"Thank you, big brother!"

Kiana accepted the lily with a blushing face.

Kiana was used to seeing her father with an untidy beard all day long, and suddenly saw Xiachuan Hu, a gentle boy like the winter sun, and she didn't know how to get along with him for a moment.

No matter how mature she is, she is just a 7-year-old child after all.

"You're welcome. By the way, brother, I have something to say to Uncle Siegfried. Can little Kiana stay and listen too?"

"Hey!"

Siegfried immediately interrupted: "Let Kiana listen too... She's still so young, isn't it inappropriate?"

"But this is a matter related to her mother. Since they are a family, the child should not be excluded, right?" Xia Chuanhu gave his own understanding.

After hearing what he said, Kiana, who was holding the lily in her hand, didn't quite understand, but she did hear the word "mom". She trotted to her father and grabbed his pants: "Dad, mom... what's wrong with mom? Is... is it what the uncles and aunts of Shaniyat said again?"

Kiana knew her mother had passed away five years ago. In the past five years, due to the loss of the Saint Cecilia, the situation at the Shaniyat family was not very optimistic, and the relationship with the Kaslana family was also somewhat...

"No, it has nothing to do with that. Actually, I, your brother, brought your mother back, little Qiana."

Xiachuanhu said with a smile and clapped his hands at the same time.

"Om~~~"

The space around him began to ripple, and then a [synthetic spirit] suddenly emerged from the empty space...or rather, Cecilia's figure.

"Mother?!"

Seeing this scene, Kiana immediately exclaimed and rushed to the synthetic spirit, her lively eyes full of disbelief and surprise.

Is...is it mom?

But hasn’t mom already...

"......what do you mean?"

After a moment of silence, Siegfried turned his gaze away from the synthetic spirit and asked Xia Chuanhu in a cold voice, "Are you here to provoke me?"

"No, I just came to apologize and discuss a possibility with you two." Xia Chuanhu sat down on the sofa very naturally and familiarly, and motioned Siegfried and Kiana to sit down first.

(This is my home...)

After complaining in his mind, Siegfried took Kiana to sit opposite him.

Xia Chuanhu also let the synthetic spirit come to his side, and took off the buttons on his sleeves. After squeezing them slightly, he turned them into two small cups, one black and one white.

"Well, although I have apologized before, let me formally apologize to you now, Mr. Siegfried. I have no intention of desecrating the dead, and turning your wife's soul into my puppet was unintentional and not intentional."

"As for your wife's current condition, I will use these two small cups to help explain it."

Xiachuanhu raised the white cup: "For the time being, consider this cup as your wife. According to my understanding, she died in the second collapse five years ago, right?"

Snapped!

After crushing the white cup in his hand into small pieces on the table, Xia Chuanhu picked up one of the pieces and said, "I don't know much about this world, but as far as the current situation is concerned, your wife's body completely disappeared after her sacrifice, but there are still [fragments of the soul] left in Siberia, or [remaining obsession] - have you heard of the legend of the earthbound spirit?"

"The Earthbound Spirit... the one from the Far East? I've heard a little about it." Siegfried thought for a moment, "It seems like... because they didn't realize their wishes during their lifetime, they remain in a certain area after death, and they won't ascend to heaven until their wishes are realized... that kind of thing, right?"

"Is this also the case with Cecilia?"

Xia Chuanhu nodded slightly: "Of course, it can't be said to be a completely earthbound spirit. As far as I see it, this world has no concept of soul, or consciousness is the soul, and the soul is consciousness - sorry, I almost went off topic. Anyway, after your wife died, the remaining thoughts in her heart remained in Siberia. In terms of size... that's probably it."

After randomly picking three pieces and putting them together, Xia Chuanhu collected the remaining pieces and smashed another black cup: "And I think you also know that it was not only your wife who died in Siberia. Many Valkyries were also buried there. They also left their own residual thoughts. Because it is troublesome, I will use these black cup fragments to replace them all."

"In the past five years, all of these fragments have been left in Siberia. Even after five years, they still haven't naturally dissipated. The obsession is indeed very strong. I think there should have been more of them originally, but many of them must have disappeared."

"And as long as all these fragments are combined and reassembled, they will become the synthetic spirit you see."

As Xia Chuanhu spoke, he held the fragments in his hand. When he let go of his hand again, a black and white cup appeared on the coffee table.

