【Sremiku】The Gate of Light

In the dream, Sorey met love.

Of course it doesn't belong to him, Solei's love is a deep purple gemstone that makes even Starlight feel ashamed, and makes him proud.

The protagonist of the dream is a strange little sister with two braids, her face is as red as an apple, and two dimples will appear when she grins.Suddenly a black shadow came to her, snatched her rag doll, and gave her an apple that had eaten most of it.The little girl looked at Banla Apple, which was still drool on the tooth marks in her hand, and then looked up at the doll held by the black shadow. She just opened her mouth as if to say something, but burst into tears.Hei Ying seemed a little shaken, and finally put the doll back into the little girl's hand.

"Don't cry, it's so ugly." Heiying said, from the voice, Shi Lei thought it was a boy who was as old as a little girl.

Later, the scenery changed, and the main character was still the little girl, but she grew up a bit and replaced the two braids with shawl hair. She was slender, and the white skirt was covered with lace and fluttered, so cute.In the distance of the dream, Shi Lei saw a black shadow that was one size bigger. The black shadow was pacing under the shade of the apricot tree with a bouquet of flowers in his hands, and his eyes kept drifting towards the girl.As a result, the girl waited until dark and saw no one came, turned around and left, leaving only the black shadow standing in place and watching her back.

"Hey, who are you waiting for?" When she reappeared, she stood behind the shadow, her innocent smile lighting up the night.Soi Ying didn't say anything at the end, but just stuffed the bouquet and a crumpled letter into her hands, exactly the same as when she returned her doll.

Then, they were together, walking hand in hand on country roads like all lovers, going shopping in the city, she would read to him who could not read, and he would go to the forest to pick her favorite sour plums.The two of them are like the hero and heroine of a third-rate love novel, talking about love in a bland manner.

Until one day, the girl got married, and like a third-rate love novel, the groom was not him.

Shi Lei saw the black shadow mixed in the wedding scene, tears became the only color on his body, and the filthy breath gushed out from his body.Leaving his hometown, he had no foundation in swordsmanship and became a bandit with someone who was also abandoned by the world. He was easily killed by the knights during a siege mission.

At this point, the strange dream came to an end.

When Shi Lei woke up, it was almost noon. The scorching sun mixed with the moisture left over from the rain made him sweat all over. The small room was as hot as a toaster oven in summer, and the blanket that was still covering him did not know Where was kicked.He rubbed his eyes and left Micurio huddled up on the only wooden chair in the room with his back facing him. He hung his head, and his long silver-white unmanaged hair was naturally divided evenly on the back of his neck. of two shares.In the sunlight, his silhouette was trimmed with gold, and the mercury-like radiance shone on his face, and the sunlight smeared a layer of honey on his white skin.The huddled Micurio looked like a lazy kitten from the back, flipping through a collection of poems that he accidentally soaked in soapy water last night in front of the messy desk in the dormitory.On the table were all kinds of treasures collected at the market yesterday: colorful ink bottles, quill pens that are not very easy to use, small hand mirrors, unfinished juice cups from the night, and suspicious things that even Shi Lei himself forgot. I bought a small cardboard box for what purpose.

And Micurio, who was obsessively flipping through the crumpled books in front of the table, remained motionless like a statue, forming too strong a contrast with the colorful room.He smiled quietly, and tiptoed out of bed, trying not to break the silence of the room.

Micurio knew that Sorey had woken up, but he just kept silent and pretended to be indulging in the world of words. It was not difficult to find that his face was as red as a ripe berry just by observing.As long as he was distracted, the scene from the night before would surround him like a dog, barking and barking, making him uneasy.But that was just one of the reasons why he didn't dare to face Sorey.

He lied, lied to Sorey twice in one short day.Although he and Sorey often tell little lies and jokes, they will always be honest with each other as if there is a rule on key matters and will never hide anything. Now, Micurio is the first to break this unwritten rule.The guilt in his heart tormented him, his heart was as hot as if it had been roasted on fire, and his skin was boiling and red due to the heat.He eagerly wanted to tell Shi Lei what was hidden in his mind, but he didn't know how to open it. There seemed to be countless ants crawling through his blood vessels, which made him wish to tear his chest open and let the secret flow away along with the blood.

