【Liai】Horizon

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He came to the place where love began again, and what greeted the feet of traveling alone was the soil that seemed to be getting barren in winter.Stronger than the sense of belonging brought by the hometown, there must be something in this place that is the source of my sense of security, maybe a person, maybe just a few seconds of scenery.

Originally, a group of people came here laughing and joking. The unique temperature and light of summer, compared with the scene in front of me, the memory suddenly took on a sense of right and wrong.Now Alan Yeager wrapped himself in a thick down jacket, and there was no one in sight.There is only a row of lonely footprints on the shallow snow layer leading to the familiar side of the beach.The boy stared at it blankly for a while, then imitated the pace of that footprint, stepped on it, every step coincided, and then he stood where the person had stayed, looking at the same scenery.

Dear boy, don't be so pessimistic. At the end of this journey, the dream just ends.

The sea breeze lifted the corner of his scarf.The sky is not as blue as in summer, but more often a relaxing gray-white.Seeing the sea again, he still likes this vast blue, except for a little extinction in his heart.The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks hits my heart every time.

He made a call, like chatting, he stepped on the soft sand and talked to the man on the receiver.He wasn't quite sure how the other party felt when he received his call, but he would definitely answer his call.

"What's your favorite view?"

"This is the second time you ask."

On the other side of the receiver, the man's voice was a little helpless.The boy subconsciously raised the corner of his mouth, "Mr. Levi, let's watch the sunrise together tomorrow. This time, go to a higher place, on the top of the mountain where I fell into the water last time, is it okay?"

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The story draws to a close.

Petra closed the curtains and cleaned up the dead asparagus on the window sill. The soft pieces were picked up, slipped through her fingers, and fell into the wastebasket.It’s been a long time since I’ve been at home, sitting in the office for a long time, the concept of date and time has gradually become blurred, let alone remembering that there are still little lives at home that need water support.She changed into cotton pajamas, the heat from the hot bath had not dissipated from her cheeks.She got under the quilt, and the heat brushed her short hair.This moment is the most peaceful and comfortable, but it seems that there is always something stuck in my heart, which cannot be solved or resolved.

While thinking this way, he had already dialed Han Ji's number.

"Hey, what's the captain doing lately?"

"It's true that he hasn't shown up for a long time." Han Ji said softly, "Who knows, this kind of man." After a pause, Han Ji said "wait a moment", followed by the sound of the door being opened and closed , and she whined and sneezed.

"Are there any guests?"

"Well, huh, it's really cold on the balcony." Han Ji said mysteriously, "Why don't you ask who it is? That guest."

"He spread his affairs among several of us. Along with his rights." Petra didn't pay attention to other things, she only worried, "To the point...it doesn't matter if he doesn't come back."

Had he finally gone to find his own freedom?

"Let him go." Han Ji laughed, "You hope so too."

If only she could be so open-minded, Petra thought about it carefully, she really hoped so.They said goodnight to each other and hung up at the same time.One turned off the light and wrapped himself in a quilt.Another person opened the door of the room, and then flicked his phone at the teenager sitting in the living room.

"Ah, sorry, it's Petra."

Allen stood up, straightened his back, "Ah, I'm sorry for visiting so late..."

"Hey, you really are a brat." Han Ji sat next to him on the sofa and patted him on the shoulder lightly. "Let me guess, you want me to help get that gun out of the country?"

"And then, Levi that bastard, ran off to England?"

The surprise of being instantly seen through flashed in the boy's eyes. Han Ji pushed his glasses and showed a sly smile, "Can I ask, how long are you going to toss around?"

"..."

"Well, I can help you, but in return."

If he is really brave enough to love, he can dispel the haze caused by anxiety.She believed in this, just like spring will usher in one day after winter passes.So what she can do now is probably to show an encouraging smile.

"Would you like to bring back a happy ending?"

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The alarm rang in the dimly lit guest room, and he opened his eyes almost in the next second.It was a light sleep, or not awake at all.

He shook the key hanging on his chest, then got up, and washed himself neatly.Put on a sweater, woolen trousers, down jacket, jeans, and tie the laces of black Martin boots.He put on a scarf and put on gloves.The thick woolen gloves were a bit bulky, and he took them off again, then reached inside the duffel bag and took out the gun.

He closed the door softly so that no one would be woken.The quiet town has not yet woken up, walking alone, accompanied by the sound of the wind.When he walked to the foot of the mountain, he saw a black car slowly going up the mountain road.The brown castle and sleep in the darkness before sunrise, and the stars can still be seen in the sky.

