HP Bella's Lie

23 - Bella's death

Bella didn't dare to look at Riddle's expression, but her eyes seemed to be uncontrollable by her brain, stubbornly staying in his gaze, refusing to let go of any change.

Unbelievable, suspicious, angry, sad... Riddle experienced all the most intense emotions in his life in an instant, and finally attributed to the one that didn't suit him the most - fear.

"You...are joking." His voice was extremely unsteady, and his head frantically searched for a powerful rebuttal, "Wizards can live to be 150 years old! Powerful wizards live longer, and you are so young, you don't even live half of it Enough! How is it possible...!"

Bella steered the horse closer and pulled him over from the pony. Riddle was forced to stop talking and hurriedly adjusted his sitting position.Bella threw away the pony's rein, hugged him tightly from behind, and softly shouted: "Drive!"

The black steed started to trot, its crisp hoofs chaotic the shade of the trees along the way.

Riddle seized the gap and turned his head with difficulty: "Don't evade my question! You're lying, aren't you, Bei..."

"Hush..." Bella leaned down, pressed Riddle tightly against the horse, and whispered in his ear.Suddenly caught by the atmosphere she created, Riddle was speechless.

Taking advantage of this posture, Bella's hand holding the whip suddenly twitched back, and the black horse immediately galloped forward like an arrow from the string.

The wind whizzed by, and Riddle, who was experiencing fast riding for the first time, didn't feel scared. In other words, he concentrated all his energy on the person behind him.

Even with Riddle, Bella rode the horse with ease, with her short body just sticking to Riddle's back, and the warm breath breathed out to the base of her ears, so that every word she said could be heard clearly in his ears.

"I'm sorry... I didn't lie to you this time. I was brought to this time by that time-turner, and the sand in the hourglass represented my lifespan. Now, there is only one grain of sand in the hourglass that is so small that it is almost indistinguishable. I don't You know when you will die suddenly, so...don't interrupt me, okay? I...have a lot to say to you."

Riddle lay on the horseback, the wind was like needles, blowing into his eyes, as if he would not stop until he shed tears.He gritted his teeth, and unconsciously clenched the hand holding the mane until the black horse neighed softly.

He didn't nod or speak.

The road was smooth, and the black horse galloped freely.Bella didn't even look forward anymore, and closed her eyes slightly, as if she was sniffing someone's hair.

"Although I really want to walk with you, but you have to grow up and be independent. And I will always die, but now it's too early... I will be gone in the future, remember to cherish yourself. If you want Try dangerous magic, don't always use yourself to do experiments... Remember the Muggle experimental methods, that theory can also be used in the wizarding world. If you are still interested in Muggle resources, use the money in my account to let go Do it, and you can still take over those huge assets when you are an adult... I have already arranged for a Muggle named eh to prepare for you, and by that year, he will move downstairs from us, Go to him when you want. Also, the old house has excellent resources, don't give up easily... You are so smart, you don't need me to remind you..."

Bella half-opened her eyes, lost in her own thoughts.

"You don't have to be too sad, in fact, I am not really dead. After I die at this time, I will change back to the state of the newborn, go back to the moment I was born, become a baby of the Black family, and then grow up again, I met you. Do you know? I met you when I was 14 years old..."

"You—" Riddle suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "do you still have the memory of the present?"

Bella was stunned, opened her eyes, and replied in a steady tone: "No more. This is a reincarnation. I got out of the track of time halfway, but I have to go back and complete my reincarnation."

"Then I won't admit it! That's not you, it's just another person with your identity! I won't admit her, so you can't die!"

"...Honey, that's me." Bella took a deep breath, feeling that every word she uttered was like a cruel fight, "Because... what I love is you in the future."

Riddle's eyes widened.

Bella felt that her hand holding the rein was trembling slightly: "But, I also love you now. Because in my opinion, you are you, whether it is the future or the present, with or without memory, famous or alone ...I love you all." She looked at Riddle's profile, and cautiously approached and kissed his cheek.

