HP One More Chance.

"The levitating spell you used today...it's not something a first-year student should learn at all."

"That's..." Ian stopped suddenly, and he wanted to blurt out the words to defend himself, but immediately put them back in his mind, as if he wanted to understand something, he hesitated to speak.

But Snape still looked at him with the face of "see how you can lie and explain", which only made him feel that the place was more and more uncomfortable.

So, he had no choice but to say, that's all.

"Before entering school, it was last year... once, my father took my sister and me to the Sistine, where my father's friend and an older sister lived in the western suburbs..."

"So, Mr. Adler, you want to tell me that she was the one who taught you your half-baked levitation spell?"

Snape opened the corner of his mouth and smiled, that smile was as cold as his words, with seven-point disdain, three-point disbelief, not annoyance, "Do you think

Well, am I going to keep wasting my time here listening to your bullshit?Mr Adler. "

As he spoke, he simply threw away all the stack of papers at his side, and ordered him in a more serious tone:

"Instead of making up stories for me, you might as well stay here tomorrow night. I don't mind if you help me prepare the potion materials for class."

For some reason, Snape suddenly realized that he had become "merciful" tonight.

If it were the student who made trouble in the past, he would definitely not give him any time, not even a second, to make up stories for him.In other words, for his own punishment, the other party absolutely does not allow room for refutation.

——Why do I want to hear Adler's thoughtless justification today?

baffling.

He stepped out of his seat, waved his magic wand to let the pile of test papers on his desk return to the bookshelf, and then, as if seeing that the place where Ian was sitting was a bit dark, he snapped his fingers neatly, letting The candle in his hand was lit again.

Ian was a little surprised for a moment, but this time, he didn't dare to say anything to Snape, but he really picked up the pen and paper diligently.

The textbook was spread out, and I honestly copied it word by word.

—Miss Shilea said that the Potions professor at this school is a weirdo, and it really is.

And he actually wanted to challenge the other party's authority.

Ian suddenly felt that he was really amazing. If it were his younger sister Elena, she would definitely not dare to do such a thing in front of this strange person.

"Don't stop your hands and don't think of any messy things in your head, Mr. Adler!"

With a shout, Ian was taken aback again, and immediately regained consciousness in resentment to continue his painful confinement night, and even the hand that copied the book began to tremble a little.

This place is really scary.

However, if it were Snape himself, he wouldn't think so.

"..."

Snape stood in front of the cellar door without saying a word, deliberately stopped to look at the student who was punished by him for half an hour, as if trying to

Seeing something, but ultimately seeing nothing.

It had been almost a year since he returned to Hogwarts.

What happened two years ago may only be destined to be an accident.

"Yes, Alice is awake."

But so what?

——I'll take all the blame this time.

she says.

When she knew that although Voldemort was killed by herself that night, but she, who should not have been alive, was still alive, she might have known what happened.

It's just that the truth remains buried in disappearance.

He originally thought that everything would be over by that time, and as long as she woke up, everything would be safe and sound, but the fact would never make it happen.

"Where are you."

——Why did you leave.

"I'm here."

— But, you are gone.

The night Alice woke up, she was gone.

Even if no one could find her again, be it Eve, Regulus, or even Snape, he still couldn't figure out why she had to leave at that time.

And, strangest of all, if she was going to leave that night, he knew it.

However, he actually chose to pretend that he didn't know anything, even if he had no intention of falling asleep, he still pretended to be asleep, and let her let go of his hand, and left silently, without saying a word, and gradually.

"If, that is also part of the previous dream, then I would rather all this is just a dream."

But what's the use of saying this now.

Year by year.

Already, another two years.

Behind the cellar is where he lives.Originally, Dumbledore said to arrange another brighter and more spacious place for him, but he refused. He felt that it was very good to be alone in the dark without being disturbed.

Therefore, it is not surprising why there are always some so-called gossip related to this place in the school. What's more, Professor Snape, who is silent all day long, actually hides a mermaid in the cellar.

As for the facts, different people have different opinions.

Apart from him, the only thing worth remembering here may be the blue crystal necklace kept in the glass bottle with grass all year round, and a dilapidated diary.

It's all hers.

There was a time when, after she disappeared, he was like a walking corpse all day long, sitting in the courtyard of Miku's house where she used to stay every day, looking at the things she left behind, in a daze.He thought that as long as she didn't die, Alice would always exist.

