" Aidan, do you know about my past?" Fulan asked rhetorically.
Aidan paused for a moment, then shook her head.
Fulan, with his hands in his pockets, slowly lowered his eyes.
"I've traveled all over the world before, you should know that, right?"
"Yes, I know."
"Actually... when I was traveling the world, I wasn't alone; there was a girl who was always with me."
Aidan looked at Fulan, who was sighing, and listened attentively without saying anything.
"Her name... is Ailin, um... she's kind of my fiancée..."
Fulan scratched his face, a hint of shyness creeping in as he spoke of his fiancée, which made Aidan's lips twitch slightly, despite her previously sullen expression.
He thought Fulan was single like him, but he never expected her to have a girlfriend!
"It's a pity she's dead..."
"Ah?!"
"It's not exactly death; she simply merged with one of the Five Calamities [Sky], meaning her consciousness is still intact."
"But..."
"How could a kind girl like Ailin do something like destroying a city..."
"So whether she's dead or not, I know perfectly well..."
Fulan's eyes slowly reddened, and she covered her face, turning her head away as if she didn't want Aidan to see her sobbing.
Aidan looked at him, hesitant to speak, wanting to comfort him, but unsure how to say it.
After a moment of silence, Fulan gradually calmed down.
"She and I have been childhood sweethearts. From a very young age, we made a promise that after we had traveled all over the world, we would get married in the most romantic place we had ever been to."
But that accident made it impossible for us to keep that promise...
"So... actually, the moment she died, I had already lost all hope of living, and I no longer wanted to live..."
At this point, he smiled helplessly, "But the Variant are really despicable. [Sky] used Ailin's face to tell me not to die, and then handed me over to our boss, Hela, like a favor."
I've also survived to this day thanks to this symbiotic relationship.
" Aidan, I'm tired..."
Let me go keep Ailin.
Aidan kept his head down, his long hair obscuring his face and making it impossible to discern his expression.
But a single tear sliding down his cheek and his clenched fists revealed his current state of mind.
"However, to say I was merely clinging to life wouldn't be quite accurate, as I was actually quite happy during this time."
He stepped forward, smiled, and patted Aidan on the shoulder. "You're just too melancholy and lack confidence. I've seen plenty of people like you who stay home all day playing games."
I don't know about other things, but you are a very good person. You are kind, thoughtful, and it's very comfortable to be around you.
Aidan was stunned, her eyes widened, and she looked up into Fulan's eyes.
Those eyes were full of affirmation and sincerity.
" Xiao Huan is also a nice Variant. It's quite fun to bicker with it occasionally."
Well, to be honest, I'm quite envious of Tuote for having such a nice maid. She's so refined and gentle; it's actually quite nice of her.
Hela is much better than I imagined; aside from being inhuman, she's quite nice.
Suddenly, Aidan reached out and hugged him tightly, sobbing and tears streaming down her face.
Fulan's lips twitched, then he sighed and hugged her back.
"Seriously, stop being so gay. I'm going to be with my wife, why are you making such a sad face..."
But his voice trembled more and more, and a tear slid down his cheek, which he quickly wiped away.
He tilted his head back, trying to hold back his tears, Fulan took a deep breath before slowly speaking.
"If you and I really are the friends I met online as I mentioned before, then the two of us... would definitely be very good brothers!"
"Uh-huh...!"
Aidan nodded repeatedly.
"Alright, that's where my journey ends. The rest is up to you..."
Good brother!
As soon as he finished speaking, Fulan transformed into wisps of pixels that coalesced into a pale blue heart, which floated together with the other hearts.
Aidan, who was holding him, lost her grip and fell to the ground, her hands trembling uncontrollably.
"Goodbye..."
The Little Goat bid farewell, and all the love gathered within him. Then, the entire void was enveloped in a burst of intense light.
The empty space turned into a white expanse.
Aidan dazedly got up and looked at his hands.
"Am I... resurrected?"
But where is this?
He looked ahead, his pupils dilating slightly.
In the vast expanse of white ahead, a pixelated figure wearing a brown and blue striped shirt slowly emerged from behind.
This is also pixelated, but the difference is that the outline doesn't seem to resemble a monster, but rather... a human!
"Six boss monsters..."
The person ahead muttered to himself, and Aidan's brow furrowed slightly.
"Each time you defeat a boss, you will advance to a higher realm... These six bosses also correspond to the human realms:"
New Star, High Rank, King Master, Transcendent, Ten Thousand Stars, Starlight.
And you, have defeated all the bosses and reached the highest realm, Starlight."
The figure slowly turned around, revealing a face with a sallow complexion, composed of pixels that revealed no emotion, to Aidan.
(-_-)
Aidan's pupils trembled violently; the person in front of him was someone he knew all too well!
"My name is Frisk, you can also call me... the player-controlled protagonist..."
"You... how could you..." Aidan's face was filled with disbelief and shock.
Frisk looked calmly at Aidan.
"For me, that game was always just a game, and I didn't feel anything no matter what I did to those monsters."
I was once their best friend, bringing them into human society to help them live in harmony with humans.
They had also slaughtered them, leaving no one alive.
However, all of this is irrelevant, because if I regret it, I can simply revert to a previous save and start over. For me, this is just a game...
Aidan frowned, becoming wary as she stared at Frisk, who claimed to be a player.
Actually, there aren't just six real bosses, there's one last one...
That's me!
With that, a short sword appeared in his hand. Aidan was immediately on high alert and tried to summon the Gaster Blaster, but she couldn't activate its power no matter what she did.
"You can't use your abilities, right? Because I am actually your ability!"
Frisk approached step by step with the knife in hand, and Aidan's heart tightened with each step.
He walked up to Aidan, raised his knife, and brought it down!