160. Indecision
Aurora returned to the bedchamber. While no one was around, she was in a daze.
Yesterday afternoon, she had found a way to teach Guangying a dish that had only existed in the elven race before and had helped her come up with an idea to get a luxurious sesame oil from a chef named “Pizza.” Guangying was overjoyed and agreed to open a portal for her once.
However, the portal needed to be opened in Lekadis, and at that time, Aurora would control Guangying and have her teleport her to a more distant and remote plane.
And that was this afternoon.
Reina would soon “satisfy” Aurora’s wish and take her to the place before they said goodbye. Aurora felt that the bedchamber had changed.
It was like the difference between a temporary residence that one would inevitably leave and a safe and permanent home.
Perhaps it represented the staying and leaving of memories.
The air was quiet, and in a short while, it was filled with the rustling of a pen on paper.
Aurora took the diary that Reina had placed on the bedside table and began to write something on a blank page.
Her beautiful little pink eyes swayed left and right, and her tender little hands wrote quickly, leaving a few rows of neat handwriting.
This was her “farewell letter.”
Although it had been a few days since her half-dragonization, she hadn’t communicated with any of her older sisters. She was like a transparent dragon in this family. Her older sisters must also hate her.
So, there was no need to write this farewell letter to them.
Mother Calysia, and Mother Reina…
“I’m sorry, Mother Reina. By the time you see these words, I may have already left you. Thank you for using these less than two years to influence me…”
“I finally discovered that all this time, I’ve been blaming you.
“You are a good mother, and I am an unqualified daughter.
“You provided me with the best growth environment in the world. I think anyone who becomes your daughter will be very honored. I gradually understand why your daughters see you as a faith…
“But as for me, I’m a failure who has long been immersed in the self-righteousness of the past. I don’t think I’m qualified to accept your kindness…”
Aurora’s hand trembled more and more as she wrote, and her body also trembled. As she wrote, she crossed out a lot, her mind full of Reina’s smile.
Damn it.
If it weren’t for me, I would have fallen long ago!
After a while, Aurora heard the sound of approaching footsteps.
Reina was coming back.
Her observation skills were very strong, and Aurora already had a way to deal with it.
She immediately put the pen back and pretended to be looking at Reina’s notebook.
This way, as long as she pretended to be “caught looking at her mother’s notebook,” she would hide the matter of the second farewell letter.
And for today, Aurora had also pretended to be caught several times, laying the groundwork for this action.
“Aurora~ what are you doing, so sneaky?”
Only then did she immediately put down the book and pretend to be innocent, and then she shook her head in embarrassment.
“Nothing…”
“You like Mama’s notebook so much?” Reina, as expected, was not suspicious.
Deceiving this dummy was really a simple matter.
According to their agreement, Reina would take Guangying and Aurora to Lekadis School together to visit.
Arriving at this prosperous place through a portal, even Aurora couldn’t help but widen her eyes.
It was said that the prosperous city had been built by emptying the dragon race’s treasury. It really lived up to its name.
Even in the heyday of the Primordial Era, she had never seen such a prosperous, especially such a large city. It was like traveling to the future.
Aurora was not interested in fighting, nor was she interested in the courses. She looked at the current state of Lekadis with a nostalgic gaze, not only because she was imprinting this prosperous scenery in her mind, but also because she was lamenting that Reina was actually willing to spend all her money to build such a “peaceful campus” in the true sense of the word.
It seemed that although the students would often form factions, there were no racial conflicts.
Among them, there was also an educational thinker named “Teacher Bud,” who was hailed by this school as one of the pioneers of a peaceful era.
“As expected, I misunderstood you…” Aurora said to herself.
At this moment, Guangying, who was also sitting on the park bench, said with a smile, “Aurora, you’re such a strange girl. I often see you talking to yourself, and it’s all about Mama.”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Aurora’s face flushed, and her voice became inaudible.