But he was wrong.

She never came back.

After a long time, he will be afraid that one day she will disappear from his memory.Because he was really not sure how long she could stay in his heart.

Or, to put it another way, when he decided to give her half of his life, he didn't know how long he would live.

He didn't know how long he could wait.

The aqua blue brilliance of the necklace was just like her clear eyes in the past, she looked at it quietly, as if he and her were still looking at each other.

——In the dream, fortunately she never left.

"...Alice."

Snape smiled wryly, put away the glass bottle, and put it in a place where no one would see it except him. Then, after checking the time, he was about to turn around and leave the cellar to start his night patrol in the school.

The author has something to say: I am so busy that I am so busy, whoever will give me a shot to relieve me (and if OMC is a tragedy, will you kill me?)

☆, 16.1

There are no special holidays recently, and there are no exciting activities going on, so, except for the restless students who want to have sex in public, most of the students in the college are keeping their duties, and they will no longer sneak around at bedtime. Get out of the dormitory and wander around.

Therefore, this kind of night watch was just idle work for Snape.

But there are always uninvited guests.

Snape sensed that someone was approaching him, so he subconsciously stopped where he was.

But the other party doesn't seem to be as alienated as he is.

"How is it lately, is it still the same?"

Like Snape, Regulus in black was spinning the wand in his hand boredly, and suddenly appeared in front of him from the next corner, as if he had expected that he would see him when he turned around. As always, leave no room for thought.

Snape was a little startled at first, but soon returned to his usual expressionless and indifferent:

"Are you free? What are you doing at Hogwarts at this time?"

"Of course there is something to do." Regulus smiled irresistibly, "I am very happy that you are here to welcome me, really."

"You should know that this is not a ghost castle in your backyard, where children can come and play casually."

Snape winked at him, silently beckoning him to follow him back to the cellar.During the night patrol, it stands to reason that if someone who is not in the school and has no registration is found, it must be reported.But now, obviously, he didn't want to be so innocent, and alarmed a group of people waiting here to arrest someone who was obviously looking for him.

——Tonight, it's a little troublesome.

After Regulus entered the cellar, Snape immediately closed the door, snapped his fingers, and lit the fire in the room.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say."

"It's nothing..." Regulus looked around, shrugged his shoulders, picked a comfortable place to sit down, "I'm just wondering why you don't come home very often, it seems... the cellar You really like the place."

He suddenly smiled, although it was just a smile, but Snape knew that he had already planned in his heart, of course he didn't just come to ask him this, the above were just the opening remarks of some polite words.

"You don't have to care about these... I'm just myself."

——It's the same everywhere.

"Alone?" Regulus' face became a little ugly, "So, you still plan to answer me today, as long as Alice doesn't come back for a day, you will always wait here? There is nothing here. Do it, thinking that you will be fine if you are at ease with your life?"

After that, he looked sideways from the stool at the wooden shelf next to the usual window.However, to his surprise, what he found in the same position a few times ago - the blue crystal of Alice, is gone today.

That blue crystal once carried Alice's heavy life.

Snape had always valued it.

She also said to him that as long as she has it, there will be a chance of rebirth.

--what about now?

"Actually, I've always been curious about why she left in the first place." After a while of silence, Regulus suddenly asked casually, but he didn't expect the other party to answer.

However, he answered.

"Since you don't know, there's no need to repeat a question in front of me that no one will answer... No matter how many questions you ask, it will be futile."

——Clearly knew that the reason for her leaving was actually known to no one except herself.

Snape returned to his desk, wanting to continue the work that had been interrupted by the night watchman.He actually didn't want to take any money from the beginning.

The meaning of treating the other party, after all, he doesn't want the other party to stay here longer.

He picked up the pen on the case and was about to write something, but suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something, but he hesitated, and stopped talking:

"I... never said that I have to wait for... that person."

"That means I don't need to tell you about her either?"

Regulus almost reflexively said it so childishly that Snape only felt that the other party was joking with him.

"You're the same as me. You don't know where she went, so how could you tell me about her?" Snape demanded.