The doctor he saw yesterday was still flashing in his mind, and he remembered that the doctor called his name when he walked into the consultation room. Only then did Micurio remember why the nameplate on the outside made him feel so familiar.

The doctor walked up to him and bowed deeply. "Long time no see. The last time I met you, I was still a child." The amber eyes were lifeless like the frozen earth, and Micurio remembered that he had seen these eyes before.

"Ti...Moxy?" He tried to dig out a name from memory and pronounced it hesitantly, and the old doctor nodded.It was only then that Micurio confirmed the identity of this person. At that time, the old doctor was still a child who had just learned the rules of etiquette, and the appearance of following Laila timidly staring at Micurio made him unforgettable.

Micurio did not sit down, but stood with his arms folded in the shadow not far from the door. "It's been over 40 years, how is Laila?"

"I don't know either. I haven't seen her since the mentor contract was terminated." Timothy took off his glasses and propped his forehead with one hand, exuding the old man's unique exhaustion with every breath. "Sure enough, the young man just now is also a mentor, right?" Micurio didn't say a word, it was a tacit consent, so he continued: "Although I have always treated the legend as a joke, Laila refused to reveal to me a little bit about the former mentors. Now I finally believe it, he is the mentor Sorey who is hailed as a hero." He handed the case on the table to Micurio, motioning him to read it for himself.

"Laila is still the same. I don't know if her current jokes and excuses have improved."

The old doctor smiled and shook his head, then he coughed and brought the topic back. "To put it simply, the various mental problems he has experienced recently are probably just a simple excess of information stored in the brain."

"What do you mean?" Micurio, who had no research on medical skills, could not fully understand the contents of the medical records.

"Well, according to the way that the Celestial Clan is more familiar with, the mentor Solei is not so much a human being, but rather an existence that is close to the 'Memories of the Earth', but the difference is that those memories are not in the form we are familiar with. Appeared in nature or ruins, but stored in his brain." He took the notes returned by Micurio, and continued: "As a half-assed mentor, I guess this information does not belong to him. They are all fragments left unintentionally by Mr. Sorey during the purification process. Although they will not cause harm to the body, because his body structure is still human, and his brain capacity is limited, the human brain is logically unable to carry and process excessive information and memories. Yes, you should be exhausted if you don't have a nervous breakdown."

Micurio nodded in agreement. "That's why he's been able to sleep especially lately... Is it because of this that he showed a side that doesn't belong to him?"

"If my guess is correct, you are right. After all, human beings are different from the Celestial Clan. The memory capacity of the brain is very limited. If the memory capacity of the brain exceeds the limit, there will be mental problems such as dreaminess, lethargy, and multiple personalities. I believe that if It would be of great help to Master Solei if he could lose part of his memory, but I will..." Speaking of this, the doctor paused, as if these words had exhausted all the air in his lungs. After a while, he continued: "In addition, I don't know the reason why he can't be detected by humans occasionally. No matter how he checks his body, he really belongs to humans, and his weight is normal. It's better to say that he is a person who is sleeping. It's too healthy for someone who has lived for so many years, so I'm really sorry that I can't help you."

Facing the doctor's serious apology, Micurio hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no, you have already helped a lot, and I will figure out the rest by myself."

"It's a good thing that the bishop brought you to see me, otherwise the average doctor would probably not get any conclusions." Timothy just grinned, but the laughter was replaced by a violent cough.

Micurio, who turned around and grabbed the doorknob, was not in a hurry to leave. He turned his back to the beautiful sunset and asked, "Timothy, why did you give up being a mentor?" He heard a deep sigh from behind The ear-piercing sound of wooden chairs rubbing against the floor echoed in the consultation room. Micurio did not urge him, but stood silently at the door waiting for the answer.

"If Master Micurio hadn't asked me, I really didn't want to answer. The reason is too useless to be worth mentioning." He tried his best to make his tone appear insignificant, but in fact it backfired. "It's too heavy." He said, "Yes, I aspire to become a doctor for the purpose of helping the world and saving people, but the responsibility of a mentor, whether it is to purify the filth, is too heavy. After all, I am just a mortal, and it is almost impossible to bear so many responsibilities. Drive me crazy. To be honest, what is the absolute relationship between the world and the war? Although I know that my thoughts are too selfish, it is easier to live for myself." Finally, the old doctor's voice was already soft Hearing that, he stood up and began to pace back and forth in the room. His tired footsteps and arched back reflected his old age.

