Atlas Double Star Book

Chapter 54 At the End of the World

It's snowing, look.

Wonders and joy came from all directions.All are perfect.

His parents, younger brothers and sisters with blurred faces.His teacher is still in Tallinn.When it snowed, Hein took the little boy by the hand, and Aglaya was still as naughty as she was when she was a girl, throwing snowballs at her husband and son.Every family is happy and beautiful, and people love each other.

As long as there is no him, everyone will be happy.

"Son, I'm sorry..." the father abandoned him in the snow pit, crying and begging him not to hold grudges.

"It's okay, Dad, it's fine."

If I had died in the snow pit at that time, all the pain would not have happened.

So he lay down in the depths of the snow.

So be it.

White gradually blurred vision.He thought he would feel at peace, but he didn't, and the sadness and loneliness poured out like uncontrollable tears.He felt the cold, the snow, this fragile and extremely fine thing falling on the eyelashes, lightly brushing the shiny tears.The snow pit was cold and hard, and he was alone.

So he cried in a low voice.

There will never be that smiling man again, dusting off the snow from his cloak and holding him in his arms.

"teacher."

Warm, soft stars.

He used to cry at night.A bright crack in the door opened in the darkness of the library, and the boy hiding behind the door revealed a small golden head, looking at him worriedly.He didn't want to be regarded as a weak person, so he hurriedly wiped away his tears.The little boy ran over and hugged his knees.

"Teacher, Neil will show you." The boy was so anxious that he couldn't speak clearly, and hastily opened his palm—a small snowball, half-melted, with two small fruits planted on the snowball. "This is the teacher's friend, puppy."

Neil always does.

Always reach out to him to make him feel comforted and needed.

When he first moved to the imperial capital, he was still weak and stayed behind closed doors all day long.Neil thought of many ways and often invited friends to be guests.

At first, he was reluctant to meet anyone.There was music coming from the courtyard, and he looked out of the window... It was Trand who was half lying on the low stone wall with his legs crossed and sang, playing the whaletooth harp in his arms, with a light and leisurely tune.When the music came, the Duke would naturally dance.Kaloyalo is contagious and, like alcohol, keeps everyone on their toes.Welcome guests.Egg stayed quietly aside, and when the ecstatic Duke was about to bump into the arms of some handsome men, Egg stretched out his hand to give him a hand.As dusk fades, the candles for the dinner party are lit.

Everything was complete and happy, and he listened quietly in the room.

"Teacher, everyone is waiting for you." Neil said outside the door, and their golden retriever was also snorting and scratching the door.He couldn't resist, so he took Neil's arm and walked downstairs to dinner.When he emerged, friends beamed with genuine smiles, as if something good had happened.

Kaloyalo came over to sit next to him as usual, held his hand affectionately, and talked about the anecdote mentioned in Amir's letter.And Neil was sitting on the other side, looking at him with a smile, barely hiding the warmth in his eyes.Trander wanted Egg to sit together, but Neil refused, because the two would fight with food when they got into a fight, which was very wasteful.

It felt amazing.He returned among his friends, and what he saw and heard was still the familiar light and shadow.

"Peleas."

Friends talked and laughed, calling him.

"Teacher, there are many happy things in the Knights today! Let me tell you..." Neil hugged him, talking about interesting things to make him happy.

Just thinking of Neil warms the memory.

For those things that he never thought of and did not dare to ask for extravagantly, Neil took him by the hand again and again to move forward.

But is it real?

Does that full of light really need him?

He doesn't belong at a dinner party where friends laugh and laugh.Like the steam rising in the morning, dispensable.His disappearance will not bring much distress, the sun will rise as usual, people and gods will wake up, the hours are bright, and they flock to the territory of the earth and the whole world.There will be no difference.

But he thought of tears.

When he walked up the spiral staircase and up the tower...he saw a scene that he couldn't even imagine.After the sudden reunion.

Neil has been asleep for seven years.Even though he kept forcing himself to believe that Neil would wake up one day.He could hardly hold it anymore.They may never meet again...Neill sleeps forever, and he must live to repent every day and night.

But for the second time in his life, a miracle happened.Right on the stairs, he saw a person standing vaguely in the light cast by the high window.

Neil woke up and there he was.

"what……"

That's it, inside the tower, a ray of light broke the balance of the dark expanse.It's as if the void has been filled, a word's existence has re-fitted with the world, perfectly and precisely.

It must be a dream, it cannot be real.

He was wary, tense with emotions about to collapse.In the past seven years, this is not the first time he has been deceived by hallucinations or dreams, followed by pain and disappointment.

But Neil was already walking towards him.

"..."

He didn't move or speak.Neil hesitated at first, then slowly put his hands on his face.It's like fumbling for a long-lost ring.

"Great..." Neil tried to smile, but what appeared was a painful expression.The young man repeated it again, and finally laughed.

