You are all my wings!

Astalia: "..."

She never expected that Lyon would turn the tables on her.

Lyon continued, "If the God admits to being jealous, I'll tell you a secret I just overheard, a secret related to 'her'."

Astalia: "..."

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +2%, current favorability 73%]

As Leon approached Astalia, he noticed that her attire had been slightly altered. The black and white nun's habit that had previously clung tightly to her body was now looser, and the white stockings beneath her trousers had been casually pulled to one side, revealing a pair of delicate, fair, and naturally sculpted pink feet, as if crescent moons had been plucked from the night sky, pure and beautiful.

Astalia noticed Leon's gaze and immediately withdrew her small feet, changing from a sitting to a kneeling position, pulling her feet behind her back to avoid being seen by Leon.

"Hmph, you little pervert, where are your eyes?"

"Your Majesty is joking. My eyes are of course on your exquisitely beautiful little feet. If I don't look now, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Astalia: "...You don't need to exaggerate like that. Regret for a lifetime is not a nice thing to say."

"No, I'm serious."

Lyon said, "The situation is changing so fast now that we probably won't be able to return to the future smoothly. If we fail, the God is powerful and will definitely survive, but I am only a minor sixth-order being, and I may not have the chance to see you after the end of the era."

At this moment, he was sincere.

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +2%, current favorability 75%]

Astalia sensed the warmth and感慨 in Leon's tone, as well as his pessimism about the future, and couldn't help but furrow her delicate, pale golden brows:

"Why have you suddenly become so uneasy? In my memory, you were never worried or pessimistic no matter what happened."

Leon reached out and grabbed Astalia's hand. She tried to pull away, but hesitated and ultimately let Leon succeed.

She thought to herself, 'I've already held his hand before, and now he's taking it back; it's just normal give and take, no need to overthink it. Besides, he's acting strangely right now, I should comfort him. After all, he's helped me so many times before, it's only reasonable for me to help him back.'

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +2%, current favorability 77%]

Lyon sighed, “My God, there’s an old saying in my hometown that men and women should not touch each other. But if they do have physical intimacy, they can talk about marriage. We’re so close now, we’ve even held hands. Why don’t you just marry me and let me die in peace?”

Astalia noticed the sly glint in Leon's eyes and scoffed, "Didn't you say you would never lie to me? Why are you lying now?"

Despite saying that, she ultimately did not shake off Leon's hand.

Lyon regained his composure and said seriously, "No, actually I do feel that the current situation may have reached a crossroads, and perhaps one wrong step will lead to the situation getting completely out of control."

Seeing him become serious, Astalia also grew solemn: "What's wrong? What happened when you went to see Chengerheli? Is it related to the secret you mentioned earlier?"

Lyon pondered for a moment, then asked:

"My Lord, can you understand the Life Seal and the Origin Seal?"

Astalia said, "I can roughly understand some of it."

"Then, I would like to trouble you to help me decipher the two curse marks on my chest and see what potential information they contain."

As he spoke, Leon pulled open his shirt, revealing a strong, slender upper body with well-defined muscles and clean, white skin.

On his chest, two overlapping seals were engraved, faintly radiating divine light.

"No, I haven't even agreed yet, how can you just take your clothes off like that?"

Astalia's [Unfettered and Unfathomable Divine Eye] can naturally see through Leon's clothes to his physical body.

Normally, she wouldn't look at someone else's naked body for no reason, so this was the first time she had seen Leon's upper body. She didn't expect that Leon's figure would be even more perfect after he took off his clothes, like a wonderful work of art created by nature, and she couldn't help but blush slightly.

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +2%, current favorability 79%]

Lyon said, "My Lord, what are you concerned about at a time like this? Quickly help me decipher the curse seal! I'm in danger!"

Why do you say that?

Astalia could only frown and lean closer to Leon's chest to examine him closely.

"I can only tell you what happened to me today and what terrible developments I have predicted after you decipher the contents of the curse and confirm whether someone is watching me."

"Leon said telepathically."

"A terrible development? Is that why you were so pessimistic just now?"

"Although my pessimism just now had an element of provoking the gods, it is indeed true in essence."

Astalia: "..."

She realized that Leon was becoming increasingly unrestrained towards her; had she been too lenient with him?

A moment later, she raised an eyebrow:

"Why is your curse mark so different from the one I saw last time?"

"Where is the difference?"

"First of all, the Life Seal is fading, which is understandable. But the mysterious script has two more different scripts, as if an external force forcibly inserted it."

She leaned forward, barefoot, and half-squatted in front of Leon, gently tracing the curse mark on his chest with her fingers, then touching a spot in the corner, and said:

"Do you remember when this mysterious script first appeared?"

"If I remember correctly, it should change after being superimposed on the Origin Seal."

"That's strange. How can the Origin Seal and the Life Seal have such a high degree of compatibility?"

Astalia couldn't help but move closer, her eyes gleaming as she carefully observed every detail of the cursed seal.

As Lyon's scent reached her nose, a slight flutter stirred within her.

'His scent is actually quite pleasant.'

'No, at a time like this, what trivial thing am I thinking about?'

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +2%, current favorability 81%]

Chapter 485 Astalia: I'll Wait for Your Destiny

Lyon looked down and unexpectedly caught a glimpse of Astalia's cleavage.

She herself was dressed in a strictly body-covering outfit, never revealing any skin other than her face and hands.

But now, she had first seen her toes, and now even her vulva was exposed.

It seems that although she didn't realize it, she was indeed getting closer and closer to herself.

At that moment, Astalia glanced up casually and blinked: "What are you staring at?"

Lyon said, "I'm studying the god's exquisite sense of style."

