Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Miss Bei Yasi turned around in the dark. Seeing that it was Xia De, she smiled at him apologetically:
"I couldn't sleep at night, so I wanted to see the rain."
She placed the teacup on the windowsill, and her hoarse voice blended in perfectly with the background rain sound:
"Your place is really nice. I was afraid of waking you up, so I came to this room to watch the rain. I'm always busy at ordinary times, and opportunities like this are rare."
"Be careful not to catch a cold."
Xia De kindly reminded, hesitated for a moment, did not turn around and leave, but walked into the room and came to the window.
Outside the living room windows of the two rooms was St. Teresa's Square. Although the gas lamps in the square were still on, in the rain, the light of the gas lamps could only turn into a warm yellow halo, unable to illuminate the large areas of darkness in the square.
Raindrops swam densely on the window glass in front of him like tadpoles. Amid the rustling sound, Shade noticed that on the glass in front of Miss Bei Yasi, there were words written by her fingers using the steam from the teacup.
That was not a contemporary language, but before Shad could see it clearly, Miss Beatrice wiped it away.
"Are you worried about the evening?"
Miss Annat is the oldest of the three. Xiade, a foreigner, has experienced a lot of things, but this 17-year-old girl is a little immature. Xiade is worried that she will have bad thoughts because of the pressure.
"It would be impossible to say that I'm not worried at all. But the main thing is... I'm still thinking about the matter of 'The Chosen One'."
She looked toward the window:
"To be honest, I never thought that I would be the chosen one. The result will be known tonight. Miss Anat said that I will gain great power and the road ahead will become more... magical. She used this word. Maybe I am sentimental, but I am still a little panicked about such a future."
"Do you want to be the chosen one?"
"certainly."
She answered without hesitation.
"Then move forward and don't think too much."
Xia De said, thinking of himself a month ago and the story he heard in the cemetery yesterday:
"Sometimes, we can't choose what kind of future we will face, and we can't predict what kind of situation we will face... It's good that you can still make a choice. And you are not alone. Miss Anat and I will always be by your side to help you. In addition to the two of us, there will be more chosen ones who will appear by our side in the future."
He wanted to reach out and pat Miss Beatrice on the shoulder, but he hesitated whether it was polite to touch the young girl's pajamas.
"This is probably just sentimentality, Detective...Shad, don't take it too seriously."
She turned and smiled at Xia De:
"Standing here alone and watching the rain, my mood will really get worse and worse, but you are right. Thinking about these things is better than planning tonight's arrangements."
Seeing that she adjusted her mood easily, Xia De didn't know whether his words worked or the other party was just strong.
At this time, I heard another sound from the door behind me. I turned around and saw two glowing objects floating in the darkness outside the door. But before I could be surprised, the sleepy cat walked in on its short legs.
It probably saw that Xia De hadn't returned for a long time, so it came to find him. It walked slowly to Xia De's feet, slowly stretched out its right front paw and pulled Xia De's pants a few times.
When Shade picked up the warm and soft cat, it fell asleep again. The cat's life was quite regular. It woke up on time at six in the morning and urged Shade to make breakfast. Now, it was still its rest time.
Miss Beatrice smiled as she watched Shade holding the cat:
"When everything is over, I..."
"Stop! Don't ever say anything like that."
Xia De quickly stopped her from finishing her words and reminded her seriously:
"Never say anything like that before you do something important."
"Is this some strange superstition? Shade, a ring wizard cannot be superstitious."
Miss Bei Yasi said with a smile, turned around and continued to look at the rain outside:
"I really envy the life you have, quiet and peaceful, and you can hug your cat and watch the rain in your spare time. Although I am a ring sorcerer of the church, I actually admire the founder of your Byrons, the thirteenth ring sorceress, the witch of kindness and knowledge, who built her own great cause and then enjoyed life comfortably instead of rushing around all her life... It's not that I choose to be the chosen one, but that I have to be the chosen one. This is power, this is the price, this is a curse, this is a blessing, this is... balance."
"The church seems to know that you are a candidate for the Chosen One?"
Shade asked again.
"Yes, the Sun Church I belong to, and the Peace Church that holds some of the witch's relics know."
"So after you succeed tonight, will you confess that you have officially become the chosen one from the candidate?"
"Yes, the value of the Chosen One's identity is that I will be promoted to the 13th ring. There is nothing worth hiding about this. On the contrary, I will use this to fight for more power and freedom, which will also make it easier for you to find more Chosen Ones. In the future, there will be many opportunities to cooperate with you and Miss Annatte."
She smiled gently at the glass. Shade nodded, but before he could agree, Miss Beatrice continued, as if mumbling to herself:
"Since that dinner on Sunday night, I have been thinking a lot about the meaning of balance these days."
