Four Split Personalities

"It’s a pity that whether it’s the twelve-year-old version, the twenty-year-old version, or the version you just transformed into, it all just makes me feel disgusted!"

Summer Lotus·Bamboo Leaf fixed her cold gaze on Tifero and said chillingly, "And I’ve already told you, don’t take me for a blind fool. Who do you think I am? Do you think I can’t tell what’s an Illusion Technique?"

Tifero coughed lightly: "Actually, I..."

"Don’t purse your lips! Don’t let your eyes wander! Tell me the truth!"

Summer Lotus, having long ago seen through his nature, rudely forced Tifero to swallow the lie he was about to utter.

"Just out of interest, nothing more."

This time, Tifero didn’t yield under her imposing presence, but merely shook his head lightly and said, "It’s nothing serious."

Summer Lotus abruptly let go of Tifero’s collar, a radiant orb of divine power suddenly appeared in the palm of her left hand, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "You still went to find Margaret! Just because of that damned letter she said offered a way to make you a Longevity Species by sacrificing part of your soul?!"

Tifero was slightly taken aback: "Huh?"

"Do you know what you’re doing? Do you really think your wayward self from back then was popular?!"

In her rage, Summer Lotus pressed the highly unstable power of Dawn towards Tifero’s chest, shouting, "You self-righteous, big—white—idiot!!"

Crack.

The next second, Tifero nonchalantly extinguished the orb in Summer Lotus’s hand that could have blown up the entire small Judiciary, and tilted his head, frowning, "What are you saying?"

"Still pretending! I secretly read that letter the morning after you received it! I know exactly what it said, ha, you clever little beast, Margaret practically spelled out apostasy for you in her words."

Summer Lotus firmly planted the cross in her hand to the ground, utilizing its effect correctly for once (as a Magic Wand instead of a Warhammer), constructing a barrier that just encompassed all three underground levels of the small Judiciary, while simultaneously unleashing six Legendary Rank Holy Words—Judgment, Trial, Sealing, Suppression, Cleansing, and Divine Wrath!

Then, without saying a word, she blasted them at the stunned Lu Jia Tifilo.

Although that pure power of Dawn had been easily dispelled, Summer Lotus wasn’t surprised that Tifero, who had a stronger affinity for the power of Dawn, could do something like this.

But if it were her fully constructed Holy Word Technique, Summer Lotus was confident that her significantly improved strength over the years would allow her to violently suppress this aging, declining little beast in front of her!

Just as she had done every time she caught this guy making a mistake back in the day!

Truly, Summer Lotus knew well her talents weren’t as exceptional as Tifero’s, but among strong Legendary Rank individuals, a Longevity Species just over three hundred years old would definitely surpass this ordinary human whose body grew weaker every second and whose spirit had long begun to decline, having enjoyed only a few decades of prime.

This is something that can’t be helped!

No one can change it, not even God!

You’re not the only one left with unresolved feelings, you little brat!

Covering awkward expressions with a smile was also something you learned from me!

"Lie down and take the beating! Make things clear!"

Summer Lotus·Bamboo Leaf, her eyes rimmed with red, glared at the wavering figure amidst the brilliance, her teeth clenched.

Then the brilliance dispelled, and the shaky figure remained the same.

Summer Lotus: ???

"Why do you suddenly bring up Margaret?"

Tifero looked at Summer Lotus, puzzled, "Why would I bother her for no reason?"

Hearing this, Summer Lotus immediately cast aside the doubts that had just emerged in her mind — what on earth did this little beast do — and angrily said, "Still denying! You disappeared half a year after receiving that letter! If not to find Margaret, then what!?"

"Crazy."

Tifero twitched a corner of his mouth and rolled his eyes dramatically, "I had prepared for two and a half years before leaving, what does that letter have to do with it? If it only took me six months from plan to execution, can you imagine Ambro smoothly transitioning affairs? We replaced a Pope, not a cook."

Summer Lotus wasn’t moved, continuously glaring coldly at Tifero: "What about your changes just now? Clearly Margaret’s letter mentioned... that sacrifice-of-soul-for-life-force result is exactly the same! What do you intend to make of yourself!"

"I didn’t go to Margaret to research that method she mentioned, though I did meet her later on... uh, I did study Soul Studies, but I can swear I didn’t tamper with my soul,"

Tifero seriously looked at Summer Lotus, speaking in a deep tone, "Though I considered that method, could even optimize it beyond what Margaret had in mind, minimizing the side effects before truly expending this life, I chose not to, and don’t plan on it in the future."

Seeing this rare seriousness from him, Summer Lotus finally believed a little but still skeptically asked, "Then how do you explain your changes just now?"

"Just a small trick; of course, it may differ from the Illusion Technique, but it’s definitely nothing sinister, you can be assured of that."

Tifero did not fully disclose his independently established technique, "Dawn’s Nineteenth Sacred Steps·Eternal Summer" after leaving the sect, replying instead ambiguously, "Moreover, it’s just an illusion. Although it seems real, the me before you now is genuine."

"Hmm..."

"Ahem, so do you understand now?"

"Perhaps you could explain a bit more concretely."

"Alright, you remember how I just easily dispelled your fully constructed six Holy Words, right?"

"Yeah, how did you manage that?"

"I’m a genius, you know, just a bit of effort equals what most achieve in half a lifetime."

In the questioning gaze of Summer Lotus, Tifero flashed a smile that begged to be hit, "Simply put, I became stronger, hence I could easily dispel your Holy Words, causing minor changes to myself."

Summer Lotus remained silent, for she clearly understood the guy in front of her, who grew under her watch, was indeed a genius, not just any ordinary one, but a monster with infinite potential in every aspect.

Normally, what could be rationalized to people didn’t apply to ’monsters.’

And yet... this guy went astray.

He could have become the greatest leader in the history of the Church of the Dawn, yet he chose to be the most controversial Pope.

He could have left a legacy, his deeds surviving for millennia, but he vanished from the public eye like a comet, living a life of obscurity.

If he were a Saint, like Godfather Neva Fao, devoid of worldly thoughts, it would be understandable.

But Summer Lotus knew well he wasn’t a Saint, his mind was full of worldly thoughts!

It was a strange paradox, from which no one could pull him out.

She couldn’t, at least, not being a Saint herself...

"I’m tired."

Silently sighing, Summer Lotus turned away, no longer looking at the mischievous brat, and coldly said, "Leave."

"Alright, I’m off~"

Tifero smiled slightly and vanished in an instant.

If he truly wanted to leave, Summer Lotus’s earlier grand slam was nothing but a joke.

Ultimately, without a farewell, Lu Jia Tifilo left as if he had never appeared.

And when even the slightest trace or presence of him could no longer be felt, the Elf Holy Woman, standing alone in the cold prison, curled into a crouch, burying her face in her hands, muttering softly—

"Don’t go..."

Chapter 1075: End