Author: Time separates this pair of lovers.
The audience was quiet and the leader was on tenterhooks in the backstage. Was that scene messed up?
Antonio took a big gulp of wine, put down the jug and began to applaud. The crisp applause echoed in the audience and the audience seemed to wake up from some kind of dream. As if infected, more and more people joined in the applause. In the end, the applause lasted for a long time.
In the box, Vieruodis stared at the bright red curtain, as if she wanted to see Cecil and his lover through the curtain.
Together forever … This is a terrible joke.
Vieruodis trembled and put her hand into her pocket to take out her pocket watch. However, there was nothing in her pocket.
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"Everyone has worked hard!" The leader smiled and his eyes narrowed into a line. "The performance was very successful!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Raise! Raise!"
… …
Everyone laughed happily. Du Ze took back his glasses and took advantage of Xiu going to the locker room to change clothes to find Enoch in a corner. When Enoch saw Du Ze, he said excitedly: "Thanks to you, the thief finally succeeded!"
Du Ze knew that Enoch was talking about his mission. Now that Enoch has completed his mission, he can finally get back his doujinshi.
"Where's my book?"
"I'll return it to you tomorrow." Enoch said: "Last time, I put it in my friend's place to remove the seal." He still didn't want to give up and asked: "Hey ~ tell me what's in it?"
Young man, if you don't court death, you won't die.
Du Ze was just about to tell Enoch not to let Xiu know when he returned the book when he saw the thief's eyes widen in surprise. Du Ze was just about to turn around when he was hugged from behind and a frivolous voice sounded in his ear.
"Come, let me see how beautiful a person who is more beautiful than Cecil is."
At that time, Du Ze's first reaction was embarrassment. Plot God, do you have to be so dedicated? The Star Empire plot of "Mixed Blood" is divided into three stages. The first stage is when Enoch finishes his apprenticeship, and the second stage is when the official's second generation finds fault. The son of the Star Empire's Prime Minister, Irwin, is famous for being a womanizer. When "Cecil" is over, the official's second generation hurriedly runs backstage and molests the female lead who plays Cecil's lover. After changing his clothes, Xiu came out of the changing room to stop the official's second generation's evil behavior. The official's second generation flew into a rage out of humiliation. He saw that Xiu only had a Primary Warrior badge and proposed a duel to the death.
Du Ze expressed his love for watching this kind of plot where the Moe Master plays the pig to eat the tiger. But … why did the female lead become him!? A certain silly, cute girl looked at the real heroine not far away, and then looked at her own clothes that she hadn't had time to change out of. She was speechless.
Enoch finally reacted. "Let go of my brother!"
"So what if I don't let go?" Irwin grunted. He gave a look and two guards went out to surround Enoch. Irwin put his nose on Du Ze's shoulder and took a deep breath: "Baby, you smell so good."
Du Ze's whole body was covered with goosebumps.
"I am a man."
Irwin thought this was Du Ze's excuse. He laughed obscenely: "Then take off your clothes and let me see which part of you is a man …"
Enoch was about to go around the guards to rescue Du Ze when he saw a green shadow flash between the eyebrows of the rich playboy.
The strong impact caused Irwin to let go of Du Ze and stagger back a few steps. He touched his forehead, where there was a small bump. Under everyone's gaze, Xiu appeared with a cold face. He went to Du Ze's side and reached out to smooth the wrinkles Irwin had made, as if he was wiping away disgusting dirt.
"You dare to do this to me –"
Irwin's voice died halfway through his sentence. Dead silence. The whole space seemed to be frozen. The silver-haired elf was clearly just quietly tidying up the clothes of the black-haired youth. There wasn't even a trace of malevolence on his face, but Irwin felt that he was actually dead. He had been killed by the other party.
As if to verify Irwin's thoughts, Xiu's cold voice sounded the prelude to death.
"Sprout."
