No.41 Holy Grail 8 (Reversed)
Solong and Goodbye, as well as Seeyousoon, both mean goodbye, but the latter two are commonly used in spoken language, while the first is a very formal written language.
This chapter is a summary of the Millennial Big Four period (by the way, I really want Salazar to climb the wall...... Godric is really too scum in a sense), and the next chapter of Xiao Ao can go back to modern times and be eaten by the way, and then the sixth volume ends (it's really not easy)
In this case, there is a total of one volume of this article, even if it is over, it is gratifying, congratulating, congratulating.
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8 of Cups (Reversed): The Journey.
、??? ・The secret land of the lake
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In this world, it would be nice if there was such a thing as "knowing earlier".
When Salazar stood on the tree of life, which he had already seen a long time ago, and looked at the red full moon above his head in a daze, such a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
{Master?} }
The hatched snake moved on his arm, as if sensing Salazar's depressed mood and rubbing his cheek, {Thinking about his past companions again?} }
"Regis ......"
Touching the head of the snake, Salazar lowered his eyelids, "Can't let go or can't beg, which one do you say is more painful?" ”
Originally, I always thought that even if I got it and then lost it, it would be easier to let go because I once had it. But I never thought that this was far more cruel than never getting it.
At least that's how he feels.
If you had known that there would be a day, it would have been better not to meet in the first place.
Don't meet Godric, don't meet Rowena, don't meet Helga, don't meet Opal, can you live far more freely than you do now, instead of lamenting the fickleness of the world and people's hearts to Akatsuki?
{Regis doesn't understand.} It doesn't sound bad......}
Shaking his head, the snake said that he was just a relict snake in the wilderness, and he didn't understand and didn't want to understand too complicated things—especially after seeing his master's hesitation for this, he stayed away from this kind of thing.
As long as its snake is happy to eat, sleep, and protect its owner, what does it have to do with other things?
“…… It's a good thing that I don't understand. ”
Nodding the snake's head, Salazar sighed a little, "I think it's not bad that you don't have to grow up like this......"
I used to always look forward to growing up, thinking that when I grew up, I could get the power to do whatever I wanted, but when I grew up, I found that with growing up, there were often more involuntary bodies.
[This world is fair but not fair, if you want to get, you must pay. And the price is like a person drinking water, knowing the warmth and coldness. So, don't regret making a choice, or you'll just toss yourself. 】
Suddenly remembering what it had said when talking to Opal, Salazar couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.
Although he was only a magical creature, Salazar also had to admit that Opal's mind was sometimes indifferent and mature, even comparable to that of a wise old man, and he never denied his curiosity about Opal's origins, but unfortunately, even Miss Vivien was only vague about this and never gave him a positive answer - of course, he was more curious about the person who was similar to himself in Opal's mouth, but unfortunately Opal was no longer there, and he didn't know if she had found that person.
{Feel free, Regis will always be with the master anyway.} }
Spit out the letter, and the snake continues to wrap around Salazar's body, {even if the master is reincarnated, Regis can still find the master.} After all, there is a soul contract, and I am not afraid that Regis will not find the master. }
The life of a desolate species like it is very long, but it is also long enough for it to wait.
Salazar didn't speak, but just touched the snake's head again, and continued to look up at Akatsuki overhead.
"Salazar, you're here again."
Vivian's voice came to Salazar back to his senses and stood up and saluted, "Miss Vivian, is there something wrong?" ”
"It's not just the trivial things that can annoy people to death."
After waving her hand to show that she didn't need to be polite, Vivien looked at Salazar with a smiling expression, "Running here again...... If you miss it, go back, no one will stop you. ”
The Qi clan is very literate, and she can be entangled to death for some trivial things, and she has a feeling of hating iron and steel.
"Just thinking about something."
Shaking his head to indicate that he didn't want to go back, Salazar replied with his back straightened, "When I first returned to the Secret Realm of the Lake, I made it clear - Hogwarts, I won't go back. ”
Since he chose to leave, then he will not regret it, because his pride does not allow it.
