Awakening of Rebirth

Taran City, late autumn.

The sky suddenly turned dark in the afternoon, and it seemed that there would be a downpour at any moment, and people couldn't help but hurry.

Soon, three or five drops of rain fell dully, seeming to expel passers-by to speed up their pace.

The dullness didn't last long. Suddenly, a thunderstorm pierced the sky, and the heavy rain poured down. The streets and roofs were all splashed with layers of mist, and the whole Talan seemed to be shrouded in a layer of white gauze.

Outside the city, there was the sound of horseshoes rushing in the rain, causing splashes all the way, and bringing a secret letter that people who traveled to foreign countries valued very much.

When Frange received the letter, he didn't dare to delay even a second. He hurried to the door of Tafel's study room, knocked on the door twice, entered quickly after obtaining permission, and put the letter in under the gaze of Tafel. Sitting on the table, leaning over and whispering, "His Royal Highness Changsheng."

"Understood." Tafil said, unwrapping the letter casually, glanced casually under Frange's concerned eyes, then folded it up and put it on the corner of the table, saying, "Send it to me." Lord Ron."

Franke was a little puzzled: "Your Highness, in the letter..."

"Some small things, I don't have the energy to deal with them, Lord Ron will take care of them."

"Can……"

"Frange." Tafil's tone was gloomy, as if a little impatient, "Do your part well."

Frange couldn't help being stunned. After a few seconds of silence, he clenched the letter in his hand, turned around and gritted his teeth, and walked out of the study quickly. He wanted to slam the door, but he endured half of his strength, and softly closed the door for Tafil.

Tafil raised his eyes and looked out of the window. Frange's leaving back seemed to be different from usual, but it was within his expectation.

He withdrew his gaze, stretched out his hand to support his forehead, closed his eyes and meditated. After a long silence, he couldn't help murmuring: "The sky has changed."

"Isn't it good?" Someone pushed the door and entered, with a somewhat rampant voice.

Tafil subconsciously frowned slightly, and put away all the displeasure in his heart the moment he opened his eyes.Standing up, he said politely, "Brother."

"Second brother, since eldest brother was released, I haven't come to thank you." Lurek looked at the younger brother who had bailed him out, and couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth: "However, elder brother sees that you are very tired recently. "

"Don't worry about it, brother."

"Recently, my father was ill. I couldn't resist going to see him. I thought I was going to be scolded again. Unexpectedly, he hasn't seen me for a long time. The anger caused by that incident in his heart has long since dissipated. He also asked me to share some burdens for you, for fear that you would be too tired."

Lurek smiled hypocritically, and Tafil didn't bother to hide the disgust in his heart, and remained indifferent.

The atmosphere in the room was momentarily awkward.A few seconds later, Lurek broke the silence first, and said, "I'm not afraid to tell the truth. If Master Chi didn't want us to coexist peacefully, I wouldn't bother to say a word to you. Father Wang poisoned me." , I'll take the risk, but you can't take the benefits to yourself, can you?"

As he spoke, he tapped the corner of the table with his fingertips intentionally or unintentionally, and continued: "In the end, you know all of this but you didn't stop it. Neither of us is clean. Since we have a handle on each other, why don't we just join hands and do something for Master Chi?" A big deal?"

Tafil couldn't help sneering, "You are really willing to be controlled by the black dragon."

Lurek laughed a few times, then lowered his volume suddenly, and gritted his teeth close to Tafel's ear: "He controls me, and I control others. Why not? You ask this to pretend What is noble? Don’t forget, we are all the same, for our own selfish desires, we can even sell ourselves to the black dragon.”

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had caught something, he took a few steps back, kept a safe distance, and said with a smile: "Why, could it be that the second brother has a different heart for Mr. Chi?"

"You and I can't escape the black dragon's eyes, so there's no need to gossip."

"That's good. Lord Chi will come back to life eventually, and El and the mainland will be completely ruled by him. We serve him as meritorious service, and he will not treat us badly." Lurek didn't care about Tafil's words, and walked around behind the table , sat on the Tafel chair, comfortably raised Erlang's legs, and seemed to be able to see the future he was looking forward to in his eyes: "Now, as long as you join hands with me to help Sir Chi, the future Ainota, I would like to share with you equally."

"Okay." Tafil said coldly, "Then I hope that you and I, brothers, will never have to go to the day when everyone betrays their relatives."

