Xin Yu looked at Kallen, who was lying before him, completely motionless like a salted fish, his expression somewhat helpless.
"I'm truly sorry. Perhaps I did something wrong, which caused Sakura to have some mental issues, leading to this situation."
Xin Yu's face was filled with apology. He truly hadn't expected Yae Sakura to become like that after he was only gone for a short while...
However... Xin Yu shifted his gaze to his countdown timer. He looked at it with some confusion, noticing that it wasn't decreasing rapidly.
Originally, he had planned to resolve this matter quickly and then send Future Yae Sakura back. After all, when he had previously sent Uncle Siegfried back to the past to meet his younger self, the time deducted had been particularly significant, even decreasing rapidly every second.
But when he recovered from the state of full-body paralysis, he found that his countdown timer wasn't deducting quickly at all. What was going on? Why were his abilities becoming more and more baffling? He thought he had found some patterns, but it seemed things had changed again.
After an hour-long discussion, Future Yae Sakura had recounted everything that originally happened. She also described her experiences when she met Xin Yu in the future and explained the severe after-effects of Xin Yu's time travel, as she had personally witnessed him collapse to the ground, vomiting blood, his face extremely pale, and even unable to move his body much.
"I will not fall in love with that woman named Kallen like you did. The only one I love is my Lord God. He is the sole salvation in my life; he is my light."
Looking at her past self's determined gaze, Future Yae Sakura smiled and said, "In fact, I have already given up on that relationship. The reason Kallen and I were together was simply because I yearned for Kallen's warmth. That was the only solace I found after losing everything. But it's different now. Now, the one who saved me, who gave me a more beautiful future, is him."
"My past self, I am no longer qualified to start a new relationship. I am no longer a pure miko; my heart has been tainted. I am not qualified to love a god."
"But you still have that qualification. You can completely accompany Lord God. If you love him, you must say it out loud. There's something not right with Lord God's heart."
"Right now, he seems to only care about others' happiness, completely disregarding his own... This kind of mentality is wrong. If this continues, it will only result in those he saved achieving happiness and fulfillment, while he alone continues to walk in lonely darkness. He has become the sun that brings light to others, but he himself is constantly decaying."
"As for me... Please, in place of this immature miko, love your god well."
......
Xin Yu looked at Kallen, who was wrapped up like a mummy from head to toe, with only her head uncovered. He kept a straight face, but the slight twitching at the corners of his mouth showed he was about to lose his composure.
"Sorry... Sister Kallen's original wounds reopened, and some new ones were inflicted by sister... Rin hasn't used bandages much and isn't very good at it, so this was the best she could do. I'm really sorry."
Yae Rin, blushing, squatted to the side in embarrassment. Kallen, wrapped up tightly, opened her mouth, wanting to comfort the young girl, but then looked at her own tightly bound state and helplessly rolled her eyes, ultimately deciding not to say anything.
"Lord God, who is that person who looks exactly like my sister and has two long ears on her head?" Yae Rin curiously asked Xin Yu beside her. He coughed, snapping out of his suppressed laughter, and said, "This involves many things. Just consider her your future sister."
"Wow! As expected of Lord God, to be able to bring a future sister to the present!" Yae Rin, who harbored no doubts about the god's great power, immediately believed Xin Yu's words, her eyes filled with adoration.
As for Kallen lying on the ground, she completely disbelieved any talk of the future. However, the people here seemed to have an exceptionally strong faith in gods, so it was best she didn't voice her thoughts, or she might get hacked at again.
Kallen had already grasped the principle of "the less said, the fewer mistakes; saying nothing means no mistakes."
At this moment, both the future and present Yae Sakuras emerged from the room where they had been talking. Future Yae Sakura looked at Kallen, who was wrapped up on the ground with an expression of utter despair, and a smile couldn't help but appear on her face.
Past Yae Sakura, however, completely ignored the woman on the ground and went straight to Xin Yu's side. She knelt and looked at his still somewhat pale face, instantly feeling a pang of heartache.
"Lord God, I have heard everything about the future. And now, could you please listen to the answer from me, your miko?"
Xin Yu nodded, looking intently at Yae Sakura before him, awaiting her response.
Yae Sakura looked at Xin Yu, at this face she had accompanied for several years, the face she had longed to touch through countless days and nights.
"Sakura doesn't understand so many grand principles, nor does she understand why Lord God completely disregards himself, willing to sacrifice so much just to help everyone achieve happiness."
"When I was at my most desperate, when I most yearned for a god to appear, you appeared before me. Using power no different from a god's, you saved me, saved Rin, from the brink."
"From that moment, I regarded you as the god we believe in. Then, on the very next day, after that day, you saved me once more. You saved the darkness in my heart, forgave my sins, fundamentally overturning the mistakes I had once made. From then on, only your figure remained in my heart."
Xin Yu's eyes widened slightly as he looked at Yae Sakura in disbelief.
"I am the miko of a god. You are my life's sole faith, the god to whom I shall dedicate my entire life..."
"All these years, I've actually wanted to express the thoughts in my heart, to vent my emotions, to speak out the feelings I have for you. But you are a god, and I am merely a mortal miko. I was afraid... I was afraid I wasn't worthy of you."
"But now, I've learned from my future self about the sacrifices Lord God has made... Just to save a stranger, you risked your life, completely disregarding your own body! How can one not worry about such a you!"
"You said my future would hold a happy love, but the future has already been changed!"
Yae Sakura took a deep breath, the fervent emotion in her eyes so intense that Xin Yu felt the need to look away, to escape.
But Yae Sakura directly reached out, held Xin Yu's face, and under his utterly shocked expression, the miko lowered her head and deeply kissed her god.
"Lord God, my greatest happiness is to be by your side."
"I... deeply love you."
Xin Yu touched his lips, his expression stunned.
PS: At this moment, a Little Chu Nan who has never even been in a relationship squats in a corner drawing circles.