As if to protect himself, Sabo subconsciously broke off the mental connection with the crow, isolating him from the harm caused by the spell. However, he vomited another mouthful of blood, and the damage to his organs was clearly present, even though the spell had stopped.
After damaging Sabo's body, everything is overturned!
He felt that the organs in his body were failing. It was a hemorrhagic acute failure that could kill within minutes.
"Uhhhhhhhhh!!" Sabo was shouting hoarsely but feebly, feeling like he was about to die.
What can be gained by this meaningless shouting? Messer is sleeping next door. Even if he is woken up, it is impossible for him to come to save Sabo at this time, right? And Messer is just a child, neither proficient in magic nor possessing the skills.
How much first aid knowledge does that guy have? What can that guy do?
"Brother Sabo?!" However, Mason did hear Sabo's shout and hurried into the room.
"Mei...sen..." Sabo's whole body was trembling, and he stretched out his hand towards the boy.
Even he himself didn't know what he was doing.
Does it make sense?
Anyway, this is the end. There is no doubt that he will die in a place like this. Dying inexplicably and in obscurity, just like the unlucky wild dog on the roadside that was pretended to be dead by a car. Everything is meaningless and worthless.
.
But...I don't want to die...
Sabo's breathing became increasingly thin.
"Mei...sen..." Before he died, he was still calling the boy's name in a low voice.
For the first time in his life, he realized how lonely he was.
No, he was vaguely aware of it before that. That day, when he met Mason for the first time in that pawn shop, Sabo was actually vaguely aware of it.
He knew that he didn't have much time left. He just wanted to get to know one more friend before he died. If possible, who could be by his side at the moment when he died------
That might be the last bit of luck in his life.
"Brother Saab! Brother Saab! Cheer up!!"
Sabo could vaguely hear Mason's shouting. Unfortunately, his vision and hearing gradually became numb. Blood kept pouring out of the corners of his mouth, and he seemed unable to stop it. Probably, even if he invited the best therapist in the world to come over at this moment, he would be unable to save the day.
stop.
So sleepy. The end always comes so suddenly. But nothing matters anymore.
Sabo closed his eyes. The only thing he could feel was a little warmth coming from Mason's palm. As long as the warmth didn't disappear, he felt inexplicably relieved.
His meaning gradually became blurred, and a singing voice sounded softly, like a dream.
That is, a lullaby in the quiet night.
[You are lying quietly in front of me.]
[Your smile means everything to the world.]
[Outside the window, the gentle breeze blows.]
[My love will always stay here.]
[This love is always there, reserved only for you.]
[Now, you are everything to me.]
[In my eternal dream.]
[Sleep, my beloved child.]
[Let this lullaby close your eyes, good night.]
[May I always be in your heart.]
[Although I feel reluctant to give up, I just wish you happiness.]
[May this lullaby put you to sleep peacefully.]
[Good night, good night, good night.]
That extremely soft soprano contained hesitation, helplessness, and sadness. Despite this, this song still warmed people's hearts. Sabo seemed to feel that he was healed from body to heart. The pain in his body was gradually healed. Sabo
I fell asleep peacefully. I felt as if I was being hugged by someone, as tender as a mother.
He was floating on the blue ocean, looking up at the blue sky.
It is the wireless continuation of sky, sea, and life.
Everything is infinite, both one and infinite, infinite oneness.
As if he had an epiphany, tears welled up in the corners of Sabo's eyes, tears of emotion.
Then, he saw a blond girl kneeling quietly not far in front of him. She was floating on the infinite sea level like him, with her back to him.
"Who are you------?"
"Don't come close, please." The girl warned him.
Sabo obeyed the other party's words and stopped his actions.
"So, this is...?" he asked instead.
"My dream." The girl replied: "It is the [phenomenon] caused by me using [Psalm] on you. There is a certain spiritual connection between us, so you will break into my dream in this form."
."
"I didn't originally want to use [Hymn]. Once I use it, we will form a bond that will never be broken." The girl sighed: "You are not from our world, and you should not have touched our world."
But there is no way. If we don’t use this, we can’t save Brother Saab."
"...The song just now? Did it save me?" The young gray rabbit man vaguely realized something.
"[Hymn] gave you part of my life (Kama) to keep you [immortal]." The girl replied: "But you don't need to know this. Your body cannot bear this overflowing vitality."
.When you wake up, you will forget all this. So now... take a good rest, Brother Saab. Don’t think about anything, just lie down and have a good rest."
Sabo didn't know whether to believe the other party. However, there was some inexplicable persuasiveness in the girl's words, and the gray bunny decided to lie on the water and look up at the sky comfortably.
"Although you will forget all this when you wake up," the girl whispered again, "let me tell you a story."
