1165 Xinxia? Salan? (2/2)

Xinxia remained still with her head lowered. She did not see Mo Fan approaching her.

\”Xinxia, I'm here,\” Mo Fan walked up to Xinxia and called out. He could not tell if she was asleep, or she was unwilling to face him.

Xinxia opened her eyes, filled with complicated feelings.

She knew Mo Fan would come for sure, but… she did not want Mo Fan to come. She was afraid of herself, afraid to face Mo Fan's eyes.

She finally raised her head and looked at Mo Fan, and was shocked to see him covered in wounds and bruises. Some were still bleeding.

Xinxia covered her mouth as tears started rolling down her cheeks.

Mo Fan could not stand to see her cry. He quickly hugged her.

After hearing the shocking news, Mo Fan had totally lost control of his emotions. He finally reclaimed them when he touched Xinxia's soft, feeble body. He was finally relieved when his chest was pressing hard against her!

\”I'm bringing you out of here,\” Mo Fan rose to his feet and broke the chain that was tying Xinxia down.

The chain was not enhanced by magic. Mo Fan took it off with ease. After all, the thing that was trapping Xinxia was not the chain, but the Saintess' Hall, and the armed forces of the Parthenon Temple outside the Saintess' Hall!

Mo Fan carried Xinxia in his arms. The girl was a lot skinnier. He could barely feel her weight. He could feel warm tears on the side of his face...

Mo Fan's words had melted Xinxia's heart and broke the struggle inside her, but she knew it was not the right thing to do. She was already satisfied she was able to see Mo Fan for the last time.

\”Brother Mo Fan, aren't you going to ask me anything?\” Xinxia finally broke the silence.

\”Ask what?\” Mo Fan said.

\”That I...I am someone else,\” Xinxia bit her lips and said after a long pause.

Xinxia was struggling even more when Mo Fan did not mention it.

\”I still have some blurry recollections in my mind that I was the one that killed Panijia, and even though I could have saved her with my Healing Magic, I watch her blood pour onto my hands. I didn't feel anything, as if it was perfectly normal. It didn't feel like me, but it was me,\” Xinxia said.

Mo Fan did not speak. He just looked at the girl.

Xinxia did not dare to look Mo Fan in the eyes. She glanced at her legs that were too weak to walk.

Even the strongest Healing spells of the Parthenon Temple had failed to fix her legs. Xinxia had been bothered by it for quite some time, and she finally found an answer to it.

\”I placed my blood on the Cardinal Blood Stone, and I saw it responding,\” Xinxia said. She did not want to lie to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan remained silent still. Xinxia added, \”When I was very young, I remember going to a place, I believe it's the main altar of the Black Vatican, and I remembered seeing the Cardinal Blood Stone...\”

\”Before you moved to Bo City?\” Mo Fan asked.

Xinxia nodded.

Mo Fan fell silent.

Xinxia bit her lips. She did not tell anyone about it, as she was still unsure if the blurry recollections were actually part of her memory.

\”They did not accuse me falsely, Brother Mo Fan. I think… I'm really Salan,\” Xinxia hesitated before spilling the beans.

It was utterly ridiculous, yet the evidence was there. No matter how ridiculous it might sound, it was still the truth.

There were different memories hidden inside her body, different personalities. She would be awakened at times to carry out the mission that the Black Vatican had long given her. When everything was done, the other soul would fall asleep, and the Amnesia Bug would hide the truth like it was all a dream.

It was the main reason why no one had seen Salan in person, and why no one knew who Salan was.

If even Salan herself did not know her true identity, how could the Enforcement Union possibly trace her down?

\”I, I'm just a decoy to hide her identity… let me go, if I die, she will die too,\” Xinxia had no idea how she could convince Mo Fan, but she had to. They could no longer alter the outcome.

\”You are not,\” Mo Fan said.

\”It doesn't really matter, everyone believes I am, and I did go to the Black Vatican. The Cardinal Blood Stone reacts to my blood, too...Bother Mo Fan, I hope that you are the one that will end my life,\” Xinxia's voice softened. She knew better than anyone else how cruel of a decision it was for Mo Fan.

But she wanted to be selfish for one last time, she just wanted to sleep quietly in Mo Fan's arms, even if she would never wake up.

\”I already told you, you are not Salan!\” Mo Fan's tone intensified.

\”Brother Mo Fan...\”

\”Xinxia is Xinxia, and Salan is Salan, there's no way they are the same person, nor would they exist in the same body! I don't care what evidence they have, and I don't care how many people believe you are her. I only know you are my Ye Xinxia, and no one can harm you, not even the Parthenon Temple and the Holy Judgment Court, not even me!\” Mo Fan said firmly, looking at Xinxia's eyes that were gleaming with tears.

Mo Fan's words echoed in Xinxia's ears and landed a powerful blow on her heart. Seeing the firm look in Mo Fan's eyes, the disguise that Xinxia had put on in order to stay calm collapsed entirely. She immediately turned into a sobbing little girl, hiding inside Mo Fan's arms...