【Liba】Residual thoughts

There is no need to force yourself to hate.The one who says "even so" is the real you.This is your treasure, don't throw it away at any time.

Human beings are creatures who find themselves in the hearts of other people.Presumably everyone is the same.

So I believe you——Banaji Links, you who found himself from those days will definitely let him find his true self.

Two people should not only hurt each other when they are together.

"Will I get better?"

Hans whimpered beside Banagher, licking his face lightly as if to comfort him.Marida hugged the boy's slightly trembling shoulders, and comforted him softly in his ear.

(It will be fine. Dear Banerjee.)

No matter what kind of wound it is, it will eventually heal.

No matter how deep the wound is and how difficult it is to heal.

"I've been lonely since you left."

(Ok, I know.)

"Very lonely."

(I'm still by your side now, Banagher.)

The world seems hopeless, but it still makes people want to affirm it.Despair and hope coexist, sadness and joy coexist, and the days continue silently like this.

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The clear night wind blew into the window and rolled up the letter paper on the table. Liddy held the letter paper that was about to fly away, thought for a while, rolled it up and threw it into the trash can next to him.He propped his forehead, his distressed expression made him look like a broken-hearted poet.

"Sure enough..."

He hadn't held a pen for a long time, and his hands used to holding guns and driving sticks were a little trembling, but compared with the difficulty of writing itself, how to turn the thoughts in his mind into words was a bigger problem.

Although for him, it may be more difficult to convey ideas face-to-face than this primitive way of expression.

Just when he was upset, there was a knock on the door.Accompanied by the sound of the door, there was also the boy's hesitant voice.

"Mr Liddy, are you in there?"

That voice shocked the man, as if it was the voice of judgment from God.He looked at the door for a while, and finally got up to open the door.

The downcast head of the brown-haired boy appeared behind the door.He was startled by the sound of the door opening without warning, and he raised his head to meet the gaze of the man who was almost a head taller than him.His face turned red immediately, and he stuttered when he spoke.

"I, can I go in? I want to talk to you a little bit..."

He turned sideways silently and let the boy in.Although he looked expressionless, his heart was already boiling because of Banagher's arrival.He suppressed himself desperately, closed the door silently, and tried not to look at the other party.

"What's the matter?"

"I plan to go back to Industry [-] tomorrow."

Banagher said in an uneasy tone, but managed to attract the man's gaze that he deliberately avoided.

"……tomorrow……"

"Well, I've discussed it with Takuya and the others. It's not good to bother you like this all the time, so I want to leave as soon as possible."

Really, can't wait to get out of here... But, there is no way.

"Oh, um... so, I wish you all the best."

"Thank you. By the way, I actually want to return this to you."

Only then did he notice that the boy was holding something in his hand.He unfolded it before his eyes, and Liddy's eyes widened slightly.

"This is...the Trier..."

He took over the beloved model plane, only to find that it was missing a piece.It was once discarded somewhere, but at that time he was only thinking about Banagher's affairs, and gradually ignored it.

"I picked it up by accident in the grass before. Although it is a little broken, it can still fly. I think it can fly better if it is repaired..."

Banagher tried his best to explain.He looked at his hopeful eyes, and gradually lowered his hand holding the plane.

"You came here just to send me this kind of thing?"

He stared at the man in surprise.Seeing the dangerous light in his eyes, he shrunk his neck involuntarily.

"I just... because Mr. Liddy seemed very sorry at that time..."

"You shouldn't have come."

The indifferent words interrupted Banagher, who caught a glimpse of him biting his lower lip out of the corner of his eye.

"As I said, it's better for you to stay away from me. Otherwise, I don't know what I will do to you."

It took Banagher a few seconds to comprehend what he meant, and his cheeks immediately turned red.

"No... I'm sure the sober Mr. Liddy won't do anything to me."

"Do you really know what you're talking about?" He couldn't believe his courage, "You come to the room of the man who violated you so late alone...and you show such a defenseless expression, what on earth are you doing?" What are you thinking?"

"I want to talk to you."

"Nothing to talk about."

"No!" He stood in front of him forcefully, looking directly at him. "I don't want to leave like this. We haven't had a good talk yet...Didn't you say at that time, Mr. Liddy, that you and I still have a lot to do in this world. Since I recovered my memory, there has been no I had the opportunity to have a good chat with you."

Liddy felt a lump in his throat.

