Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 131 Madman
"Friend? Who is that person?"

Seeing the strange look in the eyes of the woman in front of her, Claire frowned and asked.

Tessa didn't answer, but just stared at Claire's face blankly.

This made Claire feel a little absurd, as if the "friend" the woman in front of her was referring to was actually her.

In this absurd feeling, a bold idea emerged in Claire's mind. Could it be that Tai Perslan was a time traveler?
"But... how is this possible?" Claire's heart was filled with doubt, her brows furrowed even deeper. Putting aside the question of whether Tai Perslan was a time traveler, based on the past events Jessica had shared, this woman had already been discussing things and opinions on Earth since she was at least fifteen...

At that time, Tai Poslan was still living in a remote orphanage and studying hard!
At that time, Tai Poslan didn't even know "Clea Meazza"!
Claire recalled the time when she merged with the Mist Butterfly, the memories of her life that kept repeating in that desolate and desolate world, and the broken "false memories" that emerged in that cycle.

An indescribable emotion surged in Claire's heart. She stared blankly at the woman in front of her, covering her injured arm and curling up her frail body.

This black-haired, black-eyed woman overlapped with the figure of the blonde, red-eyed girl who had toiled to serve her in her "false memory"...

Could it be that those “false memories” are what really happened in the past?

The memory was so chaotic that it was difficult to distinguish. Claire couldn't help but bite her lips. In the pain, blood stained Claire's lips red.

"Have you tampered with my memory?" Claire asked the woman curled up on the ground in a low voice.

Tessa raised her head, looked at the blood on Claire's lips, and subconsciously licked her dry lips.

Her messy black hair was stained with blood and dirt, sticking to her forehead and side face.

She looked haggard, yet with a hint of nostalgia: "Yes..."

"When I learned that you had become a Nighthawk, I thought... you would one day recall the years that I had concealed with false memories."

"But... what's the point..."

Claire narrowed her eyes, "Why? Why are you doing this?"

The night wind whimpered among the tombstones, and Tessa's soft and gentle voice drifted quietly: "Back then... I hoped that you could live the rest of your life as an ordinary noble girl, rich and peaceful."

"So I concealed the part of my memory that belonged to the Beyonder, and also concealed the 'somewhat difficult' part of our past..."

"But I didn't expect to become a Nighthawk."

"Thai."

"In the two years since you woke up again, do you know why I never let you touch me?"

Tessa looked at Claire.

Claire stood motionless for a long moment before responding in a low voice:
"You said you wanted to wait for a wedding."

Tessa nodded, revealing a sarcastic and bitter smile:

"Actually... I've thought about this more than once. I gave up the luxurious life of the Meazza family, completely fell out with my father, and took care of you alone. Was it... worth it?"

"So when Precia suggested that you choose the subject for the 'reincarnation ritual', I didn't refuse."

"You asked me why I didn't discuss it with you? Haha... At that time, I didn't want to consider your thoughts or your feelings... I just thought that since I had to choose a male body, I would choose yours..."

"This way I don't have to suppress the disgust and disgust that comes from my heart and choose a strange man..."

"This way I can get your body again, which I've always wanted, even if it's in a different form..."

"As for you...I really, really don't want to consider things from your perspective anymore."

Tessa lowered her head and chuckled twice: "Ha...haha. You may be thinking that I'm selfish and calling me a pervert, but that was my truest thought at the time!"

"only……"

"only……"

"After all this happened..."

"It just dawned on me... that my love for you is much greater than I ever thought..."

The woman's soft and gentle voice spoke softly. The feeling of love was ridiculously entangled with madness, as if even her blood flowed with deep affection, but the blood was black.

My heart clearly stopped beating.

But Claire felt as if her heart was being held hostage.

Tessa's tone became more and more urgent:

"But no matter what I do, it can't satisfy the emptiness in my heart..."

"I think I'm going crazy!"

"It was at this time... that they wanted me to return to Tingen to assist Sharon, so I took the opportunity to kill her and take her place."

"Under various arrangements, I succeeded in getting close to you. At that time, I wanted you more than once, and I also had the opportunity to do those things. But every time I had the idea, I felt disgusted when I thought that I was still wearing Sharon's body. So I endured it..."

"I love you."

“But I don’t want to look like someone else.”

While pouring out her emotion, Tessa suddenly stood up from the ground and held Claire's face with one hand.

Claire's mind went blank at this moment.

She should have been able to react.

But she just stood there motionless.

After a brief moment of silence and suffocation.

Claire, somewhat flustered, pushed the woman away.

Tessa, who took several steps back due to the force of the push, laughed softly.

"Crazy...crazy woman..."

Claire looked embarrassed and angry.

But the following scene made her even more angry!
Claire suddenly noticed that the figure of the woman in front of her began to become blurry!
This is the extraordinary ability "Spiritual World Shuttle"!
It turns out that all the confessions just now were just a pretext, and this woman was actually using it to delay her spiritual recovery!

Although Claire reacted at this moment, she had no effective means to interrupt this extraordinary ability!

Claire wanted to pounce on him and grab him, but she knew that this action would not only fail to interrupt his teleportation ability, but would instead cause him to be teleported to his lair.

If the transfer location contained this woman's accomplices, Claire couldn't imagine the consequences of being captured by this crazy woman...

Claire fired at the woman angrily and uncontrollably, but amid the gunfire, the bullets passed through the woman's illusory figure and did not cause any harm to her.

At this moment, Tessa's face, now illusory, was completely free of the worry, regret, pain, and helplessness she had previously displayed. She smiled brightly at Claire, a smile that carried a hint of ambiguity.

"You've forgotten that you once said that beautiful women all lie."

"You've also forgotten that you taught me to tell nine lies and only one falsehood."

"at last……"

"My name is Tessa now."

"Goodbye, Claire."

As the voice fell, the woman's figure completely disappeared in front of Claire.

Only Claire was left clenching her fists tightly in shame and anger.

This... this female liar!

(End of this chapter)