The past is all fake, memories are a road of no return, all the past springs cannot be restored, even the most fervent and loyal love, in the final analysis, is just a fleeting reality, only loneliness is eternal. - García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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The so-called travel to another world, especially for the Great Magician, should be a smooth existence.

Indeed, even all kinds of alien beasts can only surrender in front of Liu Zhen.

But to taste that feeling of loneliness is always a lot less.

Because of this, I brought a friend with me at that time.

To be precise, "I didn't bring him with me, but he had nowhere to go after being banished by his sister, so he followed me." ”

"Banishment? By the sister? Xia Han asked.

"Well," Liu Zhen nodded, "It's the Xin family of the Templar Empire (Zero World), when the main battle lord and faction of the Templar Empire were in a fierce fight, and in order to save himself, the elder brother of the Xin family joined the main war faction, and the younger sister joined the main battle faction. ”

In the end, the main battle faction won, and Xin Jian, as the elder brother, was exiled by his sister.

But when Xin Jian appeared in front of me in embarrassment, people lamented that he had been treated unfairly for his repeated meritorious contributions, but I was moved by his tenacity.

As a high-ranking priest of the Templar, he is handsome, ingenious, enthusiastic, and optimistic and helpful, but after his exile, he has become reticent, and the loss of an arm on the battlefield has exacerbated his apparent gloom.

At first, I just took pity on him, and let him make a contract to be my demon.

"When I first landed, we didn't know anything, so we had to live in the shuttle, I was in charge of going out to explore and collect supplies, and he was in charge of looking after the house." After the war, we are still young, and although he is not as enthusiastic and energetic as he was when he was young, he is still full of love for life.

"He quickly mastered the art of one-handed cooking, glued a photo of the brother and sister, and counted the days for our respective birthdays every year." After all, he is living under pressure. Liu Zhen gradually smiled.

Gradually, gradually, I was in awe of him. The candle flame reflected Liu Zhen's warm smile. "As the years go by, I have been traveling, entering the kingdom there for a period of time, helping the people there solve problems, and constantly winning recognition, but he still chooses to stay at the shuttle to clean the machine and maintain the equipment every day, and constantly prepare for the return journey with his crippled body."

It's a pity that there is no level of technology there that requires a shuttle. Moreover, there are constant battles between various tribes, and their bloody wind is no better than the intrigues and tricks of the world, but Xin Jian has never chosen to go to the battlefield.

Knowing that Liu Zhen could leave alone at any time through the nuclear source, and knowing that he was a burden, Xin Jian was unwilling to commit suicide.

"In the first few years, I was a little tired, and several times when I came home I yelled at him that he didn't help at all and that the food was not delicious. He smiled and promised that the next meal would be done, but I didn't feel good about it. After Liu Zhen finished speaking, he drank a glass of red wine.

Usually, I think that Master is humorous and always looks smiling and carefree, but at this moment, she is sad like a person in a painting. No one interrupted her memories, and Xia Han couldn't help but regret opening this heavy topic.

However, the long life is always difficult.

"In the next few years, I didn't stop, I killed the enemy when I saw it, except for the nearby elves, the other tribes all stayed away from us, the nearby towns slowly emptied, and the two of us and the shuttle were like ghosts and gods to that world."

Once, Liu Zhen, who was standing on the top of the mountain, looked at the creatures who were gradually moving in the distance, and looked at their bitter faces when they looked back at their homes, and even he felt so tired.

"I really wanted to leave him behind at that time." When the real invincibility comes, it feels like life is lonely and black, and the sadness and despair cannot be eliminated with all your strength.

And that night, when I returned to the shuttle and drank a sip of mushroom soup, I still had palpitations, which was a mushroom that Xin Jian himself had tried to confirm that it was non-toxic.

Of course, the guy was already poisoned, just lying on the bed and giggling.

[Because of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, he has to live desperately. 】

It was what he said to me that night.

"I like this sentence very much," Liu Zhen changed the hot tea handed by Qingyi and held it in his hand, "Actually, at that time, I also experienced several ups and downs, and I liked to be hurt, but fate seems to be a gift to me, and my heart is very big after suffering, so I decided to face it with him after that." ”

After speaking, I handed everyone a smile of "you know".

"Have you had any children?" Qingyi asked coldly.

Liu Zhen didn't answer, but lowered his head in infinite frustration, and his body trembled slightly.

What's wrong with her? The crowd was worried.

But she took a deep breath, looked up, and continued with a smile.

"Twenty years later, I am still a young man, he has entered middle age, we have also moved to the territory of the elves, Queen Didrite has been kind to us, I have helped them solve some border disputes, and it is then that I received a gift, which is Talia's bracelet."

"Then you can't go together?" Qing raised his hand and asked.

