Chapter 123: Fairy Tale Forest (Sixty-Nine) Decided
"Aren't we going to wake up the others?" I followed the wolffang through the darkness, and asked hesitantly, "Isn't there any danger for just the two of us?" β
"Danger? Do you feel more secure with others than with me? Wolf Fang replied in a low voice, unable to hear any emotion.
Although we all deliberately kept our voices down, in the silence and darkness, it seemed that the slightest sound would be infinitely amplified, and I even felt that I could faintly hear the echoes of our voices coming from all around.
"Of course, I feel most secure when everyone is together."
I rolled my eyes silently in the darkness, it was so quiet that our footsteps and voices were so clear that if there was someone hiding in the darkness, it wouldn't take even a second to discover our presence. The quiet environment and the echo of the emptiness always gave me the illusion that there were more than just me and Wolf Fang's footsteps here, as if there were other footsteps. However, when I made a closer look, I couldn't find the third footsteps, and I thought it was an illusion caused by an echo, but this illusion was really a little scary.
There was a chuckle from the wolf's fangs in front of me, and I was wondering what he was laughing at, when I heard him say, "The most terrible thing is the human being, and everyone feels safe together?" I don't know how you came up with such a strange conclusion. β
"Actually, I've always been weird." The unknown darkness does make people nervous, but at the same time, it will also make people's nerves in a certain aspect inexplicably relaxed, the most direct manifestation is - unscrupulous, "Why are you so cynical?" β
"Cynical? Do you think so? Wolf Fang didn't seem offended by me, but replied softly, "I don't think you've been betrayed and hurt enough so far, or not deep enough. β
"That's a shame." I pursed my lips, knowing he couldn't see it, but I still subconsciously shook my head, "It's just that I don't think there will be a day." β
"Should I say you're too optimistic, or should I say you're too naΓ―ve?" We had groped our way to the stairs in the dark, and Wolf Fang was chatting with me as he reminded me to watch my step, "I'm afraid that for you, only death can teach you a lesson, otherwise betrayal and hurt will not be deep enough for you." There are steps here, be careful. β
At the prompting of the wolf's fangs, I cautiously probed the path under my feet and stepped on the first steps. I stopped my movements and listened for a few seconds to make sure that there was no sound and that I had not been noticed, and then I resumed my activities and groped my way down the steps carefully.
"Actually, it's not like I can't understand your opinion." Following behind the wolf's fangs, I walked down the steps as lightly as I could, I hesitated for a moment but decided to be honest and honest, "I've heard people say that the things in the world that can't be looked at directly are the sun and the sigh of the human heart, and I've also heard people say that you should never test human nature because you will be disappointed, but I still can't deny all the kindness and trust." β
Many times, I feel that this kind of question about the good and evil of human nature cannot be discussed with the wolf's fang, after all, the experience is different, the suspicion is different, I am not him, and I can't empathize with the betrayal and hurt he has suffered. I've said it a long time ago, and I know it myself, maybe one day I'll be like the wolf's fang, but at least for now, I don't want my trust to waver.
I pursed my lips and asked, "Is it possible for you that everyone can betray and hurt you?" Is there no one you can trust and can rest assured? β
Wolf Fang was silent and did not answer, and for a while there was only a slight sound of footsteps in my ears, and such an atmosphere made me feel congested for no reason, and blurted out without thinking, "Is it that even I can't make you believe it?" β
I don't know if it was a sound or an air flow or something else, it was a dark and blurred vision, but I could feel the wolf's tooth breathing clearly and inexplicably, as if he didn't expect me to ask like this.
However, let alone wolf fangs, even I didn't expect me to ask such a thing, and as soon as the words came out, I regretted it, darkness is really not a good thing, it seems to suppress one's sanity and dull people. But on the other hand, maybe it can be regarded as emotionally liberating?
Wait, wait, what am I thinking, liberating the emotions? Do I want to ask such a thing in my heart? No, no, no, it can't be! I subconsciously shook my head and threw this terrible thought out of my mind. When my sanity came to my senses again, I realized how inappropriate and ambiguous my question was, especially when the wolf fang might have some special affection for me.
"Ah, you didn't ask. I probably got my brain in the water when I was taking a shower. β
I spoke again as the wolffang fell silent, and at the same time we were halfway down the stairs, and the candle hanging on the wall on the first floor was still burning and not extinguished, and although it was dim, it was always a little brighter, and by the dim candlelight, I quickened my pace a little.
