foreigner's journey

Chapter 419 It's not just words that can convey feelings
"...So, you all came to the Forgotten City, planning to activate the ultimate white magic with the help of the underground lake and the ritual altar?"

Heather finally understood, folded her arms and said angrily: "A bunch of idiots! I told you to go to Ice and Snow Village, why didn't you listen!"

Everyone was so scolded that they couldn't lift their heads, Yuffie said cautiously: "But, if you don't come, the planet will..."

"Sephiroth has obtained the inheritance of knowledge from the ancient temple, so he must also know about the ultimate white magic. He sent his mind to guard here early in the morning, in order to prevent the holder of the white magic stone from activating [Holy] to resist the ultimate white magic. Extremely black magic [Meteor]. Originally, he wasn't sure if Alice had the white magic stone, but this time he caught it right."

Heather was furious, but for Tifa's sake, she patiently explained:
"Originally, I planned to rush back immediately after getting the Summoning Stone, and then bring you to the Forgotten City. Unless Sephiroth's body comes, there is no possibility of failure in the [Holy] activation... I didn't expect you to move so fast .”

After hearing this, Alice lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "Yes, I'm sorry...it's because of my strong request that everyone accompanied me here..."

For her favorite disciple, Heather couldn't even scold her, so she sighed: "Forget it, I have to blame Planet's will for being too impatient, and I didn't make it clear at the beginning."

He didn't mention the Forgotten City before because he was afraid that they would come to the Forgotten City too early. If the tragedy in the original game happened again, Heather would regret it by then.Now it's just [Holy] being suspended and the white magic stone being polluted, the result is not too bad compared to the original game.

It's a pity that if [Insect Shield·Light Egg] can exert its full power, it will definitely be able to successfully purify the polluted white magic stone, but the light eggs without the support of myths and legends are just four ordinary stone balls in this world.

"What should we do now, brother?" Tifa stroked Alice's back and looked at Heather.

"The source of all these events is Sephiroth, and only by completely defeating him can we end everything."

Heather snapped her fingers: "Everyone should take a good rest in the Forgotten City today, it's still safe here. Let's go straight into the Great Northern Hole tomorrow and settle the score with Sephiroth."

Everyone has no objection, and follows Heather along the spiral stairs to return to the upper area of ​​the Forgotten City.

This city that has been sleeping for thousands of years seems to have been forgotten in the corner of history. If you walk into a conch-shaped dwelling, you can see the daily necessities of the Settra people thousands of years ago, whether it is a bed for rest or pots and pans. Not dilapidated by the passage of time, not even a lot of dust, as if the Settra's departure was only a few months ago.

Perhaps the planet is also remembering her most beloved Settra tribe in its own way.

Yuffie rushed to the front, yelled and ran to a residence she had already chosen, announcing that this was her residence tonight, and no one was allowed to rob her.Not to be outdone, Barrett ran to a very spacious conch-shaped building with heavy steps to swear his sovereignty. Alice didn't have the nerve to tell him that it was actually the barn of the Settra people.

Jessie pulled Claude to choose a residential house far away. The size is small but the decoration is warm. Maybe the previous owners here were also a newlyweds?

I saw Jesse lying flushed and whispering a few words in Claude's ear, and Claude immediately flushed and stiffened.He turned to look at Jesse, hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly, and was immediately pulled into the room by the laughing Jesse and locked the door behind him.

Alice leaned on the staff and looked around, and finally found the tallest tower building in the north of the Forgotten City. This is the astronomical tower of the Settra people. It has always been responsible for the elders of the past generations to observe astrology and study magic.Alice wants to feel the past of the same race through the remaining stream of life here, and find valuable ancient knowledge from it.

Heather saw that Tifa had found a residence closer to the forest, so she randomly picked a residence not far from Tifa.

In the evening, everyone gathered together and cooked a large pot of soup with the ingredients they brought. The aroma of the food wafted through the Forgotten City, adding a breath of life to this forgotten ancient city.

During the period, the Summoning Stone of [Machine God Alexander] was given to Alice for use, because she has the strongest spiritual energy and the most mindfulness among the three beginners.Claude, who possesses Jenova's cells and can continuously restore energy and spiritual power, uses [Water God Liviasan], while Tifa continues to use [Ice God Shiva], which has the best compatibility with her.

[Vulcan Ifrit] is handed over to Yuffie. Jesse and Barrett have no special energy, so they still have to rely on weapons and mechanical equipment to strengthen their combat effectiveness.

