Rhyming with the whirlpool, there was nothing in the deep darkness, but it was as sticky as a swamp, with a suffocating pressure that made the young man unable to breathe.
It drags it deeper into the abyss, where only sin accumulates endlessly.
------People are always swallowed by the abyss they create.
Time and time again, endlessly. The young man screamed silently under the pressure, asking for help, but he was always unable to obtain salvation.
Then he sank, crushed beneath the dark water.
"Ah!" Daniel jumped up from the bed, covered in cold sweat.
It's dusk, quiet, and the aroma of dinner is floating around.
Only then did the young man come to his senses and found that he was in his room at home.
Although the house is dilapidated and the bed is hard and shaky, as if it might fall apart at any time, it all feels like home.
Everything just now seemed like a nightmare, a nightmare that lasted for a long time, but Daniel woke up just now and found that nothing had changed.
"Oh, you know how to wake up and eat without being called?" I seemed to hear the movement in the room, and a voice outside the room said.
Daniel was stunned for a moment, and then he tilted his head as if nothing had happened. He was very familiar with that voice, because it was his mother's voice. Although he felt a little strange for a moment, after thinking about it carefully, he realized
Isn't it normal to hear your mother's voice in your own home?
The boy got out of bed, pushed the door open, and found that dinner had been prepared. It was all food made from poor ingredients, but every meal was cooked by his mother, and the poor ingredients eventually turned into something quite delicious.
The meal. The slightly thin wild vegetable soup was still piping hot. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, there was white steam rising slowly, which made people move their index fingers.
Corn soup, unleavened bread, and a small piece of boiled pork cut into three equal parts. Today's meal is exceptionally rich, at least for Daniel's family. The young man was a little stunned and asked casually: "What a rich meal."
Ah, will dad come back for dinner tonight?"
"Yes. He seems to have been promoted and his salary has increased a bit, so I decided to cook a rich meal to help him." Daniel's mother said while pouring corn soup into three broken bowls. She said
I seem to be in a particularly good mood today.
The young man did not speak, but sat down happily. The aroma of the food made his stomach pound with hunger, but Daniel only wanted to wait for his father's return and eat together as a family.
"I'm back." The slightly middle-aged knight pushed open the dilapidated wooden door of his home and walked in. As soon as he entered the house, he took a deep and vigorous sniff: "Wow, tonight's meal is very good!"
I can't wait to eat it first."
Then, the knight sat down next to his son, and rubbed his son's head with his big hands: "Daniel, did you work hard in class at the apprentice knight school today?"
"Of course." The young man replied: "I will work very hard and I will definitely become a great knight like you, dad."
"Hahahaha, I'm looking forward to it." The knight laughed.
Dinner time passed quickly, and the family's meal time was spent full and full of laughter. The young man felt extremely calm and happy, as if he had never felt this kind of happiness in several lifetimes. He was chatting and laughing with his parents.
At that time, tears began to fall from the corners of my eyes for no reason.
"What's wrong, Daniel? Are you feeling unwell?" His parents were a little surprised when their son suddenly started crying.
"No. Oh, it's really strange. What happened to me?" The young man wiped his tears in embarrassment. He didn't even know why he was crying.
Isn't the happiness in front of him inevitable? All of this is his daily life, just a normal life that an ordinary civilian boy has been living, right?
But why does he suddenly feel that this kind of life is a great happiness that is difficult to achieve? Why does he suddenly feel so much?
The ordinary life in front of him, this ordinary [daily life], is obviously inevitable and natural. Who would be afraid of the things that are taken for granted, and suddenly be afraid that everything may fall apart?
"I'm sorry, I think I just suddenly acted stupid. I'm going to the bathroom to wash my face." The young man stood up from the dining table.
"Daniel." The young man was about to leave, but his knight father said: "Don't be afraid of anything, my son. Everything will be fine, everything will be fine. I have been promoted, my salary will be more and more, and the knights will also
I will be arranged to a safer place to do all the paperwork, and I will no longer have to patrol outside. From now on, we will never have to suffer poverty again, and everything will be fine."
"Yeah." The young man replied softly and walked into the bathroom.
Yes, everything will be fine. There is no sorrow, no disaster here, there are just small happiness and ordinary daily life for young people. All these are natural things, there will be no deviation, and he can stay forever
Live in this small, ordinary happiness.
This is the daily routine he should have.
After dinner, a family of three sat happily in front of the sofa and watched TV. The firelight from the stove nearby was enough to light up the room even without turning on the lights. Everything was so peaceful and so natural that the young man even felt the time.
