They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 548 Extra Chapter (13): A Pair of Star-crossed Lovers

The news on March 7th disappointed Nefer.

Even after the girl transforms and dons an "evil" color scheme, the innocence in her eyes remains undiminished; such people are usually telling the truth.

So Nefer turned to look at Demügge, who had a stronger grasp of technique.

However, Demosisto is also unable to help in understanding the destiny of memory.

As the original computational target of the scepter δ-me13, it is a life form that nurtures itself.

After being contaminated by the star's core, it fell into a long slumber as a seed of memory.

Manipulating memory pathways is instinctive for Demogue. If you insist on asking her how she was born with memory pathways, she can only blink her big eyes and look at you before saying...

"This is a talent that girls are born with."

Faced with one person who had been empowered and two users of the "innate knowledge" destiny, Nefer was quite helpless.

Therefore, Nefer could only continue to look at the past of the Moon Hunters, hoping to experience the immense power of March 7th and see if she could comprehend the destiny of her memories.

Thus, Sorindis's story continued.

Uro, a young man from the Crimson Moon Clan, pointed out the true identity of the Moon Hunters to Solindis without hesitation.

The executioner who continued to slaughter the remnants of the Crimson Moon Clan was none other than Raelil, who publicly claimed to be a soldier of the Royal Guard.

Sorindis was truly terrified by Raelil's true identity.

She and Rael have been living together for some time now, and the only thing missing for them to become husband and wife is a formal wedding.

As it turned out, the person she was hiding from day and night was her own husband. The fact that Solindis didn't break down emotionally is enough to prove that she is a very strong person.

Moreover, after the initial shock, Solindis quickly regained her composure.

Her love for Raelil was genuine, and as a researcher at the Institute of Deep Secrets, she was adept at using rational thinking.

Although Uro was her compatriot, Solindis did not know him before. He had only verbally revealed Raelil's true identity without any evidence.

From a rational perspective, this level of accusation is not advisable.

It's like when you're traveling and meet a stranger from your hometown, someone you only know by their accent and past relationships.

If someone immediately tells you that your husband is a murderer, you're either either stupid or you've had conflicts with your husband for a long time.

So, Solindis immediately frowned, leaned back, crossed her arms in a subconscious defensive posture, and then asked...
"Why are you suddenly telling me all this? What do you want?"

Uro, the child, was clearly blinded by hatred, and said angrily.
“It’s simple, I want you to kill him.”

He won't be on guard against you. Whether you poison him or accidentally stab him, you should be able to kill him easily.

Uro's request was exceptionally unreasonable, and Solinti refused without hesitation.

"That's impossible! I would never do such a thing!"

Solindis refused to assassinate Raelil, and Uro immediately became agitated, accusing her of...

"So you're just going to stand by and watch us be slaughtered? Don't forget, the blood of the Crimson Moon flows in your veins too!"

Despite Uro's compelling righteousness, Solindis remained calm and spoke frankly.

"Bloodline... What's the point of talking about bloodline now that the dynasty has been gone for so long?"
Moreover, the claim that Rael is a Moon Hunter is only your side of the story.

I will investigate his true identity.

However, even if it turns out that what you said is true, I will not hurt him.

"As long as you stop hoping to restore your kingdom... I can try to persuade him, or have him persuade the Black King."

Solindis's words infuriated Uro, who then launched a furious attack on the Black King, accusing him of only wanting the answer to the secret of the Crimson Moon and now being obsessed with power outside the world, saying he would bring about his own destruction sooner or later.

However, Solindis remained unmoved.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Solindis, Uro could only leave with the words, "It's alright if you can't bring yourself to do it. Just watch, it won't be long... disaster is coming," before slipping into the shadows of the street.

As Solindis watched Uro disappear, her entire body relaxed, and she leaned against the wall, trembling as she muttered to herself.

"The Moon Hunters... If it's true, Raelil, you've really been hiding a remarkable secret."

But... I have no right to complain. How much better am I? I've never revealed my background either...

Love should be honest, but our love was born from lies.

That Viserfnir must have known all this before making the prophecy.

But I will never stand idly by and watch disaster strike; I will do everything in my power to protect everything that cannot be lost.

Solindis is really strong. She has already made up her mind that even if Rael is really a Moon Hunter, she will still love him. All she can do is try her best to protect their little family.

Solindis's story ends here, and the next memory returns to Raelil's perspective.

