Ithea was dumbfounded. She never expected that her casual joke would cause such a reaction.
"Hehe~ Chtholly~ Come on, come on, who is it?"
"No one!"
"Really? Let me guess, it's..."
"Hey? William?"
It was already completely dark, and with the arrival of night, rain began to fall on Sky Island No. 68, home to the Leprechaun Fairies. The three of them thought no one would come to pick them up so late, but William stood in the rain with an umbrella and waved to them.
Ithea glanced at Chtholly, then at William, and understood everything in an instant.
"William~~~"
Ithea jumped to William's side and took the umbrella he had prepared.
"Thank you, Lian, let's share an umbrella~"
She returned to Nephren and walked side by side with her in front.
There were no extra umbrellas, so Chtholly had to stand with William.
Chtholly and William stood at the back. After walking in silence for a while, William asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm okay! I'm very strong!"
Chtholly was nervous, afraid she might say something wrong. Suddenly, she thought of something and stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Lower your head, I have something to say to you."
"?"
William didn't know what Chtholly was going to do, but he obediently lowered his head.
"Thank you for picking us up. This is your reward!"
Chtholly kissed William gently on the cheek, and at that moment, William's face turned completely red.
"You! Me, you you you~"
"Hehe~ Let's go~"
Chtholly grabbed William's hand, and the holy sword flew out from behind her.
Seeing the two flying away, Ithea couldn't help but complain: "Every time I see Chtholly's ability, I think it's so cool. She clearly taught me how, so why can't I learn it?"
Chtholly never kept the abilities she learned from the game to herself, but teaching in person wasn't very effective. Only today, because Nephren followed Chtholly to the Internet cafe, she successfully mastered this skill.
"Do you want to fly?"
"You can fly too?"
"I couldn't just now, but now I can."
Nephren's holy sword flew out of the sheath behind her back and hovered in front of the two. Although Ithea could fly using magic, she would get very tired if she used too much magic. On the contrary, flying on the sword made her feel cool.
So she jumped directly on it: "Let's go! Let's fly to the sky~"
Nephren held Ithea and performed the sword-controlling technique. When flying with this technique, magic power would protect them from the elements. The two could fly directly above the rain layer against the thunderstorm.
Just after flying above the clouds, they stopped, because at the top, Chtholly and William were sitting on the sword and looking at the stars in the sky.
"Just like that, the beasts died under my sword control~"
Chtholly was recounting her experiences during this period, which were mostly battles. At the end, William also told her about what had happened in the fairy warehouse during this time.
Like who was running around the world in the middle of the night, who was picky about food and secretly put green peppers into other people's bowls.
After chatting for a long time, both of them fell silent. After a few minutes, Chtholly spoke.
"Sacrificing oneself, this is the answer left by our predecessors. They didn't learn any skills; they could only exchange their lives for the beasts' by self-destructing through the resonance between themselves and the holy sword..."
"Chtholly..."
William already knew about this, but there was only one thing he could do: teach Chtholly and the others how to use the holy sword and other skills to make up for the gap. But it was obvious that Chtholly's mastery of the holy sword was far better than his, and he felt useless.
"Listen to me. I was also a wretch, but after meeting you, my thoughts changed. I hope to return after the battle, and hope to see you again after the battle. You don't need to fight anymore, I will accept everything about you."
William looked at Chtholly. His encounter with her was just an accident, but after coming to the fairy warehouse and getting along with her day by day, he felt as if he had found his home again.
It's ridiculous that as a hero who once protected mankind, he had the idea of giving up because of living in this world where humans are extinct. Maybe it was because of seeing Chtholly and her smile that day that his closed heart gradually unlocked.
Especially on the first night here, when he saw Chtholly sitting on the sword and looking at the sky, he found that there was a girl named Chtholly in his heart.
"Thank you so much. I have always wanted to die since I woke up. I want to return to my relatives who are waiting for me. This is my only remaining wish. But after meeting you, I have changed a little. I began to hope again, hoping that I can have a home. Because of meeting you, I have been redeemed a little, and now I even... feel some happiness."
"!!!"
The sudden confession stunned Chtholly, and the sword wobbled due to the unstable magic power.
"Hey hey hey!"
Chtholly hurriedly adjusted her mood, and she looked at William in disbelief.
William showed a nervous expression on his face: "What's wrong with this shy expression!"
At this moment, Chtholly hugged William: "Because, I like you."
The most desired happiness is not to love to death, but to have someone who cares about you waiting for your return. What the two of them want is not a sensational love, but to have each other to rely on.
For both Chtholly and William, it might be lucky to meet each other...
"I promise you..."
Chtholly hugged William and said, "No matter where you are, I will come back, I will."
"Chtholly..."
William didn't say much, just hugged Chtholly.
He is the last human in this world. The race he once fought against has now become the master of this world. Now the humans and the family he protected have completely disappeared. He lives just to survive, but now he has a new reason.
For Chtholly.
"By the way, William."
"Hmm?"
"I will heal you."
"I..."
William knew what his injury was like. He was lucky to be alive and he was no longer qualified to ask for too much. But looking at the girl's firm eyes, he nodded.
"I believe you."
"William. Get up early tomorrow, I will take you to a place..."
Chtholly not only had to bring the Leprechaun Fairies into the Internet cafe, but also William, because Liu Yuan had clearly told her that William could be saved.
Below, Ithea, who had been eavesdropping, showed starry eyes.
"Nea, did you see that? A confession! A couple, isn't that great?"
Nephren lowered her head silently, not out of envy, but because she was studying the skills and swordsmanship she had acquired.
So far, Chtholly had only learned three moves. One move of sword control, one move of meditation spell, and the Ten Thousand Swords Technique. But she learned a lot of moves under the guidance of the Drunken Sword Immortal, and she is still learning.
She felt that learning these things was much more interesting than love affairs.