AST 2409 - Unable to Mediate, Mission, Removing Obstacles (2/2)
Qing Shui felt a little happy to discover that the Demon Saint Blood didn't let Tantai Lingyan lose her rationality. It made sense. How could the Demon Lord who dominated over the rest of the Demon Kings lose all rationality? It's a pity that she had lost her memories. In the past, he was able to change her life. It could be because of this that she had lost her memories of him. It was because only by doing so would she be able to accomplish her mission.
Qing Shui understood it now but felt even more upset. What must he do to bring her back? Qing Shui knew that even the Heartmatched Fruits might not be effective. He might even end up joining the Demon Gate...
”Then are we considered friends now?” Qing Shui asked in anticipation.
Friends... This term caused Tantai Lingyan to be stunned for a moment. She didn't have friends, or rather, she didn't have many friends. She only remembered that the Demon Lord Palace's Palace Mistress was her friend. However, she felt that the person was also very distant from her now. She might even forget that person in the future...
”Friends? I think we really can't become friends.” Tantai Lingyan shook her head.
”Just because we're on opposing sides?” Qing Shui asked.
”Isn't this enough reason?”
”Let me tell you a story. A man and a woman like each other. However, she was a demon and had killed many people. She also killed this man’s master, even wiping out his sect. In the beginning, he didn't know of her identity. At one point in time, both of them fell down a cliff due to other people setting them up. The two of them ended up having a physical relationship. In the end, this man married another woman. Alas, this lady was an unfortunate one and had been humiliated by two men from the Demon Gate.”
”You aren't making this up, right?” Tantai Lingyan looked at Qing Shui.
”I didn't. I swear it's definitely not made up.”
”How did the story end?”
”The woman in the story killed the man's wife—that pitiful lady—by mistake. It was the woman's Master—a great evildoer in the past—who had forced her to turn against the man. The woman's Master ended up being killed by someone whom she had harmed in the past. The man found the woman and asked her why she had killed his wife.”
”How did the woman reply?” Tantai Lingyan seemed to want to know the story's ending as well.
”The woman said, 'Since you already believe it, then there's no need for me to say anymore. If you wish to exact vengeance, then just go ahead!'”
This time around, before Tantai Lingyan asked, Qing Shui continued, ”In the past, this man was no match for this woman. The woman went easy on him multiple times, but this time around, she lost. The man had become stronger than her, and his sword pierced through the woman's body. The woman asked if he would marry her if they weren't tied down by each other's background.”
”How did he reply?” Tantai Lingyan asked softly.
”He said he would; then thrust the sword into himself and said that he would die together with her.”
Tantai Lingyan didn't say anything and looked at Qing Shui.
”The obstacles between them are greater than the one between us. It was a feud of having killed the other party's Master. He who taught me for one day is my father for life. The feud between them was impossible to mediate. Despite so, they were also considered to have become a couple and have promised to spend their next life together. The obstacles between us are nothing. Is it so difficult to just be friends?” Qing Shui said.
”They loved each other. But I don't like you, let alone love you. Why do I have to try to remove all the obstacles?”
”You... You... You don't like me? How's that possible? You have taken such a great advantage of me and now you'll throw me aside?” Qing Shui's eyes were agape, appearing as if he had seen something totally unbelievable.
”You only know how to spout rubbish! I'm leaving!” After saying that, Tantai Lingyan left.
[1] Monks/nuns refer to a layperson as benefactor/benefactress.
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