"That\'s what you think." Lucy stood up and looked at Link. "Maybe I\'m selfish, but no matter what I do, I\'ll hurt you. Rather than that, it\'s better to make it clear to you here. Link, I don\'t want you to be my sword and shield. You shouldn\'t be my Knight, Link, you should be you. Not anyone\'s Knight. You are Link, and there is only one Link in the entire Adahua Planet! "
Link was shocked, and he looked at Lucy with a blank look in his eyes.
\ '"I know your intentions very well. But I like Allen, and I\'m willing to stay for him. If anyone had to protect me, it would be Allen, and only Allen. Only he has the responsibility to protect me, because I\'m his woman. "
Lucy whispered, "As for you, I\'m honored to have a friend like you. No matter what you do in the future, I will always remember that you are the first friend who is willing to approach me. You can hate me, that\'s your right. And I have the right to choose who I like, because it\'s my freedom. "
The room fell silent.
After a moment, Link suddenly smiled. He stood up and placed his hand on his chest. "It\'s uncomfortable here, but I\'m glad you\'re willing to say these words to me, Lucy. Because you still treat me as a friend, and you let me understand that you\'re no longer the girl who needed my protection. Because there\'s already someone more suitable than me by your side. That way, I can leave in peace … "
\ '"Now that I think about it, Allen could have dodged without risking his life with me. But at that time, you were behind him. I think that\'s why he fought back. With such a man protecting you, I think I can rest assured.\ 'Link sighed, "Thinking back, I was so unbearable. I lost control and even ignored you because I didn\'t want to accept the truth. But even then, Allen paid attention to your safety. He was a careful person. "
Lucy looked at Link in surprise.
Link nodded at her and said, "Since you don't need a Knight like me, I'll be your friend. As for my father, I will think of a way to make him give up on the marriage alliance with the royal family. However, I'm not the only candidate for your hand in marriage. That brat Allen has to work harder. "
Lucy smiled. "I believe he will."
"Yes." Link smiled. "Then go and find him."
"What about you?"
"I'm fine. I'm not so weak that I have to commit suicide just because I'm out of love. Don't lump me together with those good-for-nothings. If you think like that, then I'll be angry. "
Lucy shook her head and said, "Of course not. Our Mr. Link is a tough guy."
Lynk smiled. "To be flattered by Your Highness makes this trip worthwhile."
"Then I'm off, Link. Take care of yourself in the future. "
"Of course."
When she stepped out of the room, Lucy finally felt a lot more relaxed. Being able to explain it to Lynk and obtain his understanding was undoubtedly a knot in Lucy's heart. She exhaled and when she raised her head again, her eyes regained their usual brilliance. She walked out of the training ground and saw Allen and Metallon chatting from afar. The old man and the young man seemed to be chatting happily, and from time to time, there was a burst of laughter.
She quickened her pace and ran over. She stretched out her arms and held onto the two men who occupied an important position in her life.
In the room, Lynk looked at the three figures outside the window. With a faint smile on his face, he said to Lucy's back, "I wish you well as a friend. Goodbye, the girl I once loved. "
He closed the window and left alone.
The weather seemed colder.
Ned couldn't help but tighten his coat, but the woolen coat on his body could not give him the warmth of the past. Ned sighed as he looked at the dim and indistinct sky of Frost Star. A thin man with a sunken face was reflected in the frost-covered window glass. His eyes were sunken and his surroundings were dyed with an unhealthy layer of black. His lips were pursed slightly, and there was no blood on his lips. They were like the gray clouds in the distant sky, carrying a morbid feeling.
Ned stretched out his hand. His once strong arm was now so thin that there was almost only a layer of skin left. The skinny, dry, and black palm landed on his face. Even Ned felt that the bones on his face were so high that they pricked his hand. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. It turned out that he was terminally ill, but he actually had such a terrifying appearance.
The illness came suddenly.
More than half a month ago, Ned suddenly had a high fever. Although he was not an expert, he was still in his early twenties. Not to mention that Ned was an Awakened, even if he was only a rank ten or so non-commissioned officer, he was almost unlucky to be sick. There was usually only one disease that could make Origin Energy practitioners sick.
Genetic collapse.
Even with the current medical technology of the Federation, it was very difficult to cure this disease. It could only barely stabilize the patient's genetic structure and delay the complete collapse of the gene chain. However, the probability of this disease occurring was very low. It was not an exaggeration to describe it as one in ten thousand, and it was even a little too much. But it was with such a low chance that Ned had unfortunately contracted the disease.
