Chapter 649 16. You who will dominate the sky in the future must be firm enough and have no weaknesses
"What's wrong with you?"
Mason had just finished checking the area where the cosmic tuning fork was, and when he returned to Osborne Tower and opened the office door, he saw a lost Ciri sitting barefoot on his chair.
He saw that Ciri looked so embarrassed and hurried forward, and saw the hunter's eyes were red.
There were still wet stains on her hair, and she was only wearing a nightgown and not even underwear. Well, okay, this is not the time to pay attention to this.
After seeing Mason appear, Ciri couldn't stop crying.
She once thought she would never cry again, but it turns out that such strong emotional fluctuations are often not restricted by her own thoughts. If you don't cry, it only means that you are not sad yet.
"Don't cry, what happened?"
Seeing Xili like this, Mason's heart sank. He pulled Xili up from the chair, took out a handkerchief to wipe her wet silver hair, and took off his coat at the same time and put it on her shoulders.
"He caught them"
Shirley lay in Mason's arms and said in a hoarse voice:
"I thought they were dead, they didn't get such a merciful death. This was a conspiracy. Seventeen years of conspiracy, Old A and Mephisto joined forces.
This isn't just a trap he's setting for you, the devil is in on it too.
Don't go!
Don't go. ”
Although Xili's words were confusing, Mason quickly understood. He stared at Xili and asked seriously:
"What do you mean, Mr. Geralt and Ms. Yennefer did not die in exile seventeen years ago? No, their bodies cannot survive in the broken star core, so they are souls, right?
The devil's best trick.
Mephisto hid the souls of your parents and gave them to Old A now as bait to lure you into taking the bait? Taking advantage of you, who will definitely pass, to lead me into the death trap prepared for me? ”
"Yeah."
Ciri sniffled and lowered her head.
This was the first time in the past seventeen years that she had been so distraught.
Mason breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and patted Shirley's head in his arms. He said happily:
"It's not bad. I finally know how to say hello to me before taking action instead of running over on my own initiative."
"Aren't you angry?"
Hearing this, Shirley looked up at Mason in surprise and said:
"You know I can't sit back and watch my parents' souls being disposed of by Old A. I must go, but... I don't know what to do. I've been thinking about how to break the situation, but I can't think of a way.
I know you can't give up on me.
But that's a trap. ”
"Looking at the bright side, this means that I finally have the opportunity to meet the most legendary demon hunters and witches."
Mason held Shili's waist, lowered his head and winked and said to him:
"They are the idols of the previous old K. As the current old K, I am also very interested in those legendary stories. I have always wanted to see how heroic and chic the protagonists in those stories must be."
"You may be disappointed, my father is a very dull man."
When Shirley saw Mason's smile, a lot of the pressure in her heart suddenly dissipated. With tears in her eyes, she curled her lips and said:
"But shouldn't you be worried? In this situation where we will be separated by life and death if one thing goes wrong, in this situation where you are very likely to die because of me.
Your career, your ideals, everything you own will fall apart because of me, a woman who is not worthy of your love.
Why can you still laugh? ”
"Because if I said that all this was expected, would you feel angry?"
Mason lowered his head, and when Shirley took the initiative to tiptoe, their lips touched each other, like warm fingers soothing the uneasiness, or like cuddling each other on a winter night.
Today, Ciri seemed as active and enthusiastic as she had returned to the swordsman's ward, and as if she wanted to complete the last thing on her bucket list before facing death.
Their lips parted for a long time, Mason looked at the unique cat-like eyes in front of him and explained:
"When Old A sent that message, I knew that he must have one or more backup plans, and he would not hope that my brain would fail and then I would step unprepared into the trap he prepared for me.
He never intended to hook me with this text message from the beginning.
The two key points that I am most worried about are the first sequence and you. It turns out that Old A has grasped the key points. Do you still remember that in the second text message he sent me, he has suppressed the first sequence of things?
That's actually another threat. ”
The captain sighed, took Xili's waist and walked with her to the floor-to-ceiling window of the office, looking at the surging sea water in the distance in front of him and the warm sunshine cast in the sky.
The scale of the Forbidden Forest Island seemed larger than two days ago, which fully proved that the soul of the forest seemed to have sensed the hidden hope and began to grow vigorously.
Mason looked at the scene in front of him and said:
"You are the second threat he gave me. I imagined what methods he would use to coerce you, but I really didn't expect that this trick has been hidden for seventeen years.
From this point of view, Old A really impressed me.
