The noisy light flickers intermittently, invading the sleeping soul, and the hazy sound echoes in the space, just like a TV forgotten to be turned off at midnight.
A pair of hands gently combed Leman's ethereal hair, making the sound of wind chimes. Leman slowly opened his eyes, but there was no picture as expected, just a shaking and flickering black screen with blurred conversations constantly coming out.
"What happened here...isn't right...all of our identities..."
"Except...people from the Long Sword Club..."
I don't have the strength to break the silent environment, nor do I want to break the tranquility. I feel the haziness at this moment. I can vaguely hear the sound of water droplets falling to the bottom of the lake somewhere in my heart, but I can't tell whether this wavering comes from myself or from hope.
Er.
Lehman didn’t know when he entered the depths of his soul, nor where did the gradually fading sense of oppression in his mind come from...
It was like being dragged into the sea by a huge boulder, an irresistible sense of oppression.
The vibrations continued to stir up the calm water surface, and the water droplets rose into the sky, illuminating the dark and flickering screen, and also illuminated Little Hill's head gently shaking with his eyes closed.
Little Hill pulled away her hand and lightly touched the water with her fingertips. Vibrations gathered from all directions, just like the reverse water waves were attracted by the reverse flow of time. The madness only remained for a moment before it was melted into her small body.
The palms turned into calmness.
Little Hill didn't care what happened just now, he looked at Leman's small body and smiled
"Brother Verdis, you're awake."
Lehman's fingertips were gently lying on the lifeless water, and he gradually realized the part that was covered up by the crazy life, and said calmly
"So you're usually here to watch what we go through? Little Hill."
Little Hill gently poked his chin with his fingertips, looked at the lake in the sky, thought for a moment, and said with a smile
"Yes, but sometimes brother Verdis will close the window completely, and then I will go down there and play with bubbles."
Lehman asked with a wry smile
"Make bubbles?"
"It's interesting."
Xiao Hill said innocently.
The remaining warmth disappeared from the back of Lehman's head, and Little Hill's figure also lay in the gentle lake.
Then, bubbles continued to rise from the bottom of the water facing the clear and translucent light, and emerged from the water surface and floated in the air, dotted with an empty and silent space. Many pictures flashed in the bubbles, which Verdis had not seen.
It’s a picture that I’ve seen before, but there’s his figure in it.
That is a compiled story, a compiled memory.
Every day is sunny, and they are always filled with bright smiles. They are in the college, the grassland, the forest, the mountains, or the scattered snow, Hill's hometown.
After a while, Little Hill emerged from the bottom of the water holding another bubble. He gently held it up so that the young Bubble could learn to float. There was a scene in an orphanage, an orphanage where Little Hill also existed.<
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"It's done, Brother Verdis. Look! It looks good!"
Verdis' eyes flickered, why didn't he understand its beauty, but he also understood the coldness in it...
It turns out that I am no different from the one where the Hilde doll was locked up in the first place, nor the same as the orphanage where the children were imprisoned. Even if it was for safety reasons, the words I gave to Hill at the training ground also became
gave her a new cage.
"It's beautiful..."
Verdis said slowly, but failed to suppress the fluctuations in his heart. The vibration sounded again but was quickly suppressed by Xiao Hill.
Little Hill gently squeezed the water ball in his hand. He couldn't understand Verdis's mood and asked sadly
"Isn't it beautiful..."
Verdes slowly sat up and regained his energy, holding the newly born bubble, looking at the birthday party belonging to Little Hill inside, and smiling at himself putting on a birthday hat for her
"I really hope that this day will come true, Xiao Hill."
Little Hill suddenly regained her vitality, closing her eyes and shaking her head. The new bubbles gradually melted away as she swayed, and melted into the surrounding air.
The first thing to light up was the warm kerosene lamp, followed by candles, and finally the light in her eyes.
Little Hill clasped her hands in front of her chest and swayed, and Verdes sang with her in response to the memory compiled in the picture.
"The snow-covered earth gives me the purity of the rising sun, the winter sunshine writes it into my heart, the snowflakes dance here, and the north wind sings for you.
Ah~~~My lovely Hill, I wish you happiness.
Ah~~~I, the newly ascended Hill, wish you to embrace the light.
Ah~~~My dear Hill, I wish you a happy birthday."
After the singing ended, Verdes recovered perfectly. He got up and walked over to Hill, put a birthday hat on her and said with a smile
"Today is your birthday?"
Xiao Hill stabilized the hat on his head and said
"I don't remember, but just think of it as today. Thank you, Brother Verdes. I'm very happy. I think it's time for you to return to reality. Your mood swings are very frequent, and the situation is starting to be dangerous again, isn't it?
?"
Verdes looked at the bubbles that were gradually fading around him, listened to the increasingly clear voice-over, patted Little Hill's head gently and asked
"Do you want to go out and play from time to time? Little Hill."
Little Hill raised his head with surprise in his eyes, but was quickly denied by her. She lowered her head and shook her head.
"Brother Verdis, I said it's dangerous outside. I don't want to cause trouble to my brother."
Verdis raised his eyebrows slightly, already having better countermeasures than before.
"No, Xiao Hill. I'm not telling you to let your spirit body run away. When it stabilizes someday, you can become Lehman and let Pask take you for a walk. Don't worry, I will be a witness like you.
Whatever happens to you, protect you, okay?"
Little Hill looked up again and couldn't believe her ears. In fact, she was very satisfied to be able to watch the story happening here. After all, this place was much better than the previous nothingness. She clenched her fists and carefully confirmed p>
"Really?"
Lehman slowly squatted down and became the original Verdis again and responded with a smile
"Of course, lovely little Hill. Didn't I sing just now? You will be happy with me and you will embrace the light. This is the best birthday gift I can think of. Please accept it."
Little Hill put her arms around Verdis's neck, showed an innocent smile, and sang the song just now.
And in the leisurely singing, the clear voice-over also conveyed Pask's somewhat dazed voice.
"Are we still alive in Luo? So it was Redrosa who saved us?"
"No, Uncle Pask. When we went there, the four killers were already dead. You were lying there unconscious. Didn't you defeat them?"
"No...no, that person's strength must be above the first level. I told Lehman to run...but then...it seemed like he was knocked unconscious by someone! By the way! Where is Lehman??" p>
"He's on your left...wait, you said it's above the first level!?"
"Yes, this matter is not that simple. You must report to the organization quickly. The Long Sword Club is not as simple as imagined!"
Perhaps it was Little Hill's emotions that infected Verdis. The noisy conversation didn't make him feel too uneasy. He just patted Little Hill on the back and said
"I think it's time for me to return to reality."
"Well, I look forward to that day."
"Of course."
Verdis said with a chuckle, then allowed his body to start to float up, taking over the body's consciousness again, and opened his eyes in the warm and somewhat choking air.