After the rain, the sky cleared.
The sky was clear as washed, and a rainbow hung in the distance, looking very beautiful.
Feili’s mood also improved a lot at this time. A breeze came toward her, cool against her skin. The air was no longer stuffy, and it felt much fresher now.
She felt somewhat vexed.
Her personality seemed to always be a little hot-headed and stubborn. Only after the fact, once she calmed down again, would she realize that some of her actions had been inappropriate. Clearly, there could have been a better solution at that time.
But in the end, she had still been overwhelmed by emotion.
She… had made Lu Mo sad again, hadn’t she?
Not long ago, Lu Mo had even gone out specially to get her a cake, wanting to happily celebrate her birthday.
Lu Mo had put so much effort into this birthday and prepared a mysterious gift for her.
But at that time, she had been questioning Lu Mo, pressing her aggressively.
In the end, she had actually run out without looking back.
She felt that she should apologize properly to Lu Mo.
‘What should I say when I go back?’
Feili kept thinking about how she should apologize to Lu Mo when she went back.
She thought that Lu Mo should be at home now. Along the way, she had not seen Lu Mo. As she got closer and closer to home, she actually felt a little nervous again.
What was Lu Mo doing now?
Would she be sitting on the sofa, sad alone?
Or would she be standing by the window the whole time, waiting for her to return?
After seeing her return home, she would smile again.
As if nothing had happened, she would hurry over to her at that moment.
Then, taking her hand, she would lead her back to the dining table.
At the table, candles had already been placed on the sweet-smelling cake.
Waiting only for her to come back and make a wish.
Yes.
Lu Mo was always so gentle.
No matter what mistakes she made, no matter how excessive her actions were, in the end, Lu Mo would always forgive her.
Still smiling at her there, waiting for her to return.
Before she knew it, Feili had walked back to the front door.
She mustered her courage and was about to knock.
“Huh?”
But then, she saw that the door did not seem to be completely closed, and was left ajar.
This actually made her breathe a sigh of relief.
No need to knock.
And no need to face Lu Mo right away and say something.
“I’m back–“
So she pushed open the door and went inside.
***
Lu Mo regained some consciousness.
Her limbs were still somewhat numb, with a tingling pain. Her mind was heavy and foggy.
She remembered.
Not long ago, because her emotional fluctuations had been too great, it caused the wound in her chest to relapse.
As the pain struck, she quickly lost the ability to move and fainted.
At this moment, her chest did not hurt as much.
The flame had stabilized again and suppressed the injury.
However, because of the previous relapse, the flame in her chest was a bit weaker than before, and its suppression of the wound was clearly not as good as before.
The time for the wound to revive and erupt might be moved earlier because of this.
It was okay. As long as she had survived, that was enough.
Lu Mo thought.
At this moment, her senses were recovering.
She had fainted in the heavy rain.
But as her senses recovered, she did not feel any coldness or wetness.
On the contrary, she actually felt a warmth.
She seemed to be lying on a soft bed.
“Huh?”
She made a faint sound with her dry throat.
Was it Feili?
Had Feili found her and carried her back to the bed at home?
“My lady, she’s awake! Young Miss Mo’er is awake!”
But what she heard at this moment was an unfamiliar female voice.
Soon, the other person hurried out in a fluster to call someone.
Then, the sound of high heels striking the floor rang out.
A figure walked into the room and came toward Lu Mo.
The way the other person addressed her was not Lu Mo either.
But a name that felt unfamiliar to her.
Lu Mo also tried hard to open her eyes at this moment.
The world in her eyes was very blurry.
And at this moment, she saw a young woman standing by the bed.
Because of her agitation, the woman covered her mouth, her body trembling, tears glistening in her eyes.
Lu Mo spoke with difficulty, wanting to get up.
“You are…”
At this moment, the woman could no longer hold back, and actually bent down and embraced Lu Mo.
“Mo’er…”
She spoke, choking with sobs.
Tears dripped down at this moment, wetting Lu Mo’s pajamas.
“Mo’er, good child… finally… I found you…”
After a while.
The woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled apologetically at Lu Mo. “Did I scare you just now? I was just too excited.”
“It’s just… I’m really sorry, because I haven’t seen you for almost twenty years.”
“N-no… it’s fine.”
Lu Mo shook her head slightly, also trying hard to think about the current situation.
What was this supposed to be?
Had they gotten the wrong person?
Or was this some new kind of scam?
Her name was Lu Mo.
Lu Mo spoke again.
“The name Mo’er… or rather, have you gotten the wrong person?”
“I am not Mo’er. Could you have gotten the wrong person?”
“Lu Mo Surtur.”
She asked again.
“No, I definitely have not gotten the wrong person.”
The woman shook her head. “Your appearance, the wound on your chest, there is no mistake.”
“Mo’er, have you really forgotten me?”
“I am your aunt, Jielio.”
“When you were little, I even taught you Fireball. You learned it right away, and even set my hair on fire.”
The woman made a gesture of casting a fireball and shook her hair.
But Lu Mo still looked completely bewildered.
At this moment, Jielio seemed to realize something, and her expression turned dim.
“So… you lost your memories of the past?”
As she spoke, she gradually became somewhat angry again.
“That’s right… when you were little, you suffered such a serious injury.”
“Mephistopheles… all of this is thanks to you.”
“Mephistopheles?”
This pronunciation was somewhat similar to Hephaes.
‘Dad?’
“Mephistopheles?”
Lu Mo repeated the name from the woman’s mouth.
“That’s right, this is your father’s name.”
The woman said, becoming even more furious.
“That is the name of an unforgivable person, a name that should be nailed to the pillar of shame. He is your father, but he is also the one who caused your wound, and all the suffering that followed–“
Meanwhile.
Feili sat alone at the dining table.
In the entire house, there was no one else but her.
On the dining table was a carefully wrapped cake that had still not been opened.
Feili stared blankly at the cake.
Cake…
It had probably gone bad already, hadn’t it?
Because several days had already passed.
During these two days, Feili had asked many people and searched many places, but had not been able to find Lu Mo.
She had also thought of using her own life flame to confirm Lu Mo’s location.
But whether it was because something had gone wrong with the flame in Lu Mo’s chest, or some other reason.
She actually could not sense any response.
For the first time.
She pushed open the door, but inside, no one was waiting for her to return.
And for the first time as well.
Lu Mo had suddenly, without any warning, disappeared from her world.