269 I Hope Im Not Wrong (2/2)

Cinty shook her head.

”No. The wisp race, for some reason, is a lot more united than any other race. Although I won't say that something like that didn't happen after so many Chaos Cycles, you can probably count them in your fingers. I like to think that it is because of our life spans. With so little so live, who will waste time in seizing control? It's not like our wisp worlds are rich or anything.”

Cinty continued.

”To be honest, even the Wisp King or Queen doesn't have that much of a difference in treatment than normal wisps. Every single one of them, me included, took the throne for the sake of our race. Still, just in case someone thinks about such bullshit, the Soul Forging Realm wisps keep an eye out to prevent it. Thanks to Wally, no other race tries to intervene in this matter, either.”

Feifei was hearing everything when suddenly, she thought about an issue.

”But it only happens in the case that a Major Core Wisp isn't available. At the moment, there is you, and there is Krune. I will be honest with you, I don't want Krune to become the king at all, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't want it either. After all, we all know that Krune deeply hates attention. What will happen with him if he decides to refuse to become the next Wisp King?”

Krune nodded after hearing that. Feifei asked precisely what he was thinking.

Contrary to their thoughts, Cinty just sighed.

”In that case, we will simply send you out. Also, don't you worry, we will not retract you from the Wisp Protection law. I will only pray that one day, you change your mind.”

Feifei couldn't help but ask with a shocked face.

”That simple?”

Cinty then looked at her.

”Wulia Feier, right?”

Feifei nodded. It was her alias, after all.

”Feier, the wisp King or Queen exists for the sake of the wisps. We commit our lives to help the wisps, a race that is already in bad shape. Let me ask you, what good would it bring to our wisp race if the next Wisp King doesn't even want to be it?”

Feifei and everyone else was taken aback.

”This...”

Cinty smiled and then continued.

”I will tell you what will happen. If the new Wisp King doesn't want to be it, then his management will be done poorly. He will not put any real thought into his decisions and only think about it as a bother. Such behavior will then only bring disaster to the wisps that live in here. In that case, I might as well leave it for the Divine Soul Realm wisps who REALLY wish to help their race.”

Krune couldn't help but smile. Still, there was one more question in his mind.

”Let's say that I accepted to be the next Wisp King. What about the fact that Feifei is my fiance?”

Only now did Cinty remember about this problem.

”Ah! That's right, this is indeed a problem.”

Cinty pondered a bit and then had an idea.

”What about you keep it a secret? That should work, right?”

Krune and Feifei's mouths twitched.

”It couldn't possibly be that simple!”

Cinty Shrugged her shoulders and answered.

”Why not? Did you forget that wisps have little Life Span? It's not like I think you will reach the Divine Path Realm anyway. Since your reign will only last as much as your life span, then it shouldn't be an issue.”

Krune heard that and decided to ignore Cinty's opinion on the matter. After all, he doesn't want to be king to start with. He then closed his eyes and asked Light Spirit.

”Light Spirit, what do you think?”

Light Spirit immediately understood what Krune meant.

”She does seem like someone that can be trusted, especially after saying that she will let us leave anytime we want. Since blood contracts won't work for her, this is as far as we can go. I will leave the final decision up to you.”

Krune agreed with Light Spirit.

The thing that caught Krune's attention the most was her speech about the next Wisp King not wanting to be it. During that moment, Krune could feel the concern that she had for the wisp race behind that smile. He had only lived for almost 13 years, and he helped the wisps as best as he could. Krune could only imagine how much she had sacrificed for the wisps during her 200+ years of being in charge.

'I hope I'm not wrong.'

Krune opened his eyes once more and asked.

”I'm curious, what if you reach the Divine Path Realm? Would you still pass your crown to me?”

Cinty was puzzled with such a question. After all, it was evident that she wouldn't be able to advance five stages in a little more than 20 years.

”Hahaha! If such a miracle really happened, why should I pass it to you? I have always admired what Wally and his nine disciples did for our wisp race. If not for them, just where would we be today? I speak from the bottom of my heart, or core, if you prefer, that I would definitely follow in their steps and protect the wisp race until the day that I'm forced to ascend. I will then do my best to support Wally the best way I could, even if I have to descend right after.”

Krune could see the pride in her face, but at the same time, the sadness of knowing that such a dream wasn't possible anymore.

Krune smiled and decided to talk with her through Divine Sense Message from now on.

Around one month later, Cinty broke through into the 6th Stage of the Void Breaking Realm.