"I have not been favored since I was a child, and you were also sent far to the border. The father only has his and Hilda's children in his heart, and he has already abandoned us! Now you and I have the power in our hands. People who are loyal to this right will As relatives, as long as we get rid of the two scourges of Changsheng and Mingluo, everything is under our control, so why would we betray our relatives?"

"Brother is right." Tafil turned his back to Lurek and walked to the window, looking at the heavy rain outside the window, snorted a sneer, and was shattered by the sound of the rain in less than a second.

……

Flange looked at the Tower into the Clouds in the distance, and the falling rain blurred people's vision. He clutched the letter in his hand, hesitating whether to move on.

Not long ago, King Dilanther was assassinated by someone. At first, he was in a trance occasionally, and he didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until one day that he suddenly fell to the ground, lost his ability to move after waking up, and even found it extremely difficult to speak. After taking a colorless and odorless chronic poison for a long time, the initial symptoms are difficult to be noticed by people. At this time, the poisoning is already deep, and all the medical officials are helpless.

Knowing this that day, Tafil hurried to Di Lanse's bedroom, and Frange followed him. Seeing him go to the bedside and squat down to listen to him, Di Lanse said something to him with great difficulty. People heard it clearly, only knew that when he stood up, his expression was solemn, and he immediately ordered to block the news, declaring to the outside world that the king was ill and needed to rest, and the Second Highness Tafil would temporarily handle everything on his behalf in the future.

That night, Flange saw that Tafil was drafting a book that seemed to recall the Little Highness Mingluo, but after hesitating again and again, he burned it.

"You are..."

"Father asked me to recall Mingluo and assist him to inherit the great responsibility. I am very happy to be so trusted by my father. But he is too partial and wants to leave everything to his fourth brother, but he doesn't know that Talan is not suitable for that. The child survives."

Frange couldn't help frowning, and asked tentatively, "Is this protecting your Highness?"

Tafil raised his eyes and stared at him, his eyes were sharp and chilling.

The next day, Tafil came forward to bail Lurek and released him from prison. Afterwards, Lurek began to have frequent contacts with his former supporters. His disappointed man has once again joined his camp.

Di Lancer couldn't afford it, Lurek regained support and became more rampant, but Tafil, for some reason, backed down to his various actions step by step over and over again.

Flange knew that the tough man who once guarded the border had changed in Taran's silent power struggle, but he preferred to believe that all these changes were caused by the man he found.

The envelope that was wet with rain had already been wrinkled by him. After hesitating and struggling, he quickly ran into the alley beside him, leaned under a tree, opened the envelope and read the letter, that's all, he was silent for a long time, tore it up, deeply Step deep into the mud.

——You must have your own judgment in everything, and don't trust anyone easily, including me.

--This is an order.

***

It would take at least two months for any news to go back and forth between Statar and Taran.

The large-scale blood sacrifice in Eggert's memory in the last life is just around the corner, and Chang Sheng knows that the demons have long been impatient, and they don't have so much time to wait.

The letter asking for help had been mailed by Blind a month ago, and one month should be enough time to reach Taran.The appointed reception time was approaching, and the four people who were guests at the Jiakalun Palace gradually revealed the restlessness hidden in their hearts into the expressions they communicated with each other.

Here, they don't get any news from the outside world, and they don't know all the variables. All they can do is believe that the person they trust with their lives will also go all out for the parting appointment.

It took them a month to figure out the guarding situation inside Gakalun, formulate a route to sneak into the seal, and reserve three escape routes for backup. It is not careful, but it is the best they can do. .

On this day, the four of them made an appointment early and decided to act at night, and then they tacitly left without disturbing each other.

"Don't waste your energy when you don't need to be nervous." This is what Mogg said before leaving in the morning.

So he really got together a few servants to brag. He said that he had encountered ferocious beasts in the mountains, encountered bullies in the streets, and even nearly lost his arm in a duel with a master... There are so many things to say, these The wonderful story in the eyes of others is nothing worth mentioning compared to everything he has endured.

Jiang Zheng happened to pass by and stood aside for a while, listening with gusto, she met his gaze when he turned his head, she didn't have time to react, saw Mogg smiled lightly, turned around and continued talking about the unfinished story story.

Jiang Zheng stretched, turned around and wandered elsewhere.

Some time ago, with Irene's company, Baozi asked around and searched for information about alchemy to create synthetic beasts. He wanted to find a way to cure his sister, but finally found that this kind of alchemy is irreversible at all. possibility of recovery.

