Miss Chloe stared blankly at the steps extending from her feet to higher places. She seemed to have understood.
Shade then said:
"Mrs. Marquez is your fear of loneliness and your worries about past experiences that you cannot forget. You regard her as the most important part of yourself, so you gave her your middle name and last name."
After hesitating for a moment, he said:
"So, the thirteen people in your memory are actually you. Divide yourself, and then actively accept and gain yourself. This is the path you choose... The one who is very good at cooking vegetable soup is actually you, then
It tastes really good.”
Chloe couldn't help but smile. The twelve golden steps looked much more solid, and at the end of the steps was the dark sky.
"This gentleman."
Shade waved to the cowering man, and the [Origin Darkness] in his pocket automatically flew to Shade. The man stood up with a trembling body and came to Shade.
Shade held the card in his hand and said:
"In the name of the next owner of [Impermanence and Darkness], I forgive your theft."
He patted the man's shoulder and looked at Miss Chloe:
"You have made many mistakes in the past, some of which you find difficult to talk about or even unwilling to recall. Therefore, you transformed the image of this mistake into an image of a man that witches hate, without even giving him a specific
name."
"I......"
Those red eyes looked at Shade.
"But it's not that bad. Because you understand that it's wrong and accept your mistake. This is better than Lakin, who I'm about to face... The evidence of your acceptance of your mistake is that even in
Even on the most dangerous last stretch of the road, you didn't propose to abandon him, but insisted on taking him here with you."
Miss Chloe's lips trembled:
"Yes, the one I put at the end is the one I least want to face... He is also me."
The nameless man showed a relieved smile and bowed slightly to Shade. His body emitted a bright golden light. He turned into a series of golden light spots in the light and flew to the top of the witch's twelve steps.
It became the thirteenth step.
The steps were completely solidified, and Chloe Marcus Marquez, one of the co-founders of Zalas Academy and the strongest thirteenth-level witch of this era, returned to her original posture again.
The light from the golden steps illuminated her and Shade's faces, and an expression as if she had just woken up from a dream appeared on the young witch's face. As if she was meeting herself for the first time, she raised her hand to touch her cheek, and then with a
He looked at Shade with confused eyes:
"I......"
"Transform your soul and the thirteenth level of the witch into thirteen different images, representing different memories and different obsessions in life. Lost in the snowy mountains, you move forward with them, accept and tolerate them again, and let them
Truly become a part of yourself. Until you climb to the highest peak of this snow-capped mountain, from the initial confusion to the final awakening, this is not only a climb of the body, but also a climb of the soul."
Shade looked at her. In this world with the power of mysticism, this approach meant many things:
"Mrs. Marquez and that man represent the last weakness in your heart. The fear of loneliness and the guilt of the past. But now, you are willing to accept them instead of killing them, although this can also bring you here...
..You go from complete to scattered, and from scattered to complete, this is your..."
"...the path of the demigods."
Miss Chloe and Shade looked at each other and told the answer that Shade had already guessed. Shade breathed a sigh of relief, this time the story finally came to the end:
"Yes, although this snow-capped mountain is dangerous, there are actually not that many evil spirits. What you encounter, including the devil and the black shadow of death, are all your own distracting thoughts and fears. It is yours to defeat them.
An important process for the soul to ascend to its highest peak. Before I appeared, you had successfully accommodated the first eleven selves, and I only helped you solve a small problem."
Miss Chloe wanted to say something, but Shade interrupted her:
"Lost person in the snowy mountains, have you found yourself at this moment? Can you see the road to the last step?"
Miss Chloe was startled and looked at Shade with some fear:
"Are you actually lying too? They represent the first thirteen levels, and you represent a demigod? A brand new possibility?"
"No, no, no, why do you think so? I am serious."
He held Miss Chloe's hand and let her feel the temperature of his palm:
"Rather than saying that I am you, it is better to say that I am your secret keeper."
