Because she once possessed this forbidden power, she was able to easily take it from Stella’s hands.
The power granted by the gods never truly belongs to mortals; whenever He desires, it can be reclaid.
"..." Stella gazed at her sister, unable to utter a single word for a long ti.
She no longer knew what she should say now.
Stella didn’t even know whom she should hate!
Hate the sister who took everything from her? Or hate the god who beguiled her? Or hate the fate that tornted her?
She rely stared listlessly as her sister took one step after another towards her, gently raising a hand to cradle her cheek.
"Stella, I know you hate , you think I’ve taken everything from you, and that one day we will inevitably kill one another."
"I don’t want to see that kind of ending."
Svanni’s gentle voice whispered secrets she had never shared with anyone else: "In this world, only you are my kin."
The singularity, the most solitary existence within a clan.
They were born out of place with other clan mbers, unrecognized, unaccepted.
Yet due to fate’s caprices, Svanni had a twin sister.
Sharing the sa blood, her half, and her only kin.
Although she never expressed it, Svanni always valued her sister highly.
"At that ti, I didn’t care for anyone else, only for you; I didn’t want to kill you with my own hands... not you alone."
She gazed into her sister’s eyes, whispering without emotion, silently sighing.
"I chose to leave then, partly to avoid Sinful Desire’s gaze, partly to escape this fate."
"I thought, as long as I left, you could gain everything that should have been yours."
If we can only seize from each other by being together, then I chose to forfeit everything and voluntarily withdrew.
Svanni chose to escape.
In the face of destiny, she chose to bow her head and surrender, willingly leaving, abandoning what was supposed to be hers.
However, even with Svanni escaping with such a lowly posture, she still couldn’t escape.
In a world of the strong, the weak never have a choice.
"I just didn’t expect, He did not give up, nor did fate intend to spare us, and you and I have co to this conclusion."
Bitter and angry flashes shadowed Svanni’s eyes.
After centuries of twists and turns, the two sisters ultimately embarked on a path of mutual slaughter.
"When that child ca to the Mist Monastery looking for , sensing her aura, I knew those people were deliberately released by you."
In the beginning, after releasing the soul that was injected into ’Grass Carp Brother’s body, Svanni had already deduced much.
"Realizing... you had been seduced by Him, becoming His tool."
"I finally understood that my evasion caused this entire tragedy."
"Everything, everything is my sin."
Her voice grew softer, and the emotions contained within beca weaker, so much so that even Stella, who was close at hand, could not detect them.
"Therefore, even though I betray others’ trust, I returned here..."
"I must end it all with my own hands."
In a way, Svanni betrayed Herbert’s trust.
Although she ultimately had to kill Stella, she did not fully reveal her true intentions.
Svanni ca here not out of fear of Stella’s revenge but to atone for her sins.
She wanted to grant her sister, tainted by the Evil God’s seduction, redemption, to liberate her truly.
The bloodline of the twins could only end at the hands of the twins.
Svanni’s eyes lowered, hiding the anger in her gaze, as she raised a hand to caress the face of her sister, whose features were unrecognizable, softly speaking, "Stella, don’t continue to lose yourself."
"After being corrupted by Him, you’re no longer yourself."
"This nightmare should awaken."
All of this, it’s ti to end.
After Svanni narrated all these causes and effects, Stella fell into a long silence.
"..."
Stella squinted, carefully looking at the sister before her, whose eyes were filled with sorrow yet whose will was firm, as if truly seeing her for the first ti in life.
For a long ti, she exhaled a deep breath, tilting her head back, looking upwards, as if her gaze pierced through the flesh-covered ceiling to see even higher.
Raising her head, she murmured, "So, what you an to say is... even if unwilling, you still took everything from ?"
Svanni remained silent, then quietly nodded: "If thinking this way makes you feel better, then yes... I indeed did."
Even though this was not Svanni’s original intention, to Stella, she was still a plunderer.
"..."
Stella lowered her head, gazing at Svanni, clenching her teeth: "... I hate you."
"I hate you!"
"Svanni, do you know? I hate you more than anyone else!"
She glared at her sister, growling with a low roar, the flas of anger in her eyes fiercely blazing forth.
Those weren’t excuses to cover up emotions, nor empty words; it was genuine anger and hatred.
No matter the truth behind the facts, the pain she endured for hundreds of years was real.
"Mm, I know."
Facing this animosity, Svanni nodded calmly, revealing a faintly bitter smile.
And after venting her anger, Stella looked at her sister, suddenly smiling with relief.
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