Chapter 415 - Return (II) (1/2)
Translator: GravityTales
Long Haochen felt a very sharp pain in his heart, and couldn’t help but take her in his arms. Alarmed, Cai’er fiercely pushed him away. She protectively placed her hands on her chest, “What… what are you doing?”
Long Haochen hastily replied, “Don’t be afraid, Cai’er. I won’t do anything else than keeping you company, is it okay? Calm down for now. The more anxious you feel, the harder it will be for you to regain your memories. Are you willing to listen to me as I tell you everything about you?”
Repeatedly comforted by Long Haochen, Cai’er gradually calmed down from her state of fear, but still gave Long Haochen a wary look, “Don’t come near, speak from there!”
“Okay.” Long Haochen agreed, using a warm voice to speak, “You are called Cai’er, and are an assassin from the Assassin Temple of the Temple Alliance.”
“Temple Alliance? What’s that? And what is the Assassin Temple?” Cai’er gave Long Haochen a blank look.
Long Haochen was astonished. He didn’t think Cai’er’s memory loss would be so extensive.
“Cai’er, then sit down. I will slowly tell you about it.”
“Yeah.”
Cai’er’s resistance seemed to weaken, as she complied to his recommendation, slowly sitting down. However, just after sitting, she wrinkled her eyebrows, “I’m really hungry!”
Indeed, the three of them didn’t eat anything for a day and a night.
Long Haochen hastened to take out food and water to give to the two girls. Long Haochen carefully provided food for Cai’er, and even intentionally used Holy Fire to roast her portion, taking meticulous care of her.
Standing nearby, Yue Ye watched Long Haochen cook food for Cai’er as he started telling her about the condition of Shengmo Dalu, sounding sentimental. For some reason, she felt her heart ache and her nose sour, while tears glinted in her eyes.
_If one day, a man would do all this for me, I would be willing to go as far as to die for him._
Cai’er’s fear and rejection gradually disappeared, melting under Long Haochen’s care and his recounting of her story. Hearing everything said by Long Haochen, her mind gradually stabilized. She appeared just like a thirsty traveler suddenly finding an oasis in an endless desert. Carefully listening to everything told by Long Haochen, at least her mind didn’t feel blank anymore.
About every half hour of talk, Long Haochen gave Cai’er have some time of rest to digest everything he told, before continuing. Just him telling about the continent’s history and the present condition of the continent took nearly two hours.
“… The first time we met, I was very little. At that time, you were a lot stronger than me. I was just nine years old at that time, and picking vegetables to bring them home. Then suddenly, the you who was back then a thin girl of seven or eight years old fell to the ground.
I still remember our next encounter. At that time, I didn’t even recognize you, but you recognized me through the forget-me-not ring, yet didn’t tell me. That was so mean of you! But that period passed so fast, as if the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition wasn’t of much importance.
… In the Exorcist Mountain Pass, we were living in a dormitory. As though nobody else was present, you built us a little home, and that touched me greatly. I secretly pledged to myself that in the future, I would definitely give you a warm home. Your suffering is all my fault. Because I didn’t take good care of you, you are hurt so badly now.”
Long Haochen kept speaking slowly, his voice sounding warm, as if soaking Cai’er’s heart in a clear spring. That was until she fell asleep, her head sinking on her own shoulder.
On the other side, Yue Ye had become silly from listening long ago, focusing even more than Cai’er herself on listening.
This situation lasted for a total of three days. Every day, Long Haochen kept telling Cai’er about everything, providing food and drinks for her, but as for the private business proper to a girl, she naturally let Yue Ye teach her about it.
Long Haochen’s account was very detailed, and he was very patient, repeating himself when necessary, and through the three days of contact, Cai’er finally stopped being indifferent to him and instead saw him as someone close to her. Still, she could as before not remember anything, and could only barely accept everything told by Long Haochen.
Cai’er’s strength wasn’t lost, but in the contrary, greatly increased. The only good news were that she still preserved her battle instincts. The only memories she had left were her abilities as an assassin. And furthermore, based on everything Cai’er said, she seemed to be able to control a new power, that she didn’t know much in detail about, but according to Long Haochen’s judgment, would be fit for close-quarter battles. Making use of her new insights, the new powers she got was of course related to her identity as the chosen one of the God of Death.
Through several days of contact, the amnesic Cai’er gradually accepted Long Haochen. But right now, she was like a piece of white paper, unaware of the affairs of the world, who could only regard him as a friend, without her past feelings towards him. Yue Ye saw many times how Long Haochen gazed at her, sad and depressed, when Cai’er was sleeping or cultivating.
“We should return. Cai’er, are you ready?” Long Haochen finally asked her.
“Yeah.” Cai’er lightly nodded, winking with her pair of large eyes. Contrary to the expectations, she was a lot more lively than before.
Secretly letting out a sigh, Long Haochen called out to Yue Ye and activated the Eternal Melody.