I Will Grant You New Life (End of This Volume)

"To be honest, you're a pretty troublesome guy."

"...trouble?"

"Yes, you keep everything to yourself and never say anything, so that no one can ever guess your true thoughts until the very end," Bai Wei said with a smile. "You know, my two former accomplices had already completed several transactions with me during this period."

He Wei Ni Ya tilted her head. "Is that so?"

"Yeah." Bai Wei said, picking up a snowball from the ground and rolling it into a ball. He glanced at the pile of corpses in the pit, but ultimately didn't throw it. "It's like doing business. The one who exposes their needs first is often the one who suffers the most. My first two accomplices were like that, but you are the opposite... But I didn't suffer any losses from you either."

He Wei Ni Ya turned to look at Bai Wei's face, focusing particularly on his ears. "Did you retrieve your body parts?"

"Yes," Bai Wei said with a smile. "You ended the system of the performer, so the seal maintained by the music naturally collapsed. So although the process was a bit bumpy, the result was good for me."

He Wei Ni Ya nodded slightly. "That's great."

"Oh? You actually think it's good?" Bai Wei raised an eyebrow and asked, "In your eyes, shouldn't I be no different from the Lord of Holy Sound?"

"I don't think so... at least not later on."

"Tsk, so you see, if you keep everything to yourself, no one will know what you're really thinking even when you die."

He Wei Ni Ya laughed, "Aren't you the same?"

"I?"

"Yes." He Wei Ni Ya thought for a moment, "Just like you've always said... the Riddler?"

"Hmm..." Bai Wei thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It seems that's really the case."

Then he threw the snowball in his hand, and as it flew through the air, he snapped his fingers, causing the snowball to explode and turn into snowflakes that slowly fell to the ground.

"In that case, let's have an open and honest talk." Bai Wei smiled at He Wei Ni Ya. "I'm not going to be the riddle-maker anymore, so you should be a little more honest... After all, if we keep hiding, we'll really end up hiding in hell."

He Wei Ni Ya did not refuse. "What do you want to know?"

"What was your purpose in playing the Seven Sound Divine Song?" Bai Wei said. "I mean, your initial purpose. Your ultimate goal should have been to come to the One Academy, meet Ka Lun, and learn that the virus he carries is destructive to musical notes. So, before that, what was your true purpose... to make a wish to the Lord of Holy Sound?"

He Wei Ni Ya shook her head. "No, I never thought of making a wish to Him... My original purpose was similar to what I have now."

"Similar to what we have now?" Bai Wei asked. "It won't just be playing the ' Seed-Seeking Song, will it?"

"Yes."

"What's the point?"

"It doesn't need to have any meaning," He Wei Ni Ya said. "I just wanted to do it."

"No meaning needed? Heh, rather than saying no meaning needed, it's more like this is the meaning you want." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Just like that stinky charlatan said, the meaning of a performer's existence is to offer the most exquisite music to the Lord of Holy Sound, so he can give up any reward. But what you want to do is the opposite. You go to great lengths to collect all seven notes and play the Final Chapter, as if you want to tell the world that all of this is... well, no, no."

Bai Wei shook his head in denial as he spoke.

"You shouldn't have so many sentimental thoughts. You're here to take revenge on everyone. Whether it's the musicians or the Lord of Holy Sound, just like you told me a long time ago, you don't want to save anyone, you don't want to gain anything, the only thing you want is... to take revenge on this world, right?"

He Wei Ni Ya nodded, then said softly, "Yes, that's what I thought at the beginning. I wanted to stand until the very end, to make everyone watch and think I was going to risk everything for the Grand Ceremony, for my wish, and then let them know it wasn't like that. I don't care about the Lord's Grace of Holy Sound's grace, nor do I crave His wish. All I want is..."

"Blasphemy," Bai Wei concluded accurately.

"Is this what you call blasphemy?"

"Yes," Bai Wei said with a smile, "And it was a rather pure act of blasphemy. Of course, it still can't compare to what you did in the end. That was an even greater act of blasphemy. Looking at the world, there are few people who can compare to you."

Blasphemy.

He Wei Ni Ya pondered the word carefully, then asked Bai Wei, "May I ask you a question?"

"Of course, now it's your turn."

"Lord of Holy Sound... what kind of god is He?" He Wei Ni Ya asked. "Why did He create musicians, and why did He make them seek out musical movements and notes?"

"Hmm, you've finally asked a fundamental question," Bai Wei asked with a smile. "Do you remember when you first arrived at the One Academy, you asked me a question that I said I couldn't tell you yet?"

