“So… you can understand me now, right?” Wen Jin lightly took a sip of the drink in his cup.
This time it was jasmine tea.
After tasting so many high-sugar drinks from those earlier memories, ending with this was simply perfect!
As for drinking plain water… Sigh… couldn’t he at least keep some flavor in his mouth?
Of course, it had to be a good flavor, not something like bitter almond or rust.
“Hehe… hehe… I… I maybe probably possibly understand now…” The pink-haired Miss Memokeeper’s eyes twitched as she forced up a smile under Wen Jin’s gaze.
Then, as if numbed, she refilled the jasmine tea in Wen Jin’s cup once more.
Ah… This was… This was truly a good story!!!
In a daze, this unlucky pink-haired Memokeeper suddenly felt like she had reached her End of Life.
Originally, she had only happened to be on Stede-Karl, collecting memories related to this “unlucky world.” By coincidence, she had obtained information about this living calamity through some “special channels” from the IPC.
On a whim, she had specially prepared a setup for this “Incineration Avatar,” wanting to see what kind of existence the legendary “Nanook Alt” really was.
And the result… the process was right, but the answer was right too!!
The title “Nanook Alt” wasn’t a joke.
It was [Memokeeper profanity] real!
Right now, she was incomparably glad that she hadn’t been stubborn enough to directly use the little tricks of a “Memokeeper” to peek into his memories, especially the deeper memories.
Otherwise… She would probably already have become a wronged soul under the Golden Flame of Ash and Extinction.
If Wen Jin knew what she was thinking right now, he would probably smile.
He would laugh at how this Memokeeper was still too naive.
She didn’t even need to read that memory from “Adlivun.” Don’t forget, for Wen Jin himself, it had been less than a day since he used his physical body to forcibly withstand the light arrow of [The Hunt].
In other words, before the golden flame of [Destruction] enveloped her, the divine might of [The Hunt] would first help her be “annihilated in both body and soul.” Fortunately, the little girl in front of him was fairly smart.
She had only read his current craving, not his complete memories.
Otherwise… Wen Jin swirled the flower tea in his cup, then drained it in one gulp again.
He wouldn’t have such a good “drink machine” anymore.
At this moment, the young Memokeeper clearly still hadn’t broken free from that massive amount of information.
To a Memokeeper, “memories” could form in all sorts of ways.
Directly and freely “exploring” a person was the simplest, and also the roughest, method.
And when the other party personally told them a story from their own experience, that memory would be even more precious than one they had “actively taken.” But… This memory was different!
The pink-haired young Memokeeper looked at Wen Jin before her and swallowed her dry throat with a bit of fear.
This memory… could she find a Cremator to help her destroy it?
No… if a Cremator really came, the thing being destroyed probably wouldn’t be the memory, but herself!
Was this really something a tiny Memokeeper like her could know?!
Looking at the man before her, who was suspected to be “Nanook’s biological brother despite having different fathers and mothers,” the pink-haired girl had already begun secretly writing her own will in her heart.
The opening line was… “I’ve reached my End of Life!” “…” “Tsk…” Looking at the pink-haired Memokeeper, who for some reason had started turning gray all over, Wen Jin clicked his tongue softly.
What was going on?
Didn’t Memokeepers love collecting these rare memories the most?
He had already taken the initiative collecting these rare memories the most?
He had already taken the initiative to tell her, so why did she seem a little unhappy?
Or was it… because she was too happy, causing her emotions to collapse?
However… Looking at the Memokeeper who had already started pulling at her own hair, the corners of Wen Jin’s mouth lifted into a faint smile.
After all these years, this was truly the first time he had found someone who could let him relieve what was in his heart.
Although she was a Memokeeper, and although she looked not especially smart, still… to him, having someone worth communicating with was already the rarest thing of all.
Actually, within his memories, there were things even more explosive than Adlivun.
But if he told all of those memories to this little girl whose mental endurance wasn’t very strong, he was afraid he would lose such a decent “partner.” So, in order to preserve this hard-won “listener,” Wen Jin gently set down the large cup in his hand.
Then, with those distinct-knuckled fingers, he lightly tapped the countertop, pulling the pink-haired Memokeeper who had sunk into her inner conflict back to reality… ah, no, back into this virtual little restaurant.
“We’ve talked for so long, and you know my secret now.
Since that’s the case, it’s about time you told me your name.” Wen Jin looked at that slightly pale little face and spoke softly.
“Name…” Hearing this, the pink-haired girl’s expression began to turn wary.
“You… you’re not planning to remember my name, then send the Antimatter Legion and the Lord Ravagers to hunt me down across the whole Universe, are you?!” “Tsk… do I look that cruel?” Wen Jin was very dissatisfied with a certain pink-haired person’s stereotype.
“Besides, I’m not familiar with those Lord Ravagers.
I haven’t even seen them before.
How could I order them to come hunt you down?” Wen Jin spread his hands, his words full of sincerity.
He really had never met a Lord Ravager.
Across so many instances of Destruction, at most, he had only encountered scattered members of the Antimatter Legion, and they didn’t even have a single Doomsday Beast with them.
He had also wondered about it before.
Logically speaking, his ability should have let him deal quite a bit with those lords who specialized in destroying worlds.
But the truth was, he really hadn’t met a single one.
As for the reason… He no longer wanted to dig into it now.
Perhaps one day, someone would personally tell him the answer.
“…” Looking at Wen Jin’s extremely sincere appearance, the young girl’s eyes were still filled with “distrust.” But in the end… she still slowly gave her name.
“My name is Riel.
You can just call me Little Riel…” Riel rubbed her arm, looking very unwilling.
But the “great demon of Nanook” in front of her had spoken.
If she didn’t answer… what if he got unhappy and directly dropped a ball of golden flame?
Then she wouldn’t get to play anymore!
So… at this moment, it was better to be a little obedient.
“Riel…” Carefully savoring the name, Wen Jin nodded slightly.
“If there’s a chance in the future, I hope we can meet again.” “Uh… can you please not say something so ominous?” Hearing this, the corners of Riel’s mouth twitched.
She really was wrong, truly!
She didn’t want to hear any more stories related to the Aeon of Destruction!
“If possible, I wouldn’t want to make it ominous either, but…” Wen Jin slowly stood up, his gaze landing on the potted plant on the shop’s balcony.
“You should leave, Riel.” “If…” He turned his head, his golden eyes staring closely at the pink-haired girl who still had no idea what to do.
“You can leave, that is.” ★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!