Nicholas's face was full of bitterness: "It turns out that you have already found out?"

"Just as early as you discovered that a soul from another world lived in my body. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info I have the right to know what this woman who is nominally my mother is. ”

Nicholas sighed heavily: "I can make a flawless body, I can make a peerless prop, but I can't make a soul - maybe that's the only thing I'm inferior to a god, right? I want an heir, a perfect heir, but what I have made is a perfect baby sculpture, they have breathing, they have a heartbeat, but they don't think! There is no soul! A living dead! All are the same, all are the same!"

"At this time, my soul crossed time and space to a certain statue, right?"

"Exactly. ”

"So you kept me alive, huh, thanks for your generosity. ”

"You have been brilliant since you were a child, and your genius ideas and ideas have amazed my old friends, who have lamented that I have a genius son, and I have always thought that as long as you put in the effort, you will definitely be able to make a breakthrough in the creation of the soul, but I didn't expect that this is the only miracle that cannot be replicated. ”

"I'm really sorry that I didn't let you realize your dream of becoming a god. ”

"At first, I only saw you as a tool to realize my ambitions and dreams, an object worth studying, and I never saw you as a real person...... I'm sorry, George, I'm sorry. However, in the past 20 years, I have found that my ambition has gradually faded, and as you said, manpower will always run out. Why should I be obsessed with the impossible?"

George scoffed, "Maybe you can do it with a little more effort." ”

Nicholas laughed and continued: "Maybe it's because I'm old, especially in recent years, I found out that I have a wife who loves me unconditionally and a son...... Well, what a happy thing it is for a rebellious and disobedient son! Look at Rodriguez who has no place to die! Look at the old bookworm West, who has been a bachelor all his life! I am a winner in life!"

George said gloomily: "Because the ideal is destined to be unrealizable, do you have to shrink back into your shell like a snail and entertain yourself with a moment of warmth around you?"

Nicholas shook his head and said, "In the words you often say, what is it called, Too young, too simple Tucson breaks? Alchemy and human understanding are equal in length, and there is no end to our lives." It's enough to be worthy of your life. Among the three masters of alchemy of the year, West quit early, obsessed with teaching and turning over old papers, and occasionally flirted with young female students, he was the most comfortable one; Rodriguez had a strong nature, never admitted defeat, and loved everything more seriously, as a result, you also saw it; as for me, I was already very satisfied to be able to take a middle value. It's you—"

"What's wrong with me?"

"Do you know who you really are, do you know where you're going?"

George didn't speak for a moment.

After a long time, he said slowly: "Without me, your family would not be complete, and without you, I would not be able to resist the pressure of the church and the royal power on my own, so we should continue to play the role of father and son? This is the best choice for the best interests of both parties." ”

Nicholas nodded slowly with his back to George, and whispered in an extremely slow, almost word-for-word voice, "Your mother, too, was made by me, the product of alchemy...... I was so lonely, so lonely. I'm sorry. Maybe all of this is a mistake, let's go, you go. ”

If George had stood in front of him at this time, he would have seen the wordless tears on the old man's face that had endured the vicissitudes of time. But alas, he stood behind the old man.

For some reason, he had imagined his reaction when he heard the truth thousands of times, but after confirming it with his own ears, George found that his mind was blank, and he neither yelled nor slammed the door, but stood quietly, quietly.

"Alone, lonely?"

Repeating the word twice, George suddenly felt that an inexplicable force was trying to control him and make him stay, but he would not give in!

He replied in a dry voice, "As I expected." I'm leaving. There are still several experiments to be done. Well, a lot of rare materials, probably, to go out for a long time. Mobilize your connections and help me get the formalities done. ”

"Okay, let's get busy. ”

For the first time, George felt that his steps seemed to be weighty, and every step was so slow!

But I can't stay! I'm not a person from this world! All people in this world are uncivilized, wild, and ignorant monkeys, monkeys! I don't need friends, I don't need parents, I don't need anything, I just need to be a good director and let all the monkeys dance around me!

This damn old man, with inexplicable spells, with inexplicable motherhood, conceived me -- the devil knows whether it was "conceived" or "hatched" -- and tried to use me as a research sample, and now he made a mess of my feelings!

How could I stay!

The balcony door was in front of him, and his long, dry fingers were firmly on the doorknob, and with a slight force, the door opened, but he couldn't take the last step to leave!

"Joe. ”

Nicholas's trembling voice came from behind, at this moment, he was not the commanding god-level alchemist, just a helpless and helpless father who failed to persuade his rebellious son.

"Thank you for giving me twenty years of happiness. You, let's go. ”

No matter how numb George was, he could hear the choking in his voice.

On George's shoes, two drops of clear and transparent rain suddenly fell, fleeting on the smooth leather, quietly sliding onto the floor, if there is dust, then it will be mixed with the dust, and there will be no trace, but on the contrary, George's mother, Lady Alexia is a person who loves cleanliness, and there is no need for a maid, and the corners of the house must be cleaned by herself. So, the two drops of rain lay quietly on the clean and smooth marble floor, and their clear and transparent eyes stared at George's face that began to distort.

"What if...... What should I do if I'm in a bad mood?"

Nicholas rubbed his eyes and smiled reluctantly: "Find friends, go crazy together!"

"I ...... No friends!"

"Then go and find it!" Nicholas suddenly became furious, "You're twenty years old, and you still have to teach me?

George sniffed slightly, but this action completely collapsed the indifference on his face, and he trembled and wiped his eyes with his sleeve, which got worse and worse, and he couldn't help but choke his throat. He gritted his teeth and stepped into the darkness of the hallway.

"Wait. ”

Nicholas's voice seemed to have a magical power, and he was pinned to the spot at once: "What?"

"Early...... Come back, don't drink too much, don't gamble. Go for it!"

"Got it, thank you...... Father. ”

The balcony door slammed shut, and the sound suddenly woke up Nicholas, and he turned his head sharply, but the figure of the young man who had been with him for twenty years had disappeared behind the door!

I lost Joe, I lost Joe! Even his last words were so simple that he still couldn't forgive me after all!

Wait, what's his name in that last sentence?

He called me Daddy, he called me Daddy from the bottom of his heart! He confessed me, forgave me, saved me!

Nicholas screamed hysterically, and this sound split the strong defenses of the heart, and the torture of twenty years of guilt, twenty years of deep guilt, and twenty years of mutilated happiness and joy turned into tears that rolled down from the old eyes.

In the darkness behind the balcony door, George fell to his knees, his hands tightly covering his face, not suppressing his pitched cries in the slightest, twenty years of suspicion, twenty years of loneliness, twenty years of misanthropy, turned into more tears pouring out from between his fingers.

Each other's cries echoed in each other's ears.

One door, two fathers and sons, tears raining down.