novelonline Chapter 3031 The Value of the Soul
Chapter 3031 The Value of the Soul
Chapter 3031 The Value of the Soul
"Yeah, so he found a way to get out of his debt."
The light female voice continued to laugh, and although Emilia was very smart, she was a little confused about the time relationship at this moment. She sorted out the whole process of the matter in her mind, and then was surprised to find that the other party was right.
The contract was signed in the present, so the present itself is eligible to collect the debt; but after really arriving in the present through time, Thomas Bennett went back to the past, and the past itself had not signed the contract, so it could not collect the debt.
This seemed to have become an unsolvable problem, and the unsolvable problem meant that the man whose hand had just been broken off seemed to have broken free from the ancient man in the forest in this way and gained powerful strength from the existence behind the door. Even because he voluntarily admitted defeat, even the fate of the chosen one would no longer find him.
Emilia vaguely felt that everything that happened tonight was a trap, in which she was being used to give the other party the opportunity to get rid of everything and gain freedom.
She came here tonight with trepidation, concerned about how to defeat the powerful enemies one by one. Finally, she and Shade walked to the ancient in the forest, but she didn't expect that the "goalkeeper" of the first level had planned to use tonight's opportunity to completely escape from it all.
Emilia Sienold, who has been free since childhood, actually does not have a deep understanding of the concept of "freedom". But after thinking it through, she inexplicably realized how important "freedom" is to those who are trapped in the vortex.
"The Bennet family of Vesta Forest has been servants of the tree here since the early Sixth Era. This has been the case for generations until you came here. He has been dissatisfied with everything in his family since his youth, and after learning the date of his wife's death, he hated the power of time even more.
So those discontents gave rise to the idea of escaping it all, and those ideas became a reality tonight.”
The smiling voice continued to ask Emilia:
"Young tree elf, can you help me and give me the answer so that I know how to collect the debt from that abominable 'swindler'?"
The smile became more intoxicating, and when he said this, the voice coming from the darkness behind the door actually had a sense of self-pity and sorrow:
"If you help me, kind elf, I can give you a reward~"
But even Emilia could tell that the other party had no anger at being "cheated" or any urgency to collect the debt:
"I don't want your reward! I don't want anything!"
The elf hiding behind Shade said this, and Shade was particularly pleased with this.
But this doesn't mean that Emilia really can't think of a solution. This solution is obvious to her. After all, it is her instinct to look for Shade when she encounters a problem:
"But I know you can ask Shade for help. Yes, in the early summer of 1854, you can ask Shade to help you collect your debts.
Although the contract had not been signed at that time, you could have prepared to take action first. As long as you did not take the initiative to find him to collect the debt, you did not violate any rules. And for you today in the month of frost in 1854, when Xia De came to you, it was actually because your preparation to find Xia De in advance to prevent someone from defaulting on the debt really worked. "
The more Emilia thought about it, the more she felt that this was the best idea:
"So you just need to tell Shad to find a man named Thomas Bennett to collect the debt before Shad enters Vestal Forest. Then wait until Shad meets that man and then guide Shad."
She suddenly closed her mouth, and the series of stories that Xia De had told her in the past connected together, and she finally realized what was going on.
Then the half face behind the dark door began to smile even more happily:
"This summer in Moon Bay, I couldn't say the name 'Thomas Bennet' directly, otherwise it would be equivalent to my power violating the rules of time. So I only need to tell your sweetheart a last name. After all, as long as the two meet, there is definitely no possibility of peaceful coexistence."
It was only at this moment that Xia De spoke again:
"Did you really believe that I would meet Thomas Bennet, the man who had escaped from the present through time, this summer?"
After Shade asked the question, there was no immediate response from the woman's voice. Instead, Emilia felt that Shade took a step back. So, out of an idea that she herself did not understand, the elf boldly looked out from the side of Shade's body, and then saw that the open door of the concert hall was illuminated by an unknown light in one corner.
On the side of the door, a white hand pressed on the door frame, and a face that looked very weak and charming was completely exposed at the edge of the door frame.
Emilia Sienold felt that at this moment she even forgot to breathe because of the amazing beauty. It was difficult for her to describe what kind of face it was with specific words. She had seen countless beautiful faces that made her feel ashamed in the Witch Academy in the Fifth Era, and she had also seen the faces of the great witches surrounding Shade in the Sixth Era, but their faces combined would probably not be as attractive as the face that appeared behind the door at this moment.
