【Sen no Kiseki】【Crolin】The Guardian of the Morning Sun

The noise in the dream was gradually replaced by the vivid singing of birds outside the window, Kuro opened his dry eyes, sat up with his head propped up.It took him a few seconds to confirm where he was, and it wasn't the hospital of his dreams, but a small rented apartment.

"I haven't had this kind of dream for a long time...it's really annoying."

He murmured and turned his head to the side. From this angle, he could only see the exposed half of the arm of the person lying on the bed.He got up from the ground and sat on the edge of the bed, Li En was still asleep, his sleeping face was like a baby who didn't know much about the world.The bridge of his nose is empty, which is how he should be.

After watching silently for a while, Kuro stretched out his hand out of nowhere, only to touch the slightly curled black hair, and he withdrew his hand timidly.

This indistinct sense of distance reminded him of the days when they sat side by side in the hospital.They are no closer now than they were then.It is not that the more familiar people are, the shorter the distance will be, and it may be just the opposite.

He smiled wryly and stood up, no longer obsessed with being by the other party's side.

Li En was awakened by the smell of food.He was used to getting up early, and having been in the army for several years, his biological clock always made him wake up earlier than Clow; so when he realized that Craw was cooking in the kitchen, he couldn't help but froze for a few seconds.The sun probably came out from the west today, right?He washed up with such impolite thoughts, and at the same time that he finished tidying up, Crow also brought out the breakfast.

"Fish Burger?"

Looking at the breakfast in front of him, Li En was surprised.Craw took a bite of his share and said vaguely:

"You caught the fish yesterday, and the bread is left over from eating last night. Anyway, you can still eat it casually."

Since Kuro lost half a month's living expenses in the casino, they had to eat more simply than usual when they were tight.This breakfast is more luxurious than the usual dinner, but Li En's focus is not here.

"No...how did you do this?"

"You forget you did?"

Crow asked back, and Li En looked at him suspiciously.

"But I don't remember ever teaching you how to..."

"Master, I can eat this kind of thing in one bite. Okay, eat it quickly."

After prevaricating a word, Kuro began to feast on himself.Li En hesitated to take a bite of the fish burger in front of him, and a complicated bitter look appeared on his face.

"Isn't it delicious?" Kuro raised his eyebrows.

Li En shook his head, "No, it's delicious, even better than what I made."

Then he didn't speak any more, just lowered his head and chewed the breakfast in his hand.The reason why he showed such a complex expression was not because the taste was bad, but because the taste was almost exactly the same as what Kulo made for himself on Patanguai back then.

Is this just a coincidence?Or is it that even if you forget it, the memory of your hometown is still engraved in your body.Li En didn't try to find the answer, the familiar delicacy fell on the tip of his tongue, but the incomparably bitter taste remained in his heart.

The two finished their breakfast relatively silently.Before going out, Li En put on his glasses, and upon seeing this, Clow mocked, "It doesn't matter if you don't wear them."It's not that Li En didn't understand what he meant, after all their whereabouts had already been discovered by Rector, so the camouflage originally made to avoid people's eyes and ears became unnecessary.

"Still wear it."

Li En only hesitated for a second.Seeing that he was so persistent, Kuro shrugged and said nothing.

"Good morning, Rean, Kuro~"

As soon as they pushed open the door of the Guerrilla Association, a lovely voice greeted them with full vigor.

"Qia, good morning, are you here to pick up Shizuku?" Li En smiled at the girl, and Kuro stretched out his hand to give her a high-five as she ran over and smiled at each other.When did these two become so acquainted?Li En couldn't help but wonder.

"Well! Mr. Arios is not here today, so I'll pick up Shizuku and go to school together!" Chia smiled brightly, "Are Li En and Crow going to work?"

"That's right, the big brothers are running around for their livelihood every day." I didn't make it back so quickly when I went to the casino that day.Kuro sighed and wanted to rub Chia's head, but Li En quickly stopped him.Chia didn't care about these details, and still had an innocent and bright smile on her face.

