Chapter 1404: Final Farewell

"Can you temporarily control her?"

Xilisi, who was in the shield with Xia De, asked, Xia De nodded:

"Light of Imprisonment!"

The silver ring flew out and directly put on the neck of the Xilisi emitting black smoke. The real Xilisi had a strange look on her face, but still stepped forward to hug her so she wouldn't fall to the ground:

"I know you are hating, but he is your father after all. Before he left, I wasn't raised by wind and rain."

The figure emitting black smoke seemed to sob twice, and then dissipated. Some white silk threads attached to Xilisi's wrist, she didn't avoid them, but experienced those past resentments and memories "For us Ringed Shushi who believe in our Lord 【Forgotten Elder】, the power of memory is more important than other Ringed Shushi."

As if afraid that Xia De would worry, Xilisi explained to Xia De, and Xia De also understood that Xilisi's power had been enhanced.

And when Xilisi fully experienced the newly acquired power, when she looked at Xia De behind her, Xia De couldn't understand the meaning in her eyes at this moment:

"Let's continue."

There was no enemy in the third confession cabinet, but that blurred man's voice came out.

So Xia De and Xilisi went in again, and after closing the door, Xilisi made her second confession in the darkness:

"Father, I have sinned. I know my father had greater things to accomplish, but I still greedily love the warmth of the living, and linger on the prosperity of the world. There are people, there are many people who have voluntarily sacrificed, but I... resist this choice."

"You..."

Xia De wanted to speak, but the golden-haired girl directly covered his mouth.

The voice from the other side of the darkness of the inner wall said:

"Cherishing one's own life is the best way for us as mortals to be grateful to the world. Perhaps sacrifice has a role, but perhaps, there are other ways."

"Yes, there are other ways... but this will cause others to sacrifice. I..."

"I understand. Then if it really comes to the final moment, are you willing to sacrifice?"

"Yes, to save those I love." "So, you are not selfish."

It was the sound of metal rubbing against the ground again, so Xia De got the second mirror fragment from the gap under his feet.

He said very seriously to Xilisi:

"I have already said, I have a way to solve the problem, it's not your turn to sacrifice yourself."

The young girl looked at him in the darkness, at a very close distance: "I will listen to your words. But if, if you fail?" "I will not fail."

"Arrogance is the original sin." Xia De blinked:

"If I fail, it means I am already dead. After that, I can't control what you want to do. But someone always has to sacrifice, if I sacrificed, I hope I can die with some value, at least there is no need for a second sacrificer... the premise of these things happening is that I am already dead, do you want to discuss this topic with me? Do you want to talk to me about how I will die?"

The golden-haired girl's beautiful face showed a little sadness: "You will not die, no one will die."

Xia De showed a smile:

"You see, this topic doesn't need to be discussed. So, whether you need to sacrifice, doesn't need to be discussed either."

They walked out of the third confession cabinet together, and then opened the fourth.

Because of the previous experience, Xia De dodged to the side immediately after opening the door, avoiding the memory silk threads shot from inside.

And this time, the Xilisi who walked out from the door was shouting "I don't want to die."

It was still Xia De who subdued her with the Light of Imprisonment, Xilisi stepped forward to hug the girl who was exactly the same as her:

"Don't panic, and don't be sad, we all greedily love the warmth of the living, but I am sure I will definitely not die, because..."

She looked back at Xia De, said nothing, and the girl emitting black smoke she was hugging also looked at Xia De. After a moment of silence in the dark confessional, Xia De heard someone say "Thank you." The girl emitting black smoke disappeared again, and it was still white memory silk threads attached to Xilisi's body. And this time, Xilisi's fate ring appeared directly behind her. The brass enlightenment element representing the power of civilization engraved the seven-ring enlightenment spirit rune 【Sacrifice】 for her. The golden-haired girl pursed her lips and looked at the empty arms, and only stood up after a long while. She didn't look at Xia De at this moment, but Xia De inexplicably understood the weakness in her heart. So he walked over and wanted to hug her, but was dodged by Xilisi:

"I think I can still hold on."

So the two came to the fifth confession cabinet, and it was still that blurred voice asking about the content of the confession.

And after entering the confession cabinet this time, Xilisi was silent for a long while before saying:

"Father, I have sinned. I... am jealous." "Jealous of whom?"

This time, Xilisi was not as firm as the first two times: "My friend. I am jealous of her beauty, jealous of her courage, jealous of her... relationship with my other friend."

"She" suddenly laughed softly in Xia De's ear, Xia De immediately understood, so he pretended that he was deaf at this moment, shrinking in the corner and saying nothing.

