“Yes, God can do anything,” he said.
Liu Yu, who was listening next to him, was confused. He thought that all fraudsters in the world spoke in the same way and liked to fool around.
But these ambiguous words seemed to have moved Gaia.
He placed his right hand on his left shoulder and elegantly bowed:
“Please allow me to bid farewell to my companions.”
He walked through the crowd and accurately walked up to Liu Yu:
“Beilia, I have to go.”
“Go? Now?”
“Yes, I have to.”
Liu Yu looked up at him. The young man had a gentle expression and there was no trace of reluctance on his face, as if he were easily deciding what to eat today.
His mind was made up and would not change.
Liu Yu understood his intention and realized that his actions from yesterday to today did not distinguish her from others –
She was not special to him.
He easily let go of her.
Her voice suddenly lowered:
“But you promised me that you would accompany me to participate in the God’s Protector test. Now, Gaia… are you leaving me too?”
“Beilia,” Gaia sighed deeply, “our encounter is arranged by God. Parting at this time is also God’s will.”
Bullshit.
She forced him into it.
Liu Yu muttered quietly and when she saw Gaia turning to leave, she reached out and pulled him back without him noticing.
“Beilia?”
Gaia asked in surprise.
“I’m sorry, Gaia.”
She wanted to become a true God’s Protector.
Liu Yu tiptoed and gently kissed him while he was unaware.
“Beilia -”
Liu Yu didn’t let go. She held the boy’s neck tightly with both hands, tiptoed, and pressed her lips against his even more tightly –
At that moment, she bit down hard.
“…Uh.”
Gaia groaned.
His hands on her arms paused for a moment, then he forcefully pulled her away:
“Beilia, this is not right.”
The girl lowered her head, then quickly raised it. Her rosy cheeks seemed to be filled with blood. She covered her mouth and took a step back in panic, shaking her head helplessly:
“I’m sorry, Gaia… I don’t know what happened to me… I just can’t bear to leave you… If I fail the God’s Protector test, I won’t be able to see you again…”
Her voice sounded full of endless disappointment and sadness, as if she had no expectations for the future.
Yes, there were very few God’s Protectors, with a chance of only one in tens of thousands.
The Holy Light Academy was not open to the public, and once they entered, they would inevitably be separated.
No one would blame a young girl’s infatuation, even if she lost her noble elegance in public.
But Gaia did not respond to Liu Yu’s “infatuation”.
He elegantly bid her farewell, placed his right hand over his chest, and turned to leave with Lord Bruce.
The white Divine Envoys and Golden Knights guarded him as they quietly walked away.
The others left in the room couldn’t help but look at this bold young noble girl. Her seldom seen beauty and obvious sadness made her even more pitiful.
“Miss Fergus, are you alright?”
The person who received her at first asked.
Liu Yu quietly put away the Memory Bead in her hand and forced a smile:
“Thank you, my badge.”
No one noticed that the girl held a transparent glass bead in her hand, or the trace of blood stained on it, which slowly faded with time –
As if it had been absorbed by something.
“Alright, Miss Fergus, please wait a moment.”
The divine personnel handed her a golden iris flower, sincerely wishing her good results in the upcoming God’s Protector exam.
“Thank you.”
Liu Yu had a blank expression on her face as she returned to the carriage.
She looked at the glass bead in her hand. She would have to wait until the red blood was completely absorbed, probably until tonight.
By the evening, the barrier of the Memory Bead would disappear.
She needed the memory of God.
She needed to find a way to deceive the Crystal in her memory and become a fake God’s Protector – only in this way could she smoothly enter the Holy Light Academy and continue to have contact with Gaia, waiting for the opportunity to become a true God’s Protector.
Stealing God’s memory was unforgivable –
Liu Yu knew this and was willing to accept any punishment for it.
The one thing she couldn’t tolerate was living as a weakling that could be trampled on and abandoned at will.
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Late at night.
When the last drop of blood was absorbed by the glass bead, there was a soft “pop” and the world changed.
Liu Yu felt a lightness in her body, as if her soul was floating in an endless cloud.
All she could see was pure white.
The sky was white, the ground was white, and only in the distance could she see a trace of gold.
Liu Yu floated towards the gold, drifting for a long time, before finally seeing a ladder.
It was truly a ladder made of clouds, with no end in sight. Birds sang on it, and she stepped onto the ladder.
The moment she stepped onto the ladder, the floating feeling disappeared.
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