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Matt frowned slightly, staring at her.
Naturally, he could understand why she was doing it. But it was a request that could cause him some pain.
But he sighed and said nothing.
Along with his sigh, a connection of souls suddenly broke, causing Matt's inner body to be slightly wounded. Blood came out of his mouth at the same time blood came out of Charlotte's mouth.
He didn't even last a second to break it, which surprised Charlotte.
She hadn't expected him to break it so easily. Suddenly, the whole plan she had in mind to convince him fell apart, and joy welled up in her.
Her heart pounded as she realized...
Her Matthew had changed.
Matt smiled at her, seeing her like that. "I always knew that was the last tie in my soul toward my dependence on you. I'm honestly not against cutting it off. After all, I decided to live this life my way and according to the path I want to and should walk."
Charlotte stared at him for a moment, unsure what to say, but Matt spoke again.
"Besides, cutting it off would mean it would take longer to find you, something I didn't agree with. After all, that connection was just something we did on a whim, on one of our last nights together." After saying this, he smiled, remembering the past.
He didn't need to have the past because one of the requirements for growing up is letting go of the past and wanting to walk forward. But that didn't mean he couldn't remember them, like what it meant.
And Charlotte was finally able to speak when he said that.
He didn't know how to broach that subject, but since she brought it up, he had to speak up.
"Her name is Alice Allen. When I first came to this place, she saved me. We've been traveling together ever since." He replied, and Charlotte nodded.
"Alice, uh. I remember you were thinking of naming our daughter that if we ever had one." she said suddenly, surprising Matt.
He had forgotten that, but now that she said it, he realized that it was, in fact, the case.
Among the names he liked best for his daughter, after 'Charlotte', was the name 'Alice'.
That made him smile with embarrassment. He didn't think he'd ever get to have an Alice in his life, that she wouldn't be a daughter, but rather...
"But now, from being your daughter, you seem to want her as a woman." Charlotte said, glaring at him.
Matt returned her gaze but didn't deny it. Instead, he sighed.
"Well, a lot of things have happened, and I decided to live differently. Besides, there are things I simply can't control, nor do I want to," Matt replied firmly. He had no need to embellish the situation because he knew Charlotte was joking with him.
She smiled after hearing him say that. "As long as you want to walk your own path, I will support you. I don't like other girls hugging you, though, so I hope you won't leave them with me alone because something bad might happen." She replied and turned around to stand with her back to him.
Although they both had a lot to say to each other, they knew they were in a complicated situation right now, so she needed to get to the point.
"Matt, I'm going to exterminate the human race." She said suddenly, changing the subject of the conversation drastically.
Matt stared at her and frowned. "That's my plan; the human race will not continue to live in a world where I live."
"Even if I'm human too?" she asked.