The girl seemed to have also noticed those thick Demon God Pillars gradually coiling around the wall behind her. Feeling the gazes projected by those fellows, she shook her head gently, rested her hand on her chin, and then lightly tidied her hair. She shook her head again, but the smile on her face became even more bright and brilliant.
"It seems Onii-sama is too strong. Strong enough that those guys are completely uneasy, letting me come to stop Onii-sama, hehehe... Hahahahaha!! I didn't expect the 72 Demon Gods, who are so arrogant that they want to dwell in a temple, to behave like this! It's really laughable. Onii-sama really makes me feel proud..."
The girl laughed more and more wantonly, and the smile on her face became incomparably bright. But soon, this arrogant and bright smile gradually faded. A look of loss appeared in her eyes; she hugged her shoulders with her hands, her body assuming a somewhat curled-up posture.
Such exposed emotions could be easily felt by anyone.
Aslan narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that it wasn't a bad thing that this girl's cognition had been altered by the Demon God Pillars. Before, this girl always wore such a plain expression on her face that it was impossible to determine what she was thinking or feeling. Even if she had difficulties or uncomfortable feelings in her heart, she would carry them herself.
In this way, he could finally know what kind of stone was weighing on this girl's heart that she couldn't put down. Although Aslan couldn't fully be called human right now, and at the same time, he wasn't a girl and didn't understand the delicate heart and certain ways of thinking of a girl...
But more or less, Aslan was an "old man" who had lived for such a long time. He could still keenly feel that this girl before him seemed to have something in her heart she was embarrassed to tell them, and it had gradually formed into confusion.
Although some things might be figured out gradually with age, it was also possible to be trapped in one's own thoughts for a lifetime without release. Such a life would ultimately hold some regrets. As an elder, Aslan didn't want to watch the girl before him reach that state.
"Hehehe... Onii-sama's strength makes me feel proud, and also a bit envious. But mostly, it makes me feel a bit nervous and fearful... Pendragon... this surname is very special and important, right? It symbolizes a family of the strong, yet I am not that strong... This time has embodied this point even more."
The girl raised her palm. All the thoughts usually hidden under her indifferent emotions were revealed at this moment. Tears flowed down from the corners of her eyes. A look of slight surprise appeared on the girl's face; she seemed surprised at why she was crying. Clearly, she had agreed to be strong. This point shouldn't change no matter how her cognition was modified.
Perhaps even this girl didn't realize just how fragile she was deep inside at this moment.
The stronger a person appears on the outside, the easier it might be for their heart to be touched by certain things.
Although she only said this much, Aslan could already feel the mindset with which this girl was facing him. The surname he had bestowed upon this girl due to the nature of things back then might not have been a good thing for her. Although it represented the importance he placed on this girl, it likewise burdened her with pressure.
Look at what kind of existence his family was. Although Uther didn't unify Britain, he was considered a qualified King and had contended with the White Dragon for many years. His cheap father was the White Dragon. At the same time, his family seemed to have a very close relationship with spirits, or rather, with fairies. He himself was the creator of the Artificial God.
Then look at his peers. His younger sister was Arthur, and his older sister was Morgan.
And there was no need to say more about Morgan's descendants; many were Knights of the Round Table, such as his cheap nephew Gawain, who suffered a loss every time he ran into him, as well as other nephews and nieces.
From this point of view, joining this family indeed required great courage. Although he gave her this surname to protect the girl before him, perhaps for this girl, her unyielding character made her constantly try to get closer to these existences of theirs that could be called non-human.
But the girl before him was ultimately human. She had never spoken to him about such things. He had actually always been proud that this girl had inherited a portion of his abilities, but this girl always felt that the abilities she mastered were far from enough.
"Then, this emotion was drawn out by those Demon Gods and went to the extreme. If such an Onii-sama died... died by my hands, would that mean I have surpassed Onii-sama?"
A very bizarre smile suddenly appeared on Sakura's face, looking extremely perverted. Coupled with those eyes glowing with red light, everything was like a horror movie. The girl gently placed her hand on her chest, where the armor wrapped around her body like the shell of a Demon God Pillar was wriggling constantly.
"This emotion is just like the worms back then, constantly trembling in my chest. I understand, this is not my original intention, but this mood truly can no longer be suppressed. Ah... Onii-sama, will I kill you, or will you stop me?"
Aslan sighed. To be honest, he now felt that these Demon God Pillars truly didn't understand the human heart even a little bit. Or should it be said that precisely because they lacked this emotion, everything they did was more likely to make people angry? It simply felt like they were playing with human hearts. Only this point made Aslan extremely angry.
"Manifest! [Supreme Masterpiece · Justice]!!"
Accompanying the rapid surging of magical energy, the red Artificial God slowly stood up behind Aslan.
"Weapon switch, Capture Mode!"
A large number of unactivated weapons and equipment floated out from Aslan's spatial Mystic Code in the form of small boxes, replacing the original lethal weapons. With the input of magical energy, these weapons and equipment began to stir.
Subsequently, a gleam of golden light faintly appeared in Aslan's eyes as he looked at the girl before him. "Are you ready? Sakura! I'm going to completely strip off the armor on your body and the crown on your head!!"