Book 16: Chapter 39
“You mean… you can still hear the voice?” Mom placed the fruit in her hand down and worriedly looked at me. She touched my forehead and asked, “The link has been cut, so why can you still hear the voice?”
“Maybe it’s a problem with the spring water…?”
”Mom shouldn’t have let you go near it… It’s fine, though. Mommy can interfere a bit. It’s just that there will be some side effects. You might hear Mommy’s voice, but that’s much better than hearing that voice, isn’t it?”
Mom rubbed my head with a smile. She then chanted a curse. My mind went blank. It was a really uncomfortable feeling. Two people did something strange to my memory, yet I had no idea what. If it wasn’t Mommy Vyvyan who was altering my mind, I would fret.
Mommy Vyvyan let go with a smile. She then grabbed hold of my hand and, in a soft tone, stated, “Done, Son. If the voice appears again, Mommy will interfere. Mommy doesn’t know why the spring has chosen you, either. Son, the elven spring is already our Galadriel Tribe’s exclusive mana source, so it’s unlikely to come after our tribe members, yet it’s chosen you. Furthermore, it’s done so many strange things that not even Mommy can understand. There are tall buildings and some… some… something running on the ground.”
“Did you see something, Mom?!” I stood up and grabbed hold of Mom’s hands.
Mom reacted surprised: “I thought you saw it, as well. It’s what the elven spring displayed. Mommy has never seen the world it displayed. There were incredibly tall buildings, crowds, and metal boxes that ran along the streets. Also, I think there was a classroom? Also, also, there were guns that I had never seen before. Mommy doesn’t know what that place is. Perhaps it’s one of humanity’s places. The metal and soil suppressed the mana; therefore, Mommy couldn’t sense any mana activity there, nor does Mommy know where it is. With that said, Mommy doesn’t know why the spring is showing us that sort of place…”
Dumbstruck, I sat back down. I was startled. Mom didn’t know what that place is, but I did. That was the world that I came from. The world that Mom didn’t recognise was where I was born and grew up as Zhu Liangzhe. Mom saw the world I came from.
“Why? Why did the spring show Mom that? Why does the spring relentlessly cling to me? Why…? Why…? What is the spring trying to hint? What does the elves’ god want? I now have my lovers, moms and children here. Do I have to go back now? Where will I end up when I go back? I no longer have a body. I’d just be a wandering soul, wouldn’t I? I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go back. I want to stay with Mom, my wives and children!” I contemplated.