[Lord of the Rings] Green Leaf's Blessing

If you can't change, you can only adapt, because not all those who persist stubbornly are dark forces——When Gandalf raised the scepter in his hand, the voice that sounded since he left the other side of the ocean echoed in his ears again .Along the way, he couldn't ignore that power. Just as he obeyed Frodo's initiative to take the responsibility of destroying the Lord of the Rings, he also had to obey Legolas' willing choice.To comply with this kind of sacrifice and redemption is to comply with love and hope, and only in this way can the world they love return to its original perfect state.

His eyes were slightly closed, his slender eyelashes trembled slightly with the voice of the wizard chanting a spell, and he felt a bit of warmth from his right hand that was pressed tightly against his heart.With the arrival of this ray of temperature, Legolas was no longer nervous, but allowed himself to completely relax in the white light that enveloped him.This is a wonderful feeling that he did not expect, he is still standing in place, but seems to be floating off the ground, the only thing that is certain is that the white flower is always by his side - in the breeze blowing again, He could even feel its soft breathing.

Suddenly, Legolas' eyes were no longer hazy, and all the beautiful memories unfolded one by one with the magic.

The father's hands gently embraced the child in his arms; the father's hands covered the elf's arrow-holding hand; the father's hands stroked his cheeks, passed through his braids, and gave all the best wishes... Too many pictures overlapped one by one in front of his eyes, the same hands that existed in countless time and space, warmed him, guided him, and protected him, it was what he most wanted to hold on to when he hesitated, sad and confused everything.

But when he was really firm about what he thought in his heart, he had to let go of those hands.

The overlapping pictures finally converged into one—that was the dawn before he left.Before that, his father's singing did help him sleep, but the dream was always too short, and he woke up before dawn.He left his father's shoulder with a movement so light that it was almost imperceptible, and his father's figure did not move a bit, but he knew that it was not because he did not wake him up.

Legolas was even sure that his father hadn't slept all night.But this kind of silent parting that each other believed might be a good thing for them, so he didn't expect his father to get up suddenly, and following the slight echo of the forged sword being put aside, he had already paced to his side .

"Ada?" Legolas called softly, but didn't look back.

"Your hair is messed up, Legolas," the fingertips slowly reaching out touched the messy hair on the side of his ear, "Soldiers should braid their hair before going to battle, you always forget that .”

"But you don't always comb for me." Feeling the warm fingertips stroking through his hair, Legolas lowered his eyes.

"This time is different, son." His father's still calm voice made him feel extremely heartbroken.

He originally thought that his father would at least say "return safe", but the father didn't say anything until the end. He just put his hands next to his son's ears after finishing everything, and waited quietly for a while before deciding to pull away—that was a father who said to his son. The silent farewell said by the son is also a selfless blessing silently given by a father to his son.

Legolas suddenly reached out and took his father's withdrawn hand.

He still didn't look back because he didn't dare to look back, but—

"Ada, I love you."

At the same time that he actively let go of that hand, a soft sigh slipped into his ear——

"I never knew, son."

At the moment when the white light shone most intensely, Legolas felt something slip from the corners of his closed eyes, and he opened his lips at the right time and recited those oaths: "I am closely bound with my body, and may all strength support You don't fall, may all harm befall me; be completely bound to my soul, I will belong to the forest forever, until sorrow and exhaustion completely consume me... Accept my giving and dedication, love and love with me Protect the most important person..."

"Then this oath will conclude the greatest splendor," Gandalf mused as he watched the light gradually settle into the young elf's body, "but it may also be the saddest ending."

Legolas opened his eyes, gently opened his hand on his chest, and found that the ring had disappeared—no, it hadn't disappeared, and a smile came to his mouth with this thought.He breathed and felt that he was breathing with the forest; he was walking and felt that he was advancing and retreating with the forest; he was now one with the forest.

Gone were the forces that threatened his father's safety, lost in that beating young heart that gave it all.