Chapter 120: The End of the First Trial
"What happened?"
"Isn't it obvious that Geuse attacking earlier was Pandora? Why was Fortuna hit?"
"Did I see wrong? It's impossible for me to see wrong!"
In another world, people are chattering.
"Nii, I think Pandora did this."
Shiro sits in front of Sora and says slowly.
"Mhm, I think so too."
Sora looks at the image on the screen with a serious expression.
"That person seems to have some kind of ability to alter reality. Either she changed the reality of being hit and changed it to Fortuna being attacked. But I think it's more likely that she used some means to influence Geuse's vision."
"Not to mention Pandora, even Regulus's abilities can't be broken for now."
Shiro shakes her head.
"Yeah."
Sora agrees, but she's also curious, if Ayanokouji encounters them in the future, will he be able to find a way to eliminate them?
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
"No, no... No!" Geuse kneels on the ground and roars hysterically. "It can't be, it can't be, what have I done, what have I done!"
His facial muscles are distorted by intense emotions, blood and tears flow from his eyes, and his body convulses continuously. The sloth factor has caused great damage to his body and mind, coupled with the fact that he killed his lover with his own hands, causing Geuse's spirit to completely collapse, and he kneels on the ground: "Why why why why!"
"You did it for love, to save your lover's love – you saw it wrong." Pandora says with a smile, her voice soft but giving off an irresistible charm.
However, she doesn't waste much time beside the collapsed Geuse. Instead, she slowly walks towards Emilia and once again tries to use words to guide Emilia to open the door.
"Go to hell."
Emilia is mourning the death of her adoptive mother, turning into someone else and cursing Pandora.
A large ice flower pierces Pandora's body and tears her apart in an instant. This ice flower is much larger than any ice shard created by Fortuna.
"So scary, why suddenly..."
Pandora appears in another place, as if the attack didn't hit her at all.
But without giving her time to react, countless ices created by Emilia are already approaching calmly, killing her repeatedly.
Emilia erupts with unprecedented magical power, turning the surrounding area into frozen ground. Not only that, the sky is filled with thick dark clouds, covering the forest, and white snow falls.
In just a few minutes, a violent blizzard descends upon the forest, almost completely engulfing the forest, and Emilia herself slowly freezes.
Although Emilia's attacks cannot harm her, Pandora cannot make any further progress now. For future plans, she goes into Emilia's memories and seals her memories. Emilia forgets this incident, and Pandora takes the crazed Geuse and leaves immediately.
Only the completely frozen forest and the frozen Emilia remain.
The scene gradually stops, Ayanokouji already knows what will happen in the future.
Emilia's memory loss turned out to be directly related to Pandora and Regulus, and the fact that the forest and her tribe were frozen was all caused by Emilia herself.
What's behind the door? What is this seal? Is it related to Satella?
Ayanokouji doesn't know, but this issue isn't critical right now.
The first problem now is the imaginary enemy from the Witch Cult. Pandora and Regulus have shown extraordinary power. These two are already troublesome enough, not to mention the existence of the Sin Archbishop in other positions.
Next... young Emilia actually showed such powerful strength, which Ayanokouji didn't expect.
The power shown by Fortuna could be said to be very impressive even now, young Emilia can easily freeze the entire forest.
This is very different from Emilia's current level.
Is it because her power and memories are sealed together?
But in any case, this is a good thing for them.
His subordinates will have more impressive fighting power, and Emilia's value in Ayanokouji's heart will also increase.
"Then, I'll excuse myself." Ayanokouji stands up from his seat and says politely to Camilla.
"Ah!" Camilla was just immersed in her memories, suddenly waking up. Her eyes are completely red, and she stands with him. "Is Ayanokouji-sama leaving? The trial isn't over yet."
"I cannot change the outcome of the trial here, and I have seen what I wanted to see." Ayanokouji says slowly, being called "sama" by the Witch.
It seems that the Witch of Lust named Camilla, there is no difference between a witch and a coward. Combined with the previous appearance of the Witch of Wrath, it seems that she has been demonized a lot by historical legends.
"Oh, mhm." Camilla nods enthusiastically.
Although she doesn't dare to look at him, her eyes dodge slightly. She hesitates and continues, "Ayanokouji-sama... you can still come?"
"Maybe." Ayanokouji nods. After the trial is over, he still has questions to ask Echidna. "Then, I'll be leaving now."
"Mhm!"
After Camilla responds, Ayanokouji reaches out and touches the pendant on his chest, returning his consciousness to his body.
During the trial, Echidna brings the real Emilia to stand in front of her other self who is frozen in ice. Emilia's eyes are slightly red.
"If you blame yourself for your memories being tampered with, then you're with the wrong person. The one you are facing is the Witch of Vainglory who altered and filled your memories with her power."
There is no doubt that Echidna seems to have a lot of hostility towards Pandora.
