilia. I'm finally saved. I was already prepared to die once."

"…Anyway, let's go to my place to rest first. What exactly did you eat? It couldn't even be cured at once by the zero-rated power of the Abyss Flower."

"Uh, if I had to say… a girl's love?"

"What, what a terrifying love."

Cecilia helped Bai Ge to her villa.

St. Freya Academy covered an extremely vast area. Every teacher and Valkyrie had a villa cottage. On top of that, the treatment for Cecilia, who was an S-rank Valkyrie, was naturally better.

Moreover, she was Theresa's best friend.

Bai Ge lay weakly on the sofa, continuing to activate the power of the Herrscher of Sentience to heal himself, while also wearing a wry smile.

"Alas, it's been a long time since I've had such a near-death experience. The last time was when I used the authority of Origin for Elysia. By the way, it even comes with a weakness debuff. How long is this going to last?"

"Uh, I feel like Teacher Bai Ge is very used to near-death. Is it my imagination?" Cecilia said while pouring Bai Ge a cup of hot water that could cure all diseases.

"Just call me Bai Ge. 'Teacher' sounds weird. I don't think I was a good student in the past either, but… thinking about it carefully, I really don't take death to heart now. After all, I can't die anyway."

Bai Ge drank a sip of hot water and said.

For him now, death was actually not much different from a minor injury.

Because of the ability of the Sheshe Honkai Beast, Bai Ge already possessed an almost infinite ability to resurrect.

The resurrection of Mobius, who also possessed the Sheshe super-variant factor, actually wasn't as perfect as Bai Ge's.

Mobius's resurrection not only required a large amount of Honkai energy but also caused her body to become young. If she resurrected too many times, she might regress into an infant, or even cells.

But Bai Ge, who possessed the authority of the Herrscher of Sentience, could offset this cost because he could manipulate his own biological cells and freely control the growth of his body.

Plus, Bai Mou's death experiences were actually many.

This led to him being used to it now, and even… Bai Ge didn't take death, a thing that had made almost everyone fear it since ancient times, to heart anymore.

"Don't be afraid of death. It's just a short sleep, at least for me."

Bai Ge raised his hands and said.

When one possesses too much of something, one subconsciously doesn't cherish it, even he would be like that.

Bai Ge, who possessed an almost infinite ability to resurrect, naturally would look down on the preciousness of life, but this only applied to himself.

He wouldn't forget that the lives of others, especially those he cared about, still only had one.

"If Mei and the others heard you say that, they would definitely feel heartbroken again." Cecilia said.

"Because everyone is always too worried."

"But you are indeed a person who always makes people unable to help but worry, eh~"

Cecilia couldn't help but sigh. She had heard quite a bit about Bai Ge's experiences in the previous civilization.

Thinking back on the white-haired boy's other experiences, Cecilia found that this person was truly always adventuring, always in the center of the storm, as if the world were revolving around him.

As an S-rank Valkyrie, she had also had many life-and-death moments, but compared to Bai Ge's experiences, those moments were so mild that they felt not worth mentioning.

And this led to everyone who knew and understood Bai Ge being unable to help but worry about him.

It even reached the point where if they didn't see him for two or three hours, they would inevitably think about whether Bai Ge had gone to do something dangerous again, like saving the world or saving someone.

"Cecilia, you have a good impression of me, right?"

Bai Ge said suddenly while holding his teacup.

"!!!"

Cecilia trembled all over, and the teapot in her hand almost fell to the ground. She looked away in a panic.

This reaction was already the best answer. Recently, she had indeed been troubled by this point. Just seeing this white-haired boy made her produce goodwill uncontrollably.

Especially since an accident had occurred between the two of them.

If it were an ordinary girl, then this might be an opportunity to date Bai Ge, because given the latter's personality, of course, he wouldn't mind taking responsibility for the mistake he accidentally made.

But Cecilia was different.

Their positions and identities didn't allow for that, so she felt troubled by this uncontrollable goodwill.

"First, let me apologize to you, Cecilia. Actually, your goodwill toward me isn't from your own heart, but because of the forced effect brought by the Schicksal Stigmata, similar to… a curse."

Bai Ge said with an apologetic expression.

"Eh? A curse?"

Cecilia couldn't help but be stunned.

Bai Ge nodded.

Then, he told her everything about Vill-V and the fact that holders of the Schicksal Stigmata would uncontrollably develop goodwill toward him. Cecilia was stunned.