"At the same time, just like some famous artists would engrave their names or logos on their works, this spirit body created by my ability has been marked with my mark from the inside out. There is basically no possibility of handing over control. In addition to obeying my orders, it will only automatically attack anyone who tries to attack me."

"That's the situation, to put it bluntly - is there anything else that needs further explanation?"

silence.

Neither Siegfried nor Kiana had fully understood what Xiachuanhu meant. Kiana was still just a child, and Siegfried was also experiencing this new concept for the first time, and he couldn't fully digest it for a while.

"So...what do you want to discuss?"

"What should we do with this synthetic spirit body later?" Xia Chuanhu said, "The main reason why I created this synthetic spirit body was to find a place to stay. Originally, I just wanted to find a small village in Siberia, but now I was taken directly to Tianming."

"For me, this synthetic spirit is no longer useful, and I don't intend to keep using the remaining souls of the deceased, so I was planning to get rid of it from the beginning."

Transcendence?

"That means..."

"Make it disappear, completely. Logically, the souls that have been liberated go to either the underworld or heaven, but there is definitely no such field in this world, so I think it should return to heaven and earth in the end, and its soul will be scattered. But this is better than continuing to be enslaved by me and working like a slave for me - not to mention that it is the soul of someone else's wife that I am using, and I feel bad about it."

It's amazing that you still have this knowledge.

Siegfried paused: "So...you have changed your mind now?"

"After all, even if we want to perform cremation, we have to ask the family's consent first. If you think this arrangement is okay, then I can go to Cecilia's grave and pray for her soul there. This will be a complete conclusion."

"But... if you still have feelings for your wife and mother, I can keep it and try to restore a Cecilia that is infinitely close to the [original] - although it won't do me any good."

At this moment, even if Siegfried didn't understand what Xia Chuanhu said, he immediately understood what Xia Chuanhu meant.

There was a wavering look on his already weathered face.

"You mean...Cecilia...can be resurrected?"

"It's not a complete resurrection. You can think of it as the Mona Lisa being severely damaged, and I repaired a new Mona Lisa based on the remaining parts as best I could. I can guarantee that the appearance and personality are 90% similar to the original, and I can also find a way to solve the problem of memory."

"The question is whether you and sister Kiana can accept my approach."

11. Human emotions are really complicated

There are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same.

It is impossible for two people to step into the same river twice.

Even the reflection of yourself in the mirror may not be exactly the same as the real you.

Apart from [reversing time], there is no 100% method to reproduce something in this world.

A synthetic spirit that is a mixture of Cecilia, Cheng Lixue, and many nameless residual thoughts, no matter how it is cultivated or adjusted with spiritual magic, it is impossible to become the Cecilia that Siegfried and Kiana know.

Listening to Xia Chuanhu's words, Siegfried fell into a long silence and thought, his brows were tightly furrowed together, as if his eyebrows were locked, and various emotions kept flowing in his eyes.

And Kiana...

"So what big brother means is... can mom come back?"

The child did not understand what the cruel truth was, nor did she understand the truth contained in Xia Chuanhu's words. This was the only thing she could understand.

Showing the same sunny smile as his long-sleeping best friend, Xia Chuanhu nodded slightly, then shook his head imperceptibly: "Your mother will come back, but that mother is not your real mother."

"What does little Kiana think? Do you want to see your mother again?"

"miss you!"

Without any hesitation, Kiana said with a firm look in her eyes.

Which child doesn't want to see his or her mother? Even though everyone will become different when they grow up, when they are young, as long as they are a child from a normal family, who would not be close to their mother?

Five years ago, a two-year-old child lost his beloved mother.

If she were to live without a mother from now on, it would be... too cruel for her.

"Your daughter thinks so, what do you think, Mr. Siegfried?" Xia Chuanhu asked the silent Siegfried, "I don't want to say something too cruel and adult to a child, but you... I think you can understand it without me saying it."

"Although I cannot say that I am a pure-blooded human, I still understand the emotional concerns and fears of humans."

If [Cecilia Shaniat] is repaired, Siegfried will indeed be able to see a [soul] that is infinitely close to his wife, and Kiana will be able to see her mother again.

But this does not change the fact that the [synthetic spirit] still belongs to Xiachuan Hu.