He still remembers... the voice he inadvertently revealed in the universe when he was desperately trying to bring him back.As if to cheer for himself, no one else heard the shout except him.

Seeing that Riddhe didn't respond, Banagher showed a hesitant look.

"Mr. Liddy, do you hate me?"

Still got silence.His eyes dimmed a little.

"If you hate me, why did you treat the son of a family enemy so tenderly when I lost my memory?"

"That is……"

Is it guilt?No, not exactly.He knew his answer, but he couldn't say it.

"Then why did you save me from the universe in the first place?"

Banagher asked persistently, but the other party just looked away.Facing Liddy with such an indifferent attitude, the fire in his heart became weaker and weaker.

"I see...if I'm the only thing that's bothering you, then I'll disappear. But before that, I just want to make sure," he closed his eyes, "the time we spent together wasn't False."

The young man's moist eyes and pretending calm tone made his heart tremble suddenly.He clenched his fists tightly, but he couldn't help remembering those peaceful and stable times two weeks ago.

At that time, Banagher was completely unaware of the impending collapse of the relationship, and just left everything to himself, showing a joyful smile to himself without hesitation.That is the smile that an ordinary 16-year-old boy should have, and he has tried to protect it at all costs.

Only then did he realize how much he wanted to go back—back to those unbroken times.Unfortunately, all of these were destroyed by myself.

"Yes, but there is no going back."

he said, his voice rough and dry.Goodbye, those days of looking for the canary and the woodpecker together, never to be brought back again.

"—Yes, time can't go back. However, there is still a chance to save it."

His hand was caught in the dim light, and he couldn't help trembling, subconsciously trying to shake off the young man's hand, but he gave up when he met his gaze.

"Miss Marida said that the choice is in my hands, but I think the choice is in your hands, Mr. Liddy. Please don't run away, running away will only make you more painful."

That name was like a kindling, igniting his long-stretched nerves.The nameless fiery fire was raging in his chest, he held his hand back, and squeezed out a ferocious growl from his throat.

"Why can you speak so grandly? If it's not because of you...not because of your words..."

——If it wasn’t for your existence, how could I be in such pain, living in the torment of guilt all the time.Without you, without you...

"What if I want to forgive you?" Banagher frowned as his wrist hurt from being grabbed, but he didn't flinch at all.

"Ha, haha... How dare you say that..."

He twisted into an angry smile.Facing the determined gaze of the young man, he realized that he could never remain calm.

"It's true, Mr. Liddy, I don't hate you...no, I don't want to hate you."

"Stop kidding - dare you say you never hated me?!"

Fragmentary afterimages buzzed before his eyes.The moment when the girl refused her hand and fell into the clouds; the self who was easily corrupted by the family curse and the banshee; the boy grabbed the model airplane that lost its target; Hatred, I can't tell if it's directed at myself, the boy, or this fallen world; the sparks that exploded in the universe, the heart-piercing cries from the communicator; the moment when the head went blank; the eyes in the cockpit were empty The boy who looked at himself as if asking for help——

The afterimages swarmed endlessly, eating away at his remaining sanity.

Stop it, Liddy Marcenas.

You can't, don't hurt him anymore.

However, the boy's next words shattered all his calmness.

"Yes, I hated you," he said, "but at that time...she told me you were in pain."

——He is also in pain, and you should understand it too.

He heard the roar of his disintegrated soul.Blood suddenly rushed to his head, and before he even realized it, his fingers had already grabbed the young man's neck, pressing him hard on the bed.He was like a hopeless loser, dying to take out all his resentment on him.

In the end, the only one who cares is yourself, and the only one who suffers in the end is yourself.

I'm so down and out, I'm like a clown.

"What do you know? What do you know? You have everything I don't have... Strong, unyielding... Yes, that's why Audrey chose you... That's why Marida believed in you... But I have nothing ...I have nothing but pain-"

Banagher held the wrist that was pinching his neck, and struggled to squeeze out intermittent words from his throat.

"It's not...that's... um!"

Looking at the young man who was in pain, a suffocating sadness enveloped him.He didn't relax his strength, his tone was desperate but calm.

"There's a gun in the second drawer of the nightstand, take it out and kill me, you have that power."

The pair of amber pupils suddenly dilated before his eyes.His trembling lips pulled out a twisted arc, as if a believer was praying for God's forgiveness.There is nothing more painful than chronic torture.All kinds of mistakes and crimes that he has committed are like boiling water in his mind, like a revolving lantern in the memory of a dying person.