However, this memory only records Rayleigh's daily work as a Moon Hunter.

In fact, as a Moon Hunter, Rayleigh didn't have many Red Moon remnants who were truly worthy of his personal attention.

His daily work is actually similar to that of an office clerk: he receives orders from above, is responsible for reviewing and filing them, and then his subordinates get things done.

Only when they encounter something they truly cannot handle will Rael step in.

However, as a mentally sound person, he became quite confused about his actions as more and more documents about the deceased accumulated on his desk.

The following memories are all similar daily routines.

Among these events, Raelil sought out Visavernil again, hoping to learn about the prophecy concerning his wedding.

However, Viserfnir ultimately only gave Raelil one piece of advice: if he wanted his love to have a good ending, he should find a different marriage partner.

Raelil would obviously not accept this answer, just as Solindis loved him, he also truly loved Solindis.

All I can say is that they are an unfortunate couple, without any doubt.

Raelil's subsequent memories consisted of repetitive daily routines, but the prophecy of Viserfnir constantly echoed in his ears, accompanied by his whispered words of dissuasion, relentlessly tormenting Raelil's mind.

Occasionally, there will also be some memories from Solindis's perspective.

Solindis's memories are not complicated; she has been using her income to help the Red Moon survivors.

Therefore, she quickly confirmed Rayleigh's true identity from the trustworthy remnants of the Crimson Moon.

However, she had already decided to continue keeping their secret so that she could continue living her current life.

Even though she was beginning to fear that one day her relationship with Rael would be exposed and he would kill her, Solindis still maintained her original self in her daily life.

However, as time went on, more and more of the Crimson Moon survivors were killed, and those who had been helped by Solindis began to wonder why she didn't kill Rael or leave him. Solindis silently endured this and continued to advance her research on the Rainbow Moon Essence.

As a descendant of the Crimson Moon, she knew that as early as the Crimson Moon Dynasty, researchers had confirmed that lunar marrow was related to the authority of a certain god, and that it led to a special space.

Solindis discovered that time could be reversed within this special space.

She believes this is the solution to her current predicament.

As a result, she devoted most of her energy to her research and even reduced the time she spent at home, which naturally stabilized her relationship with Rael for the time being.

This calm continued until Raelil received the order to kill Solindis, which finally broke the ice on his end.

Fortunately, Rael did not disappoint Solindis.

Upon receiving the order to capture Solindis, Raelil's loyalty to the Black King was instantly consumed by his long-standing self-blame and anger.

In fact, as long as Solindis is not touched, Raelil will not question the Black King at all. Although he feels guilty, he has long been numb to killing.

Unfortunately, the Black King was unaware of all this. He had gone completely mad, and he wanted to capture and torture any survivors of the Crimson Moon to extract their secrets.

Thus, Rayleigh, who was on the defensive, began to outwardly comply with the Black King's orders but inwardly defy them. Not only did he not take action against Sorindis, he even began to deliberately let the remnants of the Crimson Moon go.

However, Rael was not stupid. In order to mislead his superiors, he deliberately took charge of the capture of the Red Moon remnants, so that he could have an excuse to delay the capture of Solindis.

Because the order came from above to arrest the remnants of the Crimson Moon, the decision on how to arrest them and who to arrest first rested with Rael.

During this time, Rael also released Freyr, who was suspected to be an ancestor of Arecino.

This process continued until the turning point in Teyvat's history, the Cataclysm of Kanria.

Everyone witnessed Rayleigh being invited by Dainesreb during this cataclysm, joining forces with [Gold] Rhinedoth, [Extremely Evil Knight] Surtroch, and [Sage] Helotardi. Together, the five stormed the palace to save Vesefenil while using force to awaken the Black King's sanity.

Of course, if force fails to awaken the Black King, these five people will likely continue to physically try to rouse him until he regains his sanity or permanently loses it.

However, after storming the palace, Raelil was assigned the mission of going to the prison to rescue Vesephniel.

He had no complaints about the task because he also had his own selfish motives.

Upon seeing the blind Viserfnir, Raelel immediately asked him for a solution to his relationship with Solindis.

In his view, it was impossible for Viserfnir, who could foresee everything, not even have a way to save two insignificant people.

Unfortunately, Raelil was no small man. After learning that he could hear Raelil's whispers, Viserfnir suddenly understood something and earnestly told Raelil his solution to Raelil's tragic fate.
"You must persevere and firmly believe that all suffering is a bridge to the future."