"What did you get?"
Shade, who was holding the cat, asked softly, thinking that with his knowledge as a foreigner, he might be able to give her some advice, but Miss Bei Yasi answered directly:
"To understand the meaning of balance, there is no numerical indicator for me to refer to. Since I became a ring wizard, I have been exploring my own special abilities. After meeting you, I realized that it is the power of the chosen one. I can use the power of 'balance' to reduce the strength of ring wizards who are higher than me to a level similar to mine."
The day Shade first saw the Sunshine Gun, she used this power to defeat the Ringwitch of Mercury Blood.
"I can use the power of 'balance' to distinguish between good and evil in people."
So she has very few friends, and even without summoning the golden scales, she can instinctively measure the balance of good and evil in a person.
"I can even use this strange power to suppress the power of a powerful relic for a short period of time, so that the whispering element and the surrounding enlightenment element remain balanced... Of course, this is difficult and can only suppress part of the power of the relic."
But this is already amazing. As a second-ring warlock, she is really very powerful.
"After the banquet that day, I pondered deeply the deeper meaning of my own power, trying to dig out the essence of power from 'balance' itself, and then... I failed. This power is like drinking water, walking, and raising my hand. It is an ability I have, but I have to discover it step by step. They don't have any meaning, they are just a part of me, but because of this reason, I understand a very simple truth."
"What's the reason?"
Xia De asked, and the cat in his arms meowed, but it was just a dream.
“I am balance.”
She shifted her gaze from the window to Xia De, and the two looked at each other closely:
"All balances are based on me. I will lower the power that is higher than me. Good and evil are judged based on my thoughts. The power of the balancing relic is supported by my own enlightenment. Since I am the one favored by the judge who is suspended upside down by the ancient god of 'balance', when I hold the scales, I am the fulcrum of all balances."
At this moment, there seemed to be a golden light flashing in her eyes.
But Xia De soon realized that it was definitely not "as if".
Miss Bei Yasi raised her right hand, and the golden color naturally shone from the palm of her hand. Behind her, amid the whistle and bell, the life ring emerged in the thick steam.
The light in the palm of his hand was connected to the life ring behind him. The brass-colored ring actually flashed a golden luster at this moment:
"Miss Anat is right. I was only using power before, not exploring it. Now I can feel it. When the ceremony is over and I have completely transformed the life ring into gold, I can truly master the power of balance."
She clenched her right palm suddenly, causing the light in her palm to disperse into points of light and float in all directions.
The sound of rain was pattering, and Xia De stared at the life ring behind Miss Bei Yasi in amazement. He originally thought that it would be very difficult to understand the "power of balance", but he didn't expect that in just three days, the other party seemed to have understood everything:
"I thought you might need help with dynamic balance or something."
He smiled embarrassedly:
"The balance I understand is not a line, but fluctuations around a line to form a solid balance. Miss Bei Yasi, you are very good."
"You are pretty good too. How about this power of mine, Shade?"
Miss Bei Yasi showed it to Xia De excitedly, as if she wanted him to comment:
"I used the witch's carbon paper to copy the balancing power I used on myself in front of the mirror. Plus, when I was watching the rain here tonight, I thought of many things. When I answered your question just now, I instinctively had the experience I have now."
Xia De praised sincerely:
"It's very powerful. It's not your strength, but your talent and wisdom that are very powerful."
The outsider truly witnessed how unique the "one chosen by fate" was. Compared with Miss Bei Yasi, Shade's path as a ring wizard was too ordinary.
"So, there will be no problem with tonight's operation."
Let the life ring behind you disappear, Miss Bei Yasi said. But after the excitement, fatigue came over again, so she could only say goodbye to Xia De temporarily and go to sleep for a while before dawn.
Xia De was left alone in the empty room, watching the rain at the window:
"The danger was predicted in advance, and everyone prepared new powers. Miss Bei Yasi was even just one step away from fully mastering the super-standard ability... Under such circumstances, I think there will be no surprises tonight."
Do you really think so
She asked softly in his ear.
"Although there are always unexpected things in life, the plan is so thorough that even if an unexpected thing really happens, it is not something we can change. Besides..."
He felt the power sleeping in his soul and life ring. He closed his eyes and seemed to see the golden divinity directly before his eyes in the darkness:
"If something really happens during tonight's operation that they can't handle, I won't be stingy with this drop of divinity."
Sacrifice a precious drop of divinity for Beiyasi
"In order to have a powerful helper on the road to finding divinity in the future, I sacrificed a drop of precious divinity. I will not do something that I will regret after I die."