In Lily's cozy bedroom, Lily, wearing white socks, sat on the bed with her legs curled up, reading the contents of the New Testament.
The words inside were somewhat mysterious, but she could still understand them, although it was very difficult.
This was her first time to learn about the Church of Light. Combined with the information she got from Mr. Charles, this dead god gradually became three-dimensional in her mind.
"Puff~" Lily leaned back and fell on the bed with her body spread out, staring at the chandelier above her head in a daze.
After a few seconds, as she gently raised her right hand, rays of sunlight filtered out from between her fingernails and gradually formed a dazzling little sun in the air.
When Lily held the little sun in one hand, the tips of her hair and her clothes shone with a soft light, making her look so sacred.
Lily lazily turned over in bed, lying on her stomach. She tilted her head slightly and stared at the ball of light in her hand.
"Why did you leave such a powerful energy in my body? It is of no use to me at all."
"Such power from the gods should be very rare, why did you just give it to me?"
The little sun slowly faded away, and Lily buried her head in the pillow, her legs swinging constantly, and she closed her eyes and shouted: "Ah~! This is not helpful at all!! I still haven't found my life goal!"
A moment later, Lily's body glowed slightly and quickly floated up, flying out of the window like a meteor, and flew towards the cemetery along the sunshade roof.
A cemetery is supposed to be an uncomfortable place, but that didn't apply to Lily.
Looking at the dead crew members on the Narwhal, Lily felt very peaceful. She felt as if those people were not dead and were right beside her.
Lily sat on the old doctor's tombstone with her legs together, enjoying the breeze blowing across her cheeks. Although it was useless, it made Lily feel better.
The deserted cemetery was very quiet. Looking at the tombstones around, Lily suddenly remembered the method the librarian had told her before.
Lily slowly closed her eyes, cleared her mind of all distracting thoughts, and gradually calmed her irritable mood.
When everything around her became quiet, Lily wanted to follow the other party's method and face her own heart, but she waited for a long time and felt nothing.
"No, it's no use." Lily just opened her eyes in frustration and saw a young man standing in front of her.
Although he looked much younger, Lily could still recognize him immediately. This was Mr. Charles.
"Mr. Charles!" Lily flew towards him excitedly, but when she was halfway through the flight, she immediately stopped. The other party's expression was wrong and full of indifference.
This is not her Charles, but the Charles of this dimension.
"It's best not to come to such a place. They are not your companions. Your companions' graves are on the other side. What you are doing is completely futile."
As the young Charles spoke, he walked to the tombstone of the old ship doctor, took out a bottle of brandy and poured it down.
The other party's words made Lily feel very uncomfortable. She turned around and was about to go home, but stopped again.
"Well, I want to ask, how is Mr. Charles over there?"
"We are in big trouble, but so what? If there is trouble, we should find a way to solve it. If we can't solve it, then we will die together."
After the young boy Charles finished speaking, his body gradually became transparent and finally disappeared.
Lily pursed her lips, turned around and left without saying anything.
After climbing onto the bed, Lily closed her eyes and forced herself to fall asleep, but the more she tried to sleep, the harder it was to fall asleep.
Just as I was half asleep and half awake, I heard the footsteps of passing students outside the window. They had been partying and were just going home now.
"What are you going to do next?"
"Is it that far? Your family won't let you go, right?"
"You're not a child anymore. You can't stay with your family forever."
At this moment, Lily instantly recalled what Sartre had said to her before. For the first time, she ignored her own tangled mentality and answered her true heart.
She recalled every detail of her previous adventures, and the things Charles had done before her death, as well as how he had knelt before the statues of the gods in order to save her.
At this moment, Lily finally discovered what she wanted to do.
This time it was no longer a decision made for her by someone else, but a decision she made herself.
She wanted to go back to Mr. Charles and use the power of the God of Light in her body to help him.
The power in my body comes from God. Perhaps the life of a mortal should not belong to me.
Lily opened her eyes suddenly, she silently pushed open the drawer and took out an exquisite little box. There was a piece of paper in the box with a line of words left by Charles.
After reading it over and over again, Lily turned around, went downstairs, went to her parents' door, and knocked gently.
When Dr. Oliver and his wife opened the door sleepily, they saw their daughter looking at them with tears in her eyes. "What's wrong with Lily?"
"Mom and Dad, your daughter has more important things to do. I'm sorry." Lily announced the decision with a trembling voice.
Before, she always felt that she had finally returned home and must stay with her family forever, but this was not true.
Before, I just kept treating my strong childhood desire as my goal, but everyone has to leave their parents eventually.
Oliver looked at his wife and finally opened his arms and held him in his arms.
"My daughter, even though you don't say it, we know you can never forget that place, so we respect your choice."
Hearing this, Lily hugged her arms back and couldn't help sobbing.
That night, Lily's family hardly slept as they were all preparing for their eldest daughter's long journey.
When the first ray of sunlight shone through the sunshade, it was time for them to say goodbye for the last time.
"Here is the bottle of your favorite sweet fish soup, and here are lobster crackers and dried bananas. Leave them for the road."
"The change is in my wallet, and the rest of my money is in my passbook at the Bank of England. Don't take it out easily."
"All four sets of clothes are in the box, thick and thin. I put some gold jewelry inside the thick clothes, so if your wallet is stolen, remember to take it out for emergency."
Looking at his mother's patient instructions, tears gathered in his red eyes.
Dr. Oliver touched Lily's head reluctantly, "Be good, don't cry. If you miss us, come back and visit us. Your room will always be reserved for you."
Lily nodded vigorously. She kissed her family members on the face one by one, pulled the suitcase and pushed open the door.
"Goodbye, sister! Come back soon!" Lily's sister waved vigorously at her sister.
Lily couldn't help crying in the end. She rushed back again, hugged her family tightly, turned around and rushed out of the house pulling the suitcase.
(End of this chapter)