Micurio listened to his monologue quietly. Facing the door, he opened his lips slightly, and his voice was as soft as talking to himself. "Even if others don't understand, as long as you believe that you are right, it is enough, and the choices and sacrifices you make must have their right reasons."

He heard a faint sobbing sound behind him, he opened his mouth to say something, but abruptly bit the sentence into pieces and swallowed it, and finally walked out of the former mentor's sight without looking back.

"Micurio, Micurio, are you listening to me?"

The wooden chair was shaken by Shi Lei like a solitary boat in the sea, the dust on the floor flew up and quickly fell down again.Micurio hadn't recovered yet, completely lost his balance under the violent shaking, and his body followed the chair shaking and fell forward.Shi Lei hurriedly supported his waist with both hands, and carried him out of the chair that was about to fall.Micurio's soft back arched in his palm like a startled cat.The hair that is usually neatly combed is also scattered on the chest in a mess, and a few of them are mischievously curled up, curved and thin like a small hook scratching in the heart.

"Is the book good?" Under the glaring gaze of the man in his arms, Shi Lei began to find nothing to say, and pulled out a few sticks of curled hair with one hand.

He jumped out of Sorey's arms, tucking his messy hair behind his ears. "Be gentle when you call me next time. I'm not deaf." He felt that Sorey was still muttering something, but it was all at a volume that Micurio couldn't hear clearly. The strand of long hair that had just been tidied was hooked out and curled around his fingers, and he let go of the curls, as if he was enjoying it and giggled.

"Why do you want to tell me something?" You took two steps back to avoid Shi Lei's fingers.

"Oh yes, I have a place I want to go."

"where?"

"Mmm..." Soley folded his arms on his chest and frowned, looking hard to think. "To be honest, I don't know too well, I just remember that there is a big apricot tree in the place I want to go!"

He curled his lips and said: "This range is too wide, I'll ask the owner of the dormitory later." Micurio tied his hair up high, and when he went downstairs, the water blue was behind him proudly. Swaying from side to side, it hit Sorey on the face that he had put on purpose more than once.

The owner of the dormitory who provided help was as loud as ever, and he waved his hands enthusiastically, so that Sorey had to dodge frequently. "Apricot tree? Hey, Master Tianzu, you really asked the right person. There is only one small town near Red Lake that makes a fortune by producing apricots, and it happens to be not far from here!" The enthusiastic boss pulled out the map from the messy drawer, flipped After falling off a large area of ​​dust, he squinted his eyes and used his fingers to draw on the map. "Here, look, it's right here." The red dot representing the town is next to a small river, and it really doesn't look far from here.

"Do you need to prepare dinner?" Before leaving, the boss poked his head out of the door to perform the duties of the host.Sorey nodded first, but Micurio thought that it might be nightfall when he came back, so he declined the boss's kindness.Holding a rough handwritten map, one person and one family held hands, laughing and walking out of the city.

There is plenty of rain in Highland in late summer, and even if you step on the grass without water accumulation, your trouser legs will be wet with dew.In order to take a shortcut, the two entered a forest from the middle of the road, not to mention that Micurio's trouser legs were already dyed dark green by the grass, and Shi Lei accidentally stepped on a piece of freesia. The juice sticks to the soles of the shoes, carrying a faint fragrance wherever you go.Midsummer has just passed, and the temperature is pleasant.The sun shone brightly on the bushes above, and the shredded shadows fell on the two of them, sparkling.Sweat sticks to the body but it is not as greasy as in midsummer. It is exactly as the boss said, and the air is filled with the elegant and ethereal aroma of apricot blossoms within a short distance.Shi Lei felt that the smell made him feel like a drowning person, with no room to breathe except for the slightest bit of sweetness.

