Diary of Guarding Monster Girls-Chapter 637 - 361 I Have Always Been With You (6K, Please Subscribe)_4

His voice was neither loud nor forceful, yet it gave Herbert a feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

He felt his body becoming increasingly heavy, but his soul seemed to grow lighter.

A long-lost sound reached his ears.

Thump-thump.

The sound of his heart beating, the flow of blood, all converged in his ears. He could feel his calm breathing and hear the chirping of birds outside the window.

The one in the mirror was about to sleep, while the one outside the mirror was about to awaken.

The long night was over.

The time to wake from the dream had arrived.

But just as Herbert was about to close his eyes and break free from the dream, he sighed softly.

"As expected, it's just a dream."

Herbert slowly opened his eyes, clarity replacing any trace of drowsiness.

Looking at his past reflection in the mirror with some regret, he softly said, "You tried to imitate me, to make yourself look like me."

"But you are not me."

"Yes, I do miss everything from the past, constantly reminiscing."

Herbert never denied his longing for his past life, even if it wasn't all that wonderful.

It was the past that shaped the present him, making him who he is today.

He will not forget all that he has gone through, not to glorify suffering, but to remember the self that overcame it. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

That was the path he came from.

"But so what if I do miss it?"

Herbert raised an eyebrow and softly said:

"Memories are like carving a mark on a moving ship, but one cannot live within them."

"No one can live in the past."

"No matter how much you miss it, memories may remain in the past, but the living cannot stay there forever."

The white-haired youth looked at the black-haired young man with a gentle smile, blinked and laughed: "Besides, nostalgia is nostalgia, but I never wanted to return to the past."

"Because, here, there are already people and things I can't let go of."

Not to mention, there weren't genuine Monster Girls in the previous life!

This is very important!

Herbert nodded to himself, then whispered to his reflection in the mirror: "Where I am is my reality."

"The past won't become an obstacle that hinders me."

"I will move towards the future."

Life is a one-way journey, whether you like it or not, you can only keep moving forward.

"And... you overlooked something."

The reflection in the mirror raised its head after a long silence and looked at the young man outside the mirror.

What was overlooked?

Herbert smiled: "I always say that I've reached where I am now through my hard work and sweat, without relying on anything else."

He shamelessly stated, then shrugged.

"But really, I know in my heart, it's just a jest."

"If I hadn't met that person, I would probably be a completely different version of myself, experiencing a different life."

"I might still be a miserable Paladin strictly adhering to rules, training the Iron Crotch Skill with the good brothers from the Knight Order."

"This dream was perfect, shaking my heart greatly, but surprisingly forgot a crucial figure for me."

Herbert paused for a moment, then laughed. Though phrasing it as a question, he asked with certainty: "Are you there?"

["I am."]

Without the slightest pause, Miss Xie Shen, who was supposed to be asleep absorbing Divine Power, whispered in his heart.

["I am always with you."]