Shade looked into her eyes. The two of them stood in the wind and snow on the top of the mountain, with silver snowflakes falling on their shoulders:
"I have met a lot of secret keepers recently, and this time I did the same thing as them. I witnessed and helped your growth and sublimation, inspiring you to move forward, rather than leading you forward. Speaking of which, [Keeping the Secret
The successor of "Teacher" actually does not ask to teach others... This is not important."
He used one hand to brush away the snowflakes from the shoulders of the silver-haired witch in front of him:
"Miss Chloe, take the final step."
The witch nodded slightly, but did not let go of Shade's hand. There was burning emotion in her eyes:
"Are you leaving?"
Shade calculated the time, and there were still more than three minutes left:
"I came here just to help you climb to the highest peak. Although I'm very reluctant to let you go..."
He has gradually become accustomed to this kind of separation. In the Sixth Epoch, countless girls have told Shade that everything he has come into contact with and everyone he has known during his travels with the Time Key has long since turned into his hometown.
Only a few lines of text are left, as well as the memory that will eventually fade away in Xia De's heart:
"...But I think it's time to say goodbye. You are a very good girl. Do you remember what I said? There are also witches who are very close to me, but their talents are not as good as yours."
Miss Chloe had a forced smile on her face, her red eyes always looking at Shade:
"Will we meet again?"
Shade felt that he had completely understood the meaning in the witch's eyes.
"I have no idea."
In the blink of an eye, tears streaked down her cheeks, but before they fell to the ground, they turned into ice crystals. She stood on tiptoes slightly, then held Sha De's face and kissed her. The cold lips were something Sha De had never tried before, and the tears turned into ice crystals.
The ice crystals also have a different bitter taste than before.
[Outlander, Witch Reminder Chloe, has been completed. 】
The witch let go of Shade and then took a few steps back.
"Well!"
Shade covered his mouth, coughed a few times, and then spit out a transparent ice crystal from his mouth. It was about the size of a quarter of a hand. Although it was oval, the ice crystal had countless tiny planes on its surface.
Looking at the light on the body, the ice crystals are engraved with dense text.
This is not an extraordinary item, but it seems to be a special item. This is a teardrop frozen by the witch with her own power (note). It is an ice crystal that records the path of a demigod. In addition to Shade's guess, there are more records on it.
thing.
This is the last gift, but Shade doesn't know if he can take it away.
Without saying goodbye to Shade, Chloe looked up at the golden steps leading to higher places. Her back was to Shade, and the shabby cold-proof robe on her body turned into a gorgeous ice blue dress at some point.
skirt.
The ice and wind and snow made jewelry and hair accessories for her. Her boots were decorated with ice crystals. The wind rolled up her long silver hair and braided her complicated hairstyle. The thirteenth-level witch carefully lifted up the gorgeous and heavy skirt.
, lifted up his boots decorated with diamonds and sapphires, and stepped on the first step.
Where the boots landed, golden light surged like waves, and the light spread to the entire staircase, making it shine like the sun under the dark sky of blizzard. At the same time, the darkness in the far distance of the silver-white mountain range
In the middle, a ray of light penetrated the wind and snow and shined directly.
She climbed up the stairs step by step and reached the second and third steps. The wind and snow weakened a lot at this moment. The howling wind stopped, but the snow was still falling all over the sky. Until the wind stopped completely,
The sound of the bell came from nowhere, and the exciting sound of the bell echoed in the vast snow-capped mountains. Along with the sound of the bell, someone was even singing softly.
When I stepped on the fourth and fifth steps in the snow, when the first ray of light broke through the black fog from a very far distance, the shadow of three full moons appeared for the first time in the dark sky above my head. The darkness was slowly dissipating.
Go, the bright starry sky becomes clear from blur behind the black sky, and the snow-capped mountains are being illuminated.
Stepping onto the sixth and seventh steps in the wind, Chloe's whole body exuded golden light, and her majestic power vibrated with the sound of bells in the snow-capped mountains. The starry sky shone because of her, and the snow-capped mountains
Bright because of her.
To be continued...