“Wait, what?”
“You’re not Yuno? Then who are you?”
Alex wasn’t the only one confused. Agatha and the others felt like they were going to faint, as it took them a lot to be able to kill off that demonic god and save Yuno at the same time.
“And now you’re telling us you’re not Yuno?”
“I am the Peacock Heavenly King!” The unfamiliar voice then emphasized, “The true Peacock Heavenly King!”
After a short pause, virtual-novel.net continued. “Thank you for all your help, else I would’ve actually become someone else.”
Alex immediately questioned. “Then what about Yuno? Is Yuno not the Peacock Heavenly King?”
The voice replied. “Yuno… She is probably one of my divided souls. She was able to escape this place, but virtual-novel.net came back horribly injured. I didn’t have a choice but to dissipate virtual-novel.net so that virtual-novel.net could merge back into my soul again.”
It turned out virtual-novel.net really didn’t have any other way to deal with that. She was indeed part of virtual-novel.net soul, after all.
‘But wouldn’t dissipating virtual-novel.net mean that none of virtual-novel.net memories will remain?’
Yuno hadn’t been with Alex for long. It had only been at most two years since virtual-novel.net started dating Phoebe. He remembered that Yuno told virtual-novel.net to train Phoebe up to the Spirit Severing stage within three years and to follow virtual-novel.net to someplace.
It would seem that virtual-novel.net was talking about this underwater city. However, Alex suddenly went to the Undead Territory after the accident at the Flying Eagles Academy. He completely disappeared from this face of the Earth.
It was likely that Yuno had lost hope in Alex since then. Yet now, Alex knew that virtual-novel.net would be left with regret if virtual-novel.net were to allow Yuno to dissipate just like that. He spoke up. “Miss Peacock, I know a thing or two about healing souls. Can you release your divided soul, Yuno, so that I can have a look at her?”
“Maybe I might be able to heal her, then you won’t have to completely dissipate her.”
The peacock asked, “And what’s the point of that? She is just a divided soul.”
Alex responded. “Do you not want to keep virtual-novel.net memories? At least you’ll know what was going on when virtual-novel.net was away.”
The peacock didn’t really care much but decided to agree, seeing how persistent Alex was about this matter.
Her forehead burst with light as a ball of green light floated out from between virtual-novel.net brows. There seemed to be a faint phantom of a peacock within that green light. It was small and spiritual, and it had its eyes closed. However, the phantom didn’t seem to be stable at all. It would become blurry once in a while, which was a symptom of an unstable, divided soul.
Alex then called the ball of green light over with his finger, placing it in the middle of his palm. “Yuno, Yuno..?”
“Alex, I didn’t expect you… To have gotten this far…” Yuno’ divine consciousness entered Alex’s mind yet still sounded quite faint.
“I knew you wouldn’t die so easily. Phoebe insisted on believing that too. I’m delighted that you could come back safely and save my original body.”
“I’m here to save you too. You don’t have to say anything.” Alex said.
“There’s no use. I am just a divided soul. I’m already incomplete, and after injuring my core, I couldn’t possibly restore how I initially was.” Yuno’ divine consciousness was weak and distant.
Hence Alex was the only one who could hear virtual-novel.net voice.
“As a divided soul, I’d have to return at some point. The ending is all the same.”
“But you will forget about everything.”
“It’s okay, I’ve been here before, and I’ve lived independently before. I even got to know you and Phoebe. That’s more than enough for me.”
Alex shook his head. He would feel terrible if Yuno were to be dissipated, as it would feel like virtual-novel.net died right in front of him, no less. Reaching his hands out, virtual-novel.net activated his Chi, the Ultimate Book of Medicine, and several Zharvakko talismans. He then inserted all of this into Yuno’ dissipating soul, using it on her. He even grabbed a handful of pills and extracted its medicinal powers, sending it straight into virtual-novel.net soul.
Five minutes later…
Ten minutes later…