A sharp pain came from between Irwin's eyebrows. He clutched his forehead and screamed. Everyone watched in horror as thin branches and green leaves sprouted from between Irwin's fingers. The bright green color was frightening.
"Grow."
Not only his forehead, but Irwin's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears also grew vines. He rolled on the ground in pain. His sharp nails scratched his skin and thin strips protruded from his flesh. The two guards panicked and wanted to save their master. One of them tried to take Erwin away, but as soon as he got close, the branches would attack him. When he cut off the branches, Erwin would scream miserably, as if a piece of his flesh had been cut off. The other guard tried to capture Xiu, but when he saw the look in Xiu's eyes, he felt that if he took one more step forward, he would die without a burial place.
Hearing the screams, Du Ze wanted to look back but Xiu was holding his neck and he couldn't move.
"Don't look." Xiu's voice was unusually cold: "It's dirty."
By the time the branches grew out of his shoes, Erwin was almost dead. Xiu's last two words marked the end of his life.
"Bloom."
In a flash, the blood-stained branches bloomed into small white flowers. The pure white color was incompatible with the bloody scene, but it was the most ironic contrast.
Xiu finally let go of Du Ze's neck. He looked back and could only see a small white flower in full bloom. Under the intertwining branches, he could barely see a pool of red liquid. Even if he didn't see the whole process, Du Ze knew the ending from the faces of the other people – the script was wrong, Plot God! Didn't Xiu just stop the evil deeds of the official's second generation? How did he kill the official's second generation?! Although Xiu also killed the official's second generation in the duel arena, at that time they signed a life and death agreement. The Prime Minister couldn't do anything to Xiu, but now …
Some silly, cute person felt that this was a prelude to being wanted.
Everyone stared dumbstruck at this scene. Erwin's two guards wanted to sneak away, but they were knocked unconscious by Enoch. The leader looked at the small white flower that turned the corpse into nourishment, then looked at the silver-haired elf with no expression. He gritted his teeth and quickly closed the door. Now that everyone present was his family, if it was handled quickly, no one would find out. Just as the leader was thinking this, he saw a stranger on the field. It was a female alchemist sitting in a wheelchair. She had a veil draped over her head and was wearing gloves. Her entire body was covered so tightly that her appearance could not be seen at all. On her lap, there was a little Chimera sleeping.
The female alchemist said: "I am Vieruodis."
After hearing the identity of the alchemist, the leader was dumbfounded. Why would a famous Master Alchemist suddenly appear here, and at such a critical moment? He had no idea when Vieruodis arrived or how long she had been here.
He didn't know whether it was lucky or unlucky, but Vieruodis ignored the white flower on the ground. Even through the veil, he could see that she was staring at Enoch.
"Young man, didn't your parents teach you not to take other people's things?"
"I'm sorry." Enoch stiffly laughed: "I have no parents, only a disrespectful mentor."
"Who is your mentor?"
"Jack, the King of Thieves Jack."
The reason Enoch answered so honestly was because when he looked up Vieruodis's information, he found that the famous female alchemist was said to be very good friends with the King of Thieves Jack when they were young. They had gone on many adventures together, but in the end, they parted on bad terms after an adventure. Enoch had never heard the King of Thieves talk about this, and thinking of the mission this time, he was sure that his mentor had done it on purpose.
Then, Vieruodis did react as Enoch guessed, but Enoch didn't expect her reaction to be so violent. Hearing that name, Vieruodis began to tremble as if she couldn't bear it. "… Return the watch."
Enoch was about to say something when he heard Vieruodis suddenly raise her voice, almost screaming: "Give me the watch!"
The little Chimera in Vieruodis's arms suddenly woke up. It jumped out of the arms of the alchemist, its body inflated like a balloon, and finally became a four-meter-tall beast with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. The Chimera looked at Enoch like a tiger watching its prey, saliva dripping from the corner of its mouth and falling on the stone ground with a sizzling sound.