"Kill me. Otherwise... otherwise..."

—I will hurt you.

"……Do not……"

With difficulty but firmly he squeezed out the words to say no.Fine tears ooze from the corners of his eyes.

"I can't...kill you..."

The man's eyes widened in shock.The neck of the hand is so thin, it seems that it can be broken with a twist.Even under such circumstances, even if his lifeline is in the hands of others, he is still unwilling to kill himself.

God, why are you torturing me like this.Is it because sinners like me do not deserve to be freed at all?

"Are you sympathizing with me...I..."

The murmurings turned into hysterical shouts again.

"I don't need your sympathy!!!"

The hand pinching his neck gradually tightened.Ahhh, if we're not here, it will be over for good.Those nightmares will not haunt me anymore, and the emotions that swelled in my chest will disappear with them.

"Liddy... sir..."

Draw the curtain.

Don't look at me again.Leave me alone.

If only everything was destroyed.

"You, Banerjee Links, are destined to hate me, and Marida Cruz is the one I killed, why should I be sympathetic to you?!"

——Why, I still live in this world.

"I am the one who killed her?! Do you understand?! I, Liddy Marcenas, am the murderer!!!!"

As if awakened by his own self-blame, Liddy slowly let go of his neck and looked at his hands in disbelief, as if they were covered with blood.Banagher, who broke free from the confinement, coughed violently, and the man's hoarse and hysterical shout reached his ears.

"People like me, people like me... just hate me! Just don't forgive me! Just kill me! It should be like this! But why do you still—"

"Hatred doesn't solve anything!!!"

Banagher roared hoarsely.He pounced on him like a beast and pinned the man down on the bed with astonishing strength.Liddy, who was stunned by his actions, could only stare blankly at the tangled expression of the boy above, and then burst into tears.

Hot tears smeared on the skin, like a cold fire burning.Riddhe was completely stunned, and stared at the boy with bated breath.His brows were tangled together, his messy forehead and temple hair were wet with tears, and he cried so unbearably and sadly, as if he was looking at the saddest and most pitiful creature in the world.

Some intense emotions surged towards him along with the fragments of memory, which belonged to the young man's heart, remaining indelible longings.

The father who had been with him for a short time was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames; in Dhaka, the girl driving the MA asked him to kill herself; unable to protect the adults who had helped him, watching them disappear into the universe; accidentally killing the one who had taken care of him people; unable to stop Marida's death; and, when questioning why he became like this——

Those most painful and sad moments in his life, condensed into his current emotion, engulfed Liddy overwhelmingly.

—Ah, I know.

He was the one who took other people's sorrows as his own, that's why his eyes were so bright and tears flowed like this.

is that so……

It turned out that the tears were shed for me.

"Everyone left... Dad, Mom, Miss Marida, Miss Ronnie, Mr. Taxa, Mr. Kiboa, Mr. Jael are gone, and will never come back...I can't save them, I Lost almost all important people...even Audrey is gone...I don't want...don't want to lose you too..."

please.He saw the boy who had peeled off his strong shell and said in a hoarse voice while crying.Then Liddy realized how foolish he had been pleading to him to kill him - and that hurt him deeply again.Banagher, who had lost almost everything, would not be able to kill anyone no matter what.Even if that person hurt himself so deeply.

"Miss Marida said that you are in great pain... I know, you are also in great pain... Even if I hate you, what can I gain by hating you all the time..."

Why do you look at me with such pain and pity every time, the one who is obviously hurt is you.

do not Cry.He felt a pang of pangs of regret.However, it was himself who made him cry.What can I do to stop his tears.

"That will only make you and me more painful... So, I want to forgive you... Only in this way can it end... Only then can we truly be free..."

"Why..." His lips trembled.The boy once again showed an expression he couldn't bear to see, and punched him as if he wanted to vent the emotions that he couldn't resolve in his heart.The humming echo from the bed board and the hoarse voice of the boy echoed in my ears.

"Because I can't just watch Mr. Liddy fall!"

Liddy opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something soft and warm, and then his nose.

"—Dear Banagher."

"Mr. Liddy, you couldn't bear to see me fall, so you pulled me back?! There is nothing in that place, very, very lonely... I don't want to leave you alone in that place... ...so please don't do this, don't torture yourself..."

