Half a Confession

Outside a milk tea shop in the amusement park.

"Elysia, are you really sure you're okay with this?" Eden, wearing sunglasses, looked at his best friend, who was also wearing sunglasses, with a hint of helplessness.

Compared to Elysia, Eden needed to do more of a disguise, and... how should I put it, asking her manager to cover for her while she sneaked out was something she had never done before, and it was somewhat interesting.

"Hmm... After all, even though I said I wouldn't give up, I'm still afraid to hear Maple's answer," Elysia said softly, gently stirring the milk tea on the table with a straw.

They arrived at the amusement park earlier than Zhu Yufeng and the others, and followed behind Zhu Yufeng as soon as they started moving.

Then the following scene unfolded:

The haunted house staff member, still reeling from being pushed aside by Zhu Yufeng, was about to scare the two girls following behind when they were ignored.

The employee then fell into deep doubt about his own professional abilities.

"Given Kaede's personality, he'll probably just tell me the answer as soon as we meet," Elysia, looking towards the bumper car area.

Eden sighed softly, "Elysia, since you think Feng would do this, why can't you try to guess Feng's answer?"

"Maple's answer... To be honest, I'm not really sure about it," Elysia said. "Because before I knew the answer, Maple admitted that he had feelings for Lilith, even though he didn't think it was enough to call it love. We all know how good Lilith was to Maple last time, don't we? Besides... I didn't expect that sending that invitation before the final banquet would become the reason I couldn't see Maple."

Eden looked down at the milk tea in front of her. Actually, she had hardly ever drunk this kind of beverage before, usually drinking alcohol instead... But most girls, including Elysia, liked to drink it, so giving it a try wasn't a bad idea.

Shouldn't this kind of atmosphere, which begins to tell a story, be paired with fine wine?

However, it's unrealistic to expect to drink fine wine here.

"Right when I first arrived, I talked to Kaede," Elysia continued. "He said that when I sent out that invitation, he felt I didn't trust him..."

"Because from beginning to end, I never thought you would fall in love with me." Zhu Yufeng's voice rang out above their heads.

Elysia was startled. Eden glanced at Zhu Yufeng with surprise. After all, it was impossible for her to do anything out of line... unless Qianjie smashed her piano and then got beaten up by her Star Sea Harmony.

"I felt like we were being followed when we were in the haunted house. Later, when we were queuing for the bumper cars, I checked with Sakura, and she said she also noticed someone following us, but it didn't seem like they meant any harm." Zhu Yufeng pulled up a chair and sat down. "I remembered that I seemed to have seen a pink figure before, and after thinking about it carefully, we did have a pink-haired girl in our group who had left. So I came up with a little idea."

He instructed Pardo and Sakura to go play bumper cars, while he mingled in the crowd to observe Sakura's direction as she noticed him following them.

Although Eden didn't recognize her at first, Elysia couldn't hide it no matter what.

"Perhaps we need to have a serious talk," Zhu Yufeng said, shrugging.

Elysia took a deep breath and nodded gently.

"Then, as an outsider, how about I start by finding a topic from my own perspective?" Eden suggested. Since Elysia didn't want to hear Maple's answer so soon, she would take the lead in this conversation.

Zhu Yufeng leaned back in his chair and said, "I have no objection."

Elysia agreed, saying, "Then I'll leave it to you, Eden."

"First of all, Maple, why did you never think that Elysia would fall in love with you?" Eden asked.

Zhu Yufeng remained silent. How should I put it? Elysia is the daughter of a god and the partner of a human. Her love is a universal love. Moreover, he wasn't a law spirit at the time; he was just an ordinary human. From the perspective of the setting, it's hard to believe that Elysia would have any special feelings for him that are different from those for others.

It's not that he cares too much about the game's settings; the key is that all the game's settings have been changed, so he can't help but believe them.

Ultimately, he hasn't truly placed himself or others on the same level.

Because this requires tracing back to the very first question: how exactly did he travel through time? He just couldn't figure it out. He just fell asleep and ended up buried under rubble like Sun Wukong. He didn't encounter any big trucks or anything like that. So... how exactly did he travel through time?

