"Master, master, wake up." A familiar female voice came.

Who's calling me?

Snapping his eyes open, Edward awoke from his dream.

I couldn't see the sky, I couldn't see my feet clearly, the surroundings were hazy, and the whole world was occupied by chaos.

Where is this?

"Master, you're finally awake. ”

The fog lifted, and Edward finally saw the world as it was.

It's a forgotten world. Barren, slaughtered, lifeless, cracked earth devastated, one bottomless ravine after another crisscrossed the country, dividing one isolated space after another.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up dark yellow sand and dust into the gray sky.

There is no hope of life, because the world is going to perish, and the people who exist in this world can only choose death.

Is this the end of the world?

"This is a God-given place a million years ago. ”

A pretty young girl stood in front of Edward, a few steps apart, smiling, and said sweetly to Edward.

The black and white maid's skirt was squeezed and deformed by the wind, and the layers of folds clinged to her slender **, while the other side was raised high, swinging from side to side, accompanied by the howling wind, making a crackling sound.

"Yes, is it night?" asked Edward, his eyes wide, dumbfounded.

Her long black hair, lifted by the wind, fluttered restlessly beside Night's cheeks, the strands that blocked Night's eyes and her mouth, but Edward could still see Night's expression.

Her smile is still overwhelming.

"Master, your name is Edward, right?"

As if he didn't realize that the space he was in was dying, he smiled at night and asked casually.

"Hmmm......"

Suddenly appearing here, Edward should have asked clearly.

God-given land a million years ago -- why is he here, why is the world a wasteland where nothing grows?

But he couldn't ask. It was as if there was a strange force in this world that choked his heart, and the oppressive air made him breathless.

Is this the end of the world?

"Edward, this is the first time Night has called your name, because, in the original world, Night didn't know your name. Night tilted her head and said softly.

"Night ......"

"The night follows you to the world of a million years ago. Brushing through the messy bangs, pinning the flying hair to his ear, he said to Edward with a smile, "Night, I have been by your side, looking for Edward in many, many, many worlds." ”

“......”

Probably Edward's hallucination, every time the wind and sand passed, there seemed to be a vague layer of red on the big sapphire eyes of the night, and slowly, the blood-like red completely covered the eyes of the night.

Short hair, red eyes, ice muscles and jade bones...... At this moment, the shadow of another person in my mind gradually overlapped with the night, and finally, merged into one.

She and her, it seems, have never been separated.

"The Edward of this world, the Edward of that world...... Master, if you don't go through all the worldlines, you won't rest on your laurels. ”

She sighed resentfully, her hollow voice making Edward's heart tremble.

“......”

"Edward here is probably one of many Edwards, or the original. Raising his hand, he stretched out his hand to Edward, and the night opened his five fingers slightly, gently slamming the manic wind and sand, "The night here is also one of many nights, and it can also be said to be the original one, right? ”

“......”

Buzz.

A strong feeling of vertigo rushed into Edward's mind, and it was only then that he realized that not far from them, there seemed to be young men and women standing just like them.

The same scene appears in all the spaces that are divided by the ravine. A piece of reading power, the exact same story is staged.

The woman stood in place, reaching out to the man in front of her, feeling the temperature of the wind while smiling and chatting with the man.

"Look, that Edward, it's Edward, too. Actually, you haven't changed, the night hasn't changed, and we haven't changed. ”

Similar voices rang out around Edward, as if to confirm his words, those voices crossed the ravine, left their mark on the original space, and then broke into another world, one after another, converging into an obsession that could penetrate the world.

“......”

Turning his head to look at the stranger in another space, Edward saw a thin teenager, swaying in the wind, as if he would be blown down at any moment.

It wasn't a stranger, the back Edward was familiar...... Who's that?

He tried to see the man's face, but the man kept his back to him, and even though he turned his head to look at the other him, Edward could only see the man's back.

[Protect her, this time]

You can never see the face, only the back, and the echo that will never fade...... Because, that person is himself.

"So, fate will not change. Ye smiled slightly, a strand of silky hair stuck to the corner of her mouth, "I think, you and Ye, we will probably die here." ”

The million-year-old world is so broken that when it comes to an end, the so-called future will not exist.

But if the future really doesn't exist, then how can they go back to the present a million years ago?

They shouldn't exist.

"But that's okay. Night paused, and said with relief: "Night believes that we can definitely connect with Edward and Night's consciousness a million years later, the future will not end, and reincarnation will not stop." So, it doesn't matter anymore. ”

"Night?"

Edward also reached out and tried to grasp the five fingers of the night swaying in the wind, but even if he stepped forward, even if he accelerated and ran, he could not touch the cold fingertips of the night.

At his speed, he probably never reached Night's side.

"Master, remember your promise, although Night would like you to keep your promise, but ......"

Space began to distort, time began to break off, and the night that stood in place made Edward feel so far away, as if it were close at hand.

"Night!" Edward called out her name.

"But it doesn't matter anymore. Even if the night is no longer your servant, even if the night no longer follows you, it doesn't matter. ”

"No ......"

The scene began to shatter, like brittle ice, rapidly melting in the air of despair.

The clear world returned to chaos, and the sky could not be seen, nor could the earth be seen clearly, and even the shadow of the girl was swallowed up by chaos.

A shattered space that does not allow anyone to exist.

"It's okay. ”

The voice came from the void, piercing through the chaos that engulfed the heavens and the earth.

"Night!"

There was no sound, and all existence was ruthlessly obliterated by chaos.

The world is over......

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"Night!"

Edward roared heartbreakingly.

"Master, is something wrong?" asked a beautiful young girl, curiously.

"Yes, yes, it's you!"

Through some kind of crystal liquid, Edward rubbed his eyes vigorously, and finally saw the girl sitting beside him,

"Oh, it's the night ......" Night looked at Edward inexplicably, as if he was looking at a madman.

"Night, don't go!"

Holding Night in his arms, Edward firmly wrapped his arms around Night's body and locked her hard, as if trying to integrate her into his body.

"Ah...... Master, can you let it go, you hurt the night!" The blush on his face flashed, and the night pouted with a look of disgust.

"Hold, I'm sorry...... "Edward" but, night, I don't want you to go!"

"Oh, yes, master, sleeping too often can lead to insanity, so please be careful. ”

“...... Lazy?"

Looking around, Edward found himself lying inside a tent.

There is no barren land, no raging winds, no end to the world, and this is not the world of a million years ago.

Everfree Forest, Camp.

"So that was a dream too?" Edward realized, "but...... Night, Y-Why are you here? Didn't you go to Gruul?"

"I don't worry about you at night, I want to know if you have done anything bad with the night behind your back, so I'll come back and see. It doesn't take any reason to spy on her master, and Night, with her unique logic, said as a matter of course, "So, have you done something bad secretly, master?"

"No......"

"Oh, really?" the symbolic nodded, and said lightly, "Master, it's time for you to go, just now the brave told you to go to her tent." ”

"Brave?"

"You call her, Emilia...... Although she is no longer a brave man. ”

"Oh......"

"Well, the night is gone. ”

"No, no......"

Edward hurriedly stretched out his hand and tried to keep her, but the girl who disappeared out of thin air did not hear Edward's last retention.

The hands stopped in mid-air, and the five fingers opened naturally, as if feeling the flow of air.

In the dream, he failed to grasp the hand of the night, so, now, in the future, or a million years ago

He never could do it...... (To be continued.) )