Chương 26: The Last Destination
"You... What did you want, vampire?" Yu Mei Ren growled angrily when she saw this blonde-haired guy with crimson eyes, the culprit who made China become like this.
Despite the hostility that was shown by Yu Mei Ren, Titus just shrugged his shoulders.
"Are you sure you don't want to invite me into your house?"
The house that was inhabited by Yu Mei Ren was nothing more than a hut in the middle of a forest. Other people who used to live in luxury might complain and whine when they saw or ever entered this kind of house, but not Titus. He was above such a petty quibble or triviality; as long as the owner of the house respected him, he would respect them in return. A simple, almost primal code.
Moreover, he doesn't give a damn about material comfort—only respect.
He is a man who's driven by respect, not luxury.
"Humph, don't think you will get away with this, vampire." Even though she grumbled about it, her body's reaction was still honest and invited Titus into her hut.
Because of how poor her living condition was, they had to sit on the ground.
"You don't seem to hate me as much as I thought," Titus commented.
"I really do, but I know better what you will do if I rub your inflated ego, vampire. Don't think I don't know the wicked deeds you have done lately. You simply don't just hurt your victims; you make them hurt spiritually by breaking what they care about most." Yu Mei Ren snorted.
"We are not here to talk about me, Yu Mei Ren. It's about you. You don't seem to care as much about China as I thought. If you were angry with me, you would strike without even caring about the consequences, the reason, or the rationality, all of them would be damned as long as you could hurt me, but you don't. Perhaps you are secretly glad that China is burned, so Xiang Yu will only have you in his heart." Titus chuckled and gave her a meaningful glance as she averted his gaze with a guilty conscience.
It was like her deepest and darkest secret was exposed in front of him, which made her not want to communicate with this vampire further.
Her rapid heartbeat undoubtedly evidenced that the vampire's words indeed had some truth in them.
They didn't say any further words as Titus patiently waited for Yu Mei Ren to say something.
"You should leave, Vampire. You're not welcome here." Her boredom then turned into irritation as she growled at Titus. She wanted him to leave for good. His presence undoubtedly made her state of mind chaotic and questioned her own beliefs. The sooner he left, the better.
"Before I leave, what about we talk about why you fell in love with Xiang Yu, Yu Mei Ren? I am curious about what made you so infatuated with him."
"It's been a hundred years since that last banquet, hasn't it? I want to hear the good story before I set my departure on my last journey slaying the gods before going home." Titus sighed.
"Will you promise that you will leave after this?" Yu Mei Ren glared.
She knew what this guy was talking about. It's been one hundred years since that last banquet. The guys were traveling around the world to hunt the remnants of gods. Even many heroic spirits were participating and joining with him. This was going to be his last journey.
"I do." Titus nodded.
"Humph, let me tell you then." By then, Yu Mei Ren began to start her fangirl mode as she exaggerated how manly and heroic Xiang Yu was in her story.
It's not just exaggerated – it's borderline delusional.
Despite the exaggeration, he caught a lot of information that made him raise an eyebrow and frown.
"So, what you wanted to say is, you fell in love with him because he showed his care for you?" In summary, her story is, she was originally worshiped by humans as a fairy and immortal. Many people loved her. She was a fairy in their impression, beautiful, immortal, and aloof like a goddess that blessed their simp hearts. But it was to be expected from China, after all.
However, everything changed when Qin Shi Huang's reign began. His obsession with immortality made him turn his attention to her.
Qin Shi Huang is known as the first emperor of China and a tyrant by future generations, and he would, without a doubt, show no mercy in capturing her, and his method was undoubtedly ruthless.
She was no longer a fairy in the impression of humans, but a bloodsucking monster, a source of disaster, and someone they feared. Since that day, it would become her darkest moment of life. She was no longer a revered goddess, but a monster.
Since then, she would run for her life and hide to avoid capture from China.
No wonder that this woman didn't help China when they were invaded by barbarians. He thought it was a Nasu plot hole or Alaya and Gaia who were preventing her from changing the timeline. It seems everything is not what it seems on the surface.
It would be weird that she held no grudge against China. Not only did they make her a monster, but they took the attention of her beloved. Who wouldn't hate them after experiencing all of this? Why save a nation that betrayed and demonized her?
