Chapter 227: Who on earth are you? Chapter 227: Who on earth are you? As night fell, Shane and Luoqi returned to the Royal Capital.
“I’ll head back first,” Luoqi said, sounding somewhat fatigued. “You should get back quickly too, so Vivian and the others don’t worry.”
“You have the nerve to say that,” Shane, appearing a bit tired himself, said in an exceptionally languid tone, “You’ve wasted my whole day, and my time this month is very precious.”
“Yes, yes, it’s my fault, happy now?” Luoqi didn’t have the energy to continue arguing with Shane and simply said, “So, tomorrow…”
“Don’t drag me around with you again tomorrow,” Shane hurriedly interrupted. “I think instead of counting on luck like today, you’d be better off going straight to that Demon Clan officer.”
“Go to him?” Luoqi paused, taken aback.
“Yeah,” Shane suggested, “Just test him a little and see how he reacts.”
“That makes sense,” Luoqi nodded thoughtfully and said, “If that monster really is related to Lord Jiasinta, then letting him know that we’ve defeated the monster should provoke a reaction, right?”
“Of course, it’s also possible he won’t react at all,” Shane shrugged and said, “Maybe he has some way to know the moment that monster is defeated.”
“Apart from that, we can’t be sure it has anything to do with Lord Jiasinta,” Luoqi sighed, “But probing him is indeed viable, I’ll do as you suggested.”
“Good luck,” Shane said with detachment, “I’ll be silently cheering for you from the library.”
Which meant he had no intention of joining her in this endeavor.
“You might as well drown in the library,” Luoqi retorted, too tired to mock Shane any further. After dropping that line on him, she finally perked up and headed towards the Royal Palace.
Shane also turned around and went back to the Lazahad family home.
Vivian and the others hadn’t returned yet; they seemed to be on some troubling mission that was likely to take a while.
Migis had been staying at the Guild these past few days, rarely coming home. Shane used to find it odd, but now he wondered if it had to do with the abnormalities around the Royal Capital. Maybe that’s why Migis had no choice but to stay at the Guild to deal with various affairs?
And by the looks of things, it was anyone’s guess when these people would be back.
Shane really wanted to wait for Tielle to come home, but after running around outside all day and fighting a bizarre monster, even he wasn’t keen on continuing to sit in his room covered in sweat and dust.
“Forget it,” he thought, “better to just take a bath quickly and go to sleep. I’ll wake up early tomorrow, head to the library, and catch up on today’s work.”
With a somewhat regretful sigh, Shane then made his way toward the direction of the grand bathing area.
However, just as Shane opened the door to the grand bathing area and stepped inside, an anomaly occurred.
Shane had just set foot in the grand bathing area when the space inside suddenly twisted violently.
Shane had no time to react; everything spun before his eyes wildly, and before he knew it, he was no longer in the grand bathing area but had arrived in a sacred and majestic temple.
Recognizing the familiar temple, a jolt energized Shane, and any trace of fatigue vanished instantly from his mind.
“This is the third time now, you should be getting used to it by now, shouldn’t you?” A voice as beautiful as heavenly music rang out and reached Shane’s ears.
Shane quickly turned around, looking towards the source of the voice.
There, the familiar, stunning figure appeared before Shane’s eyes.
Shane finally saw Nien once again.
“This time, it seems like you’ve been up to a lot, my Lord Hero.”
The incredibly beautiful Goddess looked at Shane with a smile that was not quite a smile, causing her starry eyes to twinkle brightly.
Shane immediately felt as though all his thoughts had been seen through by her.
No, it wasn’t just a feeling; it was an actual fact.
After all, the Goddess before him could read minds, and everything Shane was thinking was known to her.
But this still couldn’t suppress Shane’s urge.
He felt an impulse to teach this Goddess a harsh lesson and rub her into the ground.
“I would advise against it, you know?” Nien trivially saw through Shane’s thought and spoke lightly, “Outside it might be one thing, but here in this Temple, there’s no way you can do anything to me. In your words, impulse is the Devil, so you really shouldn’t act impulsively.”
The Goddess appeared serene as if utterly unaware of the tremendous distress and trouble her actions had brought to Shane.
Shane was so exasperated he had to laugh.
“Don’t you know how many brain cells I’ve practically killed over you lately? And now you’re telling me not to be impulsive?”
Shane’s tone was very charged.
Yet Nien looked back at him with a smile full of mirth, as if watching a child throwing a tantrum, and said warmly, “Are you trying to blame me?”
“Shouldn’t I blame you?” Shane retorted, “Who was it that said they summoned me over just to have me defeat the Demon King? What happened in the end? The Demon King was defeated a thousand years ago, the Hero has become a part of history, and now the Three clans are so at peace that my presence as the Hero will only cause rifts in that peace. Aren’t you clearly playing me?”
Shane vented the resentment he’d accumulated during this period all at once.
Nien’s smile faded as she listened quietly to Shane’s complaints, as if absorbing all his grievances, merely looking at him. Her stunning face showed not even the slightest emotional fluctuation, but instead, exuded an immense tenderness.
This never-before-seen demeanor somewhat deflated Shane’s filled anger.
“Tell me,” Shane could only take a deep breath, looking intently at Nien, and said, “Who exactly are you?”
Hearing this, Nien’s eyelids drooped slightly, her eyes revealing a touch of sorrow.
“I am just someone who does not know whether they should exist or not.”
Nien’s voice seemed to come from the far reaches of the sky, sounding so ethereal and tranquil.
“You don’t have to guess any longer. I am not the Supreme God Ominis, nor am I any known Goddess from the Divine World. I do not even know if there is anyone who is aware of my existence—perhaps even the Three Great Goddesses and the Six Great Demons are oblivious to me.”
Saying this, Nien looked toward Shane.
“I know you are very curious about how I summoned you to this world.”
“All I can tell you is that it is my privilege, my ability.”
“In this Omni Potanssen, if you were to ask who has the deepest connection with the Hero and who understands the Hero Summoning the most, then, besides me, there would be no second person.”
“Including that Goddess.”
Saying this, Nien waved her hand and the ceiling of the Temple immediately rippled like the surface of water.
In the ripples, a scene gradually appeared.
It was a Goddess lying among the flowers, deep in a quiet slumber.
Nien, however, was gazing at that Goddess, her eyes extremely cold.