In fact, after being in contact with alchemy for so many years, he already knew the answer in his heart, but he didn't want to give up that hope of saving himself, and he didn't want to admit that his cowardice ruined his sister's life back then, hoping to change something through his own efforts.

However, on the day when he finally gave up, Baozi felt that everything had returned to the past. He was still that helpless child. When he opened his eyes, he saw the hands that he could not change. "The pained look of the men biting, as if telling him: "All this is meaningless, all the efforts you have made all this time are just your self-comfort, you know better than anyone else in your heart, you can't change it at all by doing this. What, just evading responsibility."

He was always curled up in a corner, sobbing softly.

Irene walked lightly to his side, squatted down cautiously, patted his back lightly, and remained silent for a long time.Until he couldn't open his heavy eyes, his little head drooped on his shoulders, and he fell asleep in a daze.

The weight of breathing and warmth on the shoulders broke into the helpless heart unexpectedly, like a person who came with charcoal in the snow, sending a wordless warmth in the extreme cold.

At this moment, the two were sitting side by side by the lotus pond, each with their own thoughts in silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Baozi broke the silence first.

"In a few days, my friend and I will be leaving." He said with a wry smile.It's hard to describe the feeling of saying goodbye without even daring to tell when you actually left.

"Well, I heard from sister Jiang Zheng." Irene answered with her head bowed.

Baozi couldn't help sighing, losing the topic to continue the conversation.

I don't know how long it has passed, and Irene suddenly asked in a low voice: "Will you come to play again?"

"I do not know either."

"That's it..." Irene rubbed her skirt unconsciously with her fingers, and bit her lip, as if mustering up the courage to make up her mind, she touched Baozi's arm with her elbow, and said with lowered eyes, "Brother Yousen, You marry me."

Baozi was taken aback suddenly: "What?"

"I don't care who you and your friends are, and I don't care what your purpose is when you come here, and whether you have achieved it or not." Irene's eyes were clear. She knew from the beginning that Baozi's intention was not pure, but she never I used to care about every bit: "If you marry me, you are mine. The past can be over, and you don't have to go anywhere in the future, and no one can bully you or look down on you. You can take care of your family. Take it, and they will never be bullied again in the future!"

These words were immature and ridiculous, but they used the most firm tone. Just like before, she didn't ask anything, didn't care about anything, and promised him so firmly: "I will find a way to send you out."

Baozi lay down behind him with his hands on the back of his head, his eyes never closed, and he just stared at the sky quietly, with thousands of thoughts circulating in his heart, and after a long silence, he responded softly with the smallest voice: "You are still young!" .”

"That's right." Irene put her arms around her knees, trying to hold back the tears that were about to fall in her eyes, but the slight sobbing still couldn't escape Baozi's ears.

"When you grow up, and your father is relieved of you, I will come back and take you to Cosmon." The moment of softness made him say such words by accident.

"Cosmon?"

"Didn't you always want to visit there for your mother?" Baozi closed his eyes and said, "If you want, I can take you to Longde. That's my hometown, a peaceful and comfortable place where everyone is welcome. Nice and friendly place.”

"That's settled!"

"Ah."

After hearing Baozi's promise, Irene sniffed and muttered softly, "I suddenly... really want to grow up."

……

That night, the four of them sat around together, dismissed all the servants, and ate their last peaceful dinner with their own concerns.

"Is everything ready?" After the meal, Jiang Zheng stretched his waist, tapped the table with his fingertips, and said, "Let's make an agreement. Each of us will make a wish. The person who leaves alive in the end will be the one who wants to replace him." Others do them."

Changsheng's gaze at Jiang Zheng was a little more complicated.

"Who will come first? Time is limited and there are not many opportunities." Jiang Zheng urged with a smile, but no one knew how to speak. She could only force roll call: "Baozi."

Baozi was stunned for two seconds, and said: "I just want to go back to Longde, and I will always be with my sister from now on, and never allow anyone to hurt her again."

That is the companionship and care for the rest of his life, no matter who it is, he can't do it for him.

"Where's Chang Sheng?" Jiang Zheng looked at Chang Sheng.

"I can't stop the black dragon, I'm not qualified to talk about other wishes." Chang Sheng said, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

Her life was picked up by accident. From the moment she was reborn, everything she did was to stop the black dragon and prevent the nightmare of her previous life from reappearing.If this matter is excluded, what else is worth caring about? It is probably the feeling that has grown from being ignorant to gradually sprouting in her heart along the way, which has made her neither dare to speak nor sigh, for fear that if she speaks out, she will lose everything...

