Whispering Verse

Chapter 2954 Regretful Ending and Black Invitation

"No matter what, now that you have finally waited for her, what will you do next?"

Shade then asked. The old man did not look at Shade, but at the tea cup on the counter in front of him:

"What can I do? I've waited too long, it's really too long. Sometimes I wonder whether I'm waiting to see her again, or maybe I just want to answer my own questions."

"Time has diluted your feelings for her?"

"No, I still remember the throbbing feeling when I looked at the stars on the haystacks at the entrance of the village that summer, but I missed it after all, right? Although I was young when she was young, we were born in different eras; I came to this Times later, she is still young, but I am old.”

The old man poured himself another cup of tea, sighed and made up his mind:

"I have already thought about it. I want to leave this bookstore to her. Although I have missed this life, at least leaving a gift will not be regarded as my trip in vain. I will never see her again. If she If you call me Grandpa Berkeley, I’m afraid I’ll faint immediately.”

Shade actually wanted to say, "Is it possible that she likes books because she got a bookstore for free?" But this kind of thing is obviously not suitable to say now:

"I admire you very much. You travel through time just to find the lover of your youth. This is a romantic plot that is not found in knight novels."

"But it was missed after all."

He continued to sigh, but then added:

"But fortunately, I still saw her after all. In recent years, I have obviously felt that my health has gradually become worse. I dreamed about her in the middle of the night, and I was worried that I would never be able to meet her again until I died. Please don't worry, I will not disturb her life. "My love story has ended, but hers has not yet begun."

"How old was she when you met her?"

"Sixteen years old, I was seventeen that year."

Shade did the math. Just now Agelina said that this girl is now fourteen years old. She only looks thin due to long-term malnutrition. In other words, the world will not be destroyed for at least two years, and there will still be normal people.

But this still requires calculating the girl's date of birth and estimating the date when she traveled through time. If she traveled through time on the first day after she turned sixteen, and today was the last day when she turned fourteen, there wouldn't be much time left.

The old man's body no longer allowed him to drink, so he just drank cups of tea and told Shade stories about his past.

Although the ending of the story is a regret of missing out and a joke of time, Shade believes that this is definitely a good story compared to other time traveling stories.

The Cumming family's time travel created a twisted family ethical relationship. Bronte's time travel turned into a monster in order to live forever. Chief Goethe's time travel was a story about demons and greed. Even the story of Jindel and the dragon did not end satisfactorily.

Only the story of this old store manager is simple but pure. In Dorothy's words, this embodies the most beautiful thing about human beings, although it is indeed a pity.

The letter sent by the girl was not actually blank, it contained a photo "printed" by Dorothy. Shade originally wanted to leave it as a souvenir to the old man, but he didn't:

"I have this, and this is mine."

He shook the pocket watch in his hand at Shade. He was obviously referring to the girl in the pocket watch who he met when he was sixteen.

The old man could also see that Shade cared about time travel, so when sharing the story, he also told Shade about his magical experience in detail.

After he came to this era, he no longer remembered how he participated in the secret meeting, what kind of reward he gave in exchange for this opportunity, and he couldn't remember who the person he was trading with was.

He only remembered that the other party said that he could not do anything that would attract a lot of attention in the rest of his life, and it was best not to kill anyone or be killed by others. In short, living quietly in a corner, waiting for fate to favor you or to die alone, can ensure that this opportunity is not wasted, otherwise the journey may end early.

And the old man lived as he had asked in his memory, until he welcomed the young man from the north who came to visit.

But Shade is still puzzled by this. Time in the material world is very self-correcting, so it is indeed possible for the old man to avoid the emergence of "paradox bugs" for thirty years by doing this. This probability is actually very small, but In any case, it shouldn't be impossible to be sensed by the "Beacon Acorn".

Therefore, the power of the so-called "assembly" should not be as simple as sending people through time, not to mention that Shade does not think that this old man is the only one who has reached a deal:

"So in addition to the families who own the tree holes, there are also people in the local area who are helping others to cross."

The old man also informed Shade how to use this invitation:

"It only works on Saturday, tonight. You find a dark enough intersection in the city, and then open the invitation. The invitation will then guide you to your destination."

