Chapter 1024 - Resurrection Device (1/2)

Sonia lay quietly on the bed with both hands on her chest and eyes shut tight. The sun shone on her long hair, reflecting a sorrowful, hazy luster. If one looked at her now, one would think that she was just in a slumber and would awake to anyone calling her. But the ghastly blood and wound on her chest clearly showed the truth: the young lady was dead.

Rhode strolled into the room and went up to Sonia, caressing her cheek gently. Sonia’s skin was soft and ice-cold. Rhode’s fingers slid across her cheek, her smooth, long hair, and stopped at the corner of her lips. If she were an ordinary human, her corpse would have stiffened within a few hours of death and begun to rot. But there weren’t many ordinary humans under him. He had gotten Alice to set Sonia in place to the moment before her death. History didn’t flow, but continued to pause in silence instead. It was as though the inked pen recording history was placed to the side before it was about to put a full stop. Due to this reason, Sonia’s corpse didn’t rot and decay. Her history was temporarily fixed to a point in time, so there was no way to continue creating the past. In this case, it naturally wouldn’t welcome the present nor future.

Rhode had complicated emotions gazing at Sonia. In fact, in terms of value, she was ranked behind Marlene, Lize, Anne, and the others. Rhode and Sonia didn’t have a proper, romantic relationship, to begin with. As she was an enemy from the start, Rhode wasn’t in the mood to treat her ‘gently’. To him, Sonia was only a useful chess piece and slave. He didn’t pay as much attention to Sonia as he did the others because she simply existed to watch Lilian grow and take his place in monitoring and protecting her.

It should have been this way. But now, things became a little different to him…

“Big Brother, you seem to be in a complicated mood.”

A crisp, bell-like sound rang in his ear. Upon hearing his younger sister’s words, Rhode shook his head slightly.

“You don’t understand; she’s unlike the rest. She’s…”

“I’m aware.”

“You are?”

Rhode was taken aback by the surprising answer. After the melodious voice let out a crisp chuckle, she continued to speak proudly: “That’s right, Big Brother. I’ve become one with your system; I can see every piece of information about you. Of course, that includes the things that you’ve done to her. I didn’t expect you to have this unpleasant side. I’m surprised, Big Brother.”

“Ugh…”

Rhode felt somewhat awkward. In fact, there were some things he didn’t want his younger sister to know. Even though he knew that his younger sister was a Void Dragon with more experience and such things wouldn’t be regarded highly by her, he couldn’t help but feel rather embarrassed. But his younger sister seemed to empathize with his feelings because shortly after, the pleasant chuckles turned into a warm, gentle response: “But don’t take it to heart, Big Brother. Be it Sonia, Canary, or anyone… Continue to treat them the way you used to. I’ve told you, Big Brother, I’m only a spirit fragment. If you pour too many emotions into me as if I’m my original self, it will become a burden to me instead. Even though I’m my original self, I’m also not my original self; I’m aware of this. So, Big Brother, please don’t value me as highly. Take Canary and Bubble, for instance. If you can’t forget about their original selves when you speak to them, how do you think they will feel about it? From a certain standpoint, they are the same as me.”

“This…”

Rhode was taken aback. Regarding this problem, he found it rather challenging since the start despite not showing it. Reasonably, he couldn’t possibly bring them to this world, not to mention whether or not he could achieve it. But even if he could, he wouldn’t. To a certain degree, he felt more relaxed that it was in fact Canary’s and Mini Bubble Gum’s avatars that arrived. After all, they had their own families and if he were to drag them into this world without any warning, he would have tremendous pressure on his shoulders as this meant that he had to bear many responsibilities that weren’t meant to be his. Besides, they were from two different worlds, after all. Bubble’s avatar would probably grumble about being bored from time to time for not having Internet access and games. Perhaps if he were to bring the real Bubble into this world, she would miss home in a few years.

And most importantly, no matter if it were Canary or Mini Bubble Gum, they knew that they were only avatars. Rhode didn’t know their thoughts about this, but according to his younger sister, they didn’t seem willing to be deemed as their true selves.

In this case, these avatars could lessen Rhode’s guilt, in the very least. Besides, no matter how he looked, they were the same as their original selves and there was no need to trouble himself over this problem. As for his younger sister…