Chapter 194 The foundation of continuation
Time will not stop flowing because of someone or something.
At first, Luke hung a calendar in his room and turned a new page every day, but he stopped it after he and Terela went out to play, and never touched it again.
The calendar became a decoration in the room of the two of them, integrating naturally with the other furniture that remained unchanged until one day Luke discovered that it had been there for ten years and was finally thrown away.
Today Terela chose a brown classic dress, a top hat and a half-covered black veil. This is a very universal look.
As she got older, Terela, who originally liked to dress up, gradually lost interest in dressing herself up. Instead, she became interested in Luke's image. She chose a decent and complicated aristocratic costume for Luke and helped him dress up bit by bit.
"Actually, I want to wear something simple."
"You have watched Anrui grow up, so as an elder, his wedding banquet should be grand."
Terela competed with various men's hats, but in the end she was reluctant to let the elf's hair be covered, so she pulled a red string and tied her hair into a ponytail.
"And it's my pleasure to dress you up... spread your arms."
Luke cooperated with Terela's movements and spoke softly: "But it's not good to be the guest of honor on the wedding day, and An Rui doesn't like me very much."
"Why doesn't he like you? He has been very attached to you since childhood, but why did the girl he likes dump him after seeing you?" Terela couldn't help but laugh.
Amir's expression when he heard his son's complaint was so wonderful. He didn't expect that his son would encounter the same things he encountered back then. The almost sixty-year-old almost shed tears.
"Isn't it that the immortal species are born particularly well? It is said that the demons are also very good-looking."
"Appearance is a very subjective thing, and dwarves are not very popular with humans." Lu Keping answered straightforwardly and glanced at Terela, "You don't seem to be very angry?"
"It's a little hard for me to be jealous of those little girls in their twenties now."
Terela buttoned the last button and looked at Luke with smiling eyes, "The changes in human emotions are really wonderful. When I was in my thirties and forties, I found that other women would feel angry if they looked at you even more, but now I just feel Pride, maybe you can research this topic.”
After hearing this, Luke turned to look at Terela with a strange expression: "You won't raise me as your son, will you?"
"When I went out with you recently, someone did recognize us as mother and son. Do you want to call me mom?"
Terela said calmly.
At first, when two people go out, they will be recognized as a normal couple, and gradually transition to a sister-brother relationship. Then some people regard Lu Ke as her adopted lover. In recent years, they are more often recognized as mother and son.
Luke shook his head, eliciting a sigh from Terela.
"It's really unfair. I call you daddy."
"I told you not to scream a long time ago."
The two people walked out holding hands, got into the carriage prepared in advance, and wandered back to the Campbell Mansion, which was gradually becoming unfamiliar.
At the door, Amir and Sally were waiting for them.
"You guys came very slowly."
Amir's body was still a little moist from the late autumn morning. He seemed to have been standing for a long time, and his old voice was filled with dissatisfaction.
"Aren't we the first ones here?"
Luke raised his eyebrows. There was not even a carriage parked near the mansion.
"I was waiting for you early in the morning. I haven't seen you for five or six years. Can't you be more enthusiastic?" Amir complained and took the two of them to the inner room to sit down.
Twenty years have passed since they moved out of the mansion. Amir is already fifty-eight years old. His once strong figure has slowly shrunk, and his golden hair has also turned light and white. In this world where the average life span of human beings is less than seventy years. The world has become nothing more than an old man.
Sally and Terela are doing better. They are both well-maintained and have not aged prematurely like Ms. Luo Yin. Although wrinkles have gradually appeared and their appearance has gradually withered, they are both in good health.
"We won't disturb you men's reminiscing."
Sally and Terela walked over to discuss some details of the wedding while laughing and joking.
After they left, Luke touched Amir's head and felt that the frog son had changed a bit and was much older than before.
"I will definitely come earlier next time."
"You better be!"
Amir glared at him and complained to him, "What are you doing dressing up so well? It's not enough to impress me, and you want to impress my son?"
"Telela didn't put it on for me. If you're not satisfied, just complain to her."
"Then I don't dare. If I make her angry, I'll make you angry. Then you can beat me up again."
"I dare not touch you easily like you are now, and I won't beat you."
"Who are you looking down on! I can still fight!"
Amir was a little stingy at these words and pretended to stand up and make gestures. When Luke didn't stop him, he quickly died down and reluctantly argued a few words.
"Forget it, today..."
Luke interrupted him, showing a rare interest in joking: "Today's weather is not suitable for competition. The turf is too slippery and your condition is not good..."
The familiar words made Amir stunned for a moment. He did not laugh or awkwardly change the topic as Luke thought. Instead, he stared at Luke closely and waited for a while before speaking.