"I know this is wrong, but I am still jealous. She has almost everything, and I have nothing. She is still my friend, and always will be, but she and him..."

That blurred man's voice actually laughed:

"In love and war, any means, any emotions can be forgiven... as long as it is legal. Xilisi, there is nothing wrong with this, go pursue your heart. Don't, absolutely don't, be sorry for your life."

In the friction sound, the last piece of mirror fragment slid out from under his feet. After Xia De picked it up, he found that the three fragments just formed a complete mirror.

That mirror was not a relic, but a strange alchemical item, but it's a pity that Xia De was not its owner, so even if he used that mirror to shine on himself, nothing happened.

After leaving the fifth narrow prayer cabinet, Xia De handed the mirror to Xilisi. The latter aimed the mirror surface at her face, then suddenly her hand shook, letting the mirror fall directly to the ground, and she backed away in some horror, and after being supported by Xia De, they saw the mirror surface on the ground radiating white light together.

A figure emerged from the light, this was not a stranger, it was Xilisi's father, Mr. Lasers. Wearing a brown robe, he looked exactly the same as the Guardian's image. It's just that, when noticing his expression, seeing the look in his eyes when he looked at Xilisi with concern, Xia De inexplicably understood again that this was absolutely not a Guardian without emotions. "Father..."

Xilisi seemed to squeeze this word out of her throat, while Xia De was thinking about which version of Mr. Lasers this was. Fortunately, he didn't need to ask, the Mr. Lasers who appeared from the mirror light took the initiative to speak:

"Xilisi, you have grown up... I am really happy to be able to see you, but your appearance also means... I am, the memory split by the church's divine art before taking the last step of the Guardian's trial."

The concern, sadness, and guilt on the middle-aged man's face were absolutely not faked:

"I left this last memory here, on one hand, I hope to guide you to continue walking in the possible future, on the other hand, it is also for... sorry, Xilisi, I know what kind of decision I made, and I also know what this decision means, but sometimes, adults have to face choices they have to face."

"Can you talk?"

Xia De finally asked, the figure looked at Xia De: "Now, the distance from when I left this memory has not exceeded fifteen years, the wear and tear of memory is not very serious, and I can have a simple conversation."

He noticed Xia De's action of supporting Xilisi, but didn't express any opinion.

"Leaving me back then, leaving the church, was for..."

"For this piece of earth. In the process of investigation, I learned of the existence of the Guardian, realized the greatness of the Earth Heart, and also understood the meaning of what they did."

"Why leave without saying goodbye, at least you could leave a letter." Xia De also asked, and noticed the girl he was leaning on was trembling slightly.

"Every Guardian died inexplicably before death. We cannot leave any clues about our own departure, if you want to find us, you can only..."

"Power"

"Through step-by-step trials and tests."

Mr. Lasers said here, his expression became serious:

"Xilisi, since you have already reached this step, you should also understand what I am saying. If you are willing to continue, I will bless you, and I am very happy that my daughter also chose this path. The next target is in the basement of this church, you need to crack the riddle I left behind."

"What if she doesn't want to?"

Xia De asked, Mr. Lasers seemed to have thought that he would ask this way:

"Xilisi has already grown up, I threw the responsibility to her, and also gave her the right to choose. Although I am still her father, I no longer have any power to restrain her and plan her life path. If Xilisi is not willing to continue to the next step, I respect her decision, and hope..."

Looking at his daughter:

"Hope you are happy in this life, my daughter. I'm sorry, I couldn't watch you grow up, but if you have already made up your mind, leave, get married and have children like a normal person, and watch them grow up healthy. Don't become me, become an irresponsible adult like me. Don't care about this church, take the Golden Dawn and leave the Landaier River Valley, never come back, never..."

The last sentence was intermittent and very blurred, and the white light emerging from the mirror also began to flicker until it suddenly extinguished. And in the last blurred sentence, Xia De only heard a "sorry."

The disappearance of the light plunged the prayer room into darkness again, but Xia De could still see Xilisi's face. The golden-haired girl stared blankly at the mirror in front of her, and then, it was Xia De's sigh. ===== CHAPTER 1405 =====

The last sentence was intermittent and very blurry, and the white light emerging from the mirror surface began to flicker until it suddenly extinguished. In the last blurry sentence, Xia De only heard a "sorry."

The disappearance of the light plunged the prayer room back into darkness, but Xia De could still see Siris's face. The blonde girl stared blankly at the mirror in front of her, and then, there was a sigh from Xia De.