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The old wooden door was gently pushed open, and it was Elois's eyes that greeted Ellen with a weak face and Ai Yue supporting him.

"Ai... Ellen!"

Blois almost forgot Grandma Ashie's warning, but he reacted immediately and immediately lowered his voice.

"Good afternoon, Blois!" said Ellene's feeble voice, but it sounded very energetic to Blois.

"Well, and Victoria, good afternoon. Looking at Victoria, who was lying quietly with her eyes closed, Eren smiled happily.

Victoria didn't answer Elian, she was still in a coma, but with Grandma Aisi's care, Eren was very relieved.

"Xiao Ai Liang, Xiao Ai Yue, hello. "Grandma Essie is still the same, and she can't remember Ellen's name.

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After slowly sitting down on the only chair in the store with Ai Lian in her arms, Ai Yue hurried to the counter as if she was free.

"Little cake~Little cake~" Seeing Ai Yue happily humming something that she had long coveted, Ai Lian was a little embarrassed.

And Grandma Elsie, who is the owner, seems to have not seen it.

She nestled quietly in the wicker chair, as if she were sleeping in the arms of her beloved, with a happy smile on her face

"Grandma Elsie, there's something I want to ask. ”

Eren couldn't bear to break it all, but what he wanted to know was related to his next direction, so he still had to speak.

Grandma Elian didn't even open her eyes, but narrowed them like a lazy cat.

As if she knew what Elian wanted to ask, she said softly: "What you want is in the Charal Snow Mountain, go south, where is the most marginal town in the Western Continent, and from there you can enter the Charal Snow Mountain." ”

"To the south? Blois's face was a little bad when he heard the word south, but he didn't say much, for he could see the answer from Ellen's face.

"I'm a little troubled, it's getting colder and colder, and I've heard that it's starting to be haunted in the south, and I don't know if it's true or not. Eren muttered to herself.

"Wandering around is the true taste of the journey—" Grandma Ash said something inexplicable, and then closed her eyes again.

"Is it? Hanging out? But... Elian got up slowly, the gentle March sun shining through the window, and the whole cabin brightened with the warmth.

Eren paused, he looked at Ai Yue, then at Victoria and Blois, and then sighed, "My journey is not for fun, and if I stay somewhere too long, I may never see that person again." ”

"Then go ahead, just keep moving forward, and one day you will get what you want." Grandma Elsie's bright smile was like a flower blooming in spring.

"By the way, this is what you lost, and I just picked it up on the way back, so I sent it back to you. Eren pulled out a large scroll of manuscript from his bosom and gently placed it on the table in front of Grandma Asi.

Grandma Elsie looked at the manuscripts, her eyes hazy at some point.

"It's still there, I really didn't expect it. Grandma Elsie slowly got up from the wicker chair, and as she got up, Grandma Ashie's body made a "click" sound.

Grandma Elsie picked up the manuscripts, gently placed them on her lap, and said with a smile, "I'm arguing with you." But my body hasn't seen the light for too long, so I can't help it, I'm old-"

She tapped lightly on her arms and legs as she spoke, and when Grandma Elsie tapped on her arms and legs, there was a crisp sound of metal colliding.

"This is ... Blois was startled, the familiar image reminded him of Western Australia, covered in metal, with only the head in the shape of a human head.

"Looks like you know. Grandma Elsie sighed softly, "This is eternal life." ”

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Her hand stroked the manuscript on her knee, and Grandma Essie began to tell her story.

"About 300 years ago ... Well, maybe 400 years ago. In the Sailun Empire in the Eastern Continent, there is an unknown mysterious existence.

The people inside are a bunch of crazy people, and of course, they're all geniuses!

And the most dazzling existence among them is Porterham.

He once put forward the hypothesis of making human beings an eternal immortal existence, and this idea was praised and supported by the Emperor of the Sailun Empire at that time.

Because the emperor was so old at that time, he was almost dying of old age. But he didn't want to die like this, he still wanted to continue to be his emperor and continue to live.

One hundred, two hundred years, he even wants to live forever.

And Portham, who has received unprecedented support, once again shines brightly. He put his overwhelming intellect to good use, and in those days, no one could match the brilliance of Porterhammer.

At the age of seventy, Porterham's research finally made a huge breakthrough.

Although it was not perfect, through a series of experiments, he succeeded in getting those test subjects to obtain incomparably powerful flesh and immortal life.

And the price is an ugly body that is forever emotionless, and very difficult to control.

He named this great potion the Elixir of Eternity.

However, the Emperor was dead, and although the new Emperor wanted to use this potion to create a dead horse, he was afraid that Porterhammer would one day lose control of his ambitions and rebel.

So he ordered Porterhamer to be executed, and Porterham, because he had been researching all his life, had no family, only a large group of disciples were implicated and killed.

As for Porterham, he ran away.

At the cost of a batch of eternal potions, he bribed a large group of people from the empire and helped him escape from the Sailun Empire, and even from the Eastern Continent.

Soon, Porterham, who had lost everything, took his only surviving disciple to one of the most remote rural towns in the Western Continent.

He used the so-called eternal life as a stepping stone to knock on the door of the hearts of the local lords.

The lord helped him build a tower, providing him with a lot of money and living people to test on.

And then... Porterhammer died.

He did not receive eternal life, yes, he just died. ”

Grandma Elsie told the story slowly, like a bard in a tavern, telling a wonderful epic.

As for these manuscripts, they were left at that time. ”

Grandma Elsie stroked the manuscripts, and when she saw the signature "Essie Irene" at the bottom of the manuscript, she couldn't help but close her eyes.

"Blue roses, in our time, blue roses represent the impossible.

Life that cannot exist, and love that cannot exist. ”

After saying this, Grandma Elsie stopped talking, and she lay quietly on the wicker chair, with rhythmic shaking, as if she had just died.

Just as Elian was about to go out, Grandma Elsie suddenly opened her eyes and asked in a low voice.

"By the way, the tower is already ruined, right?"

"yes. ”

Eren didn't ask what the tower was, there was only one tower in this town, and there was only one tower in Grandma Elsie's heart.

"Sure enough, eternal life or something is the biggest lie told by the gods. ”

Elian was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked:

"Have you ever hated him?"

When I woke up that day, I saw my body being dumped in the corner of the lab like garbage, and he was looking at me with a gentle expression. I already have the answer in my mind. ”

Grandma Elsie spoke softly, as if she were singing an old ballad.

"Really?" Elian laughed suddenly, pulling a reluctant Aiyue over and striding out of the hut.

Outside, the sun is gentle and the wind is warm in early spring.

"I'll send you off. Blois slowly caught up with Eren and Aiyue.

Inside the hut, only Victoria, with her eyes closed, and the rattan chair that swayed slightly.

Grandma Elsie slowly placed the manuscript on the arm of the wicker chair and stroked it gently, as if she were caressing a loved one.

Time passed in the silence of the hut.

Suddenly, an old voice rang out.

"Erin, did you ever hate me?"

"No, I love you, Sensei!"

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Age-old ballads waft from within the town.

It won't be long before the town will be full of Torvi again, and the name of the town of Death will be forgotten forever.