Twilight War

Chapter06 Silvertail

If I'm lucky, I'll come out to watch the sunset one day and wait for another fish.Then we watch the sunset together...

01

In the next few days, Zichen kept running between various mechanical and physical classes.Because there is too much difference with other people, I often feel powerless when I am in class.

The curriculum here is very tight, and even Devon said that this is simply to drain the last drop of blood from them.

The Hall of Valor exists to select the brave men of the Arthur Empire, but Zichen knows it.He didn't stay here because he wanted to be a brave man.

It's just because, on that rainy night, a man broke through thousands of troops and came and asked him, would you like to come with me.

And he answered yes.

So he had to do everything to stay by his side.

The time of the last two classes in the afternoon can be freely arranged, and Dai Wen usually goes out by himself, so Zichen went to the Genesis Library alone.

After all, the Genesis Library has a rich collection, and a whole floor is filled with books about machinery.Of course, this was just an excuse to Devon, and he didn't dare to tell anyone about the deeper reason.

Did he want to say that it was because he saw the figure of that person on the top floor of the library?

He must have entered a magic barrier.

The long steps in front of the Genesis Library are paved for [-] meters, as if there is no end. It is said that the long steps leading to the temple of God in mythology are also infinite. Even if a mortal spends his life climbing the steps, he will never be able to get close to God. , the god will only sit on the throne and look at those mortals who are wasting their efforts.

There are many cats running around in front of the museum, with beautiful coats, lying on the white stone steps like the monarch of the entire Hall of Valor.

The Genesis Library is one of the landmark buildings of the entire Arthurian Empire, and it adopts the ancient Roman-style classicism style as a whole.

The first layer is called Shenqi, which stores the history of the ancient gods.

Zichen raised his head and looked at the mural of the famous First Twilight Battle.Odin threw Gungnir, the gun of fate, at the No.13 god of Asgard, his former brother.

People come and go around, and everyone will be amazed when they see this painting for the first time, but after getting used to it, the whole mural becomes one of the many magnificent decorations of the Genesis Library, and no one will stay too much for it time.

So in the nearly chaotic flow of people, Zichen froze in place alone, looking up at the first twilight battle.For a moment, he felt his heart was tightly grasped.

He seemed to have returned to that rainy night, and everyone got up and hummed the hymn that belonged to God.They slowly surrounded the young man in the center, and they said:

—You are guilty.

All together in chaos, like indescribable fear.

The Genesis Library has six floors of books about human beings, each of which outlines the different developments of human beings, machinery, alchemy, military affairs, politics, religion, and art.

The mechanical floor was crowded with people, and after looking around, they couldn't find a seat, so Zichen decided to go up to the upper floors to have a look.Because the people who come to the Genesis Library are mainly for schoolwork, there should not be too many people in the art area on the seventh floor.

After working hard to climb to the seventh floor, as expected by Zichen, there were not many people in the whole art district, only a few scattered people, standing in front of the bookshelf and picking books.

Although he knew that he should sit down and study the book Introduction to Mechanics quickly, but he couldn't help but be drawn to those books.

Books with bronzing edges are scattered on the ancient pear wood bookshelf.Unlike the bright lights on the lower floors, the lights on this floor are a little dark, as if afraid of waking up the soul sleeping in the book.

Zichen skimmed over a row of books with his hands. Those were poems left by bard poets who have been sung for thousands of years. The soul dwells in his own poems and sleeps forever in the yellowed pages, so he no longer wanders after all, but he is still homeless.

He looked at the book at the top. Generally speaking, when browsing, people would only pay attention to the book at eye level, but Zichen seemed to see that book at a glance.

Next to it is a wooden and brass-inlaid ladder for people to fetch books.Zichen climbed up the ladder and tried his best to reach the book. The gilded text on the spine was like smooth silk.It feels a bit far away, and the book is thick and heavy, like a tome like an encyclopedia.

The moment Zichen got the book, he lost his balance and slid down due to the weight of the book, and the book in his hand fell.

Zichen subconsciously released his other hand to save the book.His fingers brushed against the spine of the book.

The whole person fell from the ladder.

With no sharp pain predicted, he was caught by someone who was supposed to be tall and powerful.

Zichen glanced back, "...His Royal Highness Wei..."

His Highness Wisipel wore a half-length white cloak, which was tied lightly with a silver chain. He still had those calm eyes, and he was holding the book that Zichen dropped just now.The weight that pressed Zichen out of balance seemed to be as light as a feather in his hands.

Wisper held Zichen by the collar and put Zichen on the ground.

Then he casually looked at the cover of the book - "Wanderer", under the title of the book was written a line of verse in a beautiful golden flower font:

——You are every line of my poems, all my evenings and destinations; I have walked through mountains, rivers and ancient rivers, just to find you.

"Why do you think of reading this book?" Wihipel looked at the book in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Zichen scratched his head.

"It's nothing." Wischpel said. "This book... few people will read it."

"Really? Has Your Highness seen it?"

Vesper nodded.