Second, what is the purpose of his time travel?

He can answer that, he saved the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, they deserve a better stage!

Especially Elysia, you should know that many of your descendants fight for humanity, and they are all super cute girls!

As for why things turned out this way, he was also confused. He'd only done a few more experiments for Mobius, even acting as a guinea pig countless times, or perhaps he'd seriously discussed magic, Anti-Kevin Armament, and unleashing Evil with Vill-V ...

Why has it turned out this way?

As for Eden raising this question, what should he say...? Make up an excuse to get away with it? That wouldn't be good, after all, Elysia always answers his questions, so lying would be really too much.

So, should I confess to them that I'm not a person from this world at all, but a transmigrator? And that the world they're in is just a game within my own world?

How can I say that? Can I really say that?

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yufeng finally spoke, "The specific reason... I'm sorry I can't say right now. Anyway, all you need to know is that I knew from the beginning that Elysia was a lawyer, um... from the very beginning, when she rescued me from the ruins."

Elysia and Eden were both shocked by the news. Did Maple know all along?

Zhu Yufeng pressed one hand to his forehead and looked down at the table. "The Origin Law, the First Law, the Daughter of God, the Companion of Man... Yes, I knew it from the very beginning."

Coming to her senses, Elysia asked hesitantly, "Then why didn't you tell me?"

If that's the case, she finally realized how much harm she had caused Feng by sending that one and only invitation before the final banquet. Since he knew from the beginning that she was a lawyer, but she had never told anyone, it proved that he always trusted her. Yet she still sent that invitation in the name of a lawyer, causing him to attack her.

"After all, you yourself didn't have to admit your identity as a Celestial Lawyer until around the time of the Twelfth Law Event, right?" Zhu Yufeng said, looking at Elysia. "You always considered yourself a human. Even after you knew you were a Celestial Lawyer, you still asked all the guests at that banquet whether you had become a 'human'."

Elysia and Eden remained silent for a long while before Eden finally spoke, "Maple, since you didn't attend the final banquet, how did you know about these things back then? Did Kevin tell you?"

There seems to be only one possibility, right?

"No, I already knew before that." Zhu Yufeng looked at Eden. "Before that final banquet, or more precisely, before I met Elysia, I already knew."

"Who exactly are you..." Eden wanted to ask Zhu Yufeng who he really was, but she hesitated. According to Zhu Yufeng, Elysia was the daughter of a god, so could he be the son of a god or something? Otherwise, why would he know all this from the beginning? Moreover, Aponia had also said that Feng had transferred the fate of others to himself, bearing the karmic consequences of those others, and Elysia didn't have any corresponding threads of fate with him...

Zhu Yufeng chose not to answer, "... That's all I can say. Let's change the subject, Eden."

Eden was about to press for more information when Elysia spoke first, "I get it, you're like a prophet who knows in advance what will happen, right?"

"That's one way to understand it." Zhu Yufeng nodded. "Regarding the answer to the question you asked me, I actually thought about it for quite a while yesterday. To sort out my thoughts, it should be like this: Initially, my liking for you stemmed from admiration and affection for everything you would do as Elysia in the future. Later, when I fought alongside you in your squad, from then until my confession after the first incident, I truly fell in love with you, not because you are Elysia, but..." It's because you are you... but you refused. So later, I thought about it too. In the future I saw, you liked everyone. You were only interested in the feelings that made you like someone, but you liked every kind of feeling, right? And because of this, I... let go of this relationship that I thought had no future. But I kept doing things, all to reverse that future where you had to sacrifice yourself. I'm sorry, I failed.

He had indeed thought about this question very seriously, but the answer was beyond his and Elysia's expectations. Eden thought to himself.

In this way...

"Why apologize?" Elysia said softly. "Why do all this for me? Why... face an enemy you can't possibly defeat?"

Even though he saw that future, that inescapable fate, he still chose to fight for her...

But... he let it go.

"How will you know if you don't try?" Zhu Yufeng smiled. "At least I've found a glimmer of hope now, haven't I?"