Chapter 550
“What... do you mean by that?”
After a long silence, Terra finally managed to force her stiff lips to move.
“You seem to believe that a wish must be more desperate than anything else. That’s probably why when I first asked you, you said you didn’t have anything that could be called a wish.”
A wish was something that couldn’t be easily achieved or replaced—like Eun-Ha said, Terra thought it had to be something above all else that was born from utter desperation. And because of that, it had always been so difficult for her to find one.
“A goal so elusive that you could search for it your entire life and still not find it. What could be more desperate than hoping to find something like that?”
“B-but...”
“Do you really think this is that contradictory?”
“...”
Facing Eun-Ha’s calmness, Terra could only remain silent in affirmation. Still... how could the act of searching for a wish turn into the wish itself? How could it be something so paradoxical and shallow when wish meant to define oneself?
“I suppose this may differ from person to person... but personally, I don’t believe that we could have only one genuine wish.”
Eun-Ha’s voice became quiet as her gaze lingered on Terra, recalling a memory from long ago.
“Until just a year ago, I solely wished to become a Perfect One. I single-mindedly believed that was the only way I could break free of those who had shackled me and finally become truly free.”