West's Summer [Comprehensive English and American]

"What do you want to do?"

The moment the girl stretched out her hand, she dodged back. Merlin would not forget that he was in the enemy's territory, and the person in front of him was the culprit who brought him here.Although he wasn't afraid of what Adelaide would do to him, that's what reflexes are all about.What's more, he probably couldn't be cruel enough to aim his magic at such a child who didn't seem to be ten years old.

But he didn't care about the undisguised vigilance in the mage's eyes.The blue-eyed girl still stretched out her hand stubbornly, through the cold iron bars, as if she wanted to grab something, but she only held nothing.

After such a stalemate for a while, it was probably because Merlin didn't seem to intend to let her guard down.Adelaide tilted her head, thought for a while, and tapped her forehead lightly with her fingers, then opened her eyes wide and looked at the black-haired boy brought back by her, her eyes were clean and clear.

Just like many, many years ago, she stood in front of the same iron fence and looked at the desperate boy curled up in the darkness.

"You want to spy on my thoughts?" Naturally, he noticed Adelaide's body movements, and after thinking for a while, Merlin subconsciously frowned, his face even more vigilant.

wrong.

Shaking his head, he still didn't speak.The girl pursed her lips, raised her finger on her forehead slightly, and pointed in the direction of Merlin.

I want you to read my memory.

It seems that he never regarded this big boy as an enemy, and never thought about what this request meant.Adelaide just stood there quietly, waiting silently under the eyes of the mage who became complicated for a moment, stubbornly asking for an answer from the person in front of him.

Obviously, I didn't expect the little girl to play cards so unreasonably.Although he is not a person with psychic powers, Merlin also somewhat knows that it is a great risk to open his brain to others. Generally speaking, if he does not have more trust in the other party, it is absolutely impossible to ask for such a request, let alone they are now Obviously standing on the opposite side, no matter how you look at it, Adelaide's move seems too abnormal.

"What are you going to show me?"

She frowned even tighter, and really couldn't decide whether the girl was too young to understand this or was instructed by Yi Laizhe to have other plans.Merlin was silent for a long time, until Adelaide began to impatiently knock on the iron bars between them, the archmage finally took a deep breath, and asked this question tentatively.

And beyond his expectations.This time, the girl spoke without hesitation, her voice was tender and clear, like a clear spring flowing in the deep forest:

"West," she said.

Staring at the mage's dilated pupils for a moment, Adelaide reached out to him again.Those green eyes that were as green as new leaves were clean and pure, reflecting his thin and protruding cheekbones, but Merlin vaguely felt that there were more of them, and it was clearly the figure of another person.After 20 years of insurmountable time, even though things have long changed, she can easily see the past that only belonged to them.

There are some things that are never forgotten by the hermit alone.

Breathing stagnated, as if bewitched by this name.The mage raised his head, looked at the clarity of the girl's eyes without any haze, and finally nodded slowly.

……

There must always be a place worth stopping in everyone's life, so that they can learn how to move forward without losing their way.

At least before that, Merlin had always thought so.Thousands of years of time, endless reincarnation and pursuit, even the most ignorant people will inevitably be grayed by fate.What's more, he has always been sensitive, and many things, even those that were once the most annoying, have to learn to be with them in the long loneliness.

After all, warmth and comfort should not be given to you by others, but you should strive for it yourself.Because the lives of the immortals are often covered by large areas of gray and white, so that the colorful faults on the roads are actually more like the pity of fate on a whim.

He has lost too much.Therefore, no matter how lukewarm his appearance is, Merlin is still more attached to everything in his palm than anyone can imagine.

Contrary to the archmage, in Adelaide's life so far, she has always been brilliant.Even if she died in that accident in the end, some people have always put her in the most important position in their hearts, reversing the years, and forcibly living the supposedly bright future as an atonement for the past.

Nor did she own many.But even so, even if there is only West, it is enough for Merlin to use all his strength to convince himself not to be ugly and jealous.

There is no doubt that they were once the most special in each other's eyes.

Looking at everything about the boy in the memory of the blue-eyed girl, the mage thought so lightly.The kind of despair and persistence that grabs every ray of light in the dark, even if it is deep in prison, every day may be the last countdown to life, and the boy and the girl are close to each other regardless.Until the final parting of life and death, just a few months is enough to change all futures in the future.

"Hi, I'm Adelaide."

The hand paused, and the blade between the fingers sank into the darkness under the trembling, leaving only a crisp bang on the ground.When Adelaide chose to stand in front of West that day and stopped the hermit with a little curiosity, no matter whether their encounter was designed by Yi Laizhe or not, it was no longer possible to stop the flow of fate. .

