"Thank you everyone for coming. Today is the last performance of Circus Sunshine in New Rose City. We will leave for the next stop tomorrow, but I believe we will see you again in the near future."
The performance ended, and amid warm applause, all members of Circus Sunshine stepped onto the stage to pay tribute to the audience.
The audience left the stage one by one, bathing in the cold late night wind, taking carriages or walking towards their homes. Soon, the auditorium became empty.
The man sitting in the corner, drinking alone, finally stood up and stepped onto the stage as if he had made some decision. In an instant, the ordinary clothes on his body turned into a straight tuxedo, a withered silver cane appeared in his palm, and a cooing dove sat on the tall top hat.
Hearing the sound of pigeons, Tiffany, who was about to return backstage, suddenly paused and slowly looked back...
"Captain!
! "
The other team members stopped and looked over in disbelief.
"Don't scream so loudly..."
Lai Wen pressed his ears, squeezed out a smile, opened his arms, and planned to hug Tiffany, who was running towards him, but...
Tiffany rushed to him and without saying a word, she punched him in the stomach and used the strength to feed him.
Lai Wen, who was completely unprepared, was hit hard, his vision went dark, and he fainted on the spot.
Holding his neck, Tiffany shouted: "Pack your things quickly and take the leader away overnight! We can't let him go back to that devil's cave again!
! "
"receive!"
The team members swept away their depressed mood and began to happily dismantle the tent without even having time to take off their makeup.
They just need the leader to come back. As for how he came back and what hardships he went through...
unimportant.
Not important at all.
The members of the group moved very quickly. In just one hour, they dismantled the tent that they had barely set up all morning. They put everything on the carriage and held the article high above their heads. They hummed rhythmically while stepping onto the carriage. On the way out of the city.
Like a dwarf who has caught a tasty prey.
.............................
The morning sun was just right and the air was fresh. On the rickety covered carriage, the letter was tied tightly, with a ball of lace handkerchief stuffed in his mouth, his eyes wide open, and he screamed.
All the gems were confiscated. Tiffany, who was sitting directly opposite him, held several dazzling gems in one hand and held her chin in the other, looking at the struggling leader with interest.
"Captain, just give up on this idea. Why do you want to join the Truth Church? It would be great to continue performing with us!"
"Uh-huh...uh-huh!"
Lai Wen twisted his body and tried his best to lean towards Tiffany. His panicked eyes were fixed on the golden crow eyes, and a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.
After all the hard work, he finally put his head on Tiffany's shoulder. Before he could relax, Tiffany pushed him away and said shyly: "What are you doing, leader? It's broad daylight now..."
“Uh-huh!
! "
"Really, I can't even hear what you are saying. Don't scream. This is a wilderness. No matter how loud you shout, no one will save you." Tiffany took off the lace handkerchief from his mouth.
"Gem! Give me the gem quickly!"
"Come on, don't you think I don't know there's something fishy about these gems?"
"The golden one! The golden one! Give it to me quickly! I'm not kidding!"
Seeing the letter's pale face, Tiffany hesitated. She picked up the Golden Crow Eye and said, "I can give it to you, but you can't run away!"
"Okay, okay!"
With the Golden Crow Eyes in his arms, Lai Wen let out a long sigh of relief, lay down on the floor of the car, and said feebly: "You almost killed me... Untie the rope."
"Puzzled."
"I'm going to the bathroom!"
"oh..."
The pig's trotter rope was untied and he regained his freedom. He kept his promise and did not run away. Instead, he jumped off the carriage and ran to the woods nearby to solve his physical problems.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and he shivered, pulled up his trousers, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and returned to the car.
"Captain, are you hungry?"
Tiffany cut a piece of bread and spread a thick layer of jam on it with a knife: "Here you go, eat it quickly."
"Where's Gina?"
Taking the bread, Laiwen looked around.
"She's in the car behind."
"It's no use doing this, Tiffany."
After finishing the bread in two or three mouthfuls, Lai Wen took out the wine bottle and took a sip, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, I often come to see your performances these days. Circus Sunshine can operate very well even without me, right? "
"But you are the soul." Tiffany shook her head: "A circus that loses its soul has no future. Everyone is gathered together because of you. If one day you are no longer here, everyone's hearts will be broken."
The letter smiled silently: "I am the mascot. The real soul of the circus is you, Tiffany."
"I'm talking about faith."
"Faith? I am a thief, a thief. Maybe I have done some grateful things, but that does not mean that I am a good person."
"It's enough that you are a good person to us, nothing else matters."
"But I have a choice now." Lai Wen looked into her eyes and said word by word: "Be a good person in the hearts of more people."
With a thump in her heart, Tiffany pursed her lips and gritted her teeth and said, "What kind of ecstasy soup did he fill you with?"
"It's not ecstasy, it's faith."
The withered trees flashed past in a hurry, showing a withered and dilapidated look. The letter looked out the window and said: "Over the years, I have been looking for like-minded friends. You, Gina, and everyone at Circus Sunshine are all We met because of the philosophy I believed in before. Each of you is the soul of Circus Sunshine."
"But these days will end one day. We are weak and weak. No matter how good we do, we cannot change the world."
"I like people's smiles from the heart. It's very warm and has a magical power that makes people open their hearts. I have seen countless people smile from the heart, but I have never been able to smile like them."
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Covering his heart with his palms, the letter said softly: "I want to fill the vacancy in my heart with a smile, but the more I bring smiles to more people, the more powerless I feel. I become more and more silent, and more and more The more lonely he becomes, he is like a traveler who is about to die of thirst, frantically looking for water. A little juice can keep him alive, but it is not as refreshing as an oasis."
