Chapter 1420: Chapter 1251: Frederica No. 2 (Part 2)

"Come on up."

As if guessing Leon’s hesitation, a familiar voice suddenly came from the top of the [Time-Standing Tower]. The "One"-shaped slit at the lamp room slowly opened, and the hollow eye on the inside quickly turned transparent and disappeared, gradually opening like a spherical window to reveal a woman resting with her eyes closed on a chair.

Sitting on the stone chair, Fredri observed Leon below the spherical "window." Her expression was peaceful yet unable to hide her anticipation as she extended another invitation.

"Rest assured, I won’t harm you. I can even send you back to your original world... that’s what you want, isn’t it?"

"..."

Facing the invitation from another Fredri, Leon remained silent for a moment before taking a deep breath, then he proactively entered the open door of the lighthouse and ascended the spiral staircase.

When Leon reached the top level and expressionlessly walked into the open lamp room, Fredri, who was leaning against the stone chair by the "window," stood up, turned around, and smiled gently:

"You really came up. It seems that even though we’re opponents, you do recognize my trustworthiness."

"..."

Not really, the reason I came up is not because I believe you’ll send me back, but rather because I saw the origin within you...

Fourteen complete origins, from human to god, life to death, good to evil, earth to sky, physical to spirit... none missing, none extra, exactly fourteen complete origins.

"So..."

After identifying the aura on Fredri and confirming that what he saw wasn’t wrong, Leon couldn’t help but close his eyes for a moment before asking solemnly:

"Is this a world where you’ve already secured the final victory, killed all the origin survivors, and collected all the origins?"

"You could say that."

With a slight nod, the other Fredri waved her hand, and another stone chair rose in the lamp room. After preparing the seat for a guest, she sat in the stone chair by the window, curiously observing Leon and asked:

"And you? I’ve never seen an escapee like you before, not an origin survivor but possessing more than one origin. What is your world like?"

"I’d rather hear about you."

Without answering Fredri’s question, upon seeing her "orderly" origins, Leon coldly retaliated:

"How about you? What’s your world like now?"

"..."

Facing Leon’s counter-question, the expectancy on Fredri’s face slightly froze, then she responded calmly:

"Me, Ring Time Mountain, fourteen origins... this is all that’s left of my world."

"Ha."

In response to an inexplicable tone, Leon did not sit in the stone chair; instead, he gaze silently at the complex expression on Fredri’s face and directly asked:

"Then let’s get to it... before I came up, you said you could send me back. Does that promise still hold?"

"Yes, of course."

Looking at Leon, who had a cold expression, the other Fredri was silent for a while, then couldn’t help but ask:

"Is that all you want to ask?"

"Otherwise? Is there something else to ask?"

"Is there nothing?"

After taking a look at Leon, who seemed distanced and aloof, Fredri seated on the stone chair sighed:

"Logically speaking, after asking what my world is like, shouldn’t you question why I did this, or even ask if I regret it?"

"I won’t ask."

Leon shook his head and replied with a blank expression:

"Your world is already like this. Whether you regret it or not, what difference does it make to others?

Moreover, no matter what difficulties you have and the purpose behind your choices, they all have nothing to do with me. I just want to return to my world now, to prevent it from becoming like yours.

Of course, if the price of sending me back requires me to hear your confessions and doubts, listens to you explain your difficulties and compulsion to find justification for what you did to feel a little better, I can cooperate. But you’d better hurry up, I’m in a rush."

"No need..."

Facing Leon’s response, the other Fredri closed her eyes and then helplessly remarked:

"I don’t need any cooperation. There’s only me left in this world, and I usually rely on the [Time-Standing Tower] to look into other worlds to relieve boredom. So, when an escapee shows up, I can’t help but want to chat for a bit, but you don’t seem to be a good conversational partner..."

"Because there’s really nothing for us to talk about."

Facing the other Fredri, who had completed the ultimate mission, Leon had no interest in conversation, and he urged expressionlessly:

"I’m leaving. Are you sending me or not?"

"I will..."

Watching Leon turning to leave, the other Fredri could only shake her head, sighed faintly, and got up to follow.

Strangely, despite her aura being immensely powerful, far exceeding any version of Fredri Leon had met before, she seemed unstable even walking, needing the support of the spiral staircase’s handrail to make her way stumbling down from the top of the lighthouse.

"Sorry, I don’t remember the last time I left my seat. I haven’t used my body to walk for a long time, so I’m not used to it."

"Oh."

Leon nodded in response and ignored the conversation starter she deliberately tossed over, directly inquired:

"How will you send me back? Do I just jump?"

"..."

It seems like the me in his world must have a pretty hostile relationship with him...

Looking at Leon, who didn’t bother to respond, let alone burst into a quarrel, not even deigning to sneer, Fredri couldn’t help but ask:

"Does the other me have a grudge against you? Actually, I sense some shared origin aura between us. Could it be you... huh?"

No way... that’s too straightforward, isn’t it?

Seeing Leon leap down directly towards the mountain mouth without waiting for her to finish speaking, offering not a word, the stunned Fredri could only stop, looking at the spot Leon last stepped on, she left a mark of an open-eye lighthouse with a wistful expression.

With her actions, the chaotic currents of time below Ring Time Mountain seemed to follow some instruction, scattering to reveal the emptiness below...

"???"

Wait! Isn’t he an escapee? Where’s the passage back to his original world? Why is there nothing there?

Turns out, saying she’d send me back was all a lie.

Seeing the void beneath, vacated by the time currents, Leon clicked his tongue mid-jump and reached out with a hand formed of condensed origin, using it to pull himself to the nearest rocky cliff inside the mountain walls.

Considering the full might of Fredri, armed with fourteen origins, her strength had swelled to unknown heights, he likely couldn’t handle her even fleeing in front of her would be difficult, so the best choice was to leave quickly.

Given what he heard from the Graveyard Dominator, once Fredri gathered all origins and completed the ultimate mission, she couldn’t leave the current world. So, as long as he entered any other timeline, she wouldn’t be able to catch up. So...

Farewell!

"Wait!"

Seeing Leon find another time current to jump into without even a farewell sound after escaping the void, Fredri seemed to grasp something and hurriedly chased down from the top of Ring Time Mountain.

But time currents ebb and flow naturally. After sending Leon, who actively jumped in, they disappeared without a trace, leaving no sign of him.

However, just as the second Fredri was at a loss, a yellow head emerged from the void, after spitting out a cigarette, deeply inhaling the "air" around it, an old yellow ox followed the trail left by a soul fragment. It let out a triumphant moo:

"Moo Moo Moo! (Aha! There actually is Leon’s scent! I really am a genius!)"