"Before you read this letter, please forgive me for not being able to say these words to you in person. Maybe you can take it as my suicide note. Because I have no reason to live in this world anymore.

I know everything you have given me.I'm always pretending to be indifferent because I can't face you without it.You belong to the warm and dry land in summer, but I have been living in the muddy deep sea ever since I learned my own history and carried everything I asked for.

I never expected any light to shine into this deep sea.However, you show up. "

"Please, don't say anything to kill me again... Come back, everyone is waiting for you to come back."

Teeth chatter.He heard the sound of disintegration in his heart, like a continuous ice sheet being crushed and broken.

"Obviously I killed your important person, a gentle woman who was treated as a sister and friend, took away your trust, and insulted you with such disgusting means. But like a victim, I refused Communicating with you, rejecting your scarred heart. Obviously I am the culprit of all this. Even so, you are trying to forgive me, just like an angel.

You are most beautiful, you have the power of kindness that I will never have, and may you not be tainted by my sorrow. "

"It must, must be able to overcome. Whether it is the pain of the past or the future, it must be able to face it well. So don't leave, please—come back to me."

The boy's weeping face was reflected in his shaken eyes, and the warm liquid penetrated the fabric and soaked into the skin.At that moment, he suddenly realized.

I've been seeking self-destruction for so long, and maybe that's a relief for me, but not for him.

Why, such a simple thing, I didn't understand until now.

As if he suddenly lost his restraint, tears oozed out before he could react, wetting the man's face.

"You... are really cunning."

"Each each other."

Riddhe stretched out his right hand to caress the boy's cheek, trying to wipe away his tears.Banagher grabbed that hand and showed him a tear-stained smile.He stared at him for a moment, couldn't hold it any longer, got up and hugged him, buried him in his shoulder and cried aloud.

"I'm sorry... I've done so many, so many unforgivable things to you..."

He broke down in sobs, his chest ached with pain.Banagher returned his hug tightly, stroking his broad back.It's all over, he pressed against his ear and comforted him softly, like a light feather.

"I've always... don't know what to say to you... don't know how to face you..."

"Mr. Liddy..."

"This is too painful... I feel pain when I see you, but it hurts even more when I don't see you..."

"……Um."

"Actually, I have always... always hoped that you would forgive me..."

"Ah."

After going full circle with so many emotions on the verge of exploding, I came back here.

Liddy hugged the young man nestled in his arms, feeling a slightly higher body temperature than his own, absorbing the faint warmth emanating from his body, like the breath of spring buried deep in the honeysuckle bushes.His heart had been barren for a long time, but Banagher pushed back the branches and leaves covering it for him.It was like poking his head out of the deep sea where he was drowning, and he was finally able to breathe.

For a moment, he wanted to break free from those hands, and wanted to drown in the bottom of the sea alone.But Banagher refused.He struggled to call himself, to pull himself back—because he knew the coldness of that place better than anyone else.If someone wants to fall here, he will not allow it anyway.

If there is no him, I will probably be frozen in the prison of guilt forever, and I will never be freed.

An unprecedented force pushed him, Liddy took a breath, tightened the slender body in his arms, and implored in his ear anxiously:

"Can you... stay by my side..."

The hand on his back hangs down, his heart palpitates for a while, he loosens his strength slightly, and musters all his courage to look at the other party.

The pair of amber eyes that seemed to be able to contain everything blinked.After a while, he finally broke into a smile, put his arms around Liddy's neck, and pressed his lips gently.

"Well. You need me at last."

The salty and bitter moisture moisturises dry lips.Liddy held the boy's face close at hand, and in the dizzying depth, he saw his own image reflected in the amber. It was a scene of love that he had never guessed until now.

"Sorry……"

He whispered an apology from the bottom of his heart, and kissed him with melting bitter tenderness.

It was the first time they had kissed each other soberly, and it was sweeter and bitterer than any kiss.His unintentional touch filled his heart with wild loneliness.He coaxed him to open his mouth, and then invaded every corner of him insatiably, sucking his soft and moist lips.At first, the boy seemed disturbed by this overly violent way, and his body trembled uncontrollably.Realizing this, Riddhe not only did not let go of him, but tightened his arms as hard as he could.When he wanted to retreat, the man would gently hold back with the tip of his tongue.The two bodies were intertwined with almost no gap.In the room, there were only the sound of saliva exchanged, the muffled sobbing of the boy, and the sound of flesh rubbing.He was kissing him with all his heart and soul.Banagher could feel it from this fierce kiss.So he gradually relaxed his body so that he could be more involved in the kiss.