After getting out of the woods, Sorey began to pick out the scattered leaves from Micurio's hair one by one, and Micurio lowered his head obediently to rest.It was at noon that the sparsely populated town was as quiet as an empty city, and no one could be seen after walking for a long time.The scorching sun that rose to the top of his head made people upset, Solei simply took Micurio and ran into the cool woods again, and after finding a piece of shade next to the stream, the two simply sat on the ground and enjoyed the water from the stream. Cool.There are still a lot of wild plums left in the forest just after summer, although not as many as in spring, they are plump and attractive because more sugar has been deposited.Micurio pinched off all the berries he could find that hadn't been pecked by the birds and held them in his hands, and after a while his gloves were stained wine red.

After washing in clean water for a while, he stuffed the ripe wild berries into the mouths of Solei and himself one by one. The soiled gloves were thrown aside, and the bare fingertips turned red after touching the ice water. .Although the wild fruit is sweet, eating too much of it will make one's teeth sore. Sorey licked his lips stained red by the juice a few times, lay on the grass with Micurio's legs as his pillow, and began to daydream.After closing his eyes, he said to himself: In the dream, all the meadows are covered with cream pastries and vanilla cookies, and the milk river is full of cheese and beets, and the grilled fish is jumping desperately to the river bed .Micurio, who was in the audience, held his stomach and laughed, but in the end he still didn't forget to pinch Sorey's nose and scold him for being gluttonous.

Of course, Sorey wouldn't be scolded honestly, he straightened up and sat on the grass, although he looked serious with his hands on his hips, his eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled. "Who made me still grow!" He said loudly like a bragging general about to go to war: "As the saying goes, children who can eat and sleep grow taller, and if I don't use it anymore, I will be half a head taller than you again. !"

The kiss happened so naturally, like all the laws of nature.Sorei deepened the kiss, and when the tip of his tongue touched Micurio's lips, he tasted the sourness and sweetness of wild strawberries, which was different from last night's wonderful aroma of creamy pastry, with green and sweet emotions dancing on his taste buds , as if every kiss is a new experience.

It didn't take long for the trembling body to calm down, and Sorey withdrew from his lips without authorization. "Micurio's lips are as red as lipstick." Micurio puffed up and lay beside the water. His lips in the water were a faint begonia color, as if the redness was the kiss itself.With a flush on his face, he picked up the stream water, and Micurio desperately washed off the residual taste and color of the wild fruit and made up his mind that he would never eat blindly again.

When the sun tilted his head slightly to the west, Sorey, who was so bored that he could only doze off, finally heard shouts from the direction of the town. He hurriedly pulled up Micurio, who was sitting on the ground and closed his eyes, and swooped down from the low hillside. , Straight into the crowd of people in the town center.According to Shi Lei's description, the townspeople quickly pointed out the exact direction of the destination for the two. It was a beautiful red-roofed bungalow, which was said to be used by a certain nobleman to raise his lover and illegitimate children.The wind blew through the apricot tree, and then a sycamore tree, and Micurio could see the faded tiles of the red house from a long distance away.Under the golden blossoms of the almond tree, a woman dressed in red stood there.

Seeing Shi Lei who kept running, he was a little dazed, he felt that this figure looked familiar, and Shi Lei even rushed towards the woman without any scruples, as if the two had been friends for many years.As he approached, Micurio saw a series of clear fingerprints on her neck.She recognized the oncoming young man who attacked her yesterday. Micurio saw that she took two steps back but did not run away. Instead, he waited for them with a look of death.When he got close, Shi Lei became nervous. He opened his mouth several times probably to call his name, but obviously he didn't know.

Micurio bumped Sorey's back hard with his elbow, almost causing Sorey to lose his footing and fall into the grass. "Apologize in advance."

"Well, I'm sorry about that... Although I don't remember clearly, I really wanted to do something very rude to you yesterday! Please forgive me!" He said and bowed a standard ninety degrees.The woman in red didn't mean to blame him, but was amused by Shi Lei's claret, it seemed that she was still unable to detect the people of the Celestial Clan.

"It's really hard for you to apologize for this special trip, but it's okay. You must have been stimulated by something at that time, right? It's lucky that no one was hurt." The lady's voice was soft and her words were appropriate. It will be twisted into a ball, and it is obvious that she is old, with a lot of white silk mixed in her blonde hair, and a trickling bun behind her head, and the red dress looks very elegant despite its plain material , It can be seen that he is a person of identity.

