"Knock-" The illusory and distant bell rang from nowhere, and in an instant, the world around him changed dramatically.

With the sound of the mirror shattering, the tiny prismatic fragments resurfaced in the air around them, slowly spinning around countless planes that did not exist.

Everything was frozen at the beginning of the moment, and the falling rain curtain hovered in mid-air. The moment the pocket watch was pressed continued indefinitely, and the entire city was silent, and the already dark night suddenly became even more deadly.

Putting away his pocket watch, Jude didn't stop for a moment, and immediately rushed to the southeast, breaking through the stagnant rain curtain head-on, and running with all his might.

After winding through the intricate alleys, the boy finally arrived at the source of the sound before the time standstill effect was over. He saw several men surrounding Alyssa under the eaves of the rain, not far away, in the posture of the girl in uniform.

"Knock-" Another illusory bell rang from nowhere, and everything that had been at rest resumed its functioning.

"Stop!" Jude shouted hurriedly, pulling out Syrens from the scabbard behind him and pointing at the men as a warning.

The icy night rain continued to fall, and the soaking wet boy looked embarrassed. Although it was not clear where the boy had come from, and he had a long sword in his hand, those people were obviously not taking it seriously because of their large numbers. One of them threatened Jude: "Boy, don't meddle with things!"

Seeing that the group of people were touching Alyssa, the girl's screams and cries further irritated his nerves. The young man was in a hurry, sensing the little magic power that had recovered slightly, and deliberately chanted the incantation aloud: "Evo_falrem_acentus!"

The dazzling light of the Mystic Starball was particularly dazzling in the dark night, and Jude deliberately directed the projectile to be projected onto the ground in the middle of the group.

After the implementation of the arcane star bullet, the boy had no mana left to continue casting, but those people seemed to see some kind of terrible existence, and fled one after another. Fortunately, the mage's deterrent power is still very strong, and Jude can't help but sigh, maybe people have misunderstood the mage, and it happened to help him a lot at this moment.

"Are you alright?" the boy walked briskly under the eaves and asked with concern, "Alyssa?"

The girl was sitting against the wall, hugging her body and crying, and Jude could feel the feeling: alone, without relatives in a huge world, with no one to rely on and talk to.

He was an orphan since he was a child, and he was not able to face the catastrophe of Lamberting. The teenager thinks so, a girl like Alyssa who grew up in a good family may be even more difficult to accept.

"Come back with me, Alyssa," Jude tried to reassure the girl, "Lucius is gone, but you still have Cathy and Rowan, and everyone is worried about you......"

"Go away! I don't want to see you! I don't want to see you!" But the boy saw the girl's excited face, and there was not only sadness in his eyes, but also a little resentment.

Why, why did he have to be blamed? Jude couldn't understand. He does have responsibilities, but he doesn't want to take them, and everyone is responsible.

Obviously he has done his best, even if his life is hanging by a thread, what else do he need to do? The young man stared at Alyssa, he didn't say a word, but his heart was turbulent. Besides, I saved you just now, otherwise you will be defiled by those hooligans!

Why don't you understand it? Why don't you think about your own problems? Jude wanted to yell at her, but he didn't, he knew it would only make the girl sadder.

So far, it's not just you who have been hurt, it's me too. He didn't say a word, and the boy stared into Alyssa's tear-filled green eyes, and his anger gradually subsided, replaced by bitterness.

You let me go, okay, I'll go. You don't want to see me, okay, then we'll say goodbye and go our separate ways.

"Good. I'll go. Finally, Jude said, "After I'm gone...... I wish you all the best. ”

The boy had a thousand words in his heart, but he did not say them after all, and he ended with Nosa's farewell words: "There will be a time later." ”

-

Jude wanders aimlessly in the icy night rain, drenched and unconscious, and he wants to look up to the sky and howl, but in the end he unconsciously bursts into tears.

Why no one understands himself, the young man is very unwilling: he has done his best and played a decisive role, when he has done well enough, no one has said anything, and once his ability is not enough, he has to bear all the blame.

In his original understanding, as long as he goes all out, it is the best. It wasn't until today that he realized that people only focus on results, and no one cares about hard work.

Jude wearily walked under a sheltered eaves from the rain, leaned feebly against the wall, clutched his head and wept bitterly.

"Why are you still crying? The voice suddenly sounded in his heart, "What an old man, still like a child." ”

"Shut up, you don't know anything. The boy still held his head, not wanting to bother with it.

"Yes, do you really think I don't know? You won't forget the incantation I taught you, will you? Why didn't you summon me in danger?"

After a moment of silence, Jude forcibly argued, "I don't trust you. ”

"Heh, you don't trust me, so you think it's better for you to do this now?" it sounded as sincere as ever, "You told you earlier that our interests are the same. By now you must have found that only our interests are aligned. ”

"We should help each other, not doubt each other. The voice repeated the old words.

"I still remember the incantation. Jude recalled the strange language that impressed him inexplicably, "But I can't believe you. Because first of all, you don't trust me, or you're going to explain everything to me?"

The self-proclaimed "Itinavne" is full of mysteries, and although his advice is always targeted, the boy is inexplicably resistant and wary of it. It's an indescribable feeling, I don't know where it comes from, but it's haunting and lingering.

"Forget it, you'll figure it out one day. The voice continued to pretend to be mysterious, "In this world, only me and you are completely on the same page. Anyone else, not so. Mark my words. ”

"It's useless to emphasize it ten more times. Jude shrugged off its arguments, but he kept the incantation on the back burner. The next time he was faced with a situation where he had nothing to do, he would consider using it, at least to avoid the current outcome.

The voice fell silent again, no more answer, apparently limited in the amount of time it could ever communicate with itself. A brief review of the previous journey revealed that it would take about five days for it to appear...... What does this mean?

Whatever it means. Jude was not in the mood to think about these mysterious things now, he sighed heavily, stood up, stepped into the dark night rain, and continued to wander aimlessly.

The rain hit the face, so cold.

Tomorrow, where is it?

The teenager didn't know. For now, he just wants to go on like this.