Sabo didn't reply, just listened quietly.
"My mother was once a singer. Her talent is unparalleled and she is a unique genius in this era." The girl said slowly: "Because of this talent, she was selected as the [Diva of the Deep Sea]
, undertakes the mission of eliminating disasters for the Kingdom of Iceland. She is very hard-working. She is also very gentle. She sings to the world and heals this scarred world time and time again.
However, the world takes everything from her and never knows how to cherish her dedication, always asking for more.
She was gentle and did not reject this greedy world, so she sang and sang and regarded singing as her whole life. But fate was twisted and cruel, and it was always jealous of those talented people. After a few years, fate changed.
It took away her hearing."
Sabo frowned.
"Deafness is a fatal flaw of a musician. It is a shortcoming that cannot be compensated for no matter how hard she works or how talented she is. Naturally, the result is that her deafness gradually becomes tone-deaf. No matter how hard she tries, she will inevitably sing out of tune.
The more out of tune you are, the more you force your pronunciation, and the more you force your pronunciation, the more it damages your voice. The result..."
The girl paused for a moment, and it was obviously painful for her to describe this incident.
"Those who once worshiped her, praised her, and thanked her all turned their backs on her because of her flaws. She was once so brilliant and talented, but she was taken away because of a little joke of fate.
everything.
People have never appreciated her contribution to the world. Because she can no longer sing loudly, people spurn her and regard her as a laughing stock. Ah------"
The girl sighed again, as if something was stuck in her throat, and her trembling words were filled with sadness.
"I still remember the song she sang to me before she died. It was indeed very out of tune and her voice was too hoarse. But I listened to the song to the end. It was the last song left by my mother and the most beautiful song in the world.
The most beautiful song." The girl said: "Before she died, she told me that she did not sing for others, but only sang because she liked it. Therefore, she was not alone. Even if there was one person left in the world who was willing to listen to her song,
Her singing is meaningful."
The girl turned around and looked at Sabo, but strangely, Sabo couldn't see the girl's face clearly.
"From that day on, I decided. I will only sing for myself, and I will only sing for people I identify with. I don't need others to identify with me. As long as my singing can reach the hearts of the people I want to convey,
I will feel satisfied."
Sabo saw a smile on the face of the girl who couldn't see clearly.
Then, he suddenly woke up.
"Hmm...?" There was a fishy smell of blood in his mouth. Sabo almost choked on the blood in his throat. He coughed a few times and finally regained his breathing rhythm before he calmed down.
Get up slowly.
He couldn't remember everything that happened before. The memory was very vague, probably due to cerebral hypoxia caused by excessive blood loss after being severely injured. He only vaguely remembered that he saw Petrus in the park through the vision of a crow, and that he had evil intentions.
The middle-aged uncle seemed to have a secret meeting with someone in that place. He couldn't remember what happened after that.
It seems that for a moment, the face of the person who suddenly teleported to the crow and killed the crow was seen by Sabo. But whose face was it? It was so vague. I had no impression at all.
Damn...! If I could see that face again------
Sabo tried to concentrate, but it was useless. At this time, he also realized that there was a shadow in front of his bed.
"...Mason?" he called.
The blond boy lay motionless in front of Sabo's bed, as if dead. Sabo's heart suddenly felt cold: "Mason?! Mason!"
"Hmm...?" After the Gray Rabbit man shook his head repeatedly, Mason slowly raised his head, rubbed his eyes, looking sleepy: "...What's wrong?
Brother Saab?"
Sabo then breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my god, don't scare me. I'm actually sleeping in a place like this."
Mason yawned: "Sorry, your situation was very dangerous before. I was afraid that something would happen to you again, so I had to stay at your bedside."
"Really?" Saab subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth. There was still blood there that had not yet coagulated. But according to Mason, it seemed that Saab had been unconscious for a long time. ------ Is it an illusion?
"By the way...did you hear a girl's voice just now?" Sabo asked: "It was that, um, very beautiful singing voice."
"No." Mason shook his head and said, "I have been staying here and haven't heard anything. Brother Saab, you are probably too tired."
"Maybe." Sabo had to admit that he had just walked back and forth in front of the gate of hell. Maybe it was just a hallucination he had before death. But are there really so many coincidences? The hallucination before death could really make him hear himself.
A song you’ve never heard before?
"Don't think too much. Brother Saab's situation is not stable yet. It's better to rest early." Mason said: "I will stay here until your boss comes back. Sleep peacefully."
The young gray rabbit man muttered that he was indeed very sleepy, and his physical strength seemed to be drained to barely save his life. In order not to delay his body's recovery, he closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind.
In the darkness, Mason looked thoughtfully at the sleeping Gray Rabbit young man.