Rebirth: The Universe's Hidden Heiress-Chapter 148: Memories of Last Life

The president’s face turned ashen upon hearing the Sword Master’s words.

The Sword School was the premier institution in the Martial World. Their powerful influence and frequent collaborations with other schools to explore secret realms and retrieve treasures were well-known. Without their protection, exploring these realms would become extremely dangerous.

More importantly, if the leading school took such a stance, other schools, not wanting to offend the Sword School, would follow suit in severing ties...

As expected, other schools quickly promised to cease their dealings with them. However, the young successors of these schools clarified that their decision wasn’t just due to the Sword School’s stance but also because they had all been helped by Yuka in the past and couldn’t forgive the one who caused her death.

The president couldn’t comprehend how Yuka, seemingly just a mortal and unremarkable in the school, had garnered such support from prominent figures in the Martial World.

One day, the youngest teacher from the Mystique School spoke up, "Our school possesses a secret technique. Even if Yuka’s spirit is shattered, we can bring her back to life."

As everyone’s attention turned to him, he uttered four words, "Life for a life."

Finally, the president could no longer stand and collapsed to his knees.

Several major martial arts schools joined forces to pressure the school that Sohua belonged to. Even the emergence of the Great Master from seclusion, attempting to save Sohua, did not change the fate of those who had conspired with her to kill Yuka.

They were thrown into a secret realm by the elders of The Mystique School, trapped within an array. There, they were continuously drained of their energy, night and day, to replenish Yuka’s shattered spirit doll until it was fully restored.

At first, Sohua cried and apologized to Yuka, admitting her mistake. However, her usually effective tears were of no use this time. Representatives from the Sword School ignored her pleas and even severed her fingers when she called out Yuka’s name, threatening to cut another for each time she uttered it.

Sohua fell into resentful silence.

Soon, those captured began to blame and hate each other, turning into a violent, chaotic mess. Sohua, despite being the most heavily attacked, managed to injure many due to the magical artifacts given by the Great Master.

To prevent them from killing each other before Yuka’s spirit doll was repaired, the Sword School had to segregate them into different areas, but this did little to stop their verbal assaults.

Eventually, the Medicine School, annoyed by their constant noise, silenced them with a drug.

As time seemingly fast-forwarded, Yuka watched the people she once helped, who later betrayed her, trapped in that hellish world. They were drained of their energy day by day, becoming lifeless shells.

Her former school also declined steadily, leaving her with indescribable mixed emotions.

On the eve of the completion of her spirit doll’s repair, the new Sword Master, now a young man, brought a girl to the secret realm.

"Master," the girl said, looking at the doll floating and protected by layers of arrays, and then turned to the young man, "Is this the spirit doll of the person who saved our people?"

The young man nodded.

The girl happily placed a paper-folded sakura under the spirit doll and whispered, "I don’t know if you remember me, but I will always remember you. If it weren’t for you, our villages near the insectoid wave would have been destroyed. I was lucky to survive. Master told me you were here, so I came to see you."

"Master said you can’t come back to life in the Martial World, but you will be reborn in another world," the girl continued. "I don’t quite understand, but my mother told me that a paper-folded sakura for the dead can bring peace and fulfillment in the next life. I’ve made one for you, hoping you’ll be wealthy and loved in the next world, have many friends, and... be happy!"

Standing up, the young girl walked over to the young Sword Master, shook his hand playfully, and asked with childlike innocence, "Master, will all my wishes come true?"

"Yes," the Sword Master replied firmly. "Because she deserves a better world."

At the moment his words fell, the repair of the doll was completed. Yuka felt a strong pull, drawing her irresistibly into the doll. Her consciousness gradually returned, and though her vision was still blurry, she could clearly hear the butler’s crying by her side.

"Master..., don’t leave me alone in this world..."

"She’s not dead," Nori said impatiently, waving off the chubby butler that was rubbing against Yuka. He seemed to regret bringing it back.

Addressing Yuka, who was lying in the repair capsule, he said, "If you’re awake, open your eyes and see if you’re blind, and tell me where else you’re hurting."

Yuka half-opened her eyes, recognizing the tired-looking Nori beside her. She thought for a moment and replied, "My whole body hurts." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"You deserve it," Nori remarked.

Yuka rolled her eyes, unconcerned with Nori’s comment, and continued, "Where’s Kenji?"

"After he brought you here, he passed out. He’s in another healing pod in a different room, still unconscious," Nori said, hands in his pockets, looking at Yuka.

"Do you know when you two first arrived, you looked like you were fished out of blood? You two idiots almost died, you know? How could you dare to go after the Queen without any support? Are your brains made of logs? No, both of your brains are like two pieces of rusted iron, otherwise, why would you dare to expend so much of your psychic power, as if you wanted your brains to explode?"

"...Stop lecturing," Yuka said weakly. "We know we were wrong. We won’t dare next time, no, there won’t be a next time."

Nori rolled his eyes in exasperation and continued, "I’ve already prepared the antidote and administered it to Kenji. Whether he can pull through now depends on himself now."