"Well~ Lloyd also said that Randy has been worrying about these things all day, but it also shows that everyone is working hard for life, doesn't it?"

Crow was choked speechless.Li En, who had a panoramic view of this scene, smiled wryly, feeling inexplicably relieved that this unscrupulous partner will also be suppressed by others one day.

At this moment, Qi Ya suddenly became quiet, her eyes wandered back and forth between the two, and she tilted her head in doubt.

"Rian and Kuro, have you had a fight...?"

Ryan's heart skipped a beat.Kuro beside him was also surprised, and bent down to look at the girl.

"What's the matter girl? Why do you ask so suddenly?"

"It's just a feeling? Because I always feel that the atmosphere between you is not the same as usual... Qi Ya, did you say something wrong?"

Rean quickly looked away when he met Kuro's gaze.He hated being lied to, especially the kid.Just when he was hesitating about how to explain it, Crow grabbed the conversation.

"We didn't quarrel. It's better to say that we have a very good relationship, right?" He put his arms around Li En while the latter froze, but still implicitly agreed.

"……um, yes."

"If this is the case, your recent task completion rate will not be so low." Michelle, who was watching from the front desk, pointed out with a smile, "You can become a real guerrilla one step away, if you don't work harder, The evaluation will become a problem, right?"

"Yes, I will try my best." Li En straightened his body, and took off Kuro's hand without a trace, "It's just that something happened recently, and it won't affect the evaluation."

"Really, that's good." Michelle was about to say something, when Shizuku came down from upstairs.As if receiving a signal, Li En left a polite farewell, and went out with Kuro.

"'I will try my best'...not 'we'." Michelle chewed on the words of the departed youth and smiled helplessly.Shizuku, who came late, asked suspiciously what happened.Chia showed a sad expression that didn't match her immature girl's appearance, and lowered her head.

"If...if they could be a little more honest with each other..."

"Yeah, what are those two people arguing about?"

But I'm afraid things are not that simple.Michelle hid her smile.

"If you keep hiding the truth and your most important thoughts, you will not only hurt the people who care about you, but also yourself in the end. Chia understands this very well, and it is because of me that I understand... So, I don't want to see When they look like this..."

The girl who lost the power of the treasure muttered regretfully.She had experienced a great loss, betrayed the one she loved, made an irreparable mistake, and finally understood this truth when Lloyd and the others desperately took it back.Although she has lost her ability, she can still see the distortion and pain in the relationship between the two with her delicate mind.

Shizuku gently held his friend's hand.Michelle sighed.

"Who says it's not, but there are some things that they have to solve by themselves after all."

Li En left the Guerrilla Association with a heavy heart.It has been more than a week since Recter came uninvited last time, and although it was as calm as a dream afterwards, the atmosphere between the two of them was quietly changing just as Chia said.There was noticeably less talk between them.Usually Li En is not too talkative, but Crow always interjects in time to adjust the atmosphere.But after that incident, he seemed too lazy to make even such an effort.Once the conversation is interrupted, there will be only embarrassment and dullness between the two.To be honest, this feeling sucks.Li En even felt that the atmosphere was not so bad when they were enemies.

But if that's Crow's choice, so be it.He was originally brought here by himself, and he probably also felt dissatisfied with the danger he brought to him and the vague attitude he didn't explain.In any case, now that Kuro has not recovered his memory, it is his responsibility to protect him.Even if he betrayed his motherland and left his relatives and friends behind, that was his own choice and had nothing to do with Kuro.As for any dissatisfaction or blame that he has with himself—anyone who has any dissatisfaction or blame with him, that is what he should bear.

He has a wonderful lingering sense of guilt about everything, but nothing about what he has done.He tried to convince himself not to care, and gradually he really ignored it.The so-called growth is nothing more than a process of gradually looking down on gains and losses, Li En thought indifferently, refusing to think about the deep meaning behind the behavior of throwing everything to guilt.

The only thing I can do now is to protect their current life, and then slowly find a way out in the process.

"——Rean."