"The mansion has aged badly in the past few years. It was renovated a while ago and many places were demolished. The lawn where we competed when we were kids is gone, but there are still some things left in the utility room. When the wedding is over, Let's go take a look together?" Luke, who was a little confused by his reaction, nodded, "Okay."
After sitting for a while, the sound outside gradually became noisy. The guests arrived. When it was almost done, the two people walked out of the house and came to the wedding venue.
Terela and Sally were working together to give careful instructions to a young man wearing a groom's suit. The young man had dazzling blond hair and handsome facial features. He was five points like Amir when he was young. This is what he has grown up to be. An Rui.
An Rui's face was obviously a little impatient, but he still listened calmly. When he saw Lu Ke, he showed a hint of joy, and then he seemed to have thought of something and turned his head away with a bad face.
Amir was not happy at that time. He walked up to the young man and slapped him hard on the head regardless of whether his child was getting married today.
"Your uncle came here specially to attend your wedding. Who is he showing off to? Call me someone!"
An Rui glanced at Amir fearfully and reluctantly called "Uncle Lu Ke".
Luke didn't care about the child's rudeness, he took out a voucher with a smile and handed it over.
"This is a gift for you, happy wedding."
An Rui took the voucher and glanced at it, then slowly opened his mouth, "Patent share of basic attack improvement magic?"
"As long as I am alive, the Magic Association is still there, and the basic attack improvement magic is not replaced by new ones, you can continue to receive money, and it should not be a big problem to meet the daily expenses of the Campbell family."
Without the threat of demons, the Magic Association would probably not change easily, and the Corrupt Sage is hiding in Oede like other great demons. The next magic improvement is far away, and this patent will become the strongest foundation of the Campbell family.
"No, this is too expensive."
Amir shook his head and wanted to return it, but Anrui was unwilling to accept it and apologized sincerely.
"Uncle, I'm very happy that you can come. You don't need to give me such an expensive gift." An Rui said as he glanced at Lu Ke's outfit and his face fell, "It would be better if you could dress more simply. You're going to steal all my limelight."
"He was indeed right about that."
Amir, who had had the same experience, nodded with approval.
At Lu Ke's insistence, the patent was eventually given away.
This wedding was very formal, meticulous, and the process was so normal that it made people feel sleepy.
Seeing An Rui and his shy newlywed wife exchanging wedding rings and kissing each other, the master of ceremonies announced that the ceremony was complete and the two were officially married. Terela sighed with emotion.
"I suddenly thought a normal wedding wouldn't be bad either."
"Most people should agree that half a century of meteor showers and flower field magic are more romantic than this."
Terela smiled and lowered her eyes, "Same."
After the wedding, Amir took Luke to an empty room.
There are some sundries stored inside, but they are not messy. Someone must have tidied them carefully. In the most conspicuous place are two small wooden swords that look like they are for children.
He picked up one and handed the other to Lu Ke, chattering like the older Luo Yin back then.
"I left this specially back then. One for you and one for me. Remember to take it with you when you leave tomorrow."
"Um."
"Originally I wanted to keep the steel sword I used later, but it broke and was disposed of by Uncle Arnold. Uncle Arnold, do you remember? He is the butler of our family, the one who is always very serious."
"I remember."
"You used to be unaccustomed to the food at home, so you taught Chef Barr some weird dishes. Later, Terela probably cooked for you. Are you used to it?"
"In thirty years, I have gotten used to it no matter how hard I get used to it."
"A while ago, a painter said that my mother had scheduled maintenance for your painting. Now it looks like new. I will take you to see it later."
"Okay, I'll go check it out later."
"The armor and sword my mother prepared for me have been damaged. Is your rosewood staff still intact?"
"Always there."
As he spoke, Amir sighed and touched a strange-shaped pendant on his chest.
This was the graduation certificate Lenis gave him when he joined the army and left home.
"I miss Teacher Lenis a little bit, but I have sent many people to look for her but there is no trace. She has not come back to see me for thirty years. Even if she doesn't come back to see me, she should see you."
Luke replied calmly: "Thirty years is nothing to her."
"I know, I just feel that I will probably never see the teacher again in this life."
Amir looked at this playmate who had grown up together, recalling his appearance as a baby when they first met, and his appearance as a young man who competed with him during a sword fight, and then looked at his appearance as a youth forgotten by time, his eyes felt a little sore.
He turned around, raised his hand and wiped it on his face, then quickly put it down, his back turned to Luke and his tone was a little trembling.
"Luke."
"Come back and see me often. I won't live long."
(End of chapter)