Chapter 421 : The Lingering Crimson

"Hmm? Rewrite it? But a book this thick would probably take several months to write, right?" Felyn flipped through the thickness of the book, and the wind from the fanned pages messed up Daiyi's bangs.

"It's fine, I'll just treat it as practice." Daiyi's hand was already on the book, her fingertips tinged with red.

Felyn looked at the blush appearing on Daiyi's neck in front of him, not understanding her inner thoughts.

In Felyn's view, the words Daiyi wrote were not embarrassing, but rather heartwarming.

He also didn't know that reading this book in front of Daiyi was equivalent to a public execution for her.

"Do you want to make some revisions?" Felyn asked as he closed the book and handed it to Daiyi.

Daiyi held the book to her chest with both hands, gently stroking the cover, suppressing her rapidly beating heart.

"Mhm, I'll make some revisions. There are still some mistakes."

Seeing Felyn return the book to her so readily, Daiyi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

She felt that Felyn must not have seen the words she had written, otherwise he wouldn't have returned it to her so easily.

"If you're going to revise it, can you not delete the little ramblings you wrote? I quite like them."

Felyn's words made Daiyi stop breathing. The fantasy she just had was completely shattered by Felyn's words.

"You saw all of it?" Daiyi asked.

In Felyn's eyes, Daiyi in front of him still had that cool and rational expression.

But if Felyn could look down under the table, he would see Daiyi's toes tightly curled under her slippers.

"Mhm, I couldn't sleep much last night, so I flipped through it."

"Did you also see the words I wrote?" Daiyi's voice trembled slightly, and her fingers gripped the notebook tightly.

"Mhm, thanks to your words, I was able to understand this knowledge more deeply."

Daiyi was silent for a long time, the notebook leaving red marks on her hands.

Her toes, painted with pink nail polish, finally gave up and slowly relaxed.

She pursed her lips, slowly lowered her head, and closed her eyes.

Her black hair brushed against the notebook, speaking of the girl's inner emotions.

"Forget it, I won't revise it." Daiyi handed the notebook to Felyn with her eyes closed.

He had already seen it, so there was no point in changing it now.

This guy Felyn must have memorized those words. If she changed it again, wouldn't that be telling him that she cared a lot about it?

Although she did indeed care a lot about it.

And...

And Felyn had already said so...

He had said he liked the words she wrote...

Felyn got up and poured a cup of red tea for Daiyi, then placed the freshly washed fruit on the dining table.

He saw the red tips of Daiyi's ears but said nothing.

The fruit was Daiyi's favorite kind, and the temperature of the red tea was just right.

Daiyi picked up a piece of fruit, her gaze and thoughts always drifting towards Felyn.

If it were a few months ago, Daiyi would have simply thought that Felyn remembering her preferences was just him being good at his job.

But now, Daiyi felt a different emotion.

"By the way, Daiyi, something happened yesterday." Felyn, not noticing that Daiyi had become a little different, spoke up.

"The divine chain I mentioned before, something changed in the space of order yesterday..."

Felyn told Daiyi about the battle between Herlomir and the Saintess yesterday.

If he told others, he would have to worry about whether this news would bring them trouble, or lead them down the wrong path of thinking.

But telling Daiyi, he didn't have to worry about any of that.

Because Daiyi herself was conducting research on gods.

Listening to Felyn's description, the light in her dark green eyes grew brighter and brighter. Daiyi's body leaned forward slightly, and finally, she rested her entire body on the edge of the table.

Her expression was no longer cool and rational. Her lips were half-parted in the air, her eyebrows slightly raised.

What Felyn said shocked her greatly, and she was a bit incoherent.

"So-so that's how it is? No-no wonder the Saintess wanted to stay at your house. I thought you did something to her in the space of order that made her fall in love with you."

But even after hearing the shocking news, Daiyi still didn't forget to joke.

"To change the divine chain through some kind of power, doesn't that prove that divine arts have nothing to do with piety towards the gods?"

According to common sense, people must maintain absolute worship and piety towards the gods to receive their grace, and only then can divine arts be activated.

But now, the scene Felyn saw could overthrow this common sense.

Herlomir, who could not possibly worship Order, could also release divine arts by copying and tampering with the divine chain.

Daiyi's thoughts could only go this far for now. She vaguely felt that the divine chain Felyn could see was the key to breaking through her theory.

"There's one more thing, Daiyi." Felyn was silent for a moment, then decided to say it, "Herlomir, including the Goddess of Order, I saw them with my own eyes. They should exist. I even spoke with Herlomir. She at least has human-like thinking, so she can't be some kind of inanimate object. Your theory that gods don't exist, could there be a problem with it?"

If Daiyi's theory was wrong, then Felyn didn't want to let Daiyi continue down the wrong path.

Her hand unconsciously drew messy marks on the paper. Like Felyn, Daiyi was also hesitating whether to tell Felyn her thoughts.

What they were both thinking was something absolutely not allowed in this world.

Before meeting each other, neither of them had ever communicated with anyone about this.

Felyn had spoken to the sleeping Olivia, but that was just Felyn's own complaint.

"I think gods don't exist, not to deny them. I just think they might be tools of humanity."

Daiyi dared not show her theories to anyone, dared not communicate them with anyone.

But only Felyn would sit here and listen to her thoughts.

"What if gods are not high and mighty, they can't decide the fate of humanity, they are just beings that survive on human faith and offerings?"

Daiyi expounded on her theory, and once she started, she couldn't stop.

This was the first time Daiyi had communicated with someone for so long, the first time she had poured out the suppressed emotions in her heart so freely.

She didn't even notice that while she was speaking, a faint smile began to appear on her lips.

It wasn't until twenty minutes had passed that Daiyi noticed the passage of time, noticed that she seemed to have been talking for a long time.

"Felyn, when I say these things... do you think..."

She was worried that Felyn would find her a bit long-winded, and that he would find what she said hard to accept.

"Annoying? Not at all."

Felyn looked at the time, showing a surprised expression as if he hadn't noticed the time either.

He was indeed also captivated by this side of Daiyi.

"Your ideas are very novel, I find them very interesting." Seeing gods as a tool of humanity, this idea was completely different from the current world's belief in gods.

If what Daiyi thought was true, then everything in this world would be subverted.

"And you looked very beautiful when you were talking just now. It's the first time I've seen you smile like that. Even if we were lovers, I would fall for you again."

"Beau-beautiful?!"

Daiyi quickly pressed her hands to her cheeks, because she could feel them becoming scorching hot at an extremely fast speed.

Some meaningless words came from her throat, as if she wanted to say something, but it ended up stuck in her throat.

"Mhm, very beautiful. If you're willing, you can tell me any thoughts you have in the future. And I also want to see you like that again."

Daiyi lowered her head, her dark green eyes hidden by her long hair.

"Mhm..."

After Daiyi said this, the two of them did not communicate for the rest of the morning.

Her gaze was fixed on the paper in front of her, while Felyn flipped through the notes Daiyi had left for him.

Felyn knew that Daiyi's sudden silence was not because she was angry.

Because the blush on her cheeks did not fade for the entire morning.

The young girl's thoughts were no longer on the paper.

It wasn't until noon that Felyn closed the notebook and prepared to go to the kitchen to make lunch.

"By the way, Daiyi, I'm taking Olivia back to the hospital this afternoon to get her things and also to handle the discharge procedures. Do you want to come with me?"

(End of Chapter)