After being forgiven, Sorey didn't stop there, he stood there looking a little at a loss. "Is there anything else?" the woman asked.To be honest, Micurio didn't know Sorey's purpose either, the two of them chatted all the time on the way, but no one mentioned or asked.After a moment of embarrassment, Shi Lei told the woman in red exactly what he had seen in his dream, about the love, betrayal and parting between the woman and the black shadow.Not to mention the heroine of the story, even Micurio was dumbfounded and speechless.

"Well, that's probably the case. Although I don't know the reason why I hold this memory, I always feel that I should come and tell you, so I came." He seemed a little nervous, but he didn't look away because of this, and looked straight at her .

"No wonder I thought that person came back to look for me when I saw you pounce on me." Soon she smiled again, not knowing whether it was because of the nervous Sorey or this old memory. "Thank you for letting me have one last look at that man before I die, young man."

"Well, if you don't mind, can you tell me what exactly happened?" Sorei continued to ask, his reluctant eyes told Micurio that he still had a lot to know.

"It's just ridiculous to say it now. I'm just an empty marionette for nobles, and I'm not allowed to have freedom." Like a blooming rose. "In the end, I didn't even have a chance to explain to him, so we separated like this. I'm really not reconciled." This time, the corner of her mouth did not rise, and the thin shadow was pulled by the old man. She took a deep breath and continued in an extremely firm tone: "But I didn't betray him. I loved him from the beginning to the end." The slanting sunlight was like a birdcage, tightly locking her and the red house together.Red embraces red, such a warm tone, but feels bone-chillingly cold.

"Thank you for letting me see him one last time, really, thank you."

When they went back, it was already evening as Micurio expected, the rosy twilight melted into the earth, and the grass leaves and twigs that were dried by the late summer sun creaked under their feet, making them look even more like Reddy Ray. The suburbs of Clark are as cold and quiet as a huge cemetery.They stopped under a big old oak tree, and the silence spread thickly like mist to envelop the two of them, as if a whole century had passed.

Suddenly there was a piercing sobbing sound in the silence, Micurio saw that Sorey's shoulders were trembling, and the voice in his throat was hoarse but gentle but it did not belong to Sorey.The uncoordinated sobbing sounded back in the woods for about an hour. When he raised his head, Micurio could already see the stars in the dark blue sky, and the vesper bells in the distance startled a flock of birds.Finally, he saw an inconspicuous light spot the size of a firefly floating out of Sorey's body, drawing a circle between the two of them, and then disintegrating into countless fine golden dust like a bubble, flashing in the darkness. After two clicks, there was no trace.

Sorey rubbed his eyes as if he had dozed off. When he woke up, he yelled and asked Micurio why it was dark all of a sudden.Micurio smiled lightly, took two steps forward and clinged tightly to Sorey's arms, rubbing the tip of his nose against the side of his neck.Looking at Sorey who was flustered due to bewilderment, he smiled even more happily.

After that, the two held hands as before, exchanging insignificant information.Sorey seemed to be very interested in the previous mentors, and kept asking Micurio about the deeds of the previous mentors, but Micurio still didn't tell him anything because of the confidentiality agreement with the God.

Sorey still refused to give up. "Then let me change the question. Are there any mentors in this era?"

"Well... there were still some decades ago, and I don't know now."

"Then is he still alive! If he is alive, at least tell me where he lives!"

"I won't be fooled, don't say it, don't say it."

"Tell me more about him anyway..." He hugged Micurio's arm like a child, and buried his face in his long, fine hair and rubbed it a few times.The old doctor's face flashed in Micurio's mind. He remembered the gentle smile he had when he met Laila for the last time. Every time she mentioned the young orphan, she would show the same look and tell Micurio proudly. Curio is such a smart and sensible child. When asked about his future plans, Leila said that he hoped that this child could grow up freely and do what he wanted to do. "But he said that he wanted to be a doctor, and that he didn't want other children to lose their parents like him." Micurio remembered clearly that when he said this, Laila smiled happily, with a transparent blue color His eyes are full of pride.

He pursed his lips: "If I have to say it, he is a good boy that people can be proud of." His big gentle purple eyes looked straight ahead of the road, as deep as the sea under the night.