Regulus fell silent for a moment, and withdrew his smile, but looked at Snape a little more seriously.But Snape didn't intend to continue to allow him to waste his time here, and he also guessed roughly why Regulus came to find him today, so he continued:

"If you have time to study that person, why don't you pay more attention and worry about your own body. Eve already told me in the letter

Me, your condition has worsened recently, and the backlash that stopped originally has started to continue. "

He said so coldly, with equal earnestness, "I think you know that you drank the Dark Lord's poison potion two years ago in order to take out the necklace, even though Iris immediately detoxified you, I I have also suppressed the recurrence and spread of toxicity for you, but this will not be a long-term solution. The toxicity of those potions, even I have no way of knowing what effect they have, so if you continue to use them as before the poisoning Magic, no one can save your life anymore."

Snape knew that this was the reason why Regulus chose to leave the wizarding world and leave with Eve after Alice disappeared.

Any magic may have some side effects after use.

—he couldn't use magic much anymore, not anymore.

"Don't listen to Eve telling you nonsense, I'm not as weak as she thinks."

After listening to his statement, Regulus couldn't help smiling, but it was a wry smile, "Yes, you are right, and the decline in function is much faster than I imagined, I can feel all of this... just ...I couldn't tell Eve. You know, although Eve is good at medicine, she doesn't know black magic, so she can see that my illness is serious, but she doesn't know how far it is, unless I told her...otherwise, I wouldn't have come here to see you, Snape...senior."

——I still call him that, maybe it can’t be changed.

Even now, he and him may not have any relationship.

"I can only come to you... So, you still have to do me this favor."

"Perhaps, you can also choose to find your 'dear' biological brother."

As if gnashing his teeth a little bit, Snape stood up and walked out of his seat with a displeased expression on his face, and started flipping through the medicine rack behind him for some potions specially prepared by Eve.

He didn't refuse Eve's request, not only because she helped him back then, but also because... If that person would come back one day, then at least she could find Regulus and Eve, so she wouldn't be alone.

"But you know that if my brother knows that I have become like this, with his character, he will go to the Muggle world to kill Eve first, and then come back and kill you and Alice—well, I mean, if If Alice is still here." Regulus joked.

"Mr. B. La. C., can you, don't keep mentioning her every time you come to me!"

Snape slammed the medicine bottle into Regulus's arms, his eyes could almost see the fire coming to his brow, "If you like her, you'd better not let me see her in this lifetime, Otherwise, I will absolutely plan to kill her because of what you are doing now."

Regulus laughed even more, and clapped his hands, "Hey, don't just say things like this, I heard that Professor Snape's reputation has spread throughout Hogwarts on the way here. If this continues, even people outside the school will know that Hogwarts has a demon professor who can kill——Snape Severus."

"Do you dare to say it again?" Snape was about to pick up the potion-cutting knife drawn out from nowhere and throw it at the opponent.

"Don't be nervous, you can still make jokes," Regulus raised his hands helplessly, motioning for him to put the things down quickly, "I thought you were really so indifferent, but now it seems that you are still a very interesting joker." Man, forget it... I'm not kidding you, I'm telling you something serious."

After all, Regulus unhurriedly took out a piece of paper folded in two from the pocket in his cloak, waved his wand, and brought it to Snape, signaling him to open it.

Snape dubiously observed the piece of paper in the air for a long time before deciding to take it and open it:

— Inside, it could be smelled that something was written in special magic ink.

"What is this?" A string of things that looked like runes but didn't.

"Recently, there have been a large number of purchases on the black market, which are indicated to be weed and unicorn tears from the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts. Didn't you mention to me before that if you can, you need to do a few businesses and earn a lot of money?" Put some money and go out... Of course, there are many ways to make money."

Regulus simply stood up, leaned against the wet cellar wall with his chest folded and said, "I've thought about it for a long time, maybe for you, this time this matter should only be done by you."

"Where did you get the news?" Snape frowned. "Indeed, the school's defenses have been strengthened recently, but it's not the Forbidden Forest."

"The gossip, it doesn't matter whether it's reliable or unreliable. In short, I came back from the Muggle world a few days ago and heard it with my own ears in the Pig's Head Bar when I passed Diagon Alley. If it wasn't for the fact that I couldn't stay here longer , I also want to secretly go to the Forbidden Forest to get some weeds. I can’t get the tears of unicorns, but weeds are everywhere, and I have them at hand.”

"No, you can't get it."

—Tonight is not a full moon.

Snape picked up a small, old notebook beside him, flipped through it, and closed it again.