"Se-senior, let's talk about it, let's talk about it-"
The Chimera pounced on Enoch, who jumped up and down to avoid its attack. It has to be said that the short-haired Thief was very experienced in escaping and dodging. He could even last several rounds under Xiu's attack. Enoch dodged the Chimera's attack while trying to communicate with Vieruodis. When he found that Vieruodis had completely lost her mind, Enoch could only choose the worst option.
The Chimera bit Enoch, but it was only an afterimage. The real Enoch was behind Vieruodis, holding the master of the strange beast hostage.
"I'm sorry." The Thief's voice was full of bitterness. "Senior, please calm down."
Vieruodis was completely unaware that she was being held. She whispered almost to herself: "Shadow Shift, Shadow Shift … Ah, it's really him …"
"I didn't mean to offend you, senior. My teacher gave me a task. He should want to see you, so-"
"I don't want to see him." Vieruodis's voice was very calm, but it was full of the calm before the storm: "Let me go and give me back my pocket watch."
Seeing Enoch hesitate, the alchemist took out a small bottle from his arms.
"If I open this bottle, everyone here will die. Do you want to try?"
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy. Even Xiu could not stand by and watch. He grabbed Du Ze, ready to leave at any time. Just as the tense atmosphere reached its peak, a sigh came from the ceiling: "Vieruodis, don't embarrass the younger generation."
A figure jumped down. It was a boy with freckles on his face, about ten years old. When Enoch saw the boy, he let go of Vieruodis and instantly came to the boy's side: "Teacher!"
Almost everyone thought that they had misheard, but what happened next told them that it was not a collective hallucination.
"Brat, too useless." The little boy's face was full of disgust: "In the future, don't go out and say that you are my apprentice."
"I don't care!" Enoch said indignantly. He took out the pocket watch and handed it to the boy.
Even if it was hard to believe, everything in front of them had explained that the little boy of about ten years old was the famous Thief King Jack. Apart from the people involved, only Du Ze knew that the reason why Jack the Thief King was so "young" was because his time had been reversed – he would become smaller and smaller, from a child to a baby, and finally to an embryo. This was his "death."
The moment Jack saw the pocket watch, a complicated look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes. He held the pocket watch and looked at Vieruodis, who had been silent since he appeared.
"Vieruodis, long time no see."
Seeing Vieruodis sitting in the wheelchair like a statue, Jack acted like a mischievous child trying to attract the attention of a girl he liked. He raised the pocket watch and shook it, smiling evilly: "If you ignore me, I will break it."
Vieruodis still did not respond. The little boy wrinkled his face. It looked like he was the one being bullied. Enoch's eyes went back and forth between the two people. Finally, he could not help but ask: "Does teacher know senior?"
"Don't call her senior, call her Master's wife." Jack said.
Enoch was shocked, everyone was shocked. Thief King Jack and Vieruodis were once a very famous partner in the Chaos Continent. They adventured everywhere and created many legends. However, 20 years ago, the pair suddenly broke up. One lived in seclusion in the magic tower, hardly taking a step out, and the other gradually disappeared from everyone's sight. Regarding the relationship between Jack and Vieruodis, there was a rumor that they were a couple. Now that it was confirmed, the people present felt like they were participating in a legendary story.
"Ah …"
At this time, the other person sneered. Vieruodis finally opened her mouth, her voice indifferent: "You still like to deceive people."
"I didn't lie, we were originally a couple." Jack glanced at the people around him: "Everyone thinks so, right?"
The people who saw the Thief King nodded reflexively. Vieruodis was silent for a moment, then she stretched out her hand and lifted her veil. When Vieruodis revealed her true face, everyone discovered that she was a white-haired old man.