"To die is to lose face and to suffer sin. You're going to give up that Gryffindor kid? ”
Vivien's teasing made Salazar's expression freeze for a moment, and then he shook his head with a wry smile: "Miss Vivian, don't test me. Choosing to leave is good for me and for him. ”
After a pause, Salazar looked away from Vivien's face and looked in an unknown direction in the distance: "Godric and I are both stubborn people, and our respective philosophies are even more different...... However, I still have my bottom line after all. ”
He and Godric are completely different individuals after all, and their persistence and choice diverge from the beginning, drifting away to the point of going close to the opposite, and it is clear that no one is wrong, but in the end it is all wrong—which is even more frustrating.
The betrayal of the half-blood wizards who graduated from Hogwarts, so that the location of Hogwarts was exposed and almost taken over by the church, and in the end, it was Miss Vivien's intervention to put the whole thing to rest, which was just a fuse.
"Hey, if you can get by in your own heart. If you are tired, feel free to come back. ”
Seeing Salazar purse her lips, Vivien wanted to say something, but then she only sighed, "No matter what, the secret realm of the lake is your eternal home." ”
"Hmm."
After nodding, Salazar curled the corners of his lips with some bitterness, "I thought I hid it well...... It turns out that I still can't hide it from you, Miss Vivian. ”
"I've just watched too much, so I'll know."
Vivien obviously had a lot more patience with a fellow descendant like Salazar who had the same bloodline, "If you don't want to travel in this world, then go to Middle-earth or the Feron continent, I have a good relationship with those two sides." ”
"Okay."
Lowering his eyelids, Salazar was silent for a few moments before he spoke again as if he had made up his mind, "Then Miss Vivien, can you do me another favor?" ”
"Do we need to be so polite between us?"
Looking at this back of hers, Vivien raised her eyebrows very politely.
"So, send me something...... Let's go to Hogwarts. ”
"I think it's better for you to run on your own for this kind of thing, right?"
"It's better not to see each other."
Touching the snake on his arm, Salazar smiled bitterly, "Maybe I'm cowardly, I'...... Don't want to see them. ”
Or to put it another way, see ...... Some words are unspeakable.
Never met like this...... It was easy to say it alone, but when they actually met, Salazar knew that he would not have the courage to say it.
Looking at Salazar's bitter expression, Vivien raised her eyebrows again, but she was surprised not to say anything, just patted him on the shoulder: "You can hand over the things you want me to hand over to Ray after you get them." Don't forget the way home. ”
"Okay."
After all, this is the only place he can come back to.
The Secret Land of the Lake.
The eternal "home" of the Qi people.
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Hogwarts, England
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"What happened to Godric?"
Looking at Rowena who came out of the common room, Helga's face was indelible with worry.
"It's the same as before, and I've been in a daze there, ever since Lady Vivien sent her things...... The face was gloomy and terrible. ”
Shaking her head, Rowena said that she really had no heart for the guy who didn't eat oil and salt, "I didn't see Salazar turn black like this when he left Hogwarts. ”
"What do you mean Salazar sent these things?"
Helga said as he turned his attention back to the bag in front of him.
There were only a handful of things that had been sent to her by Vivien, the nymph of the lake—the magic contract at Hogwarts Castle, a complete set of ways to set up a concealed enchantment circle and how to pass it, plus an egg from a basilisk that was about to hatch.
Ah, and maybe add the two beautiful flowery words written on the packages that wrap these things - "So.long".
Good bye.
Or rather, never again.
"What else could it mean?"
Thinking of being smart, Rowena sat down on the edge of the table a little dejectedly, holding her head in her hands, "He's completely given up here." Really...... Although he had known about Salazar's coldness for a long time, he didn't expect him to be so resolute. ”
Giving Hogwarts to them is a complete break? He hadn't thought about missing him as a Slytherin, would Hogwarts still be Hogwarts?!
"If only Opal were here."
With a sigh, Helga found himself again with the thought that had arisen so many times over the years.
"O Par is the only one who can persuade Salazar, but don't you know Helga? Opal ...... back then"
Rowena said dejectedly, "If Opal had been around all along, maybe we wouldn't have made a fuss back then to the point of a complete break, right?!" ”
"But you and I both know ......"
It's impossible.
Helga raised his eyes and looked at the top painting on the ceiling.
