Dominate the world in three weeks?

Terrence's attitude seemed very firm, without any wavering.This made the old man a little confused.If it is said that a person has any dreams to look forward to, most of them cannot bypass these three items——

An inexhaustible wealth.

A love that never goes away.

A life that doesn't end.

Since people have life, they have never stopped their desire to prolong it.There are always very few people who can escape this barrier.

But the old man was sure that what Terrence said was definitely not a lie, because the young man's emerald eyes were as solid as gold, and there was no fluctuation under the light source of the boulder.

—but why?

The other party still has the enterprising spirit of the young, but it is in balance with the indifference of the old man who sees through the world.

He was so puzzled that he unconsciously asked.

Terrence looked away from the staff and turned to the old man: "What's the use of having such a long life? I've been resurrected twice, and I can't understand it well—what is the value of this container as a human being?" How fragile. Constantly superimposed memories and too complicated emotions can destroy it. It’s like walking a long way, looking back, there are layers of fog behind you, and you can no longer see your original intention.”

Once upon a time, his only wish was to live happily with his family, but it was a pity that he was involuntarily involved in the whirlpool.He has escaped, fought, failed, and won, and has been firmly nailed to his own life.Until everything fades away, only revenge and counterattack can be seen in the eyes, and there seems to be only one living goal left, which is to defeat those who have hurt themselves.

But what is the meaning of such a life?After losing his original wish, he has been just drifting with the flow.

Terrence sighed: "Isn't it too tiring to survive like that for no reason?"

The old man froze for a moment. His memory would go backwards many years ago. He took over the inheritance from the previous elder. The man who threw away the important stone privately and entered the period of decline early was lying on the bed with cloudy eyes. He said the same to himself The: "Living is too tiring."

But in the next second, Terrence's sonorous words brought him back to reality: "I don't care how long I can live, and I don't care whether I have an afterlife, because the changed me will never be myself again. And I I just want to go on with my life as 'Terrence' without any regrets, and prove the meaning of my life."

The old man looked into Terrence's eyes—yes, that's it.Under the calm lake that sees through everything, there is still a turbulent current.

It is not the decadence that has been defeated by fate, it is not the despair of realizing one's worthlessness, but the firmness of being sober and penetrating into one's own existence in the midst of suffering and pain.

The old man lowered his head and smiled bitterly in relief: "You are right, young man."

He no longer looked at the boulder, turned around and walked back: "To tell you the truth, I actually have my own selfish intentions for asking you to pick up that magic staff. Our family has stayed here for too long, and the outside world has changed What has become, what's new... We don't know anything but this big tree that shades us year after year. If new gods are born, we won't have to stay in this dark place anymore to a new world, right?"

He paused, and shook his head mockingly: "But in fact, it is ourselves who have closed us. We live here, we are involved with each other, and no one dares to go outside to take a look. Keeping the ancient customs, Passing on knowledge that is useless, loses the meaning of its existence in the inheritance from generation to generation.”

The two returned to the top of the tower from the deep underground. The old man looked at the light from the top of the tower and muttered to himself, "Maybe it's time for a change."

He took down the gemstone, and the originally opened secret passages were closed one by one.The old man handed the gemstone to Terrence: "Take this thing away."

Terrence asked hesitantly: "But it was originally yours..."

"It's okay." The old man waved his hand, "It's useless if we want it, but at least it still has some nostalgic value for you, doesn't it?"

Terrence stroked the stone with red lines, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

"Okay, let's go." The old man made a gesture of driving away, signaling Terrence to leave.

Terrence remembered his purpose of coming here, and said quickly: "Actually, I came to say goodbye to you. I have something to do and I am leaving here... There is another thing I want to ask you about Lancer—he Connected with my life, will it also be affected by the stone?"

The elder looked up.

Lancer stood outside the gate of the White Tower, waiting for Terrence who was called in—because the other party had said that he would leave him alone, the blond knight was always worried that if he relaxed, Terrence would disappear gone.