It seems that I am stuck in this moment forever, and this moment is eternity.
I really want this kind of days to last forever. The young man thought silently in his heart. Once again, there were tears in the corners of his eyes. However, in this dark room, focusing on the funny TV programs on the TV screen, all he could think about was
His parents, who were giggling, couldn't see the boy crying quietly.
But the young man vaguely felt a certain gaze in the darkness outside the window.
(He is watching. Secretly watching all this.)
(He is envious when we have the ordinary happiness called daily life.)
(But we can’t give him anything.)
The days passed by day by day. The young man lived happily every day in the ordinary life. Although they were poor, their family of three was not so poor that they could not open the pot. Although he was busy, the young man's father could always find time to spare.
Spend some time with your family. All this may not be too beautiful, but it is not difficult. The inexplicable sadness and loss that first surged in the young man's heart has been completely forgotten, leaving only a tranquility.
.
However, he still felt a sight from time to time, someone was secretly observing his life in the dark, watching everything about him, his ordinary and happy daily life.
------Whose sight is that sight?
He felt as if he had forgotten something, something important. But since that thing was so important, how could he forget it?
"Daniel? Daniel!" Seeing that the young man was deep in thought, the young man's father called his son back to reality with a slight displeasure: "What are you thinking about? It's rare that I asked the Knights for a day off. In order to accompany me,
It's your birthday. Do you plan to spend the whole day like this?"
"I'm sorry." The young man came to his senses and stretched out his hand to hold the fishing rod tightly. Yes, he was accompanying his father on fishing by the river. It was a sunny holiday, the sun was shining and the air was fresh and cheerful, which was just right for fishing by the river.
"I know what you are thinking, Daniel." The father looked at his son and whispered: "That sight is bothering you again, right?"
"Hmm..." the young man responded vaguely.
"Then, don't let it bother you." The father tried to enlighten the boy: "I know, I have always known. Although we still live in the slums, our lives are already better than most people in the slums. In this kind of
Sometimes, there will always be people who look at you with envy. They are jealous of you, want to see you fail, want to see you become unfortunate because of some small things. If they see you fall from happiness again
Only when they fall into the quagmire of misfortune will their psychology be balanced and they will be happy. Therefore, they will always watch you, just watching, but not daring to do anything.
But you know what? ------It doesn't matter, let them see enough. With your parents here, you will never become unhappy again. One day, we will leave this slum and go to some normal places.
A simple life. Then we can get away from it all and get rid of those nasty eyes."
"I don't know..." the young man muttered in a low voice. On the surface, his father's words sounded very correct. But in his heart, the young man vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with those words. Although he felt that something was wrong, he didn't
Knowing exactly what was wrong, I had no choice but to nod silently and admit it.
------Until that look became more and more concerning.
The boy continued fishing with his head lowered, hoping to catch a big fish to add to today's birthday dinner.
------Until that gaze is no longer just a gaze, but becomes words.
[Don’t ignore me.]
The boy felt the fishing rod move.
[look at me.]
It was a slight shaking, not from the fish biting the hook, nor from the impact of the water flow. It was shaking out of thin air.
[Listen to me. Listen carefully.]
It was as if there was some inaudible sound ringing around, vibrating the air and the water.
[You don’t belong here.]
The afternoon sun warmed his back, but the young man gasped, as if he thought of something.
[Save me. Save yourself!]
"It seems..." He hesitated and finally spoke: "I seem to hear someone asking for help?"
[Save...this world!]
"Help?" The boy's father looked in the direction of the boy with confusion.
The sky in the east was clear and cloudless. There was no sound of war or gunpowder smoke. It didn't look like there was an emergency.
"But I didn't hear anything? Are you sure you heard it right?" the boy's father asked.
"For safety's sake, or..." The young man stood up from the stone beside the river where he was sitting in confusion, intending to go over and check what was going on.
"Don't go." The boy's father said, "Just ignore those unnecessary calls for help. Maybe it's a false alarm? And that's right over there, one of the patrol routes of the Knights' patrol team, which patrols about 100 kilometers a day.
You will pass by that area during this period. If anyone asks for help, just leave it to them."
"But------"
The father persuaded calmly: "Daniel, it's your birthday, and I finally got a holiday. Let's not disrupt our original plan for such a trivial matter, okay?"
The young man frowned. Although his father's words were very reasonable, at this moment, the young man finally realized the problem.