I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

After all, she still had a lot of things to deal with, and this matter could be left for her to think about in her spare time.

Besides, Theresa was only deeply affected by the "dream" of more than ten years. Compared with her own hundreds of years of memory, it could not make her undergo earth-shaking changes in such a short period of time.

But as time goes by, everything will be different.

You have to know that some memories don't have a clear impact at the beginning...

Besides, Theresa actually cared a little about the memories brought by these 'dreams' in her heart.

After all, the Sarkaz are a free-ranging group of people without roots.

Therefore, they are always like seeds drifting on the sea, longing to find their own shore, their own hometown, and their own destination.

Even the Demon King Theresa is no exception...

Chapter 22: Three Years to Conquer Arturo, I Am the Queen of Terravan

Click——

The next moment after Carlos fell into a deep sleep, with the crisp sound of the door lock, a beautiful figure entered the girl's boudoir.

She was a sixteen-year-old girl, dressed in academic style. The black and white clothing silently highlighted the nature deep in the girl's soul.

The creamy white swallowtail jacket highlights the girl's streamlined figure. Under the black lace skirt, the touch of white that forms an absolute boundary with the black stockings is particularly eye-catching.

The girl herself is also a character. Her charming facial features seem to make her naturally charming. The teardrop mole under the corner of her eye is captivating, and her words and smile seem to be able to capture people's hearts.

Add to that the smooth black hair, the perfect curve of her thighs, the slender waist that is as soft as boneless, and the princess's eyes as deep as obsidian...

These characteristics overlap to form the girl's unique beauty, as if she were a magical poisonous rose, as dangerous and tempting as a poppy.

——To put it simply, the girl is exactly like Tomie from Terra.

Beautiful and dangerous.

And this beautiful girl is none other than Ikaros' childhood sweetheart whom he still misses even after awakening his memories of his past life.

Arturo Giallo.

"Good morning, are you awake, my dear Ikaros?"

After entering the room, Arturo closed the door skillfully, and walked to the bed of the sleeping girl with her jade feet wrapped in black stockings stepping on the little white rabbit slippers prepared for her by Ekalos.

Are you pretending to sleep again?

Seeing that Ikaros on the bed had no reaction as usual, Arturo, who was already used to it, raised the corners of his mouth, stared at Ikaros's cute sleeping face with his obsidian eyes, and said teasingly:

"So you fell asleep. I won't be polite to you then, Ekaros~"

Arturo deliberately said some ambiguous words in a frivolous manner, and used his soft hands wrapped in black gloves to push the black hair behind his face, revealing his white face.

Then she bent down slightly, and the bangs on the girl's forehead drooped slightly, as her face got closer and closer to the sleeping Ikaros.

The warm breath gently hit Icarus' face, like a gentle lover caressing her fair skin. The faint body fragrance of Arturo also drifted into Icarus' nose through the air.

The thin cherry lips were only half an inch away from Ekaros' lips...

However, Ikaros still did not respond.

This made Arturo a little confused, because according to previous experience, Icarus had probably begun to show his true colors.

Either her face turned red or her body trembled slightly, which seemed to Arturo like funny and cute little reactions.

But today, Ikaros didn't react at all.

It was obvious that something had gone wrong.

"Ekaros...Ekaros?"

"...It seems like he really fell asleep this time."

While gently shaking the girl's body, Arturo also called the girl's name softly, but after a while of trying without success.

Arturo realized that Icarus was indeed asleep.

After all, she would never ignore herself.

So she immediately gave up the idea of ​​disturbing Ikaros' sleep, and gently pulled Ikaros' quilt up a little. She skillfully and quietly took a small stool from under the dressing table beside her, and sat down beside the girl's bed. She supported her chin and quietly looked at Ikaros's face, which looked somewhat holy as she snored softly in the warm sunlight.

While the warm sunlight lingered on Ikaros, it also did not forget to share its warmth with Arturo, covering the girl's black hair and golden eyes in the warm light.

Arturo looked at Icarus' sleeping face and played with his soft silver hair that was shining in the morning light.

The texture of the hair was so good that Arturo couldn't help but take off his gloves and feel Ikaros's silky silver hair with the soft skin on his palms.

Feeling the itchy feeling brought by the silver hair brushing against the soft flesh between his palms, time passed silently through Arturo's fingertips.

The sun seemed to have woken up completely. No longer confused, it wanted to let more light and heat cover the lovely Ikaros who was sleeping soundly.

But to Arturo, this light and heat was a bit too much for a sleeping person.

So she stood up and pulled most of the curtains, blocking most of the sunlight from falling on Ikaros' face, but not letting the darkness cover her.

At the same time, the warm sunlight was unwilling to be blocked by the curtains, and still tried to shine through the curtains to bring warm light to the sleeping Ikaros.

In response, Arturo did not do anything else. He just wiped the crystal saliva that was slightly flowing from the corner of Ekalos' mouth and couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile.

Ikaros is still so cute, and I seem to like her a little more today.

Arturo couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at Icarus's delicate face. His beautiful eyes looked at the girl without any annoyance or boredom, as if he could live with the girl in front of him like this forever.

However, watching the girl's eyes gradually open, Arturo felt the hair as soft as before on his fingertips, enjoying the peace of the moment. The memories and bits and pieces that the girl had carefully treasured in his mind also flooded into Arturo's mind with the beauty of the past.

Come to think of it…how did someone like me fall in love with Ekaros?

It was a lonely and dull afternoon. I was playing a song alone in my mother's room. At the end of the song, I saw my mother returning home with the girl outside the window. I threw myself into my mother's arms with joy and relief, and then I saw the girl's lifeless expression.

