This dream became clearer and clearer with each passing day.
Zhou Li had begun to recall some details that were about to be forgotten. For example, he had long forgotten the name of the maid beside the Black Emperor, or in other words, he no longer dared to think of her name.
Looking at his hands, Zhou Li woke up from his sleep with a bitter smile on his lips. In fact, he remembered everything, the girl named Futaba, and the maid Carrie who went fishing, catching birds, and playing in the water with him. He remembered every plant and tree in the Hades Empire, and he always remembered the empty underground world.
It's just that... I don't dare to think about it.
Gently moving his numb fingers, Zhou Li looked at Eluma, who was sleeping sweetly beside him, and the original bitterness in his eyes also faded a little.
Let him go from the previous life.
For some reason, Zhou Li always dreams about those days since he entered the Three Eastern Courts. Zhou Li didn't want to recall the memory of his previous life too much. That kind of calm sweetness followed by heartbreaking pain was a feeling he didn't want to experience again in this life.
Phew~
Zhou Li breathed a sigh of relief. In this life, he did not look for Futaba after confirming that the power of the Black Emperor was in his hands. He also did not confide his feelings to Tiya and establish a deeper bond with her like he did in his previous life.
He understood that whether it was Tia, Futaba, or the cute little maid Carrie, the source of their tragedies was ultimately himself. Zhou Li knew that as long as he didn't let Tarik make the same mistake again, and didn't let the Hades Empire rise and then fall, not disturbing them would be the best compensation for them.
"woke up?"
At this time, Zhou Li felt a sudden lightness on his shoulders. He turned his head, looked at the girl rubbing her eyes and asked softly: "Are you still sleepy?"
"I'm not sleepy anymore~"
Eluma's voice sounded like she had just woken up from a drunken sleep, which was nice and cute. She raised her head, looked at Zhou Li, and said in a soft voice, "Zhou Li, have you been dreaming a lot lately?"
"Um?"
Zhou Li was startled for a moment, then he saw the tip of Eluma's slightly twitching nose, and smiled when he thought that she could smell his emotions. He touched Eluma's long hair and said, "Yes, a continuous A dream to get up.”
"Um···"
Leaning gently on Zhou Li's shoulder, Eluma looked at the scattered stars in the sky and whispered, "Is this the last life?"
Zhou Li was stunned, but soon he smiled mockingly to himself, as if he was feeling ridiculous for his surprise. He slowly held Eluma's hand, gently slid his fingers across the other's tender palm, and said with relief, "Yes, in the previous life."
Eluma has never been stupid.
Compared with herself, Eluma can also "see through people's hearts". It's just that Zhou Li has experienced too much and seen too much in his previous life, so he has become very mature and can clearly see the evil and good of the other party. Eluma is different because she is pure and kind enough. In her eyes, everyone has the smell of emotions. This is not a power given by the gods, but her innate talent.
The water is clear enough to reflect the souls of others.
Zhou Li is very smooth because he has experienced everything he can in his previous life, so he can be versatile and look different in front of everyone. But only in front of Eluma, he never concealed himself. This is no longer just so-called trust or belief, it is almost a resonance of the soul. Therefore, Eluma noticed something was wrong and weird about Zhou Li early on, but she did not ask or challenge him, she just followed Zhou Li silently.
After the plan against the Goddess of Life in the Twilight Forest, Zhou Li once had some words with Eluma on the high platform. At that moment, Eluma could smell the lingering sadness and happiness on Zhou Li's body. And when she saw Zhou Li doing everything he could to find out his life experience, she understood that this was not a one-sided relationship.
You and the other party have already established a bond early on. Not only the present, the outside world, but also the past that I have never experienced.
"In that life, was I okay in the end?"
Moving her body slightly, Eluma gently placed her ear on Zhou Li's heart. Zhou Li didn't say anything. He just stared at Eluma's long blue hair. For a long time, he said softly: "It's not good, but I'm by your side."
