Naturally, Henrietta was apologizing for exposing Empyrean Scarletsea's existence and risking the spread of her unique soul constitution.
Empyrean Scarletsea had strictly warned her to hide her innate specialty many tis since it could draw the unwanted attention of high-level Divine Beings and threaten their lives.
However, Henrietta still chose to rely on Empyrean Scarletsea to send Great Devil Balmodan away.
More importantly, Empyrean Scarletsea couldn't even get angry at Henrietta since her action coincided with her own wish. Otherwise, she wouldn't have lent her empyrean aura to her.
'There's nothing to be sorry for. It was the most logical choice to make, my dear disciple,' Empyrean Scarletsea softly sighed in Henrietta's mind.
'These Great Devils have been comfortably used to others following their wills for countless thousands of years. We wouldn't have been able to send the Immortal Lycan King back to his territory if we couldn't scare him into believing how powerful we are.'
'Fortunately, exerting so empyrean aura was all it took to scare him off,' Empyrean Scarletsea added.
It would have been troubleso if Balmodan had gone to the moon to look for Vaan and find out about its secrets.
'Master, there's sothing this disciple doesn't understand. I hope you can enlighten ,' Henrietta suddenly requested.
Empyrean Scarletsea hesitated for a mont, but she eventually consented with a sigh. 'What don't you understand?' Empyrean Scarletsea asked, but she could more or less guess what her disciple wanted to talk about.
'In the past, you used to advise to stay away from love strictly and lecture on how it would only give a lifeti of pain and sadness if my partner couldn't match my talent. Yet, you forced into dual cultivation with Vaan,' Henrietta ntioned.
'Although you told it was beneficial for my cultivation, you hardly made any effort to remind not to fall in love. You should have felt the feelings growing inside my heart over ti, Master. But to date, you still chose not to lecture on it.'
'You've even made teach him your True Divinity-rank cultivation thod. Then, there's this instance where you also prioritized Vaan's benefits over our own. You didn't try to stop at all.'
'From the start, the one you have been trying to help was Vaan and not . Ever since we t him, I have beco your second priority, Master. No matter how much I think about it, I can't figure out why you treat him so well.'
'I an, I can see that you hold a great deal of feelings for him. However, I don't understand how you co to have more feelings for him than , his officially wedded wife,' Henrietta stated.
Empyrean Scarletsea was silent for so ti before she quietly confessed, 'Because he is the reincarnation of my one and only love, husband, and partner for life, Vanitas.'
'Huh?' Henrietta was imdiately stunned and confused.
Although her master gave her a straightforward answer, it also raised even more questions.
'But how do you know if Vaan is the reincarnation of your Vanitas, Master? And if he was, why didn't he recognize you? Furthermore, I thought you hated him because he betrayed you?'
Henrietta frowned with endless questions.
'My dear disciple, Vanitas and I have spent entire lifetis together. Do you think I wouldn't recognize his unique soul when I see it, given my level of existence? Also, reincarnations aren't guaranteed to rember their past lives,' Empyrean Scarletsea softly replied.
'It was true that Vanitas betrayed . However, I never have explained to you how exactly he betrayed , did I? I guess I should have explained that to you first. It was because he broke his promise to . We were supposed to share life and death, but when the ti ca, he selfishly sacrificed himself to let live.'
'That is why I resent him but never hate. Vanitas is the one person I can never hate. I only have respect and endless love for him. You see, he wasn't just my husband but also my master.'
'He cured my illness when no one else could, took in when I had no one else, and even taught knowledge that no one else knew. It may have started out as respect and gratitude, but that was how I fell in love with him.'
'Of course, it was forbidden to fall in love with one's master or disciple back in that era. However, I wasn't soone easily swayed by the words of others, not after I had already experienced the lowest point of my life.'
'That said, it still took a thousand years of pursuit before my master finally accepted my feelings and beca my partner for life. I still rember that mont vividly as the happiest day of my life,' Empyrean Scarletsea reminisced, feeling bittersweet.
She lost count of how many won she had to shoo away from her master when she was still his disciple. If not for her diligent effort, her master most likely would have had many wives and lovers.
Alas, happiness couldn't last forever. Everything went wrong with his first death.
'Hm? Master, that is strange...'
'What is?'
'I understand that Master and Mister Vanitas were a golden couple during your era, and it was very painful to lose him. However, he died very early on while you lived billions of years longer than him. Wouldn't such a long passage of ti numb the pain of your loss?' Henrietta ntioned.
'If only it were that simple, my dear disciple,' Empyrean Scarletsea sadly sighed before saying, 'It might have been true if I only lost Vanitas once. However, Vanitas shared a sad
fate.'
'What do you an, Master?' Henrietta asked curiously.
'What if I told you that throughout those billions of years, I desperately searched for Vanitas's reincarnations, only to have him die in my arms every ti?' Empyrean Scarletsea sighed
sadly.
'The cruel heavens never seem to let his reincarnations live past a hundred years no matter what I do to prevent them...'
Henrietta imdiately froze in shock. When she tried to imagine herself in such a situation, she couldn't help but shiver in fear.
She wasn't sure if her heart could take it if she had to watch her loved one die over and over for billions of years. Yet, her master was able to do it without fail until her body was destroyed and her soul scattered.
She couldn't even begin to imagine the difficulty of searching for the reincarnations of Vanitas across the universe every ti.
The ti and effort put into it must have been astonishing.
Furthermore, the reward for said ti and effort was limited ti with her loved one-only to watch him to so cruel fate over and over again.
Empyrean Scarletsea's undying deep love for Vanitas shocked Henrietta and made her wonder whether she deserved Vaan.
At the sa ti, she was also worried about whether Vaan could live past a hundred years. Why did Vanitas have to suffer such a cruel fate?
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