Chapter 725 725: Slowly Gathering The Keys
She chose you, she chose the rest of you over her own daughter. Over her own family…
…do you think someone like that is really capable of betraying mankind?"
"I believe all of us are capable of everything if the right parameters are set and triggered, Gracy."
"What?"
It wasn't just their conversation setting the mood, the empty park in the otherwise noisy and busy city caused their breaths to literally be trapped in the dim expanse they find themselves in. It made their already serious conversation turn even more… desolate.
It was only her, him, and the statue of someone that has abandoned them. One is a promise of blood. The other, a covenant that was broken. Aerith has promised Riley that she will never let him leave her side—that she would stop her no matter what.
She did stop him in their universe, and she stayed there.
She lied.
Or perhaps if Riley still truly does know her, she is out there right now trying to get him back—he did leave a fine gift in the previous universe, after all. Right now, Aerith is probably blaming herself that Riley had just killed hundreds of billions of people—and once again, one of her own.
"I have seen mothers abandon their own child in panic, I have also seen mothers exhaust the lives of others to save their children. But of course, most save their children without fear for their own lives."
Riley's eyes did not leave the face of Aerith's statue. He does not really know when, but his infatuation with Aerith became much more… and he also doesn't know when he became aware of this. At first, Riley thought it was just a weird obsession—like what we have for Italian Mafia Reborn and spoons, but no.
He feels something for Aerith. Love? Perhaps. But whatever it is, he knows he doesn't deserve it.
"Aerith is none of those. She will try to save everyone, at the cost of neglecting her own child."
"What are you getting—"
"The Aerith I know treasures people as much as she could, perhaps too much. She doesn't do it because of duty, but because she can. But I also do know that she wasn't there for you, like she wasn't there for Gary. But I suppose this version of hers could be different."
"...Gary? You keep saying that name. Wait…" Gracy's feet once again left the ground as she looked right at her mother's face, and then down to Riley. She did this a couple of times, before landing back right in front of Riley,
"...Don't tell me you have a son with my mother!?"
"No."
"...Oh," Gracy quickly let out a sigh of relief, fanning herself with her hand and causing her hair to dance with the wind. And after a few seconds of this, she let out another sigh and looked Riley in the eyes,
"You know, you probably know my mother more than I do. Even now, I am knowing more about her than when she was still here with us."
"No," Riley shook his head,
"I do know more than you. But I suppose I too, barely know anything about her—She has lived for a thousand years, I have lived not even a percent of that. And in your mother's case, I absolutely know nothing about her because she has lived a completely different life than what I know of."
"...You say some weird stuff sometimes."
"I am known for being weird and dark."
"...Like the opposite of your perfectly smooth and white skin. You're like one of those beautiful snow queens in novels, except you're a man," Gracy widened her eyes as she realized what she just said; her feet, subconsciously taking a step back as she looked away,
"And… and I am definitely not attracted to you! You attacked my dad and even tried to kill me!"
"Hm," Riley shrugged as he slightly approached Gracy, "I did not attack your dad, but I did try to kill you."
"Wait… what?" Gracy blinked a couple of times as she once again took a step back. She then finally turned to look at their surroundings, only to realize that they were completely alone. And since the streets outside the park were extremely busy—no one would even hear her even if she let out the strongest scream she could,
"Secluded, dark, and in front of my mother's statue. Wait, wait…"
Gracy continued to back away as she pointed both her palms at Riley, "This… This is the perfect place to kill me! You… it's like you want to show my mother that you killed me in front of her! You…
…you brought me here to kill me, didn't you!?"
"..." Riley also blinked a couple of times, before just casually nodding his head, "I did."
"Wha—"
"But I am not in the mood for that anymore," Riley then let out a sigh as he faced Aerith's statue again.
"Wait… So, you were going to kill me!?" Gracy immediately looked for an escape but quickly realized that she wouldn't even be able to go anywhere just from the fact that Riley was probably a hundred times faster than her.
"As I said…
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