Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 572 - 311: Step by Step Getting Closer to You_2

Chapter 572: Chapter 311: Step by Step Getting Closer to You_2

That is the "belief" supporting the time split.

This belief must be inherent and relatively strong within oneself.

Just like a certain time split that has now almost completely spiraled out of control.

She carries Olivia’s desire to protect her father, protect Sister Wang, protect the empire, and a strong will to survive.

So that time split follows her belief, constantly exploring possibilities for salvation, constantly striving to become stronger.

is the same.

She carries her own thirst for knowledge, so every time she splits, she diligently tries to learn everything she wants to learn.

Olivia just didn’t expect that she actually enjoys being a literary girl.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Is she such a little girl?

But then a voice echoed in her mind:

"Olivia, Olivia, don’t you know how childish you are?"

The little swan suddenly felt a bit annoyed.

She didn’t choose to be this childish.

To quickly gather strength and become stronger, she must split the time embodiment to handle different matters.

As the belief is divided, segments of memories constituting the belief are also drawn out.

Before retrieving the time embodiment, her memories were fragmented.

——At times, she couldn’t even recall that she had split the time embodiment.

So Olivia felt that calling her childish was unfounded.

A person’s worldview, outlook on life, and values are shaped by past experiences.

The more memories one has, the more influence they undergo.

If she, with incomplete memories, could still maintain an adult’s demeanor, that would be strange.

Fortunately, except for the first time she released the "Black Swan," losing control due to not setting a "retrieval keyword," her other time embodiments would have their targets and rules established.

Once the rules are adhered to and targets achieved, the time embodiments dissipate on their own, returning with all they have mastered.

Thinking of this made her little nose almost turn up in pride.

Didn’t expect that, did you, Louis? I’m quite clever; you can’t see through me so easily.

Thinking of Louis, that villain, made her feel bitter inside.

When she first reincarnated, she was most wary of the future Prince of Enchantment.

Though the demon lineage’s pure combat boost might not be that useful, when it comes to social dynamics, it’s like a dimensional reduction strike.

The racial gift instinctively allows those with demon blood to sense others’ emotions to some degree, meaning that if used wisely, they can maneuver through social settings, controlling the narrative within the noble social circle.

However, the essence of the Abyssal Enchantress is chaos, and their nature destined that they could only use this emotional perception talent to drain their enemies.

Only the mixed-blood who were free from the abyss’s influence could more effectively harness this power.

Among these mixed-blood, the Enchantment nation is the most dangerous.

Considering the Enchantment nation’s near-maniacal greed she knows, even if that person is her future ally, she wouldn’t want them to know about her actions.

But she couldn’t always shield herself from the Enchantment nation’s emotional perception.

So even before formally meeting the Enchantment nation, she had already sent out her "beliefs" one by one as time embodiments.

This way, memories would also fade away with the beliefs.

The fewer memories she has, the more she returns to a "childlike" mindset.

No matter how capable the Enchantment nation is, they couldn’t see her full picture.

——But who would have thought, this Enchantment nation is not that Enchantment nation.

It was a country outside her understanding of the Enchantment nation.

Lacking experience at the start, unable to timely discern his anomaly, she only thought he seemed a bit different.

Later, as their interactions increased, her thoughts began to change.

Especially during the period when Louis proposed the Giant River Plan, when her time embodiment 001 returned, she swiftly perceived the Enchantment nation’s problem with the additional memories.

Back then, she simply thought this was someone like her, a lucky one who traversed the timeline.

But when everything was laid bare between them, she realized that person wasn’t the real Enchantment nation she feared.

Olivia sat in the chair, tilting her head, her fingers circling on the table, her gaze gradually became vacant.

In her previous life, shortly before her death, she briefly recalled all the time embodiments, returning to a complete state.

At that time, she understood that the Enchantment nation wasn’t her enemy; he even helped Sister Wang for a long time.

As a personal guard, not being able to protect Sister Wang was already a thorn in her heart.

She didn’t complain about being confined in the Imperial Palace by him.

But expecting her to acknowledge this person was a bit troublesome.

After all, he had once been so influenced by the greatest sin that he couldn’t control himself. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

During his reign as the emperor, it seemed he had made some sort of decision, somewhat managing to suppress the great sin of Greed.

That was commendable.

But in the beginning, the Enchantment nation was truly a ticking time bomb.

Any careless move could stir up trouble.

Yet... if it wasn’t that Enchantment nation, but someone more trustworthy?

"Louis, oh Louis, you are such a mischief,"

the little swan murmured.

After retrieving the time embodiment 003, she once again grasped the ability to control time embodiments.

It was also then that she learned many things she hadn’t known before.

For example, the encounter between him and the Black Swan.

For instance, the promise between the two to protect Sister Wang.

For example, the crisis he encountered to protect Sister Wang as seen from the Black Swan’s perspective.

...

Those were things she didn’t understand back then.

She felt grateful back then.

Grateful that Louis could so devotedly protect Sister Wang.

But gradually, she felt like she was going crazy.

The night Louis entered her room seeking the Jade Phoenix Mage’s legacy, he teased her through the window after obtaining the legacy, mocking her for not being able to handle ’A,’ causing her to contemplate finding some papaya milk to supplement her body.

This was initially an ordinary matter.

But after the Black Swan embodiment acquired this memory, it became embarrassed and shy.

Originally feeling nothing, she suddenly felt embarrassed too after accessing the Black Swan’s shy and bashful memory.

The Black Swan disguised as herself to meet Louis and was exposed for not bringing Sister Lumi, leading them to honestly face each other that night, and the Black Swan felt nothing about hiding in Louis’ room and being discovered by William.

But the little swan, having accessed the Black Swan’s memories, felt her brain burning.

Black Swan embodiment, Li Zai Gan God-Demon!

Do you realize how much misunderstanding this could cause for others?

"Maybe it was since then that my thoughts became less clean."

The shame was like a crack prying open in her heart, which she couldn’t reveal the truth, thus causing the crack to gradually expand.

Especially... During the battle in the Shadow Country, standing from the Black Swan’s perspective, seeing Louis nearly losing his mind, enduring severe injuries to save her, her complex emotions at that time were like a long-repressed volcano, erupting instantly.

The deliberate interference she caused him in the early days due to not understanding him, transcending time, turned into nails on her.

Although Louis resolved those matters well, guilt still surged within her.

Then, a long-buried notion surfaced again.

"It was my plan of wanting him away from Sister Wang that advanced his closeness to Sister Wang."

Somehow, she even blamed her former self a little.

Such foolish adorable.

If she claimed she didn’t have any thoughts, she wouldn’t be so shamelessly denying it.

After staying with that mischief for long, she indeed found comforting dependence beside him.

She hadn’t felt at ease entrusting matters to others for a long time.

Was it guilt?

She didn’t understand.

Was it affection?

She wasn’t sure either.

But it surely wasn’t jealousy.

Because that is her beloved Beatrice’s love, Beatrice who took on everything for the empire when she was most lost.

After knowing the materials needed to lift her cursed form involved using treasures from the Mermaid Kingdom, it was Beatrice who used her cherished possessions to exchange for curse-lifting materials.

How could she bear to hurt Beatrice?

So, for a time, she actively avoided Louis.

Until that day...