Offer your allegiance to Chaos!

Facing Ifrit's ridicule, it was Ashe who fell silent this time.

Indeed, as the child said, with the style of the mastermind behind the scenes, even if he knew the truth, it would probably be useless, and even the fact that he knew the truth itself might be a part of the trap.

But... so what?

Sometimes, you just have to do what you know you can't do.

What's more, it has not yet reached the point of "knowing that you can't do it".

"So, how about making a deal?"

Ai Xi smiled, "I will give you a certain degree of freedom to move in this garden world, and limit Amy's tricks on you, and in exchange, you must tell me the information you know - tell me in detail How much, you can choose yourself, anyway, I have no way to verify."

"Hey, hey, what kind of conditions are you talking about? If it were me, I would definitely be talking nonsense!" Amy suddenly looked aside anxiously: "And why should she be allowed to move freely? I haven't played enough yet, woo woo woo Woo-"

In the middle of speaking, Ai Xi covered her mouth with her hand, and Amy jumped up anxiously.

Ashe didn't let go, quietly waiting for Ifrit's choice.

This is a small gamble. After all, he really has no way to verify the authenticity of Ifrit's words now. In case he is misled by false information, it may be better to investigate by himself without asking information.

But... Ashe still wants to gamble this time.

"..."

Ifrit fell into an extremely long silence—it was the first time she had such a long silence since she met Ai Xi, and Amy, who had been tossing for a long time, calmed down and stared silently with Ai Xi she.

Judging from the windless and automatic pure white robe on Amy, she is ready to fight.

To be honest, Ashe had a hard time imagining what a battle broke out in the soul world, but he could at least be sure of one thing—it was definitely not good news for him and Amy, and it was definitely more dangerous than the hypnosis he had used on himself Ten times a hundred times.

Therefore, he can only hope that Ifrit can give the answer he wants.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Ifrit finally spoke.

However, Ashe was stunned by the first sentence that came out of her mouth.

Chapter 46 The Story Has Not Begun yet

"Mom said that she wants to transform you from a god back into a human being."

Ifrit's first words stunned Ashe and Amy.

"From god...to human?" Ashe muttered to herself, repeating this sentence.

"Yes, because God has no weakness and cannot be defeated."

As if letting go of all the knots in her heart, Ifrit became more relaxed, and the corner of her mouth curved into a malicious arc, like a gloomy crescent moon: "If you want to defeat a god, the only thing you can do is Pull him down from the altar, let his statue fall to pieces, exposing the essence of man wrapped in it... At that time, all you need is a dagger, a bullet, and a bottle of poison to easily Bury him."

"Isn't that flattering me too much?" After a long silence, Ashe suddenly laughed: "I don't think I'm a bit like a god. Could it be that she means that the holder of the Book of Slaanesh is eligible to be seen?" To be a god? That would belittle the word god..."

"God has no heart."

Ifrit interrupted his words, his voice was as light as a feather, but the strength of each word seemed to be expounding some unshakable truth: "Brother, you also have no heart."

"..."

Ashe fell silent again, "Heart?"

"It can also be said to be feelings, or the more illusory imagery of 'love'... But all in all, in the definition of my mother, the biggest difference between the so-called god and the so-called human is whether there is a real person or not. The concept of 'heart'."

Ifrit stared at Ashe without blinking, with a hint of sarcasm in his smile: "Brother, do you think I have a real heart? Do I have real feelings? Have you ever experienced what love is and what hate is?"

"I always feel like I got shot for no reason..." Amy slowly raised her hand and said slowly, "Well, I don't know if you know about it, but let me explain, brother's feelings The problem of indifference is my fault. In order to prevent my brother from being eroded by the book, some existences behind the Book of Slaanesh used me as a filter to intercept his overly strong emotions, but he still has basic love and hatred in essence. Emotional expression is only a matter of magnitude, and it is far from being a god or a person—"

"If only things were as easy as you say."

Ifrit interrupted Amy's words mercilessly again, and she didn't look at Amy directly, but kept staring at Aixi closely, and said with force every word: "Brother, come again! Think about it carefully, have you really lived the so-called relationship?"

"..." Ashe remained silent.

"Hey, brother, don't be confused by this guy's bewitching words, I am of one mind with you, I don't know if you have feelings or not?" Amy was a little anxious: "You don't have feelings, then what are you doing?" You have lived a sticky life with Laplande for three years? Why are you fighting with Ms. Sicily for the life and death of Texas? Besides, haven’t you experienced the most direct evidence? Yours Teacher, your love for her is so strong that the Sicilian lady almost explodes with jealousy? Is it all fake?"

