Chapter 261: Pull the Ring
"...... Evolution Daily, citing yesterday's ACA official spokesperson, expressed contempt and disdain for the strategic alliance agreement between the Privy Cavalry and the Alliance, and said that 'evolution is the only way for humanity, and it is not something that any individual or organization can stop'...... Regarding the ACA's possible attack on the mainland of the cavalry, the spokesman of the privy cavalry did not express his position, but only responded with a cold snort......"
-- Global Online Network
ββ¦β¦ So, the end of the story is like this, no one knows where the male protagonist went in the end, and they don't know if the female protagonist waited for her beloved in the end......"
Linya. Paterson lay on the side of the white bed, his hands tightly clasped the young man's hand as if in prayer, the girl's eyes closed, and her face more or less regained some normal brilliance.
Logan. Craig remains in a deep coma.
According to the latest test report, Logan's condition is still not optimistic, and there is no sign of recovery, if it were not for the fact that this is the hero who saved hundreds of millions of people, I am afraid that the hospital would have given up on treatment.
But even so, this became Linya's last expectation.
The knight girl with short flaxen hair lay quietly on the side of the bed, opened her eyes, looked at Logan's face with a green oxygen mask, and sighed softly.
ββ¦β¦ Am I poor at storytelling? β
Not at all like talking to herself, the girl even showed a wry smile that she hadn't seen for a long time, and she clutched the unconscious youth's left hand tightly, even though she knew that he couldn't hear it, but she still slowly finished telling a story in its entirety.
"Actually, I don't need you to say it...... When I was a child, my biggest fear was writing, so the story I told must be very poor...... Is...... I can't guess how you're going to laugh at me. β
Linya grumbled softly, lowered her head, and pressed the back of the young man's hand to her forehead.
"I'm sorry ......"
"I'm sorry...... I should tell you something happy, right...... I'm sorry...... And I told you these sad things...... And boring stories......"
"But...... I really don't know what's so happy...... You can sue sΓΉ ......"
"Jeunese is dead...... Mom is also dead...... The Knights have begun to recruit soldiers...... I don't even know what I have left......"
"But I know...... If it's you...... If it's you. There must be a way, right...... No matter what happens, you've got to find a way to fix it......"
"So...... Can you sue me...... What am I going to do...... What should I do...... Even if it's to laugh at me...... I don't really know...... I really don't know how to deal with ......."
Linya's tears ran down her cheeks and dripped onto the sheets beside Logan's hand, and the girl whimpered and grabbed the young man's hand as if it were her last hope in life.
"Do you remember...... This pull tab? β
Linya looked up. The five fingers of her right hand were gently released, and she carefully raised her palm, and on the white palm, a silver pull ring lay quietly, carrying the same body temperature as Linya and Logan.
"You promised me...... This tab can be swapped for an engagement ring, right......"
"I don't want an engagement ring, I don't care who you are, whether it's a date or a marriage, I promise you ......"
"I promise you. Do you hear that, Logan...... I promise you ......"
"Will you keep your promise? Please...... Please...... Don't leave me alone......"
"I'm not a knight anymore, I'm not going to save the world, I just want to be with you...... Even if the world is ruined...... I just want to be with you......"
"So...... Answer me...... Is that possible......"
Linya couldn't go on, and the weeping girl clutched the metallic pull tab and lay on the arm of the unresponsive youth, letting her tears soak her sleeves and sheets.
There is no longer the majesty of a knight, and it has nothing to do with the arrogance of a warrior. At this time, the girl is like a little girl who has been robbed of her most precious rag doll. Pain, sadness, self-blame, and remorse flooded her chest, making her every breath painful.
However, the young man lying on the bed still did not respond.
As if in the whole world. Only the girl was left.
***
Ling Yu saw the person he had been waiting for.
The young man in black stood up, and the white-haired girl beside him also stood up from the bench, and the slightly larger raindrops fell on the flower platform behind the bench, splashed and fell into the dry earth under the cover of the roof of the promenade.
"Linya."
Ling Yu raised his hand. He waved lightly at the girl who was walking in this direction.
There was no smile, but the tone was polite, and the action was not as difficult as he imagined.
From that night, this was the first time Ling Yu had seen this Jeunse's best friend.
In addition to himself as a lover, Sauron, who is an older brother, and Helis who wants to protect, probably, this girl is Jesse's only "friend".
Ling Yu didn't know how these two girls, whose identities were so different and whose worldviews were completely to the left, got to this point, but obviously, their feelings were real.
And the purpose of Ling Yu waiting here is probably to erase the last trace of dust on this relationship.
"Thank you......"
Linya stood there and opened her mouth first, and the girl bowed deeply.
"I'm just telling the truth, maybe you made a mistake, but it won't be 'guilty'."
Ling Yu knew that what Linya said was something that she had helped her clear her of suspicions, and the young man shook his head lightly and gave a pertinent answer.
"I'm here to sue you......" Ling Yu didn't continue, because when he spoke, he realized that he hadn't sorted out his language at all.
"This thing...... It's not your fault. After being silent for a while, Ling Yu finally chose to give up the flowery rhetoric and express his thoughts directly, "And that thing...... It's not Jesse's fault, either. β
Linya lowered her head and didn't answer, and the silence lasted for a few seconds again before being broken by Ling Yu.
