Dal Vinci took a deep breath and seemed to muster up enough courage to continue telling the story: "At that time, all I could think about was 'eternal life'."
"Because I left my dear Ollie in the world, and I was dying myself, and I was so afraid that she would be lonely...
"Of course, this may just be my excuse." He raised his eyes tiredly and said with a wry smile, "Maybe I just found a perfect reason for my greed for life.
"In short, after realizing Olivia's immortality, I also want to escape death."
The old man seemed to be in bad condition, and Olivia looked at him worriedly. He smiled and patted the back of his granddaughter's hand, indicating that he was fine: "Before that, that guy Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone. I used one of my life's efforts to exchange him for a little of that dawn-colored stone. substance."
The Philosopher's Stone again. Sean blinked.
How would Mr. Finch feel if he knew that the Philosopher's Stone had been destroyed? However, such news would interrupt his narrative, so Sean chose to remain silent.
"In short, although the philosopher's stone can realize people's wishes, it cannot satisfy people's wishes of eternal life."
yes. Sean secretly thought: Only the Philosopher's Stone carrier itself has obtained the curse called "immortality"... How can an ordinary dose of wish be fulfilled?
"Although I know this, I still want to use the power of the Philosopher's Stone to realize my wish - maybe I am overconfident in my own thinking...
"Using the Philosopher's Stone as the core raw material, and adding some ancient prescriptions, I made a bottle of immortality potion. Because the dose was too small to be tested, I did not dare to drink it when I was healthy. Until I was dying of illness...
"After going through some ideological struggle, I finally made up my mind. I thought of a way to fake my death, then hid on the maze island, dragged my sick body and drank the potion.
"The good news is that I recovered. I can even walk around Maze Island like I did when I was young. However, terrible side effects soon appeared..."
Speaking of this, Dal Vinci seemed to have consumed a lot of energy. His breathing became rapid and he couldn't continue for a long time.
After a long pause, he spoke again, looking at Sean with his eyes, as if recalling a nightmare: "You have witnessed that side effect with your own eyes - I lost my memory and turned into... turned into..."搐
Turned into a...monster like Mudpa. Sean blinked with some pity. Although he is not dead, it is difficult to call him "alive".
"Anyway, I became like that and wandered around the Labyrinth Island for hundreds of years... Then, I met... Mr. Tesler, and you."
"Then, what's going on with this abyss?"
"This was originally the entrance and exit of Labyrinth Island to the outside world. I don't know how it came about. Maybe it was created by a certain god.
“In short, before the mechanism for entering and exiting the island was designed, and even before the creation of Maze Island, this passage was here, and I also arrived here through this passage.
"You must have experienced it before. When you travel through this passage, you have to experience the process of your body being deconstructed into concepts. I think maybe it is this deconstruction process that makes the side effects of the immortality potion disappear in me.
"I stay here in the form of a concept. I no longer have to experience the feeling of being a mud body that is dissolving every second..." Nai
The old man's story comes to an end here. Although his memory was not fully restored, he at least recalled Olivia and his origins. This is already very rare.
"I still remember the moment when my appearance melted away shortly after I drank the potion, and I felt completely hopeless..." Dal Vinci was still holding his granddaughter's hand tightly. "I thought that I might never see Ollie again, and , I’m afraid I’ve even lost the chance of relief through death...
"However, God has mercy far beyond ordinary people's imagination..." The old man cried. He took off his glasses and wiped his tears with the back of his hand, like a child who had done something wrong. "When I committed a crime because of my greed for life, After making such a mistake, he still gave me the peaceful time I have now. He even allowed me to travel through such a long time and see you again, Ollie..."
"I am interested in too many things. Apart from you, I have accomplished almost no work in my life; I am too dull to understand the will of God... But He still showed great mercy and grace to me like this... …
"Oli, for you and for Him, I will no longer be tempted by eternal life..."
Seeing an old man express his feelings, Sean's heart was touched.
Did Leonardo da Vinci commit any serious crimes? Sean doesn't think so. He was just afraid of death, like everyone else. The only difference is that his great mind put his desire for eternal life into practice.搐
However, after four hundred years of wandering, he finally gave up his life for himself and Tesler. And it was that sacrifice that ended his torture and even allowed him to reunite with Olivia.
Sean was filled with emotion. Maybe the real god is in people's hearts: when people choose greed and persistence, pain will come. But redemption comes when people decide to let go, even to the point of sacrificing themselves for others...
Looking at the old man who was still crying and hugging Olivia... all of this was clearly and truly displayed before his eyes.
The old man gradually calmed down and sighed deeply. Then, he began to ask about Olivia, and during her story, he was surprised to learn that Sean was the new reader.
"So young?" Dal Finch looked at Sean in surprise, but his eyes quickly calmed down, "But he is indeed an extraordinary soul..."
"You took good care of Ollie. Your bond is very deep." The old man smiled, "Only a pure heart can give my dear Ollie such rich and beautiful emotions. Although I haven't witnessed you with my own eyes. story, but I know it, I know it all." Dal Finch nodded affirmatively, expressing his affirmation and gratitude to Sean.
"Young people like you in the study club don't seem to need an old man like me to worry about..." He sighed easily.搐
Having said this, Sean suddenly remembered that he had to ask some questions to the living "history" in front of him...
The return of the Holy Father in 1506, the tampered Earthsea Scrolls, the unclear face on the throne of Heaven, and the terrifying things that invaded the Labyrinth Island...
Thousands of clues stretch out in the fog of history, and Sean can only choose the most important thing to ask first: "Mr. Finch, what happened between the church and the book club back then? Why did they pollute the Maze Island after you died? , or even break into Dawn Library?"
The Library of Dawn is the most important building in Labyrinth Island, which contains important knowledge that can enlighten mankind. The last time Sean was trapped on Maze Island, he listened to the story of Mel, a disciple of Dal Vinci, and learned that after the death of Dal Vinci, something terrible attacked him and invaded Maze Island. In the end, the super-Ace-level existence was sealed in the library - after four hundred years, it is still alive...
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