"Only the grass on the night of the full moon has the effect of purification. There is nothing special about common grass, so it can be used

Those that come to be used as potions must have been picked on a full moon night. "

"And you know that what that person wants is the grass on a full moon night?" Regulus felt a little unbelievable, "However, even if that person is so picky, you can do it, right, Senior Snape."

"Tell me, how can I find the person who needs Yuncao." Snape asked in an affirmative tone, and opened the cellar door by the way, as if he was going to see off the guests, "By the way, it's time for you to go back , it's getting late."

"At this time next week, you go to the Pig's Head Bar." Regulus packed up the medicine Snape gave him just now, straightened his wrinkled cloak, and put on his hat, "...don't be in such a hurry I'm going, I still have time."

"You have time, but I don't,"

After that, he pointed to another door opposite the cellar, "Today, there was a student who came here to make trouble, and I closed it tightly for punishment, and he was copying books."

"You're really 'merciful'. Ever since you became a potions master, you've gained a notorious reputation."

As if on purpose, Regulus deliberately stopped in front of him when they passed by, and patted his shoulder earnestly.

"Really, thank you for your concern, and," Snape returned to the black face facing the students, "well, I won't send it off."

"You don't need to send it, you should think about how to deal with your student who accidentally offended you..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Snape had already slammed the door shut, choosing not to hear him, and simply treating the other party as air.

It was just a place that had been bustling for a while, and then returned to its original dead silence in an instant.

——The night of the full moon... Yuncao.

The last time I heard about Yuncao was two years ago—in a dream created by Alice herself.

That night.

——"The weeds on a full moon night have the function of guiding the maze. Although I have never used this method in other places, I think that as long as the principle is correct, then picking a handful and casting a tracking spell on it will probably We'll find who we're looking for."

He didn't know what her intention was, but he had tried.

——Use the grass on a full moon night to find you.

"But I... didn't find anything."

In any case, he could no longer find the owner of the string of aqua blue crystals.

If she still remembers.

"I tried to redeem it in my dream, and begged you to give me another chance."

——OneMoreChange.

now that……

……

He suddenly felt that there was another bone-eroding feeling spreading in his heart, preventing him from thinking about anything about her, forcing him to give up replaying the memory fragments in his mind.

A sudden knock on the door interrupted his thinking again.

"Professor Snape, a snow fox suddenly came here, what should we do?"

It was Adler's voice.

Snape opened the door somewhat helplessly, only to see that his student was still holding a quill with black ink dripping in his hand, but holding a quill in his arms.

A fox with snow-white fur all over, as if holding Mr. Filch's cat.

"Put it down, Mr. Adler."

Snape held his forehead, feeling quite a headache, "Tell me, where did this thing come from."

"Probably...in your crucible, Professor..."

Speaking of this, Adler held up the paw of the snow fox in his arms jokingly, and pointed it at the giant cauldron that Snape placed on the desk not far away, "I didn't lie to you, professor, this guy really It popped out of there!"

Snape's brow twitched suddenly.

--joke.

A fox popped out of the cauldron, this week's No.1 Hogwarts incredible thing.

I really don't know why this student has to make so many troubles for him even if he is locked up.

"Come on! Stop guessing, Mr. Adler,"

"But it's pathetic..."

"lay down!"

"Professor Snape, it's..."

Since the other party was unwilling to let go of that thing, Snape had no choice but to forcefully snatch it away with one hand, and then, with a somewhat indifferent expression, like a butcher, he pretended to pick up the little thing, and slowly walked around Pass Adler and go to the fireplace.

"..."

Of course, the little Snow Fox had been struggling and screaming weakly in Snape's hand, but he had no choice but to grab the vitals, pinch the fur on his back, and flicked and flung him into the already In the burning fireplace.

"Professor Snape, you don't want to roast a fox!" Adler couldn't help crying when he saw what he was about to do, but he immediately reacted and covered his mouth again.

——Unexpectedly, I just stayed here for one night, and found that the professor was not only black-bellied, but also so dark that he would not let go of a fox that jumped out of the crucible, and he planned to make a fox in the middle of the night.

Just kidding again, for sure.

"Mr. Adler, you didn't come here tonight to be funny, so please hurry up and finish copying the book, and go back to your dormitory for me to sleep!"

Still holding the snow fox in his hand, Snape turned around and glanced at his student fiercely, and said unceremoniously.

Since he said so, the student must have nothing to say.

"Yes...but..."

