On the last day, they arrived at the human race's royal city.
Vader did not tell anyone about their return. He took Lucian's hand and led him to the tower where he had been imprisoned, and to Cecil's old house. The day passed slowly, because both of them knew that after the clock struck midnight, all escapes would end.
All peace will be gone.
They walked very slowly in Cecil's old house. So slowly that when they were walking along the tree-lined avenue, Lucian vaguely thought that fifteen-year-old Vader was standing by the window on the other side. He knew that fifteen-year-old Vader would always stand there, quietly and secretly watching him.
Watching him walking in the sunshine with a book in his arms.
He couldn't help but smile. Wade held his hand and asked him, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Lucian said, "It turns out that I started a long time ago..."
Just keep enjoying the feeling of being stared at by you.
In the blink of an eye, dusk rose again on the horizon. Lucian stood on the stone platform and asked him, "Is this the end?"
He looked at the Cecil Manor below the platform, which was the place where they spent their youth. He said, "I don't want to leave. Let's sit here for a while."
He leaned on the platform, closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the evening breeze. For him, Cecil Manor was just a small fence to complete his tasks, but now he discovered for the first time that this manor was so big.
Only a manor this big can hold all the memories. What he walked through in the past seven days was the world that belonged to Wade.
The world is now bathed in twilight, like a gentle and majestic jewel.
It's strange, how come he never noticed it before
He had never realized that the world that belonged to Vader was so big and so beautiful. In this world, every corner that he had never discovered and never paid attention to was hiding countless living beings, and tiny miracles that he had never discovered due to his mission. When he slept, the vitality of this world was growing slowly. Trees were sprouting, flowers were blooming, mermaids were patrolling under the deep sea, and orcs were running in the mountains.
While he was trapped in the mission and tried his best to only see the small piece of land in front of him, there were countless stories happening in this world.
For the protagonists of those stories, Lucian Cessel and Wade Cessel, is it also a legendary story
Wei De sat beside him and stroked his long hair. Lucian closed his eyes and smiled, "I just realized that your world is so beautiful."
"This is not my world," Vader said. "It's just the world."
"No, it is your world." Lucian said, "Because I came to this world for you and got to know it, so for me, it is your world."
It is you who allows me to see things beyond the task, see the ever-changing weather, and see the beauty of life.
It is you who makes me wander aimlessly and arrange my life just to pursue a goal.
"There is one last stop, let's go." Wade said.
"Um."
Lucian was curious about where Vader would take him, until they walked into the slums of the royal city wearing gray cloaks like two ordinary people. The slums were full of sewage, and Vader let Lucian walk in front of him. He held Lucian's robe and was careful not to let him get stained with mud or water.
He can fight with gods and destroy thousands of troops in one blow, but in this slum full of bumps and bruises, he is as clumsy as the most ordinary child, clumsily trying not to let his beloved get a bit of dust on him.
Finally, they arrived at the dark corner.
"here it is… "
"Where we first met," said Wade.
Lucian's figure was bathed in the last twilight. His white hair was like a waterfall, and his clothes and fingers were spotless. He was out of tune with the whole slum, and even the whole world.
This was the cleanest thing he had ever owned in his life. He had been made dirty by him and dragged into the mud by him, but in the end, he was still as clean as when they first met.
So high above, untainted by the dust, only looking at him, a little god that belongs only to him.
Wade carefully straightened his sleeves and smoothed out any wrinkles. Finally, he closed his eyes and said in his calmest tone, "Look back at me, Lucian."
Lucian looked back at him and smiled at him.
Still so beautiful, clean and heart-warming.
He suddenly recalled a very distant memory. Yes, Lucian was like this when he first met him.
The arrogant young master descended into his dark room. He was so arrogant and willful, but he seemed to light up the whole room. Even he, who was covered in dust, seemed to become another luminous body because of his light when he passed by him.
He felt embarrassed and at a loss, so he could only treat this sudden heartbeat with the sharpest fangs and the coldest attitude.
In fact, he has always liked him since a long time ago.
"Lucian, this is the starting point of our meeting and the end point of our journey."
"Um."
"I will become a god tomorrow," Vader said. "Then the people at the control center will come to pick you up. I have kept you in this world... for too long. I once thought about locking you up and letting you follow me, sinking into darkness together. But you have a long life, and I don't."
"… "
He looked into Lucian's quiet eyes and suddenly smiled.
There was no gloominess or sarcasm in this smile, but it was simple, like the smile of a young boy facing his beloved who was like a god.
"I am just a passer-by in your life, Lucian. Treat the story between you and me as a part of your journey. All good things must come to an end, and every traveler will not stay at one scenic spot."
The wind blew through the long street, and Wade heard the whistling sound of the wind, and suddenly felt good.
He is a tearless monster, and Lucian can't cry either. This is a good farewell.
"Don't change for me, don't suffer for me, I want to see you always the way you were when we first met, when I loved you the most." He said, "Lucian, we had a wonderful trip and a very beautiful story. You can keep it in your heart, but I hope that one day you can happily tell it and show it off. You still have a long life, and you will visit many beautiful places and have many stories."
