Chapter 1769 - 153: Voices in the Mist_2

"Mother Goddess bless, feeling guilty about certain decisions from the past is certainly a good thing, because it means you can recognize the past, but please don’t go too far. It’s the Fisher I like, even if there are any mistakes, I’ll still share the burden with you, Fisher. What’s important is the present, what’s important is the future... I just don’t want to stay by Valentina’s side anymore, it doesn’t mean I’ve left my sisters, setting out on a journey alone was a mistake."

"I still have things to do for others, for David, for avenging my sisters, and after that, I might try to find what truly feels like home. Fisher, maybe there’s someone else in your heart, but I don’t want to give up, it might just mean that the look of our future home is very special, very special. We need to spend a lot of time sketching it, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, or isn’t beautiful... I... I just don’t want to be separated from you, I just want to be with you."

Upon hearing Alagina’s words, something blocked in Fisher’s heart suddenly cleared.

For a long time, Fisher was indeed trapped in a cycle of self-verification.

His conscience wouldn’t let him cast off his guilt. He did succumb to greedy desires, possessing their love, which inevitably led to feelings of debt. This sense of debt made him subconsciously want to repay, making him sacrifice himself to satisfy and preserve the others.

This notion isn’t exactly wrong, it’s just that he erred solely upon encountering Elizabeth.

Fisher greedily desired to possess every woman he met, yet at the same time he loved them deeply. Love caused Fisher to feel indebted to their goodness and his own insufficiencies; this was equally true for Elizabeth.

But what Elizabeth wanted wasn’t something his concession could satisfy because many things in this world aren’t yours just because you want them.

Fisher always thought, if he had done better back then, wouldn’t Elizabeth have turned out the way she did? If he hadn’t left her then, had listened to her explanations, would she have remained sighted?

However, just as Alagina said, many things aren’t perfect.

If Fisher hadn’t left Elizabeth, then Rafael, Moli, and Valentina would all have died, he wouldn’t have met Renie, wouldn’t have embarked on the journey to resolve the Doomsday Prophecy, possibly shortly after his wedding night with Elizabeth, this world might have headed towards destruction amid most living creatures’ bewilderment...

If, if, if...

If it were this, if it were that, would the outcome certainly be good?

Fisher always loved Elizabeth because back when Teresa passed away, he had no source of income and took on tutoring and odd jobs, yet could barely afford the rent and food. Facing the prohibitively high tuition of the Royal College, she sponsored the scholarship and specifically exempted Fisher Benavides’ tuition.

Fisher always loved Elizabeth because he was an orphan back then, without resources, without connections. Even borrowing magic books from the library was out of reach due to lack of money. It was Elizabeth who introduced him to Helson, allowing that Great Mage to witness the academic potential of the young lad.

Fisher always loved Elizabeth, because back then when he knew he couldn’t afford a valuable gift to attend the elder princess’s birthday party, she secretly bought something very precious and put it into the gift pool, with the signature being Fisher Benavides, so when the young him attended such an upper-class party with only a gift worth mere hundreds of Narliou, not a single noble or Gedelin mocked him for it.

Yes, gold always shines, and Fisher, who won the Griffin Race championship, was undoubtedly a talented person; but in Nali’s society, even gold covered by rag will live a lifetime in obscurity.

Elizabeth wiped the dust from this gold, held it in her embrace, so that gold always felt it had erred causing that person from back then to become the way she is now.

But now, perhaps that gold can realize, loving her doesn’t mean indulging her infinitely.

"Alagina, no matter what you want to do in the future, I want to do it with you..."

Fisher’s eyes gradually lifted, he felt grateful that Alagina shared these words with him, at least they didn’t make him self-satisfied thinking Alagina’s actions were only right,

"As for the concept of family, sadly, I haven’t studied sociology related to Northern Sardinia Female Country, but perhaps even if I had some study, it couldn’t clearly explain what it truly is... or maybe, family is just as you said, simply us being together, content and willing?"

Alagina’s heart gradually sped up, but the cautious and timid her still wanted to confirm once more,

"Fisher, would you be willing to continue this journey with me later? If Valentina or anyone else disagrees, would you still be willing?"

"Ah, I’m willing..."

Alagina could no longer resist stepping forward to tightly embrace Fisher, holding him in her arms.

She buried her head in Fisher’s neck and whispered,

"That’s wonderful, Mother Goddess bless, Fisher, Mother Goddess bless..."