Li En recovered from his thoughts and looked at Kuro who called him.He pointed to the messenger bag on his waist, and then Li En realized that his ARCUS was ringing.After picking it up, it was Lloyd who called.

"If you are free, can you come to St. Ursula Medical University?"

The newly appointed head of the Secret Service Support Section asked gently.

Of course, they would not refuse Lloyd's request. After finishing some tasks at hand, they rushed to the hospital outside the city.

"Have we been to the hospital too many times recently?" Facing Kuro's rare initiative to speak up in recent days, Li En gave him a blank look, and he retorted without thinking about whose blessing it was.

They pushed open the door of the ward, and there was a couple inside. Seeing them, they stood up immediately.And the water-colored long-haired girl who was sitting and waiting quietly cast a slightly dissatisfied look at them.

"It's too slow, Mr. Lien and Mr. Craw."

Although honorific is used, the words and tone are not lacking in severity.Although she was only a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, Tio Prato's aura was enough to make two big men bow their heads.

"Sorry, Tio, we're late. These two are...?" Li En looked at the couple.

"I'm Harold, this is my first meeting, and this is my wife Sophia. We have something to ask you... about my son Colin."

A mild-looking man with short purple hair joined the conversation.Only then did they find a red-haired boy lying on the hospital bed, his face flushed and breathing in pain.This condition is serious at first glance, and the two quasi-guerrillas frowned in unison.

"Is there anything we can do to help?"

"Let me explain." At this moment, a gentle voice sounded with the door opening.Miss Cecil, who had recently been promoted to head nurse, came into the ward and explained the situation to them.It turned out that the boy had a rare disease and suddenly developed a high fever that persisted for three days.The doctor diagnosed that he needed several kinds of herbal reconciliation to cure him. Unfortunately, the hospital didn't have any kind of herbal medicine, so he had to find a way to get it.

"It is said that the bishop of the Great Church has one, and Mr. Lloyd has already gone to find him. There are several more herbs that we will find separately, but we are worried that the speed is too slow, so I want to entrust you for help." Tiou calmed down. looked at them anxiously, "Will you accept it?"

Li En glanced at the worried parents of the boy, and nodded without hesitation.

"Of course, we also hope to help."

Since his partner said so, Clow naturally has no reason to refute.Mr. Harold seemed more relieved, while his wife saluted them deeply, with a choke in her voice that could not be ignored.

"Please! Only this child, only Colin, will be safe no matter what..."

"Sophia, don't do this, he'll be fine..."

Hearing this, both Theo and Cecil showed complicated expressions, and they all comforted Mrs. Harold not to worry too much.It seems that this family probably has something to hide.Li En and Kuro looked at each other and decided not to waste any more time.

"—In fact, we don't need to play, they can solve it."

According to the clues provided by Cecil, they came to the fork in Ursula's crossroads.When his partner looked at the flowers and plants on the roadside to see if there was any corresponding herbal medicine, Ku Luo expressed his emotion indifferently, but as expected, he was glared at by the other party indifferently.

"Didn't Mr. Michel remind us to work hard this morning? And we are always under the care of Mr. Lloyd. Since they need help, we should do our best to help."

"Yes, in fact, this is also their care, this entrustment."

"what?"

Li En cast a puzzled look at him.Crow shrugged and sighed ironically: "You are really, only very slow in your own affairs."

"...I don't want to be told by you."

Li En retorted subconsciously, and a wry smile appeared on Kuro's lips.This dull guy will not understand Lloyd's painstaking efforts.Lloyd probably sensed something from the usual atmosphere without Michelle complaining, so he specially entrusted this task to them.That guy is also an enthusiastic person who is only particularly slow in his own affairs.

Ryan stopped in his tracks.He found some medicinal herbs similar to Cecil's description by the side of the bushes, and quickly bent down to check.After confirming that it was the herb they were looking for, they quickly dug out the herb and put it away carefully.However, when they were about to turn back to the hospital, they ushered in unexpected guests.

"——It's a monster!"

