I don't know how he was sure it was mine, because when I saw my face, I found it back to what it was some time ago. Dry and old. But he recognized me anyway.

Maybe my brother is the kind he recognizes even if he turns to ashes.

He untied the rope from my body, and although his eyes were full of excitement, he could not hide the surprise on his face.

"You're so old too."

His face had lost noticeably thin, and only a layer of skin had been left on his cheekbones and cheeks, but his eyes were still so bright. His hands grabbed my arm, he did lose so much weight! He was also a coolie back then, and now his knuckles are like bamboo knots, and those hands feel like people who have been seriously ill.

"So are you." He said.

Then we stopped talking in such a place, and he took me to his lodgings, which was a small room next to the hall. The door to the room is inconspicuous, from the outside it looks like a grocery room door, and there are many well-decorated rooms around the hall.

His room could only fit a single bed, a table, a cabinet, and then a chest, but there was a large window on the wall.

He opened the window as soon as he entered, "It's not as good as Stormwind." As he spoke, he pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit!" ”

He sat on the edge of the bed and looked at me, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"I've forgotten why I had to go to Stormwind, but I still remember what happened after I went."

"You heard you've been caught."

"Not caught, exactly." I looked him in the eye and said, "It's a miracle that I survived." ”

"What do you mean? Were you really caught or did they put out the fake news? ”

"It can also be called being arrested, but I wasn't very conscious at that time." I say. "Because the woman named Katrana set me on fire...... Seriously injured. ”

Edwin narrowed his eyes, "Badly injured...... So what you are now......"

I shook my head, "No, that's another story. I said, "In the days before I woke up again, I ...... It seems to be ...... by them Cleaned up. And then when I woke up, I was already there...... ...... of the North on the beach. ”

"It's a very distant place...... Far away! I said, "But the problem now is that I haven't figured out what's going on." ”

"What do you mean by tidying up?"

"That's it...... Experimentation, Magic...... Stuff like that. Edwin's face was a little serious, he must have been thinking about what I said. Maybe I'm guessing if what I'm saying is true.

"And then?"

"And then I stayed in the north, and I was ...... It's like looking for an opportunity to come back in order to survive, but then I met some sailors in a harbor in the Stormwind Kingdom, and I also inquired about some news, news about the Stormwind Kingdom and you. ”

"Alas! But when I inquired about the news, someone said that you were defeated by the king's army, and then you also died. I noticed that he frowned.

"And you stayed there?"

"Yes."

"Why did you come back all of a sudden?"

"Have you heard about the north?"

"It was a long time ago." He said. "What have you been doing in the north?"

"I'm not in the north, but in the north, more north." I said, "The kingdom of Lordaeron has perished, you know. ”

He nodded.

"Do you know who caused it?"

He shook his head.

"Lordaeron's Crown Prince, Prince Arthas Minahir." I say.

"What's going on?"

"There is a plague in the north, you should know about it. But...... Later, the crown prince was in the process of dealing with some things...... By...... Polluted. I said, "And he ...... lost his mind and then killed his own father. Personally...... Ended the kingdom ruled by his father. ”

"Hmph......" Edwin snorted coldly when he heard this.

"There was chaos in the north, chaos to the ...... It's almost dying. ”

"Then why don't you come back?" His eyes changed.

"I was involved in their ...... Many things, including the killing of his father by the Prince of Arthas. ”

"Kingkiller......" he snorted. But I've heard that the North is okay now. ”

"Isn't it okay...... but the dead are everywhere. I said, "Rise from the dead!" I couldn't help but raise my voice, "All the dead are raised!" ”

"You've been dealing with these things in the North, how did you come up with the idea of coming back?"

"I'm not in Lordaeron!" I said, "I'm further north of Lordaeron." ”

"Where is that?"

"One...... Extremely cold land. I sighed softly, "I've always been by that monarch's side. ”

"That prince is not dead? Or is it dead? ”

"I'm not sure if he's really dead, but I don't think he's dead. I mean...... I was controlled by him. ”

"Is it captivity?"

"That's what it means." I said, "But then I took the opportunity and fled." ”

"Then I went back to Lordaeron, which was in ruins, and climbed aboard a boat bound for the port of Minahir...... And returned here from there. I said. I wanted to say something more, but when the words came to my lips, I swallowed them again.

"You're still in Minethil Harbor?"

I nodded, "Minethil Harbor ...... thing"

His gaze sharpened suddenly. "What do you know?"

"Is that true, king?" I asked.

He pursed his lips, "You heard that?" ”

"Sort of." I say.

