Volume 9, Chapter 20 – The Choice

That meant that Tianyin was indeed an outsider. And the one who forced Tianyin to descend upon this world was precisely the Creation Dragon God before her, the one named Vynert…

Although saying it like this sounded somewhat absurd, the facts were indeed so. Of course, even if the Dragon God was telling the truth, Samael still would not choose to believe everything outright.

Trust was not something that could be built so easily. Even if the one before her was the creator of time itself, even if she was the Creation Dragon God, it was still the same.

However…

“So that means Xiaoyin coming to this world was actually because of you?”

After accepting the Creation Dragon God’s lengthy explanation and sorting out the relationship between Tianyin and the Dragon God, Samael asked this question.

“Yes. Tianyin’s arrival was indeed because of me.”

In response, this “God” who had created the entire world admitted without hesitation to the “mistake” she had once made.

“If we are to talk about the root cause of all this, then without a doubt it lies with me. If I had not stopped the future where the world was destined to be destroyed in the beginning, then Tianyin, who bears the mission of correction, would not have descended because of my actions. And without Tianyin’s descent, there naturally would not have been those one hundred twenty-nine thousand five hundred ninety-nine destructions.”

“The true culprit behind everything is myself. I will not deny the mistake I committed. And so now, I want to atone for the wrongs I once made.”

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As a “God” who created the world, Vynert actually had no need to admit her mistakes like this. After all, as a “God”, even if she had made mistakes, as long as she did not acknowledge them herself, who would dare to accuse her?

Yet Vynert admitted her mistakes very directly, and even spoke of her desire to “atone”.

From this point alone, one could see the sincerity of Vynert as a “God”, her wholehearted devotion to the world and her wish to contribute her own strength to it.

She truly loved this world, and truly cherished this world.

“I understand your intentions. But… I still have one question.”

Samael could feel Vynert’s genuine concern for the world. However, there was still a doubt lingering in Samael’s heart.

That was…

“What kind of person was Xiaoyin in the past? And also, what exactly is the ‘Correction’ mission that Xiaoyin bears, and who gave her that mission?”

These doubts had existed in Samael’s heart from the very beginning. But it was only after she had confirmed that the Dragon God before her genuinely wanted to “save the world” that Samael decided to ask this question.

After all… Samael was different from the Creation Dragon God Vynert. In her eyes, compared to the world, Tianyin, whom she had been with day and night since her awakening, was far more important.

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“This question, huh? It seems you’re very curious about what Tianyin used to be like. Or could it be that you’re afraid that after she regains her memories, she will no longer be the Tianyin you remember?”

As a God who had lived through countless ages, Vynert immediately perceived the truest thoughts deep within Samael’s heart.

After pointing out what Samael was truly worried about, Vynert’s expression softened.

“You can rest assured about that. Even after regaining her memories, Tianyin is still the Tianyin you know. Just like the body you have now is actually a gift given to you by Tianyin after she recovered her memories.”

“This body of mine?”

“That’s right. Although she bears the mission of correcting the world, that does not conflict with giving you a new body. Even though she has now subconsciously abandoned emotions… in her subconscious, she is still unwilling to harm every single person she cherishes.”

“If that’s the case… if that’s the case, then why does she still have to carry out her mission? Wouldn’t it be better for her to just live together with us like this?”

“Things like missions are sometimes impossible to fully explain.”

In response to Samael’s question, Vynert’s gaze grew complicated as she shook her head helplessly.

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“This is something engraved into her very bones. Just like how life needs food to live… the reason she was born was to correct. Yes. That is the reason she was born. Although I am not very clear on how the existence behind her accomplished this. But… the mission of correction is like instinct, like innate nature, something that even surpasses her own sincere feelings toward you all.”

“How could it be like this…”

Hearing this, Samael opened her small mouth in disbelief. Her beautiful face was filled with dejection, and those blood-red eyes that appeared bewitching in Tianyin’s memories lost all their light.

“Don’t be too sad. Although she seems to have chosen to stand on the opposite side from us now, has she not also been hoping for you to reach out and help her?”

There was no absolute despair in this world.

Even in the depths of the sea where no light shone, there would still be scattered, faint glimmers of light.

And the universe, which appeared silent and dark, was in fact filled everywhere with massive stars burning with all their might.

Although Tianyin now seemed to be once again raising the butcher’s blade that would destroy the world, it might also be an opportunity to completely reverse this situation.

“As I said before, I have already failed one hundred twenty-nine thousand five hundred ninety-nine times. But endless failure is not without meaning. As for the way to save this world, and to save that child, although I cannot guarantee it… it does exist.”

“Presumably, Tianyin also believes in you. She cannot stop her mission of correcting the world on her own. But if the people she is most familiar with, the people most important to her, choose to stop her, then perhaps she really will be stopped by you?”

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Although the words of the Creation Dragon God Vynert sounded like she was comforting Samael, Samael herself understood that what Vynert said was indeed meant to comfort her.

But for some reason, after hearing these words, a tiny trace of “hope” actually arose in Samael’s heart.

What if…

If, just what if, Xiaoyin really could be stopped, if Xiaoyin could truly return to how she was before…

Tianyin’s mission was unreasonable to begin with. Being forcibly burdened with the responsibility of correcting the world and destroying the world… such a cruel fate was never something that Tianyin should have had to bear.

Stopping Tianyin, letting Tianyin return to the Tianyin she once was. Letting everyone return to those everyday lives from before, when nothing had happened.

Such a life, such a future, such a tomorrow, was that not what Tianyin herself hoped for and longed for deep within her subconscious?

Thinking of this, Samael finally chose to believe the words of the Creation Dragon God Vynert.