"So, you are still by my side, right?"
Eluma easily understood Zhou Li's words. She listened to the reassuring heartbeat and a faint smile appeared on her face, "What about Tiya?"
"ah?"
Zhou Li was really stunned this time. He stared blankly at the girl in his arms and stuttered a little when he spoke, "No, no, no, no, why are you still talking about her??"
"I can smell it~"
Eluma arched her small nose cutely, raised the corners of her mouth happily, and said cheerfully: "When you saw Tia, your whole body exuded nervousness, expectation and guilt. I am very smart. Yes, you must have had a good relationship with her in your last life, right?"
Eluma's eyes are beautiful, like a cool and gentle blue in the transparent ocean. She squinted her eyes slightly and looked very cute with her sly smile. Zhou Li was in a daze. After a moment of silence, he twitched the corner of his mouth and said bitterly:
"Yeah, we all have a good relationship."
really good.
friend? Comrade?
In other words, relatives.
For Zhou Li, Tiya in the previous life was already a relative of him and Eluma. They will make irrelevant jokes with each other, and they will hurt each other in private. When they get something good, they must show it off in front of each other, and then throw the good thing to you with the look of "I rewarded you". They would eat together. Zhou Li liked bitter coffee, Eluma liked sweet milk, and Tiya liked sake.
Those days have always been beautiful in Zhou Li's memory, without any modification, just like the cool and refreshing citrus in the hot summer. It's not completely sweet, but the hint of sourness is just right.
However, everything that happened later destroyed this beautiful day, which caused that supposedly beautiful memory to be placed in the deepest part of Zhou Li's memory, and he did not want to think of it.
"Okay, everything is over."
Eluma could easily detect Zhou Li's thoughts. She stretched out her fingers, gently brushed the corners of Zhou Li's eyes, and said softly: "Isn't the reason why you came back to solve all this?"
"That's true."
Zhou Li nodded, and the gloom in his heart was swept away by Eluma's comfort. At this time, Eluma seemed to have thought of something and said:
"If you have a chance, let's meet Tiya again."
Eluma looked at Zhou Li and said seriously: "She is a very good girl. When she was in Tariq, she always wanted to see you and thank you in person for your enlightenment and guidance, but she never had the chance."
"ah···"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment. If it were another girl who said this, Zhou Li would most likely suspect that the other girl was setting a trap for him. But if it was Eluma, then she wanted from the bottom of her heart to bring Zhou Li and Tiya into contact again.
"It's all over."
Zhou Li sighed and said subconsciously: "If I come into contact with her again, I'm afraid that she will fall into trouble because of me just like in the previous life..."
"Zhou Li, a disaster cannot be endured by one country or one person."
At this time, Eluma suddenly sat up, faced Zhou Li, and said seriously: "Even if you don't contact Tiya, she will fight with you when the disaster strikes. I don't know How did Tiya leave, but I know that even if she does not have a deep relationship with you, she will still come forward when you need her, no matter when."
Eluma's words stunned Zhou Li. He looked at Eluma in disbelief, but he was doubting himself. Soon, the confusion turned into a wry smile, and the wry smile turned into self-deprecation.
Yes, I didn’t even understand such a simple truth.
"Tiya rushed into the enemy's position and died in order to cover your and my evacuation."
In just one sentence, Eluma heard Zhou Li's lingering sadness. Even though he concealed it well, his voice didn't have any tremors, and his words were very calm, there was an ups and downs that couldn't be ignored.
"What if in this life?"
Looking at the young man in front of her, Eluma frowned slightly knowing how much pressure and pain he had endured, and asked gently: "If Tia faces the same choice in this life, will she end the marriage for you and me?"
Zhou Li had no words, but his expression told the answer. After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief and realized that he had always been trying to get into trouble.
Yes, even if Tiya didn't have such a good relationship with him at that time, and her relationship with him was just an acquaintance or even a stranger, that battle would still happen. And Tia will still stand at the pass and rush into the ground formation alone for Tariq and all the living beings in this world.