"It's obviously the same person, but just because there is a lack of memory, can I be regarded as a stranger? I... can't do it. The present you, the future you, are one person... I want me to ignore this, don't go I love you, but I can't do it. So, the same is true for the future me. The present me is me, and the future me is also me. She is both my future and my past. We are one person."

Bella's heart was beating violently, I don't know if it was because of this sentence, or because of the galloping horse.

"However, no matter what you choose in the future, I will not blame you. I am very grateful...to spend so much time with you in this last period of life, sharing your joys and sorrows, and learning about your past , and even change our future...I can't be satisfied anymore."

The sky and the earth seemed to be spinning, and Bella was suddenly drained of all her strength, and lay softly on the horse's back.She realized that this was the last time, and she was about to be left behind on the back of this dark horse heading towards the future.Pressing her weight against Riddle's ear, she persistently spoke the last words.

"No matter how you look at it, I just want you to remember... no matter when, no matter where you are... there is a me who will love you deeply in the future."

—Only I can be by your side.

——Only I can be truly accepted by you.

Bella thought in a daze when she was thrown off the horse.

"Bella——!!!" Riddle's voice seemed to be hoarse in another world. Bella's field of vision could only see the horse's hooves going away quickly. There was a faint sound of heavy objects falling, and a figure seemed to be approaching. .

She slowly closed her eyes.

—Come on, future me.Please...don't leave him alone.

Riddle's heart was beating so violently that it seemed to be boiling. He desperately fell off the horse and ran towards Bella who was lying on the ground.When he rushed to her side, she was not breathing.

At that moment, he seemed to be taken away from his breath.

The horses have taken time away, the long road is empty and lonely, only he and she seem to be forgotten in the corridor of time.

Bella was still wearing that heroic riding outfit, and Riddle still remembered the beating of his heart when he saw it.But now, everything lay quietly.

He suddenly lowered his head and kissed her lips.

——if this is love...if this is...

"Bella, I love you..."

— Can you wake up?

The eye sockets were blurred by the heat, perhaps this was the only temperature in his whole body.

Riddle didn't know how he carried Bella to the car, maybe he used the Wandless Levitation Charm, maybe it was just a magic riot, but—who cares, he doesn't care at all.

Back in the classic car, the driver didn't seem very surprised to see the dead Bella. Riddle watched him carry Bella into the car with a sneer, and said sarcastically, "Even you know."

The driver didn't answer, but silently opened the co-pilot's door for him.

Although the driver has basically become their full-time driver, but thinking about it carefully, Riddle really rarely heard him speak, and sometimes he was so silent that one wondered if he was dumb.

——Probably because of this character, Bella felt relieved to reveal her death to him.

Riddle walked around the driver indifferently and sat in the back seat.

"I'm going to sit next to her," he said in a deadpan tone. "Drive. To London Hospital."

The driver glanced at him and said nothing.Sit back in the driver's seat and drive to the hospital.

Riddle didn't know why he took her to the hospital.

It was not the first time he had seen death.Orphanages are full of hungry and weak children, and these people may die if they suffer from diseases, even the most common cold.

Mrs. Cole was not desperate, nor was she hard-hearted.She just doesn't have the extra capital to support her kindness.

So orphanage deaths are not uncommon.Riddle, like his arch-rivals, had seen death several times.

There was no suspense in Bella's death, and he knew it clearly.Whether it's Muggles or wizards, nothing can change it.

But he still said it out of feeling.Maybe I'm asking for something extravagantly, maybe I just want to accept the reality later.

The same car, the same people, the journey back is the real dead silence.From the heart to the dead silence of the body.

Obviously just a few hours ago, she was still sitting next to him, staring at him with eyes full of life... Riddle wished to turn back time, he would no longer be willful and stubborn, he would hug her well, and exchange each other with her to his heart's content Feelings.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world.