Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 911: Section 602: Meeting (Part 3)_2

Chapter 911: Section 602: Meeting (Part 3)_2

"I remember... ancestor."

"Hmm, good child, but remember, you will always be a child of the Walden family, this surname served me in my era... Cherish it well, remember, do not bring shame to the name of Walden, you must survive no matter what, even if the Temple Knights take your family and children hostage, you must fight tooth and nail, repay blood with blood, against enemies, any means are valid. Disagreements can be resolved, but hatred can only be washed away with blood, repaid with life. Do you remember?"

"I will remember, sir..." Tears were rolling in the child’s eyes.

Malin embraced him happily: "Go, return to your friends, and help them achieve your wishes, remember, since you have chosen the path of life, there is no reason to give up halfway."

"Yes, goodbye... no, farewell, sir." The child spoke and left Malin’s embrace, she retreated with a smile, and finally turned and left Malin.

Watching her and her companions leave, Malin sighed.

"As a descendant of Gaiate, I’ve often seen those descriptions of you; those people all say that the pinnacle they’ve seen is a person filled with a sense of justice." Mars approached Malin, looking at him, seemingly puzzled.

"In that era, humanity’s enemies were not humans themselves, but Spirits, different kind, Chaos... every external foe was lethal, I fought for the continuation of human civilization, so I had to be a just person, I wanted every person who rallied under my flag to serve me willingly, and treating every person justly is what I should achieve most." Malin sighed as he spoke.

"Looking back now, I indeed sacrificed too much to achieve this, I couldn’t even leave my existence in history, you all find it suspicious, right?"

"Yes, my ancestor, whether it’s family members or outsiders, or those Historians who have studied you, they all find this too bizarre, a person, a very famous person, why would they disappear into the annals of history, on a certain day during the last Tide of the Dead, your existence just vanished, I have tried my best to find everything about you, but I could never find any content... even before I met you, I had forgotten your existence."

Mars lowered his head as he said this, clearly very perplexed, puzzled why the ancestor he saw in his eyes could disappear from his memory.

"You carry two Legendary nano Sequences, the Veil Walker is what I gave you, but I don’t know where the Truth comes from, in my world, it belonged to my foster father, by a fortuitous coincidence, his Fate was changed, when I came, he was still living well... so, I’m curious, child, can you explain it to me?"

"Of course, I was in my second year of college, went on a holiday trip to Carterburg with classmates, and found it in a building nearly abandoned. It was very strange, that building seemed to stand apart from the city, invisible to many, but I saw it, I even went inside, it was..." The child paused curiously to think, then spoke, "It was a three-story building, its entrance a large door, after entering, on the first floor there was an entrance with stairs leading up, I saw a phantom of a Panso cat-girl child sitting on the second-floor stairs, watching a phantom of a human male entering from the first floor, they seemed like family, I couldn’t push open the doors on the first or third floor, but I could enter the second floor’s door, there, all the furnishings presented themselves to me in a very strange manner, they looked brand new, and yet seemed decayed, switching every second... I went in, and in a bedroom, I found that Legendary nano Sequence, is it called Truth... quite apt for the name."

At this point, Mars looked towards Malin, as if seeking answers from him.

"What you saw must have been the young Maya, your grandmother on your ancestor’s side and my foster father." Malin patted the child’s head, providing an answer.

After all, he still couldn’t really appear before this child’s eyes, what exactly happened on that day, Malin was very curious, but... Malin was also experiencing for the first time the true meaning of ’ignorance is bliss.’ Sometimes, the Truth is indeed a great terror.

He hoped that the child would be alright, hoped that he... could find the answer in his heart, because Malin couldn’t help him at all.

Malin could only reflect—The Truth Sequence, it seems now that it can’t be dealt with by sealing, it will always autonomously choose its master, in each era, there will be a Truth Seeker in vain search of the so-called Truth.

Fate has never spared anyone, truly a... bastard thing.

With these thoughts, Malin stepped forward: "Let’s go, child, don’t care too much about my identity."

Mars followed and gazed at Malin: "Ancestor, aren’t you curious yourself?"

"Sometimes ignorance is the best weapon against the unknown. I do not know what has happened in the past called the future. All I know is, the Tide of the Dead will no longer be in this world, and that is enough for me. As for what the future holds, I will not actively seek it out."

As Malin spoke, he turned his head to look at Mars again: "Speaking of which, how long do you plan to keep cross-dressing?"

"Eh? I’m not doing that," Mars replied.

Malin widened his eyes: "What level has your Pretender Sequence reached now?"

"Sequence three, Veil Walker." As he said this, the young man blushed slightly: "It’s a character from a game I played as a child. I materialized it as one of my identities."

"I see. But doesn’t the Truth Sequence conflict with the Pretender Sequence?" Malin was still curious.

"There is a conflict. If I become obsessed with an identity, my consciousness will start to lean towards that identity, so I must always affirm who I am. I am Mars Gaiate. I chase after the history of my origin, seeking the truth that belongs to me... In doing so, my will is actually fortified."

"Is that so? It must be very hard," Malin said instinctively, sensing the sacrifices the child had made to become stronger. He admired the child’s stubbornness and was pleased with his resoluteness.

"Yeah, especially when my girlfriend always feels like I have another woman when I’m out." Saying this, the lad chuckled.

Malin also smiled— he did not wish to ask the child who his girlfriend was. After all, he had witnessed too many reunions and separations. The girl he knew back then might be his girlfriend now, or perhaps... they had already parted ways in life or death.

Such is Fate, never having spared anyone for being lovable.

So Malin did not ask; instead, he left the scene with Mars.

Sometimes, the phrase "having loved" is the most heart-wrenching answer.

"Where are we going now?" Mars asked.

"We’re going back to find Rasmus, to tell him his old friend is dead... By the way, is that old fellow still alive in your time?" Malin asked another question.

"Alive, and he has a new daughter with his new wife," Mars answered.

Malin sighed deeply.

Such winners at life, truly deserving of death!

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