The elf was very sure that he was not the kind of person who liked beautiful girls, but at this moment he still felt as if his heart was touched.
But fortunately, Xia De was by her side, and although that face was very beautiful, when you think about it carefully, that beauty was a little too fake.
"I am quite sure of that."
The face behind the door smiled, but although her whole face was exposed, only part of her fair neck could be seen, but not her shoulders. It was as if her head was connected to a neck as white and tender as a big snake.
The soft hand that was holding onto the door frame tapped the door frame itself with its fingertips:
"I am sure that you will meet him as long as you enter the Vista Forest. This is destined. As for why, someone will tell you the answer later. Or, haven't you already guessed it?"
The same purple eyes as Luvia's stared at Shade's face:
"Well now that the debt collection mission is over, give him to me."
Shade then reached into his pocket and took out the toy that the corpse had turned into. The monster that had run out of the cupboard when he first arrived in the area, and the monster that had run out of the Doomsday Rift when he discovered it, was actually Thomas Bennett.
The correct timeline should be that Shad witnessed Bennett signing a contract with "Desire" tonight in the Frost Moon, and then he escaped into the blurred time and space, and somehow entered the doomsday era. Finally, he escaped from the Doomsday Rift last week, and his face was burned by the moonfire and his right eye was blinded by the witch's arrow.
The explosion of his right eye caused him to enter an unknown time and space again, until he escaped from the cupboard of the Accordion Hotel in the Harvest Moon two months ago, and eventually died at the hands of Grace and Helen.
But the real beginning of this story should be this summer, when the "mermaid" below Count Darmanin's mansion told Shad that since she helped him, Shad needed to do something for her as well.
So after the Battle of Moon Bay, Shad first heard the name "Bennett" in the Flowery Moon of summer.
With this surname and the task of collecting debts, Shad went downstream along the timeline; while Thomas Bennett, who escaped into the time crack, somehow went upstream and met Shad again and again. Therefore, tonight in the Frost Moon was the first step for Thomas Bennett to gain freedom; but for Shad, the story between him and Bennett came to an end at this time.
After all, everything that should have happened has already happened in the past.
The body fell onto the pink snow and immediately disappeared as if it had melted into the water. The reason why even Sister Develyn could not communicate with the body was now clear - the time had not come yet, and although the soul did not belong to Desire, it would not allow others to touch it.
Shade protected the two elf girls behind him, but he still had his own questions:
"I believe that you, now in the early summer, already know so many things that will happen later. But why did you do all this? You have already seen through Thomas Bennet's thoughts, but you took great pains to let me participate in this drama. I don't believe you were really deceived by him.
So, what is it about him that you like? "
If he knew this, Shad could work on changing the same traits he also possessed, so as to attract less attention from the "mermaids".
The face behind the door revealed more of that beautiful face in the light, and the neck became longer:
“Now that you know the story of Thomas Bennet, do you really need to ask this question?
His love for his wife was so deep, but because he knew his wife's death date, he lived his entire marriage with fear and anxiety. He chose to rebel against the ancients because of love, and was even willing to "entrust" his three daughters to me because of his love for his wife, but in the end, it was also because of this love that he got the fate he deserved.
Love ferments in fear and worry, just like pearls are polished by gravel, and like charming wine is brewed in repeated torture. Don't you think that this tragedy caused by the most real and pure love is more exciting than any farce? "
The corners of Xia De's mouth trembled. The other party's "brewing" metaphor reminded him of some bad memories. However, Xia De understood the general meaning of "desire". She was attracted by this pure love, so she added a funny ending to the story in a disgusting way:
"So, you think Thomas Bennet is a clown?"
The face smiled and said:
"I can't really call him a clown, but I like this kind of tragedy caused by love. Think about it, an interesting soul. From his perspective, every step he took was almost the best, and every decision he made was not wrong at the time.
But in the end, even though he had traveled thousands of years, even though he had truly reached the end of time, he still could not reverse the tragedy of love and life. Time seemed to be a circle, and he came back after walking a long way. "
After a short pause:
"Just like you said, I could have stopped him when he ran away just now. It wouldn't have been difficult. But don't you think it would be more interesting to let him leave and then let you throw away his body?
Only such an infatuated soul, such a funny story, and such a tragic life are worthy of my collection. "
PS: Is the picture in the previous chapter really scary (covering face), the author feels that it looks stunningly beautiful.