37 The end of the story

"I knew I was going to meet you here, so I teleported here and waited." Wind Chimes stood in front of the door of Heidi's room and said to Milo with a faint smile on her face.

"You're here to kill me? Or are you going to take me away? Still ......" Milo said expressionlessly, ready for the next move of the Wind Chimes, perhaps thinking that her presence meant that the final moment was coming, and that it would be quicker to get to the point.

"You'll understand everything when I'm done." The wind chime spoke unhurriedly, as if Milo's doubts had nothing to do with her.

Milo was not surprised by the Wind Chime's answer, as the Sandstorm would engulf Windtown a day later, and both the Wind Chimes and the Sand Spirit would lead them to the void world of death. Thinking of this, Milo did not seem very nervous and worried, but very calm.

"Let's go inside," Milo said as she walked into Heidi's room, lighting the oil lamp inside, "I hope you'll tell me the cause and effect of this Shaling crisis." When he turned around, he saw that the wind chimes had come in, and there was no sound at all. Melo sat down on the wooden bed and pulled out the precious cloak and placed it on his knees—it made him feel a little lighter. He motioned for the wind chime to sit down, but the other party didn't mean to sit down, just looked at him silently.

"I'll explain to you the reason for all this," said the wind chime, still in that flat tone, "and I'll even show you how to find us." ”

"What do you mean?" Wind Chime's words made Milo feel very strange, it was not quite what he expected, "What do you mean to find you?" Why should you look for it? ”

"I don't want you to die, and I won't let you die." The wind chimes responded, not answering, but more like expressing their intentions.

Milo, who was already ready to be enlightened, suddenly heard the wind chimes and didn't want to take his life, and suddenly felt his heart beat faster, and he wanted to ask, "I don't have to die?" But he was too surprised to speak, just looked at the wind chimes intently.

"Let me tell you how it all started." The wind chime said slowly, as if taking a deep breath -

"It's a long story, would you like to hear it?"

- Most of the story, we've already heard it...... (i.e., the chapters in the third part that focus on wind chimes are: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36)

Indifferently staring at the sand and dust raging wildly in the southwest, Kelan stood on the high wall of the fort, looking down at the wooden diamond-shaped accessory in his hand from time to time, the circle in the shape of an eye, as if making eye contact with Kelan. The sound of soft footsteps came from behind him, and Kran didn't have to look back to know who it was, and among the few people left in Windwalk, only Erin's steps were so light.

"Erin," Klan greeted Erin before she did, not looking back, "Look at that sandstorm, tomorrow the sandstorm will engulf the entire Windswept Town." Are you scared? ”

Erin walked over to Koran and looked at the approaching sandstorm, frowning slightly—she was truly stunned by the scene before her.

"I'm scared...... Kolan. Erin said with a slight hesitation, not hiding the fear in her heart.

"But you stayed." Kran smiled and put the accessories away, an action that caught Erin's attention.

"That's—" Erin asked Klan curiously, "I've seen you take it before, and it's always ...... It's sad, isn't it an item full of memories? ”

Kelan nodded, smiled and said, "Hey, you're not wrong. It was a gift from my husband, it was not a valuable thing, but he said it was the most precious thing, and he gave it to me, whom he loved the most. ”

"It's really emotional." Erin said with some envy.

"Hey. You two too," Koran teased, "even in the face of such a threat, you have to live and die here, I have lived so long, and there are not many couples who can really help each other." Hearing Kolan's compliment, Erin's face flushed slightly.

"I thought it would be ...... He can be stronger," Erin said her knot, "at least a little stronger than me......"

Kelan shook his head lightly and said: "Hey, in fact, Milo is very strong, but it's a pity that in the face of absolute power, the feeling of being dominated by weight and despair is like a nightmare that cannot seek hope and light with courage and wisdom, loneliness, fear, resentment, and helplessness are constantly eating down people's sanity, and will eventually drive everyone who falls into it crazy......" Erin heard this, and her body couldn't help but tremble, "So, don't ask too much of Milo." We must do our best to heal the pain in his heart and not let this desperate pain and madness spread to us. Irene, I hope you can make this medicine and cure him. ”

"I'm ......" Erin didn't know what to say, and Kelan's words frightened her even more.

"I'm scared too," Kran said, her eyelids drooping, "but I still have him—" She patted the pocket of her dress lightly, revealing the diamond-shaped outline, the wooden accessory she had just put away, and Erin somewhat understood what Kran meant. "Go, go and be with him, and you will get through it together, and give him hope, and share his pain. Go for it......" Keran finished, smiling encouragingly.

Erin nodded vigorously, and Kran's words gave her strength and conviction that helped her overcome some of her fears. Erin gestured to thank the other and turned to run towards the fortress, leaving Koran standing on the high wall.

