Astral Odyssey: Dying Ember

BaoBao's Origin 1

Luna regained consciousness and found herself back in the black claustrophobic space.

"Is it always like this here?" Luna looked at BaoBao who was in the space with her instead of talking to her through telepathy like the first time they met.

BaoBao looked around the seemingly empty space. "Seems like it..." 

"It can't be changed?"

"This space is supposed to reflect the host's heart. I've never heard of it changing its appearance before."

"So my heart's black?"

"I don't know. I don't know how I should interpret it but I don't think that's the case."

"Doesn't matter then." Luna had only asked about it in passing. "By the way, do you know what happens in the rest of the story?" Luna was curious if the final obstacle for the lead couple changed since the leader was apprehended.

"Yes I do. I will know everything along with the results of your performance."

"So?"

"That lecherous leader was actually a spy from the other country that Zhang Yong was tracking down. He regained consciousness on the way to prison, broke free, then took the chance when Zhang Yong was focused on you to return to his country and complete his mission. Afterwards, war broke out, he colluded with Zi Yao to obtain Hui Shan among the chaos. Wang Wei found out about Zi Yao's betrayal, so Zhang Yong kills her. They then defend the border successfully and save Hui Shan."

"How blessed the female lead is. It's not even one hero saving a damsel in distress."

BaoBao nodded.

"It's possible that if not for me, that spy wouldn't even have been caught."

"Mm." BaoBao agreed.

There was silence while Luna waited for him to continue on with the results. She soon realised that BaoBao was not going to say anything until she probed.

"Why aren't you moving on to the results?"

"You didn't ask for it."

Luna simply raised an eyebrow in response.

"It's a B... We only scrapped past the flogging event and although we managed to escape the marriage, we still died after being played with." BaoBao sighed. Only when hosts get an S grade would they be noticed by the administrators immediately. Otherwise, they would need to constantly get A grades before they would be noticed. Those scoring any poorer than that would be left alone and the system would take very long before it could advance into a higher grade system.

"That's true." Luna nodded.

BaoBao was already sad himself. He was afraid that Luna who did all the hard work was upset and disappointed too. He witnessed first-hand how much effort she put into training to become stronger and outwit the plot. So he tried to comfort her.

"Well, the soul was still pacified because it was not some weak powerless person anymore and we lived freely and happily for a good 5 years in the wild!"

"Mm." Luna agreed with him.

"So- So... Don't mind the grade! I believe we did great and that the original soul must be really happy with us!"

Luna finally realised that he was trying to comfort her. She slightly raised an eyebrow and told him, "Just so you know, I'm fine, I did whatever I could already. That's it."

BaoBao was speechless. He had felt so down but here she was receiving it like another boring piece of information.

BaoBao felt conflicted.