Chapter 69: I will still wait for you

The Xu system is dying.

Not said in the sense of a joke or otherwise embellished, but in the true sense of the word, a death that would usher in the end of the simulation.

There was no need for anyone to remind him of this, and the weakness and deadness that welled up within his body when he opened his eyes again let System Xu know about it.

Actually.

It’s a miracle to wake up again.

Earlier when he was sleeping, System Xu was truly sensing that the soul was continuously detaching from the physical body and drifting towards the return of nothingness, the eternal silence called death.

“My current status ……”

“Probably, it’s what’s known as a flashback.”

Pain, chest tightness, suffocation, dizziness.

All sorts of unbearable symptoms struck the newly awakened Xu System, once again feeling drowsy and sleepy, his heavy eyelids constantly drooping and sagging.

He knows.

This slumber is different, it will not wake up again, it will not continue, it is a true step into death.

Thus, with a hoarse voice, Xu System called out the name of the demoness.

His voice was so weak that it was subtle and imperceptible, as if it were a gentle vibration of the air, and his drooping face made his lips open and close in a difficult gesture to make a sound.

“Krysia ……”

“Mentor, I am.”

Krysia, who was still 17 years old in appearance, let out a soft response to the Xu system.

It seemed to be afraid, fearful, that if the voice was that much louder, it would bring pain to the Xu system.

Today is a good day.

The weather was clear and sunny.

Brilliant golden light shone in through the windows, brightening the room, driving away the unpleasant deadness, and, more crucially, waking up the mentor who had been sleeping for so many years at last.

But.

For some reason, unknown to me, the heart that should be happy is thus saddened.

The heart beating inside his chest was even slower without realizing it.

“I’m sorry, Kryssa, for making you see me in such a sorry state”, with the help of the witch, Xu System sat up from the bed with great difficulty with his arms propped up on the bed surface, and gave the witch a forced smile.

Please…

Please ……

Please stop saying that.

The sadness built up in his chest.

Looking at the pale face of the Xu system, meeting those cloudy and puffy eyes, listening to a voice that was barely audible, as if it was going to dissipate in the next second.

Krysia felt her heartstrings churning more and more.

“You …… needn’t care.”

The witch didn’t care about Xu System’s aging posture, to the witch, looks and skin didn’t matter, what she really cared about was only Xu System as a person.

Her sun.

She’s light.

Her salvation.

But aging also meant something else, and that was a fact that the Witch definitely didn’t want to face, but was bound to happen.

“Mentor, I’ll prepare your lunch.”

Krysia stood up abruptly and left in the direction of the room door.

The witch had a premonition of what was coming, she didn’t want to hear it, she didn’t dare to see it, and she was even more afraid to face it, so she chose to run away.

But the voice from the Hsu system.

But it was a shout to stop the witch.

“Cough up …… cough up ……”

“No, Krysia, I don’t think …… I’ll get a chance to eat.”

In the room with a heavy atmosphere, the Xu system barely managed to smile, and with a posture that was clearly exhausted beyond belief, he uttered words that were pretended to be lighthearted.

Krysia’s body trembled even more.

“Are you sleepy? Rest assured that I will continue to wait, no matter how long it takes ……”

“Krysia.”

“I’ll be waiting for you forever and ever ……”

“Krysia.”

The Xu system called out the name of the demoness with a cry.

His voice was extremely weak, if anything, as if it would dissipate when blown by the wind.

Finally, the witch quieted down.

She stood with her back to the Xu system, not moving in place, never making any more noise, only her body continued to tremble, as if she was enduring some unspeakable pain.

“Come here, Krysia, there’s something I want to say to you.”

The bitter winter will eventually come and freeze one’s heart out.

Even if one doesn’t want to face that chill, it’s a given that no matter how much one resists it, winter won’t dissipate just because one wants it to.

“Yes ……”

The witch returned to the Xu system’s bedside.

“Sit down.”

The witch remained obedient and sat down on the small wooden chair next to the bed under the watchful eye of the Xu system.

The chair wasn’t too high, and when the witch sat on it, it was at just the right height where she could have her head touched by the Xu system.

And so.

The Xu system reached out a dry, aging palm and placed it lightly on Krysia’s head, caressing the long, gray-silver hair one last time and feeling the soft, smooth feel of it.

“Krysia, I’m going away for a long time next.”

The witch’s body trembled even more.

But with the soothing of his hand, he slowly regained his composure.

“It’s been such a pain in the ass, I’m supposed to be the one taking care of you, and it turns out that for the last few decades, you’ve been the one taking care of me in my coma.”

“Now, finally, it’s coming to an end.”

“You can rest and relax too.”

No, I don’t want to rest.

Please ……

Please ……

Please let me, please let me as an object, continue to be used by you …… no matter how long it takes, no matter how hard it is …… as long as you don’t leave, as long as you accompany me ……

“I’ll be gone for a long time, too long to tell, so take care of yourself while I’m gone, Krysia.”

“In the study, I’ve put some information that should be useful to you.”

“The spell formation in the meditation room, I’ve already modified it beforehand, so even if you break through to Demigod, it can still be of some use.”

“In the table cabinet in the bedroom are some of my collections over the years, you can take them or sell them, it’s all at your disposal.”

Stop…

Stop it now ……

A heavier and heavier pain gradually accumulated in the witch’s heart, causing her to subconsciously cover her chest as a way to hide that heart with a thousand holes.

Although the Xu system didn’t say it outright.

Though the Xu system deliberately skipped that word.

But how could Krisha not understand.

Her mentor, the only redeemer in her life, the sun that had accompanied and illuminated her for decades, was about to fall into eternal silence.

Dead.

A word that was very close to the Xu system, but infinitely distant from the magical girl, just by thinking about it, Krysia’s sensitive and fragile heart was compulsorily peeled away one layer after another, revealing a truly helpless posture.

“I don’t accept.”

The witch interrupted the Xu system with a shaky voice.

This was the first time she had rebutted the Xu system.

“I don’t accept what you are saying.”

“Your items, to be used only by you, I will wait for you, always, always, always ……”

For the first time, the eyes, which were supposed to be empty and lifeless, had an extremely violent tremor.

Lock eyes with the Hsu system.

Rejected the Hsu system.

The dry palm that caressed the top of Kryssa’s head paused slightly, as if surprised by the witch’s refusal.