"Clothing style?"

"Yes, being able to appreciate and learn about the beauty of the deity's clothing and figure up close at this moment, I have no regrets."

Lyon sighed.

Astalia: "...Didn't you say we were in a real crisis? Why are you back to your old ways now?"

Lyon said, "I can't discuss much with you until the God deciphers the details of my curse mark. Since that's the case, I should relax a bit. And without a doubt, the God is my best healing potion. Just having you standing in front of me is enough to put my mind at ease."

Astalia rolled her eyes at him: "You're just as good at sweet-talking as I am."

[Goddess Astalia's favorability +1%, current favorability 82%]

She stood up and patted Leon's chest.

Lyon's eyes lit up: "Finished the interpretation?"

"almost."

Astalia said, "We've deciphered everything we could, and there's nothing we can do about the ones we couldn't decipher."

As she spoke, she moved closer to Lyon, her lips moving slightly.

Leon understood and activated the Divine Shadow.

With a hum, the pitch-black and almost invisible Shadowless property, combined with this skill, created a spherical shadow that enveloped the two of them.

At the same time, Astalia waved her hand, creating a barrier of holy light that landed precisely on Leon's chest.

Lyon felt a slight warmth in his chest as he noticed that some subtle, mysterious characters had been added to the incantation. They didn't occupy the main part of the seal, but were engraved in the gaps between the characters. They were inconspicuous, but the edges of the characters shimmered with a faint light that flowed back and forth. It took a while for the light to slowly fade away.

"almost."

Astalia leaned closer for another look, then said:

"For now, I can guarantee that our private conversation won't be overheard. However, it's mostly unavoidable that our previous exchanges have been noticed. I can't decipher the other coded messages for the time being either. This is all I can do."

"That doesn't matter, since we've communicated quite frequently before, and this secret relationship has probably already been exposed. As long as what I'm about to say doesn't go unnoticed."

Lyon put his coat back on.

"I also have something to say, but since you're so serious, you go first."

Astalia sat back in her seat, only then realizing that her feet had just touched the ground, which must have been seen by Leon again.

A fleeting blush crossed her cheeks, and after sitting down, she moved her slender legs behind her again, her expression nonchalant.

Leon naturally noticed her little gestures and thought to himself that she was becoming more and more adorable as he got to know Astalia.

"To put it simply, the goddess Chengerheli claimed to me that she was the original goddess of origin."

He quickly recounted his previous meeting with Cheng Erheli, including how he exposed her act but she denied it, and how she admitted that the end of the era was caused by her being defeated by the Goddess of the End.

As for other speculations, he planned to hear Astalia's opinion first.

"In that case, what does the divine being think?"

"interesting."

A thoughtful look flashed across Astalia's pale face: "So, she insists that she is 'her,' and the one who manifested today is an imposter who replaced her?"

"Correct."

Lyon said.

Astalia pondered for a moment and said, "I think your judgment is correct. There's no way that Chengerhe Li Jie could be 'her'. However, if Chengerhe Li Jie always firmly believes that she is 'her', then some of the changes that will happen in the future can be understood."

"Oh? What happened?"

"Didn't you encounter Sister Cheng Erhe Li who had amnesia before? Actually, she started showing signs of amnesia not long after the start of the God War."

Astalia said:

"Not long after, the war of the gods began, until the continent of Auster was destroyed in the final battle, the world collapsed, and all the gods could feel an unprecedented world-destroying power coming, and then the world was reborn. The process was magnificent and difficult to interfere with. That may be what Sister Chengerheli was referring to as being defeated by the Goddess of the End, then the world was destroyed, and then restarted. However, during that restart, I witnessed a perplexing scene."

Lyon noticed that Astalia's expression became quite serious when the word 'puzzling' was mentioned.

"Who do you mean, Lord God?"

"I ask you, if you saw Iris or Hamra turn into a ferocious demon, what would you think?"

Astalia didn't answer but asked a question in return.

Leon frowned: "Does God mean that during the world's reboot, you saw close acquaintances turn into these strange forms?"

"Almost, I saw Sister Chengerheli's body transform into the appearance of a ferocious demon, which disappeared in a flash. Then she suddenly began to attack the rest of us sisters, so that after the end of the era, we were separated and disappeared without a trace. At the time, I thought that her authority had been corrupted by the alien god, or that her soul had been invaded by the divine abomination."

Astalia paused, then said:

"But now it seems that perhaps 'she' used some means to reverse Chengerhe Li Jie's self-perception, and even made her soul's true nature gradually change, and she began to forget everything in the past. And the 'Forest Apostle' you met in the future who forgot all her memories may be the final result of her struggle."

As she finished speaking, a hint of pity appeared on her face.

Leon remained silent for a moment, then said, "Now that we have confirmed her situation, then, my God, let us stop this from happening."

Astalia was taken aback: "Aren't you afraid that the future will change too much, even affecting your own existence?"

The biggest difference between changing Anemii's fate and changing Sungari's fate is that Sungari alone is enough to influence the fate of the six sisters and thus drastically change their future.

Therefore, the latter is more variable and more difficult to control.

"Not afraid."

Lyon shook his head: "My God, as I delve deeper into this [Time and Space Miracle Divination Technique], I have come to understand more and more profound and mysterious principles of time and space. For example, time and space are just like the long river of time, seemingly endless but actually winding and turning. What seems to be the end may also be the beginning. What seems to be a variable is actually an unchanging fulcrum."

As Astalia listened to Leon's story, she couldn't help but look up at him.

At this moment, Leon, in simple language, explained the mysteries of time and space. Although he did not cast any magic, he seemed to be shining, making Astalia reluctant to look away.