"Quick! Go!"

He yelled, and Adler didn't dare to talk more in front of him, so he could only go back and sit down on the paper obediently, letter by letter.

However, he was still absent-minded, peeking at the snow fox in his hand from time to time.

——The snow fox...

He seemed to vaguely remember that there was an identical one in someone's house.

it's wired.

"...Who the hell...suddenly can't remember..." He whispered to himself, this time, Snape didn't have such a good ear

Li heard it.

After a while, Adler noticed that the fox had disappeared from Snape's grasp.

The author has something to say: 16.1: Finally back to the normal timeline... Then, Professor Snape is indeed Professor Snape, so~~~~~

☆, 16.2

16.2

"……came back?"

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Eve, who was sleeping lightly on the sofa in the living room with a blanket on, woke up immediately.At this time, she didn't bother to tie up her hair, she just randomly picked up the Xuemei hairpin and rolled it up, and immediately ran out to the porch with bare feet to look.

Eve doesn't like light, so her house is always dark in the middle of the night, just like Miku's house.

"Miss Hebrew, didn't I tell you to light the candles after dark..."

Having said that, Regulus came out from the darkness that had just closed the door, holding a lighted candlestick in his hand, but limped along, looking quite happy.

"Regulus, did you hit your foot again?!" Eve asked in surprise, and began to panic, "How could this happen..."

"Isn't it because you didn't turn on the lamp, so I couldn't see anything, and when I came back, I bumped into the door frame..."

He said angrily, and then stuffed the candlestick into her arms, "Be careful, turn on the lights at home, it's pitch black, I can't see anything except you."

He could see Eve, because her long silver hair was impossible to hide.

"I know, who told you to come back so late." Eve scolded, picked up the candlestick and went to light up the lights on the first floor, "...just go to Snape's, you don't need to go so much How long?"

"I didn't go tonight with Senior Snape..." He paused, and suddenly he didn't want to continue, and stopped on the stairs leading to the second floor, "...Forget it, let's not talk, it's you , Why don't you go to bed so late, the maid didn't remind you, if you don't go to bed, you will gradually become an old woman."

"You don't care, kid." Eve yelled dissatisfiedly from a distance, "If it wasn't for waiting for you, I would have gone to bed early!"

"Yes, yes, I won't argue with you anymore, you'd better go to sleep."

Regulus responded to her casually, urging her to go to rest quickly, and went up to his room on the second floor by himself.However, by the way quietly, the door was closed and locked.

This movement was perfect, and he was avoiding making any noise.

But he didn't expect that when he turned around, he still saw the person he should see.

"What are you panicking about?"

It was Eve who was sitting upright on the bed in his room, crossing his legs and looking at him with displeasure.

—Two Eves.

Needless to say, what happened just now must have been a trick she played on him.

"I think you are very strange. You pushed me away as soon as you came back, then came up to the room by yourself and locked the door."

As she said this, the piece of paper in her hand suddenly lit up with dark green flames at her fingertips, and it started to burn, but it didn't hurt her fingers at all.

But Regulus knew what it was.He also knows that there are some things that cannot be covered with paper and cannot be kept secret.

"Okay, now that you know what I did, what do you want to say?"

"I'm angry."

Eve clapped her hands crisply, letting the ashes from the burnt paper dissipate in the air, "You never told me that your backlash has reached that serious level."

She is his most responsible doctor, but he has never been an obedient patient.

"You don't need to know... so I..."

"Reculus Black, if you die, what will I do!?"

She suddenly became agitated, abruptly broke his excuse, stood up suddenly from his bed, stared at him with a sullen face but red eyes like a rabbit.

Eve was rarely this annoyed, and he knew it.

In the past two years with her, although they didn't have any relationship, he and she had already tacitly agreed that the other party lived under the same roof...friends.At any time, he actually never wanted to hide anything from her, unless he was forced to do so.

Therefore, he also knew that she had been worried about him.

"But I knew that after you knew it, you would become what you are now, Eve."

He walked over in the same way, and then, standing in front of her, stretched out his hand, and hugged her unexpectedly—the girl who was actually very thin and had no resistance but was very stubborn. He was trying to stop her from continuing to be so angry.

Although she and Alice look completely different on the outside, they are the same on the inside.She looks the same in front of others, but after putting away her indestructible appearance during the day, at night, when there is only him and her, she is another appearance.

he knows.

