In a quiet garden, Artoria with a calm face and Yue Yulou, who was embarrassed, were sitting at a round table. There were some desserts and fruits on the table, but they were never passive...

"Uh... Ah... Daisy, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but... I don't know very well about my grandfather's past. If Mr. Feng hadn't told me something, I wouldn't even know that he was the founder of [Huanlong], but... I have always believed that since my grandfather didn't tell me his past, there must be his reason, so in my heart... he is still the same grandfather who sells tea, not a [Dragon Wolf]... Unless an acquaintance mentions it on his own initiative, I would never talk about my grandfather's past, because this is respect for him."

After hearing Yue Yulou's words breaking the silence, Artoria was stunned, but then she shook her head gently and turned the information on the table to the back...

"I'm not blaming you for not telling me this... I just think you are very unreal... This truth does not mean your words, but refers to your entire existence... whether it is in the game or in reality."

"Is it real..."

Yue Yulou sighed softly, then stared deeply into Artoria's eyes, and slowly raised his right hand wearing gloves...

“……Perhaps what you think is true will disappear…”

call!

As a golden glove flashed suddenly on her gloves, a ball of flame suddenly jumped from the palm of Yue Yulou's palm. Artoria, who saw this scene, was instantly shocked. It was not until Yue Yulou extinguished the flame that she came to her senses, and then quickly grabbed Yue Yulou's right hand and pulled it to her and took a closer look...

"Isn't this magic? Is there no mechanism? There are still these patterns..."

But no matter how she checked, she even took off her gloves, she still couldn't find the reason she could understand. When Yue Yulou finally was able to withdraw his hand, he put the gloves on and said lightly:

"You should have seen some of these patterns... in that game called "Ashan".

"But this can be...it's just a game! How can it be..."

"Yes... that's just a game, but..."

After putting on the gloves, Yue Yulou leaned gently on the back of the chair, crossed his hands in front of him, raised his head slightly, and murmured with some nostalgia:

"...That is also the world I have lived in, a real world..."

In the more than an hour later, Yue Yulou roughly introduced his origin and some things about the Yashan world. However, the tears of Yasha and the changes in Yashan were hidden by him, because he had always had a premonition that this matter was definitely inseparable from the [Huanwang] company, but he did not want to wrap Artoria into this vortex that he could not predict... and Artoria, who had been listening to his introduction, looked shocked at first, but the more she got to the back, her face became calmer, as if she had completely accepted this fact that it should not be accepted...

"Well, although the memory is a bit broken, what is certain is... I came to this world on my own initiative and was also carrying a certain task, but why it turned out like this in the end, I still can't understand... I still don't understand why Yashan World has become a game in this world, and it's so real... But maybe it can't be called a game, it's more appropriate to say it is a different space."

Of course, Yue Yulou was just saying that last sentence to himself, but after listening to his words, Artoria did not immediately express any opinions. Instead, she leaned on the chair weakly, and slowly closed her eyes, as if thinking about something...

"Ashan World... The Seventh Dragon's younger brother... There was a demigod standing in front of me, and I also fell in love with this demigod... It's really unimaginable..."

After a while, she expressed the few thoughts left in her mind as if she was dreaming. After hearing her words, Yue Yulou just smiled faintly, took a sip of black tea, and said nothing...

"But, I understand... why you are the same in the game, the same in reality, the same in front of me, and the same in front of them..."

"Oh? Do I have it? The reason... can I know?"

After gently putting down the porcelain cup in his hand, Yue Yulou looked at Artoria with a smile, as if waiting for her speech, but Artoria suddenly fell silent. It was not until a few minutes later that she whispered faintly:

"Because... you have never given your sincerity to anyone before. Your heart is closed when blindness is restored... but it is still closed after the light is restored. Whether it is me or them... you just treat it with a disguised face, a false heart... Your compromise, your weakness, your powerlessness, your ordinaryness... are just farces performed according to our practice. No matter how they make a fuss or threaten them, you just play your role with an outsider's mentality. Yue Yulou, Yulou Brother, Safi, Sasus... You have never really expressed your true thoughts to anyone, because at this moment you are not you at all, but just a doll controlled by yourself... The real "you" is actually the secret hidden in your heart, the thing that you don't know what to call you...."

As Artoria's words gradually deepened, Yue Yulou opposite her had no expression, and even her breathing seemed to disappear, completely like a sculpture. The only thing that changed was that his head was deep down at some point, making Artoria unable to see his expression clearly...

"False? Hypocritical? I don't know how to evaluate you now. Perhaps what we know at the beginning is a phantom made up by yourself..."

"Haha, you really look like her. She once said this..."

After a few chuckles, Yue Yulou slowly stood up from the chair. However, his temperament was very different at this time. His eyebrows were no longer as gentle as before, but gave people a strange feeling similar to mockery. Although there was still a smile on his face,... there was a faint murderous intent lingering.

"Woman, can I think you are trying to peek into my heart... trying to peek into the spiritual world of a demigod, wanting to know some secrets that mortals should not know."

call!