"If I ask you about the Witch of Vainglory, will you tell me?" Emilia turns and looks at Echidna.
"I love to chat, but when I talk to you, I'll go off topic, so I refuse." Echidna's tone is somewhat cold.
"Thank you." Emilia says, "It was me who turned everyone into this, and everyone wants to save me."
"You have remembered the past and witnessed your regrets. Next, you must come to the conclusion that by saying goodbye to your strongest regret about the answer to the trial, you will be able to overcome the first trial. After all, should you affirm yourself in the past, or deny yourself in the past? After all, it was the evil you did that turned your family and friends into dream ice sculptures."
Emilia raises her head, looks at her other self in the ice, takes a deep breath, and thinks of Ayanokouji's face, remembering the encouragement he gave her.
"Someone has taught me that my mother loves me, and I want to tell her over and over again that I love her." Emilia smiles.
"Then you don't regret it?"
"I don't regret it. I abided by the agreement between the consequences and my mother and didn't give up that place. If I really regret it, it's because I didn't act wisely." Emilia says with a hint of firmness in her eyes.
"Your mother can't be saved anymore." Echidna continues, trying to stimulate Emilia's emotions.
"I couldn't save my mother back then, but everyone in the village is still hesitating. Everyone is still sleeping in the ice. Only I can save them."
"Even if you can melt the ice, but if their bodies have been corroded by the disease."
"This is a malicious assumption. I want to wake them up immediately and let everyone scold me again." Emilia says firmly, telling all the dreams in her heart.
At the same time, the image around them shatters like glass, and the two are in a white space.
"I thought I explained it very clearly, but the reality is beyond my imagination. You impose your ideas on others, you are arrogant, possessive, stubborn, and force others to accept hypocrisy... The trial is over, no matter how selfish the conclusion is, you have indeed decided the past." Echidna scoffs mercilessly.
"Whatever you say, I'm used to your venomous tongue, Echidna." Facing Echidna's sarcasm, Emilia continues to smile.
"There are still two more trials. I look forward to your bad struggle." Echidna raises her chin slightly.
"Are there really more than one trial? As Kiyotaka predicted." Emilia nods, "For Kiyotaka and Sanctuary, I will definitely break through!"
"Slut? Everything you do is to please a man?" Echidna's eyebrows twitch slightly, and she is worried that Emilia will call Ayanokouji's name directly like herself.
"It's not to please, but to prove to Kiyotaka that I won't disappoint him! After all, I'm his girlfriend now, and I'll never be able to hold him back!"
Echidna lowers her head with a sullen face, but quickly raises it again with a mocking smile on her face: "Really? You call him so affectionately, maybe that guy is just taking advantage of you. I don't think anyone would like his character, and his appearance is somewhat ordinary."
Of course, Echidna wants to do something about the relationship between Emilia and Ayanokouji, but her ideas can be guessed by Ayanokouji. There are related rules in the contract, so Echidna can't say much, and she can't mention her contract with Ayanokouji either.
"I believe in Kiyotaka. Because of him, I can reach this point! Only then can I know my sealed memories!" Emilia says with a smile, "Even if I'm taken advantage of by Kiyotaka, I'm willing to do it!"
"Are you willing to be taken advantage of... This is the only similarity between the two of us." Echidna narrows her eyes slightly.
"Hey? Echidna, do you also have someone you cherish? Who is it?"
Echidna's words arouse Emilia's curiosity.
Echidna ignores Emilia and just waves her hand, sending Emilia's consciousness back to the real world.
Emilia wakes up from the ruins of the trial. She completely remembers her past memories. She cries and wets the ground and dust.
It takes her a few minutes to finally adjust her emotions. She takes a deep breath and immediately walks out of the gate of the ruins. Emilia doesn't want Ayanokouji to wait too long.
"Kiyotaka, I succeeded!" Emilia runs to Ayanokouji and hugs him tightly. However, after leaning against Ayanokouji's chest, the memories of the past still flood her heart, and tears still flow uncontrollably.
The most important people to her in the past are gone, but now there is someone else who is just as important beside her.
"Hmph!" Beatrice snorts loudly and turns to the other side.
She doesn't look at Emilia at all, but she still takes out a handkerchief and hands it to Ayanokouji.
"Thank you Betty." Ayanokouji takes the handkerchief, then gently pats Emilia's back with one hand, and uses the other hand to wipe the tears on her face with the handkerchief.
"Kiyotaka, I..."
"It's okay, let's go back first. I asked Garfiel and the others to prepare dinner." Ayanokouji says, "If you have anything to do, we can wait until we get back. I'll listen to what you have to say."
"Yes!" Emilia nods gratefully, and holds Ayanokouji's hand tightly and refuses to let go.
Among all the people present, no one knows that Ayanokouji's consciousness is not here now. He just transferred his consciousness to the City of Dreams for a moment even before Emilia broke through the trial.
And Ayanokouji knows that everything he has done has achieved its purpose.
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