Chapter 48: Meteoric Rise (1)

“I’m sorry! I-I’m…” Chu Nan hastily loosened Catherine from his grasp and tried to stand up. However, due to the alcohol in his body, he slipped.

“It’s… it’s…” The still teary-eyed Catherine quickly went to support Chu Nan who was about to fall again.

“I’m sorry..” Chu Nan felt vexed at what he had done to a poor girl and he shook his head in anger that was directed at himself. “I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have done that, especially to you. I didn’t mean the words I have said. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. ”

“It’s fine.” Catherine’s voice was as quiet as a mosquito. But as for her parting words, there was a degree of firmness in her tone. “But if you don’t love me, don’t kiss me…”

After she said that, Catherine stood up and left the room.

‘If you don’t love me, don’t kiss me.’ Chu Nan looked at the departing Catherine in a daze and the scenes of their life in the forest for the past half a year flashed through his mind.

How many times had Catherine stepped forward to save him from wild beasts that approached late at night? How many times had Catherine sucked the poison out for him when he accidentally stepped on poisonous plants in the Heaven Forest? In addition, who was the one who cared for him day and night without sleeping when he caught a cold and was burning up?

Countless scenes of similar flashed through Chu Nan’s mind. Catherine’s smile, Catherine’s sadness, Catherine’s tears…

‘Do I love her?’ Chu Nan stared at the door in a trance. Even he could not answer that question.

No matter if he was an expert or a messenger in front of others, his real identity was merely of an ordinary young man who carefully protected his life and not long ago, he was still living in fear. Even though his character might not be the best, he was still kind at heart. He could be slightly cheeky in the face of personal gains, but he was ultimately still a conflicted young man with a kind heart.

Smack! Chu Nan roughly gave himself a hard slap, harder than he had ever slapped himself before. The number of times he had slapped himself in this half a year had far outnumbered the past.

“I’m really a huge jerk.” On the floor, Chu Nan leaned against the bed and thought, ‘Being flushed with success makes it easy for one to lose oneself.’

Chu Nan opened the spatial bracelet with no one around. He had basically sorted out the items inside during this period of time. Other than some unknown items, he basically had an idea of the majority of items inside the bracelet.

The only exception was that silhouette of a woman who would often appear inside the spatial bracelet. Even until now, he was unable to find the source of the phenomenon.

The only thing he knew was that sometimes, she would either simply appear as an image, or with just a voice, and there were also times when she would just bring about a faint fragrance.

“It seems like she will not be appearing today.” Chu Nan rubbed his temples as the hangover started kicking in.

He climbed on the bed and spread himself out on the soft and comfortable bed. “I can’t take it anymore. It’ll be better to take a nap first.”

Soon, Chu Nan was fast asleep with the help of alcohol.

It was said that it was easy to dream while sleeping when we were extremely tired. After he fell asleep not long after, Chu Nan started dreaming.

The scenes of the Heaven Forest, Catherine, and Carlina alternated continuously in his dream.

“I’m an angel? Brother Chu Nan, I’m only sixteen..”

“Chu Nan, if you don’t love me, don’t kiss me…”

When Chu Nan was still dreaming, some people were extremely busy due to his appearance.

The capital of Dulraze, Aegis City, was one of the few large cities on the continent. Not only was it the capital of one of the prominent cities, it was also the location for one of the three important bases for the Temple of Light. One-third of the upper echelons of the Temple of Light resided in Aegis City.

The palace of Dulraze, was one of the most magnificent and sturdy ever built on the continent, symbolizing the power and stability the country of Dulraze had in the continent. The current king of Dulraze, Avery, was happily looking at the report that was just received from Dolunga City.

“Good! Good Good!” King Avery loudly cheered three times in a row, and said to the various civil and military officials in the palace, “The plague our country has suffered from was a tricky problem, but I didn’t expect a miracle to happen in the most difficult of times! What does this represent? It means that the Dulraze is blessed by the God of Light!”

The miracle happenings in Dolunga City spread much faster than the official notice. Not only did this create an uproar in Dulraze, even the other countries were aware of it.

Following the spread from word of mouth, the version of Chu Nan entering the city was no longer because Viscount Efran had captured him. Instead, Chu Nan, the favored of the God of Light, had descended into the city from the skies with rays of light behind his back. He then compassionately looked at the sufferings in the city before tears dripped down from his face.

Alas, he knelt before the God of Light and sincerely prayed that he would rather sacrifice his blood and life in hopes that the God of Light would help these poor souls.

In the end, Chu Nan’s display of pure sincerity moved the God of Light and a Heaven Grade forbidden spell, [God of Light’s Gift], appeared in the skies. Then, Chu Nan unsheathed a knife and plunged it into his heart as the blood started to splatter onto the scroll. With his blood, he activated the heaven-grade forbidden light spell and thus saved five million citizens from the plague.

After several hours of Chu Nan being in a coma due to his serious injuries, the God of Light had passed down another oracle once again, this time God was hoping that Chu Nan could continue to spread the supreme doctrine of light.

The story became increasingly miraculous and very soon, Chu Nan was crowned as a saint by many. There were even some who directly called him the Son of Light. In their opinion, if he was not the Son of Light, how could he possess such deep sentiments towards the God of Light? If he was not the Son of Light, how could he possess the Heaven Grade forbidden spell?

“Your Majesty is merciful, thus such a miracle had appeared. By gathering all the infected in a single city, that itself proves the wisdom of Your Majesty.”

One of the ministers delivered his flattering in a smooth manner, and the other ministers also started to suffer from temporary amnesia. They seemed to have forgotten how the king gathered all the infected together with intentions to have them die off by themselves. The incident had basically nothing to do with him being merciful.

“Your Majesty, your subordinate suggests that we should summon this young man who had casted the forbidden spell and for Your Majesty to personally reward him.

King Avery nodded in agreement. Luckily, these ministers of his were not idiots, as the purpose of this court meeting was to approve of this matter. Even though it was a miracle, there was still a need to display his power as he could not let the citizens have the impression that divine power was higher than the imperial power.