Chapter 206 Love, Past and Present 3 (2/2)

"Then do you think I am unpleasant to be around?"

"No, you're responsible and capable"

"Then do you think I am too weak to walk this path of yours? Do you think I ales? Will you have to push th and reliability, you're perfect, and I'll need your strength in the long run" Aldrich raised a brow "I don't get where you're going with this-,"

Valera put a soft finger on Aldrich's lips, quieting hihly of my appearance, you do not nize th to walk beside you"

"Yes, that is true, but what about ourreal?" said Aldrich

"Your memories may not be real," corrected Valera "But s ofyou did for e with you saying this And, Aldrich, you said so ive me a proper answer of yes or no"

"It truly doesn't bother you that I said it all felt like a simulation crystal?" said Aldrich

"It does Or rather, it did

I knew you were not entirely the same person I knew the moment I was summoned to this realm You looked different We were both weaker You had lived an entire lifetime here as a new person" Valera put her hand down to Aldrich's chest, over his heart "But the more I watched you in this neorld, the more I made sure deep down, you are still the sa, reliable, and strong Strong in mind and body And, perhaps most important of all, you still care

You are cold and calculating when you need to be, but when it matters, you still care

Otherwise, you would not bother to consider s and worry about them so deeply Our life in the other realm may have been but a simulation to you, but you still made your choices there, and no matter how far removed they may have been to your real self, some part of those decisions came from your heart

And this heart of yours-," Valera blushed, red brightly tinting her white cheeks "It is eain: this heart of yours, I love"

"You really don'tyourself How unlike you" Valera s you to fall for me as deeply as I have fallen for you That would be selfish of me, especially when, as you have said, yourasis for you to try

I a to your eyes, th is so you down"

Valera briefly looked away, re in the past Unlike before, she did not a gri her smile "There was this little heartfelt piece I read froirl

It said that love is nothing but trying Trying to understand each other, to feel each other, to build each other up Sometimes, what you build lasts, soo, when I was a little girl, I had thought that meant love was hard and full of effort

Why would anyone put the? Especially hat you build together may not even last? When it can all collapse on top of you and hurt you?

But now I knohen you find the right person, it does not feel like trying Whether what you build lasts or falls, it does not , that alone is worth it

I have found the person right for me

Will you try to find that person in me?

Will you let inning, together? Hand in hand? Heart to heart?"