Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1426 - 212 Nellie’s Plan

"Big sister, big sister," Lina stretched out her hand, waving it in front of Catherine and whispered, "Wake up, wake up, fainting at a time like this is really too embarrassing."

"Stop messing around." Catherine finally came back to her senses from her daze and swatted away the priest girl’s hand before her: "Knowing it’s embarrassing, you still say I fainted, I didn’t faint at all, I was just, just feeling a bit... unreal."

"You didn’t faint? Are you really my big sister? You’re not some creature in disguise, are you?" Lina deliberately feigned suspicion but wisely kept her distance from Catherine, teasing her, "Actually, even if you fainted, we would understand. To discover that the object of your utmost admiration is actually the Deity who has been watching over you for so long, such spiritual joy could definitely make most people pass out. Hehe, big sister, how about it, tell us your thoughts right now, how does it feel to be watched over by your idol?"

"Is this true?" Catherine ignored Lina’s intentional teasing and stared intently at Pannis to question him, "The one watching over me is really Lady Nellie? You couldn’t have made a mistake, could you?"

"After guessing what state Nellie is in now, I already figured that she was the one watching over you," Pannis shrugged and said, "If any Deity would watch over you, it definitely would be her, not some other deity. The conviction you share is so similar, how could she not pay attention to a knight who has inherited all of her convictions and continues down the path she once trod? So, I really don’t think I’ve got this wrong."

"Kyle is right," Luscia suddenly lifted her head from her front paws and said, "Nellie is the Deity who watches over you. Starting more than ten years ago, when you were still a child, she has been keeping an eye on you. Over the years, many times she has used the medium of your faith and admiration for her to cast her gaze through the barriers of worlds onto you, watching you grow bit by bit into an exceptional knight, watching you become the heir she is most pleased with."

"Lady Nellie is pleased with me?" At this moment, Catherine utterly lost her usual maturity and calm, like a child about to receive her favorite toy, and asked full of anticipation, "I, I’ve had my moments of doubt, and several times I almost took the wrong path. I’ve always thought that such failings would disappoint Lady Nellie and render me unworthy of inheriting her convictions and path."

"No one can guarantee their will shall always remain unwavering, and no one can ensure they never take the wrong path – didn’t even the perfect Kyle make a mistake before Danacus?" Luscia shook her massive skull, seemingly unbothered about exposing someone’s scars: "Taking the wrong path isn’t scary; as long as you realize your mistake and strive to find the right path, that is what counts, and doubt is even less frightening as only by traversing through doubts can one’s will grow firmer. In fact, regarding you, even Finche doesn’t know, Nellie and I have discussed it a few times during our casual chats. I also felt that compared to her, you were still immature and your conviction wasn’t firm enough, then she said that sentence I just mentioned, and she added that she also advanced step by step from uncertainty to firmness. Seeing you, she felt as if she was looking at her past self."

"Thump," Catherine clenched her right fist and struck it heavily against her breastplate, standing straight as a thrown spear, head held high she declared loudly, "I will not fail Lady Nellie’s expectations; as long as I live, I will take her as my model, and carry on Lady Nellie’s convictions and path."

"Hmm, take her as a role model," Freya said, shrinking to one side and sneaking a piece of honey cake into her mouth, whispering in the lowest voice to Vivian beside her, "To imitate one’s role model, you first fall in love with the same... Ahhhhh, that was my only food supply left, I was wrong, sister, I really was, please no."

"Cough, cough, the weather is really nice today," Pannis coughed a few times and said with a very serious expression, "The issue Catherine just raised isn’t really a point of suspicion, actually. The death aura accumulated by the undead in this world has led to Danacus’s resurrection. As a deity’s will, Danacus in turn makes the death aura even denser, supporting the activities of more and more undead. The effects of both sides are intertwined, and it’s difficult to separate them. Theoretically, the Energy of Death here might not be enough to support the free movement of so many undead, but with the support of Danacus’s will, it becomes possible. However, when Danacus fell, the undead lost their support, and the energy of Death each undead possessed could no longer enable their free movement, so they all fell. But after many years, when this energy of Death was redistributed, the undead could move again using the energy of Death, just in reduced numbers. So you see, there’s no contradiction between the two."

"Your way of changing the subject is still terrible," Lina bared her pearly white teeth and made a biting gesture, "But what you’re saying does make a lot of sense, the two don’t contradict each other indeed."

"Yes, since Lady Nellie has said so, I think there can be no mistake, after all, she was in control of the Divine Power of Death at that time," Finche affirmed, "However, with her character, knowing that the World of the Dead is a hidden threat to the Yarran Continent, she couldn’t possibly stand by and do nothing, letting the undead spread limitlessly in this world again, ultimately leading to a tragedy. So, she started thinking a long time ago about a way to completely resolve the threat of the undead to the Yarran World."

"I remember the little lion saying a word, trying to block a river is hard to do, but directing it where you need it to go is much easier," Pannis nodded, "So the first thing she did was resolve the fundamental contradiction between the undead and the living. No wonder she worked hard to transform the undead, making them completely different from before."

"Exactly, that’s why you can see a normal world belonging to the undead here," Finche sighed, "Although I was still hostile toward the undead at that time, I had to admit that her methods were indeed effective, and fair enough. She not only solved the hidden undead threat for the living, but also ensured the propriety of the undead. Now, these undead can coexist completely with the living, no, more than that, many unique aspects of the undead are precisely what the living need, so the living need to actively ensure the interests of the undead in exchange for their assistance. This is a win-win situation."

"Is this what she talked about with you the first time you met?" Pannis asked, "It seems she made her decision a long time ago."

"Only partly," Finche shook his head, "That’s just the first step."