Lucy was conflicted after hearing the Truth from Rose. She couldn't pass a judgnt on what was right and wrong.
After all, Rose's action led to her existence. After a few seconds of pondering, Lucy said, "Still, dad was feeling guilty and obviously depressed too, but he didn't do anything that would ruin your marriage.
While you cheated on him. If your life was ruined because of his… ED, so was his life. Even so, what you did was cruel and inhumane."
Rose nodded slightly and muttered, "You are right."
"And if you truly wanted to start a new life with soone, you could have simply asked for a divorce. Cheating wasn't necessary."
"I had no intention of cheating on Joe. And if I wanted another man in my life, I would have remarried." Rose smiled wryly with a sad look on her face and said, "How in the hell was I supposed to live a happy life while Joe was suffering? Do you think I could ask for a divorce like that?"
"Better than cheating on him," Lucy remarked.
"I had no intention of doing that, but it happened. I won't make excuses and accept the fact that I… wasn't the best at that ti."
Lucy got out of the car and entered the luxurious penthouse. She was carrying Freya with her, so she went straight to her room and relaxed on the bed, thinking about what Rose had told her.
After Rose told Joe about the incident, Joe was heartbroken, and he blad himself. Both of them then discussed what they should do next.
Joe was afraid that Rose would cheat on him again and keep doing it all her life. He was ntally prepared for such a thing.
Joe was ntally weak, which was obvious since he had developed ED over a trauma which occurred mostly because of the society's norm.
Even more so, Joe did not want Rose to waste her life like that. He wanted her to move on and have a life where she could choose her life partner and be truly happy. However, things changed when Joe found out that Rose was pregnant. Even Rose was baffled. Joe and Rose's family congratulated them, but only Joe and Lucy knew the truth. Had Joe divorced Rose at that ti, he would have gotten criticized and shad in public. And as kind as he was, he couldn't reveal the truth about Rose's adultery to anyone.
Thus, they decided to wait until the baby was born.
During that ti, Rose started a small business— targeting females— and taught them important lessons she had learned from her mistakes. She then wrote a book, which beca a hit and was later adopted into a movie.
Rose was praised for her writing, which motivated her to write more. She mainly wrote books sowhat inspired by her life, which added a realism to her stories.
Once Lucy was three years old, Joe and Rose divorced. However, the process wasn't as simple as they thought.
Joe's family didn't like how Rose had gained fa. They considered Rose to be bailing young girls into committing sins, which wasn't the case.
When the divorce was finalized, Joe's family demanded custody of Lucy. Their argunt was that Rose wasn't fit to raise a kid. She couldn't take care of herself in her teen years, so how would she raise Lucy?
Nonetheless, they lost the case because Joe clearly stated that he wasn't interested in having Lucy's custody. Although it wasn't because Lucy was his child. Had Rose told Joe that she didn't want to raise Lucy, Joe would have gladly taken her into custody.
In the last Worldline, Joe had gotten Lucy's custody because Rose had let the fa get over her head. She thought raising Lucy would disrupt her concentration that was needed to write books. She didn't hate Lucy, but the lack of parenting for Lucy got her hated by Lucy.
Things went differently in this world for unknown reasons. 'How co she got my custody?' Lucy wondered.
"I looked into this matter and couldn't find anything major that would change anything in this Worldline. I can't ask anyone either…" she muttered.
Indeed, Lucy had retained the mory of the past Worldline.
"I t Rudy today… It was unexpected. It has been so long… yet, it feels like yesterday. He didn't recognize , though. Does he not have mories of the past, Worldline?" Lucy wondered.
"He should have the sa superpowers as the past Worldline. And the apocalypse… it was different from it was in the Worldline before this one. It changed when the universe was reset."
Lucy had soone who managed to retain her mories from every Worldline and she knew more than anyone about the future. "I will have to stop Rudy from becoming a shadow. I can't let him et Elise and others also. I don't know who might trigger his mories. If it was sothing related to the Blue Moon Fruit, does that an I have to stop him from eting Jane?" Lucy asked herself.
"That is obviously impossible. If Rudy announces his Lordship, the strongest beings of each race will learn of his existence. Jane would naturally know about him. How can I stop them from eting each other?"
[How about discussing the matter with Jane?] a voice said.
Lucy sat up and looked Freya into her eyes.
"So you finally decided to speak, huh?"
[You know that I don't like speaking the human language. But it is necessary. I didn't expect you to et Rudy so soon. It seems that his inner powers are affecting the course of his actions. He will et his harem sooner than expected.
As a celestial being, I can see that his soul is attached to the red strings leading to his soulmates. They will et, no matter what you do. So 'not letting them et' is not an option.]
"This is my first ti hearing about this soulmate thing." Lucy muttered and looked into Freya's eyes with a serious look on her face. "Am I one of his soulmates?"
[I can't answer that. It's against the celestial rules.]
SIGH!
"What do you suppose I should do, then?"
[We need to talk with Jane.]
"How? She is in the vampire world. And she shouldn't be… the princess of the Blue moon yet… right?"
[She was one since birth. It is her fate to beco the princess of the blue moon, and it can't be changed.]
"So we have to find a way to enter the vampire world."
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