"I can't be a spirit warrior. Please don't ask me to cultivate anymore," Hannah answered with her young voice that was filled with pain.
“Impossible! I am the most talented warrior in the Ethereal Region. Nobody dares to mention another name alongside mine in the same breath. Your mother was also a well-known spirit warrior. As a direct descendant of ours, you’re supposed to be more talented!” Timothy exclaimed, unable to accept that his daughter couldn’t become a spirit warrior.
“Father, Doctor Lloyd told us that I can’t cultivate due to my body’s deficiency. Please, don’t let me cultivate anymore,” she begged him.
“You’re my only daughter. I have no choice but to turn you into a spirit warrior. It’s the only way you’ll inherit the position of the Sword Spirit Sect’s leader and continue leading our sect! From now on, I’ll be building a foundation for you to work on with all my strength. I will not accept that you can’t be one of us!” As soon as he said this, Timothy walked over to young Hannah.
"No! Stay away! Don’t come here! Please!” she screamed in fear.
"I never expected her to have such a traumatic childhood experience. It appears that she’s very reluctant to become a spirit warrior. Perhaps she doesn’t realize this, but she certainly won’t become one if she can’t overcome this barrier,” Rocky remarked. He knew Hannah needed to overcome this psychological trauma in order to get over it.
Therefore, he had to find the real Hannah that was hidden deep within her somewhere.
Without any delay, Rocky dove deeper into Hannah’s spiritual sense. Finally, in the middle of the endless world, he found Hannah asleep and curled up in the fetal position.
“Miss Hannah,” Rocky called out to her as he drew nearer.
“Stay away! Don’t come here!” she murmured subconsciously.
“Miss Hannah, listen to me. All of this is just a childhood memory of yours. I know it’s unpleasant but it’s all in the past. You can start all over again now. You can do anything you want to do as long as you recover,” Rocky encouraged her.
“I don’t want to be a spirit warrior. I hate it. Leave me alone!” she retorted fiercely like a tiny wounded animal.
Hannah’s spiritual sense world began to repel Rocky’s spiritual sense. The wind howled and the rain fell down in a torrent. Lightning flashed and the thunder rumbled across the sky.
"Miss Hannah, do you really want to devote yourself to the Sword Spirit Sect like an ordinary person for the rest of your life? Don’t you want your father to treat you right? He has devoted himself to you more than anyone else! Yes, he went too far at times, but he never meant to harm you. You’re his only child. It’s natural for him to pass on everything to you. Nothing is wrong with you. It’s simply what God has destined for you. Now you have a chance to change your fate. You should cherish it. Otherwise, you’ll regret settling for being just an ordinary person,” Rocky snapped sternly.
Suddenly, Hannah calmed down. It was as if Rocky’s words had removed the weight brought by the stubbornness and expectations that troubled her heart for so long.
She blinked her eyes slightly before opening them and was stunned to find Rocky in front of her. “You… Why are you here? What is this place? What’s happening?”
“Are you awake?” Rocky breathed a sigh of relief as Hannah began to wake up from her slumber.
“I had a dream. It was about my father when I was a child and…” Her body trembled once again as she failed to finish her sentence.
Seeing this, Rocky quickly held her in his arms to comfort her. In a gentle voice, he said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s all in the past. It’s time to forget. From tomorrow on, your past will no longer control you. You’ll have a new life.”
“This shows that you’re destined to be a great spirit warrior. Perhaps you’ll accomplish something grand in the future,” Rocky suggested with a warm, assuring grin.
“Thank you. If it wasn’t for you, I would’ve had no chance of becoming a spirit warrior throughout my life. How can I repay you? Just tell me what you want and I promise I’ll get it done!” Hannah was immensely grateful. Her mood at the moment was hard to put exactly into words. She knew that if it wasn’t for Rocky, she would have never become a spirit warrior. She was ready to repay him with anything.
“I’m just doing my duty. There’s no need to repay me.” Rocky didn’t take any credit. Although it was tempting, it was enough for him to know that he left a mark in Hannah’s heart. He knew she would grow up to become a great helper to him in the future.
“No, I insist. I’ll feel guilty if I don’t repay you,” Hannah informed him with a frown.
"I'm going to marry you, Miss Hannah. Countless spirit warriors throughout the Ethereal Region dream of making you their bride. So now I’m taking my chances and getting what I desire in return,” Rocky admitted to her happily.
"That's two different things. Besides, it's not a real marriage. It's just a ruse," Hannah grumbled.
"Miss Hannah, do you really want me to marry you?" Rocky smiled.
"You wish!" Hannah glared at him, her face flushed with crimson.
“Well, it’s time for you to leave here, Miss Hannah. After all, you’re to be a bride soon. Staying at my place too long would get you into trouble,” he reminded her.
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