At some point, three big horned orangutans appeared behind them, approaching them menacingly.Both Rean and Crow drew out their weapons to fight.Li En's swordsmanship goes without saying, and Crow's guided force gun is also quite handy. Coupled with the power of the ARCUS tactical link, the two quickly eliminated the two monsters.

At this moment, an unnatural gust of wind approached quickly with a howl. Li En, who was concentrating on fighting the last monster, was pushed away by the man next to him before he could react.

Everything happens in an instant.Crow let out a muffled groan and knelt down - he was hit hard on the back, and the culprit was the monster in front of him that was more ferocious than the gorilla.

"Crow!"

The silver-haired man gritted his teeth, blood oozed from the torn wound, and quickly stained his clothes in a dark color.The scene in front of him made Li En freeze for a moment.

The scene three years ago instantly revived in my mind: the burning magic city, Ordine whose chest was pierced through, the pool of blood spreading under the man he hugged tightly, the place darkened by absorbing blood Coat...unforgivable.Whether it's Kuro, who took the damage to cover himself, or himself who couldn't protect him.Watching Kuro fall down in front of him, the remorse and anger intertwined with the past and the present scene ignited Li En's heart.

He clenched the Taidao tightly in his hand, exuding an arrogance that was hard to ignore.

"Ryan...?"

Kuro sensed that the situation was not good, and looked up at his companion.Li En was like a vortex that swallowed all reason, his black hair was dyed white, and his eyes, which were originally like a clear night, turned into a murderous dark red.Even the sword and the lingering breath ignited a transparent flame with the change of his figure.The overwhelming aura made the demonic beasts who had the upper hand back back in horror, and Li En, who was dominated by anger, did not let them go.He let out a low growl full of anger, and slashed at the two monsters fiercely. In the blink of an eye, the two hapless creatures fell down and died, howling.

The woods were silent again.However, Li En, who had eliminated the enemy, did not calm down because of this.He gripped his chest tightly, moaning in pain.He was trying to fight against the violent emotions, and in a trance, he heard a call repeating his name, and a hand held Li En's knife without fear, which made him suddenly startled.

"Wake up Li En! Don't be swallowed!"

The familiar voice and body temperature brought Li En back to his senses.It was as if he had been slapped in the head, and he fell powerlessly to the ground.The burning atmosphere around him gradually calmed down, his vision gradually cleared up, and his hair and eyes returned to their original appearance.He looked blankly at the man who was holding his hand tightly, the blood on his hand and the monster lying in the pool of blood were reflected in his pupils, his heart tightened suddenly - the scene in front of him was inevitably the same as that of ten years The previous scene in Yumir's snow-capped mountains overlapped.

Originally thought that he was able to take in and out freely, but after many years, he made the same mistakes again.In order to protect important people, he was dazzled by hatred and anger and swallowed his mind.He knew it wasn't right, yet he kept falling over and over in the same place.As if the sinful thoughts of sinking into the abyss hit him hard, Li En desperately hugged the wounded Kuro tightly in front of him.

It turned out that it was myself who had not been able to move forward.

After returning to the hospital, Cecil could not help but drag the injured Crow to the hospital for treatment.Although he wanted to go with him, Li En had to bring the herbs to Ke Lin's attending doctor first.In the ward, he ran into a team from the Secret Service Support Section who had completed the task.In this way, all the herbs needed are complete.After Ke Lin drank the medicinal soup, the high fever subsided, and all the people present were overjoyed.

"Now I can feel at ease for the time being." A smile appeared on Tio's face.

"Thank you very much... I have received a lot of help from the Secret Service Support Section. This time it is thanks to you and the two guerrillas. I really don't know what I would do without you. And I was injured because of it..." Harold The husband looked grateful and guilty, Li En quickly shook his head.

"No, that's because we were careless. The important thing is that this child can be saved."

Mrs. Harold looked lovingly at Colin whose face became calm.

"The Goddess loves this child, and has received a lot of help from everyone... This is also the last blessing, for us who have lost a child."

