Her Last Words[Completed]

Chapter 16: Finale

Hi Again! Short message to my readers and followers to remind you to keep your health up during this pandemic and stay safe!

As of 4 May, I have deleted Second Chances and am rewriting the sequel, cast in a modern setting.

..Back to the story....(a bit longer chapter as it's the ending! and no song as it's already so long ^^)

"No, she's not."

Chen Ye was stunned by the sight of a purple-robed deity wielding a sword in his right hand and accompanied by Mo, entering the manor.

The Canghe Sword.

Every immortal would recognize this sword. It belonged to the Emperor Lord Donghua. His face as pale as a sheet, Chen Ye knelt before the Emperor Lord. "Your Majesty, forgive me, this inferior earth deity, for not realizing your presence earlier."

If he had been anyone else, Donghua would have pulled him up to his feet. But as he was Chen Ye whom he had been jealous of, Donghua let him continue kneeling on purpose, until he was done speaking.

Chen Ye begged, "This lady here is the love of my life. Please, let me have her."

"No," Donghua said sternly. "She is mine. Do you have the wrong girl? She is Bai Fengjiu, Queen of the Fox Kingdom of Qingqiu, not Aranya."

"Not....Aranya," Chen Ye repeated as if not believing Donghua's words. "But at the end of the event, after Aranya goes to battle, she will be resurrected. So please, let Her Majesty finish the path Aranya took. Once she accomplishes that, Aranya will come back to life and you can all return to where you came from."

Donghua looked at Chen Ye right in the eyes. "Aranya will be resurrected if Fengjiu dies in the battle? HOW can I go through such a risk?"

"Your Majesty, I am not asking her to go to die," Chen Ye replied, still on his knees. "She just needs to pretend to go through the war," he turned towards the broken flask, "and the collection of Aranya's essences will be completed."

"The essences are in my body?" Fengjiu suddenly broke the silence. "That is why I can see her memories?"

"That is correct," Chen Ye said truthfully. "You have now become the flask to carry her essences."

Fengjiu turned to Mo. "Mo Shao," she said, "As you told me, you desire to know the truth of Aranya's death?"

"Yes," Mo Shao answered. "Pray do tell me."

Fengjiu closed her eyes and focused on the last event of Aranya's memories. She realised she was seeing the past memory as Aranya herself. She was accompanied by a man in a white cloak, who had just helped her escape prison. As they left the prison, the man asked her where would be her next destination. She heard 'herself' saying, "to the battlefield. I will take my brother's place in the war."

"I've just rescued you, and now you are seeking your own death?" the man nonchalantly said. "As we are friends, I can only advise you, but it all depends on what you choose to follow."

"He is my brother, the only one in that place I could call my family. The only one who cared for me."

"I know there is no stopping you in this. When do you plan to head out to Xiangli He's camp?"

"First, let me steal half a day of bliss."

Then, Fengjiu saw herself and the man sneaking into a camp, whereby the man knocked the commanding general unconscious and after removing his armor, smuggled him out of the camp under an invisibility spell. Fengjiu had put on the general's armor and  disguised herself as the general with magic, taking his place to lead the army in the war....