Staring at the sandstorm again, Kelan's heart was also slightly lighter. "As a child, I was so infatuated when I wanted to love......," Kelan sighed, but soon said to herself mockingly, "Why shouldn't I?" ”

……

"It wasn't that long ago that I finally remembered someone under your reminder...... It was with the help of this person that I found the princess ......" The story of the wind chimes is told here, and Melo listened quietly from beginning to end, without interjecting, he was attracted by this story full of all kinds of surprises, coincidences, joys, sorrows, regrets, and pains, and what he didn't expect was that his ancestor appeared in this story, how Ente Koman, who was a Praetorian Guard, became a "traitor", and the truth of the family curse that continues to this day; Then there are Alista Akayi and Baron Risson, whose stories are brief and fascinating, and Melo is impressed......

"I didn't think she'd be a homosexual." Milo thought to himself, he was reluctant to say the word, because it would make the other party scruple somewhat, although same-sex emotionalism was a fashion in Aube and its surrounding countries, there was still some taboo in the western continent where Spreet was located. Milo didn't want to interject, he waited for the wind chime to continue, but heard an unexpected sentence:

"In the Sea of Dragons, dragons have shown me how to get into the heart of a desperate desert."

"Dragons of Dragon?" Milo asked, shocked, since witnessing the sinking of the steamship in the Sea of Dragons last year, he still has a knot in his mind about the legend of the dragon, and whenever he hears the rumors of the dragon, the thrilling scene seems to be vivid. Now, Milo hears the dragon's name from the Wind Chimes, and the dragon helps the Wind Chimes find their way into the desperate desert, and these experiences attract Milo like a fantasy, and he has long forgotten that the Sand Spirit wants to take his life.

Dragons, Sand Spirits, Old Spreet Kingdom, House Akayi, House Ryson...... Is it really a coincidence that these words, which span ancient and modern times, appear in the story of the wind chimes, and the fate of Milo himself and his family is also deeply affected by these factors, and he himself seems to be in the center of the storm, and he has the privilege of witnessing or knowing too much of it? Milo's consciousness struggled to find a way out of such an intricate plot, so he had to wait in silence for the wind chimes to continue telling the story.

"In the middle of a desperate desert, I unexpectedly found Princess Lilith, who had been waiting for me there for nearly five hundred years......"

……

Erin walked into the fortress and went straight to Milo's room, where she met the loyal old servant, and after greeting him and thanking him for his dedication, she and the old servant lit the lamp, and Erin quickly found Milo's room.

And it was empty.

"Where will it go?" Erin pondered. Suddenly, her chest felt as if she had been hit by an iron ball, and she suddenly felt extremely tight, "Is she ...... That room? Kelan's encouragement made her extremely excited and excited, and with this enthusiasm she came to accompany her sweetheart, but she was poured cold water on the empty room, and her originally smiling face became stiff, solidified, and sad.

The wind outside was whirring, and Irene's heart became colder and colder.

Unconsciously exiting the room, Erin saw that the snow dog was standing not far away, he probably guessed the reason for Erin's painful expression, and made two gestures, Erin saw that it was to tell her not to think badly, and smiled bitterly in response, wanting to get out of here quickly, but couldn't take a step.

"Maybe he's in the dining room." The snow dog made this gesture with a smile on his face.

"That's right!" Erin, who was frowning, raised her eyes in an instant, and her frozen expression became energetic again, "Hmm! Let's take a look. Erin finally took a step, she didn't run, she wanted to calm her mind so that she wouldn't look embarrassed by being too excited or sad.

Snow Dog successfully helped Erin regain some confidence, but he also knew in his heart that Milo was not necessarily in the dining room, so he had to sigh helplessly, silently hoping that the two would not be estranged because of this.

Erin's light steps were a little nervous, and even if the snow dog was not a careful person, he noticed it. As Erin passed around the corner of the hallway, she looked through the window at the sandstorm to the southwest—an overwhelming force was coming, and the air outside felt like it was dead. Without staying long, Erin then went straight to the dining room, followed by the Snow Dog.

When Erin pushed open the door to the dining room, her expression froze, stiffened, and darkened again, losing the vitality and color of what she had just done, and even though she had already guessed the outcome, the cold fact still made her feel a hammer pound on her chest. Erin glanced at the panorama of the dining room twice, and finally her eyes slowly drooped.

Facing the empty dining room, the snow dog didn't know how to express it.

"Are you going to that room?" Erin thought to herself, her eyelids also moved, her thinking had stopped, no other thoughts appeared, Erin's body had been taken over by emotion, her face was cold, as if she was extremely calm, but in fact, she was on the verge of triggering, took two steps back, turned around and walked steadily towards "that room".

Snow Inu understands that Irene's expressionless face is as calm as before a tsunami, and he can only hope that Milo is not in "that room", otherwise he doesn't know what to do.

……

"With the help of the dragon, I found my way to the heart of the desperate desert, and in a long-abandoned ruin, I was finally reunited with the princess......" Wind Chime said slowly, his eyes looking at Milo from time to time, but Milo felt as if he had lost his soul in Wind Chime's eyes.