"This is so difficult." Jiang Zheng didn't notice the complicated emotions in Chang Sheng's eyes, turned his head to look at Moge, and asked, "What about senior?"

Mogg wiped his mouth, yawned, and said meaninglessly, "Live like a human, or die like a human."

"What about you?" Chang Sheng asked Jiang Zheng.

"The wish of each of you is too much, and I will definitely not be able to fulfill it. Then..." Jiang Zheng thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Then my wish is that everyone is safe and sound, and leave Eggert together."

"See you later." Mogg said, laughed a few times, waved his hands, and got up to leave.Seeing this, Baozi got up and left immediately, and went back to his room to pack his things.

Jiang Zheng saw that his chicken soup didn't work, so he fell on the bed, closed his eyes and rested to hide his embarrassment.

Chang Sheng sat down beside her, gently covered her with a quilt, and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as I have breath, I will never let you die first."

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Zheng reached out and grabbed the edge of the quilt, and said lightly, "I'm still half a phoenix. It's not that easy to kill me."

"It seems that you don't need my protection." Chang Sheng said.

"If you want to show off, of course I won't refuse."

"A Zheng."

"Ok?"

"I am a person who has died once. I don't have much fear of death... Along the way, I just instinctively want to live, and I want to work hard when I am alive, and change something. I want to change thing."

Jiang Zheng opened his eyes in surprise, looked at Chang Sheng and said, "Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"Azheng..." Changsheng called her name in a low voice, and said, "You asked me what wish I had, and I said that I am not qualified to talk about wishes until I successfully stop the black dragon, but in fact I have wishes." Changsheng held tightly Clenching his fists, he struggled and hesitated for a while under Jiang Zheng's increasingly complex eyes, and then continued: "I want to fulfill your wishes one by one, starting with fulfilling my promise to you."

Jiang Zheng was speechless for a while, and just stared at Chang Sheng in a daze.

"You saved me, you are my benefactor, you accompany me, you are my friend. Besides, I have other selfishness towards you." Chang Sheng said, rubbing his eyes, and said: " Along the way, you are always by my side, I didn’t realize how important you are to me, until in Wodo, you disappeared in front of my eyes together with Chiba Quicksand, and you didn’t come back for a long time, I almost thought I would lose you , At that time, I really felt that the sky was going to collapse, luckily, you came back."

"In the sea of ​​hopelessness, you were attacked and fell down in front of my eyes. I was in a coma. I was going crazy. I only hated myself for being incompetent. I couldn't even protect you. I even became timid, afraid that if I continued on this road, you would be hurt. More hurt, that must hurt me more than dying again."

"I didn't tell anyone, but that was the first time, I had the idea of ​​retreating... Qianye Liusha could sacrifice Phoenix for Wodo, she is the greatest priest in Wodo's history, so it's me What? If someone tells me that this road must sacrifice you, I am really afraid that I will lose the courage to go on.”

"I remember, you said that after these things are dealt with in the future, you want to use the power of the phoenix to save lives and heal the wounded, and then when we are gone, you will go back to Vodo and let Phoenix return to its roots... I also said that before that , I want to stay with you all the time, pay for you, provide you with free food and drink, until I am gone."

Jiang Zheng couldn't help but have red eyes, but he didn't notice it. He just tried to stay rational and stared into Chang Sheng's eyes.

"I also promised you to build a tower for you." Chang Sheng said, and couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth: "Do you remember?"

——I am no longer the little girl in the ivory tower.

——The ivory tower?What does it look like? When I go back to Talan, I will build one for you.

--puff!

— What are you laughing at?is it funny?

--without!I remember this, you owe me a tower.

It was just a joke, and she almost forgot it, but unexpectedly, someone always remembered it.

"Azheng, I used to be afraid to say some things, but today I am even more afraid that if I don't say them now, I will never have a chance to say them again." Changsheng couldn't help but took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and said, "I like you! If I Man, I will never marry anyone except you in this life. But I am not, so for you in this life, I will not marry anyone. "

These words seemed to have exhausted all the strength in her body, and in the end her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible. With a trace of expectation, she asked softly:

"What about you? Do you have me in your heart?"

The author has something to say: take a sip of bitter candy, Kawen has passed, and will continue to update.

This time, Calvin found something wrong with the timeline because he wrote it. Although everyone didn’t notice it, he felt uncomfortable watching it, so he went through it from beginning to end, repaired the timeline in the previous article, and added A little detail.Specific changes do not affect the overall plot, so there is no need to look back.