With a sizzle.
A flash of white light nearly blinded me.
In the instant of soul ascension, under the gaze of all beings, I only saw Beatrix’s heart–wrenching face.
She was kneeling, struggling, with tear–filled eyes, pleading for me.
My soul floated to her, “Dear Beatrix, please don’t cry for me. Before I return, please take good care of yourself, and take care
of my
father.”
With a sudden whoosh, accompanied by the system’s final sound, my past and white soul vanished into the alternate world of the book, as if I had never been there.
But it doesn’t matter.
Soon, they will truly feel my presence!
Because I will leave a mark.
A month ago, our family doctor Caspian came to give me a regular check–up and was then called by Genevieve for a pregnancy test.
She also demanded that he check Adeline first before doing my check–up.
Then he complained to me: What’s the point of so many pregnancy tests if the child can’t be born anyway?
I was confused.
Caspian seriously explained: She has been sick for so long, damaging her body. This pregnancy is already a miracle, and there’s no way she can carry to term. Right now, it’s about choosing to save the mother or the child.
I thought, Adeline has already died once, so she would obviously choose to save herself.
But Declan’s family, that’s uncertain.
I was lying in the hospital bed, with a drip in my hand, sipping on milk, holding fresh fruit, and watching a dramatic scene.
This was my second week back in the real world, and I had been unconscious for a whole week due to weakness.
The system had taken me to the best international medical center in the city for treatment, combining both Western and traditional Chinese medicine, to help me recover.
I knew.
If I stayed in the book longer, I would really be living out “having the life to earn but not to spend.”
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So, to preserve my strength, I chose to return and heal.
“Master, have you really decided?”
The system had asked me this multiple times.
“Okay, Master, since you’ve decided, I have to inform you of the consequences.”
I listened intently while removing the last plaster cast.
“If the host insists on returning to the novel world after completing the task, it will break the system’s settings. Not only will the bonuses earned be cleared, but the host will also be forever trapped in the novel world, never able to return.”
“And then…”
The system sounded a bit downcast.
“And then, I won’t be able to serve you anymore, and the novel world will be entirely up to you!”
I thought of this!
But, so what?
I’m an orphan, and staying here, no one would accompany me. Moreover, I can’t even spend the twenty billion bonus alone.
Even if the bonus isn’t cleared, I plan to donate it all to the orphanage. At worst, I’ll earn it back myself.
Anyway, in my world, those who are cruel and unjust must meet their just ends.
The system handed me the last bottle of recovery potion, “Master, the live broadcast has begun. This is the last thing I can do for you.”
I drank the bottle of rebirth potion in one go, and the bruising on my leg started to fade.
Feeling the connection of flesh and bones, I instantly felt energized and unstoppable.
Seeing everything was ready, the system, like a gust of east wind, sent me back to the novel world, vanishing without a trace.
I opened my eyes to see a vast dome made of marble.
Around me were flowers of all colors, yellow, white, red, blue, orange, green, all kinds, filling my vision.
“Caspian! Caspian!”
What a familiar voice!
It’s my father!
Awaking from a dying dream, all my grievances turned into tears, choked with emotion, “Father, I’m sorry for worrying you…”
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The system, sensing that everything was in place and the moment had come, whisked me back to the world of the novel with a mystical breeze, disappearing without a trace.
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When I opened my eyes, I found myself gazing at an enormous vaulted marble ceiling.
All around me were flowers in every color imaginable–yellow, white, red, blue, orange, green–completely filling my view.
“Caspian! Caspian!”
That voice was so familiar!
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That voice was so familiar!
It was my father!
I shot up from what felt like a dream on the brink of death, and all my pent–up emotions turned into tears, making my words catch in my throat, “Father, I’m so sorry for worrying you…”
Just a week ago, I had come out of a coma. Desperate to know Beatrix’s condition, I managed to persuade the system to show me the latest updates from the novel.
Jasper had indeed told me the truth.
He saved Beatrix and my almost lifeless body.
Half a month ago, knowing my end was near, I had Caspian deliver a handwritten letter to Jasper.
I was certain Caspian would help because my father had specifically arranged for him to take care of me.
And Jasper, he was my childhood
“You’re awake, Nora.”
Through teary eyes, I lifted my head fro
my first love.
my father’s shoulder and saw him.
In the sunlight, he seemed to glow with
a golden light.
I blinked away my tears, “You came.”
He nodded with a gentle smile and handed me a flower pot.
A wave of emotion hit me.
It was my pot of wildflowers.
He had saved it too.
“Thank you… thank you…”
I couldn’t hold back any longer, hugging the pot as tears streamed down my face like pearls on a string.
No need to water the flowers’now…
“There, there… don’t be sad,” my father soothed me as he did when I was a child, gently patting my back, “It’s good you’re back. It’s good you’re
back.”
“The pill Caspian gave you that day, I made a tough decision to give it to you!”
My father patiently talked to me.
THE THE
Before I left this book’s world, I used my remaining points to exchange for a short–term life–saving pill. The system had told me it could keep me alive for only a month.
I thought, no matter what, one month would be enough.
“Yes, Miss, I thought I’d never see you again!”