"When we were finally reunited, the princess made me a request – to avenge her father and brother." Hearing this, Milo shuddered, he remembered that in the story of the wind chimes and the rumors of people, it was the crown prince killed by his ancestors. "So, she asked me about Entekoman's descendants, and I, who was unaware of it at the time, told her about Windwalk." Wind Chime sighed and continued, "After learning that you were here, the princess decided to attack you......"

"So there's the Shaling Crisis......" Milo said with a hint of desperation.

"Strangely, there's a very peculiar magic paraphernalia in the ruins, and I can't tell what it is, because I don't know either. But the princess can manipulate it, and she's been fumbling for it for hundreds of years...... It's just that she needs me to help her guide her, otherwise she won't be able to find where Windwalk is. And that complex magic item can produce what you call 'sand spirits', and it can also give you the illusion of a sandstorm......"

"It turns out that Klan and we are wrong, not magicians, but magic props......" Milo thought to herself.

"But......," said Wind Chime, "the princess has told me that she does not want to be involved in politics, and that she should not be involved in such a plan of revenge...... This fate was too heavy for her to bear. ”

"So you're going to bear it with her?" Melo asked in a low voice, as he felt that the answer to the question was somewhat obvious.

"That's why I'm going to stop her from taking revenge," said Wind Chime coldly, "that's why I don't want you to be killed, not only because of the sacrifices made by your ancestors, but also because I believe that once the princess succeeds in killing you, she will taste the sweetness of revenge and murder, and then ...... Her appetite will be even greater, and she will target the entire Sprelet Empire......"

Milo had thought about the reason why Wind Chime didn't want him to die countless times before, but after listening to Wind Chime's explanation, he was very grateful and moved, grateful that Wind Chime did not blindly follow Lilith's orders, and was moved by Wind Chime's gratitude and deep understanding, but he also had many doubts.

"Thank you, Wind Chimes." Milo said admiringly, "But you also took a big risk, and then you have to ......"

"And I'm going to stop her once and for all after midnight today, when March 8 comes." I don't know if it's really responding to Milo, the wind chime still said coldly.

"March 8...... Lilith's birthday? "Melo remembers how much in the story of the wind chimes, she never forgot this day.

"When I have succeeded in stopping the princess," said Wind Chime, with a hint of sadness, "you have to find us. There's something you'd like to know about that ruin, too—a ...... about the Curse of the Stars."

"What?" Milo asked in confusion and surprise, "What do you mean...... Found you? Do you want me to go to the Desert? ”

The wind chimes did not respond, and his face was expressionless.

"Wind Chime, what do you want me to do?" Mello asked, still unable to believe what the wind chimes had just said.

"It's time......" The sound of the wind chimes was so small that Milo could barely hear it.

"What......"

"Bang!" The door to the room was pushed open with a bang, and Erin appeared in the doorway.

"Sure enough...... Here ......" Irene muttered with sorrow. Milo in the room looked surprised, with the cloak on her lap, and all this made Erin angry.

Biting her lip so hard that even a little blood had been left, Erin's chest felt like a charcoal burn, the last glimmer of hope was completely shattered, and the tear ducts almost collapsed, but she still held back her emotions, she was afraid that she would suddenly pick up something and smash it at Milo.

Snow Dog also appears at the door, and he looks at Milo with disappointment, reproach and even disdain in his eyes.

Erin's sudden arrival overwhelmed Milo as well, and he knew what it meant for Erin to find herself in Heidi's room at this moment. But there is still room for manoeuvre, because the wind chimes are here, as long as she explains, there is still a turnaround.

"Erin, don't get me wrong...... Milo stood up and hurriedly explained, "Look, it's the Wind Chimes who want to discuss something with me here......" He looked at the Wind Chimes with a begging look, but the Wind Chimes didn't move at all, neither looked back at Erin, nor did he mean to respond.

"Wind Chimes, explain to Erin that I didn't want to stay here." Milo wanted to suppress Erin's anger as soon as possible, knowing that it would hurt the feelings of the two of them.

But the wind chimes still didn't respond or move, their faces were expressionless, and even their eyes were dull.

"Milo! What are you talking about? "It's Erin's somewhat trembling voice—

"You're the only one here!"

Irene's words almost turned Milo into a stone statue, and surprise, shock, fear, and hesitation surged over Milo's whole body at once, making him unable to think rationally. He looked at the "wind chimes" in the room, still standing there, without any expression or response. Erin said that there was only one person in the room, and the surprised expression of the snow dog and the movement of the hands behind her seemed to corroborate Erin's words - "Where are the wind chimes?" You're the only one here! Milo! ”

"The wind chimes are here!" Milo pointed to where the Wind Chimes were standing, "You can't see her?!" His expression was also a little distorted and trembling.

This time it was Erin and Snowdog's turn to be shocked, and they looked at the man who had planned to face the crisis head-on, as if they were looking at a madman, and couldn't help but show regret and sadness.

And that "wind chime" whispered something that only Milo could hear:

"We're going to ...... Frozen ......"

The sound stopped abruptly......

——

It wasn't just the sound that stopped abruptly......