This explains her apathy towards China's suffering. It wasn't just about Xiang Yu; it was about the world's rejection that fueled her isolation.
Her guardian role was nothing more than a way for her to deceive herself. If she really cared about China, why didn't she protect them from civil war or any other threat, especially when Alaya and Gaia were at their weakest?
Her power was more than enough to crush any conspiracy. No wonder she didn't stop him from killing Sima Yan. He didn't even hide his presence, yet she didn't show up.
Knowing this, an interesting plan formed in Titus' mind.
"Speaking of which, Yu Mei Ren, now I understand why you're infatuated with Xiang Yu. He is the only man who showed care for you after you were hunted down by Qin Shi Huang, perhaps the only one who had a decent conversation with you. After so much neglect and being alone, you craved interaction, you craved someone who cared about you, yet the world gave you none. But when they gave you one, you took it."
To be precise, her experience is like a neglected MC in webnovel who is hated by people left and right and said they didn't care and ignored them. But when someone shows a little bit of care to the neglected MC, they will begin to devote themselves to their goddess despite the neglected MC said they didn't care about anything, obviously they cared, evident by the fact as long as people show them little bit of kindness, they will feel the warm in their heart. This is the state of Yu Mei Ren currently.
A true simp at heart, indeed.
"Why do you make it sound bad? I was sincere to him and he..." Yu Mei Ren then paused as if she were remembering something and sighed. She didn't want to talk about it again.
"Well, I know what you wanted to say next. He didn't love you. He only had China in his heart. He is a robot, after all. He was programmed by the First Emperor to save China after he left for outer space." Titus didn't hesitate to pierce her delusion and last fantasy about Xiang Yu.
He understands her warped sense of loyalty. Yu Mei Ren craved a single shred of human connection, and Xiang Yu, programmed by the First Emperor, wasn't capable of reciprocating.
Xiang Yu was never truly hers; he was China's puppet.
"You know, Yu Mei Ren, this will be my last cooperation with Alaya. However, I smell something dangerous, something that spells my doom if I continue. I don't know what her plan is and I want to know what you think. You know if you tell me about it, I will owe you a favor." Titus said.
"No comment." Yu Mei Ren refused to answer.
She remained tight-lipped, but a spark of something flickered in her eyes.
"So be it, then." Titus glanced at Yu Mei Ren's Buddhist state and stood.
He didn't hesitate to bid his farewell when he saw she didn't want to talk.
However, before he left, Yu Mei Ren whispered something to him which made him trance for a while.
"Titus Brunestud, be careful of the trap, you should go home."
She knew something, something that would bring Titus Brunestud to his doom if he still insisted.
Alaya had betrayed him. She cooperated with all the remnants of gods, heroic spirits, and the beasts that Gaia sent to ambush Titus in China. The supposed last journey and cooperation were nothing more than betrayal.
She was invited along with them to participate. If not for their conversation, she would have already set her departure long ago. But now, it was useless. Since Titus was wary of it, she would just tell him about it, and she knew better that his willingness to owe her a favor was precious. Compared to Alaya and Gaia, Titus was more trustworthy, so she was willing to sell this favor to him.
Undoubtedly, her warning earned a chuckle from him.
"Yeah, I shall go home. It's a pity that everything ended like this."
His regretful sigh turned into a blowing wind as he just simply left like that.
From the beginning, he already had his doubts: why did only treacherous heroes like Jason insist on joining him while prideful heroes like Gilgamesh and Scathach were left and didn't follow along at the last gathering of killing gods?
It turned out that they were too prideful to betray him and left.
It's unknown whether it was Alaya's stupidity to show this flaw or if she deliberately created this flaw to make him leave.
Nonetheless, his goal had been achieved.
Now, it's time for him to reunite with his people and sisters.
"I should leave too," Yu Mei Ren murmured.
She knew better that Alaya and Gaia would hate her because she leaked out their plan.
Thus, this place was not safe for her.
She set her gaze in the direction of Titus Brunestud's blowing wind and went after him without hesitation.
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Note: The Zelretch fic that I promised previously has been made, but I was kind of lazy to continue it. I mean, after the MC conquered the Queen of Sheba and wrote an NSFW chapter of it, I lacked the motivation to continue the chapter. However, a promise is a promise; I will post it when I pick up my motivation.
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