"You mean the one that will attract the attention of the gods?" He Wei Ni Ya thought for a moment. "Is it because the gods don't get involved in worldly affairs?"

"Yes." Bai Wei said with his hands clasped together, quite seriously, "If you know the answer to that question, then most of the questions related to gods in this world will be easily solved."

Seeing that Bai Wei had become serious, He Wei Ni Ya couldn't help but sit up straight.

Then she saw Bai Wei smile and say, "But unfortunately, I still can't tell you the answer."

He Wei Ni Ya: "..."

"Haha, look at your expression," Bai Wei said with a chuckle. "But I really can't tell you, because for the Gods, that's the most taboo secret."

He Wei Ni Ya wanted to say, "I'm about to die, why would I care about this?" But after hesitating for a while, she held back.

Because she knew that if it was something Bai Wei didn't want to talk about, no matter what she said, it wouldn't make any difference.

"However, there is another thing I can tell you for sure," Bai Wei said. "That is, the reason why God changes the world is indeed for His own purpose. Just like the Lord of Holy Sound creates musical notes and makes the players pursue the music, the Lyra God makes his subjects use machines to pursue order and machines, and the Rhine God... well, playing with little boys, all of these are to achieve the same goal, only the methods are different, so you can think that this is intentional on His part."

"So," He Wei Ni Ya looked into Bai Wei's eyes, "that Holy Sound can exist without a performer or notes?"

"Hehe, that's the real question you wanted to ask me, isn't it?" Bai Wei nodded slightly. "I can tell you, yes."

As he spoke, he slowly raised his hand, and a faint vortex of Magic Power energy began to gather in his palm.

"This world itself has Magic Power, it has magic," Bai Wei said. "Even the lowest-ranking priests in the Rhine can learn and master the most basic magic, so why can only the performer of the Holy Sound use Magic Power? The answer is simple: it's the musical notes. You can think of a musical note as a Magic Power receiver."

"Magic Power receiver?" He Wei Ni Ya seemed to have guessed something.

"Yes, the Golden Sound naturally receives more Magic Power than the bronze voice, so it can naturally be more powerful." The Magic Power vortex in Bai Wei's palm seemed to expand and then slowly shrink. "The bronze voice can receive even less Magic Power than ordinary people in the outside world who do not have musical notes, so it is naturally weaker."

"Then why can't everyone be like Golden Sound?"

"Because that would be meaningless," Bai Wei said. "You can think of the Magic Power in this world as a cake. If everyone is a big eater, then one cake is definitely not enough to share. Then the Golden Sound Player would be no different from the ordinary player."

He Wei Ni Ya fell into deep thought, while Bai Wei continued to explain.

"In other words, the Holy Sound is a large cake, and everyone can take a big bite based on their talent and hard work. The Lord of Holy Sound bestows musical notes, which is essentially He dividing the cake. He will let some people eat more, which is the Golden Sound, and some people will eat less, which is the Silver Sound. Then there are those who don't eat anything, which is the Bronze Sound, and those who don't even have the Bronze Sound. Yes, it's not only those who possess musical notes who are marked by the Lord of Holy Sound. Everyone born on this land will be marked by Him."

He Wei Ni Ya gently closed her eyes, and those childhood images flashed through her mind again.

Then she opened her eyes, and the mass grave from her memory was right in front of her.

"Will He come back?" He Wei Ni Ya asked.

"It's going to be difficult," Bai Wei said. "Do you remember what I said before? The Lord of Holy Sound is a very special god. He has no five senses. He used to listen to the world through my ears and created the channel between the performer and the notes to communicate with the world. But now, you have destroyed that channel, and I have taken back his ears. For him, finding a way to influence the world again will not be easy. But how should I put it? It's not entirely impossible. After all, he is a god, and there are very few things he cannot do."

"So, how much of a blow was it to Him to lose the performer and the notes?"

"Hey, hey, hey, how many questions have you asked me in a row? It's my turn now, isn't it?" Bai Wei shrugged. "Fine, since it's come to this, I'll just answer them first."

Bai Wei paused for a moment.

"Unfortunately, there was no harm done. As I said before, to put it more vividly, it's like you burned His fishing rod, and He let go of the rod before setting Him on fire. Do you think that hurt Him?"

"... I see."

"Yes. Being in the Holy Sound, you are both unfortunate and fortunate," Bai Wei said. "The unfortunate part is that the Lord of Holy Sound is probably the most twisted and morbid of the four righteous gods, and his obsession with the mortal world is also deeper than the other three righteous gods. Otherwise, He would not have held any Grand Ceremony, which would be almost impossible in other Divine Kingdom. The fortunate part is that... He is also the most powerless of all the gods."

