"It's not surprising, after all, these things are 'forbidden knowledge' from the Fifth Epoch." Tilan shook her head slightly, not exactly disappointed, just feeling that finding that mysterious organization in the future would be more difficult.
Seeing Geyin hesitating to speak, Tilan clasped her hand, conveying a faint warmth.
"Do you have sothing you want to say?"
After Tilan grabbed her wrist, Geyin's hand trembled slightly, then steadied itself.
"Mm..."
"Tilan has beco a bit unfamiliar these days." Her voice was weak, if it weren't for the two being close, the girl probably wouldn't have heard it.
"Well, it might be due to so unexpected event, but I've recovered now." Tilan thought for a mont, this was the only way she could explain.
"I...actually I have so things I've been keeping from Tilan." Geyin hesitated for a long ti, finally beginning to speak.
"I know."
Geyin's nature was originally simple and straightforward, unable to hide things, especially in front of the Songstress who understood people's hearts, Tilan had long noticed Geyin's indecisiveness.
Tilan knew all along, but out of consideration, she didn't show it, unlike Temisia, who within a few days noticed Geyin's secrecy. She just refrained from revealing it, knowing that it would displease Tilan.
Even though it was not revealed, the cold gaze straight into the heart gave Geyin the first experience of feeling as if she were in an ice cellar, remaining anxious and fearful for days until the girl later instructed her to gather so docunts, which slightly improved her mood.
"It wasn't like I wanted to keep it from Tilan from the start, just previously..." Geyin slowly recounted her high school experiences, back when everyone at school was engrossed in the situation against Saint Yingo, her life rarely got attention, although she occasionally contacted Tilan, it was only as ordinary friends.
...
"So later you joined the so-called 'Council of Seven Sages'?" Tilan was slightly surprised, originally thinking it must be sothing significant, but it turned out to be just joining a web organization.
"Yes." Geyin continued to recount the past and current status of the 'Council of Seven Sages'.
...
"So that's such a large organization, involving so many secrets, no wonder you hesitated before, if it were , I would struggle to speak up."
"Telling all this now, Geyin is also taking a big risk, right?"
"I will try my best to protect you, I think even a big organization like this would find it difficult to take action against people close to the Songstress, especially at the Golden Fla Flower Academy."
...
"From what you're saying, there must be Federal Official informants within the organization, that seems to make sense."
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"Here's the plan, Geyin, just stay in the organization, if you encounter anything sensitive, discuss it with , and protect your own information, try to avoid letting others know your real situation."
Under Tilan's comforting, Geyin gradually stabilized her emotions, afterward, Tilan took her back to the room for sleep, softly singing a lullaby by Geyin's bedside, helping this frightened child to gradually enter a peaceful dream.
Returning to her own bedroom, Tilan sat in front of the dressing table, simply tying her hair to avoid ssing it up while sleeping. The girl in the mirror blinked her eyes, reflecting a faint purple glow.
"It's really hard to believe, such a big organization, and one of the core mbers is such a simple and timid girl." Temisia spoke.
"I just scared her a little before, and she couldn't sleep for days, tsk." She didn't quite like such frail girls.
"Anyone would be scared like that, not just Geyin, I think those business representatives were also frightened quite a bit by you." Tilan imdiately refuted.
"That only ans they have guilty consciences and lack firm wills." The girl in the mirror stifled a yawn with her hand.
"How co you were once so timid, yet didn't get scared by , and still so stubborn?"
"That's because I've been bullied by you since I was little." Tilan expressed dissatisfaction.
"How did I bully you? Clearly, I've always taken good care of my timid little sister." Temisia felt unreconciled.
"Do you rember when I was in elentary school, one ti you took to play on the surface?" Tilan recalled her childhood.
"Seems like there was such a thing, what about it?"
"You didn't tell mom, just took directly, then wandered around the open-air market on the surface, it was full of adults and the environnt was pretty chaotic."
"That's not a big deal, though they were all adults, but I was already Sequence 4 at that ti, those adults couldn't beat ." Temisia didn't find anything wrong with it.
"But I was scared, and the market had weird slls, and so adults' gazes were malicious."
"Alright, even if you were a bit scared, that can't be considered bullying, I rember that the rchandise in the open-air market consisted of leftover freight and miscellaneous items, such as broken electronics, less-than-ideal fruits, discarded items, etc., many things were quite interesting, unlike the regulated market, you could even see knives and firearms not normally available."
"You see, it was so chaotic, obviously as a child I would be scared, later you took to play on the Rocky Mountain and left on the mountaintop, sliding down yourself."
"I even asked you to slide down, but you didn't dare." Temisia retorted.
"The Sandy Mountain Path was hundreds of ters long, for my little more than one-ter height, the fear was definitely greater than the excitent, I hadn't practiced the Transcendent Sequence back then, unlike you who could fly."
"Alright, alright, I didn't understand how little Tilan felt, but you still rember after all these years."
"Of course I rember, because that day when I got ho, I was wronged and cried in mom's arms for a long ti, but she still didn't bla you."
"So little Tilan was jealous and wronged, hahaha."
Perhaps back then she really envied her sister, not just for her high talent, confidence, and brilliance, but also because at that ti, although mom took good care of her, she actually cared more about Temisia.
That was naturally to be expected, even though Temisia was rebellious and rarely listened, the kind of vibrant life force she exuded was sothing a duckling-stage self could hardly aspire to, hence mom's favoritism.
Inferiority, sadness, envy, the desire to prove oneself, and the unwillingness to accept failure.
Why not willing to rge as one with Temisia might have been due to these complex emotions.
Why coming to realize this after many years, still unwilling to beco as decisive and resolute as Temisia, might be wanting to prove that gentleness and rationality have a strength not inferior to flamboyant decisiveness.
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