After a long time, Lucian said "hmm" softly.
"Can I still go and see the end of this story tomorrow?" he said.
"Of course." Wade said.
He would never turn his back on him.
They walked out of the long street and arrived at the last teleportation array. Wade heard the sound of his heart beating, and he knew that the doomsday he had always feared but looked forward to was coming.
They were about to go to Dusk City and stood on the transporter platform together.
Although he knew that the force of the transmission was enough to mess up Lucian's long hair, Vader still reached out and combed it. These hairs had rested on his arms time and time again, and they were as soft as silk.
"Vade."
"Um."
"You let me go, because you don't love me anymore?"
Vader shook his head.
—Because I love you too much. He thought, I don't want you to change yourself for me.
"Don't you think this is cowardly?" Lucian spoke again, tilting his head to look at him.
Wade used his hands to push back his long hair and said in a hoarse voice, "No."
"Letting you forget me is the bravest thing I have ever done."
Before the dusk disappeared, they also disappeared into the teleportation array.
…
Lucian stood on the white ruins, the wind blowing through the corners of his clothes.
This is Dusk City, the last place occupied by the old church. It is also the capital city controlled by the God of Light, where a quarter drop of his blood works in the name of "Raphael".
They came here to start a killing.
Amid the sounds of killing, screaming, and the bloody city, only the corners of Lucian's clothes were spotless. He looked up and saw the sky covered by torn dark clouds, bloody or golden light under the clouds, and a "person" opened his eyes behind the clouds.
It's like a scene from the end of the world.
Vader let him stand here because he promised to let him see his last moments. Lucian saw the death of the new Pope, and the last bit of the power of the God of Light in his body was also extracted and absorbed into Vader's body.
The clouds began to roll in. Although it was late at night, a blinding light tore through the sky. Vader stood on the pile of corpses and took a last look at Lucian.
Soon he turned around and plunged into the rolling sky.
There seemed to be a huge army in the clouds, the ground began to tremble, volcanoes began to erupt, and torrential rain and sea water swept across the continent. Lucian stayed in the protective shield, quietly looking at the sky.
Finally, a familiar voice came from beside him.
"Good evening," the voice said.
Lucian didn't look back. He chuckled softly and said, "Are you the one sent by the center?"
"Why, you're not happy to see me?"
Next to him was No. 2, with long curly hair and red nail polish. No. 2 sat on the only safe place like Noah's Ark, holding her chin, looking at the sky, and sighed: "What a lively fight."
They stood there and watched for a while. After a long time, the girl laughed and said, "Did you think the person coming would be number four?"
Lucian remained noncommittal.
"Okay, you're in a bad mood, so I won't tease you anymore." The girl smiled and said, "The original person who came should have been No. 4, and it was he who reported you to the control center. However, your system and your boyfriend were in collusion, and they applied to the center to send you back in time. Your boyfriend said he would find a way to convince you, considering that he provided you with 100% emotional energy of love - this is an act of surrender that can add points. So I happened to be working at the center and saw this task, so I volunteered to come and retrieve you."
Lucian sneered. Number Two grinned and said, "Don't resist. It's better for me to be here than Number Four, right? But it's because you were careless that things got like this. I noticed that Number Four had feelings for you a long time ago and warned you, but you just didn't believe it."
"You're done?"
"That's all." The girl said, "Well, I'm also curious about what that man who loves you to death is like. He still loves you wholeheartedly even though you treat him like this. I kind of suspect he's a masochist. Has he convinced you?"
"He said," Lucian said, "Let me treat him as a scenery on the road."
"He's very sensible, isn't he? In fact, you should have thought so a long time ago, Number Five." The girl said, "Every time I go to a world, I will find someone to fall in love with. There is nothing wrong with them. In each world, I am devoted to them. I am very satisfied with them, and they are also happy to be liked by me. After leaving a world, I will be sad for a few days, and when I live in the next world for a few years, I will forget about them all."
"… "
"Number Five, I understand. First love is always hard to forget. This is your first time, and you are not experienced enough. When you do it more often, you will find that deep affection is nothing."
"… "
They sat on the hill, watching the fight quietly. The girl said again: "Number Five, you wouldn't..."
At this moment, a loud explosion suddenly came from the sky!
The author has something to say: A journey to the end of the world! (Not really)
Actually, after finishing this chapter, I still don’t feel that I have been able to express what I wanted to express. Sadly, my writing skills are not good enough.
Lucian: You opened my eyes to the world and made me want to live, but it’s more than that.
I feel that I can go higher with “not only”, but I am scratching my head and can’t write it. You are a myriad of things, a beautiful forest. You made me sensitive from being dull, and made me feel pain, and touch the world with pain and sensitivity. It’s because of you that you were born. (Continue to patch the essay)
After thinking about it, I think the line that comes closest is "I would rather fall into the mortal world for him and become a person who can feel pain."
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