In fact, the closer the synthetic spirit is to Cecilia after being repaired, the more Cecilia belongs to Xiachuanhu - Siegfried is also a husband and a man, it would be a miracle if he could endure it. Moreover, considering Kiana's growth, the synthetic spirit will definitely not disappear easily in the future, and it is likely to continue to exist.

That's even more shrimp and pork heart.

"…Why would you want to do that?"

After a while, Siegfried asked, "You said it yourself, this does not bring you any benefit, so why do you still do this?"

"Hmm~~~~ Maybe it's because, in my understanding, this is a kind of [understanding] and [gentleness]." Xia Chuanhu said with some emotion, "How long ago was that? I can't remember clearly myself. Maybe it was before I interfered with my memory and personality, or maybe it was after that. It may be that after a long time, my three views have inevitably shifted."

"Like I said just now, even cremation requires the family's consent...but what's happening now is not actually cremation, but surgery."

The synthetic spirit is a dying person.

Should we just do nothing and let her die? Or should we let Natsukawa Tora perform the surgery and satisfy the family members' wishes?

"... Phew~~~~I appreciate your kindness."

After a long sigh, Siegfried refused: "But my wife is gone, I don't want anyone to continue to use her, nor do I want to... see her belong to another person."

"Dad?" Kiana looked at her father, "Dad, don't you want to see Mom?"

How could you not want to.

If there was a chance to get Cecilia back to him, Siegfried would definitely grab it.

But this wasn't that opportunity.

Siegfried squatted down and touched Kiana's little head. He put on a smile that was uglier than crying: "Kiana, of course Dad wants to see Mom again, but Mom is no longer here. Let Mom rest in peace. She has already given everything to protect us. She shouldn't be used by others anymore."

(Don’t make me sound like a tomb robber…)

Xia Chuanhu sighed, "Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Siegfried, I made a rather offensive suggestion. Can you please take me to Mrs. Cecilia's tombstone later? I plan to pray for her soul in front of her tomb... In addition, I think the lady named Cheng Lixue should also have a tombstone, right?"

"Cheng...well, yes, it's with Cecilia's."

In fact, there are two tombstones for Cecilia.

One is in the Tianming Public Cemetery, where anyone can go to pay their respects, and the other is in the Shaniyat family. Since Cecilia's remains were not recovered, both are just cenotaphs.

As for Cheng Lixue, as the strongest A-level Valkyrie in the past, the acting commander of the Valkyrie Corps, and a former member of the Snow Wolf Squad, she is naturally qualified to be buried near the hero Cecilia.

"Well, I'll be leaving first. Sorry to bother you two." Xia Chuanhu stood up. "Otto has arranged a place for me to stay. It's right next to you. Let's take care of each other in the future. If you need any help, you can come to me. Although I can't say I will help you with everything, I can help look after the children while you are out."

"After all, I have a child myself, so I have some experience in this area."

"Thanks.....No, wait, huh?!"

Siegfried, who subconsciously thanked him, suddenly reacted and looked at Xiachuanhu with a look of astonishment: "You, you have a child?! At your age?! No... you are only 20 years old at most! You already have a child!?"

"I guess so. This is a bit complicated to explain, but in terms of blood relationship, I do have a child - by the way, the salvation will be scheduled for tomorrow, and the rest of the day is for the two of you to prepare yourself mentally. See you later."

After saying that, Xia Chuanhu walked out of Siegfried's house and closed the door behind him.

He looked up at the sun in the sky, stood for a while, and then sighed, "That's it. Your daughter wants to see you again, your lover wants you to rest in peace, so what do you think as the person involved? [Cecilia]."

"......"

The synthetic spirit that followed Xia Chuanhu out did not speak, but just stood quietly beside him, waiting for his orders, with no trace of light in its empty eyes.

"Heh... Human emotions are really complicated. I've changed a lot, too."

After waving his hand helplessly and letting it disappear back into the space around him, Xia Chuanhu walked towards his home.

"Forget it, forget it. There's still one day left anyway. Think about it carefully before that. I also have to go to my new home and try to see if I can get in touch with them."

"At least, we need to let them know that we are safe first."

If he never contacts those people in his family, Xia Chuanhu believes that they will definitely turn the world upside down.

Even for the sake of world peace, he had to try his best to contact them.

12. You'd better not come to this world, Meili

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