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

Wihipel thought for a while, then lowered his head and smiled, "You should go and see for yourself."

"Why did you come here?" Wischpel handed the book to Zichen, and Zichen quickly took it with both hands, "There are too many people below, and I couldn't find a place."

"It's good to come here to take a look when you have nothing to do." Wihipel said: "Otherwise, it's a pity that no one reads the books on this floor."

"En." Zichen nodded.

"Have you heard a sentence?" Wisipel looked at Zichen and said, "Both machinery and alchemy are only created by human beings to get close to God, but only art is created by human beings to get close to themselves."

Zichen shook his head, "No, who said that?"

"Well..." Wihipel smiled and said, "Actually, I said it."

Zichen saw Wisipel take the book and go to a table next to it.

The place where the collection of poems is placed is already far away, and the table is blocked by the bookshelf.Therefore, it is difficult to see the place where Vichypel is staying when entering from the seventh floor. There is a huge French window next to him, as if you can see the whole imperial capital. There is a huge open space in front of the window without any bookshelves. .The afternoon light was cut into trapezoids and spread on the ground, and the floating dust was floating in these light beams.

Holding the book in his arms, Zichen leaned against the bookshelf, watching His Royal Highness Wisipel sitting upright in the silhouette against the light...

——You are every line of my poems, all my evenings and destinations.

As if mustering up all his courage, Zichen slowly moved to the table in front of Wisipel, "Your Highness, that, can I sit here?"

Wisipel raised his head to look at Zichen, his eyes were beautiful, blue, like a lake filled with water.

"of course."

Zichen was afraid of disturbing Wisipel by making a noise, so he slowly opened the chair and sat down cautiously.

Wischpel lowered his head and continued to look at the book in his hand.

Zichen slowly opened the "Twilight·Sweet Song" in his hand.The moment he was caught by His Royal Highness Wisper just now kept popping up, making him uneasy.

The two sat quietly at the two ends of the table. Wisipel quietly looked at the book in his hand, as if there was no one else beside him, and Zichen also looked calm but turned the pages restlessly He was reading that "Twilight·Sweet Song", and secretly raised his eyes to glance at his handsome His Royal Highness Vichypel from time to time.

After a long, long time, he will still remember that afternoon, and even remember the sound of the clock tower next to the Genesis Library ringing every hour from a distance, and remember that the sun that was cut into trapezoids moved slowly on the ground.

Perhaps, there is too little between him and Wisipel, so every moment is endowed with incomparable meaning by him, and every sentence and every action of Wisipel has been interpreted thousands of times by him.

He is like a stingy poor peasant, counting the copper coins in his hand carefully every night, counting over and over again, until the lettering on the copper coins is blurred, because that is all he has.

You are my chanting. Every line of poetry, every transition, every setback has been pondered over and over again by me.If not, how can I spend every night with nowhere to go.

Huangxuanjin sat on the window of the black tower, and outside the window was the sky of Willins, mighty and mighty.The sky was slowly covered with bright gold, but the sky was still bright, like a warrior who had run out of knots and was still uncompromising.

Huang Xuanjin held the thick copy of "Twilight·Sweet Song" in his hand. At that time, he didn't know why there were so many books on the bookshelf in the vast sea, but he directly saw that this book should not be in his sight book of.

Later he understood: because he felt that there was a lonely soul inhabiting this book, a soul as lonely as himself.

That soul used to keep walking and searching in the world.

He watched countless evenings and sunsets, and recited every line of poetry for thousands of years.

——I traveled all over the mountains, rivers and ancient rivers just to find you...

He thought of that afternoon again, when the two sat quietly on both sides of the table like this, he saw that when the gold outside the window burned all the blue in the sky, the person opposite raised his head and looked out the window.

He boldly asked, "His Royal Highness likes dusk?"

He saw the man froze for a moment, then said, "Yeah..."

Like a soft sigh.

He saw the lonely king again.On the top floor of the Genesis Library, at the corner of the curtain, looking at the dusk outside the window, my eyes are dim.

That year, he didn't know why the man's eyes were so sad when he said he liked dusk.

Until later, he watched the sunset and dusk again and again in the Black Tower alone.

That is the last swan song, an irreversible fate, and a sad sound that no one can stop.He saw countless sunsets and moonrises float past his eyes one by one, and large swathes of black crows flew by.

The swans on St. Swan Lake swim through the dusk on the lake.

Later, he understood.But it was too late.

02

From that day on, Zichen went to the Creation Library whenever he had nothing to do.Every day when it’s time for free activities, Zichen will pick a book he needs on the mechanical floor, and then go straight to the seventh floor. When he runs to the bookshelf in the corner, Zichen will stop to calm his heartbeat.

When he went there for the second time, Zichen really didn't have much hope, after all, it was too coincidental to meet Wispel here.Moreover, Vichypel chose this place because he didn't like being disturbed by others. Maybe His Royal Highness Vichypel would change to another place this time.

