Chapter 31: Triumph
"We won...... We survived. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info" Su Ruiwen said calmly, "The function has recovered." This means that the party occupying the cab will take control. ”
She slapped the table, and some squares popped out like stuffing in a prank box. They form a small screen that lights up with the noise of snowflakes.
Su Ruiwen impatiently slapped the table again, the noise disappeared, and the clear scene was replaced. Carriage by carriage, wizards, and dead wizards...... Su Ruiwen quickly covered her face, and she cried silently, trembling.
Teng Yun shuddered and patted the shapeshifter on the shoulder, and the girl nodded, grateful for his comfort. Teng Yunshen found himself on the screen, and after a while, he found Jiang Xiaoxiao again, she stayed with Professor Gray, and she looked in good spirits. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then plunged lightly into the silent abyss......
Teng Yunshen didn't remember what happened after that very clearly, he remembered that he had fallen, falling into a pool of slippery and greasy cold blood...... He stared at the lost light source, which diffused in his field of vision, fading out the girl's call.
His heart was beating weakly. It longed for a rapid beat, but it couldn't muster the strength, so it could only roll helplessly on the mud. Weariness enveloped him like a thick blanket. The cold he had hoped for followed, freezing the blood and keeping his heart from beating so ...... Fast, even with such a slow heartbeat, it is still fatally fast for a tired body. He felt that his body was empty, that there was no soul or flesh, only an unyielding heartbeat. He fell asleep to the sound of his heartbeat.
The next morning, it probably took Teng Yunshen a full half hour to realize that he had woken up and was staring at the empty and lackluster ceiling. He lay on two tables that were put together, the hard wood fitting perfectly into his body—a cloud that would disperse at any moment...... Of course, it wasn't that bad, it was a little better - he survived.
He reached out and touched his chest, his heart still beating, beating, stopping, beating reluctantly, buzzing and noisy, but still beating. Once, the heartbeat was a kind of torture, but he had to accept such torture and get painful vitality from it.
Teng Yunshen turned sideways and lay down for a while, until his arm that was pressed by his head became numb, and he got up little by little. It was warm in the carriage, but the cold suddenly rushed over my chest. He hurriedly covered his mouth so that the churning breath would squeeze his heart out of his chest.
What happened last night is not a bizarre dream, the dream will wake up, but there is no escape from reality. The thought of this made a huge fear stick in his head like a nail. Teng Yunshen didn't want to think about anything, he just let fear soak every cell in his body.
He survived, but he felt like he was dying. Death drew him like a campfire in the wilderness. However, it was a trap set by a sorcerer with bad intentions - he knew it all too well, but he couldn't help but walk through it.
It's too hard to live, and as long as you live, you'll be tortured again.
His body was like a dismembered specimen, not painful, but separated, skin and muscle, muscle and bone, as if they were just objects placed together.
Someone pushed open the bead curtain, and the sound of clattering and crumbling slightly attracted Teng Yunshen. He turned his head and saw Jiang Xiaoxiao walking in briskly—maybe fast—and he couldn't quite tell how fast or slow he was. The girl's figure was in the field of vision, swaying in the pale light.
"Ecstasy Spell?" Jiang Xiaoxiao frowned with concern, "Look at me, Yun Shen, look at me." She gently patted Teng Yunshen's cheek. The girl's five fingers were as soft as willow silk, pressing vitality into his body little by little.
Teng Yunshen came back to life, not the life of the walking dead, but the real life. He wanted to live. The power of fear was still strong, and he shuddered, but the faith of tomorrow triumphed over fear.
"A small sequelae, it's okay, it's going to get better soon. Jiang Xiaoxiao let go of her hand, "...... You are very, very brave. Her compliments are old-fashioned, or formal, but rather a bit of a stodgy version of her.
The familiar feeling is back...... Teng Yun couldn't help but smile affectionately, excited for the new day. He left the support of the table, and politely rejected Jiang Xiaoxiao's outstretched arm, relying on his own strength to stand firm. It feels good to be grounded, and the invisible energy climbs up the soles of the feet...... He was more aware that he was still alive.
"I'll send you back. Jiang Xiaoxiao calmed down, "Go back to the store?" or go home?"
"Go back to the store. Teng Yunshen stretched his five fingers curiously, "I still have to work." "Magic fills every cell in the body, starting from the tiniest structure, slowly advancing a wonderful transformation process that makes this body completely different from yesterday. A new transcendent body......
However, the moment he took a step, the familiar feeling returned. It's like a long day in the middle of summer, in the evening, when I open the window, the cool air soaked in rain hits my face.
Jiang Xiaoxiao hesitated and said, "Actually, this is not good. ”
"What's wrong?"
"When I first learned the truth and woke up, they suggested that I go on a trip, but I refused. It's good to be in touch with as much magic as possible in a blank space...... However, I still have to help the teacher correct the homework. ”
Teng Yunshen remembered. During the chemistry teacher's illness, Jiang Xiaoxiao took the initiative to take on a rather heavy workload. He happened to catch her side face looking out the window, and at that time, inexplicable...... Is it a desire to leave, to leave the mortals, to go among the wizards, to be one of them?
"So, Yun Shen is the same as me, right? ”
Teng Yun pondered for a moment...... The choice, yes, "freedom" and "order", has nothing to do with "justice" and "evil", but only pure "freedom" and pure "order", he is making a choice.
"No, I don't think so. He denied, "I'm just afraid of trouble." If you go home early, your family will feel weird, that's all. He stepped out of the car door, and Jiang Xiaoxiao followed him in surprise, "For me, getting to and from work on time is as easy as I want...... Alive. ”
"He made his choice. Jiang Xiaoxiao thought uneasily, "Freedom." ”