At this time, Yue Yulou's right index finger was only a few inches from Artoria's eyebrows. As he spoke, a small ball of hot flames began to slowly spread from his palm to his fingertips...

"Default... No, I never think you would be a demigod... Although it may be a bit arrogant to say this, I always believe that there is still a person's soul in your heart, not a god, so..."

Speaking of this, Artoria raised her head slightly and stared at Yue Yulou's eyes without any emotion with her clear eyes, but she seemed to have never seen the hot flame in front of her...

"...Please give me everything about you, let me see who the person in front of me is... Let me see what the man who knocks on my heart is."

Looking at the other person's eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate his heart, Yue Yulou was stunned... When he came to his senses, he immediately held his hand and the flames instantly extinguished in his hand. Then he slowly took a step forward, then bent down slightly, and gently held the other person's face with both hands...

“As you wish…”

After saying that, he slowly kissed Artoria's lips. Artoria did not resist Yue Yulou's behavior, but instead closed her eyes gently...

"See it? Daisy."

After a long time, when Artoria thought time was about to stop, Yue Yulou finally ended his deep kiss, but his hands were still holding the other person's fair face...

"Well... I saw a demigod from Yashan, a lost soul, a man who was once called Sasus, now named Yue Yulou, and this person is... my love."

"Is that... Ragshlu Garzasus, this is the name given to me by my father when I was born, and it is also the only real name I have never forgotten in a thousand years. Sasus is just the name given to me by the world, or a respectful title..."

"Ragshlu Garza Suss...I will remember it, forever..."

"Are you... afraid? My past is an infinite mystery. I have lived for more than a thousand years. I have had countless names. I have lost a lot. I have gained a lot. But now... I have nothing."

"What's there to be afraid of? Your past is beyond your mind, and I know everything about your present... And you don't have nothing, you still have a lot, at least I know a little bit... The hearts of those girls are all yours, including me.

"But I can't make choices, or I can't make choices... You've said a lot, but I've said one thing wrong. It's not that I don't want to open my heart to you, but... I can't open myself either. My soul is very unstable now, so in order not to hurt you, and not to worry you... I can only try my best to pretend to be the most normal way in front of you."

"Haha, is this a man's defense?"

"Uh...sorry, I can only say that now, but I have a premonition that this situation will definitely change soon."

Hearing Yue Yulou's words, Artoria blinked at him thoughtfully, and then smiled with a slight joking smile:

"Did you tell me to wait? But you have not told me the result of waiting so far. What if you are eaten by those women in the end? Then wouldn't I have a big loss?"

"Haha, when did you learn to make such jokes? Are all the girls of the Holy Spirit like this?"

Looking at the face in front of him that was restored to sunlight and more cheerful than before, Artoria smiled knowingly, then stood up, then took the initiative to hold his face in Yue Yulou's puzzled gaze, stared at his eyes, and murmured in a low voice:

"Sus, don't let me wait too long. I also hope to take you back to my country, a place as beautiful as in the game to visit..."

After saying that, she gently kissed Yue Yulou's lips, and Yue Yulou also took the initiative to cater to the other party this time, and the two of them were quietly communicating with their lovers...

"It seems that all the problems will eventually fall on me. Men sometimes have a lot of hard work..."

Holding Artoria's slender waist and looking at the other person's face that turned flushed due to the kiss, Yue Yulou laughed at himself with some funny words, but Artoria didn't seem to agree with his words...

"Don't behave yourself when you get the cheaper. If you owe so much debt, I think how you will pay it back in the future? Don't expect me to tolerate any woman, even if it's just a lover!"

"Uh... it's a bit far, I just..."

"Hmph! Can't you see it?"

After easily holding Yue Yulou's arms, Artoria walked to the flowerbed beside her, looked at the withered petals on the ground, and said in a complicated tone:

"You will always be the referee in this competition, because you can choose to love, or not, but... we can only choose to love, or love more... If you fail, what it means to us, you may never imagine. That kind of dark fear... It is the real fear that drives them to do those things..."

"I really haven't thought about these things..."

Walking slowly to Artoria, Yue Yulou felt a little confused. He could hear how reluctant Artoria was when she said those words, but she still said it, not only for herself, but also for others...

"...So my brother kept saying that I couldn't become the Dragon God, because I really didn't have a heart that cuts off the world... No, not only can I cut off, but I was even sinking into it and unable to extricate myself..."

"Okay, let's talk about these things here. You don't have to make things difficult for you. Time still has... Maybe we can solve it ourselves."

"That's right. Let's go back and have a seat. I have another thing to ask you."

At this time, Artoria once again showed her decisive character, and in a few simple words, they dissolved the gloomy atmosphere between the two...

Then the two sat back to the round table again, but as soon as they sat down, Artoria made a request.

"Yulou, can you promise me that you will face me with the most real you in the future."

"This... I'm afraid you may not get used to it. After all, we are people from two worlds, and my style is very... but if you still insist..."

After hesitating for a while, Yue Yulou finally nodded and whispered:

“…as you wish.”
Chapter completed!