Lying slowly on the grass, Zhou Li listened to the faint chirping of cicadas in the forest and looked at the warm moon in the sky. After a while, he said, "I still have many people I want to see."
"Alyosha was once our most loyal logistics officer. In the end, she protected the supplies at the cost of her own life for the sake of the soldiers' rations. And Talis, this kid used to be my lieutenant, also known as Don Quixote. He died in a meat grinder battle to cover Don Quixote's attack. The same goes for Locana. In the end, in order to protect me, he used his own body to detonate the magic energy, and..."
This was the first time that Zhou Li rambled like an old man. He looked at the morning stars in the sky, and for some reason, he began to recall the people he had only met by chance in this life, or even deliberately missed them.
But without exception, they all died in front of Zhou Li's eyes.
Slowly, Zhou Li slowly closed his eyes. He was already exhausted from many days of dreams. Eluma looked at the boy who was sleeping in the words, and gently pulled him into her arms. Resting on his legs with the girl's scent, Zhou Li's frown slowly relaxed, and the expression on his face relaxed.
Stretching out her fingers, Eluma gently smoothed the wrinkles between Zhou Li's eyebrows. She had already guessed that everything Zhou Li had experienced would be tragic, but she did not expect that it would be so desperate.
He talked about many people and told many stories, but the endings of the stories were the same. In the end, those who had established a strong friendship and bond with Zhou Li all died for Zhou Li without exception. Eluma knew that the deaths of these people would not be wiped out by a rebirth. On the contrary, this would become Zhou Li's lingering obsession.
He didn't want them to die for him anymore. Zhou Li felt that since he was reborn, he had the obligation to let those who had died for him work hard so that these people would not come into contact with him and would not come into contact that would lead to their death. The warrior of the Sangmen Star. He began to squeeze everything out of himself crazily, with the sole purpose of ending all disasters before they happened.
However, this can be tiring.
Eluma still remembers that during the Battle of Yingnan, when Zhou Li opened his eyes and learned that most of Don Quixote's cheek had been corroded, he directly ordered all the doctors and healers around him to do their best to save Don Quixote's body. Face. They had never seen Zhou Li so panicked, and they had never thought that Zhou Li would value his companions so much. At that time, Don Quixote had been rejecting Zhou Li. As a knight, she didn't care about Zhou Li's appearance. But in the end, she couldn't defeat Zhou Li and accepted all the medical resources.
Zhou Li believed that all the tragedies in the previous life happened because of him. If he had worked harder and been stronger, no one would have died because of him. If it weren't for the fact that Don Quixote himself came to Zhou Li's doorstep and Zhou Li needed her very much at that time, Eluma would have doubted whether Zhou Li would accept Don Quixote.
but···
Looking at the young man's sleeping face, Eluma raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes.
"You still don't understand..."
Eluma gently stroked the boy's cheek and said softly, "Even if you avoid them and deliberately don't have contact with them, in the end, they will still follow you."
"What attracts them is not your status as a brave man, nor your great strength. From beginning to end, everyone is fighting for you. They are for you, for you who still maintains yourself even though you have spanned two worlds. ···”
"Did I come at the wrong time?"
Lifting the curtain set by Zhou Li, Torea looked at Eluma and Zhou Li in her arms with some embarrassment, and asked in a low voice: "I just want to say that I have found the way to the city that the nun mentioned. , we can set off tomorrow.”
"Okay~"
Eluma nodded slightly and whispered to Torea: "Excuse me, please take a good rest here."
After all, Eluma is also the darling and female mother of the entire brave team. After hearing Eluma's thanks, Torreya obviously relaxed a lot. She didn't hesitate and directly found a corner in the curtain and hugged her. Holding his spear, he fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at Torrea's sleeping face, Eluma suddenly became curious.
What was Torea's role in her previous life?
(End of chapter)