"Anyone outside knows about it?" The muscles in his face tensed all at once.

"What do you mean by someone outside?"

"What's the reaction in Stormwind?"

"In Stormwind...... I didn't go back to Stormwind. ”

"How?"

"I can't go back." I said, "Now in Stormwind...... No, it should be the same outside...... The Great Search. I frowned, "Don't you know?" ”

Edwin smiled slightly, "You're saying the people don't know about this yet, right?" ”

"I don't know, but some of the places I pass by probably don't know about it."

Edwin's muscles around his eyes contracted slightly when he heard my words, and he shook his head, "Why don't the people know such good news?" As he spoke, he walked over to the table and picked up the flask, "This kind of thing should be publicized!" ”

He handed me a glass of wine: "You...... It doesn't seem to be very happy. ”

I shook my head, "I don't feel anything about it. ”

"Hmph......," he snorted disdainfully, "you were born and died for their family, but in the end, you got ...... It's still this kind of life. ”

He paused, "He owes me...... It's too much of ours! There was a hint of ferocity in his eyes, "It's not too much to pay it back with his life!" ”

"You arranged for his disappearance?"

He glanced at me with slanted eyes, "Yes." ”

"Is he dead?"

"How could I have let him die so easily?" Edwin smiled. "I'm going to make him worse off than dead!"

"Where did you get him?"

"You...... Curious? ”

"How can such a thing not be curious?"

"I don't know." He said lightly.

I looked into his eyes, and he looked at me, "Huh......" I shook my head, "You might as well just kill him." ”

Edwin smiled, gritting his teeth with laughter, "If he can bring Elizabeth back to life, I'll consider letting him die a happy death." ”

"You...... Daughter...... How's it going? ”

"It's fine!" Speaking of Vanessa, his gaze was less fierce, "You'll see her." ”

"She must have grown taller."

"It's fine." Edwin said: "She has been hurt and suffered a lot. "Someone has to be held accountable for this," he said. And that man was Varian Ureon. ”

"You're ready...... What to do with him? ”

"Hah! You don't have to worry about that, my brother. He looked at me and said, "Since you can come back alive, you shouldn't die, then stay, we are a family, and the family should not be separated, are you right?" ”

I nodded, "Yes!" Family...... It should be together. ”

It was too late that night, so Edwin had some drinks with me. He wanted the kitchen to cook something for me, but I said no, I couldn't eat it.

So he said to prepare tomorrow and let me get used to it here, and he also prepared and gave me a welcome ceremony.

We drank a lot that night until Edwin got drunk and collapsed.

When I was alive I hated drinking and getting drunk, and it was very unpleasant for my head to hurt, but now I can't get drunk, and those liquids don't work in my body at all. I looked at the drunken Edwin with a smile on his face, and I put him on the bed, then stood on the edge of the bed and looked at him.

This man who is both familiar and strange is my brother, and I know that he is my brother, the only person in this world who will not harm me, and the only person who can keep me in his heart. I also know him and me...... A lot of things that should be Mason, but just knowing.

This kind of knowing...... It doesn't seem to be mixed with much emotion. I didn't even feel the intensity of my imagination with him. No...... I don't feel it.

But when I think about it, it doesn't seem right, it shouldn't be, it shouldn't be like this! Watching him fall asleep, my mind was suddenly in turmoil.

It's the first time I've been so close to him in so many years! Observe him so closely! So for a moment I felt ...... He's so strange!

I sat back in my chair, the candles on the table dancing softly, the faint yellow light making my shadow dance gently on the wall.

Turning his head to look at the shadow on the wall, a sense of unreal contradiction suddenly rushed to his heart.

When I don't see him, I fantasize about what kind of touching episodes will happen after I reunite with him, he will be excited, he will cry, he will ...... Say many, many things.

But...... No!

I fantasized about my life after I was reunited with him, and the illusory images in my mind were like ...... It happened before my eyes. He chops wood, plows, harvests, and when I look at him, he smiles at me...... The smile is very simple.

Simple...... When I think of this word, I feel like I have been hit by something, looking at Edwin, who is now drunk and sleeping, this Edwin who has no seriousness and no hideous and fierce expression on his face at this time, I suddenly can't imagine how his face at this time should show that kind of quiet and gentle...... Kind.

He...... It's no longer the simple Edwin of the past.

Sighing softly, recalling the conversation just now, he ...... He knew me, but he didn't fully believe me. I understand him too!

There were some documents, books, and even letters on the table. I squinted at the objects, then glanced at Edwin on the bed, then gently stood up and walked out of his room.