flstandardbreds Chapter 535 They and I share a common destiny
Chapter 535 They and I share a common destiny
"After all, I'm an active taxpayer in the city of Goletia and have been commended by the city hall!" This was the first time in Lilith's life that someone had called her a poor bastard right to her face.
Zephirion snorted scornfully. "With the gems you earn, you wouldn't even cover the cost of my bathtub."
Lilith choked and blinked in disbelief, "Are you that rich?"
Wait, how much wealth can be accumulated in a thousand years? Lilith immediately lowered her head and began to calculate.
Zephirion continued to ramble on. "Is a half-blood worthy of your respect? Besides, how could it be rude of me to ask if his mother was dead? We're almost the same age! And, back then, the people you made friends with were at least the best of their races. What are these now? A bunch of unqualified youngsters, low-level magicians who can only set off fireworks."
This was all he had observed these days; how boring!
"Please don't belittle my friend." Lilith couldn't go on. Zephirion was a guy who could make everyone angry with just three words. She frowned and defended her partner.
"What do you mean by uneven qualifications? They were born into different family environments, and the resources they received were inherently different. Not everyone is born into the Supreme Race like you, born with great power and a long life. Yes, they are weaker than you, but so what? Even so, they are still working hard, trying to save the crisis in front of them. You clearly know that—"
"Void Beast." Zephirion sneered. He certainly remembered what Lilith had said. "I witnessed you shatter the projection of the Void Will and seal the rift that allowed them to invade this world. Where did these Void Beasts come from?"
"No one knows where they come from. Maybe the cracks you mentioned have reopened, or maybe some have slipped through the net—"
"So what?" Zephirion suddenly raised his voice, startling the nightingales from the nearby treetops. "In your last life, you worked so hard, giving it your all, thinking you could return home by ending the void. But you died, and you didn't even make it back. And now you're trying to do it again, with these losers? What's your intention?"
Lilith's face turned cold. She simply couldn't have a calm conversation with this guy. "Because everyone here is working towards this common goal. Some of my friends have already sacrificed their lives for this cause, while others are still toiling on the front lines. You've clearly lived through the era of the Holy War, so how can you say such things? When will you understand that I am human, and that we share a common destiny?"
"You are not!" Zephirion obviously couldn't accept this statement. "How can you be considered human? The body is just a shell. I will find a way. One day you will -"
"I am," Lilith interrupted him firmly. "I don't know how I told you before, but I was a human in my previous life. An ordinary human."
There was a moment of trance on Zephirion's face, and he suddenly realized that what Lilith said about the previous life was not the same as what he said. In her memory, they had no connection, and the years they had spent together did not exist.
As dusk deepened, the magic lights on campus lit up one after another. Zephirion stood at the intersection of light and darkness, his outline a little blurred.
"You look down on my friends and everything about Gloria. Why do you still stay here?" Lilith didn't know what Zephirion was thinking, but she really didn't like his contemptuous attitude of treating humans as insects.
Zephirion fell silent, his lips pressed into a thin line.
"Teacher Simon has to balance the duties of the principal and take care of his mother. Please don't add any extra work to him." He didn't say anything, so Lilith could only speak for herself.
Zephirion couldn't help but sneer, "Who the hell is he? A bastard..."
Lilith turned and left.
"You! Are they all good people?" When Zephirion saw Lilith was angered and ran away, a moment of panic appeared on his face, and he stretched out his long legs to catch up with her.
"Teacher Simon is the one who led me on the path of magic. Of course he is a good person." Lilith kept walking with a cold face.
But then he heard the Black Dragon sneer, "Who knows what his purpose is!"
Lilith said nothing and walked faster.
Everyone in Goletia College knew Lilith. Some of the students who had gone out for a walk had already returned, only to see their celebrity walking across the campus with a young man they didn't know, one after the other. The atmosphere was tense and strange.
Both of them were tall and eye-catching, and they were very conspicuous from a distance. Many people were looking over at them to see what was going on.
Zephirion was of course aware of the nearby gazes. He was extremely annoyed and glared back at those curious glances fiercely, then stepped in front of Lilith again. "Do you think these are all coincidences? There's more than one magic academy on this continent, so why did you come here? And! You even remember your name is Lily, so why can't you remember me? This means, it means someone wants to separate us!"
If it were the Lilith of the past, she would never treat him like this!
But Lilith looked him up and down, then sneered, imitating his expression, "I don't think this makes any sense."
The words hit Zephirion like a club, freezing him in his tracks. He watched as Lilith moved around him, finally merging into the warm glow of a small building, isolating him from the outside.
The Rose Building was still as cozy as before. Lulu and a few others were curled up on the sofa in the hall, patiently answering questions raised by their juniors. Gloria had always been a laissez-faire attitude towards her students, but ever since the establishment of the Student Union, the children liked to come here whenever they encountered difficulties in their studies or life, as there were always gentle and patient seniors waiting for them.
The cushion beside her suddenly sank. Lulu turned around and found that it was Lilith who had also squeezed into the sofa, but her eyes were full of depression, like an elemental bomb that could explode at any time.
"Teacher Simon didn't agree?" Hannah still remembered what Lilith had gone out for, and was a little surprised to see her come back angrily. She stuffed the elf dragon in her arms into Lilith's arms, trying to let this cute little guy ease Lilith's unhappiness.
But the moment the elf dragon approached her, it shrank into a quail, and the moment Hannah let go of it, it shot out like a rocket and flew to the second floor.
——What a terrifying smell! Can't these humans smell it?
"I forgot to tell you." Lilith glanced at the elven dragon's panicked back and sighed, "Forget it. Actually, I don't have anything serious to do. I just wanted to see her."
As a result, Zephirion disrupted her, and she has been embarrassed to see Teacher Simon recently.
"It's just right. These people have the same affinity with the wood element as you. You can answer their questions." Jaina, who was passing by, grabbed Lilith and threw her into the group of freshmen.
"Ah, wait--"
Before Lilith could react, she was met with a pair of curious eyes. They chattered and surrounded her, their young faces full of admiration. How could Lilith resist this? She was immediately lost in the sweet "senior sister" and nodded in agreement.
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Outside the window, the last twilight passed over Zephirion's lonely figure. He stood in the shadow of the oak tree, looking at the brightly lit Rose House, until the moonlight stretched his shadow very long.
It seemed as if nothing had changed - Zephirion thought expressionlessly, although it was a different place, but he was in the same place, the light coming through the window was always so gentle and bright, laughter could be heard from time to time, everything was the same as a thousand years ago, she was surrounded by friends, and he was the "little devil" who could not help.
Zephirion lowered his head and rubbed his eyes vigorously.