Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 433 - 433 203 Betrayal and Exile_2

433: Chapter 203 Betrayal and Exile_2 433: Chapter 203 Betrayal and Exile_2 Leon saw such an expression on her face for the first time and couldn’t help but lower his voice gently, “Why didn’t you want to tell me all this earlier?”

Lola broke free from her past memories, raised her eyes, looked faintly at him, and after a long while, turned and walked towards the high platform in the hall.

Leon instinctively followed her.

“Because all this has nothing to do with you.

You are not a soul of this world, just like those departed Isulan people, you have the right to choose to leave…” Miss Mage sat down slowly in front of the throne, lifting her eyes to look at the person before her: “The void is vast, in astronomical scales, even if the Spirit Realm swallows the world, and demons ravage the beings causing terrifying disasters, to the endless starry sky, it’s merely a flash like a speck of sand, the same is true for a foreign soul like you.

Li Ang…

I ask you again, do you want to go home?

Leave here, return to your distant homeland.”

“Didn’t you say that even you couldn’t do it?” Leon asked curiously.

Lola, with her cheek in her hand, smirked and squinted: “…

Who knows, maybe I lied, or maybe just can’t do it for now.”

Leon shook his head, without hesitation: “My answer is still the same, if I cannot take everyone with me, then I still choose to stay here, no matter what mischief those banished demons think of, I must face it together with everyone.”

The smile of the white-haired girl grew wider: “Your ‘everyone’, has it expanded a bit again?”

“What?” Leon didn’t understand her meaning.

“At first it was just close friends and family, what about now, how much has that range expanded?

…The children playing merrily in Avalon?

The people who work from sunrise to sunset?

Or all the innocent people on this land?

Are these all ‘everyone’?

I feel like, even if you could leave with a limited quota, after sending your cherished ones away from danger, you would still choose to stay.” Lola asked softly.

Leon waved his hand: “That’s exaggerated, if there’s an unstoppable danger, I’d definitely prioritize escaping with those close to me first, beyond what I can manage, I can’t help.”

Miss Mage raised her eyebrows, non-committal.

“Is that so, then why didn’t you abandon Lokhak?

You were just a fraction away from death, that doesn’t seem like something within your power.”

Leon explained: “I owed him a life debt, and also owed Elena a favor.”

Lola pointed to herself: “When I used your body to pull him out of the water, you owed nothing anymore.

As for Elena, the ‘Leon’ she tried to save had already died from severe injuries, you and I are alike, just Wandering Souls occupying that young body, you know this clearly.

…Moreover, there’s Olivia, why did you risk your life to save her?”

Leon frowned tightly, saying this made him somewhat embarrassed: “Maybe…

it could be because I was captivated by Olivia’s beauty back then?

So I got carried away and took a risk.”

“If it were a man showing kindness to you in the same manner, or even an ugly and filthy beggar like Olivia offering help, would you leave them to fend for themselves afterwards?…

What about Kovis?

Were you also enamored by his beauty?”

“That, of course not…” Leon was startled, swearing earnestly never such a thing.”

“That settles it, you didn’t have to fight to the death in Longka either, letting enemies ravage beyond your lordship’s lands, so what?

The young lord was indeed planning to use the lives of the people behind to buy time, what were you fighting so desperately for, for fame or wealth?” Lola pointed to his chest: “You risked your life simply because you couldn’t bear to see the people suffer.”

Leon’s face heated up with her words: “That’s too flattering…

I sound like a saint from your mouth.”

Miss Mage smiled helplessly: “I don’t know where you get this strange mentality, as if you can’t be at peace unless you find some selfish excuse to pretend that acts of kindness are in your own interest, like a kind of unwillingness to lose self-protection.

But anyhow, you don’t need to hide in front of me, our souls are close to each other, I can always feel your sincerity and kindness.”

But speaking of this, it made her think of something: “Of course, except for lust, in this matter you really are a hypocritically proper philanderer~”

Leon’s lips, which were just starting to curl up in pride, suddenly drooped, he wanted to argue that those were unreliable demon illusions, but was cut off by Lola’s waving hand.

“Alright, you, remember to protect yourself well when you act to protect your loved ones in the future, they also love you, and if the people around you lost you, the pain they’d have to endure would be the same as if you lost them.” Leon took this advice seriously and nodded, “Yeah, I got it.”

He stared at Miss Mage, suddenly curious to ask: “What about you, Lola?”

…How does Miss Mage view herself?

After just a few months together, would Lola be sad if she lost him?

Lola was taken aback.

But she soon showed a gentle smile.

“I too love you…

You are a person worth loving.”

“…!” This straightforward response was somewhat unexpected for Leon.

Even if he didn’t misconstrue the rich implications of Felu’s word, his heart still fluttered nonetheless.

Noticing his nervousness, Lola teasingly raised her eyebrows.

“Are you flustered now?….~ Don’t think too much, careful or I might really go tell that child about your duplicity.”

Leon hurriedly shook his head to clarify: “No no, definitely not, it’s just a platonic love, caring, a teacher caring for a disciple, I am deeply honored.”