When there is a twilight in the sky, the light passes through the clouds and falls on the sea, and a new cool wind rolls up from the center of the sea, and arrives here from Foxiao.The brown-haired boy approached the end of his journey bit by bit along the spiraling mountain road.

Walking always makes people feel peaceful. Maybe he has already prepared every word, every movement, how to start and how to end.Or maybe, he didn't think about what to do at all, he just came here to meet another person.Who can foresee what the future holds?It's like no one can get back the distant past.

Or in the dark, the human soul is stored in the river of time in a fixed form, and no matter how it is washed away, it cannot change the established track.Meet, part, meet again, part.The sense of fate that could not be separated from the collapse finally injected courage and determination into the eyes.

That's it, he came to the ancient castle.A middle-aged man wrapped in a thick cotton coat came out of the guard room and opened the three metal locks on the iron door for him.He pulled his hat, said hello to the young man silently, then turned and left, leaving behind a carved iron door.It's a subtle feeling, like a silent king finally opened the city gate for him.He had built a city wall countless times before to prevent him from approaching. The wall with thorns and roses was intimidating, but it was hard to defend, and it still allowed people to attack the city.He pushed open the door, creaked, and no one bothered.

The man rests his hands on the railing.If I remember correctly, there is a long and thin scar on the palm of his right hand under the black leather glove.That was the proof that he had saved him. The scar cut the lifeline in two, telling the doom.With 22 minutes to sunrise, he heard footsteps and turned his head to meet those green eyes.

Ellen Yeager smiled at Levi.

They are all the same people, trapped beasts, clamoring silently, strong and lonely.

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"When I find out that you have done the same thing as the giant outside the wall, I will kill you with my own hands."

"You've said it many times, I remember."

"You are the key, but you can't always take risks. It's very contradictory, isn't it?"

"It's really not like what you said, choose to believe in yourself or choose who to believe, you have always let me decide for myself."

"So, if this war is over, what will you do?"

"Travel, to see the world beyond the walls... along with those who will never have the chance to see again."

"Will you come with me?"

"Water of fire, sea of ​​sand, land of ice."

"What's your favorite view?"

He stood on the wall of Maria and looked into the distance. The morning sun fell in his eyes, and the light and shadow flowed, brighter than the sparks.He still wears the cloak, with the wings of freedom flying behind him.It's glory, it's prison.Countless times when he was speeding forward in the air, and when he was beside death countless times, he would feel that he was approaching freedom, infinitely approaching without really getting it.Gradually he got used to this slight pain, which was just a small expectation of a soldier in a huge war.

It wasn't until one day that he approached the officer he admired the most that he realized that he wasn't the only one who felt this way.It's just that he has been rushing to the front, raising his sword a thousand times without reservation, with an expelling tone.But he is different, as a soldier captain, he has to think more and restrain more.Behind his stern and cold face is also a trapped beast, and he wipes the blood from his hands like a Shura.He stood on the edge of the city wall, with thousands of eaves behind him, and the vast wilderness in front of him.He stood here the last time the sun rose and said to himself:

"It's not that there is no emotion, but it's better not to. But no one can do it."

"Do you understand? We are not free."

And before that, at the dawn at the end of March, the young man mustered up the courage to invite him to watch the sunrise on the city wall for the first time.The captain just stood beside him quietly, looking at the anticipation and joy of the first light in his eyes, then he turned his head and said to him:

"Alan, live."

It was a long time later that the boy realized how restrained and deep emotions were contained in this short sentence.He couldn't believe it, how could the strongest human soldier have the same feelings as himself——

"Water of fire, sea of ​​sand, land of ice."

"What's your favorite view?"

So he asked like this, cautiously trying to understand a little more and get closer.But he never thought that he had already crossed the wall of the other party's heart.

Then came the long silence, then the dawn, and then the rising sun to shine on the earth.

When he had forgotten the question he asked, when the light fell on the wings of freedom, he heard an answer, more like a faint sigh, but it was worth a thousand words .

"you."

That was the first time that Alan Yeager cried without warning in front of Levi, and it was also the first time that he smiled and cried.He thought he had his answer.

They are the same people, with the same mission, the same shackles.In the face of reality, they know that the other party or themselves may stop at any time and cannot reach the final freedom.But I just want to continue to believe, isn't that good?None of them will say that word until the end comes.Just like the sky and the ocean separated by the horizon, they are infinitely close and complement each other, but never overlap.

