I'm the villain in Gotham

Everything in Erberist's golden eyes silenced Bruce.

It's not that he didn't think about how Erberist would react when he said the contract was terminated, but when it really happened, Bruce still felt sour and uncomfortable.

He took a deep breath, and patiently allowed himself to stand still: "Then you have to promise me that you won't do this kind of thing again."

"You just want to force me to say this..." Erberister looked up at him, forcing himself to smile: "But...but when you put yourself in danger again, then... how can I protect you? "

Bruce wanted to say that he didn't need it, but thinking of the final result of the last timeline, he was silent again.

"We all know what you choose in a crisis," said Urberist, who had touched half of Batman's memory, and Urberist knew as much about his self-destructive tendencies as Bruce knew about it: "I know Your obsession with Gotham and the safety of the earth, I cannot and cannot change you, but at least——I can bear the price it brings for you."

He is used to pain, and he will not die easily; he wants to protect his master and everything the master wants.

Erberist wants too much, even if he is powerful, he will eventually have to compromise.

The way he compromises is himself.

If it was ever, Bruce can firmly say that it was the price he chose to pay, and it had nothing to do with Erberist.But knowing the changes of Erberist in the last timeline, knowing his persistence and madness, Bruce can't let himself trample on his sincerity and feelings like this.

Batman appeared to change and protect Gotham, and later to protect the earth, to protect all the people he has seen or not seen.

Now add one more, guarding his family, his dragon.

But Erberist had inherited Batman's self-destructive tendencies long before he noticed it.Originally Batman was the one who would hold the bomb under his body, but now Erberist went one step further, swallowing the bomb before it rolled down to Batman's feet, burning and tearing the abdominal cavity Drenched with blood, but the appearance can still appear to be calm.

Bruce even began to resent himself for ignoring him.

Once, when a certain hospital or building in Gotham was blown up by villains, Batman looked at the numbers representing death and couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: What have I protected?

But in this smooth timeline, even Bruce, who has recovered his memory, never asked himself this question again.

When the truth behind the peace was bloodily torn apart, and when he truly realized what Erberist had paid for it, the happiness and comfort that Bruce once felt were replaced by strong guilt and pain.Originally, he thought that he was used to seeing people around him being hurt or sacrificed for his ideal.Because that's not just Batman's ideal, it's theirs too.

But Erberist was different.

This dragon is not a kind creature, and he will never be able to protect those ordinary people from the bottom of his heart like a real superhero.All he does is because his master is Batman, and that's what Batman wants.

Bruce knew that as long as he didn't change, Erberist would never change his attitude.The dragon will forever fight for his master until his life is utterly extinguished.

"...I can promise you," Bruce was silent for a long time, so that his voice was a little dry when he spoke again: "I will try my best to keep myself safe, and I will try...to change."

"Then I also promise you that I will try to fulfill your wish." Eberrist said softly, "But please don't talk about rescinding the contract for any reason in the future."

He gently grasped Bruce's wrist, holding him against his chest.Through the warm chest, Bruce could feel a low and deep beating of a heart: "...your words broke my heart."

Bruce looked at his flickering golden pupils and his almost straight lips, and slowly stretched out his hands and hugged him.

Erberist rested his chin on his shoulder, wrapped his arms around his waist, and gently closed his eyes.

Then he heard Bruce's husky voice, "I'm sorry."

Abrist suddenly opened his eyes.

This is not the first time Bruce said sorry to him. He said it countless times in the last timeline, but in the end those were all proved to be lies to appease him; This is the first time I heard his sincere apology, because he finally realized how much he hurt him intentionally and unintentionally.

But now...

Erberist understood Bruce's bad words, and thought that a hug would be enough to represent all his apologies; but the sudden apology was so sincere that Erberist felt a little overwhelmed.

He suddenly realized the change in Bruce. After all, in the past, this was an almost impossible thing to happen, and Erberist had already gotten used to and accepted it.And now, he found that Bruce has changed a lot compared to the Batman in the last timeline. In fact, since his memory was restored, Bruce has been refreshing Erberist's cognition every day.He has become gentle and humane, trying to change the habit that has been criticized before, and also correcting his own mistakes.

But today's apology made Erberist suddenly realize how much Bruce had changed when facing himself.

Abrist suddenly felt an indescribable, never-before-experienced feeling. He didn't know what it was, and he didn't know how to express it.

And he realized that now is not the time to talk about this, so he temporarily suppressed the confused doubts in his heart, tilted his head slightly, hung his lips on Bruce's neck, and asked cautiously, puzzled: "Why did you... Say this?"

Bruce was speechless.He couldn't help but reflect on how inarticulate he had been in the past, so that Erberist was so surprised to hear his apology.

...But just thinking about it for a while, Bruce can think of countless related memories of being ridiculed or ridiculed by relatives, friends and even enemies.Even in this milder timeline, it is the same for himself who has not recovered his memory. Alfred mentioned more than once that he should be more honest.

Bruce pursed his lips and let go of Erberist, trying to tell him that he would try to change his hard and unreasonable attitude.

But when he saw Erberist's eyes, the words that Bruce was about to say got stuck and choked in his throat.

Erberist looked at him with special concentration, and his golden eyes seemed a little dazed and confused.When he noticed Bruce's suspicious gaze, Eberist pursed his lips and said suddenly: "Master... Bruce, you said before that you love me."

Bruce was stunned for a moment, but the next moment he forced himself to be serious and nodded: "Yes."

"But actually, I don't know what love you are talking about," Eberrist said softly. For a dragon who gave his whole body to his master, this point is too difficult to distinguish: "Before, I always Thinking of you, I can't help but want to be close to you, I hope to be by your side all the time... But you said that these are not love."

"But now, when I meet your eyes, I feel a little... tense in my heart," he stumbled, trying to express his feelings clearly: "I long for your hug and closeness, I long for..." He leaned over , staring at Bruce's sexy lips, slowly moving his own closer.

But in the end, he still restrained himself from touching him, and just let the tips of their noses touch, so that the two could feel each other's warm breath at the same time.

Erberister lowered her slender and thick eyelashes, then raised them again, reflecting her beautiful pupils into Bruce's steel-blue eyeballs: "Bruce, is this... love?"

They were so close that their body temperature almost melted, and even oxygen and blood were connected together.Bruce saw the reflection of his own eyeballs in Erberist's focused eyes, and the gold and blue blended so well together, as if they were born to hook up.

Bruce looked at it quietly for a while, and after a while, he smiled: "Yes."

He clasped his broad palms behind Erberist's head, exerting a slight force, allowing himself to complete this last step: "Yes, you love me."

The last few words met vaguely between the soft and lingering lips and teeth of the two.

"And I love you too."