Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild-Chapter 450 - 242: Ivynis’s Tears (Part 3)

The Azure Haired Maiden covered her face with both hands, her slender shoulders gently trembling.

"I shouldn’t have come out."

"You were here before, weren’t you?" Li Ang tried to keep his voice gentle.

Ivynis nodded slightly, "My perception can reach here through Jenoside."

As expected, she was indeed connected to this Star Soul.

"The Empire, the Eye of God trapped you, making you the ’Divine Child’ of this Star Soul?"

"You guessed it, yes, of course, you would know."

An expression of sorrow appeared on Ivynis’s face. Even though she stood right before him, Li Ang felt as if she was infinitely distant.

He reached out his hand yet couldn’t touch the girl, she was indeed far away.

"This is the meaning of my existence."

Ivynis turned around, so similar to Zoe, yet at this moment, her back was so unfamiliar.

"Li Ang, Jenoside is very special. Its fragments don’t have a true core, but the energy of the Creation Formula can act as a substitute pseudo-core. You’ve already discovered it, go eliminate it."

Li Ang was silent for a few seconds, "What will happen to you if I eliminate it?"

Ivynis’s back was incredibly calm, "I’ll be fine. Go ahead. I shouldn’t have come out to meet you; you’d hesitate upon seeing me."

Li Ang didn’t need to think to know that the fragment of Jenoside before him was not just a simple projection, it was truly a part of the main body. Like other Star Souls, even special individuals need the energy from a Divine Child.

He truly hesitated.

Li Ang opened his mouth but heard Ivynis speak first, "You’re wondering, since I know, why did I still appear? It seems like I’m just playing tricks in this way."

"I..."

Li Ang felt a strange sensation, as if Ivynis understood him well.

This feeling had always been there, just magnified now.

In his heart, he indeed thought so, because as a star soul in resonance with Ivynis, it was natural for her to plead for it.

"But I’m used to it now."

The back of the Azure Haired Maiden trembled slightly, "They cut away parts of Jenoside for experiments countless times, its pain is transmitted to me; if you destroy its fragment, that pain will be shared with me too, though it should be less than those other instances."

Li Ang frowned, finding it hard to imagine how much suffering this girl before him, so similar to Zoe in power but unlike in fate, had endured.

"Guess why I came out?"

Ivynis suddenly turned around, arms behind her back, she smiled. Even though tears filled her bloodshot eyes, when asking this question, a soft smile still appeared.

Just this simple expression instantly made her seem a bit playful.

However, because this demeanor was built on her fragile porcelain-like form, it gave her a starkly different aura than Zoe. Unlike the Wild Cat, whose every stance was striking and amazing, she was like a serene and purely elegant porcelain, to be admired slowly in silence.

The sky-blue maiden suddenly extended her arms and tightly embraced Li Ang, burying her head into his chest.

In that moment, Li Ang wonderfully made contact with her. However, her body’s texture was as it seemed—cool to the touch, light and delicate, softly boneless, feather-light.

"Because I want to see you. Every time, every moment, too."

"I..." Li Ang was caught off guard by her sudden action.

The girl released her arms and once again gazed at his Demon’s Hand.

"It appears in untimely situations, adding more pain and doubt to you, but I believe, the final outcome points towards the same conclusion."

Ivynis once again looked at Li Ang, her clear sky-blue eyes reflecting his face.

"Just as I believe, you will eventually find me."

"I indeed plan to do so."

"That’s right then."

The girl smiled, raising her finger towards where Otto was, "You should go with that old man and eliminate the fragment to save Mengze Island."

Li Ang didn’t know how to start. Some things, some issues seemed within his grasp, yet he couldn’t be sure.

The sound of wind chimes echoed, and Diana suddenly appeared beside them.

Li Ang looked at Diana, he had just felt this Immortal Spirit Young Master could move during Ivynis’s pauses, but her childlike mind, frightened by the Annihilator, didn’t dare to speak.

Now, she came to say something to Ivynis.

The Maiden of Azure seemed surprised, clearly teary-eyed, yet briefly breaking into a smile.

"No need, really, thank you, you are kind."

Ivynis wiped the corner of her eyes, smiling gently, "If you listen to me, you’ll also encounter disaster. You should go support Zoe, not come to me."

She glanced at the Annihilator lightly, "I’m not like Zoe, walking under the bright sunlight, protected and loved by others. She can embrace the power of each magnificent star soul, bearing their hopes, but I only have..." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Then I won’t kill it," Li Ang said.

"Eh?" The Blue Haired Maiden was surprised.

"Killing it serves no purpose; it’s just a fragment and won’t weaken the main body."

Li Ang said to the girl, "Just take it back with you."

Diana beside them gave the sound of wind chimes, nodding repeatedly.

"I... but I..."

"I think, even if you say you’re used to the pain, it’s good to endure it one less time as well," Li Ang said earnestly.

Ivynis’s beautiful sky-blue pupils shrank slightly, that icy-white cheek suddenly blushing, then gradually deepening.

"Are you, are you worried about me?"