The Meaning of My Existence

"Mm." Chiba nodded, then picked up Mira and walked out of the guild.

"Lisanna, Elfman, I'm taking Mira to my place for the night. Don't wait any longer," he said before leaving.

Lisanna and Elfman looked at each other in bewilderment.

Erza watched them leave through her blurry, drunken eyes. Suddenly, she sobered up considerably and could think clearly again.

Am I being shown off?

For example, a girl's best friend confides in her, telling her how the boy she has a crush on is ignoring her and keeps crying, and then wants to drink. The girl feels sorry for her and generously agrees! Let's drink until we drop!

Then the two of them drank until they were completely drunk, but then the guy came and picked up his girlfriend, leaving the girl alone, bewildered and confused.

Is it fashionable these days to trick dogs into getting drunk and then kill them?

Holding the girl in her arms, Chiba walked down the street, completely ignoring the strange looks from passersby, heading towards the forest to the east of Magnolia.

The evening breeze gently caressed the girl's rosy cheeks, her snow-white hair fluttering lightly. She seemed to be fast asleep, her slender, snow-white legs swaying gently with Chiba step Chiba took.

They soon arrived at the forest to the east. Along the winding path, they could hear the gurgling of a stream in the distance, and there were a few Fire Fly and leaves swaying in the wind.

"Hmm..." The girl in my arms became a little more awake, or rather, she was awakened by mosquito bites.

She struggled to open her eyes and found herself in someone else's arms. In a panic, she punched him.

"Bang!"

Chiba grabbed her fist with one hand, his expressionless face, but that freed up his other hand.

"Ah!"

Mira cried out in surprise and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Chiba caught her around the waist with his other hand.

"Don't move."

In the darkness, a familiar boy's voice could be heard.

Mira was taken aback, then immediately became obedient, asking in a questioning tone, "Chiba?"

"Hmm," Chiba said.

"Can you walk by yourself?" he asked again.

"No!" Mira hugged his waist.

Chiba used his other hand to lift her up and hold her in his arms.

As they walked, they saw dim lights ahead, followed by a large two-story wooden house and a smaller wooden house beside it.

The lights in the cabin were off; it was Natsu's house, and he usually went to bed early.

The large wooden cabin, however, was brightly lit. Seele and Feiyin were both living inside, and the sounds of girls laughing and joking could be heard from within; neither of them seemed to be asleep.

I glanced down at Mira; she was asleep again. I had no idea how much she had drunk.

Pushing open the wooden door, the two girls seemed to pause for a moment, then simultaneously put down the pillows they were holding.

Chiba was speechless. He'd only been gone a day, and the house was already a complete mess. These two were practically huskies, masters of destruction!

They jumped off the sofa barefoot, looked at each other, stuck out their tongues, and put their hands behind their backs, adopting a contrite posture.

"Seele, go heat up a cup of milk with some honey; this guy's had too much to drink." Chiba ignored them and led Mira upstairs, instructing her.

"Oh... oh!" Seele put on her slippers and ran towards the kitchen.

Chiba Manufacturing's house is quite large; the ground floor alone has three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, while the upstairs also has a living room, three bedrooms, and a balcony.

Since visiting Tianna's grave, Chiba has been taking on raids ever since he returned. In addition, Seele's strength is also rising rapidly, and the two of them have become a stable source of income for the family.

Yes, home.

However, Chiba asked Seele to take on fewer missions, saying he would take care of the financial issues, Seele only needed to train in Ninjutsu.

"Squeak~"

I pushed open the door to a room, turned on the light, gently placed Mira on the bed, lifted the blanket to cover her, and then turned on the air conditioner.

Fortunately, the energy source in the magical world is magic power. He bought a large magic power output device and a bunch of magic crystals that provide magic power. Sometimes when he ran out of magic crystals, he would use his own magic power to input magic power.

Magic Divine Crystals are indeed valuable, Dragon Corpse Valley should indeed have Magic Crystal Ore. However, the Shadow Skull combined the demon crystals from an entire mine into a Magic Divine Crystal, resurrected the Moonlight Bone Dragon, and used it as a weapon.

It's unclear what the Shadow Skull' intention was in resurrecting the Moonlight Bone Dragon. If it was used as a weapon, why didn't anyone stop them when the weapon was destroyed?

The Magic Divine Crystal that the Moonlight Bone Dragon gifted to Feiyin was used by Feiyin as healing energy, and the remaining magic power was transformed into his magical cultivation.

He directly possessed the magical power of A-Class mage.

And his magic is Healing Magic, the magic of life...

It is said that magic is a strong desire in the heart of a mage, but in fact, before awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, what he awakened first was the magic of life.

However, after Tianna awakened her Life Magic, she died.

Then, he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

She gently closed the door, walked to the second-floor balcony, and leaped onto a tree, where she sat down.

The crescent moon hung in the night sky; it wasn't very late, maybe nine o'clock at most. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so noisy when I arrived at the guild.

A girl in pure white walked over from the balcony. She floated over like a ghost and sat down quietly beside him.

"What? Aren't you going to keep her company?" Feiyin suddenly asked.

Chiba replied, "Seele will take good care of her."

"So you were planning to keep avoiding her?" Feiyin said, "But you brought her back tonight!"

Chiba took a flask of sake from his waist, removed the cork, and the smell of alcohol was pungent. He took a sip and then coughed violently.

"Stop drinking, you fucking idiot!" Feiyin slapped his drink away.

She continued, "During the months you were asleep, she stayed by your side the whole time. Even when she went on missions, the first thing she did upon returning was to see you. We all saw how good she was to you. But what did you do? You left as soon as you woke up, without even saying goodbye. You've been avoiding her for the past few months; even I noticed! You used to say you thought she was too young to understand her own feelings, but after all this time, haven't you realized it yet?!"

"I know you feel guilty about Tianna. You didn't protect her, so are you prepared to live with that guilt forever? Carrying the guilt you feel for one girl, you're going to let down another?" Feiyin said angrily.

Chiba remained silent.

"What do you think... I am?" he asked softly.

"What? What?" Feiyin was still angry and didn't understand what he meant.

"What is the meaning of my existence... what am I to this world?" he said calmly.

He looked up at the moon, leaning against the tree trunk. "Later I realized, I am nothing. I cannot escape fate, nor can I change the ending of this story. You and I both know the future of this world, but we cannot make any changes. It's like a pre-written script, and we are just characters in it."

Feiyin stared blankly at the man who had suddenly understood something.

"I met the man, and he told me that in the original script, Tianna was destined to die, and no one could change that."

After he finished speaking, he shrugged his shoulders casually, as if he were talking about something extremely simple.

"I can't afford to take care of her future..." he said in a very low voice.

Feiyin looked at his profile; he looked so tired, so lonely. Moonlight reflected off his mechanical arm, giving it a cold, icy sheen.