"It's great that I didn't lose you..."

Neil looked at him, tears streaming down his face.

is this real?

Neal hugged him, crying softly.And he felt a heavy sadness, oppressed in his throat.At that moment, he was shaken: why cry?Could it be that for Neil, he is really something that cannot be lost?

Is that right?

Are you needed and deeply loved?

He thought of every hug Neal had had as a child, every conversation and laugh at the dinner table, the wildflowers they had given him in the summer, the room they had decorated together for the holidays, and the arms that now encircled him.

Yes.

Neal had already told him.

The snow kept falling.It was cold and hard in the snow pit, where his father had left him, and no one would rescue him now.Do you want to give up?

No.

He wants to go back, Neil is waiting for him.

So he struggled to get up and walked out of the snow pit.

The darkness was vast, and in the long wind and snow, he saw a little light.

A small house came into view... Ah, that was their former home, where Neil grew up.How many times have he been tested by the cold winter and snow in the north, and the anxiety about survival has tortured him.But just think of a small house in the depths of the snow, with a tiny, warm light, and the child waiting for him to come home.The mere thought of this gave him courage.

He came to the hut, and the door opened.

"You're back, Peleas." Hein was sitting at the table, reading a book.

"what……"

Hein smiled and patted the chair.He was at a loss, but sat there obediently.The fire crackled and the room was quiet.

The two looked at each other, just like they did when they were teenagers.

Pelias already knew that it was an illusion, but he didn't say anything.A few seconds like this are enough, even if it is fake.His nose became sore, and so did his throat, so he could only speak first: "Hein...I'm leaving."

"Won't you stay? Stay with me. We can always..." Hein said.

Pelias shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Neil is waiting for me."

"Yes."

"I've already done what we agreed on. What's more..." Peleas couldn't help but choked up as he spoke.He raised his head, stared at the person he once loved for the last time, and finally said the words that had been hidden in his heart for many years:

"Thank you."

That person just smiled, still the same as before.The distant and brilliant daylight.

"You go back, Mage Silver, since he opened the passage...although I really hope you stay."

The illusion is gone.

Only a young man with green eyes stood in front of him.

"Say hello to the red dragon for me." The green-eyed youth opened the door——

The room disappeared, and all the surrounding scenery dissipated.The darkness was forced to retreat, the roar from the depths of the earth came, and the light surged.The light from top to bottom guides the mage, like a shiny spider thread in a maze, connecting the two ends of thoughts.A slit was opened in the darkness so that the light could enter—

neil.

Will he exist in the future named after that person?

Yes, they will.

Peleas felt lighter than ever.It's like standing in a vastness, and then a big vastness, like blowing the wind in the field——

And so came the wilderness.

All around him is the wilderness, the horses are galloping, and the snow is falling.On the plains of the imperial capital, monsters rolled like a tide, and the gaps in the city walls were striking, like fatal wounds.The knights resisted desperately, and the sound of fighting continued.Reinforcements were still missing, and a heavy sense of desperation hung over everyone.

"Teacher—?!" Neil hugged him.

The young man seemed to be shaken by some sudden emotion, and his sea-blue pupils became moist, which fascinated him.Neil was right here, in front of him.

"I'm back, Neil." Peleas said shyly.

The surviving knights have been surrounded by monsters, and waves of monsters are forcing them to strangle the resistance of human beings.I can't take it anymore, it's almost over...

However, the mage has woken up.

Huge energy spread out from the core of the monster group—like a hot metal bubble, the silver light exploded, but it didn't burn the eyes.

The bright wind blows away soundlessly.

The shape of the monster was blown away, as if the picture was erased on the paper.

"Sword," he said.

Neil raised the sword of Venus, and Pelias also put his hand on the hilt.The two hold together—

The wind and snow are blowing, surrounding knights and mages.

Softly, the spell rose, and the light towered like a tower.The flying snow lingered, and in the revival of the tower, it achieved a posture of looking up-the world opened up.

Therefore, the light never goes out.

The pure white magic light illuminated the plain, and they swooped down on their horses, and the black tide broke through.

Like the slow waves of the sea, it quietly wiped away the sandy shore, wiped away the group of monsters covering the earth, revealed the texture of the snow, and the world became bright again.Ashes flew.

That light connects the sky and the faint light spot on the earth—the sword is held high, and the hands of the knight and the mage are held together, as if holding a bouquet of pure white flowers.

At this moment, Peleas knew that it was not the imperial capital that would be saved, but himself.This is his redemption.

In other words, this will be his future with Neal.

Neil chose him.And people can't refuse the light, even for a person like him.

What do you desire?

"Neil, I want to live with you." Peleas finally said.

The blue-eyed young man seemed a little surprised, and seemed to have expected everything, "Then let us raise Venus together."

Neil smiled.

why not?