Kendra slowly opened her eyes and coldness enveloped her completely. Cold, why does she feel cold?Then she remembered everything. So what memory is actually the real one? Who is good, who is bad? What is real and what is just a hallucination. While she sat there dazedly the coldness disappeared from her body and suddenly she heard a voice. ""Finally, you woke up. Child, I am about to die. They extended my life this long so I can contact you. Only I can. By the way, be careful, please. I sent my soul to traverse that other world and its amazing. But unfortunately, I saw many people with bugs inside as well. Be careful. The bug and darkness are tricky. Kendra...""
She sighed. ""Yes?""
""You have memories of many in your body. You didn"t reincarnate only once my child. You reincarnated again and again until you finally arrived in that world. I can feel your immense powers and I am finally happy. Even if you do not fight the worm head-on you can protect your own crafted world just fine. This is how strong your power is. I wanted to use you to fight the thing, but after living so many centuries I realized that no matter what, you are more important. Listen to me what I"m gonna say. Let go of hatred, disgust and distrust. Just lock that world up and live happily into eternity. Please. Living as I did, with all this hatred just made me feel rotten and miserable. Listen to me, give up and just ignore everything outside. Please. Hahaha, how funny. Our world became so advanced that I can see my time ticking off. I am happy, finally, my soul will rest. You need to rest as well. You did enough, lived through so many bad things and I couldn"t even help you. Thank you for everything. Kendra, please live a happy life. Please."" She could hear his breath stocking and with last breath, the connection was lost.
Kendra sat there frozen and thought about it. The strange dreams and wishes she had all this life were a mixture of different lifelines. Now she just needs to live this lifeline properly.
She suddenly smiled and comfortable feeling suddenly enveloped her. ""I am not going to close my eyes to suffering as others do. Elder, thank you for your wishes, but I am only comfortable when everyone is as well. Thank you so much for giving me this new life. Let"s meet one day. I hope you will reincarnate and meet me again. See you again... Grandfather...""
She remembered the life with her adoptive mother that was taken over by the bug. But before that, she had a wonderful childhood. Until her parents died when she was a baby. Then she was about to live with her family Elders but they chose to let her live with that woman.
Her adoptive mother was an amazing mother and she had the most incredible and wonderful memories. The memories of her getting sick and being operated were implanted just a few days before they left for the trip.
Before that, her grandfather called her and explained everything to her but hid the memory in fear that she will spill the beans in front of someone.
She sat comfortably in the cave and chuckled. She always wanted to have a happy family, but she actually had one before and one now. What is she winy about? She can stay with them for many millennia together and enjoy life. That is a long time for happiness. Isn"t it. It is time she gives back some of the love she was given.
Slowly pictures of her past lives started appearing in front of her inner eyes. Every possible emotion she felt added more and more to her own being. The memories of her mother as she woke up every morning to wake her up. The beautiful time the two of them had.
Then second life, the pain, struggles and death that enveloped her as she lived fully even while having such horrid memories and then this life.
The rebirth, meeting Isaa, meeting him, Lord Ca.s.sian... no father. Yes, meeting father and mother. Those two crazy and lovable creatures. Meeting so many different people and beings.
And then meeting the two people that are respectively completely different but at the same time...
Suddenly bright light enveloped her and started pulsing. She closed her eyes and started another round of cultivation.
On outside strange light started becoming brighter and brighter, making everyone in wonder rush to the cultivation caves. After a short while, it lessened a bit but didn"t go off entirely. Whole afternoon and night the light was s.h.i.+ning brightly making normal humans close their eyes.
But what cultivators saw was a wondrous scene. Huge amounts of power whisps rushed towards the cave and didn"t enter, just pulsed around it like a s.h.i.+eld.
Everyone in the castle came and waited outside, completely unmoving, waiting. Ta.s.sio stared at the cave and sighed. ""Like an actual egg or coc.o.o.n, a beautiful b.u.t.terfly will come out and stun the world. I wonder..."" He turned his eyes towards the only person that had closed eyes as he sat on top of the roof in cultivation position. ""Will he even be able to handle her? Or better say they?""
His eyes suddenly skipped towards another person that she let inside the world before entering the cave. ""Marcus, she let you protect this world. Are you even able? Can you stand by her side in eternity and protect her?""
The man on the roof opened his eyes and stared at the man that leisurely played with some beads in his hand, he could hear him talking.
""I already promised. This world is the center of her soul. It needs to be protected. I will protect her from inside and you idiot must protect her there. Are you able?"" He stared straight at Taskmaster"s serious expression.
Taskmaster just nodded and closed his eyes. ""I can and I will...""