After the fever that day, he felt his body begin to change subtly. First, the Origin Energy began to drain, and then his body became worse and worse. In the past week, he had lost a lot of weight. His original weight of more than a hundred kilograms had now dropped to less than a hundred kilograms. After a series of careful sampling examinations by the medical officer at Castellan Rock Base, Ned knew that he had been targeted by Reaper when he saw the solemn expression on the medical officer's face.
The speed at which genes collapse depends on the individual's condition. Some will collapse completely in a few years, while others may only take a few months or even ten days. Ned's condition was undoubtedly serious. In the gene chain structure diagram shown to him by the medical officer, even a layman like him, who was a medical layman, knew that he was collapsing extremely quickly when he saw that the gene chain was riddled with holes.
Strictly speaking, he only had less than a month left to live.
Under such circumstances, Ned naturally could no longer continue to serve as the manager of the base. At present, all the affairs of the base had been temporarily handed over to his adjutant. As for Ned, the Federation had already allowed him to board the starship and return to Earth today. He would be sent to the military hospital in Babylon for treatment. Ned no longer had any hope for himself. He only hoped to see his wife and children before he left the world. He hadn't been back for five years.
He didn't want to go back with great difficulty this time, but he was going to say goodbye for the last time.
Thinking of this, Ned sighed with extreme melancholy. Originally, he thought that it would be a long time, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, his life had already entered the cold winter.
There was a knock on the door.
The adjutant pushed open the door and revealed a helpless and solemn expression, "Lieutenant Colonel Ned, the starship is ready. You can board it."
Ned nodded. He didn't bring any salutes. Walking to the door, he patted the adjutant on the shoulder and said, "I'll leave the base to you, my friend. Take care of it and don't let those damn headhunters dirty it. "
The adjutant sighed, "I will, sir. Take care. "
Ned smiled and wrapped his robe tightly around him and left.
A moment later, he boarded the small starship. The starship will return to Earth directly through the Rainbow Bridge, which will take less than a few hours. Thinking that he would probably be able to see his family in the evening, Ned's heart palpitated, as well as a little anticipation.
He sat in the cabin of the starship. There were less than five seats in the cabin. Now, Ned was naturally the only passenger. After the soldiers on board fastened his seat belt, Ned opened his brain and placed the photos stored inside on the screen. In the photo was a gentle wife, two obedient daughters, and a naughty boy. Ned touched the photo on the screen and felt sleepy. He couldn't help but close his eyes and doze off.
After an unknown period of time, his heart suddenly beat fast, and Ned opened his eyes. At this time, the portholes on both sides of the cabin had already been lowered. It seemed that the starship had already set sail. He clicked on the line diagram of his brain. Sure enough, a dot of light representing the starship had already left Frost Star. But suddenly, Ned realized that something was wrong. The starship did not head for the Rainbow Bridge Space Station, but flew elsewhere.
Ned immediately pressed a few buttons, and his brain made an estimate based on the direction of the starship's flight. The dotted line that represented the flight trajectory actually pointed directly at the Garden of Eden!
"What's going on?" Ned turned on the walkie-talkie at the armrest and spoke directly to the driver's seat, "Tell me, why are we going to the Garden of Eden?"
Ned asked three times, but no one answered. After a while, a low voice laughed, "Isn't that good, dear Lieutenant Colonel Ned? You can rest in peace in the Garden of Eden, which is something many people can't even hope for. "
"Who are you?" Ned shouted anxiously. No matter how slow he was, he realized that something was amiss. He called the guards again, but no one answered in the cabin. Ned could only remove his seat belt and stand up with his seat.
Right now, it was so difficult for him to even move, but he had no choice but to go to the driver's seat to see what was going on.
At this moment, the automatic door of the cabin opened and the soldier who had just fastened his seat belt walked in. Just as Ned was about to ask him why he had only come in now, he suddenly saw a large amount of blood under his feet. The soldier seemed to want to say something, but he suddenly fell to the ground. On his back, a dagger was stabbed into his body until the handle was gone!
Footsteps sounded, and a person came in from outside the door. It was a man. He smiled, and the X-shaped scar on his face, which covered almost his entire face, rose and fell slightly as he moved. When this person walked in, the air was a little sweeter, and the thick smell of blood was rolling, as if the cabin was already filled with blood. Ned forced himself to calm down and forced himself to straighten up and ask, "Who are you?"
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