He Wei Ni Ya nodded and then said, "Now it's your turn to ask me. Do you have any questions? Please ask as soon as possible."

"Hmm," Bai Wei said with a smile, "It seems you've already sensed it."

The surrounding snow is melting rapidly.

The scene also began to appear surreal.

The pit of corpses before her seemed to grow ever deeper, as if the abyss had opened its arms to embrace her.

This made He Wei Ni Ya realize that her time here was running out.

"I will get back to you as soon as possible," He Wei Ni Ya said.

"They came and went in such a hurry," Bai Wei sighed. "Don't you have any regrets?"

"Regret?"

"Yes," Bai Wei said with a smile, "Just like you said to Ulysses, you've fought for the Holy Sound for at least twenty years, but nobody knows what will happen in those twenty years. The Holy Sound people might find a new path, but they might also start a new round of internal strife after losing the players and the notes. When the Lord of Holy Sound returns to the world, nothing will have changed, everything will be back to square one, as if nothing had happened. If that happens..."

"What does that have to do with me?" He Wei Ni Ya said calmly. "Have you forgotten, Mr. Visas? All I wanted was for them to bleed. I did it, and that's enough."

"I see."

"Sorry."

Why apologize?

"I am not the good person you expect," He Wei Ni Ya said softly. "I have never had the idea of saving the world or saving others. In fact, I am like the virus in Ka Lun's body, just a festering sore on a musical note. So I devoured the musical note. Now that the musical note is gone, I should disappear too."

"So that's how you see yourself."

He Wei Ni Ya nodded. By this time, the surrounding snow had completely disappeared, and the crater in front of her had expanded to a certain extent, as if it were about to spread and devour the entire world.

This made He Wei Ni Ya realize that it was time for her to leave.

So she stood up and said goodbye to Bai Wei: "Thank you for your help all this time. I should go now."

"Um... I have one last question."

He Wei Ni Ya turned to look at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei asked, "Those letters you wrote to Auger didn't have any meaning, did they?"

He Wei Ni Ya's pupils narrowed slightly.

Have you already looked through those books?

"Yes, it doesn't mean what you're saying," Bai Wei said. "So I'd like to know why you didn't choose to do that."

"... Because you cannot be harmed," He Wei Ni Ya said. "If you are gone, no one will be able to stand against the Lord of Holy Sound."

Hearing He Wei Ni Ya say this, Bai Wei smiled.

"Heh, just as I thought," Bai Wei said. "But if that's the case, can you still say you're just a festering sore that wants to destroy the world... Ni Ya?"

He Wei Ni Ya didn't speak, because countless hands were reaching out from the pit of corpses, grabbing her body and pulling her down little by little.

She fell into the abyss.

At the same time, watching Bai Wei slowly stand up, she casually grabbed the last handful of snow, playing with it as she asked, "Although the process was somewhat tortuous, in terms of the result, you did help me get more. So, is there anything else you want, Ni Ya?"

He Wei Ni Ya shook her head and said softly, "You've given me more than enough."

More hands climbed onto her body, darkness engulfed her, and Bai Wei's body grew smaller and smaller, becoming increasingly blurry.

"I'm not the kind of person who likes to take things for free." Bai Wei pondered as he rolled the snow into a ball. "What should I give you?"

He Wei Ni Ya's consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred.

Darkness crept over her body, leaving only one eye standing.

It's over.

That's what she was thinking.

Then she heard a snap of her fingers.

"I've got it."

She looked at Bai Wei and smiled at herself.

"I will grant you..."

"Newborn."

He Wei Ni Ya suddenly opened her eyes.

The rising sun shone on her face through the unfamiliar window, carrying a warmth she had never felt before, making everything seem like a dream.

What... is going on?

Before she could react, a sharp pain shot through her body, causing her to tremble and make a slight sound.

Then she heard two female voices coming from outside the house.

Soon, a strange woman came into her view.

"Don't be nervous, Miss He Wei Ni Ya, you are safe now," the other person said. "Someone has entrusted you to me."

"My name is Ina."

Sigh, the ending really didn't turn out well. There were originally about five more chapters of plot to go. But after writing chapter 84, everything fell apart, and I ended up deleting and revising so many times that I didn't know what to do. I ended up condensing the plot, which still had tens of thousands of words left to write, into this mess. My apologies.