"Okay, don't be angry. If you are always angry like this, you will become an old woman sooner or later."

His expression became gentle, and the faint light coming in from the window was reflected in his clear eyes, reflecting her appearance.He leaned over, gently brushed the soft hair on her forehead, and quietly printed a sweet good night kiss on her forehead:

"I don't want to see you become like an old woman."

"...You are always like this... That's why you died," Eve pouted in frustration, lowered her head and sniffed, "If the backlash is serious, you will not only lose your magic, but also die... ...why don't you just listen to me..."

But Regulus still didn't take it seriously, and just smiled and straightened her messy hair, "So, I didn't listen to you now, have I come back... and, even if I die, I will only die after you On hand, Doctor Hebrew."

"Don't make fun of me!" She became a little annoyed, stomping her feet, but fortunately Regulus stepped away a second earlier, "No, no, no!"

"Okay, okay, then I'm not joking...you go back to sleep, it's really late, and I'm tired, so just let me go, Eve."

He begged, let go of his arms and took her hand, intending to lead her back to her own room.However, Eve was not as good as he wished, and stood there as if her feet were stuck to the floor, refusing to leave, looking at him with an innocent expression:

"Regulus, it's almost dawn, I...I won't be able to sleep."

"...Miss Hebrew, you..."

Regulus looked up at the ceiling, sighed deeply, and then looked down at her with a look of "I can't help you"—he knew it, and she liked to "bully" him like this.

"Only for one night, next time is no exception."

Although he said that every time, and emphasized every time that this was the last time to indulge her, he would still do it next time.

"This is your punishment for coming home late." After getting the consent, Eve began to laugh smugly, "...I like your bed, it's soft."

"I bet you, if the maid finds you sleeping with me again at dawn, she will be jumping with anger." After finishing speaking, Regulus began to take off his cloak and coat, and lay down wearing only his inner garment. Go back to your own bed and start to pull back the quilt to get ready to sleep.

"Never mind her," Eve went around to the other side and climbed into bed beside him, "She won't find out, you forgot that there are two Eves today."

Another stand-in was still lighting the lamp downstairs, and then obediently went back to the room where Eve was supposed to go to sleep, and fell asleep quietly.

"You're the only one who came up with such crazy ideas, no wonder you wouldn't want to live with your Muggle father and brother, or they'd be scared to death by you."

Regulus said, turned sideways, looked at her on the bed, and smiled.

"So I live with you, um, that's it."

Eve pulled up the quilt until she covered herself like a caterpillar, happily nestled in the quilt, "By the way, your feet... still hurt..."

"It doesn't hurt. With you here, I won't feel pain."

He arranged the quilt for her and made it tighter - she is afraid of the cold, even if she is a Nordic person in her blood, she is still very afraid of the cold, even a little cold wind will wake her up in the middle of the night.

— like a child.

For a moment, he didn't really want to close his eyes, he just wanted to look at her quietly.

As time goes by, the dream will still be complete, it is my own thing, and it will be held carefully in the palm of my hand, and it will never disappear again.

"……If,"

——You're not Eve, you don't know magic...you're ordinary, you...

"Hmm..." Eve replied in a daze, unconsciously, drowsiness had filled the small space, "It's time to sleep... Regulus..."

He couldn't bear to ask any more.

--never mind.

Two years ago, when Alice left him for the last time, she said the same thing to him with an innocent expression.

【"As a price, you have to... drink with me tonight."

"Drinking?" He was dumbfounded. "When did you learn to drink? I've known you for so long. I never knew you could drink."

"How strange this is. I don't drink it, but it doesn't mean I can't drink it...I know, before you came here to find me, you asked Jeter to prepare tea and snacks for me, so let's add another bottle of vodka, "

She smiled even more, "In addition to books, wine is also indispensable in the cellar of Miku's house. It just so happens that I have a rare chance tonight.

Maybe a glass of wine would be nice too, as if... you're welcome back. "

"Are you sure... this won't be, welcome to leave?" He asked suspiciously.

"certainly."】

——But after that, what awaited him was a long farewell.

"...I promised you that I will wait for you here."

No more running away.

He reached out to touch her smooth cheek, and quickly retracted it. After looking at her for a while, a faint wry smile appeared on his tired face.

"...Well, good night, Eve."

He turned around cautiously, with his back to her, and with the dawn