"Well," Ryu Zhen nodded, "but he didn't use it after putting it on, but chose to stay." ”

Because there is no point in going back with this body, not to mention that the two have been together for twenty years, it doesn't matter which world they are in, plus they continue to provide medical services to the elves here, Xin Jian is also quite popular with the locals.

"So I thought about the time difference, and it was almost a summer vacation for the rest of my life," Liu Zhen smiled, "so I stayed with him." ”

Here's how the time for the day after that is allocated.

During the day, Xin Jian cleaned the house and courtyard, and Liu Zhen got up early in the morning to go out for daily meetings. If the border is calm, then it is only noon after work, and when she comes home, if she is in good spirits, she cooks herself, and her cooking skills are slowly cultivated.

In the afternoon, the two of them took a walk in the woods together, and although they looked like a father-daughter combination in the eyes of others, the long-lived elves didn't care much about it.

Trembling to balance his strength so as not to spill over so as not to put the world in danger, he tried not to participate in small-scale battles as much as possible, and the elves' diplomatic principles have always been isolated, just guarding the woodland, so they have been safe for decades.

"Hawkers, it's different from the adventures in another world that you understand, it stands to reason that I should go to the human kingdom and assist a small country to slowly PK out competitors, conquer cities, and grab territory."

Xia Han nodded thoughtfully.

"Actually, Xin Jian is also a person who is unwilling to fight, but he will be flustered when he sees me slowly getting agitated, probably when he was about to be seventy years old, during that time he kept saying why don't I go out to play, good guy, I thought he was accommodating me, it turned out that he was going out to travel!"

In protest like this, Liu Zhen sat up straight, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"So we officially began our journey, and after the last meeting we said goodbye to the elves, who by then was already an old man, and had to get a carriage."

But the broken body can't withstand the wind and sun after all, and has been sleeping in the open, and the old man's body is about to collapse, although he has witnessed the mountains and seas along the way, and traveled to the scenic spots there, but he has several high fevers that make us have to stop.

Fortunately, it was the senior priest of the church, and in the dead of night, the two snuggled up to each other, and after listening to him chant for a while, their bodies recovered.

The next day, put on beautiful makeup, hold him up and continue the journey.

Until the last day, by a sea dyed red by the sunset, he gradually cooled down in his arms with his old age.

"He finally took off the bracelet and gave it back to me." Yoo Jin smiled nostalgically.

If you can, let me be your book. As he spoke, he quietly closed his eyes.

In order to remember this memory, Liu Zhen smelted the bracelet into a bookmark, and specially engraved two sentences on it.

On the front is [When the sunset dyes the sea red, I think of you.] 】

On the back is [No matter how far away you are, I remember you.] 】

Probably aware that parting is approaching, looking back on this journey, you will find that the so-called years are also cruel, and you can't be too pretentious.

People who have lost their family background, lost their wealth, and have no way out can only rely on themselves to resist all difficulties. Looking back on this past, you can witness that the ordinary person is by your side, living hard and hard every day.

"That's why I came back at the end." Liu Zhen smiled softly at Xia Han and Weiyang, "This is my home, and there are many people who are trying to stay alive. ”

They have white-collar workers who stuff bread into their mouths while catching the subway, beautiful girls who touch up their makeup in the mirror in the toilet, and salesmen who are still smiling when the cold wind is howling. There are middle-aged men who are old and young, young couples with backlogs of mortgages and car loans, and children who have heavy studies but fantasizes.

Unlike the other world, I see more strength in this world.

"Sometimes I look back, although my body is young and my heart is old, I can no longer fall in love, I can't stand killing, I just want to spend the rest of my life with the people I care about, which is probably my state of mind at this moment." Liu Zhen's eyes drifted away, "I want to go somewhere else again, but I don't know where to go." ”

"And what about that scum?" Weiyang asked coldly.

"That memory is vague," she smiled and shook her head, "I can't really talk about feelings, let alone the past." ”

But he vaguely remembers, "He was also desperately carrying a desperate burden and moving forward on the road to hope." Weiyang prompted.

"I borrowed it from you." Liu Zhen smiled embarrassedly, "Forget it, the past will pass." ”

"Agreed!" Seiichi nodded vigorously as if he was convincing himself. Weiyang also nodded thoughtfully.

"Actually, there is nothing glamorous in the adult world," Liu Zhen concluded, "Well, I always feel that I have lived a lifetime in 2017, but no matter what, I will continue to accompany you on the next road." ”

So.

"Cheers!" Kiyoichi toasts just right.

"That's not what I mean," Liu Zhen glanced at her, but looked at Xia Han meaningfully, "Xiao Han, I actually want to discuss with you this time." ”

What to discuss? Xia Han had a sense of foreboding.

"I want to invite Kiyoichi to the Void Country."