"Yeah, it's all fake."

Before Aixi could respond, Ifrit's light words almost blew Amy up: "If you say it's a lie, it's a lie! You—"

"If those are true, why doesn't brother speak?"

However, Ifrit's next words made Amy's face stiffen.

Yeah, why don't you talk?

Amy looked at Aixi, but saw that he was still silent, like a sculpture made of skin, muscle and blood, without speaking for a long time.

"Brother...?" Amy blinked, her complexion turned strange.

"Let me tell you why he doesn't speak. Because he is thinking about some questions, some of which may have been thought about countless times and for countless years in his subconscious, but he has never come up with an answer, so it is buried in the deepest part of his heart. until I forcibly uncovered just now... some questions like this: "

Ifrit lowered her voice, and vividly imitated Ashe's tone, tone, and ups and downs, just like a ventriloquist in a puppet show:

"Why have I been separated from Hemo, Selia, and my parents for so many years, I have never thought about seeing them again, sending another letter, or even just passing through the information at my fingertips How about going online to learn about their current situation?"

"Why did I spend three years together day and night with Lapland and never parted for a moment, why did I have such an intimate relationship with Lapland, and even personally stamped her with my mark called 'Servant of Slaanesh'? But during the week we were apart, didn't you think of her name even once?"

"Why did I still love the 'teacher' so desperately in my dream a week ago? After leaving my soul and destined to be forever blocked by Ms. Sicily, I didn't give up, even when I was possessed by her In the several calls made by the Sicilian lady, didn't you think of going to say hello?"

When Ifrit finished asking these three questions one after another, Amy's expression changed from surprise to astonishment to horror.

Yes, creepy.

——Because these are not words that Ifrit should be able to say at all!

Where did she know these things? !

From the experience after Ashe and Hesse separated, to the three years between Ashe and Laplande, and most importantly, the phone call with Ms. Sicily just in the past few days, how could she have nothing? Say it all right? !

It was as if there was a pair of invisible and cold eyes that had been hiding behind Ashe's back for so many years, staring at him silently... creepy!

"Yes... that's right!"

In this creepy tension, Amy almost forced herself to find a reasonable explanation: "I understand! This is the information you just collected from the soul world of my brother and I! You invaded our garden, Even if I didn't notice the anomaly, it's likely that a lot of things have been leaked-"

"No, I'm sorry, and I don't want to scare you, but the above words were indeed written down by my mother."

However, Ifrit shrugged his shoulders relaxedly, but said something that made Amy's face even uglier:

"To be precise, she told me more than half a month ago, the day I was beaten unconscious by Father Seliya."

"What are you kidding!"

Amy's face had already turned black, but it was not so much anger as fear: "Half, half a month ago, just, even—"

"Yes, half a month ago, according to what my mother said..."

Ifrit shrugged:

"—even the story hasn't even begun yet."

Chapter 47 Heart's Dream

Deathly silence.

If these words of Ifrit are true, it can only illustrate one fact - that mysterious black hand hidden behind the scenes can even play with time, future and even fate in the palm of his hand.

How is this still playing?

Amy's face had become extremely livid, her lips moved and moved, but she couldn't say a word.

"Calm down, Amy." Ashe pressed her hand on her shoulder, his brows were furrowed at the moment, but he still kept his expression unchanged, looking at Ifrit: "Then, even if we believe You are telling the truth, but you still haven’t explained exactly how you plan to transform me from a god back into a human being, how to get back my so-called heart and feelings.”

"Sure enough, you are indeed Wuxin's elder brother. Even after hearing the truth, you can still calm down like this." Ifrit giggled, then the laughter faded away, and calmly said: "As for the specific method , It doesn’t make sense to tell you, don’t you already feel it? From the first taste of my blood.”

The blood of the Balrog...?

Ash fell silent again.

He thought of the uncontrollable agitation he felt when facing Hemer after tasting the Balrog's blood for the first time.

Now, thinking about it carefully, that impulse was indeed something he had never experienced before, and it was different from the so-called "love" when facing the "teacher" and the potion that Ms. Sicily used on him.

It is short-lived, but unforgettable, like a fire that really bursts from the depths of the soul.

So, is what Ifrit said true?

From God to man.

In the past, did he really never possess a real thing called "heart"?

Ashe gently pressed her hand to her chest.

