Chapter 600 - 416: Silent Days (3)
Old Ferrero spoke slowly, making an effort to lay out the entire sequence of events that led to this moment for the two children. Even when the girl’s face turned pale, he took the time to comfort her. "This cannot be true, Your Excellency, Anmi is a human, a living person."
Desperation filled the boy’s face. He looked at Ferrero, hoping to find the smile of a successful deception on his face.
But all he could see was the guilt written across Old Ferrero’s face, "I am sorry, Sayer Jon, but everything I’ve told you is true. Anmi Dor, she was a child grown in a lab, and she doesn’t know herself, because all her memories before entering the orphanage were fabricated."
"How can this be! How can they do this!" The boy turned his head to look at the girl on the bed, his voice filled with despair, "Anmi, what’s wrong with Anmi, if she is not human, how can she still fall ill?"
"Her body was created, it’s not a normal life from the start, she could only live five to ten years. Based on our investigation, Anmi entered the orphanage eight years ago," Old Ferrero said with a sigh, "Regarding Anmi’s condition, we are powerless. I am sorry, children."
Malin saw the girl’s face overcast with despair, and just as he felt he ought to do something, the boy suddenly grabbed the girl’s hand, "Anmi, don’t despair, I am here for you, let’s get married."
Initially, the girl struggled, but when the boy said the word ’marriage’, she first grew silent, then struggled even more fiercely.
"No, Sayer, I am a created monster, how can you marry a monster!" she cried, trying to pull her hand out of the boy’s grasp.
But in the end, he still pulled her into his embrace.
"We will always be together, do not cry, not even the gods can take you away from me," the boy said.
Malin let out a sigh of relief—it seemed the child had made his choice. Well then, Malin decided to give them a chance. He knocked on the door gently and, turning his attention to the two children who looked up at him, said, "Anmi, Sayer, I heard what you said. I have a method that might allow Anmi to live longer, but there’s a price to be paid. Sayer, are you willing to give up your life?"