Chapter 462: System's Memories - 6

The memories still swirled around them, fragments of that final deal with Dionz, the moment she chose to forget rather than face the consequences of caring.

"I am a divine being," Nala insisted. "I'm not supposed to…"

'To what? Love? Because that's what this was, wasn't it? You fell in love with him and it terrified you so much you literally erased it from your mind.'

"That's absurd! I was merely... conducting research."

'Oh please,' Zara's consciousness radiated skepticism. 'You spent a hundred years pretending to be "researching" I got bored of that, probably then spent millions of years pretending humanity was beneath you because you couldn't handle the truth.'

"The truth?"

'That you're capable of love. That you're not just some perfect, untouchable divine being. That maybe, just maybe, humans aren't as inferior as you want to believe.'