Song about you

Those were not unwinnable battles, but they were the hardest.

At the end of the third duel in less than two weeks, Quan did feel exhausted from the bottom of his heart, not to say that the performance just now had exhausted his physical strength, but the exhaustion revealed from the bottom of his heart was even worse Even more terrifying.He grabbed a small stack of cotton pads and looked in the mirror to remove the slightly exaggerated eye makeup. He heard Leo's voice from behind when he was wiping away the remaining traces of eyeliner at the corners of his eyes.

"There are three games left."

Quan didn't even bother to open his mouth to respond, he heard Linyue slowly agreeing behind his back, and felt Leo's eyes fell on his back if there was any substance, but in the end no one asked, and no one explained.

He knew what Leo was talking about.Like the one they just experienced, there are three more duels held by a former team member and two or three strangers forming a temporary combination to challenge the Knights.This was confirmed by them through the school's notice.

All these fantasy festivals are filed with the school in accordance with the standard process. Knights also need to confirm the materials and have the team leader sign when they meet.Izumi watched Leo get his seal stamped and handed in the materials in person. The person who took over was a first-year member who had been helping the student union recently. He and Izumi were familiar with each other because they were friends of Linyue. The red-haired boy was holding a stack of paperwork. With a hesitant expression on his face, he finally sighed without saying anything.

Izumi remembered the belated message from Sakuma Rei—something really big is happening in the school.Those powerful combinations that used to be infinitely beautiful have all been or are under various impacts, and among the so-called five wonders who have attracted the most attention in the academy, some have failed, some have gone overseas, some have disappeared suddenly, and some are or will be Facing a decisive battle that cannot be won.

In such waves, the instigator of all the crimes has actually surfaced—even if ordinary viewers cannot see through the method, but for those in the game, even the intention behind it is clearly revealed .

But this is just like that belated message, even if they know about it, it will not have the slightest impact on what is happening.

"Then, that's it. Linyue, remember to get enough sleep during the day tomorrow."

The final showdown took place ten days later.All three showed absentmindedness from stress and exhaustion in training before the show, but even so, no one said anything more.Like the elephant in the room, some things have been avoided for some time. Leo used a pretense of brisk words as the final summary, and Linyue, who was named, agreed lightly, then grabbed her own things, turned around, and staggered straight out of the training room.

He didn't even change his clothes here.

Quan sat down in the corner of the room, unscrewed a bottle of sports drink, handed it to Leo who was walking over before bringing it to his mouth, and then reached for another bottle himself.Their clothes were already soaked, they were out of breath, and urgently needed some water. Leo also sat beside him, leaning back against the wall, his whole body was dripping wet as if he had just been fished out of the water.He took a few sips of his drink, then closed his eyes, panting softly and quickly.

"You know we can say no."

After raising his head and downing half a bottle of drink in one breath, Quan said suddenly.

He didn't specify exactly what he was refusing, but Leo certainly knew it.What he was referring to was the matchup itself on the second day.This can actually be regarded as taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules - the fighting method between the groups is "dream festival", but they still choose the form and rules of "judgment" to fight. This is the fighting form created and promoted by Knights. They couldn't be more clear about the entries in it.Before the official performance begins, if the challenged party formally refuses, then this battle can be canceled and will not be recorded as a defeat for either party.

This is an entry that was deliberately added to avoid certain extreme situations when the rules were originally designed.But so far, such a privilege has only been used in external challenges, and within the team, no one has ever made such a decision even when they are about to face a trial that must be defeated.

After all, it is a combination in the name of knights. If you refuse, even if you don't have to fight, you have already lost your qualifications as knights.

"But this is... this is a 'showdown'," Leo opened his eyes when he heard Quan's voice, and when the other party's voice fell, he suddenly got up and approached, and grabbed Quan's collar, his slender fingers Because of the sheer force she used, she even trembled a little. Leo tugged at him, looked over eagerly and almost maniacally, and confronted him with a strong tone, "What will happen if you refuse——Sena, you know what will happen."

he knows.Moreover, the most frightening thing was that for a moment, Quan really felt that, in comparison, that might be acceptable... He knew that Knights' reputation would be severely damaged by such a cold escape, and even be reduced to a laughing stock.When he had this idea, it can be said that he had already embarked on the path of failure.But at the same time, the person behind the scenes targeting them will definitely stop, because although it is different from what he expected, he has also achieved his goal——

No, that was probably part of his predictions as well.It's been a multiple-choice question for the Knights from the start, and there's no right answer...unless they win.