But thinking about it on the other hand, his alliance with Mephisto does not surprise me at all, just like the relationship between a toilet and flies. ”
Ciri didn't answer.
She just put on Mason's coat quietly, rested her head on Mason's shoulder, and listened quietly to her partner in her heart telling his thoughts and plans.
It wasn't until this moment that Ciri truly realized that she had inadvertently had a solid iron wall that could protect and support herself in any situation.
It seems that any wind or rain can be hidden in Mason's shadow without having to worry about it.
This feeling is not bad. No, this feeling is so good that people want to indulge in it, let it be wrapped in gentleness, drown in this touch of comfort and never wake up in the cruel reality.
"Now that they have united together, I no longer have to spend time worrying about how to prioritize this confrontation. Since the two enemies have united and intend to bury me and my ideals with a despicable assassination, then we Just take this opportunity to defeat their evil alliance together
This may be difficult, but it is not impossible. In fact, I have always had such a plan. ”
Mason's eyes turned cold.
He said:
"Both sides advance at the same time, let them usher in their demise in anticipation of my death! This is the passing day of their position selection, so let them do as they wish.
"Xili"
"Huh?"
Lord Hunter snorted and heard Mason say to her:
"The problem you have been worrying about may have reached the time that it should be solved."
Ciri trembled.
She understood what Mason meant, so she sighed and said:
"So, tomorrow night is my day of death. This is really not surprising, but I am not as desperate or painful as I imagined, nor do I find it difficult to accept.
Maybe I've resigned myself to my fate. ”
"You will die, but then you will be resurrected as a new, beautiful, pure you."
Mason took a step back, took out a small box from his pocket and opened it in front of Ciri. Inside was a ring that was exactly the same as the wedding ring on Harley and Quinn's finger.
Only the details are slightly different. The ring surface of this ring is polished to look like a wolf's head, which looks beautiful and mysterious.
The captain said apologetically:
"I have given a promise to my little cuties, and to pass it on to you would be disrespectful to both of you.
I can no longer promise you the promise of marriage, but I think we may be able to spend this destined long life as lovers. If Hei Qiqi hears what I say at this time, he will definitely rain down thunder from the sky. Break my skull.
But it is what it is.
I choose to be a bad man.
It's not that I want it to be like this, it's just that I met a soul who can't let me continue to love purely. ”
"I never had such expectations."
Shirley appeared calmer than expected.
She looked at the ring in front of her. She didn't even need Mason to put it on for her, but acted like a king grabbing the crown and putting it on her head. She picked up the ring and put it on her finger, saying:
"For a demon hunter, a stable life is unimaginable. My parents never engaged in an engagement until their death, but this does not prevent their sincere feelings from becoming a model of mutual torture.
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Did you know?
They were bound together by the curse of the Dijing, and there was a time in their lives when they went crazy trying to break the curse and free each other.
From character, identity, status to pursuit, they are completely unworthy in every aspect of life, and they themselves think it is just a bad fate.
They want to give each other relief as an end to a tumultuous relationship.
And they did it.
They found a powerful aggregation of supernatural forces in the ruined world and asked the Nadi to end their cursed relationship.
They finally get their lives back, but guess what? ”
Shirley smiled and said to Mason:
"On the night when the supernatural partnership contract ended, they realized their hearts. They should come together, not because of the contract, nor because of a simple physical relationship.
That's love!
In the process of constantly torturing each other, hating each other, quarreling and getting back together, they have been linked together by fate, just like us.
Does the so-called marriage still matter in the face of such a relationship?
Leave the stable and neurotic parts of your personality to Harley and Quinn, they need them more than I do, and if I ever come back from death and come back to you, then the rest of you will be mine. ”
"Well, having said that, I still feel like you three women will strangle me to death on the bed one night and then break me into three parts and take me away."
Mason shrugged and said:
"But it's not a romantic way to die, right? Why don't you ask me how I plan to make you come back from the dead?"
"No, I don't care at all, even though I thought I would, but I don't."
Shirley stretched out her hand and peeled off Mason's coat that was wrapped around her body. She looked at Mason, put her ringed hand on his shoulder, and pulled his head toward her firmly and undeniably.
She said:
"I know you can definitely do it, I believe in you! Even if you can't do it, please let me leave this not-so-good world with beautiful lies, and let me live forever in your memory in romance
The bride and groom have exchanged rings and now it's time to complete the final part of the wedding.
What are you waiting for?
Do you want me to take the initiative throughout the process? Hmm. It’s not impossible. ”
"Shh!"
Mason stretched out his finger and put it on Ciri's pouted lips.