Even though he had read all this from novels, he was still shocked. Vieruodis and Jack were indeed a pair of lovers. In their last adventure, they went to the Gnome Ruins. In the Gnome Ruins, the two opened a building and touched the wheel of time. This was the beginning of a tragedy. After leaving the Gnome Ruins, they found that their time was wrong: Vieruodis was aging faster, while Jack was rejuvenating.
Time separated the lovers. At this time, Vieruodis and Jack stood together like a pair of grandfather and granddaughter.
Facing everyone's incredulous eyes, Vieruodis laughed: "Tell me, how can he and I be a couple?"
She said to herself: You are so old, how can you be with him?
She said to herself: You are so ugly, how can you be with him?
If I can make a potion for rejuvenation, can I be with him?
In her memory, the freckled boy gave the pocket watch to the girl: We are a match made in heaven.
"Why is it impossible?" Jack walked in front of Vieruodis and gently placed the pocket watch on her knee: "We are a match made in heaven."
Because of Jack's approach, Vieruodis subconsciously turned her face away, but was gently held by the boy in front of her. With a serious expression, he said, "Look, no one is willing to date a little brat like me, and no one is willing to pursue an old woman like you, so we can only be together."
Vieruodis stared at him in a daze. Jack winked: "Although we grow in different directions, we can still die at the same time."
A transparent liquid slid down her wrinkles. Vieruodis closed her eyes: "… It's ugly, it's too unseemly."
"Then don't let them see it. Let's go on an adventure again. This time, we'll go to a place where there are no people." Jack kissed the corner of Vieruodis's eye: "Vieruodis, don't avoid me anymore. We have missed too much time."
Vieruodis just shed tears, her mouth trembling but she said nothing. Jack's smile was also tinged with bitterness.
"Your lover is obviously him, why do you care about other people's eyes?"
Everyone turned their heads in astonishment and looked at the silver-haired elf who had just spoken. Even Vieruodis couldn't help but open her eyes. Du Ze subconsciously looked at Xiu and found that Xiu seemed to be staring at him from beginning to end, as if that sentence was directed at him. When Xiu saw Du Ze's eyes, Xiu's hand trembled as if he wanted to reach out and touch Du Ze, but he restrained himself.
– The person who likes you is obviously me, why do you care about other people's thoughts?
Accepting me … is it so difficult?
Du Ze seemed to be able to read this message from those green eyes, but he eventually lowered his head and averted his gaze.
– I never cared about what other people would think.
I never said … I didn't like him.
This person was the person he cared about the most in the world. At first, he cared because of guilt, but after caring for a long time, he couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for Xiu.
He wanted Xiu, he wanted Xiu, whatever Xiu wanted, he would give it to him. But he couldn't because he would regret it.
The person Xiu liked, the person he cared about, the person he wanted could be anyone in the world, but it should never be a person named Du Ze.
He didn't know how long he could stay in this world.
Just like Cecil's story, when one party's time is frozen, the next step is separation.
He didn't have time to freeze, but he had zero points to restore.
This golden finger, which had existed since he came to this world, was reminding him from beginning to end:
You are not a person of this world.
So sooner or later, you will leave.
The author has something to say: Putting a small theater spoils the atmosphere, so this time I won't put it. Yesterday I wanted to add an update, but in the end I didn't get it.
Thanks to my gay friend Raisling for the cute picture, the goddess kneels to lick ah = 333 =
Thanks to Cat Noble (2), union _ enu, Xiao Wei, Qing Yue, Key. , Sunset Neon, Listen to the Sad Melody, Zuo Jia Xiaoyun, 11428166, Em, Ziyan, Flying Goose in the South, Fiery Dance, Taketori, Yi Shang, Doll Darling, Liu Xiaoqi, Xiaoyue, Distant Future, 13000016, Kong Zilin, Cool Breeze, 12188038, J, Shallow Moon Tide, Lan, Bowse, Liang Si (2), Meh Meh Yang, 12964612, Janimen, White Sugar One's Landmine
Thanks to Zizi, Keizi, and Maltese for the grenades ~
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