Indeed, it was when Ifrit said those questions himself that he suddenly realized that after a mere week of separation, his love for the teacher seemed to have stayed in yesterday, leaving only the remnant Impressions, but could not drive him to ignite the urge to rush to Syracuse, and he couldn't even remember to say hello when talking to Ms. Sicily on the phone.

Not to mention the Lady of Sicily, Lapland, and Texas, the parting from them did not seem to change his life, and he was still enjoying himself alone in Rhode Island.

And the reunion with Hemer and Saria also seemed to confirm this point. After the reunion, whether Hemer or Saria, they used extreme restraint to force themselves not to show extreme emotions, but he never There was no such emotion to express in the beginning.

——If he feels nothing after losing it, does he really have that kind of thing?

——If there is no enthusiasm after getting it, has he really longed for this kind of thing?

Love... Could it be that he has never experienced such a thing?

So, what kind of experience should true love be?

Strangely, at this moment, Ai Xi no longer felt fear and creepy about the layout of the mastermind behind the scenes, but more of a faint expectation.

——If, if I can really get my heart and my feelings back...

"elder brother!"

Amy's angry voice woke him up. The hearts between the two are shared, and she can naturally taste the faint sense of expectation from the other side of the soul, so she is extremely annoyed: "Don't just talk to yourself here. Believe her! It's still the same sentence, I am your firewall and filter, don't I know if you have had those emotions!"

"This……"

Ashe smiled wryly, but didn't say that sentence—is something that nominally belongs to me, but I have never seen, touched, and will never be able to get it, does it really belong to me?

"Don't be ridiculous. After all, who can guarantee that the so-called brother's excess emotions that you intercepted are really brother's?" Ifrit sneered: "Didn't you say it too? Books will erode the soul, maybe, no, very likely, what you stopped was just the malice imposed on my brother by the book of Slaanesh, and my brother himself has never derived the so-called feelings."

"You are sophistry!" Amy trembled angrily.

"Prove it to me if you have the ability!" Ifrit was proud.

"Enough!" Ashe withdrew her excessively divergent thoughts, rubbed her temples with a headache, and pressed the two of them who were about to fight with one hand: "Okay, the soldiers are here to cover the water and the soil, since we can't think of a solution for the time being , then continue to wait and see what happens, at least the information we got today is quite a lot.”

"What does it mean to wait and see what happens! Even if we can't find the mastermind behind the scenes, at least tie this little bastard back to the pillar!" Amy was filled with righteous indignation.

"My brother just promised that as long as I tell the information, he will give me freedom!" Ifrit said loudly.

"Don't worry, I won't break my promise."

It must be a risky thing to let Ifrit live freely in the garden, not to mention the dispute between her and Amy, but Ashe has no time to deal with these details now, he is eager to return to the real world to confirm his Changed, so he waved his hand and said: "Amy, keep an eye on her, don't let her out of your sight, if she does something suspicious, then you can use all means you can to stop her... In short, do what you can Row."

Leaving this sentence behind, he stopped looking at the two little girls who looked like cross-eyed eyes, and hurriedly logged off.

However, something unexpected happened.

Instead of waking up from reality immediately after leaving the Soul Garden as usual, Ashe only felt the world spinning for a while, and then, the hazy drowsiness when he entered the real dreamland came to his heart, and he was sucked into the whirlpool.

Yes, he had a dream.

At the same time, in the garden of souls, Amy, who had been staring at each other for a long time, suddenly changed her expression, and looked up at the sky in an instant.

I saw that the sky had always been clear in the past, but at some point it was covered by layers of dark clouds. Under the raging clouds, there was even a faint sound of thunder.

"Hey, it's coming faster than I thought." Ifrit also looked up at the sky, nodded his head with interest, and his voice was full of malice: "Come on, you over there, didn't you say you can stop me?" All the excess emotions of my brother? See how much you can stop this time?"

Amy was about to refute her just now, but the next moment, a bolt of lightning pierced through the sky and the earth hit her directly!

……

……

Meanwhile, the real world.

Hemer, who had just prepared the meal and brought it to the table, stared at Ashe who was sleeping soundly on the sofa with a worried face.

As soon as she walked out of the kitchen, she found that Ashe was asleep. She didn't want to disturb him and let him take a nap first, but for some reason, after she covered all the meals, she heard the young man on the sofa make a sound. Strange movement.

He... seems to be having a nightmare?

Chapter 48 Less than a hundred years of loneliness