20. Vows and waiting for the funeral
Time did not make the witch who already knew the method feel anxious, and she naturally would not be unable to bear it because of the time of the day, who had been waiting for hundreds of years.
As Lilith had thought, the next afternoon, when Elizabeth was back as an eight-year-old girl, she went to the pavilion where she had been drinking tea.
The place where we played together as children was also the place where we made our vows, and indeed, this is probably the best place to summon.
On this day, all the servants had stopped their work and accompanied Elizabeth here. According to Lucifer, Elizabeth ignored the passage of time because of her obsession, and became an "immortal" witch on a lonely island for hundreds of years, waiting for her lover to return.
If Roland's soul is really summoned, I'm afraid Elizabeth will soon disappear without a trace because of the disappearance of this obsession. After all, she had been unknowingly there for hundreds of years, ignoring the passage of time, and yet, ignoring it did not mean that she could stand still. These hundreds of years have been enough time to destroy her body several times.
And those servants who accompanied her will naturally disappear together because of the disappearance of the witch's "magic".
However, even so, none of the servants stood up to stop Elizabeth.
Maybe it's because they've lived for hundreds of years and they've been waiting for a moment of relief and waiting for this day to come, but Lilith prefers to believe that they're willing to give their lives to witness the end of this love.
Therefore, Lilith did not stop it, but stood in the garden of roses, watching the "witch" who was about to disappear.
"Is that all right? Marmon?"
Elizabeth was much calmer than expected, not preoccupied by the imminent "death", nor extremely excited by the imminent meeting of her lover. Maybe these feelings have been hidden deep in her heart after hundreds of years of baptism.
"If it's your choice, the most suitable time and the right place, then there's no problem. ”
Ma Meng said and stepped aside, "I can't help you with anything next, go and miss it yourself, it's deeper than before, not to wait for him, but to call him back." ”
"I see. ”
Elizabeth nodded, stood by the gazebo and closed her eyes.
The garden of roses was still scattering petals, spreading a layer of crimson on the ground, and the sky was still dark clouds and fog as usual.
This is an island that has forgotten time, so naturally there will be no sun or raindrops like outside. However, since time has been forgotten, can Roland, who is no longer in the world, still find this place?
Elizabeth, with her eyes closed, stretched out her hand, although there was no Roland in front of her.
But this is the scene on the painting, and this is the most conspicuous painting that Lilith saw when she went to Elizabeth's studio last night. The boy in the painting is kneeling on the ground, and if he guesses correctly, he must be proposing to the girl who is smiling so happily.
Although this is probably just a play, this scene from hundreds of years ago is still vividly remembered by Elizabeth. The gazebo behind him and the surrounding sea of roses have been restored by Elizabeth in hundreds of years.
There are still many paintings scattered all over the studio, but only this one is not finished, lying quietly on the shelves.
What is missing? There is already a lot of everything, everything that should be painted has been painted, whether it is the scenery or the feelings of the characters, all have been restored in the same way.
At this moment, all the petals around him suddenly flew into the air, and a ray of sunlight suddenly appeared in the dark clouds that had been covering him.
It worked?!!
Ma Meng's method really succeeded? This kind of magic array is not even available, just by thinking about the summoning!
"Horse ...... Hey, what about people?"
The fluttering rose petals swirled in the sky as if they had become conscious, and just as Elizabeth looked up at the sudden incident, a teenage boy was already standing in front of her.
The boy is also dressed as a handsome little nobleman, just like in the painting, which is exactly the same as in Elizabeth's painting.
"Elizabeth. ”
"Ahh
Elizabeth, who suddenly came back to her senses, immediately stayed on the spot, and the person in front of her was her lover who had been waiting for hundreds of years.
Although he looked like he was only a teenager, Elizabeth was only an 8-year-old girl at this time.
"Luo ...... Landa-sama?"
Young Roland did not answer, but smiled, then knelt down on one knee, took Elizabeth's outstretched hand, and then took out what seemed to have been prepared for a long time.
I see, the missing thing in the unfinished painting is the one in Roland's hand!
It's a ring!
The petals of the roses around them suddenly seemed to go crazy, and all of them flew down from the stems, enveloping the two of them in a storm of flowers.
Through the sunlight that had become all bright in the sky, Lilith saw not the little boy proposing and the laughing girl. It's a twenty-year-old witch, Elizabeth. and Roland, who became a knight, as in the portrait.
The witch's wish, no, it's the wish of both of them, and it's finally come true!
So......
The surrounding qiē turned into rose petals, flowers, gazebos, standing, all of them were crying and smiling servants, and the two of them among the roses.
The witch who has fulfilled her wish is no longer willing to ignore the existence of time, so time has finally reached the island of time that this witch has made, forgetting jì time.
The witch who was looking forward to spending time with Roland had regained time, so her age had returned to hundreds of years, so it was naturally impossible for her to stay in the world anymore. However, it doesn't matter anymore, these hundreds of years of waiting are not for eternal life, but for this moment of meeting.
Lilith didn't want to think about the appearance of Elizabeth in the petals, maybe she would gradually age with the passage of time, but she believed that in Roland's eyes, Elizabeth must still be the same blonde, blue-eyed, twenty-year-old girl.
The servants disappeared, and Lilith saw the maid Leah throw herself into the arms of the man who had ignored him before, and the other party, this time, did not push her away.
The old gardener had been touching his tears with a handkerchief, like a fat man from a chef kissing the spoon in his hand.
"Lucifer?"
“...... I see, Mamon. ”
Lucifer didn't notice Lilith's cry, just looked at the two of them among the petals, "Finally done a decent thing, isn't it not bad to be cunning with good intentions." ”
Then, with an unclear gaze, Lilith saw the situation of the two of them in the sea of flowers now.
Elizabeth, who had already put on the ring, was still the same twenty-year-old, and had not aged with the passage of time. It's just that her body is only above the waist, and it is still dissipating, turning into petals and flying into the surrounding sea of flowers.
And Roland's body opposite her gradually turned transparent, as if it was about to disappear.
Naturally, the witch who was already about to disappear naturally had no way to keep the lover she summoned all the time, but at this time, for the two of them, as long as they could still look at each other at the last moment of their lives, they would already be very happy.
All the surrounding qiē turned into petals, houses, woods, and flowers, they had all turned into petals and flew into the sea of flowers that enveloped the two of them, and this sea of flowers also seemed to be cocooned, shrinking smaller and smaller.
The sunlight on the horizon has all shone on this island, and this sea of flowers is still gradually dissipating, the floating roses are gradually disappearing into the air, the witch's figure is gradually disappearing, and Roland's body is gradually becoming transparent, which is no longer clear.
With the last petals gone, Elizabeth, Roland, the servants, the lavish mansion, the garden of roses, the surrounding woods...... It's all gone. This one has become what it should be, an isolated island with only stones and ruins.
The witch's wait was over, but at least she was done with a smile and satisfaction.
"Lilith. ”
Mamon, who had been absent before, suddenly appeared behind Lilith, "It's not right to disturb other people's sleep, we should also leave, right?"
(Finally, a wave of oriental-style characters is coming.) )