Chapter 1494 - The Progress of Vivian’s Recovery (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Vivian woke up, space and time froze before they gradually faded away like a dream.
Rome disappeared. The falling Mount Olympus turned gray before it dissolved into bits and bytes. The temple of Poseidon, the army of demon hunters, the light-path network in the sky, and everything underwent the same thing.
Everything was frozen in time, and darkness gradually swallowed them up. Just like the end of every journey back in time, the hall in their immediate surroundings remained but became a static world of black, white, and gray.
Hasse could finally stop running. He took a breather and turned to look at the Olympians who had frozen in time. “You managed to do it finally,” he said to Hao Ren.
Vivian shook her head as if she still had not fully come out of her stupor. When she saw the collapsed temple and the frozen Olympian gods, an emotion rose in her. “You guys arrived on the day of Olympus’ destruction.”
Hao Ren nodded before he realized what was going on. “Wait a minute! You’ve regained your memories?”
“Thanks to all of you,” Vivian said, and her smile confirmed Hao Ren’s thoughts. “As you guys continue to search for the fragments of my power and soul, it has finally loosened up the suppression of the distorted space and time on me. I can now connect to the memory fragments that you have awakened. It is still a little murky, but at least there is a continuity of memory.”
It was a piece of unexpected good news. Before Hao Ren could say anything, Lily had jumped up in joy. “Hurrah! I do not have to repeat the same world view with you again!”
Vivian said nothing. She just smiled and turned to look at Hessiana, who was looking at her in excitement as if Hessiana was going to pounce on her. Meanwhile, little Hessiana, who froze in time, still had the same expression she had before space and time stood still. She hid beside Vivian, her face nervous and excited at the same time. The little one was not afraid of the fight, which had broken out earlier. She enjoyed it.
The little girl seemed too eager to enter the fray.
There was a complicated expression on Vivian’s face. She gently touched little Hessiana’s head and mumbled to herself, “Ahh, I forgot that I left you in Rome. I only remembered many years later.”
“Lady Vivian.” Hessiana could not help but whisper at last. She appeared hesitant. “I…”
“You have suffered a lot because of me.” Vivian waved at Hessiana. “I sent you to the sanctuary so that you would not have to keep suffering anymore. You knew that I could not give you a stable life.”
Hessiana probably did not expect that Vivian would allow her to come so close. She froze for a moment before realizing what happened and plunging into the arms of Vivian and crying, “Mother…”
“I have not heard you calling me that for a long time.” Vivian looked a little embarrassed, especially now that Hessiana was crying in her arms. But still, Vivian patted Little Bat on her head. “Just this time.”
Lily poked Hao Ren’s arm. “Look, Mr. Landlord. I thought that Vivian was a spinster. Look at her now.”
“Stop making fun of them. It is a bonding moment for the mother and daughter,” Hao Ren said, twitching his mouth.
Hessiana did not lose control of herself for too long. After all, as a matriarch, she had excellent emotional control and knew what should and should not be done in any particular situation. Hessiana also knew that Vivian did not have much time in this space and time; she kept her emotion under control and looked up from Vivian’s arms reluctantly. “Lady Vivian, how much power have you recovered?”
Hessian even addressed Vivian the old way. After all, she had been calling Vivian that way for more than a thousand years, it was only natural that she kept using it; calling Vivian mother was only out of emotion.
“I find it hard to describe to you the battles that take place in the deepest realm. My strength continues to recover. But the dark factor is rooted deep in my soul and robbing the power that I have recovered. As I become stronger, so it is. So, instead of calling it a battle, it is more like a constant struggle, where we are all trying to grab more power in our hands for the ultimate dominance.” Vivian patted Hessiana’s head and turned to look at Hao Ren. “But do not worry, I am confident that I will prevail.”
At first, Hao Ren was still worried when Vivian first talked about the situation in the deepest realm, where the recovered fragments of power had strengthened the dark side of Vivian’s soul. So he was surprised when Vivian said that she had confidence in herself. “You are confident that you will prevail?”
“All this while, I regarded the degenerated side of me as another me, an enemy of evil who had an independent personality. But not long ago, I found that it was actually dead. I do not know how it has died, but I have found that it only operates following a complex but fixed set of logic. When I agitate it, it will react in a particular way, just like—”