In the bedroom of the master of the ducal palace, it was crowded with people. www.biquge.info There were members of the royal family, dignitaries, and leaders of the ruling party, and strangely enough, there were no dukes' family members in the crowd. If you have to count, there are a few children. They are the adopted sons of the old man, and they are also silent with their heads down at the moment.

Some people are wiping their tears, and more are solemn attention.

No one spoke, everyone looked at the old man in the chair who seemed to be napping at the moment, and the wind blowing in the window rattled the open book on the desk.

It's Braille. The old man lost one eye a few years ago, and last year, the other lost his eyesight.

It doesn't seem to be an old man, just looking at his face, he is only in his forties. Just looking at that gray hair, it seems to be the best proof of the vicissitudes of life.

It is this old man here who, 60 years ago, led the revolutionary army to conquer the world's largest territory and establish a stable new regime.

If someone asks who is the biggest contributor to making this emerging country, which is less than a hundred years old, the most powerful country in the world in one fell swoop, except for the old man who is napping in the chair, no one will think secondly.

He would have had the opportunity to become the most powerful king in the world, but he gave up such an opportunity. He abandoned dictatorship in favor of a new world of freedom and equality.

Therefore, when this person is about to die, the whole world will mourn for it.

The old man woke up and felt the noise around him: "Why are there so many people......? Isn't this my bedroom?"

"Master...... the maid stopped talking, but she had a sad expression.

"Oh, I see. "I guessed everything the first time.

"I'm not dead yet!" the old man reluctantly propped up his chair and sat up straighter, "Alright, do whatever you want, I want to be alone." ”

didn't refute it, saying that I was very energetic, and I wouldn't be able to die for a while, it seemed that he also knew that his body was getting worse, and a few children in the crowd who didn't believe in the situation almost had expressions on their faces that were about to cry.

Respect for the dying, this is something that even the executioner knows, let alone this old man who has won the respect of the whole world? Since he said that he wanted to be quiet, he naturally could not stay.

"Wait, don't go yet," the old man spoke again. "People are getting old and their memories are a little confusing. ”

"I want to confirm something. Is Mr. President here?"

"Mr. Mo, I'm here. ”

"Tell me what I've done for most of my life. ”

"Mr. Mo Lao liberated half of the world's slave brothers, united all the working class and peasant class, unified the southern hemisphere that had been shrouded in war for a hundred years, and was a model for all proletarian compatriots in the world. ”

“...... What else?"

"The Hakurei flag, which symbolizes freedom and peace, has been planted in every corner of the world. ”

"That's the last point. ”

"Yes. ”

"But I didn't do it, I only let the flag of Hakurei fill half the world. ”

"The remaining half will be done in my hands. ”

"Remember what you've said now. ”

"Yes. ”

"Hakuri symbolizes freedom and peace, and under the banner of Hakurei, it will not actively start a war. Therefore, the unconquerable kingdom is infiltrated by culture. The reason why I have written Hakurei's will into the constitution is to carry it out. You have to remember it, and you have to let your next one remember it, this is my long-cherished wish, as long as the flag of Boli is planted all over the world, I will die without regrets. ”

"Remember what the old gentleman taught. ”

"Go down. ”

Everyone was silent, taking turns bowing in front of the duke, and then exiting the room.

It's like saying goodbye to a body. The Duke thought so.

The bedroom suddenly became much more empty.

"Two billion people, multiplied by seventy times, are these beliefs enough?" the old man muttered something that no one understood.

"Kailin, please take ......it," the duke, who was in a wheelchair, pointed in the general direction of the bookcase, and he did not explain what it was because of his lack of strength, but the head maid understood, because such instructions had been repeated countless times.

Removed a crystal box from the shelf, there was a pale red ribbon in it, with some white veins on it, the old man rubbed the crystal box in his arms, his eyes were empty, as if he was in deep thought.

This scene made the old maid head also a little dazed, because it had been repeated too many times, but it made her a little unable to distinguish the current time.

Once upon a time, when the old man was still fighting, he liked to tie this ribbon behind his head and tie it into a single ponytail. Time passed, and the color of the thing faded so badly that the red was almost invisible, and the Duke took a box and put it up, never to open it again.

What is the origin of this ribbon? The head maid also had some ideas of her own.

It must have something to do with "that person". Although he didn't ask the adults, the Duke was not very defensive about the people around him, and there were a few times when he talked about his past experiences during meals.

What an infatuated person. The old maid thought so.

