Chapter 172: The Boy That Lost Everything

Chapter 172: The Boy That Lost Everything

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He could still remember it as if it happened yesterday.

Even when it was so many years ago.

“Mama... Mamaaaa!”

A child crying, lost in a world he couldn’t understand.

“Big sis?! Where are you!”

Walking across the ruins of ancient, fallen civilizations.

Lost in a world of darkness and twisted colors.

“Where is everyone...”

He kept crying as he walked through this desolate, lonely land.

There was no life, not even monsters to chase him.

Only loneliness.

The blinding light that swallowed everything.

And her mother and sister, whose Spiritual Energy created a crack in space and time, which sent him here before they were to be consumed.

He alone was the only survivor.

“Mom... Big sis... Auntie...”

He fell to his knees, crying constantly.

He was lost and alone.

Everyone on Earth died.

“No... No...!”

He was only six years old; what could he even do?

His powers were underdeveloped; he had no time to let them blossom.

And now everything... everyone...

“Why won’t you stop crying already? Such an annoying brat!”

However, a voice.

A woman.

The voice’s eyes widened as he glanced behind him.

He hadn’t noticed it, but he ended up walking into a strange place.

It was as if dozens of ruins had been mixed together, wrapped around spiderwebs.

There, he heard her voice.

“H-Huh? Is there someone there? Hello?”

He slowly stood up, carrying his long fluffy tail around, which was all nasty, covered with dirt.

He scratched his face, trying to clean his little tears as he sniffed a peculiar scent.

As he ran towards this nest...

“Don’t get any closer! Get away! You’re too small for me to even eat! Scram little brat!”

She was aggressive and very rude...

But the boy didn’t have anywhere to go either way.

“I-I can’t...”

“What? Why?!”

“I don’t have anywhere to go... Everyone, mom and big sis... my aunties... Sniff, everyone... Buaaahhh!”

The boy started crying so loudly she lost her temper.

“So annoying! Ugh! Silence him!”

Suddenly, from the nest, several arachnoids emerged, members of the Spider Tribe from the Primal World who had been mutated to fit their goddess powers within them.

They became her servants and obeyed her words, rushing to “silence” the boy by covering him in spiderwebs and then carrying him inside.

“So warm...”

He ended up falling asleep while being inside that spiderweb cocoon and then being dragged inside.

Eventually he yawned after waking up.

“Ah, I slept so much...”

With a single wave of his little hands, he tore through the spiderweb and easily freed himself.

“Eh? Where am I? It’s so dark...”

FLASH!

With a mere thought, a very bright sphere of light materialized, illuminating everything.

“Uwaah!”

“So bright!”

“Eek!”

“Run! The light... it’s the same light as hers!”

The Arachnoids who were about to have him for dinner ran away instantly after seeing the boy’s light.

“Huh? Everyone?”

As the boy wandered around, he found a large, regal room with a big bed and several mirrors, clothes, and more.

“Hello? Is someone there?”

As he opened the door, someone was sitting over a wooden chair, trimming her long hair and then grooming it.

He could still remember even now the first time he saw her when he was so young.

Her beauty, her long silky hair, her shiny exoskeleton, her bright red eyes...

“I-I’m doing my best...”

And he also grew close to her; he always wanted to be by her side because it made him feel not lonely anymore.

“Why are you sleeping in my bed again?! I already made your own bed! Go away!”

“But I like hugging auntie... I can sleep fine. And I don’t wake up sleepy the next morning.”

“Hah... Y-You’re so hopeless...”

“I love auntie!”

Countless memories of them together, of her raising him, slowly mellowing down. She was so cold and aggressive, but over time, she became such a tender mother, always caring for him.

Until the very end...

“The last trace of Bing Xue! Where are you hiding him?! I need him! I must DEVOUR HIM!”

“You’ll have him... over my dead body!”

The Heaven’s Will found them, and she fought against this titanic foe, knowing full well she couldn’t win.

She allowed him to escape, sacrificing herself.

Or more like, she forced him to escape.

“No... AUNTIE! AUNTIEEEE!”

Space around him twisted as she combined her domains and twisted them, breaking space and time apart, sending him far, far away.

The last thing he saw were her crying eyes and a smile.

“Take care, brat.”

“NOOOOO!!!”

Even now, as he freed himself from the Arachnoids spiderwebs, he found himself crying.

Despite being so strong, so intimidating, and everything else...

He was such a crybaby; she always made fun of that.

“You... Just who are you?”

And now he found her again.

She was right there...

As he was transported to her room, she glared at him with her cold eyes.

“I might be... a nobody for you right now,” he muttered. “But in my time... in the timeline where I came from, you... you were my everything.”

“E-Eh?!” She suddenly felt her heart beating faster out of nowhere. “W-What nonsense are you talking about?! Are you seriously trying to flirt with me?!”

“Your soul was wounded, right?” he asked, suddenly summoning a golden elixir from his hands. “This is a Soul Elixir I crafted years ago to heal you; it was useless because... because where I came from, you had already died. Please drink it; it’ll heal your soul completely.”

“Why... Why are you doing this?!” she asked. “Nobody had ever... I don’t understand! You said another timeline?! Is this why I... I feel such a strange, disgusting connection with you?”

“Maybe,” the man smiled sorrowfully. “Please take this...”

She stole it from his hands with her claws, inspecting the elixir and then drinking it.

“Hm?!”

FLUOSH!

Instantly, her wounded soul was healed and even reinforced, as she felt a powerful divinity surging from her body.

“T-This is...?!”

“It worked; I’m glad...”

“Y-You helped me for no reason... This makes... no sense...”

“There’s a reason; I already explained you... You were—no, you still are... You’re my everything.”

“...”

She blushed as he stood up and looked at her eyes; he was much taller than her, charming, with such bright, beautiful eyes.

“I want to repay you for all your kindness...”

“T-That’s...! G-Get away from me! Respect my personal space, hey!”

She gently pushed him away, walking towards her mirror. He noticed she was still blushing, and she felt her heart beating so fast for no reason...

“This is so strange... What kind of technique are you using to make me feel all these strange emotions?!”

“I haven’t used anything... I’ve only told you what I feel.”

“...”

She glanced back at him once more, then averted her gaze.

“If you want to stay here so badly... T-There’s another room downstairs.” She said timidly, pointing into the distance.

“I see... Thank you,” he smiled, nodding.

She followed him as he walked downstairs.

“If you’re truly planning to... live here, then you’re going to adhere to many of my rules, alright?! First rule is...!”

“Cleanliness and hygiene, I know. I’ll make sure to keep my room clean.”

“How did you know?! Ah, whatever, the second rule is...!”

“No noises; I know you are sensitive to loud noises.”

“Huh? T-That’s right! And the third rule is...”

“That I shouldn’t touch your things, I know. I won’t do that either.”

He smiled back at her.

“Thank you for your hospitality.”

“J-Just follow those rules...”

She sighed, walking back to her room.

As he entered the cramped room, he looked around and then sighed, feeling a strange sense of nostalgia.

“This time for sure... I’ll protect you too.”

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