When he walked around the bookshelves slowly, he saw Wisipel sitting in the silhouette against the light just like last time.Beautiful almost unreal.

The same location, the same breezy cloud.The moment I saw him, it seemed that all my moods were calmed down, and all the waves became insignificant; but in another moment, it seemed that the waves were raging and never calmed down.

Zichen walked over holding the book carefully without making any noise, and slowly pulled away the chair to minimize his presence.

When he sat down, Vichypel looked up at him, smiled and said, "It's early today." His blue eyes reflected the flowing clouds outside the window.

Zichen nodded, and it was another quiet afternoon.

The sunlight through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows illuminates the large open space in front of the windows.

On the third day, Wisipel was also there. Seeing Zichen passing by, Wisipel looked at the Breguet watch on his wrist, and then looked up at Zichen, "It's so early? Have you had lunch?" .”

Zichen shook his head, "Not yet."

Vichypel frowned.

Zichen hurriedly said, "I brought it here."

"Isn't it forbidden to bring food in here?"

"I'm hiding it." Zichen said with his head down.

"En?" Wisipel looked at Zichen. Zichen didn't have a backpack, but just carried a few books, and it was hard to see where he hid them.

Zichen sat on the seat, then picked up the hat on his head, revealing the bread on his head.

Wisipel froze for a moment, looked at Zichen with the bread on his head, lowered his head and smiled while shaking his head.

Zichen took the bread down and put it aside.

Wischpel lowered his head and continued to read, after a while he secretly raised his eyes to look at Zichen.

Zichen was reading a book while slowly eating the sliced ​​bread in his hand.

Wihipel discovered that when Zichen ate bread, he held both sides with both hands, and then gently bit down a piece along the grain of the bread.

... like a squirrel.

Wisipel lowered his head and continued to read, but after a while he couldn't help himself, leaning on his head and laughing out loud.

Zichen raised his head in horror, quite incomprehensible that Wisipel could still laugh when he read a book like "Encyclopedia of Politics and Law of the Arthur Empire".

Afterwards, Zichen became a regular visitor on the seventh floor of the Genesis Library.Sometimes Wisper wasn't there, so every time Zichen walked to the corner of the bookshelf, he would calm down and turn around.

Every time he saw Wischpel sitting in silhouette against the light, he felt as if he was seeing him for the first time.He is a god, no matter how many times he sees him, he is always lofty and handsome, calming the turmoil in his heart and making him never calm.

Later, Huangxuanjin often wondered if everything would be better if time could stay there forever.

He is the aloof Highness Vihipel, and he is just an inconspicuous newcomer in the Hall of Valor.The only intersection they had was that afternoon on the seventh floor of the Genesis Library.The two of them looked at the book in their hands almost quietly, while he peeked at the handsome man who looked like a god on the opposite side from time to time.

He is too greedy, just like Rhine gold, he just wants a little more but loses all.

The Hall of Valor will give each student who enters the hall a card with a beautiful embossment of the holy tree and everyone's student number.

This card is a pass to most places in the Hall of Valor, and it can also be used for payment. Even outside the Hall of Valor, it can be used the same as the silver card issued by the Arthur Empire.

And Zichen found that a certain amount of money would be deposited in this card every month.

The amount was not large, and it might not be enough for a person like Devon to have a good time in downtown.

But for a child like Zichen who doesn't have any entertainment at all and goes to the library when it's free time, the money in it is more than enough.

On weekends, Dai Wen went to the shop next to the Hall of Valor to order clothes. Seeing Zichen wearing the military uniform issued by the Hall of Valor all day long, he felt that as a roommate, he had to save him, so he dragged Zichen along.

Zichen randomly picked a style and measured the size. It was a bit boring when Daiwen chatted with the girl in the tailor shop, so he went to browse other shops first.

Zichen has a sweet tooth since he was a child, and he couldn't resist seeing the candies displayed in the window, so he bought a jar of milk candy and came back.

It was a bit late when I arrived at the library, but luckily Wihipel was still there.

Zichen hurriedly sat down on the seat without making a sound, but Wisipel on the opposite side raised his head and asked casually, "Why are you here so late today? Is there something wrong?"

"No, I just went out for a stroll." Zichen immediately said flattered.

Wischpel lowered his head and continued to read the book.

The milk candy tasted very good, and Zichen ate a lot of it very quickly.When he touched the next one again, he found that there was only one left, so he lightly dropped that candy again.

The silence in the library is only the sound of pages being turned, and the ancient bells of the Hall of Valor are heard outside the window. After being blurred by the glass, the distance is somewhat unreal, as if something is flowing quietly in the empty space.

After a long time, it was time to go back, Zichen tidied up the books on the table and arranged the chairs.

On the opposite side, Vichypel was still looking at the document in his hand, when the bell rang outside the window, the crows were startled.Zichen slowly pushed the only toffee in front of Vichypel...

Wisper raised his head and glanced at him. After a long time, Zichen almost couldn't bear it anymore.The silver-haired man smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

The last ray of light is swallowed by dusk...