As long as you're alive, your story isn't over. This is the only possibility of fighting against fate.

This statement essentially means one thing: let Rael live on until the unexpected happens, because only then can his and Solindis's fate be resolved.

Then, to prevent Raelil from asking further questions, Viserfnir directly reminded him that Solindis was in danger.

The rest is self-explanatory.

Upon hearing that Sorindis was in danger, Rayleigh disregarded everything else and rushed straight to the Deep Chamber.

Viserfnir was not lying. At this time, the crisis in the Kanria Abyss had begun to erupt, and the entire capital was filled with abyssal monsters.

The same is true for the Deep Secret Institute, which is responsible for studying the Abyss. The abundance of various beast-like hunting dogs is not an adjective, but a reality.

At the same time, the power of the abyss spread throughout Kanria, affecting the minds of everyone.

So when Rael fought his way to Solindis's laboratory, Solindis, whose deepest fears were stirred by the abyss, mistakenly thought that Rael had come to kill her.

In order to prevent tragedy from happening, she chose to jump directly into the Moon Gate, hoping to use the space behind her to reverse time and take a gamble.

After Solindis entered the Moon Gate, the gate immediately closed, and Rael could only watch his lover disappear, powerless to do anything about it.

At this moment, Raelil's heart was filled with a huge void due to Solindis's disappearance.

Under the control of an unknown entity, the Abyss took advantage of this opportunity to lure Rayleigh to the Black King's palace and divide up the terrifying Abyss power that existed within the Anti-Master.

Using this power, Rael reopened the Moon Gate and jumped in without hesitation, attempting to find Solindis.

Of course, everyone had already obtained the results through the previous investigation.

After entering the Moon Gate, Rayleigh was completely torn apart by the power within and fell into Nordkalley. Relying on the immortality granted by the power of the abyss, he slowly collected his shattered body in the form of a broken soul before he was able to revive.

Normally, this memory should end here.

However, when Rael jumped into the Moon Gate, the memory did not end, but was frozen in black and white.

Just as Nefer was about to give a summary of the tragedy of the Moon Hunters and Kanria, Demug instantly transformed into her full-power battle mode in her adult female form.

March 7th also instantly summoned a bunch of red jellyfish to surround everyone.

The star, whose heart was connected to Demogue's, reminded the others.

"Wait! Everyone be careful! Something's coming!"

Before Xing finished speaking, Demyoge fired an ice arrow into an uninhabited area.

Then, a blood-red spear emerged from the void and deflected the arrow.

A Moon Hunter, his body wrapped in bandages and radiating a terrifying abyssal power, emerged from the void, looking at the crowd with dangerous eyes and speaking.
"Those who know too much are never allowed to live."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than five red jellyfish suddenly appeared in front of him and then exploded instantly.

The Memory Jellyfish of the Long Night Moon, by self-destructing in the realm of memory matter, not only affects the mind, but also impacts the memory matter itself that makes up the body.

The Moon Hunters clearly lacked experience fighting in the Memory Matter environment and were completely overwhelmed by the explosions.

As the smoke from the explosion dissipated, only the two lower legs of the Moon Hunter were visible.

However, the souls of the Moon Hunters were never complete; they were forcibly pieced together using the immortality of the Abyss. Even if they were shattered, as long as the Abyss's power remains, they can be pieced together again.

After absorbing the power of the two ancient moon relics, the Moon Hunters' abyssal power is several times stronger than when they last met.

Originally, it would have taken him some time to reshape his body, but now, a mass of abyssal power gathered in the Moon Hunter's original spot like a slime. The next second, the Moon Hunter completed the reshaping of his body and raised his spear to stab at March 7.

　Solindis is a smart and rational person, and I can understand why the production team made her believe Uro's words directly in order to reduce their workload.

　　However, in reality, she couldn't so easily believe that Raelil was a Moon Hunter.

　　She did suspect that Rael was hiding something from her, but she couldn't simply accept such an accusation without any evidence.

　　Moreover, even after Solindis confirmed that Raelil was a Moon Hunter, she did not leave him or harm him.

　　The reason why the fragments of Raelil and Solindis will fall into Nordcale is simple.

　　Five hundred years ago, Columbia scattered herself in Nordkalley, and the fragments of their bodies in the Moon Gate space naturally followed suit.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)