Raven glanced at her but ignored her. He looked up, braced his foot against the wall, and attempted to climb up.
However, once the floodgates opened, rcury Trojan Horse seed unable to stop her desire to speak: “We started learning to read at four. I learned two hundred words in half a month, while you didn’t learn a single one, not even recognizing numbers. Everyone realized you might be cursed by the Virtual Realm. I often comforted you and hugged you back then, but soon after, I saw you seeking a ntor to train your body, without a trace of unhappiness on your face. From that mont, I hated you.”
“Later, I summoned my first spirit and beca a sorcerer. I was happy to share the news with you, only to see you smash a big rock with one punch, and then I imdiately beca unhappy.”
“I unexpectedly received the Inheritance from the Prophecy Sect and was officially appointed as the White Crow. I hadn’t been happy for a few days when I heard about your victory over the judgnt warriors. Fortunately, the cult still didn’t agree to let you beco a warrior. You have no idea how delighted I was to hear that news, like drinking honey. But soon you disappeared, and when you returned, you dragged back the corpse of an evil raven.”
“There are so many things. Do you know how much I wished you’d die on a mission, die at soone else’s hands? But you’re like a cockroach, never dying no matter what, surviving every ti, growing stronger each ti. Do you know how disgusting and hateful you are?”
“Why won’t you just die, just admit you’re a failure, always living so resiliently?” rcury Trojan Horse’s voice gradually filled with venom, her hands trembling with anger: “You’re just an ordinary person who can’t even recognize words!”
“Now you must feel satisfied, having captured the rcury Trojan Horse of the Four Pillars Cult. My life and death are at your rcy. You’ve accomplished what countless others couldn’t. Achieving this great feat as a ‘weakling,’ doesn’t it give you a sense of accomplishnt?”
Raven, climbing with effort, replied, “Because I want to protect you, I can’t hesitate, can’t be lazy. Only by taking the toughest and hardest path can I stand by your side.”
“Did I ever say I wanted you to protect ?” rcury Trojan Horse said, “Wouldn’t it be better for you to stay in the cult and cook?”
“You did.”
“When did I say that?”
“When we were very young, probably just learning to read.” Raven said, “We were playing outside and fell, scraping our knees. You cried imdiately. I… I probably wanted to cry from the pain too, but seeing you cry, I held back, because I realized this was where I was stronger than you. Then I comforted you, promising you wouldn’t get hurt again.”
The blood from the hole in rcury Trojan Horse’s right palm continued to seep, sliding down her arm into her sleeve.
“Yes.” She said, “I’m afraid of pain, afraid of fatigue, afraid of death, afraid of the dark, afraid of ghosts, afraid of thieves, afraid to sleep alone at night, haven’t mastered any combat Spellcasting, and cry easily. I’m just a weakling.”
“So I hate you, hate you to death. Even though we’re identical twins, why are you so strong despite facing so many misfortunes, able to uphold pure beliefs, while I’m so weak?”
“If you feared death like , perhaps you’d join my side…”
“Impossible.” Raven said, “Even if I feared death, I wouldn’t betray the cult.”
“You would.” rcury Trojan Horse said, “If you knew Raven Annihilation was about to be destroyed.”
“What do you an?”
“Raven Annihilation has offended too many cults. I’ve advised them several tis, but no one listened to . Tribulation Fire Chapel, Light Spiral Sect, and several other cults have long united to prepare to besiege Raven Annihilation.” rcury Trojan Horse said, “Raven Annihilation won’t compromise. You’re not afraid of death, but I am. I don’t want to die!”
“Even if I’m captured, as the White Crow, I might be killed. Even if I’m not killed, I’d be ostracized, unable to gain trust, and might even be secretly murdered!”
“That’s when I received the favor of the Four Pillars God, becoming the Tactile Sense of the Four Pillars God. Since destruction was inevitable, I might as well make use of my failure. So I started developing from a small town within the cult. Fortunately, Raven Annihilation had a good reputation, and my initial preaching went smoothly, then I infiltrated the cult… You know the rest.”
