Chapter 219: Embrace

The emerald-green wings unfolded, and the petite body emitted white light.

A green impact like water waves surged back and forth inside the originally spacious villa.

Everything around trembled, and this place felt as if it were about to collapse.

"Brother, why am I an Alien Insect?" the floating Original Insect tilted its head, and a transparent silhouette of Rixia Bu Xi appeared on its body surface.

It walked toward the Heavenly Dao Chief, gradually approaching, and stopped only when standing face to face with him.

The floating Original Insect's raised limb had turned into a monster's arm, reaching out to the silent Heavenly Dao Chief.

"Answer me, why am I an Alien Insect?" Rixia Bu Xi asked again.

Silence, only the creaking sound of wind striking the window.

Tokyo, Tokyo Tower, Heavenly Dao Family, the Heavenly Dao Chief gazed at the floating Original Insect standing before him, took a deep breath, and spoke:

"Because my parents were killed and mimicked by the Original Insect before you were born,

at that moment my mother had just conceived you, and the Original Insect's mimicry inherits everything from the mimicked."

The Heavenly Dao Chief looked at the floating Original Insect before him, "You are my sister who died before birth, my blood relative; you merely happened to be born as an Original Insect."

"Brother, you are human, while I am an Original Insect; do you think we are truly siblings?"

Rixia Bu Xi pointed at her current appearance.

Everything now indicates there is no monster family; whether brother or Shuhua are both 100% human, only I have been kept in the dark.

This is simply a nightmare that will never end; everything possessed is like a fleeting illusion.

Before, Jiang Xia told herself not to worry about her monster identity, to live here as a human, as if nothing had happened, spending a lifetime silently and unnoticed.

If it were the past, she might truly have followed the advice, burying this matter like the grudge from years ago deep in her heart,

but this time she came wanting to know clearly; she is no longer the Rixia Bu Xu who could hide anything, and in front of relatives she cannot.

Then she came, she did not choose to be with him, even though both are monsters,

but she does not want anyone to know that Jiang Xia is a monster, not even her brother.

"That's right, you are my sister; whether I am human or Alien Insect, I will protect you from any harm." said the Heavenly Dao Chief.

"I will protect the world, but what I want to protect is a world where Xiao Xi can live safely."

Bathed in the sunlight streaming in from outside, the Heavenly Dao Chief's gaze was resolute, every line on his body as if forged through a thousand tempers.

Or rather, he has undergone a thousand tempers to be able to stand here.

That asteroid existing in outer space must be destroyed, no matter the cost.

His sole goal now is to destroy the source of the Alien Insects; this is the true Way of Heaven.

"Are Alien Insects not humanity's enemies?"

"No, those Alien Insects that kill humans and trample even tiny hopes and dreams—I merely want to defeat them."

"So that's how it is, brother."

Rixia Bu Xi gradually took on a human appearance; as long as she does no evil, even if she is non-human, would she not become her brother's enemy?

She had already obtained the answer she wanted.

"I'm going back; someone is still waiting for me." Rixia Bu Xi turned her head, the corner of her mouth curling into a faint smile.

"Go back, go back where?"

The Heavenly Dao Chief's painstakingly honed perception told him he seemed to have been played by his own sister.

"Of course, to go back and cook."

Rixia Bu Xi looked at the wall clock showing it was nearly noon; it was already lunchtime.

Only half the day has passed, but for Rixia Bu Xu, she has already decided how to live the rest of her life.

"Won't you eat here?" the Heavenly Dao Chief asked.

He was also preparing to cook, but had just been interrupted.

"No." Rixia Bu Xi waved her hand, "I also want my own life; you should hurry and find a girlfriend."

She lightly pushed the door open, mounted the ladies' bicycle wrapped in blue bandages, and hummed softly as she rode through the ginkgo-leaf-covered road.

When passing Shibuya, she stopped, thought a moment, took out the sketchbook she always carried in her bag, and gently opened it,

thinking while drawing on it, and she switched to several different brushes.

No longer a simple sketch, but a vividly colored picture with a hint of ferocity.

A huge monster with dragon horns stood tall, its black claws supporting the sky, its feet treading the earth.

Around it was an expanse of continually burning ruins, firelight constantly flickering.

A winged girl gently leaned against the giant monster's shoulder, lightly stroking its fearsome scales, as if whispering something in its ear.

The sky supported by the monster glowed golden-yellow, with no clouds, only a solitary sun hanging in the heavens.

Rixia Bu Xi smiled faintly, put away her sketchbook; this was her secret, not to be shown to anyone.

After lunch, as Jiang Xia was about to head out to cause trouble for the Sword Scorpion, Rixia Bu Xi suddenly summoned her to her room.

Unlike Jiang Xia's preference for pure-white rooms, Rixia Bu Xi's room was filled with warmth.

Sunlight streamed through the white curtains, falling onto the warm-colored bedsheets,

the desk neatly arranged various painting brushes, plus a small potted plant with lustrous emerald leaves.

On the bedside cabinet sat a somewhat delicate photo frame.

That was when, in the Heavenly Dao Family, Rixia Bu Xi first joined as the Heavenly Dao Chief's sister.

All four faces bore smiles, their transparent glasses clinking together, producing a clear sound.

They basked in the golden sunlight; the white mist on the table lingered, not dispersing, adding a touch of haziness to the scene.

Jiang Xia certainly still remembered that afternoon when Xiao Xi learned the truth; at first she too sat here very primly.

but gradually she was moved by the gentleness, began to open her heart, and joined together,

She began to revert to the version of herself before the Shibuya incident, and in the end, her smile was utterly heartless.

Of course, the photographer has always been a mystery.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Xia felt that Xiao Xi seemed off today; her small face flushed, she looked nervous, lowered her head, lifted it now and then, but quickly lowered it again.

Jiang Xia suddenly sensed something, and a ripple stirred in their heart.

Rixia Bu Xi finally made up their mind.

The pitch‑black lines eventually replaced her exterior, and, like an insect's ever‑bumpy skin, again covered her body.

Jiang Xia watched Rixia Bu Xu display the form of a floating Original Insect, and also guessed something.

"Can you hug me?" the floating Original Insect opened its arms with a hint of shyness and longing.

"Hmm."

Jiang Xia's originally handsome face gradually became covered with fine scales; this time they didn't just overlay but pierced the flesh, and the jagged bone spines slowly emerged.

Their pupils also elongated, becoming the vertical slits that symbolize monsters.

Both hands and feet simultaneously turned into claws, and the sharp claws pierced the floor, creating several holes.

The two different monsters slowly approached each other, then embraced tightly.

Broad dragon wings unfurled behind Jiang Xia, wings capable of slicing steel, yet at this moment they possessed no offensive ability.

The membranous wings turned into pure, soft silk, enveloping the two bodies; under the dazzling white light, the two merged.

(End of Chapter)