Chapter 1170 - 1170 – Gravis Side (2/2)
”Let's imagine that you stayed at home just to wait for me to return.”
”If you did that, Manuel, Dorian, Azure, Aris, Ferris, and Exar would have died in their wild war against the other Sects. Without you, one more powerful Star God would have been added to the pile of enemies, who would have killed everyone,” Gravis explained.
”You have saved the lives of nearly all of my friends and my son, just like they have saved yours in the war. I can deal with some deaths, but if everyone died in their effort to help me, I wouldn't be sure if I could forgive myself.”
Stella looked absentmindedly at Manuel's faction.
”Next,” Gravis said. ”If I didn't know how much my death would hurt you, I would already be dead.”
Stella's gaze shot to Gravis in shock.
Gravis sighed.
”The Sin Aura was unimaginably terrifying,” Gravis said. ”I was continually fighting against the desire to kill myself. I just wanted this torture to end, no matter what.”
”During that time, I didn't think about my father, or Heaven, or whatever.”
”I knew that Aris, Yersi, and especially Cera would be able to handle my death. Sure, Aris and Yersi would grieve for me, but they would get over it.”
”The three of them don't need me. It's nice to have me, but they are my children. They don't need me as much as I need them. The death of a parent is horrible, but the children can come to terms with it. Yet, if one's child dies, the parent will likely never recover.”
”While I was under the effects of my Sin Aura, I had a lot of horrible thoughts,” Gravis said as he looked with a pained expression to the side. ”I didn't care for my father's problems. They were his problems, not my problems. That wouldn't stop me from killing myself.”
”Mortis? Sure, I would feel a lot of guilt for killing myself, but Mortis hadn't had someone back then. I could accept taking his life away too, as long as this torture would end.”
”My friends? They would be able to get over my death, just how I got over their death. It sounds cold, but that's how life works.”
”Nothing was stopping me from just ending the torture.”
Gravis looked at Stella.
”Except you.”
Stella took a deep breath.
”I knew that you would be under unimaginable pain. A part of me even believed that you might kill yourself too.”
”The love between two lovers is different from every other kind of love. A parent needs their children, but the children don't need their parents as soon as they become adults.”
”Friends want to be with each other, but they don't need the other side.”
”However, lovers need each other. I need you, and you need me. If one of us two dies, the other one won't feel complete anymore. We would feel like a part of our self is missing.”
”When I was in that dark place, you were the only thing that kept me going,” Gravis said as he looked deeply into Stella's eyes.
”The thought of causing you so much pain stopped me from ending my suffering.”
”Your existence saved my life, and no one else could have saved my life under these circumstances,” Gravis said with a sigh.
A short moment of silence passed before Gravis continued.
”Now, next thing,” Gravis said. ”My two main priorities in life are happiness and freedom. Power comes after that.”
”I can become powerful on my own.”
”I can become free on my own.”
”But I can't be happy on my own.”
”Your existence is the only way I can ever reach happiness in this life,” Gravis said. ”Without you, freedom and power become meaningless.”
”You talked so much about helping me in the aspect of power, but you failed to see that power isn't my priority.”
”I want to be happy, not powerful.”
”And when you're not happy, I'm not happy,” Gravis added.
”So, please, don't try to destroy your happiness for something as unimportant as power,” Gravis said as he came closer to Stella.
Then, Gravis lightly took her hand into his.
”Please,” Gravis said.
Then, he looked at the ground.
”I only want you to be happy.”
Gravis' sincere words touched Stella, and she felt her eyes water.
The frozen love had thawed.
Stella touched Gravis' face and pulled him closer.
And then, they shared a long kiss.
It was like they had never been apart from each other.