“I originally thought that sister Aurora was a cold dragon, but it turns out she’s the type who is cold on the outside and warm on the inside. Mmph, I’ll go back and tell Sister Angelis that you’re actually very cute!”
Aurora had originally wanted to answer, “Please don’t do that,” but after thinking about it, she was about to leave, so it was no big deal.
She looked up, and at this angle, she could just see the tall clock tower.
Reina had said that the principal had her own business to attend to. Now, Aurora had five minutes to carry out her plan.
Guangying stood up and stretched.
“Let’s begin~ Aurora, you said you wanted to see the other planes? Hehe… This is also the first time I’ve opened a planar portal for my little sister. Thank you for trusting my authority.”
After a short while, a blue vortex portal appeared in front of the two.
Mmm, this should be the portal to the nearest plane.
That place was remote and uninhabited, with no living beings or civilization.
Reina could easily find this plane, so this was not her target.
“Guangying, I’m sorry.”
Aurora snapped her fingers, and the residual power of her soul core, in an instant, controlled Guangying.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would temporarily accept all of Guangying’s instructions.
“Open the farthest portal for me, sister…”
Guangying’s two hands were both raised.
Suddenly, the blue vortex portal turned into a red vortex.
Aurora had succeeded.
But just then, she felt her mind go blank, and everything around her became dark.
If she walked into this portal, it would mean that she would never see this world again and would have to say a complete goodbye to the past.
These scenes and people that she would never see again would also become meaningless fragments in her mind.
She took a step, and stopped, her body as if it were frozen.
Just before she was about to enter the portal, she remembered what Reina, that is, the Goddess of Light, had said to her before she left.
“Aurora, we really aren’t friends.”
“Now, you’ve seen too much beauty. The world in our eyes is already completely different.”
She wanted to send these words back to Reina as they were, but this way, wouldn’t the current herself be the same as the former Goddess of Light?
Am I gradually becoming the person I hate?
“Damn it…” Aurora clenched her fists.
I hate her.
If I had traveled back five thousand years, I would have eagerly captured her and imprisoned her.
But Reina likes me. She already sees me as her daughter. This dummy was originally so hateful to me, but now she has submitted to her motherly instincts.
Is she really so stupid as to let her reason submit to her instincts?
Could it be that she has already forgiven me, forgiven herself…
“And besides, I still have to drink milk…”
Entering an unknown world, it was uncertain whether she could eat her fill.
However, now, Aurora would rather believe that this was just a reason she had subconsciously found to give herself a way out.
There were still 2 minutes left. Aurora had to make a decision before that.
She still held out hope. She had raised me so big. This year, she had been more tired than anyone else.
Her weak period had not yet completely passed, and now she was just barely able to walk.
If I leave, Reina will be very sad…
And why am I leaving?
Is it to admit my own failure, to admit that she is being unreasonable…
Could I, for the sake of venting my anger, let the tragedy happen again?
Yes, I am meaningless. Then why should I leave here, instead of treating myself as a meaningless existence and making Reina a little happier… At least, I can avoid a repeat of the same mistake.
There is still 1 minute left.
Yes…
Why did I make a decision so early? Am I a dummy? How could I be so irrational?
Clearly, I could have waited ten years, or even twenty years, to carry out this plan…
Leaving now would undoubtedly be causing trouble for myself.
And I haven’t been weaned yet.
Suddenly, Aurora opened her eyes, lowered her head, and ordered Guangying in a repentant voice:
“Guangying?”
“Close the portal.”
“Guangying, I’m not going. Close it…”
“…”
“Guangying?”
Aurora turned around in horror, but discovered that at this moment, Guangying had already collapsed on the ground.
She had long since lost control, and the reason why the portal could not be closed had nothing to do with her.
Suddenly, from the gradually expanding and trembling portal, an androgynous, deep, and ethereal echo emerged:
“Here, there is also a world that can be devoured, a good-smelling place…”
Immediately following was a pressure that seemed to be able to surpass all things.