It was also because of the Originium skill that after being banned from playing, the girl secretly took her own pocket money, took someone else's carriage, and used her young body to buy a second-hand cello from a city dozens of kilometers away. When the cello was handed to her, she looked at her stunned self with a silly and gentle smile.

Or when she heard my wish on her birthday, and naively wanted to be someone who understood me, a partner who stood by me, to learn the piano and hone the Originium skills that could restrain my influence, my heart beat faster for some reason and my eyes became slightly moist when I saw the girl's unhesitating determination.

Always have absolute trust in yourself and protect your fragile self, allowing yourself to play freely while using your true heart to find the answers you desire.

And the last time he asked the girl if he was going to leave Lateran, she answered without hesitation that she was willing to leave Terra with him. The look in her eyes seemed to be willing to make the whole world an enemy for him...

The faces of the girls in these memories overlap with the sleeping Ikaros in front of him.

Probably because of these.

Only someone named Arturo would like Ekalos.

At first, I just felt a slight excitement, but when I looked back again, I found that I was deeply involved and unable to extricate myself.

Feelings are such strange things.

And Arturo always pursues the most sincere feelings, whether it is with others or himself.

As for what the final impact of this pursuit will be.

Arturo never cared.

She only cared about being able to walk the road to the future with Ikaros.

Unconsciously lying on the head of the sleeping girl's bed, Arturo stared at Ikaros's exquisite profile. The sunlight shining through the curtains shone on her face. At this moment, only Ikaros' figure remained in her obsidian eyes, and she raised a bright smile.

The black hair also intertwined with the silver, overlapping, as if indistinguishable from each other.

And at this moment, a picture unique to Arturo and Icarus was drawn.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Even the sunlight became much milder. The curtains were blown quietly by the gentle breeze, as if offering silent blessings to the girls.

Chapter 23: In fact, Arturo was not asleep ()

The explosion of the Originium bomb and the death of loved ones.

Disguise in malice, a self-enclosed heart.

Until I found the meaning of myself again, and finally died without regrets...

The fast-paced movie scenes of the Grand Duke's eventful life passed before Ikaros' eyes.

In this dream, she saw her entire life in the simulation, from the time she awakened the Originium Art until her death.

It feels like a personal experience, but also like a real movie.

And in this dream, Ikaros also clearly saw the changes in his feelings for Theresa, and the changes that occurred because of her.

——From the beginning, I just wanted to create another me, then I gave up again and again, until I was completely unable to start, and finally I was relieved...

The process of Ikaros raising Theresa in the simulation is actually a gradual reconciliation with himself and a complete separation from the shadow of the past...

From a pathetic person who didn't trust others, isolated himself from the world, and blocked his own heart, he gradually chose to reconcile with himself because of Theresa, who was similar to him but different.

Later, he gradually accepted Theresa.

His desire changed from just wanting to possess her in a bad way to wanting to see Theresa become another self, and in the end he chose to let Theresa embark on her own path.

Perhaps at the beginning, the 'Ikaros' in the simulation was just a simple prank, wanting an interesting toy, wanting to fabricate another distorted self to share the loneliness of those who belong to an isolated world.

But this twisted emotion eventually turned into sympathy, pity, intolerance, and Ikaros's expectation that Theresa would take a different path from himself.

——After all, there are two kinds of unfortunate people in this world. One kind will impose their own shortcomings on others and drag others into the same misfortune as themselves.

The other is to prevent the spread of this misfortune and at the same time try to pull the unfortunate people out of the quagmire.

The 'Ikaros' in the simulation thought he would be the first type of person, but in the end he chose to be the second type.

It was probably at the moment when this change occurred that the feelings and attitude of "Ikaros" in the simulation towards Theresa gradually changed.

And let the final ending become what it is now...

It was probably because of Ikaros's silent transformation that Theresa gradually came to regard Ikaros as her home.

……

Oh...what complicated feelings.

This was the first sentence that came to Ikaros' mind after he sorted out the relationship between himself and Theresa in the simulation.

Fortunately, Ikaros knew that he didn't need to go through this.

The only pity is probably the ending Theresa chose after completing her mission.

But there is no way... After all, although the Sarkaz people's emotions cannot be seen, in fact, each one is more stubborn than the other.

Either don't be easily moved, or once you are moved, never give up the home you have found.

The Demon King is no exception...

I couldn't help but recall Theresa's final outcome in the simulation.

The image of Theresa clutching her clothes tightly in her arms, sobbing and burying her face in the fabric, never shedding tears in front of others, appeared in her mind again.

Even though he knew it was just a simulation, Ekalos still felt a pang of pain in his heart.

If I have the chance in the future, I will go meet His Highness in real life...

Perhaps because of regret and sorrow, Ikaros had such thoughts in his mind.

After this idea came up, the dream of helping Ekaros strengthen his Originium skills and corresponding operating skills also ended.

However, when he was about to wake up from the dream, Ikaros suddenly felt some doubts in his heart.

——Isn't it clear that only a part of the first-person perspective is in the simulator? Why can I see the whole thing in this dream?

Unfortunately, no one would answer Ikaros's doubt, and when she woke up, the sense of reality brought by the dream made her forget this doubt.

…………

"Um..., how long have I been sleeping?"

"Wait, why is Arturo here? Hiss, oh, yes, I seemed to hear the door lock being opened before I fell asleep..."

"So Arturo has been waiting for me for a long time..."

Waking up from the dream, the warm sunlight shone through the curtains onto Ikaros' body, bringing him a cozy feeling.