A black dragon with wings and roaring fire, and a unicorn with a silver mane and red eyes confronting it......
In the background, in the distance, was the Hogwarts they were.
In the corner of the top painting, a line is written in gilded flower letters: "I would like to commemorate our eternal friend Opal with this painting"
This meticulously painted top painting by Salazar records the faithful magical creature friend who accompanied them on their journey, the red-eyed unicorn Opal.
In order to protect them, Opal, who directly confronted the adult black dragon, could not help them, and could only seriously injure the black dragon alone in their watchful eyes, but was sucked into an inexplicable crack in the black dragon's final death-defying counterattack and disappeared.
They tried to find Opal after all but nothing was heard from them, and it was Salazar who said that he had asked Lady Vivien, and that Opal might have returned to her original world to find her "old friend" because of this.
However, they have always missed Opal very much - although Godric was often stimulated by Opal's poisonous tongue, they also have to admit that Opal really helped them a lot during their adventures in the early days of Hogwarts.
It can be said that Opal has more or less participated in the growth along the way, and they are also very aware of how deep Opal's attachment to the "old man" is, so they sincerely hope that Opal can achieve what he wants and meet his "old man" again.
It's just that I can't be sure of its safety, and I'm still a little worried after all.
And after Salazar and they have a disagreement over their ideas, this nostalgia becomes more and more obvious - after all, it is only Opal who can persuade Salazar to give in, and Godric, Salazar's childhood sweetheart, can only stand aside.
But if she really thought about it, Rowena felt that she seemed to understand a little bit why Salazar had left so decisively.
Because the first person to make concessions was Salazar, in their hearts, the concessions made once or twice after Salazar became a matter of course, but they never considered whether Salazar needed to make concessions or not.
Because Salazar has conceded too many times, they have forgotten how proud Salazar is in their bones, and a proud person naturally has a bottom line that he can't touch. Salazar chose to back down because he valued them, but dissatisfaction was inevitable. And when this dissatisfaction accumulated, it completely broke out when they inadvertently touched his bottom line.
It is undeniable that Salazar is gentle, silent and reserved, but it is also such a person who is even more terrifying once he breaks out.
So he said...... Is this self-inflicted? ”
Raising her hand to cover her face, Rowena smiled helplessly.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the attention of Rowena and Helga was drawn to it, and it was Godric, who had been in a daze, who walked out.
"Godric, what's the ...... you like?"
Before Helga could finish his sentence, he swallowed it back because of Godric's overly gloomy expression.
"Rowena, Hogwarts is asking you and Helga."
As if to see that Helga was frightened by his own face, Godric touched his face, and when he put his hand down, he almost returned to his usual peaceful look.
"Godric, are you ready ......"
Rowena, who had probably guessed something, looked at Godric with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Well, I'm going to look for him—wherever he goes, I'm going to find him and bring him back."
His gaze fell on the pile of things that had been forwarded and then retracted, and Godric's expression was calm at the moment—both Rowena and Helga could feel the raging storm that had been born under this calm.
"But Godric, you know Salazar's character......"
"It's because I know that I haven't looked for him for so many years."
Cutting off Rowena's words, Godric's gaze was unusually firm at the moment, "Maybe it's because I've been with Salazar for too long and got used to his concessions, so I forget what a proud person he is, and I'm just waiting for him to back down again." Now he's giving up, but I'm not going to give up...... I'll definitely bring him back. ”
“…… I know. ”
Nodding, Rowena sighed, "I'll leave it to Helga and me." ”
"Well, please."
Stretching, Godric closed his eyes, "I'll go clean up and set off." ”
"Rowena...... Won't you stop him? ”
Looking at Godric's back leaving, Helga turned his head to look at the silent Rowena with some concern, "You know that with Salazar's ability, if you really want to hide from us, we ......"
"I know, but so what?"
Rowena looked up at the top painting above her head, "Both Salazar and Godric are very stubborn people. ”
In the painting, the red-eyed unicorn is staring fixedly ahead, with an indomitable determination.
"Opal, I hope you can bless you...... Let Salazar come back to us. ”
Go back to the past when you were foursome.
This is actually what she has been praying for.