"Sophia..."

Her words made the entire ward fall into silence, and Mr. Harold helped her sit on a chair.At this time, the young boy gradually opened his eyes, and saw his parents who were surrounded by him in surprise, showing innocent smiles.

"Mom and Dad, I had a long dream... I dreamed of the little sister who saved me a long time ago. She said this is not the place you should come, so she drove me back. But before she left, she She even hugged me, her scent smells so good..."

These words caused commotion in the audience except Li En.Even Randy, who always had a hippie smiling face, changed his face.The Harolds were very surprised at first, and then they all showed expressions of crying.

"Colin, you still remember that sister." Lloyd touched the boy's forehead, and Colin nodded slightly.

"Although I only met once, why can't I forget it... I always feel that my sister is a very important person..."

"She helped us again." Mr. Harold whispered with nostalgia, and held his son's fever-reducing little hand. "Colin, you're still here, you're still with us... there's nothing more important than that."

Although he couldn't comprehend the pain and joy hidden in his father's words, he could feel the sense of security being cared for, and the boy smiled and fell asleep.

After retreating outside the ward, Li En finally couldn't hide the doubts in his heart, and asked the family what happened.Lloyd and the others looked at each other and smiled wryly.

"How should I put it, it's a long story."

Lloyd told the story of Harold's family and Ling.Including a series of things they encountered after they got to know Ling, things about her and Estelle and Joshua.Shocked by the unimaginable twists and turns of the story, Li En couldn't help but sigh for the family's bitter experience.The youngest executor in the association has experienced a tragic past unimaginable by others, and reunited with his family who thought he had abandoned him.Ling saved her younger brother, knowing in her heart that there was no place for her here.The darkness she bears has made it impossible for her to face her family.In order for them to really move forward, she chose not to recognize her biological parents-forgetting her own existence may be happier for them.This time, she took the initiative to leave her biological parents, and threw herself into the arms of a boy and girl who had no blood relationship but tolerated everything about her.

"Xiaoling thought she could leave it alone, but she couldn't. I'm afraid she had realized at that time that she didn't want to run away anymore." Tiou's expression softened, Ellie nodded, and the corners of her lips curled up. The smile was tainted with a little bitterness.

"That child is very gentle. Although there is still a deep grudge in her heart, she still silently watches over her parents and younger brother... She just wants to confirm her existence and whether she was abandoned by her parents."

"In this world, there are some things that you can't forget even if you want to." Randy sighed with somber thoughts, and there seemed to be overtones in his words.

Fortunately, the Harold family did not forget this long-lost daughter. Although they still could not meet each other in the end, the story was completed when they missed each other.

At least they have seized their own happiness.

"Because it's a very important person, so I can't leave it behind no matter what, can't I forget it..."

Li En's soliloquies pierced into the bottom of his heart like a soft thorn.Craw still doesn't remember everything about him, or even their past.And it's like refusing to face reality in order to escape the fact that he can't remember about himself.

His high-sounding mouth could not conceal his guilty conscience.Whether Li En is willing to admit it or not, maybe he is just a part of Kuro's heart that can be forgotten or not remembered.The betrayal that he thought was unforgivable may not be worth mentioning in Crow's eyes.

He felt his fingertips soft and cold.Because of this unwarranted evidence, I broke my long-standing illusion.

"Sometimes changing to a new environment and standing in a different position may be just to escape temporarily, but in the end you will return to where you really belong."

Lloyd seemed to have read his mind.

"It is precisely because I have lost it that I cherish my current happiness even more. Isn't Mr. Harold and the others practicing this?"

All the members of the Secret Service Support Section echoed the section chief.Li En raised his head in bewilderment, his eyes fixed on the expressionless silver-haired man directly in front of him.

I don't know how many times he used the key to open this wooden door that looked like it was going to be moldy. Li En suddenly felt his wrists heavy, not only because of the exhaustion that swept over him.The injured man behind him stared at him with speechless eyes, which also made him feel quite stressed.The room was dimly lit, and Li En silently walked into the kitchen to boil water.They are in a mess and need to be cleaned up, and the wounded Kuro needs to be careful.