Everyone tacitly did not ask Heather if she had successfully obtained the legendary mysterious summoning stone, because Heather had never disappointed them.

Claude held a bowl of soup and said while eating: "With Heather here, those monsters wandering outside are okay, but how should we blast through the protective shield of the Great Northern Hole tomorrow?"

Heather scooped a large spoonful of soup from the cauldron into a bowl and handed it to Barrett, then replied: "[Machine God Alexander]'s holy judgment beam plus my full power after transforming into a dragon One blow should be able to blast through that protective barrier. Sephiroth borrowed the river of life in the deepest part of the Great Void to build this barrier, but he is not the agent of the planet's will after all, and he does not have such high ability and authority, so there must be someone assisting him."

"Assist Sephiroth? Who is so mad?" Tifa was stunned, unable to imagine what kind of person would be willing to help Sephiroth destroy his planet.

Claude was silent for a while, and said: "...such a crazy person, can only be [Hojo]?"

"But why, why is such a proud Hojo willing to help Sephiroth, even if the mother planet is destroyed?" Jesse still couldn't understand, is the brain circuit of a genius scientist different from that of a normal person?

Heather curled her lips: "Father wants to help his son, is there any problem?"

"...Alas!??" Everyone exclaimed, they never expected to hear such a big gossip when the final battle was approaching.

"Hojo has a lover who is also a senior scientific researcher of Shinra, named Lucrecia. When Lucrecia was pregnant, it happened to be the period when Hojo was most fascinated by researching Jenova cells. For the first-hand research data , Hojo crazily injected Jenova cells into the body of Sephiroth, who was still an unformed baby, and Lucrecia was also infected by Jenova cells."

Heather satisfied everyone's gossip:

"So, Hojo is Sephiroth's biological father in every sense, although he has never fulfilled the responsibility of a father. Although I don't know why he wants to pave the way for his son now , but presumably Sephiroth does not intend to recognize such a father."

"It's true... Sephiroth has looked down on Hojo very much since before, but instead admires Dr. Gast, Alice's father." Claude heard Zacks say something about it.

"In short, tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle, everyone should have a good rest."

Heather clapped her hands, indicating that the dinner time was over and everyone should go to rest.

Back in the residence she had chosen, Heather sat down at the table and put the portable camping lamp in the corner of the table, then took out Tifa's glove that Sephiroth had broken the magic crystal, and helped her re-insert the new magic crystal stone.

Because of being protected by Tifa's mind energy and being cushioned by magic spar, the damage to the gloves is not too big, which belongs to the level that Heather can repair with tools.

As the night deepened, the gloves were finally repaired. Heather carefully selected three more excellent magic crystals to inlay into the gloves, and then stretched.

Suddenly, he looked towards the door.The door was slowly pushed open, and Tifa stood pretty at the door, blushing softly and said: "Brother, are you still asleep?"

"Just got your gloves done, come on, try them on and see if they fit."

Heather tossed the glove to Tifa, who took it and put it on, and found it to be as easy to use as ever, and the inlaid magic spar was better than the previous one.

"Very suitable, thank you, brother."

Tifa seemed to have made up her mind. She blushed even more, and instead of leaving with gloves on, she walked into the house and locked the door behind her.

"Huh? Is there anything else?" Heather said in a gentle voice, "Don't be depressed because you lost to Sephiroth today, that guy himself..."

Heather couldn't finish her sentence, because Tifa suddenly strode up and threw herself into his arms, holding him tightly.

"Senior brother... I... I'm very scared... I was running the tavern well, but in a muddleheaded way, I shouldered the fate of saving the planet... It would be great if I won tomorrow, but if I lost... I was so nervous that I couldn't breathe , brother."

Tifa buried her head in Heather's chest, her voice was crying.She raised her head and looked at Heather: "I'm afraid that tomorrow will be the last day of my life, and I'm afraid that I'll never see you again."

"Idiot, I won't let you die, no one will die except Sephiroth."

Heather gently stroked Tifa's head, her voice was gentle: "The planet will be fine, and everyone will be fine. With me here, don't worry."

Tifa looked at Heather with tears in her eyes, she stepped back from Heather's arms, and then began to take off her clothes with trembling hands.

Heather froze for a moment, instead of refusing or leaving indifferently like in the previous worlds, she turned off the lights.

In five years, he had already confirmed his heart, he loved this kind and strong girl, although Heather and Tifa never told each other the word "love".

Sometimes, it is not only words that can convey feelings.

(End of this chapter)