Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In
Chapter 1057 - 512: I Love You Because I Truly Love You~ Don’t Cry, Smile (4k)_2

Chapter 1057: Chapter 512: I Love You Because I Truly Love You~ Don’t Cry, Smile (4k)_2

This required at least a Tier Four spirit skill practitioner, or the power of some Divine Tree, to achieve.

Sera pondered and made up her mind.

Then again, she had done something as crazy as seeking the Mutant Factor of an Origin Beast king-level to replace the Mutant Factor within her unborn child. How could what she was about to do now be any more insane?

"Let’s go, Aina."

"Okay!"

Aina’s smile was bright as flowers as she skillfully took hold of her mother’s hand.

Yet, behind Aina’s radiant smile, the corner of her eye always glanced at the scales on the back of Sera’s hand, her tea-golden eyes carrying a touch of melancholy.

Mom’s scent was constantly changing, fiery, frenetic, worried...

What was Mom thinking?

Sera wondered if her luck had changed.

Not long after leaving the place where they had lived, she encountered a person in the snow forest who claimed to be a ’Shadow Merchant.’

The Shadow Merchant told her they sold everything.

Anything she desired was for sale, provided she could offer an appropriate price in exchange.

At first, Sera didn’t believe it.

However, the other party effortlessly demonstrated that they could instantly kill them; just now, a Third-tier Origin Beast that foolishly charged at them was crushed with a single slap.

This was at least a Tier Four powerhouse!

"Clear memories? Possible," the Shadow Merchant replied upon hearing Sera’s request.

Sera asked, "Then what’s the price?"

"Before that, I want to check, what are you wearing around your neck?" the Shadow Merchant asked her.

"Neck?"

Sera took off the pendant hanging around her neck.

It was a silver, hexagonal, irregularly shaped pendant that seemed to be made of metal and felt cold to the touch.

It was the last relic left to her by her father.

To Sera’s surprise, the Shadow Merchant’s eyes lit up when he saw the pendant and he moved to take it, muttering to himself, "That’s right, yes, finally I’ve found a fragment, this year’s annual assessment is passed."

Sera defensively took the pendant back: "You want this? Fine, but you can’t have it directly, you need to do the job for me first."

The relic was meaningful, but only to her; to Aina, it wasn’t of much value.

"Alright."

The Shadow Merchant awkwardly retracted his hand.

His group traveled all over the continent searching for scattered fragments of the Void Engine. Every Shadow Clan member dispatched had a mission quota; failure to meet it would result in a deduction of points, and the next year’s resources and benefits would be lost.

Usually, their reputation was their first principle, and if there was no prior agreement, they could resort to any means.

But once an agreement was in place, they wouldn’t turn to other methods.

After all, memory erasure was not difficult for him, especially since he was a spirit skill practitioner.

"Is that child the one whose memory you want to erase?"

The Shadow Merchant pointed at the girl peering at them from a simple tent not far away.

The little one was quite clever, hiding instead of foolishly rushing out when she sensed a threat.

"Yes."

Sera hesitated, then nodded: "I want her to forget everything related to me."

"Simple... however."

The Shadow Merchant looked at Sera for a while, frowning: "You’re about to die."

Sera responded casually: "Yeah, I know."

"Why not request an extension of your own lifespan?"

The Shadow Merchant said, "Although it’s a bit troublesome, it’s not something we can’t do."

"Extend lifespan?"

Sera was startled: "How much longer can it be extended?"

The Shadow Merchant: "A year at most, unless you can find another piece like this."

"Then forget it."

Sera smiled bitterly and shook her head: "This is a relic from my father, found while he was picking fruit in the mountains as a child. Its material is very special. Since you’re looking for such things, it must be hard to find, right?"

The Shadow Merchant did not comment.

"Shall we start?" he said.

"Wait."

Sera looked at the Shadow Merchant pleadingly: "Can you transcribe the respective skill onto a scroll, so I can use it when I want to?"

