Chapter 798 Lonely Tree (2/2)

"She is Co that Neph would follow As they approached, Sunny sighed and said in a neutral tone:

"Most people in the outskirts don't get to have a burial, so there are no graves, either space is a precious coy and fuel are, too Human remains are usually dissolved, and then discarded Still, it is nice to have a special place to re tio, I carved two lines into it — one for my mom, and one for my dad"

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He stopped and stared at the tree, a distant expression appearing on his face

In truth, Sunny had been thinking about his mother a lot recently, and that pro was just an afterthought He had decided that showing her the hidden side of the city would do her soive her perspective, at least

As they stood silently under the tree, Nephis studied it for a while, and then suddenly said:

"There are three lines"

Sunny looked at her in confusion

"What?"

Neph pointed to the bottom of the trunk

"There is a third line"

He stared at her for a moment, then turned away

"Oh The third line is for htlanced at him, then asked in her usual even tone:

"Were you not confident of conquering it?"

Sunny laughed

"Gods, no! I was pretty sure that I would die I was ready to, actually Back then… I was sort of auess Very few people frohtmares We are physically weak and less educated than proper citizens Local schools are not exactly known for training skilled fighters"

He remained silent for a moe part of why I survived the First Nightmare was exactly because I did not really care to survive Since I already accepted that I would die, I did not worry tooNo matter what happened, I was able to cal I acted with unrestrained coldness and calculation"

Sunny sighed

"Of course, such an attitude is of liet far by acting like a walking corpse It was only halfway through the Nightmare that I suddenly decided that I wanted to live And once I did… I really, really wanted to live That hat pushed o on despite all reason, and eventually escape"

He looked at the lonely tree, lingered, and said:

"I haven't been back here since When I was carving the third line for myself, I had no idea that I would return one day as a Master, let alone one with the Special Strategic asset designation and enough value to ht over rinned

"What a strange turn of events, huh?"