A girl's memory is not long.

Compared to the desperate hatred belonging to Wester Xavier he once felt in the dream, Adelaide seemed too calm.After all, she was only a child less than ten years old back then, and she had never really felt the malice of this world, so she kept looking innocently at the dark and damp dungeons around her, at the experiments imprisoned there. On the numb expressions of the bodies, he became the only hope that never died in the hell on earth.

Therefore, such a dazzling light in the darkness can naturally attract West firmly.He wanted to get closer, and Adelaide gradually began to like this exceptionally gentle and reliable boy.It couldn't be easier to conquer a little girl's heart. A fairy tale and a smile are enough to become the bright colors she looks forward to most in this dark dungeon.

However, in this kind of hopelessness, their stable life is already doomed to be impossible for a long time.

When the memory of the blue-eyed girl flowed to the last sword-to-sword hatred, Merlin suddenly trembled.Even though he knew that this was all in the past, but seeing Wester's expression of pain, he still felt that his whole heart was being burned mercilessly.Until the hermit ran away in desperation and accidentally took Adelaide's life, the girl's memory came to an abrupt end here. For her, this short few months was already a short and regretful time for her. life.

Detachment from feelings that he could almost empathize with.The mage stared wide-eyed, looking at Adelaide who still had no expression in front of him, looking a little dazed.

—Why don't you believe him?

As if bewitched by the overwhelming sadness in his memory, the mage's eyes lost focus for a few seconds.Although he didn't say anything, he knew that the sighs and questions raging in his heart had already been hidden in the girl's eyes.

He stood still and did not move, nor did he defend himself.Adelaide pursed his lips, and in the blink of an eye, another completely different scene flashed, once again pulling Merlin into the past he longed to know.

This time, the mage saw very clearly that the background of the memory was no longer the dark dungeon that was almost suffocating, but the long-lost blue sky and the undulating snow-capped mountains and ice ridges on the horizon.

"Are you really determined to do this?" Standing by the clear and deep Lake Lugano, the deep male voice drifted with the wind into every inch of coldness.Magneto turned his head to look at the emaciated adopted son beside him, remained silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

"I have no other choice."

The voice was hoarse and depressed, with obvious despair.West looked down at the girl in his arms who was covered in bright red, but seemed to be sleeping peacefully, closed his eyes, and frowned tightly.

This is obviously not Adelaide's own experience, Merlin was stunned.Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it West's memory.

"You can choose to take her back." Glancing at him, Eric shook his head imperceptibly: "If it would make you better to be buried where you can see it, I don't think Charles would refuse."

It seems that he wants to show a smile, but he can't bend the corner of his heavy mouth no matter what.The young man looked at the vast and deep waters in front of him, reflecting the never-blooming snow on the top of the Alps, bitterness flashed in his eyes.

"But she'll like it here more than me."

The cool air whistling from the Alpine ridges blows over the blooming snow thistles on the shores of Lake Lugano.The pure white petals are swept into the lake by the wind, like a white sail sailing towards the end of time, which is very suitable for carrying a pure and innocent soul to sleep forever.

Stepping forward under Magneto's clear gaze, West walked to the shore of the lake and leaned over slowly.The girl's light-colored clothes were rippling away by the waves, radiating bright red, like clusters of flames burning in the snow.He gently embraced the thin body of the sleeping man, and immersed himself in the icy cold water.

The clear lake water that melted from the snow on the top of the mountain gradually submerged everything about her.The water pressure overflowed the blue eyes that would never open again, wrapping the girl in a silence where no one would disturb her again.Only her cold right hand was still tightly clenched in the boy's palm.

"I'll come and see you."

He stared at Adelaide's sleeping face, and gently kissed her on the forehead.Then, let go.

At that moment, seeing the girl sinking slowly, disappearing all the traces of her past in the world, the young man finally turned his head, and all the sparkling crystals in his eyes were exposed to the sunlight, and there was nowhere to hide.

That was the first time Merlin saw West crying like a child.Facing the empty lake, beside the desolate and quiet water, he buried his face deeply in the palm of his hand, and the broken choked sobs drifted along the wind in the depths of the Alps, which was even more heart-piercing than howling Cracking despair.

Just like many, many years ago, the mage also bid farewell to his Freya on the shore of Lake Avalon.

A falsehood, a big dream.

The phantom that cannot be obtained, the infatuation that cannot be forgotten, and the memory that cannot be let go.Then, it all became a drug that I could never quit.

"So, what exactly are you trying to tell me?"