Raven’s hand tightened slightly, leaving a red mark on rcury Trojan Horse’s wrist: “You didn’t have to go against the cult.”
“But the cult would go against .” rcury Trojan Horse said, “Raven Annihilation and the Four Pillars Cult are natural enemies. Rather than wait for you to beco my enemy, I might as well strike first. I’m afraid of you.”
“If you don’t want to be buried with them, why not just run away?” Raven asked, “Others may not want to leave, but I’d definitely be willing to go with you!”
“Without Demi-God powers, how can we survive in the wasteland? Moreover, we’re the Black and White Crow. After the enemy cults destroy Raven Annihilation, how could they not send people to hunt us down?”
“Then we can start anew, reorganize the cult after Raven Annihilation is destroyed, and then-“
“See, see, this is what I hate most about you.” rcury Trojan Horse showed a bitter smile, “How can you so easily speak of things I can’t do?”
“I’m the indulgent Tanomoo, not the idealistic Tamashi.”
Her body suddenly began to tremble violently, and she said, “I lied to you. The reincarnation vessel is not that simple. It requires many preparations in advance. In two years, I’ve only prepared this one vessel. No matter where I die, I will die, not reincarnate into soone else.”
“And,” her teeth chattered, tears streaming down as she sobbed, “this ti, the cataclysm, I’m afraid everyone will die…”
She looked up at Raven, sniffed, crying and laughing: “But Tamashi, you seem unaffected… It’s hilarious, who would have thought you, a virtual realm insulator, would happen to survive this cataclysm?”
“Everyone has their misfortunes, and everyone has their luck. Who can say misfortune won’t be luck?”
“Co, do it.” She trembled, “You hate too, right? Rather than let the cataclysm kill , you’d prefer to kill yourself, wouldn’t you?”
“I don’t hate you.” Raven said, “I just resent you.”
“Just like you can’t truly hate , you just resent . You don’t truly resent ; the line between love and hate is always blurry. You just occasionally resent , but often love .”
“I can still hold on, without giving up.”
“But at this mont, I truly hate you!” rcury Trojan Horse’s eyes filled with tears, “Don’t you understand!? I’m scared, I’m going to die, but I don’t know what will happen, whether it will hurt, whether it will be painful, I’m so scared! I’m scared to death!”
“If you kill , at least I can die quickly, without enduring unknown tornt!”
“And after death, there’s hell… I’m so afraid…” She trembled all over, “Will there be many waiting to take revenge on , will there be endless tornt waiting for , and, and…”
She hiccuped, snot bubbles forming, tearful eyes looking at Raven.
“Tamashi, save …”
Raven looked at the person whose hand he held, once they often held hands like this, but she was no longer the pure White Crow, not even her original self, just a sinner full of evil.
However, Raven sighed and said, “Look at , don’t move.”
He shook his head, and the raven mask automatically fell off, spinning once in the air, just right to cover rcury Trojan Horse’s face.
“I don’t know if it will help.” Tamashi said, “But dying with this mask on might scare away so revenge in hell, gain so help.”
“You go down first and wait for . I’ll probably co down soon to help you atone.”
Yet rcury Trojan Horse just stared at Tamashi, saying, “Two years without seeing… You’re still so beautiful, much more beautiful than …”
“Maybe that’s why I hate you. I’ve always felt that during our gestation, I took your knowledge, but you took beauty and perseverance. My share is less than yours.”
“You owe so much, so I’ll take this mask.” rcury Trojan Horse said, “Since you’re no longer a judgnt warrior, don’t wear a mask anymore.”
Her body trembled more and more violently, speaking rapidly as if afraid of running out of ti: “I’ll wait for you, no need to help atone, just being with is enough. I can’t stand being alone… Are you really willing to stay by my side?”
At this mont, rcury Trojan Horse’s face showed no cunning, no venom, and in her unfamiliar eyes, Tamashi saw the familiar shadow of the sibling who always acted spoiled with him.
“Of course.”
Tamashi watched his sister turn into water, slipping away through his fingers.
“Even before birth, I was already by your side.”
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