Yao Zi may be slow in other areas, she was still quite sensitive when it came to the people she cared about.
When she thought about what had happened, Yao Zi could only suspicious of one person, the third apostle Nick!
She remembered that when they were looking fro the sacred crystal fruit and going to help Lin Xiao and ended up being stopped by the living dead army. At that time, she was focused on killing them and Xiao Tian was caught alone by Nick.
Although Nick didn’t harm Xiao Tian, but ever since day he changed and became depressed. At first Yao Zi thought he was infected, but after checking him out and was sure he wasn’t infected, she could only try communicating with him. But no matter how she asked him, he wouldn’t tell her about it, so she was sure that Nick must have said something to him.
But… Yao Zi didn’t understand, her brother was a thick-thinned idiot that was a bit competitive, how could he be so easily faltered by Nick’s words?
“Tell your sister, did Nick say something to you at that time?”
“…”
“Hm… I know, even if I force you, you won’t tell me, but I hope that you understand that he’s a bad person! There’s an ulterior motive for everything he says, and he wants to use you! So… don’t be tricked!”
“Okay, I’m not an idiot, I won’t fall for it that easily, but there’s something I’m curious about.”
“What?”
“What is it like to possess such outstanding talent?”
“Hm… why do you ask?”
“I’m actually jealous, I’ve always wanted to become a strong magician every since I was a kid. When the other kids were outside playing with mud, I was at home reading those incomprehensible magic books and clumsily mediating to one day become strong! But I suddenly realized… I won’t be able to achieve that.”
Xiao Tian actually told Yao Zi his true feelings, even though she still didn’t understand what kind of shock he received to conclude that he would never become a strong magician, but the only things she could do now was to serious answer his question.
“What’s it like… I guess it’s a new experience to love and fear.”
“Yes, the wizard’s bloodline, the dream of all magicians, of course you would come to love it. But… what do you mean by fear?”
“Of course there’s fear! I always thought that I was just a normal girl and would be happy just living peacefully, but someone suddenly told me that I was an extremely rare genius! How could I not be afraid?”
In her worldview, strong people only existed within stories. And within those stories, they were unbelievable heroes who would defeat the evil enemies.
“I’m worried about whether I’ll get involved in trouble? If I have to become a hero to defeat those terrifying enemies? Or perhaps someone will find me and then kill me in a cruel way?”
“Hm… wait, you don’t have enemies, why would you have to be worried about being killed?”
“Because, everyone’s jealous of my wizard’s bloodline, right? So in order to get it, those bad guys might think of ways to catch me, drink my blood, eat my flesh, and take my power!”
“Uh… that’s impossible, it only belongs to you, no one else can take it.”
“Hehe, I came to know later on. Anyways, I was scared at the time. That feeling of suddenly possessing immense power made me scared. I didn’t know whether if I would be able to control it, or would I be controlled by it and make me do something terrible.”
“Hm, that is indeed a problem…”
If a normal person suddenly gained an uncontrollable power, it may not be a good thing and will be like an inner demon. That strong power was like an inner demon buried deep inside that may cause her to lose her conscience and common sense.
“But you didn’t change and are still my kind and gentle sister.”
“Thanks… but that’s because of someone, without them, I would surely be consumed.”
“Is that person… brother Xiao?”
“He, he did indeed help a lot, but it’s not all him. He’s a good person that taught me how to use my power and understand the importance of control.”
“Control?”
“Yes, he said that the strength of the power wasn’t important, it was mainly how you used it. After he said that, I finally understood that I wasn’t strong enough, even if I had the wizard’s bloodline, I was still a dumb girl that can’t be a hero.”
“It seems like you’re very concerned with him…”
“Of course! He isn’t just my friend, but also my teacher! And he’s also so strong, unlike a dumb girl like me he’ll surely become a great hero!”
“So the dumb girl really likes the great hero?”
“Yes! I really like him… eh? W-what are you talking about!? No, I-I just respect him! Look, he’s helped us so much, so naturally I care about him, so I…”
“So you like him!”
Xiao Tian rolled his eyes and interrupted his sister and didn’t want to listen anymore. Although he didn’t want her to leave with another man, but it was different if it was brother Xiao.
But…
“So other than him, who else helped you so that you weren’t afraid of your own power?”
“Of course that’s you!”
“Me?”
“Yes, you!”
“But… why me? I didn’t do anything!”
“Because you’re my brother! Lin Xiao told me that the crucial part of power is how you use it, so if you find the right way to use it, then no matter how strong that power is, it would obediently become my servant and listen to my orders!”
“So, the way you’re using it is…”
“I decided to use this power to protect you, my dear brother!” Yao Zi strongly declared, but became embarrassed after saying it and blushed while glancing at Xiao Tian, afraid he was going to make fun of her.
But he wasn’t in the mood, because he was thinking about her words and understood her thoughts. Yes, Yao Zi never wanted to become strong, so strength was an unnecessary internal demon that made her afraid, but now she found the right way to use it so the power became her loyal helper.
That was a really delightful epiphany… but what can Xiao Tian use his power for?
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