He squeezed his eyes and showed a very unbeatable smile on his face, and waved his fingers to make the coat on the ground lift up again and cover the shoulders of the hunter.
He leaned down and said in Shiri's ear:
"Save this for when you truly belong to me. Now you are integrated with Mephisto. Can you understand? I always feel that when I am closer to you, I will be with that disgusting old devil. Do something that won't pass muster.
Be patient.
If you're expecting our story to be as classic as your parents' tear-jerking, terrifying mutual love story, then be patient.
And we have no time to waste, my Lord Hunter.
We need to discuss the plan carefully before we act, about how to keep me alive and allow you to successfully rescue your parents before you die.
I guess Old A would never have imagined this. ”
Mason kissed Shirley's smooth forehead and said:
"He would never have imagined that we would respond to his malice with death. From this point of view, when he bullied you with despicable means, his failure was already doomed.
If you have decided to die, then Liana and old Shazam, who are connected to your destiny, must also get a guarantee. What I mean is that you may have to serve as a self-developed drug test subject for the Mason Manufacturing Group.
But don’t worry, you have a special status, so I will prepare an ‘insurance’ for you.
However, considering that we have already talked to each other, can I write my name in the beneficiary column of this insurance? ”
"That's a really bad joke!"
——
Ciri returned to Star Castle an hour later. She came back alone, but compared to the loneliness and despair she felt when she left, her mood was undoubtedly much better when she returned.
Although the problem was not really solved, there was no doubt that the pressure of being able to share it with others could no longer shake her will.
Not to mention the promises and agreements received, which warm people's hearts like lingering fire in the long night when walking alone in the dark.
But Lord Hunter is a Lord Hunter after all. After witnessing his parents going into star core exile to face death in order to maintain the moral principles in their hearts, he was no longer willing to put his life in the hands of others. Although he had Mason's promise, But she still hopes to complete the last step by herself.
After returning to the Star Castle, Ciri came alone to the tightly protected city of shadows. She walked among the roads surrounded by countless candlelights, and the beating light stretched her shadow extremely long.
"What are you going to do?"
Old Shazam, who was still guarding the sea of candles, felt someone coming behind him, and he said:
"You shouldn't have come here, Ciri. Mason told me not to touch every candle here, especially not for you to touch."
"I will not interfere with other people's lives, wizard."
Lord Hunter said softly:
"I just came to take away the candle that belongs to me. I will travel far away and may never come back. I feel that I am qualified to take away the last thing that belongs to me in this castle."
"Has the situation reached this point?"
Old Shazam seemed to understand, and he said with a sad face:
"It seems that you have made up your mind, but compared to your decisiveness, I, a wizard who has lived for nine thousand years, am still greedy for life and afraid of death."
"Who wants to die when you can live? I just bring it with me just in case something unexpected happens."
Ciri complained, jumped over the old wizard's side and jumped up from under the bright crystal chandelier, and took down one of the three candles from the highest point.
The one that belonged to her was still burning with silver flames, shining brightly in Xili's hands.
There is nothing magical about this candle or fire. It may not have any other use besides illuminating the darkness. Even pinching it hard can leave fingerprints on it.
It seems to symbolize the fragility of life and the impermanence of life.
"Be careful when you carry it."
Old Shazam warned:
"If those things are blown away by the wind, you will be finished. Mephisto can obviously make them indestructible, but he has to use the most common raw materials to make these things that can control life.
This may be his bad taste, but it also proves that we are not as strong as we think.
Every soul may be fragile and needs to be gently protected by a pair of hands. ”
"I got it just to extinguish it. It doesn't matter if it is extinguished by the wind or someone. It is just death. If you are not afraid of it, it is not worth fearing."
Shirley looked at the burning candle in her hand. The ring on her finger also shone with a different kind of light as the light danced, illuminating her eyes and outline.
While waving goodbye coolly without looking back, she said:
"My heart has been filled with tenderness and light, and there is no room for fear and darkness. I wish you good luck, old man, and I hope you can be like me when facing death."
"Hey, just leave. You still have to stuff me with dog food when you say goodbye."
The wizard watched the hunter leave the Shadow City, curled his lips, took out a cigarette, and lit it on a nearby candle.
He complained:
"This bad era is really unfriendly to singles. Maybe I should pray that it will be destroyed in the next second. Well, I am a mage who can control the spirit of speech. Forget it, just pretend that I have not prayed. .
There are still so many people who haven’t lived enough, so don’t show your spirit” (End of Chapter)