Although it was a straightforward kiss, it was not lacking in tenderness.Whether it was the temperature of Riddhe's lips, the bitterness and love conveyed by the overlapping lips, Banagher felt the peace of mind that he was needed.He stretched his arms around the man's neck, trying to convey his body temperature to him.

Sure enough, I can't leave this person.If he lost himself, what could cheer him up.

In a trance, he felt that they had returned to that dark universe, as if they were the only two left in the universe.Once I was drifting in the empty and silent universe, only the other party's voice kept echoing in the residual consciousness.

But this time, it was his turn to find him.

After the lengthy kiss was over, Liddy gently brushed away the sideburns next to the boy's ears, looking at his blue eyes full of tenderness.Banagher didn't seem to be used to him looking at himself like this, a slight blush appeared on his cheeks.

In fact, they were close to each other, and the close distance allowed Banagher to clearly feel the subtle changes in the man's body.He blushed and rejected the body on his body, and reprimanded with unbelievable embarrassment: "Mr. Liddy...!"

Liddy was also aware of his own physical reaction, he let go of Banagher from his arms in embarrassment, with guilt on his face.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it..."

Then he gave a reassuring smile.

"But I won't do anything to you. Trust me, Banagher. I will never hurt you again."

Banagher looked at the hand he cautiously extended to himself, and his uneasy, praying eyes.

"So, only tonight...can you stay?"

Because tomorrow we will be separated.Liddy said lowly before he remembered the fact that he was leaving.It's always like this, the time between two people is always longer than the time they meet, and the time they really get along is as short as a blooming fireworks.

After only being silent for a moment, Banagher nodded and placed his hand on that broad palm.He didn't miss the lonely smile that the man showed at that moment.

Then they lay hugging each other in the moonlit night.Outside the window, the grass and roses exude a green and sweet fragrance, and the air is so quiet that only the breathing of the two of them and the occasional cry of insects are heard.

"When I was a child, I once picked up a woodpecker."

Riddhe suddenly called out in the darkness, and Banagher raised his head from his embrace.

"It's still very young, and it fell out of the nest and broke its wings. I keep it in the house and want to stay with it for a while."

"and then?"

"It died. It looked out the window every day. I didn't lock it in a cage, but it couldn't get out, and there was no companion to save it. Then one day, I saw it die on the windowsill."

There was a small sound of breathing from the boy in his arms.

"I've been struggling with how he died. I've been wondering if it would have been happier if I hadn't picked it up. Maybe I just wanted to look at it and have it by my side, However, it doesn't think this is happiness..."

"But Mr. Liddy is not wrong."

Banagher leaned against his chest, his overly long hair covering his expression.

"You just did what you had to do. You just couldn't bear to see it die alone. Don't blame yourself for it."

The shallow words dyed a warm dim yellow in some of the regrets blocked in the memory.He felt that his throat was a little dry, and he gently brushed aside the boy's hair with his fingers, revealing his supple neck.

"I think I'm probably envious of you."

"envious?"

"Although you are a member of that family, you are not controlled by that family, and you will not think and control others according to the values ​​of the Vist Foundation."

"Isn't that good?" He blinked inexplicably.

"No, I think that's good. That's why I envy. Because I can't be like you."

He smelled the sparse meaning in the words, pondered for a while, and said, "But, I'm not from that family."

Then he gently grabbed the corner of the man's vest and paused.

"Although there is a blood relationship, I am the illegitimate child of that person after all, and my identity will not be recognized by the Vist Foundation. If you want to say that the things that family gave me are just this body and a unicorn. I don't belong to There. Didn’t belong before, never will.”

His tone was calm but determined. In just a few months, he experienced more things than ordinary people in a lifetime, which enabled him to face his fate with strength and calmness.These are the characteristics of Banagher, and it is precisely because of these that he exudes an incomparable light.

Although he knew that he wasn't trying to comfort him, but Liddy moved his arms around the boy's shoulders, which were much thinner than his own, so that he could get closer to him.

"Mr. Liddy, don't you also think that you don't belong here?"

Riddhe was surprised to receive such a rhetorical question out of the blue.

"Why do you know?"

The head in his arms trembled from the laughter, and the soft brown hair made his arms itchy.

"Because I can hear your heartfelt voice."