When Li En proposed to scrub Kulo except for the wound, the latter just stared at him for two seconds, then obediently walked into the bathroom and sat down with his back to him.He tested the water temperature and scrubbed with a damp towel.During the whole process, both of them were very quiet, as if they were preparing for some kind of ceremony.Li En saw the wound when he unwrapped the bandage, and suddenly stopped his hands.Although it was only a flesh wound and the wound was much shallower than expected, his movements still slowed down significantly.

I am sorry.

Between the sound of water and friction, the black-haired young man sighed and revealed his apology, but the person with his back turned did not respond.

After giving Kuro a new bandage, Li En also went to take a shower, and when he came out, he found Kuro sitting on the edge of the bed uncharacteristically, holding a pair of Blades in his hand.

"What's the matter, aren't you going to sleep yet?" Li En wiped his hair and approached the bed.

"Let's play a round before that."

"But your injury..."

"Just one game."

Unable to resist Clow, Li En had to sit down opposite him.He couldn't remember the last time he played against Blade, why did he suddenly want to play cards at this time?Ignoring his doubts, the man on the opposite side cut up the cards as if nothing had happened, and distributed them to two people.For a moment, there was only the sound of two people reading cards one after another in the room.

"I say, Rean."

"what?"

Li En played a Mirror and took the opposite card.

"How about you promise me one thing if I win?"

Kuro played the exact same cards without haste, and took back the cards that had been taken away.Li En moved his gaze from the card to Kuro's face, trying to read a clue from his calm expression, but failed.

"Why suddenly...?" Li En asked cautiously.Crow pointed to his back and said:

"You owe me once, can't you agree to my small request?"

This trick was cunning but very effective, Li En had an intuition that he had been fooled, and sighed helplessly.

"I understand."

So they continue the game.It didn't take long for the winner to be decided.The winner didn't look complacent at all, he just threw away the cards in his hand and sat upright.

"The card skills have improved a lot. I can't beat Kuro anymore." Li En put the cards away with a wry smile.Don't underestimate people, the man in front of him grinned, and Li En raised his head to face him squarely.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

"Well, then..."

Kuro paused for a moment, pretending to be contemplative.As a result, the next moment, he actually uttered words that Li En never dreamed of:

"—You go back, Li En. This is my request."

Ryan's eyes widened.

"What are you talking about..."

"I told you to go back to the empire." Kuro's tone could not hear the slightest hint of joke, "Recter should be able to guarantee your personal safety, no matter what, it's better than staying here."

"Why all of a sudden," as if a lump of silt was stuck in his chest, Li En was upset and didn't know where to start, "Why do you say such things, I don't—"

"Actually, you didn't intend to restore my memory from the beginning, did you?" Kuro interrupted him mercilessly, his voice and expression were indifferent like another person. "To be honest, I'm tired of it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand your attitude, or this life of walking on thin ice. Yes, you have your own concerns, and you don't need me to understand you. Then I will tell you now: If you just To protect me, it doesn't have to go to this level. If it weren't for you, I might not be hurt—I might be better off alone."

Words turned into shattered ice, inserted into every part of the chest cavity without warning.Li En didn't understand why he had to accept such a cruel confession, but he couldn't take his eyes off the man's face until his eyes felt astringent and hot.

"Li En, it's no exaggeration to say that you are a lifesaver to me. I can't repay you for taking care of me, but it's time to stop here. I can't waste your life anymore, and you don't have to do anything to me A sense of responsibility. If you have regrets about the past me, then you have paid it all back. So, you go back, your family and friends are still waiting for you. You have to live your own life."

Kuro's voice suddenly softened, and he poured unstoppable words into Li En's ears.Li En couldn't speak, not because he wanted to be silent, but because his chest hurt so badly that it was difficult to breathe.Why can this person say such cruel things?At the moment when they have experienced countless ups and downs together, and their fate has become entangled like kudzu vines.The irony is that many dangers and hardships failed to separate them, but only a word from Clow was needed to declare the game over.