"You do ask for a lot... Fine!"

The Shadow Merchant laughed: "Since you’re my assessment target for this year!"

Half an hour later, the Shadow Merchant left, taking with him a scroll and Sera’s pendant.

Sera returned to the tent area, letting the hiding Aina come out.

"Aina, it’s safe now."

The Wolf Eared Lolita poked her little head out.

"Mom, is he gone?"

"Yes."

"What did Mom do with him?"

"Nothing."

"Mom, you’re lying."

Aina pouted, displeased.

She could smell the scent called lies.

Sera helplessly rubbed her daughter’s head.

"Don’t overthink, go to sleep."

She had thought it would take a long time to find a way, but a few days later, she was successful.

It seemed that since she had this child, her luck had also gotten better.

Several months went by.

In the southern part of Shining Country, Sera looked for a long time in the streets attached to various towns and cities but still couldn’t find a suitable candidate.

After all, those Mutant Patients already had difficult lives themselves; who would be willing to take in a child not of their own blood?

And based on Sera’s observations, many Mutant Patients were not very amiable. If she carelessly sent Aina away, she would not be able to die in peace.

One day, Sera took Aina to Grey Stone Street.

Grey Stone Street, an attached street of Winter City.

To enter this street, she deliberately disguised herself, covering the traces of scales on her face and transformed her Dragon Horn into deer horns, while her tail was hidden by her robe.

Following her usual routine, she checked into a rather dilapidated inn and then asked the owner about things on this street.

"Do you know of any good people around here?"

The owner was perplexed by Sera’s question but still responded, "Good people? Here? Snake and Rat Meeting controls the underground dealings of Grey Stone Street. Many young people have joined them, and it’s full of rotten people through and through. Good people can’t survive here; the residents live a hard life under their oppression."

Sera sighed softly.

She knew, in such a place, finding a good person was as hard as reaching heaven.

"But, it’s not necessarily the case."

The owner suddenly remembered something and smiled, "A few years ago, a very beautiful woman came to our side. She is very strong, said to be a Skill Master. Normally, when Origin Beasts occasionally attack the areas outside of Grey Stone Street, she would lend a hand, so it’s not overstating to describe her as a beauty with a kind heart."

Sera asked in confusion, "Such a person, why would she live in a place like this?"

"Because her daughter is a Mutant Patient."

The owner thought for a moment, then said, "I’ve seen her, a little girl with cat ears, very adorable. Although in the eyes of those city folk, our Mutation characteristics are all symbols of filth, we know ourselves that they cannot be removed; we can only accept them."

After finishing his words, the owner glanced at the Little Lolita with wolf ears by Sera’s side and smiled, "Just as adorable as your daughter."

Aina’s little face blushed and she shrank back, hiding behind Sera.

Sera also smiled and said, "Yes, I have a very adorable daughter."

Afterward, Sera stayed here for several days. She learned from the elderly of Grey Stone Street that this Liya appeared to be like a pure white lotus, untainted by the surrounding mud.

She also found out that Liya went out to work every day and didn’t return home until sunset; when she pretended to pass by the small building, she saw the Cat-eared girl drawing with paper.

A plan gradually formed in her mind.

In the middle of the night, a burning sensation inside her body woke her from her sleep.

Was there no time left?

Sera gritted her teeth and took out a scroll from her bag, aiming at the sleeping Aina beside her.

Suddenly, Aina, who had been sleeping, opened her eyes wide.

"Mom, don’t—"

Aina realized something.

"I love you, child."

Sera said tenderly, her fingers moving to open the scroll.

— I love you, I have given you everything, not because I want to get something from you, but because I truly love you.

Even if from now on you don’t remember me, forget all about me, that’s okay.

Because you are the continuation of my life.

As long as you are alive, then Mom hasn’t truly died.

However, from now on, it’s your life, Aina.

If one day you remember your mom again.

Then smile.

Don’t cry, my child.

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