“Although I don’t know how you ended up like this… I’m really glad I got to see you again.”
Mei Wei Si broke into a bright smile. In your memories, she rarely smiled like that.
“Me too… I never thought I’d run into you again. How did you recognize me?”
Even though you had already admitted your identity, you were still curious how Mei Wei Si knew you were Dali’ang.
Mei Wei Si smiled softly.
“How could I not recognize the magic I taught you? I used to watch you cast Lightning Magic at all sorts of monsters every day, but you never improved. It was always the same. There’s no way I wouldn’t notice.”
“So that’s how it is……”
It made sense that Mei Wei Si could identify you from the magic you used.
“Aren’t you afraid I’m not Dali’ang?”
“I couldn’t be wrong. And you’re willing to help others, just like back then when I entered the Tower and you were willing to risk your life to save me.”
“Those really were nostalgic days, inside the Tower.”
“Oh?”
Mei Wei Si heard you say that and a mischievous grin crept onto her face.
“Are you nostalgic for those days, or for me?”
“Uh……”
Faced with such an ambiguous question, you found yourself at a loss.
She truly was an old friend of yours. If things got too intimate, well, you were already a married man.
So you decided to skip past the question.
“Either way, those days are gone… Right now, we might all be about to die.”
“Don’t be so grim, Dali’ang.”
Mei Wei Si tried to comfort you, but she knew in her heart that the whole world had already reached its end, and every living creature still breathing would share the same fate.
And in her heart, she kept questioning herself.
“This might be my last chance……”
“Last chance for what?”
You were puzzled by Mei Wei Si’s words.
“Dali’ang, there’s something I’ve always wanted to tell you……”
Mei Wei Si still wore those familiar Black Stockings on her legs, though they were already starting to look tattered.
Just as Mei Wei Si was about to speak, Winteria appeared at your side.
“Winteria? How did you…”
Winteria had shifted into her Human Form. Perhaps because her body was too weakened, maintaining this form actually consumed less energy.
Winteria’s Human Form closely resembled the illusion you had seen in the Abyss.
Her delicate face was stunningly beautiful, and she was slightly shorter than Mei Wei Si.
Though Winteria wasn’t tall, her figure was quite ample. The fabric across her chest was stretched high, even fuller than Mei Wei Si’s.
And perhaps because Winteria was the Ice Dragon Queen, her skin was as white as snow, soft and warm, as if it were veiled in a fragrant mist.
“Lai En, who is this?”
Winteria froze for a moment, and her Sixth Sense was instantly triggered.
Winteria gave Mei Wei Si a once-over, and in the end, she picked up on a strange atmosphere.
You wanted to say this was an old acquaintance of yours, but Winteria had watched you grow up, and she was practically your wet nurse.
If you said you had known Mei Wei Si from before, it would likely send her imagination running wild.
Mei Wei Si, meanwhile, didn’t know your relationship with Winteria either, and she was just as taken aback.
“Uh… She’s a new friend I met. Her name is Mei Wei Si.”
“A new friend……”
Mei Wei Si understood that you were trying to fool this woman named Winteria, but she didn’t know why you would lie to her.
Until Winteria, as if staking her claim, gently kissed you on the lips.
Then Winteria looked at Mei Wei Si with the bearing of a victor.
Calling her a “victor” was somewhat biased. It was more of a desire to share, filled with happiness and contentment.
After all, Mei Wei Si was Human. Even if Winteria sensed something, she would only assume Mei Wei Si admired the powerful Lai En.
She wouldn’t jump to any other conclusions.
But to Mei Wei Si, that kiss meant something completely different.
Mei Wei Si faltered, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists.
Regardless, this beautiful young woman named Winteria clearly had some deep connection with Lai En.
Mei Wei Si tried to keep her voice from cracking, then asked.
“What is she to you?”
Mei Wei Si was praying for one thing, that this woman was simply a relative of yours.
But before you could explain, Winteria spoke up.
“He and I already have two lovely children. I am his Spouse.”
The Dragon Clans do not sugarcoat terms for lovers. In their eyes, so-called lovers exist for the purpose of bearing offspring.
And bearing offspring is love. That’s the logic of the Dragon Clans, much like certain birds.
Mei Wei Si lowered her head slightly. You couldn’t read her expression.
You wanted to say that this was all just a Simulation.
But it was only then that you truly understood, the so-called Simulation had already become reality.
These women’s affections for you had already pulled you in deep.
“Damn it, is this the legendary love battlefield?!”
Lai En had always treated the world inside the Simulation like a Galgame. After all, romancing the girls came with rewards.
In real life, Lai En also frequently switched “wives.”
He’d pursue one character today, then fall for another after a while.
If they were just virtual characters, it wouldn’t have mattered.
But right now, he was facing real people of flesh and blood.
Mei Wei Si’s face gradually twisted into an indescribable awkwardness.
“I see… Lai En…”
“Mei Wei Si, to put it in your Human terms, from now on we’re Grasshoppers on a Rope.”
Winteria extended her hand and shook Mei Wei Si’s.
Winteria was dressed entirely in white, while Mei Wei Si wore a black outfit. Standing together, the two made for a breathtaking sight.
But you had no mind to appreciate it at the moment.
And so, your reunion with Mei Wei Si shifted from initial joy to final silence.
Yet after a few seconds, Mei Wei Si cast aside her gloom and suddenly revealed a radiant smile.
“From now on, we’re comrades-in-arms, Winteria.”
“And you too, Lai En. I look forward to working with you.”
You didn’t know how to respond, so you simply clasped her slender, fair hand.
Her hand carried the weight of time itself.
……
(I still can’t remember today’s date, but I never thought I’d open this diary again)
(I once read a Love Poem that said Drowning in Heartbreak was how heartbreak felt. I used to think that was an exaggeration)
(If this is the life he has chosen, all I can do is wish him happiness. After all, my feelings for him were always mine alone. They have nothing to do with him)
Mei Wei Si closed her diary.
“No. It’s not over yet.”
Mei Wei Si gazed toward the dark clouds at the horizon. Time was running out. She had to act.