"So, that's how it is."

"Hmm, very cunning, right? But I'm currently trying to find a way to solve this problem. Give me some more time."

"…Bai Ge, you are truly a very good person. You clearly could have not told me this. No, if it were an ordinary person, I think they definitely wouldn't have said it."

Cecilia's gaze became a bit softer.

Although she was also a Valkyrie fighting to protect all beauty, she wasn't naive enough not to understand human malice.

Confessing one's mistakes—although it was a simple thing, the vast majority of people couldn't do it. Compared to confessing mistakes, most people would choose to hide them.

From this, Cecilia could see how beautiful and noble the white-haired boy's inner self was. At the same time, she couldn't help but recall the great Honkai disaster when they first met.

Back then, even though he had countless reasons to hate the world, Bai Ge still chose to fight to protect that one beauty. The boy's brilliant humanity made her feel very dazzling.

Therefore…

"Bai Ge, I don't think you need to care too much about the Stigmata. Even if you leave it alone, it doesn't matter, right?" Cecilia said with a smile.

"Uh, Cecilia, are you serious? If it's not solved, you will uncontrollably develop goodwill toward me regardless of your own will, and even if I make excessive demands, you might subconsciously agree."

"But Bai Ge, you wouldn't do that, right?"

Cecilia said very firmly.

If it were someone else, they would definitely take advantage of the opportunity, but she believed that Bai Ge absolutely wouldn't. Such a despicable thing couldn't be done by this proud, noble, pure white person.

"And even if I develop goodwill toward you, so what? This isn't a bad thing, right?"

Cecilia was no longer troubled at this moment. She decided to accept the influence brought by the Schicksal Stigmata. After all, it wasn't like she was developing goodwill toward a bomb or a villain.

The object toward whom she uncontrollably developed goodwill was already a beautiful person like an angel who should be treated gently by the world.

Although Bai Ge used the word "curse" to describe this goodwill, Cecilia didn't feel that way anymore.

She was certain that her goodwill hadn't been given to the wrong person. And even without the influence of the Stigmata, anyone who had come into contact with this white-haired boy would eventually fall in love with him, right?

· ······· Seeking flowers ····· ·

Just like a certain girl as brilliant as flying flowers.

"…Thank you, Cecilia."

Bai Ge couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The stone in his heart was put down. He felt that he should perhaps be more confident.

Up until now, had anyone regretted developing goodwill toward him, regretted falling in love with him?

The answer was of course no.

Even a certain Schicksal Overseer regretted very much not becoming friends with Bai Mou earlier, which resulted in his current situation being very miserable, being force-fed dog food by him every day.

"But one thing is one thing, I will still find a way to solve the Schicksal Stigmata problem!" Bai Ge said seriously.

"Eh~ still so stubborn. But fine." Cecilia said with a wry smile.

Afterward, the atmosphere between the two became much softer.

There was no longer the awkwardness of meeting each other.

Then, they started chatting. Bai Ge talked about some interesting things he encountered in the previous civilization, and Cecilia also talked about her past topics, but she stopped after talking for a while.

"What should I do? I don't seem to have anything good to share."

Cecilia felt a bit embarrassed.

From the perspective of the current civilization's age, she was much older than Bai Ge, but compared to the latter's past, which was exciting enough to be written into a thick adventure novel…

Cecilia found that there really weren't many things she could talk about.

"How could that be? Having lived for so long, shouldn't everyone have dozens or hundreds of memories that can be remembered for a lifetime?" Bai Ge tilted his head and said with a matter-of-fact expression.

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"Cough, cough! Bai Ge, not everyone can travel to the past, take a girl around the world starting from the age of ten, then save the world, and then run to a parallel world or something."

Cecilia coughed lightly and said. For the vast majority of people, today is like the reincarnation of yesterday, and living a life that never changes is the norm.

And for her, it was even more so.

In fact, in the past, Cecilia Schariac's fate had always been manipulated by others. As for who did it, it went without saying that it was a certain evil fool.

As the daughter of Schariac, it could be said that from the moment she was born, she was destined to become a Valkyrie of Schicksal. Later, due to her extremely high talent and quality, she had her blood turned into holy blood through Otto's transformation surgery.

And because of the preciousness of the holy blood, Cecilia was restricted to Schicksal headquarters and rarely went to the outside world.