Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1730 - 141: Burial

"...Don’t say I’ve changed. You just feel that the prosthetic eye in my eye is a scourge! It’s a deceiver, a carrier of chaos! But have you ever thought about what would happen if I lost my eye? I’d become a sightless cripple, lonely in the tent on the battlefield, trembling and shivering in pain and betrayal, a dying man!

"Without the prosthetic eye, I would have inexplicably died at the borders of Nali long ago, my breath cut off while helplessly repeating your name with a sob; without the prosthetic eye, now I’d be begging you with open eyes for a bit of love, miserably allowing other women to spare me with their high hands! Then you’d be satisfied, then you’d be happy, right? Because then I wouldn’t cause you any trouble, no matter how many promises you break, what can I do, right?

Fisher’s pupils shrank slightly, and his expression crumbled under Elizabeth’s repeated questioning. The previous excessive questioning, the previous toughness, were all crushed by the sea breeze at this moment, turning into a slight tremble that neither the Mythical Rank nor life chaos could control.

Elizabeth forcefully grabbed his collar, while Fisher’s hands remained unreactive, only slightly shaking, as if unable to receive messages from the brain.

At this moment, Emhardt, who had been staying in Fisher’s arms, opened his mouth. His eyes fixed on the broken Elizabeth, wanting to offer some explanation for Fisher at this moment, for he had been with him all the way.

Although Fisher indeed did things unbecoming, always greedily taking possession of other hearts, he truly wasn’t as Elizabeth said, letting go cold-hearted after a night.

When Fisher returned from the past to the present, it was four and a half years ago, and upon returning, he arrived at the South Continent, witnessing Rafael’s Dragon Court being invaded by the Demon, in mortal danger. Though he had decided to see Elizabeth upon returning, he couldn’t help but stay during Rafael’s life-or-death crisis.

After returning to Nali, he indeed didn’t want to avoid fulfilling the promise made four and a half years ago; he simply didn’t want their matters to disrupt the funeral of his deceased teacher, not expecting to meet Valentina there. He didn’t plan for it.

Emhardt squeezed out his body, determined to temporarily abandon his safety to tell Elizabeth before him that Fisher hadn’t forgotten their promise; he let go of Valentina’s hand truly for her.

But in the next instant, Fisher’s slightly trembling hand rose. He did not shove away Elizabeth’s hand pulling his collar but instead pushed the restless Emhardt back into his arms, stopping his speech.

Fisher could certainly explain, gradually expressing his views on what Elizabeth had posed, say that he didn’t do it intentionally, say he hadn’t forgotten the promise with Elizabeth.

Even the honeymoon this time is like that. Did he really not want to spend this honeymoon with Elizabeth? Could it be he wouldn’t even agree to such a simple thing?

Only when the Cardinal of Destiny told him that chaos was breeding inside Elizabeth did he truly worry and fear repeating Rafael’s tragedy, afraid she’d be consumed by the Doomsday Prophecy, like Rafael, becoming fuel for its initiation, ultimately to be burned to ashes.

But this worry for Elizabeth’s safety overshadowed his emphasis on the honeymoon; does this indicate he doesn’t even want to give Elizabeth a honeymoon?

Yet, amidst so many things that could be explained and defended, especially when many of Elizabeth’s accusations are her subjective perspectives, why can’t Fisher say anything?

Because, tracing back along the promises that Elizabeth saw as repeatedly "betrayed," the honeymoon he didn’t intend to abandon, the promise to return to see Elizabeth wasn’t intended to be abandoned...

Then ask, did he betray the promise of "only ever having each other" when they privately committed their lives to each other back then?

So understanding of Elizabeth, Fisher realized almost instantly that all these promises and vows Elizabeth verbally presented are essentially the same.

Promises to come back and see her, and the honeymoon, are merely illusory echoes of the original vow.

Fulfilling those promises won’t erase the initial vow; conversely, if Fisher only honors that one promise, it wouldn’t matter if the rest aren’t fulfilled, as Elizabeth would be content.

But it’s precisely this most basic, crucial vow that Fisher truly betrayed.

He’s gained someone else, making it impossible to only have each other forever, which means, no matter how dedicatedly he treats Elizabeth from now on, those originally hers will be divided by others.

For a long time, Fisher has resolved to give all to the women linked by his greed, for their safety, for their happiness, even willing to die before letting any woman face danger, as if that could atone for his sin of greed.

But the issue is, if you stab someone deeply with a knife, does pulling the knife out and stabbing yourself, once, twice, even countless times until death, mean the person stabbed won’t feel pain?