But Quan knew very well that Quan had already seen the end very clearly before this moment, and they would not win.

What is more terrible than failure is doomed failure.

What is more terrifying than being doomed to failure is probably having to stand still, fix your eyes on the stage, and witness the whole process of failure with your own eyes.

Izumi realized with despair that he was the one person in the world who knew best.He was so sure that Yueyong Leo would never agree to give up here no matter what.

That is the most terrible and most precious, infinitely stupid, the pride of genius.

But, Izumi thought painfully, but ah——

They stood there facing each other, whether it was green or light blue eyes, there was a general cold light.Quan felt angry and powerless, he opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

And Leo lowered his head after looking at each other for a moment, and that expression almost gave people the illusion that he was feeling disappointed.He turned around and strode towards the direction of the door.

"Leo!"

Quan seldom called that person's name like this, and it might even have never happened before.When he called the exit like this, both of them were obviously taken aback by this. Leo stopped abruptly, he wanted to turn back, Quan had never been so sure, but he finally forced himself not to do so.

Quan looked at the figure from the back, the figure that was neither tall nor strong, was wrapped in the soaked clothes, and the tips of his hair were still dripping with sweat. Leo looked embarrassed enough, with his head bowed slightly, but his back was straight.Quan couldn't see his expression, he wondered if that guy bit his lip somewhere he couldn't see.

"You," said Quan in a low voice, "how long has it been since you wrote a new song?"

He clearly saw that Leo's shoulders trembled violently with his words.Quan knew that this was the last sentence he could say, almost discouraging or something similar - the rest should be decided by that person himself.

He failed, and the young genius stood a few paces in front of him, trembling, perhaps even weeping.But there is some inexplicable force blocking Quan's footsteps.He couldn't move forward, he knew that even if he walked now, it wouldn't be meaningful, he couldn't really go to that person's side.

That is a position destined to be vacant next to the "king", that is the authority of the king, and it is also the loneliness of the king.Except for Wang himself's instruction, no one can be qualified to step in.

And himself, Izumi Sena thought, he is a knight, he was granted the sword by the king, and he was granted the qualification to fight, so he will charge forward, open the way as a vanguard, and fight to the death——

In exchange for the qualification to allow the king behind him to proudly step on the battlefield that belongs to him.

Even the ending will also end in death in battle.

Later, no matter how hard he tried, Quan couldn't remember exactly when—how—that performance ended.

By the time he came to his senses, the lights on the stage had already been turned off, and all the students onlookers had dispersed. The area where the audience watched was littered with discarded rubbish, and it would probably take the next day for someone to clean it up .

It was late, Quan thought vaguely, but for some reason, no one came to remind them of this, no one came to tell them it was time to leave, it seemed that no one remembered them, and no one still cared them.

It's as if someone is saying, this is the loser's time, and no one will bother.

The floor of the stage is very cool, and through the thin performance costumes, it is enough to make people feel the chill that matches the winter.But due to the irresistible exhaustion, it was already very difficult to support myself to sit up.Quan gritted his teeth before sitting up, and he found that the other two familiar people also did not leave here.

Linyue, like Quan just now, was lying on her back on the stage.This time the stage was also designed in the open air, he was probably looking at the sky above his head, Quan looked up following Linyue's line of sight, and didn't see anything worthy of attention from the dark sky.

And Leo was sitting on the edge of the stage, his legs hanging down, swaying like a child.

Quan walked over and sat next to him. As if he didn't notice it, Leo was still shaking his calf slowly, tapping his fingers casually on the ground beside him.

"It's over."

The voice behind them was Linyue. The voice of a young man who had always been careless and tired had never been so dull, making one almost think that he was crying, but no one turned around to confirm.

After a long silence, Quan opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, affirm or deny, in short say something, but he didn't.Before he could make a sound, Leo suddenly slammed his fist hard on the small piece of ground that had been beating just now——

Quan suddenly realized that the rhythm of the previous beating was so chaotic.

That would no longer be a complete melody.