The maid's thoughts were interrupted by a dark brown-haired girl named Linda. The elderly family adopted many homeless orphans. She is one of the adopted sons of the old man.

Apparently also stood at the door for a while.

Kailin thought for a moment and didn't stop the girl who wanted to get in.

"Grandpa. ”

No response.

Linda was in a hurry and rushed forward.

"Oh...... It's Linda, sorry, I was distracted. ”

Linda breathed a sigh of relief.

Then his eyes fell on the crystal box in the old man's arms. A slightly complicated gaze came out of the little girl's eyes.

"It's all at this time, and I'm still thinking about the ...... who doesn't know where."

"Linda!" the head maid walked in through the doorway, trying to pull her out.

"Is that Reimu so fascinated by Grandpa?" and ignoring the maid's warning, the stubborn little girl stood still and said the name of "that person".

The old man in the chair paused for a moment, then laughed.

"She was my student. ”

He continued to rub the crystal box, muttering in his mouth.

"Reimu, that's a familiar name. ”

"But I seem to call her a little witch more. ”

"The little one seems to have always had an opinion about me calling her a little witch. The old man smiled kindly, and tried to say something that would make people beak.

However, who can laugh out there.

"Linda, you're a very smart kid. The magic I teach is the best you can comprehend. It's just that I'm too self-righteous, I'm not an expert in magic myself, and in this era of the end of the law, it's impossible to develop a large spell that can travel through space. I thought that if more people worked together, there might be a breakthrough, but it seemed that it was too late. So...... It seems that there is no way back there. ”

"Looks like we're going to break my promise. ”

Under the surprised eyes of the maid, the old man opened the lid of the crystal box and took out the pale red ribbon, which had not seen the air for decades, and the color of the ribbon seemed to become even darker in an instant.

But the old man's eyes could not see all this.

continued to say to himself what others seemed to understand:

"Reimu wasn't as smart as Linda when he was young, this guy was stupid and stupid, and he loved to be strong, once, I went to the river behind the shrine to fetch water, and I wanted to take a bath by the way, so I took off my clothes, but Reimu was hungry, and when I saw that I didn't go back for a long time, he came to me, and when he saw my clothes, he thought I was eaten by a monster, and he sat there crying a mess, and now that I think about it, it's still very interesting. Later, it got a lot better, I grew up a year older, I handled things very carefully, I became frank, I became smarter, I became more powerful, and of course I became more beautiful. Speaking of which, that guy liked to eat my dishes very much when he was a child, and although this guy was very frank at first, it shouldn't be wrong from the fact that every time I cook a dish, he is eaten cleanly. It's a pity that there aren't many ingredients in Gensokyo, and there was originally sour plum soup in this world, but it seems that there is no chance......"

The old man wanted to tie the ribbon to his gray hair, but his trembling hand was always unsteady, so he simply put it on his head and asked, "Isn't it good?" At that time, I heard from that Yakumo Purple that almost all people in that vein would die before the age of twenty, and this problem was even more serious for Reimu, who had studied witchcraft at a young age, so I had been running for this almost all the time, but I didn't have an answer to the question of whether it was solved or not. If that equation is not wrong, it means that the time of Gensokyo is different from here, and I don't know how long it has been since I came out of there, according to the time ratio of seventy to one, it should have only been more than a year there, that is, Reimu is also alive and well now, it's good, it's good. ”

However, I was wondering if I could go back and see it.

"Ah...... I wanted to say something, because if I didn't say it, I would soon forget it.

However, such as a fish in the throat.

"Om Om ————Om T

The voice faded.

The faded headband fell to the ground.

After saying so many words in one breath, he cried loudly for a while, using up his physical strength.

In the end, he died.

......

In the innermost part of the suburban cemetery, in an overgrown area, there is a small tomb, which is not located on the side of the road, but under the shade of a tree in the corner. People almost never come here, so the weeds are overgrown and wildflowers bloom on all sides. Under the erosion of wind and rain, the stone slabs on the tomb gradually weathered and peeled off. The tomb has no tombstone, as if the owner of the tomb had no idea of his own death, and there is no epitaph, only a stone that has been moved from nowhere on top of the tomb.

If you get closer, you may notice a faint notch on a nearby stone.

It was a text that no one knew.

Of course, no one will know that these words were carved by the owner of the graveyard himself.

The owner of the tomb knew that the words would not be seen by anyone, but he carved them anyway.

It is written in Japanese.

"Help me, Reimu. ”