"...This ability is really foul."

"You can also hear me, as long as you want." Banerjee looked up at the frowning man, then hugged his head, leaning his forehead against it.

"Can you hear me? What am I thinking right now."

Liddy closed his eyes subconsciously, like a will to be separated from the ocean of thinking, a voice came from far away clearly, shaking his heart.

--I like you.

like you.like.like.

The most beautiful vocabulary in the world surrounded him.He heard the inner voice of the young man in front of him at this moment, and the unspoken words were echoing in his head over and over again.

He shed tears unconsciously.

"Mr. Liddy, what's the matter with you?" Banagher opened his eyes in confusion, watching his tears glisten in the too bright moonlight.He shook his head, but he didn't feel ashamed.

"I just feel very happy." Happiness is not what I should have.

At the end of countless dreams, they finally walked through the sea between them and embraced each other.His sin may take a lifetime to pay for, but at least he has someone to accompany him along the way.

So he hugged him tight.The moonlight enveloped them like a melancholy blanket.

"I'm sorry... Banagher... I love you..."

He kept whispering guilt and love like a spell, and the two incompatible things were woven together and turned into thin and long ropes that trapped him tenderly.

"I actually... once thought that it would be great if you went to hell with me... I'm sorry..."

He was sick of himself for having such a sinful thought.But the boy hugged him tightly.In order to alleviate his guilt, in order to embrace this thorny love.A gentle and green voice echoed in my ears.

"If it's with you, I don't mind. But, we must live well until then. This is also for the sake of everyone who died, we must live..."

He wanted him to know that living together in this world is a million times better than dying together.And when he finally understood, the person who taught him this matter was about to leave him.The golden forehead fell on the young man's shoulders, and he pressed against his shoulders almost beggingly.

"Banajeer...don't go back, stay with me. Let's leave here together...to a place where no one knows us..."

He doesn't want to leave him.It wasn't until the last moment that he realized that he could no longer tolerate him not being by his side.This is probably the cruelest punishment for myself.But his fear of losing him again surpassed even any fear he had had so far.

"We can go back to the colony you used to live on, no, go to a satellite that is farther away, and no one can find us... We can buy a house and live together. I will go to work, do whatever I want ...Have a big dog, like Hans...you can do what you want, let the Vist Foundation unicorn box Neo Zeon and everything go to hell..."

He chanted sporadic visions, and his voice revealed bitter longing.He buried himself in the boy's hair that exudes the fragrance of grass leaves, wishing that time would stay at this moment forever.

"No way, Second Lieutenant Liddy. Didn't you say you can't escape?"

Banagher's voice sounded like the dawn announcing the coming of day, calmly but abruptly awakening the man in his arms.

"Banaji..."

"I'll be with you. But, you said you were going to be a pilot? Then don't let the dream end there. It's still flyable, like the Trier. Otherwise you've been flying for so many years Isn't the effort in vain?"

Under the moonlight, he saw his clear pupils, and Banagher pointedly grasped his wrist with the amulet pendant.He was speechless, quietly waiting for his continuation.

"I also have something I want to do. I promised Takuya and Micott that I would go back to Industrial No. [-], participate in the reconstruction together, and then finish the rest of my studies. After graduation, um, after graduation..."

The boy suddenly felt shy, he hesitated for a long time, as if he couldn't make up his mind to say the rest.Seeing him so shy, Liddhe suddenly had the urge to tease him.

"What do you want after graduation?"

"After graduation, I, we... just like you said, let's be together."

He plucked up the courage to finish his sentence, although his expression couldn't be seen clearly because of the cover of the night, but Liddy guessed that his face must be flushed at this time.

However, the mood has improved.The palm of his hand caressed the young man's face, gently stroking the wet and red corners of his eyes.Banagher seemed very attached to this gentle touch, letting himself lean on his hand, staring at him with bright eyes.

"Then, is it an appointment?"

"Ahh...I'll spend my whole life making it happen."

He smiled, the first real laugh he'd had in days.After a brief absence, Banagher showed a youthful smile.

"Sure enough, a smile suits you better, Mr. Liddy."

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In the early morning of the next day, before Duyon opened the door of the dining room again, the old butler prayed to the loving God no less than a hundred times in his heart, hoping for a miracle.And this time, a miracle did happen.

His young master was sitting upright on one side of the dining table, and the boy was sitting opposite him, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, sharing