Chapter 375 - 374: Yggdrasil (1/2)

Chapter 375 - 374: Yggdrasil

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"Perhaps we should call hih SP to travel back to the Branch No… no, stupid Let the boy spend more time with his sister alone"

"You… still talk to yourself, Ms Angela?"

"Stop calling me Ms, it has been eons since you were my student"

"But the kid still calls you Ms"

"Because he's still a kid You and I are pretty e now, if you think about it"

"I… suppose I haven't thought about it like that"

"You should The both of us have been alive for thousands and thousands of years It's fate, now that we have experienced the things we have, ould be able to teach the boy what he needs"

"Fate… or another one of his eration to say that everything that exists and will exist from now on is made solely for the boy"

"See Van sitting on the cliff for more than a few hours now He said only a feords as he sat beside Andrea's grave, but after that, he stopped Instead, his eyes had been fixated on the horizon; his breaths neither ragged nor calhts

He wishes he could have seen it He wished he could have seen Andrea truly happy and at peace; he wishes he could have grown old with her, or at least watched her grow into an old wo that she ith the woman she loved the h

"Andrea…"

Van's breaths then echoed throughout the horizon as he stood up, still resting his palm on the base of Andrea's statue, "I truly wish I could have been there for you So this ht be a bit shameless for me to ask…

but please watch over h I a is fucked up, I tell you"

Van's breaths slowly becaently patted Andrea's statue, "I… never really got a chance to say goodbye to you But I don't think I will, after all-- it just doesn't feel right saying goodbye to you e've just reunited again So, instead…

I'm… I'm home, sis"

And as if the world itself heard Van's words, the trees started to sith the ocean suddenly being cal wind that cleared the skies above The as perhaps a whisper, or ust of wind; but for Van, it felt like Andrea was telling hiain closed his eyes as he faced the vast horizon A beginning; This was a new beginning He had many, but this time, it was truly his and not thrown to hiet our friends," Van then said as he turned towards Sarah and Angela, "Thank you for showing this to me, Miss Sarah"

"Andrea would have wanted it"

"But still, thank--"

"Eh, I still think you should have seen lorious"

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When Van and Angela returned to the Branch, the others were already preparing to move It would seem that Sarah's so-called [Blood Clone] had actually been keeping the with hi, they already knew that Van had already chosen where the 10th Realm would be built

"Do you want to share some words with the people?" Athena then approached Van

"What people?"

"The other races that joined under your banner Some of them do not want to come with us"

"No," Van quickly shook his head, "Not this ti the Evans"

"Father, we… are truly leaving this place, aren't we?"

"Are you… ready?"

"Yes," Vanya nodded with a s to recuperate y, I think I could create another Branch that would be able to take all of us there"

"No, I ain nodded, but this tiht in the eyes, "The forest giants have been cooped in this place for too long, it's tiain the freedom that mother would have wanted them to have"

"Vanya… about your mother--"

"Mother… is everywhere Even if her body is not physically with us, her presence is everywhere; as long as there are trees, you could find traces of her there," Vanya then said as she gently placed her hand on Van's cheek

"V… Vanya?" But slowly, Vanya's grip started to tighten, al Van's skin off

"And don't think I haven't noticed so on between you and aunt Athena," Vanya whispered, "But it's alright, if anything, I a care of you now"

"You… you don't seem very happy?"

"Oh…

I am"

Hours; days passed since Van and the others began preparations to leave for the 10th Realm, and finally, after what seemed like a week-- a tree was born

A tree that was large enough to cover the skies of Midgard A tree large enough to be seen by all of the 9 Realms; some of them asked, some of them bowed in worshi+p, while some of them feared for their lives-- but none interfered

They all just watched as this tree continued to grow… and grow… and grow Days, weeks,war had no choice but to stop their lust for battle as the tree see their sides