Chapter 439: The Future Me Cheated
“How pitiful…”
After Deya performed the dialogue, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for the ‘silly woman’. “Such a devoted woman, why did she have to meet a man who doesn’t love her and only wants to use her?”
“It’s really sad.” Sonya also had sympathy but felt more anger at the woman’s fate and her inability to stand up for herself. “She could fight alongside you, Witch, which means she’s not weak. Why does she have to tie herself to someone? Can’t she live without depending on something? Without liking something, does she have no hope? Why degrade herself to the dust like this?!”
“Sword Princess,” Ashe signaled for Sonya to control her emotions, “not everyone is as strong as you. You are too powerful.”
“I’m not strong. I’m just a fragile girl dominated by you,” Sonya said, still rubbing his shin with her stockinged foot. “And what are two-wing spellcasters if not strong—”
“When I say strong, I don’t mean in terms of power,” Ashe explained. “Not just you, Sword Princess, but also you, Witch. You both are ‘strong’ in the sense of your life’s purpose—you can savor every dish that fate serves you.”
“Maybe you don’t think it’s worth being proud of, but life is like a buffet. Not everyone can keep eating.”
“I know two people: one of them ate something so terrible that ever since, he adds sugar and spice to everything, giving up on tasting the food, numbing his taste buds with the intensity and waiting for the day it kills him; the other person never ate crap, but he found the canteen environment to be a toilet, so he stopped enjoying the food and instead focused on adding crap to everyone else’s dishes, as only then could he find joy in life.”
“Then, there are many who give up on themselves, living aimlessly, or even ending their lives early—because they consecutively ate several dishes as bad as crap at the buffet and don’t want to eat anymore. If you tell them to live seriously, their response would be, ‘What, you want me to keep eating crap?’”