But so what, in the midst of the war, on the city wall, before sunrise, he showed a big boy's smile, his satisfied and sad eyes were so pure that they were almost transparent.

"If one day—"

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"If one day, there is no longer something that binds you. Will you tell me from the beginning, whether you like it or hate it. Whether it is the past or the future you want."

"What kind of future do you want?"

Levi looked at him, and he seemed to have grown up a lot in an instant.What kind of time and emotion can be enough to grind away the edges and corners of a person, so that he can follow up quietly, love and hate are no longer written on the face, but buried in the heart.If he continues to say nothing and do nothing, he will get the answer he wants, even if what he wants is not the answer at all, this will be the last time they meet.

Suddenly, I felt that there was exactly the same scene in the past, very far, far away.If there were previous lives, what were they like?He wouldn't think about these things, but he vaguely knew the ending.How brave a person must be to start to pursue what you want after continuous struggle, maybe it is destined to belong to you.You acquiesced to this love, but you still have lingering fears.

Levi turned his head, leaving him with a back view, the same as that time, the same as in the distant past.The line of sight fell back to the sea level, and there was a glimmer of light on the horizon.

"What kind of answer do you want? You always control everything, don't you, you always make the choice you think is the most correct, then please tell me, what should I do."

"And it will be the last time I'm going to ask so capriciously."

"Please, choose the one you really want."

"Ellen."

"Ok?"

"Do you have the guts to shoot me?"

"No, I..."

"Why don't you ask 12 years ago—"

"I believe it's not you, even if it's..."

"even if?"

"The precious things you gave me are more than harm, in every sense."

"That's an illusion."

His tone was cold and silent, as if he didn't care.But he on the other side is still willing to believe so, the young man took a deep breath, as if what he was going to say next would exhaust all his determination.

This is the longest sentence he has spoken to Levi in ​​one breath, every word and every sentence, all beating in the middle of his heart:

"I asked you for this gun. I know its meaning. I know that behind it is the glory and shackles of your family. There is also the bullet that passed through my mother's chest. There is no blood, but it is the truth. I'm not going to run away from any truth and at the same time I don't want to give up anything I want - no, no, I don't want to say this, why don't I say it. I just want to bet on the possibility that you let me stay Beside, give me the ultimate protection, that kiss, and the reason you gave me this gun, if there is one more reason, you know, the reason I will never shoot you. Why can't you say it? I love you , Mr. Levi, there is no one in this world more worthy of my affection than you. If all you care about is the past, then I am willing to forgive. Whether it is about my mother or... anything, or, Please allow me to bear it together."

After he finished speaking, there was only the sound of waves beating against the rocks on the English coast in the early morning.He gasped slightly, slowly digesting his confession without thinking, and suddenly felt a sense of relief, so relaxed that he wanted to laugh.The sea breeze dried away the tears, and the sunrise on the horizon was reflected in his pupils.

The person you like the most is the scenery you like the most.

Before he could say anything, his sight and voice were blocked at the same time.Levi stood in front of him, reached out and touched his chin lightly, pulling him closer, giving him a long and affectionate kiss.His mind went blank for a moment, he only knew that the desire in his heart poured out unreservedly, and so did the other party.

See, we are the same.

He closed his eyes and kissed him back intently.One person's back hit the railing, and behind them were cliffs and huge waves that engulfed everyone, and they didn't stop until they were about to suffocate.Allen took out the gun from the right pocket, he put it against Levi's forehead, then smiled slyly, then, with all his strength, he threw the gun in the direction of the sunrise.

The feathers of Wings of Liberty disappeared into the light of the early sun, and that was the most beautiful time Levi had ever seen.Now it's at the bottom of the ocean, maybe it'll go wherever it wants to go.

Give it freedom, and give you—

His cloak was raised, and the broken sword was thrown at his feet.Levi opened his eyes again, the horn of victory in the final battle was not yet over, the crowd ran towards the wall, they were regarded as heroes and surrounded by bursts of cheers.He still held his hand, he was alive, he was not dead, he never left his side.His tired and contented green eyes looked at his, troubled and fascinated.

"Finally together, seeing the sunrise on the horizon."

Neither of them spoke again, but his eyes told him he believed it.

Now they are free.

END

The sun had already sunk below the horizon.

Salute to freedom.