“I still remember that it was a sunny afternoon…”
Lorenzo's voice was light, and the memories became slightly unfamiliar, as if he was browsing the memories of another person.
“Actually, I don’t remember it very clearly. My memory was messed up for a while, very badly, just like your life is a jigsaw puzzle, and someone messed it up, and it completely lost its original appearance.
But I still remember a scene in my memory, it was a sunny afternoon.
At that time, I was not a demon hunter, but just an ordinary... priest? I remember that I was a priest. During that period, I had the most free time in the Gospel Church. There was no physical training or sword fighting. I just read scriptures, studied theology, and became a priest for a short time.
I remember it was a day off, it was midsummer in Florence, and my friends and I stayed in the room, lazily leaning against each other, letting the light shine... "
Lorenzo spoke in a daze, his eyes looking into nothingness, as if he could see through the barriers of time and return to that moment again.
“A blinding sun.
I don’t know why, but this scene is always so profound. Even now, I can still easily recall the old smell in the room and the trivial sound of reading. ”
"So, your first reaction to 'Life' is this scene?" Zuo Zhen asked.
Lorenzo nodded somewhat blankly, then shook his head.
"I've already said that I don't know. I don't understand these things. But if I have to say, there are many scenes, just like a stage play, one after another."
"Someone told me that I had to go to Old Dunling to start a new life. I didn't know what to do at first, so I tried many things, such as renting a house, cooking, working, and socializing..."
Unconsciously, and without noticing, Lorenzo's conversation had strayed from the question and he continued talking to himself.
“I had some new friends, a landlord who was very nice to me, and a nice roommate. I remember being in my room with the gloomy old Dunling outside my window, street vendors shouting, my roommate snoring next door, clanking sounds downstairs, and the smell of delicious food in the air.
I felt like this was all so strange, like I had never experienced anything like this before, but I was also so happy… maybe this was my new life.”
Lorenzo relaxed his body and sank into the soft bed. Perhaps he was too absorbed in the activity, the pain in his body had subsided a lot and he could hardly feel it.
“But a new life is always difficult. I’m still learning. I wanted to raise some small animals before, such as cats and dogs, but when I thought that if I died, there would be no one to take care of them, I gave up.
Life goes on, and after a long time, I met some new friends, although they are a little weird. "
"Are you referring to the people from the Purging Agency?" Zuo Zhen said.
"Well, except Arthur, the others are pretty good." Lorenzo smiled. He hated Arthur to his core.
"But the new life was not always so peaceful. Later, some things happened. Some friends left and some new friends came. It went on and on. Sometimes I was very sad, but there was nothing I could do."