Fates Parallel Vol. 5: A XianxiaWuxia Inspired Cultivation Adventure Series by DarkTechnomancer

Author:DarkTechnomancer [DarkTechnomancer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 46

Meili

Li Meili wasn’t entirely certain how to feel about her existence. As far as first impressions go, immediately feeling the sting of disappointment from one of the people most precious to her wasn’t great. The fact that she had nothing better to do but stew on it while her friends, family, and self—and Seong Misun—scrutinized her didn’t help much.

She didn’t blame Master Ienaga—there were some obvious parallels to her own contentious ascension that were probably uncomfortable. But it wasn’t the same! Nobody innocent was harmed, aside from possibly Li Meili herself, but she’d agreed to that risk in advance.

That was an odd thought in itself—her memories only went back a few minutes, to the moment of her creation—but she had knowledge that existed independently of her memories. She knew that she’d agreed to shoulder the risks of her own creation, even though she had technically never done anything of the sort.

The difference between memory and knowledge was particularly jarring, the more she considered it. She knew her friends and family—their names and faces, their personalities, their relationships—and even felt the same connections to them, but though she knew her history, she didn’t have the memories to go with it.

“Are you alright? How are you feeling?”

Meili blinked and glanced up at Eunae with a start. She hadn’t realized that she’d been spacing out. At some point, Seong Misun had decided she was satisfied with her analyses and dispelled her formation circles, allowing the rest to crowd around Li Meili excitedly.

“Uh, fine I guess? A little bit crowded. I’m still getting my bearings.”

Most of the people around her took a step back, but Rika leaned in even closer.

“I know what Yoshika’s navel-gazing looks like. What’s going on in that head of yours? Any thoughts of turning on your creators? Maybe usurping their power for yourself?”

Meili snorted in amusement.

“No, though if I did I think I’d be smart enough not to say that right in front of everybody.”

There was a round of good natured chuckles, and Li Meili took advantage of the lull to take a look at her creator—herself, really. Yoshika hadn’t spoken a word since Meili’s creation, just staring in silence, obviously lost in her own thoughts.

As she glanced between Jia and Eui’s bodies, it occurred to Meili that she didn’t really know where to look when they stood on opposite sides of the circle like that. It was kind of annoying to experience it from the other side—something to remember for later. Or for them to remember? Li Meili frowned.

“I don’t know where to look when you’re standing far apart like that. Also maybe say something? This is getting awkward.”

Yoshika smiled—a sheepish grin on Jia’s face, and a sardonic smirk on Eui’s—and circled around until both were standing together. As usual, she defaulted to speaking in Jia’s voice.

“Sorry—we were just thinking. Trying to make sense of the way you feel in our domain.”

Meili suppressed a grimace—did she really look like that? She’d seen herself through her own eyes enough times, but somehow it was different from an outside perspective.

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