"You're not fit to go to war. What you're protecting is itself a mirror...... Even if Jessie doesn't do that, someone else will do it, and we can't fight the will of this world after all, but ...... The will of the world is so easily stirred up. β
"So at the end of the day...... Jeunese just wants to protect you...... Even at the expense of violating their own creed. β
Ling Yu felt a slight tingling sensation in his chest, he frowned, and then sighed.
"She could have deceived you. Continue to use you, you are a good warrior, not only physically, but also will, if it makes you active on the battlefield...... Yes, it will definitely save more people. β
"I can't comment on it...... It's right or wrong, but I think we all know that this is what we know about Jeunse. Miele ......"
"And I hope that the last ...... You can understand that. β
Ling Yu took a deep breath and gritted his teeth. But in the end, the last word was spoken.
"She walked peacefully, with no regrets."
"Thank you......"
Linya still lowered her head, not knowing why she avoided Ling Yu's gaze, the girl with short flaxen hair nodded slightly, thanked her again, and then paused and whispered.
"I won't live up to her expectations."
"No," Ling Yu shook his head slightly. "I'm not suing you for the sake of carrying anything. It's for you to unload something. β
"At least, in the end, she didn't ask me to do anything, and I think she doesn't want to be a burden to you either."
"I see."
Linya's voice was still soft. The knight maiden bowed softly again and did not speak again.
Ling Yu opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Herris, and the white-haired girl shook her head gently.
"I've said everything I'm going to say, and I've arranged everything for Logan. I'll keep you informed of any progress. β
Ling Yu took a step back, sideways out of the way, and did not say goodbye.
"Thank you...... Thank you ......"
The knight girl's voice, which had been keeping her head down from the beginning, was already crying, and she tried to spit out two words, and then stepped forward and walked past Ling Yu and Herris as quickly as she fled.
You can escape the pain of this world, it is your freedom and it is in accordance with your nature. But perhaps, to be precise, the only thing you can escape is the escape itself.
Ling Yu's contact lens had such a sentence, he felt familiar, but he couldn't remember, just as he turned his head to look at Helis, the girl also looked up to meet his gaze, and then gave an answer.
Franz. Franz. Kafka.
"Jimmy. Warren Buffett sells escapism, and I'm his big client. [Note 1]" Ling Yu looked at the silver-haired little girl, "But I guess you haven't heard of it, and the ones you are searching for now don't count." β
Helis didn't speak, but she didn't show a confused look, and Ling Yu didn't continue to speak, but took the girl's hand again and led her into the rain.
And the people who are really escaping reality may be all of them.
You still seem to be thinking about something, there should be nothing left?
Instead of dwelling on the topic, Herris posed another question.
"Well, I still have some questions, and there's something unnatural about the whole thing." Ling Yu reached out and rubbed his temples, and followed Helis to change the subject, "Do me a favor." β
"Help me hack into Isaac and Sauron's personal communication devices so they don't get discovered, I want all the information they have to contact Iceland."
It would be a bit of a hassle, but not a problem, if only the liaison with Iceland and not the negotiating team.
Herris thought about it for a moment and nodded.
"That's enough."
Ling Yu reached out and touched Helis's head.
***
"It's really rare for the Atlantic to be calm."
Char. Pierre stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the captain's cabin, a camouflaged landing ship that had been carefully converted from a luxury cruise ship to sail from west to east in the North Atlantic.
The chestnut-haired 29-year-old, who is somewhere between middle age and youth, reaches out his finger and gently taps the holographic keyboard of the quantum communication device on the ornate mahogany table, transferring the communication to the headset, and then skirts the table to the sunny window.
Although it is a converted landing ship, the superstructure still retains the luxury and enjoyment unique to a luxury cruise ship, and Charl. Pierre, on the other hand, has a large floor-to-ceiling window leading to the captain's quarters, overlooking the North Atlantic Ocean under clear skies.
"Looks like you're having a great trip."
An old voice came from the headphones, "I'm all ready here, I can do it tonight, when will you arrive?" β
"It's not our agreement."
Char smiled lightly, curling the corners of his mouth, "I will only land after you have completely paralyzed Karitas, otherwise, I am just a luxury cruise ship." β
"That might take a little while."
The old man on the other end of the line didn't seem to have too much disappointment in his tone, still emotionless and flat, "I'll control the situation tonight, and you can land tomorrow morning." β
"What you do, I will naturally know."
Char casually picked up a magazine on the windowsill and flipped through a few pages.
"By the way, let me remind you again, according to the information from my side, Isaac has advanced the date of the return trip, and they will be back to Iceland tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and you are running out of time."
ββ¦β¦ If I fail, you won't get what you want. β
The old man on the other end of the line was silent for a moment and spoke.
"You don't have to worry about that." Char shook his head, "I await your good news, dear Lord Scribe. β
Char clicked on the headset to terminate the communication, then took it off, placed it on the windowsill, and stretched.
It was a complicated plan, and he felt tired.
However, the harvest time is almost here.
Note 1: Jimmy. Warren Buffett (Jimmy Buffett), an American musician, originally wrote "Isellescapism.", which is not strictly a famous sentence, only Ling Yu, who is interested in antique art, knows. (To be continued......)