When the spot of light at his feet slowly moved in front of him, someone finally opened the closed tower door, and Terrence walked out from inside.

Lancer immediately went up to meet him, but found that Terrence's expression was very ugly.The blond knight subconsciously looked into the tower, and the upper body of the elder with a gray beard was hidden in the shadow that could not be seen clearly. For some reason, this scene made Lancer a little uneasy.

He took two steps forward and called out, "Master...?"

"Lancer..."

Terrence looked at the blond knight coming against the light, and the figure of the other party was shrouded in golden light, as if the light was bursting from the inside of his body.This reminded him of the first time he saw each other——

When he opened his eyes from the drowsiness, Lancer was close in front of him, and the light outside the cave overflowed behind him, dispelling the darkness in the cave.It was this man who saved himself.

"Lancer." Terrence paused and said softly, "Let's terminate the contract."

"...What?" The blond knight widened his eyes slightly, and the whirling leaves just now made him lose his hearing.

Terrence clenched the gem in one hand, patted his chest with the other hand, looked straight into Lancer's eyes and said in a deep voice, "I said, let's get in touch with the contract. I don't need this kind of thing anymore. "

"Why?!" Lancer quickly walked up the steps and grabbed Terrence's arm. "Didn't we agree last night? Are you going to go back on your word?"

"I don't have one," Terrence explained, "I'll always need you, but I don't need this circle anymore, do you understand? We won't get in the way if we don't have this circle. You're still my The most important knight."

"But I need it!" Lancer interrupted Terrence, his expression was distorted, and his facial features, which were sharp enough to remind people of sharp blades, were now shrouded in gloom. "I will never terminate the contract with you, even if it is your order."

The worry about Terrence's life, the useless criticism of himself, and the crisis and pressure caused by Ivan's sudden and straightforward confession all broke out at this moment.

Terrence could feel the blond knight holding his shoulders so hard that his bones were about to be crushed, but he couldn't yell out the pain, because the expression on his face was so painful that Terrence I feel that the pain that the other party feels is several times greater than the pain I feel.

"What else do I have besides this magic circle?" Lancer whispered, "I don't have your affection, and I don't even have the courage to approach you. What else can I have except this magic circle?"

"Lancer... what are you talking about?" Terrence felt that he could hear some kind of secret and heavy emotion from the blond knight's distressed voice, but he suspected that he was only too sensitive because of Ivan's confession .

—Is that impossible?

While denying himself in his heart, Terrence tried to appease Lancer's excited emotions.But when he just put his arms around Lancer's back, he heard the other party say in a hoarse voice next to his ear: "I like you...no, I love you."

Terrence's body stiffened suddenly, a large amount of air rushed into his lungs, washing his body back and forth.It must be because of this reason, Terrence felt his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

But the palpitations were fleeting, and when Terrence calmed down, he almost pushed Lancer away without thinking.

He raised his head to look at Lancer, his eyes settled into a deep green.And imprinted in his pupils, Lancer's face was paler than his, which made Terrence swallow all his words.Without saying a word, he brushed Lancer's side and left.

Lancer covered his mouth with his fist, his pale face turned red, and then all the blood faded—he was just emotionally unstable for a while, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't even think of what he just blurted out. It's a confession.

What would Terrence think?

The blond knight remembered that the little master walked past him with a stiff expression just now, and couldn't help clenching his fists.He stepped up to catch up with Terrence who was leaving, but was stopped by the elder behind him.

The old man came out of the dark tower and said to Lancer, "The kid wants to terminate the contract because of your consideration. He doesn't want to involve you."

Terrence walked back to the wooden house quickly, and Lancer's low confession sound was reminded of him from time to time, which made his heart tighten continuously.

He was exhausted by the alternation of agitated emotions and knee-jerk repulsion in his mind.