The text was speaking faster and faster, and Tiffany, who was listening quietly, became more and more silent.
She had long felt the subtle changes in the group leader over the years, but she didn't take it to heart. In her opinion, Laiwen had already realized her dream, or...
The author is working hard to realize his dream. Isn't the process of pursuing it an oasis?
Only now did she realize that she was wrong, and very wrong.
What Lai Wen pursues is different from what she understands. She misunderstood the true meaning of smile and the original intention of Lai Wen's hard performance.
A traveler who never finds an oasis will become desperate as he is disappointed again and again. This traveler may think that he will never find an oasis again, until...
The appearance of that light.
On a rainy night with howling wind and rain, searching without hope, everything seemed to be doomed.
There, the author saw more possibilities, the reflection of an oasis that might have been a mirage.
At least there is hope, right?
The shackles that bound his heart were lifted, and he embarked on the journey again, this time...
He is no longer alone.
"It turns out you are really leaving, Captain."
Tiffany pulled back the hanging hair on her temples, sniffed, and returned Siren's Tears and Heart of the Jungle to him: "You go, I will run Sunshine Circus well."
"Tiffany...Tiffany, look at me."
Holding her slender and soft palm, the letter said seriously: "Join the Truth Church."
"..."
"I need you, the truth needs you, and everyone in the circus."
"So, Commander, you came back just to make us believe in the truth?"
Lai Wen slowly shook his head: "Originally, I wanted to disband Sunshine Circus, but after watching everyone's performance, I suddenly realized the place of the circus in everyone's mind. This is a family, even if there is no blood relationship, Still connected.”
"The success of Circus Sunshine today is not the result of one person alone, but the result of everyone's joint efforts. It is our hard work and the proof of our hard work over the past few years!"
"No one can destroy it, not even gods...!"
"Well said, teacher."
There was a response from outside the carriage, and then, a figure rolled in.
"Gina, did you hear everything?"
"Um."
Nodding, Gina tied the horse's reins to the edge of the carriage: "What do you need us to do?"
"Join the Church of Truth, become a believer of the goddess Yunia, and truly...believe in the truth."
Faith is accumulated and deepened over time.
And this is especially true for obscure and elusive truths.
The communication, which makes this clear, does not actually hold out much hope, but...
"I understand, teacher."
Gina said without hesitation: "I will believe in the truth wholeheartedly."
"Faith is not born that easily." The source said with a wry smile.
"Teacher, do you believe in the truth?"
Lai Wen was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "I believe it."
"Then I believe it too." Gina shook her ponytail and said firmly, "Teacher, what you are pursuing is what I am pursuing. I have already decided on this matter."
"Don't you always want to be the second generation Rose Phantom Thief?"
The letter said with a smile: "I didn't agree before because you were missing something. That thing is very important and cannot be learned by relying on talent. But now... the situation is different."
"what?"
"magic."
Raising his palm, Laiwen turned his cane into a revolver under the watchful eyes of Tiffany and Gina: "This is not magic, but real magic."
Neither Tiffany nor Gina showed much surprise, and seemed to have expected it.
"No wonder..." Tiffany laughed dumbly and said: "I said, Captain, why do you always provoke the police and private detectives, even the king? It turns out it's magic..."
"Yes, this is the reason why I am still at large." The letter said: "In the past, I was the only one who knew magic, but now..."
"Is it something to do with the church?"
Gina immediately found the key point. The magic Rose Phantom Thief cannot be caught by ordinary people. The only thing that can defeat magic is magic.
Reminiscent of the Blood Rose Eucalyptus incident that took place more than 10 days ago, wasn't it Deloch Holmes and Father Marvey Enders who caught the Rose Thief?
Since then, Laiwen suddenly joined the Church of Truth. There must be some connection between the two.
After hearing about the arrival of the gods, Tiffany suddenly rang the bell hanging above her head.
Ding ding ding!
Ding ding ding!
The ringing of the bell drifted away in the wind, and the advancing convoy immediately stopped. The group members, who didn't know what had happened, walked towards their carriage.
"Go back to New Ross City." Tiffany said simply.
"go back?!"
The group members looked at each other in disbelief and said: "Manager, we finally left overnight, what are we going to do back?"
"Send the leader back first, and then..."
Tiffany glanced at them: "Go and meet Father Mavey."
At her order, the convoy turned around and began to return along the way it came.
Regarding Tiffany, who acted decisively and without delay, the letter said with emotion: "Leaving the circus to you is probably the most correct decision I have ever made."
"Ah..."
Tiffany sneered: "Who makes you never trust me?"
"I never distrusted you."
"Then why didn't you tell me about magic before?"
Just as the letter was about to answer, she heard Tiffany say: "I am just thinking about your safety. There are some things that you would be better off not knowing. Ah, dear Tiffany, how can you think like this...Yes, yes, group I'm tired of hearing what you say, sweet words are of no use to me, why don't you try something practical."
"..."
After swallowing, the letter changed the subject in an interesting way: "You seem to have deep hostility towards the Church of Truth. If that's the case, why do you want to go back?"
"First of all, I don't have deep hostility towards the Church of Truth." Tiffany snorted: "I just don't like Father Mavey. Secondly, I can't let Circus Sunshine become your weakness!"
"There is no doubt that the road to pursuing your dreams will be full of ups and downs. I am not one of those big-breasted and brainless women. I know when to get angry and when to think rationally."
"If I can get the protection of the goddess by joining the Church of Truth, I will be happy to do so. But please promise me that no matter whether the truth can be realized or not, you will not sacrifice your life for your dreams. Although you have always been a willful person, as the leader, I think you should not only think about yourself, but also think about everyone in the circus!"
