The moment she saw Lin Mo's face.
This was the person she had thought of day and night.
This was the father of her child, Klee.
For a moment, Alice's composure shattered.
She almost couldn't stop herself from throwing herself into Lin Mo's arms.
But just as Alice took that step forward,
the intended embrace suddenly shifted.
"You heartbreaker!!" *Thump~!*
Her fair, delicate fist landed squarely on Lin Mo's chest.
"Ahem…"
Lin Mo coughed dryly twice, quickly catching Alice's fist in his hand.
"Heartbreaker! Heartbreaker!" Alice raised her other fist,
aiming another blow at him.
Lin Mo was quick.
He reached out with his other hand, firmly grasping her wrist.
"Alice, calm down,"
Lin Mo said gently.
"I won't calm down! I don't want to calm down!" "We even have Klee~"
"You promised you'd be responsible for my youth~!" "I don't want to calm down~!!" Alice grew angrier as she spoke.
Her fair forehead shot forward without hesitation, aiming for Lin Mo's nose.
*Thump~!*
Lin Mo didn't budge an inch.
It was Alice whose forehead turned red from the impact.
"Wah…"
A wave of grievance instantly washed over her.
Alice stopped her flailing.
Instead, she crouched before Lin Mo, covering her eyes.
Seeing her slightly trembling shoulders,
it was clear she was likely sobbing.
"Alice…"
Lin Mo's gaze was complicated.
He didn't know how Alice had learned about his hundred cycles of reincarnation.
But right now, that wasn't important.
She would have found out eventually anyway.
The most important thing now was to help her accept this reality.
The next moment, Lin Mo sat on the grass and drew Alice into his embrace.
He let her weep against his chest,
but didn't immediately offer words of comfort.
Instead, under the starry sky of Starsnatch Cliff, he simply savored this rare reunion.
"You… why aren't you saying anything?!"
Alice complained, her voice thick with grievance.
She even lifted Lin Mo's arm and bit down on it without mercy.
Lin Mo winced slightly, a faint frown creasing his brow.
He hadn't used his Archon power to protect himself as he had against Chiyo, instead letting her vent her bitterness.
After leaving deep teeth marks on Lin Mo's hand, Alice noticed he still hadn't made a sound.
She then turned her face, her beautiful eyes glistening with tears, and gazed at Lin Mo with a deep, resentful look.
"Feeling a little better now?" Lin Mo asked with a soft smile.
"Hmph! Aren't you going to explain yourself?" Alice's voice was dripping with resentment.
"Actually… there's not much to explain. After all, it's all fact now,"
Lin Mo began calmly,
not daring to look at Alice.
He kept his eyes on the distant stars as he continued, "I don't want to fail you, nor do I want to fail any of them."
These words from Lin Mo
immediately made Alice's fist clench again.
But then, what Lin Mo said next calmed her heart.
Lin Mo went on:
"You might think I'm being selfish and irresponsible…"
"But if I could betray them by telling you I'd fail them just to be good to you…"
"Then it would mean I could also betray you and tell them the same thing." "I don't want to do that. In the end, it would only hurt everyone."
As Alice listened to Lin Mo's words,
for a moment, she found herself unable to refute him.
And then,
Lin Mo finally stopped looking up at the star-filled sky.
He lowered his head, gazing into Alice's still-resentful eyes, and said with a gentle smile, "Alice, rest assured, in my heart,
you will always hold the most special place."
Alice furrowed her brow slightly, seeming to grasp the meaning hidden within his words.
The next moment, Lin Mo slowly leaned his forehead closer.
When their foreheads touched, he whispered softly:
"You were the first girl in this world to find your way into my heart."
"Not only that, you were also the first to have a child with me, the girl I wish to spend my life with." "It seems like fate's favor."
"To have the first person I met in this world be you."
"Including this hundredth cycle of reincarnation."
"The first person I met was our child, Klee." "As I said before."
"You hold the most special place in my heart, as the first girl who truly moved me." "And our child Klee is also the most special child in my heart." "No matter if I have other children in the future."
"Because of you, my love for Klee will always come first."
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