"...What about you?" Li En asked with a suppressed voice, "What will you do after I leave?"

"That's not something you need to worry about. Maybe I'll stay on as a partisan, maybe I'll leave here and go somewhere else. Anyway, I'm not going back to the Empire."

Reasonable choice.Perhaps by leaving Crow alone, he could indeed live more freely.You don't have to be tired of yourself, and you don't have to worry about whether the memory is restored or not.However, asking Li En to admit that everything ended here, cut off all the entanglements between them, and withdraw from this person's life-only this matter, he absolutely cannot accept.

Now that he has confessed everything, there is no need for him to give in anymore.Li En clenched his fists, turning the long-suppressed resentment into a clear and firm no.

"I'm not going. I can't go back without you."

The silver-haired man's eyes did not change. "You'll go. Because you promised me."

Li En's face turned pale, he should have known that he had fallen into a trap.

"This is too cunning," he lowered his head unbearably. "Only this is the only thing I won't promise you, Kuro. We have come to this point with great difficulty, why did it become like this..."

Li En turned his head and got up and walked to the window, widening the distance between the two.Kuro looked at his silent and forbearing back, and asked:

"Then tell me, why can't you leave?"

"Because..." After being stuck for a short time, Li En grabbed the window lattice tightly, "I was the one who took you away, I can't leave you alone—"

"I don't want to hear this." The man behind said firmly, "I said, you don't have to have any sense of responsibility to me. My loss of memory is already a betrayal to you, let alone I drive you away. To me Such a traitor, why do you still have a sense of responsibility?"

Unfortunately, yes.As Crow said, he is an out-and-out betrayer to Rean.Not only did they face each other after defrauding his trust in school, but they also lost their memory after the war, and they still have to cross rivers and demolish bridges.It might be unbearable for anyone else.

Ryan was speechless.He couldn't answer this cross-examination, because he knew well that the so-called sense of responsibility was just a poor excuse.

Seeing the refusal from his back, Kuro tightened the corners of his mouth.

"Let's say it first, if you still have sympathy for me, I advise you to throw away that kind of thing as soon as possible."

The cunning of this man is that he is decisive and ruthless enough, so he always occupies the favorable side and presses every step of the way, but Li En, who has not yet cast aside all his worries, will only be led by the nose.If he didn't do anything else, he would be completely defeated by this person.However, if he compromises like this, then what is he working so hard for?

"Okay, do you have any other reasons besides these?" Kuro asked in a deep voice.

Li En shook his head, not responding to Kuro's question, but trying to drive away the thoughts of persuading himself to endure. He knew that if he didn't say it at this time, he might never have the chance to say it again.

"Because," his voice almost choked on the way. "Because I don't want to leave you! After working so hard for so long and doing so many things that I can't tell right from wrong, it's finally come here...It's obviously hard to be together..."

Kuro frowned slightly, as if looking at the most embarrassing thing in the world.He wanted to call out the name of the person in front of him, and in fact he did.Li En lowered his head in a collapsed state, and the fingers that fell on his legs were clenched white.

"It's a lie to say that I can't let you go alone, or that your memory hasn't recovered. In fact, I need you! Kuro is necessary to me! I know that even if I'm not here, you will I can live a good life, maybe even better. But if you are not by my side, how can I move forward?!"

The words he yelled opened the valve like melting ice, and tears gushed out.

In fact, the person who needs the other party is me.The days when he is not with me are like a piece of my soul is missing.On the battlefield, in every day of suffering and no end in sight, because I have the idea that I must protect him, I can persevere.

However, I can't face such a weak self, so I can only convince myself that he needs me.

Since then I have always regarded myself as a protector.Such a seemingly strong but fragile self actually vowed to protect this person forever.

Stop making people laugh.

Tears that had been absent for two years poured down on the window sill where the plaster of the wall was peeling off, staining the blossoming dark