Free Web NovelChapter 1468: Chapter 59: Female (3)
But...
What about Teresa?
She sounded exactly like the impression I had, so gentle and devout...
Fisher was silent for a moment, then replied,
"I was raised by Sister Theresa... Now I can’t tell if you’re an illusion created by the Competitive Gate or something else, but you must feel it too: we’re both entities and have Mythical Rank strength. Are you sure you want to continue? If we keep going, everything here will collapse."
He and Fisher both glanced around at the mess; the cracks on the ceiling of the cave looked precarious, seemingly ready to collapse at any moment.
Fisher was silent for a moment, then the giant hammer formed by her Fluid Sword slowly transformed back into a mercury-like fluid and retracted into the white handle. She quietly sized up the Fisher before her and then said,
"You’re right, but undeniably, you have still betrayed Sister Theresa and the teachings of the Mother Goddess... You should feel ashamed."
Ah, so she’s a Mother Goddess believer.
"...Theresa never taught me about matters between men and women. She was a believer in the Mother Goddess and never mentioned it. Rather than judging my private life, shouldn’t you be thinking about how to leave this Gate?"
Fisher watched as Fisher walked past her to stand in front of the Competitive Gate; she hesitated for a moment before moving to the door, unable to help but add,
"True, but Teresa would not rest in peace seeing you so fallen. She told me before she passed, hoping I could stay true to myself. But it seems she didn’t say the same to you."
"..."
Fisher paused, then as if realizing something, couldn’t help but ask,
"In your world, did Teresa also die of illness?"
"...Yes, heart disease."
"..."
Fisher turned her head to look at him, puzzled, unaware of what caused Teresa’s death in Fisher’s world.
Only Fisher knew; she was telling the true cause of Teresa’s death.
When Teresa was young, she had an incurable chronic heart disease, often resulting in heart pains that made her face pale, but it wasn’t deadly.
Until the summer Fisher graduated high school and was about to head to college, her heart condition worsened. In those helpless times, poor and young, Fisher watched her grow weaker until death claimed her...
But why, if everything else was opposite to Fisher’s, was Sister Teresa’s cause of death exactly the same?
Or was it still opposite? Perhaps she didn’t die naturally, and Fisher didn’t realize it...
Or perhaps in my world, Teresa didn’t die naturally, but I didn’t discover it?
Fisher was completely stunned; the chilling speculation turned his limbs cold and his heart almost stopped.
If Teresa’s death wasn’t natural, what caused it? Who would want to kill a devout, silent Sister of Saint Nali, taking her away from the young me?
"Hey, why did you suddenly freeze up, loser?"
"Fisher, are you okay?"
The Book Princess in front and Emhardt beside him both spoke, pulling Fisher away from the terrifying speculation.
He took a deep breath, rubbed his brow, and replied,
"...I’m fine."
Taking a step back, should I falter because of the eerie phenomena of this Demon Dynasty Gate?
I must focus on saving Rafael and not on anything else.
It’s just that Sister Theresa is so special and important to me, hence my...
Doubt.
Fisher quickly adjusted his expression and looked at the large, clear door like glass and mirrors in front of him, saying to Fisher,
"You just passed through this door to get to me, meaning this door connects our two worlds?"
"...Yes, I need to go through this door into the Demon Dynasty to rescue Helair, trapped inside. The demons found her free status and seek freedom through her, to liberate all demons. At that time, it would be a disaster for a world without mythical species."
Fisher touched the door, then his fingers, as if dipping into water, passed through the door into Fisher’s world.
Can he go to their world too?
But going there wouldn’t solve anything, as she couldn’t open the door to the dynasty either.
Why is it so troublesome to enter a gate to the dynasty? Is it because, like Elliog, the demons inside the Competitive Gate don’t want to be disturbed, hence making entry conditions so difficult?
"Do you have the scroll with instructions on how to enter this door?"
"I do, but it’s cryptic, like... ’Defeat the undefeatable one.’ Do you have any ideas?"
It seems she received the same instructions as me.
Fisher also didn’t know how to proceed, scanning the surroundings for clues near the door, but because Fisher’s previous direct actions had collapsed much of the cave, nothing was visible.
But earlier, Fisher had also glanced around, finding nothing but stones.
Fisher, realizing she might have acted hastily earlier, felt a bit embarrassed, so she quickly averted her gaze, joining Fisher in searching for possible clues to ease the awkwardness.
That one glance, however, revealed something to her,
"Huh, what is this..."
Fisher quickly turned to look at her, noticing she was looking up at the top of the large door, as if something was there.
He looked up, seeing nothing but the lines "Competitive Gate" carved in Demon Language and Ancient Human Language.
"What’s wrong?"
"The engravings at the top seem different from before. Earlier, I saw lines in two different languages saying ’Competitive Gate.’
"...I saw the same thing."
"Really?"
Fisher looked at him incredulously, then pointed to the inscriptions above, saying,
"But now I see it as..."
"The one who enters the Yang Gate is also female."
