Chapter 568: Divine Owl (2/2)

”No, don't come closer!” Venerable Elvira was visibly afraid, shaking her owlish head from side to side until suddenly, she stopped struggling.

Minutes later...

”Sigh~” Theo expected her to be young, yes she really was, but he didn't...

”What is it, Theo?” Yuki felt that Theo got sad after reading the owl's memories and asked with a worried look and hugged him when she saw that he wasn't well.

”That girl suffered a lot...” Theo said pityingly, ”What she went through is a thousand times worse than what Alice's mother had to go through (Cleopatra).”

”No, no, I'm not a sad girl; no need to pity me!” The owl with honey-colored eyes and gray fur with silver accents said with tears and sobbed.

Even though it's not strong, she starts to give off a dark aura, which was something that shouldn't come from someone who wasn't even in the Venerable Realm. The air around her turned suffocating and gloomy, she seemed to be in utter despair, and she kept crying and screaming out loud to find that the memories she so much didn't want to think about and so wanted to forget had been spied upon.

Seeing that his children were getting scared, Theo pointed a hand at Elvira and made her pass out.

”What exactly happened to her?” Yuki could only imagine the worst after seeing the reaction and the way Theo acted. Mainly the way Elvira got to know her memories had been spied on.

”I'd rather you not know.” Theo shook his head and sighed, ”What she has gone through is something I don't even wish for my worst enemy.”

”…Saying this only made me more curious, but okay. I won't insist.” Yuki said softly.

Helena and the rest listened too, and from the way Theo spoke, even a layman could tell that Elvira had been through frightening things.

Isis approached and asked in a casual tone, ”What do you intend to do?”

”I'm going to erase the memories related to me, you all, and the [Dimensional Room]. I want her to be happy, although it's the first time I've seen her, as a father, it breaks my heart to see the suffering she went through and for her never to have been truly happy.” Theo said, ”What she shows is a facade of her happiness, she wants to be positive despite everything. That's why she creates jokes and pranks, but that also makes other divine beings hate and even mock her. Anyway, she went through a lot. So I'll let her go after I make her forget what needs to be forgotten.”

”Even the memories she was suffering from?” Isis didn't know what she went through, but the way Theo portrayed it, she didn't even dare imagine what she had to go through.

”That I will ask her directly.” Theo said, ”The one who harmed her was three male beings that she trusted… She lived for 2,000 years in pure pain and suffering, which she went through, and something that I just feel angry at the thought of. ”

Taking a deep breath, Theo said, ”So yes, I'll let her choose, that's not for me to decide, and she's not my enemy, she just believed she was doing the right thing and wanted to warn the other gods about me. To some extent, I can be a great villain, but I never wanted to play the good guy; I prioritize my interests, and I'm extremely selfish. I do what I feel like doing, just as I regret what she went through and don't wish anymore to kill her, even though I was about to kill her a few seconds ago.”

”Who says you need to be a hero or something?” Yuki said with a small smile: ”Do what you want to do, don't limit yourself, that's for sure. Why limit yourself to other people's standards? Even if you think something is right, there will always be someone who thinks it's wrong, no matter how noble your deed. For example, what you did to the island; you selfishly took everyone to another planet. Did they benefit from it? Yes, of course, they did, but did they want to? Of course, some didn't, especially when they got separated from their families. But does it matter? No. You did what you wanted to do. If they had the strength, they could just leave. But, if they want to find their relatives again, it's simple, they get strong and go on their own back to their home planet.”

”I support what Yuki said.” Zaika said, ”If they want to complain because they are weak, if they want to change their destiny, let them become strong and do it themselves.”

”By the way, because we're stuck in this conversation, we all know you're a big villain~” Ariana chuckled.

”Well...” Theo chuckled awkwardly but then smiled frankly, ”Thanks, I was happy after hearing that.”

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