"Let's go, let's hurry up to the lobby on the first floor." As I spoke, I overtook the wolf's teeth and walked downstairs with a slightly hurried pace.
"You're different."
The sound behind me made my body stiffen, and I subconsciously stopped. At this time, the wolf's tooth was also standing behind me, his voice was very low and soft, obviously there were no ups and downs and no emotion, it seemed to be just telling a fact, but it made me feel that the voice seemed to have a temperature, like my ears, all the way to my heart.
"You're different." He repeated, "I won't doubt you, but that's not because I believe you won't betray me." β
"What do you mean?" This contradictory remark made my heart tremble, and I asked subconsciously as I turned to look at him. In the dim candlelight, his face was hidden in the shadows, and I could only vaguely see his slightly lowered eyes and pursed lips, "You won't doubt what you say but you won't believe it?" What does that mean? β
"I will not doubt you because there is no need, because for me your life takes precedence over mine, and I will sacrifice myself to protect yours. Therefore, if I need to die in order for you to live, I don't need you to think of a way, I will take the initiative to do it. Our interests and goals are the same, and even if you hurt me to protect myself, that will be what I have to do, so I don't need to guard against it. β
If hearing what the wolf fang said just now was like feeling a flame, listening to him now is like the flame is freezing in my body. I think I understood what Wolf Fang meant, he was saying that he was going to protect me with his own life, so even if I killed him for my own life, it was the same as his purpose, so he didn't care if I killed him to save himself.
However, although this thing sounds logically fine, it is actually very strange, because the active sacrifice and being used to die are completely two different concepts, if it were me, I think I would indeed be willing to die to protect someone, but if this person himself intends to kill me to protect himself, I don't think I will want to protect him.
And Wolf Tooth knows very well what he wants, he is very clear about his purpose and the desired result, and even knows that he will not be disturbed by emotional factors, whether it is active or used, he just firmly wants that result. On the one hand,,,,,,, this situation can be understood as his own firmness, but it can also be said that he only cares about his own goals and does not care about the involvement and emotions with others.
This may make sense that he only is firm in his own purpose, and does not care about the involvement and emotions with others, and the reason why he does not care about emotions is
"Can I simply understand that you don't believe that I won't betray you, so I don't care that I will betray you and hurt you, just because your purpose is the same is to sacrifice yourself to protect me, so even if I betray you and sacrifice you, this kind of behavior is expected to be accepted by you, you are not surprised, so it has no effect on you." I could hear my voice hoarse, and my throat was shaking uncontrollably as I said this.
Wolf Fang was silent for two seconds before he spoke in my bated breath, "That's probably what it means, but I don't doubt you and don't believe you, there is no cause and effect relationship for me, as you say." β
I'd rather it had!
I roared in my heart, I don't know when the heat accumulated from the previous bath had dissipated, I felt the coldness of my fingertips, and I could feel the stiffness of my joints when I subconsciously clenched my fists. I felt a little warmth when I curled my cold fingertips into the palm of my hand, but this little bit of pitiful warmth couldn't warm my heart a little.
I suddenly realized that the indifference and isolation of the wolf tooth was much more serious than I originally realized, I originally only felt that he was indifferent to others and unkind to others, but now I realized that it was not his way of doing things, but his character, he was not only indifferent to others, unkind, but also indifferent to himself, completely eliminating the human part of himself.
The absence of causality means that being betrayed by others has nothing to do with his decision, and it will not cause him the slightest emotional harm or impact, because he has lost the emotional part between people.
I don't feel terrible, but I feel pitiful. Human beings are social animals, they need to socialize, they need companionship and bonds, they are connected by a web of emotions one after another, closely involved into a special race. And what kind of things did Wolf Tooth go through that made him choose to completely break away from this net and be independent of all his kind in self-preservation?
Just looking at the wolf's fangs hidden in the shadows, I recalled his excited expression when I first met him
No! I don't believe he's completely devoid of the emotional part between people! He still has, must have, but maybe he didn't notice it, but the emotion was there, in his heart, maybe deep, maybe hidden, but I knew that it was there!
I decided to take that emotion out of the wolf's tooth heart, and if I couldn't find it, then recreate a new emotion! If Wolf Fang wants to regain his memories and find out who he is, I think first of all, he needs to find out how to make himself a real person.
There will be struggles in a good person, and there will be ugliness in the good, but a real, human being.
This should be a reward for protecting me.