The heart seems to be on fire, evaporating all the nutrients accumulated in life.Merlin turned his head, and Adelaide's psychic ability faded instantly under the impact of magic. In just a blink of an eye, he returned to the dungeon he had been familiar with for the past few days.

She didn't seem to care about the mage's silent resistance. The girl withdrew her hand from Shanruliu, and stood quietly outside the iron fence. Her green eyes were no longer empty, but for the first time had a clear focus, scattered in this area. The place she was most familiar with.

"No one here can stop you, and neither can I."

The crisp and immature voice was like the sounds of nature, but it made Merlin's pupils shrink sharply.Having faced his superb magic directly, he naturally understands the distance between them. It is no longer the strength of ability, but the gap accumulated over time. Even mutants of her and West's level will never It is impossible to match the earth-shaking ability of the mage.

Among the three people who went to Oxford to snipe, the ghost and the poisonous snake were dead. Now in this dark and damp secret base, only she knows how terrifying Merlin is.But Adelaide never thought of reminding Yi Laizhe to be careful about his magic. Even if she knew that the mage succumbed to this cage was absolutely impossible because of the iron bars and the purpose was not pure, she didn't feel that she had a warning Duties of Companionship.

"why?"

Although it is also very strange that Yi Laizhe would really treat himself as an ordinary person completely, without any defense at all.But Merlin would never have imagined that the one who tricked him would be the killing weapon that this lunatic doctor relied on most.Therefore, the look at the girl was somewhat complicated.

In terms of reason, people are enemies on the opposite side; in terms of emotion, Wester's guilt towards her is enough for Merlin to be on the verge of an enemy.One of them is the past that the hermit cannot escape, and the other is the future that he wants to grasp desperately. They are by no means unrelated to each other, but that's all.The mage didn't think there was any reason for Adelaide to make such a betrayal-like concealment from her master in order to help him.

"Why didn't you expose me?"

Maybe Merlin thought about countless answers at that moment, but the girl's answer was undoubtedly the one that he couldn't understand the most and also had the most mixed feelings.

"Because West likes you."

His eyes were still clear, as if he had never been stained by the sins of the world.Adelaide tilted her head, wondering if she could feel Merlin's confusion, she thought for a while, and added:

"The way he looks at you is the same as before. I like it very much."

Perhaps the mage didn't know it, and the hermit himself could hardly feel it.But that gentle look as if embracing the whole world, that gaze that breaks through the loneliness and goes upstream from the abyss, is clearly the brilliance of that powerful and unparalleled soul 20 years ago, it seems that as long as he looks at it, Even if the whole world is full of storms, unprecedented trust and courage will arise from the bottom of my heart.Instead of what she saw when she woke up 20 years later, the kind of self-exile mixed with humbleness and cowardice in front of her, as if she had lost everything.

She likes such a firm and gentle boy, West who has someone she wants to protect, and no one can defeat him.Even if the deep-rooted nostalgia and persistence are no longer given to herself, she still likes it very much.

People who have died long ago are destined to have a place to return to, Adelaide never knew.After meeting Merlin, she will not doubt this established fact even more.

And her destination will always be under that quiet lake that is only a hundred miles away from here.When every summer comes, the shore of the lake will be covered with pure white snow thistles, together with the everlasting snow in the Alps, like a paradise that pilgrims can never reach.

Maybe there was a moment of resentment, maybe they hurt each other.But no matter what, her world has always been only him.

'I am willing to repay with all I have. As long as you are willing, I can accept the death you give without hesitation. '

’ But that would be after the curtain fell. '

The corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably, as if he had heard the vow that the boy had made once again.Adelaide's clean and pure eyes were wide open, without any jealousy or confusion, just quietly, as if he could see the doomed future in the near future.

"Are you going to let him die?"

He grasped the iron railing in front of him with both hands, without blinking his eyes.For Merlin, he is not qualified to meddle in the past of West and Adelaide, but only this, this one thing, is the bottom line that he absolutely cannot compromise.

"He will be free."

No nods, no denials.The blue-eyed girl just took one last look at the mage, turned around, and disappeared into the deep darkness at the end of the corridor.

Right now, they're all going to each other's ends, to the moment when it's all over.

In the morning light that is about to rise.

The author has something to say: Hmm... Serena has been hidden for another chapter.

The Adelaide line is actually my favorite, so I wrote it in a little more detail, sorry if I don’t like it...

Anyway, the next chapter will continue the plot, and it will be over soon~(≧▽≦)/~

PS Thank you for naming the waste mine~

I love you (*/ω＼*)