Terrence slammed the door shut, leaning against the wooden door and sighing.He was extremely irritable, but Ivan came to the door at this time.Hearing the boy's call, Terrence sat down without saying a word and pressed his forehead.

He never thought that he would be confessed by two people of the same sex one after another, and one of them was actually a companion who had been with him for many years.And obviously, he was affected by Lanser so much that he lost his usual calmness.

This made Terrence uneasy.

When the sunlight entering the room gradually dimmed, the knock on the door rang again.

Lancer's deep voice was amplified in Terrence's ears through the cracks in the wood.Terrence was silent for a few seconds, then stood up and opened the door.

Almost at the moment when the sunlight swarmed into the room, Lancer hugged Terrence's slender body tightly.

"...Let go!" Terrence blushed, desperately trying to push Lancer away, but this time, the opponent's arm was strong and powerful, locking all of Terrence's movements.

"I heard from the elder why you insist on breaking the contract with me." Lanser hugged Terrence tightly and said, "I am more worried about you than you worry about me. I will never break up with you As a contract, I am willing to die with you or perish together. It is the duty of a knight to follow your footsteps."

"Don't be stupid... Do you want to lose everything for me? Even a knight doesn't have to do this."

"Then, as someone who loves you deeply? If you are reincarnated and never meet you again, then it's better to disappear with you."

"Lancer!" Terrence didn't expect the other party to confess his love again, so he couldn't help covering his ears with his hands, and shouted to stop the other party. "Don't say that word again, I beg you."

— that was too painful.

Feeling the beating of his heart bursting, Terrence frowned and thought.

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Lancer knelt down, met Terrence's avoiding gaze, took Terrence's hands and whispered: "I don't want to cause you trouble, so I have been silently suppressing my feelings. But please don't reject me just because of this." Even if—even if you never accept me. Okay?"

Terrence was silent for a while, and finally said: "You heard about me from the elders? Then do you know what I have experienced?"

He squatted down following Lancer's strength, looking straight into the eyes of the blond knight.Terrence didn't want Lancer to know the past that was meaningless to him, and even when he asked Lancer to release the contract, he didn't intend to tell him the reason.

Because he always felt that what he got did not belong to him.

But Terrence finally decided to speak out: "I rose twice from the other side of death, Lancer, and started my life anew. But only this time, you came to my side. Once we were against each other, and you and Angus is the right couple. Fate has changed everything, maybe I just took Angus' place."

"What you love is not me, maybe it's a phantom, maybe it's an identity. Even if it's not me, it can be someone else. Lancer, what I want is pure feelings that belong only to me, not a false projection."

After finishing these words in a hoarse voice, Terrence stood up: "If you don't love me, I won't love you, that's all."

"...Then why are you crying?" Lancer looked up at the little master's face covered by the hair, and the silver thread reflecting the light fell from the black hair.

"Your past hurts me, I even hate the one who hurt you. But that 'me' is not me. He didn't meet you, he didn't live with you for five years, he didn't grind because of you I have never cried or laughed for you—do you want to deny me because of such a person?"

Lanser clenched his hand firmly by his side, his words resounded, but in fact every inch of his muscle was trembling slightly because of timidity, fearing that what he heard from Terrence would ruin him forever.

"I love you - in the past five years, every minute and every second of my life exists for you, and there is no one else in my heart except you, do you want to say that this love is not pure enough? You Do you want to use the past that didn't happen at all to doubt the real time between us?"

Terrence's body trembled, his eyes passed through the messy bangs, and met Lancer's eyes.

——How long will you be haunted by the past, Terrence?Haven't you already decided to face a new future?Here lies the courage to take that step.

Terrence questioned himself in his heart, and slowly walked back to Lancer.He asked in a low voice, "Even if I don't love you, will you still love me?"

"Of course." Lancer held out his hand, "until the moment we all disappear."

"...I don't know when I will accept you, idiot." Terrence held the palm of the blond knight.