He handed the black envelope to Shade. The old man had kept the envelope for more than thirty years, but it had not faded at all. As soon as Shade touched it, he felt the presence of four elements: miracle, blasphemy, enlightenment and whisper.

"Speaking of which, haven't you considered going back?"

When Shade accepted the invitation, he asked:

"I'm not talking about thinking about going back after waiting all these years, but are you thinking about going back now? You have fulfilled your wish, haven't you considered returning to your 'hometown' for burial?"

The old man smiled. He looked at the store he had run for many years, and then explained to the young man:

"Sometimes I can't figure out which era I belong to. Since she is in this era, I will stay too. Besides, I am already so old and I am not used to the lack of heating in the city. It’s an era. If you ask me, the greatest thing about this era is the heating of the whole city.”

Shade nodded at him, then took the invitation and left.

[Maybe he will go find the girl again, maybe he will commit suicide in his bookstore the next day. 】

"She" whispered in his ears when the bell rang at the door of the store, but Shade did not look back:

"You know, it's hard for me to evaluate this story."

[Because there is no evil person in this story who needs your action? 】

"No, no, the guy who sent people to other time and space is obviously not doing good things, he is a bad guy. Just like what I just said, the stories about time travel that were ended by me in Vista City , always ends in tragedy, always because time travel creates a dangerous enemy for us to defeat, even the story of Dragon and Jindel.

But this time the story”

He came to the street and looked up at the cloudy sky:

"This story is so regrettable after all."

Shade plans to arrange for manpower to remotely monitor this used bookstore later, but after all, this is not the most important thing at the moment.

He returned to the Accordion Hotel in a melancholy mood, and then told the story to Miss Denister and Flora, who happened to be out today.

It was just like when everyone first arrived in Vista City, touching the cat and telling a bizarre story, and then everyone commented on it. Flora and the red-haired girl felt a lot about it anyway.

"What a missed story. Stories of regret and tragedy are always more touching. Although Dorothy said she didn't like the tragic ending, I think this story is still very good."

This is what Flora said. She has communicated a lot with Dorothy recently, and the red-haired girl looked at Shade with a somewhat stern look:

"When one person is born, the other person has not yet been born; when one person goes to find the other person, one of them will die. Even if you try hard to pursue, you still can't get it in the end, and you can only wait for the end of Xia De with regret, Although I have always believed in your honesty, isn’t this story really about you and the teacher?”

"Ahem!"

Flora, who was holding the tea cup, choked. She originally wanted to ask Daniste why she thought so, but after thinking about it carefully, she found that what Danist said seemed to make sense:

"Yeah, this story is really similar to the story of Shad and that lady Helena Carter."

"Flora, although everyone is aware of it, there is actually no need for you to say this."

Shade concluded the story with a reminder:

"If you miss it, you miss it, and there is nothing you can do about it. I admire Mr. Berkeley in the used bookstore for traveling through time just to see his lover again, but I know it is wrong to travel through time for personal matters."

The red-haired girl nodded:

"But the harvest from this trip is really amazing. There is actually a being in Vista City who can help people travel through time. But this sounds familiar. Accept the price and fulfill your wish. It won't be an ancient evil spirit again this time, right? ?”

"Probably not."

After all, if there are still demons in the local area, it is impossible for the doctor to not sense them before he leaves:

"I think it should be something related to trees. Flora was right when we were having lunch. Now is the peak period of local time instability, and there shouldn't be only single-digit time travellers.

Moreover, the hermits in the forest have also said that the number of bugs sealed in the Vista Woodland is in the tens of thousands. If a time traveler only appears every few decades, when will it be possible to accumulate so many bugs? "

Shade said:

"Today is Saturday. I will go to the secret meeting tonight to take a look. I have a hunch that when I come back, most of our questions will be answered."

"Do you need someone to go with you?"

Flora asked expectantly, feeling that if Shade wanted to find someone to accompany him, she would definitely be the one chosen.

"I'll just go by myself, and I don't think I'll go too far. The invitation can only be used on Saturdays. It's really interesting."