What happened to Isaac?

Xavier returned to the protection room, watching the days go by day by day, accompanied by boundless silence.

There is no hunger and cold here to make people panic all day long, but for humans, loneliness and darkness are panic itself.Sometimes Xavier suddenly fidgets, feeling like he's hearing something extra—the darkness forces one to be sensitive and imaginative.So whenever this helpless moment comes, Xavier closes his eyes.

He imagined that he was not lying on the floor but lying on the bed. At home in Kensington, the big soft bed in the master bedroom could perfectly fit the curvature of his back, at least it would not hurt his tailbone.Then he needs an extra thin pillow for his back, a thick book worth reading in English, and a cup of hot tea without sugar.

Then he can sit and read a book.

He doesn't know what time it is on Earth, but no matter what time it is, if he is Landon Xavier Jr., the owner of his own house in Kensington, West Central London, theoretically, he can live this most basic life by ringing the bell. comfortable life.

But now there is nothing.Could anything be worse than the confinement he was going through?He couldn't even take a bath, which was undoubtedly the worst news for Xavier, who insisted on taking a bath every day in winter.The only good thing about this kind of pain is that angels are all fairies who can survive by drinking the northwest wind. Since they can not eat or drink, of course there is no metabolism at all, so even if he wears the same clothes for so long, the clothes on the clothes There were no lice, and he himself didn't stink—the kind of mess that shouldn't happen here, Xavier was pretty sure.

But as time went on, he became more and more anxious.Eternal life already brings doubts and anxieties, and prolonged periods of nothing to do add to the feeling.He couldn't help himself from wondering if he was abandoned forever, and this kind of panic often came to him like a sudden tide.He was beginning to understand why the angels generally believed that life imprisonment was more terrifying than the death penalty, because it had no end.

If Xavier was ever able to remain optimistic, it is not certain now.He felt so far removed from being human, he had never lived so unhumanly.In fact, in his daily life, he will do the same things that humans would do, such as eating, sleeping, walking or taking a carriage to other places (thanks to Isaac, he might have gone to Cannes for vacation as soon as he opened the door, but not now ) Also for example,

He can pee.

It's kind of ridiculous to say but he wants to do it so badly now, he feels like he'll nod to any accusation if he can get out and use the bathroom.If a flush toilet was placed in this protection room, he would press the flush button repeatedly and listen to the noisy movement until he went completely crazy.

God, he thought, give me a voice.

Has my desire become so humble?

"Squeak—ah."

Just as he was thinking so mockingly, the door of the protection room was opened, and Bicurisita poked his head in: "Xavier, today is a visiting day."

Xavier got up from the ground and asked in a daze, "Visit?"

"Get up quickly, that demon named Isaac is already waiting for you in the reception room."

"But why did you suddenly have the opportunity to visit?"

On the way, Xavier asked.

Bicurisita turned around and looked at him carefully: "I don't really understand, I've never had such a thing before. The right angel told me that it was because you were about to go to court, so I gave you a special 15-minute Visiting hours."

"...God, it's like a meal with a severed head. I don't feel so good."

"Maybe it's just that they feel that they wronged you before, and they want to make up out of guilt?" Bicurisita said.

"Oh, it's best."

**

Xavier hesitated suddenly before pushing the door open.He combed himself outside the door again, dusted off his clothes, turned his head and asked, "Is my face oily?" Bikulisita glanced at him: "It's okay, just the bridge of the nose is bright."

Xavier quickly lifted up the hem of his prison clothes and wiped his face. He paced up and down the door in melancholy, and suddenly asked: "Does the time count from the time you enter the door?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the door. Say, "Hello, Isaac."

He was silent for a while, and then said, "Good morning, Isaac."

"What is this for?" Bikulixita couldn't help asking.

"It's been a long time since I saw you. I'm going to make an opening speech. Don't interrupt."

"Ah, Isaac, long time no see, do you miss me?...Will this be a little greasy?"

"A little."

well!Xavier sighed.People have been locked up for a long time, and they can't even speak.He simply smashed the can, took a deep breath——pushed open the door, and slammed into Isaac's arms with one step.

"Oh!" exclaimed Xavier, covering his nose.

"I'm fine. It's night on Earth now, and I really miss you a little bit." Isaac said with a smile.

I don't know how long he put his ear to the door and listened!Xavier blushed and cleared his throat pretendingly.

"I heard you whispering at the door a long time ago." Isaac glanced at Bicurisita, and the latter said blankly: "I have to be here, this is the rule."

Isaac flicked his tail irritably: "Even if you wait outside, who would know?"

"But, I was ordered to stay here..."

"idiot."

Isaac muttered.

Xavier looked around at the two people and felt very embarrassed. He was usually eloquent and dared not say a word.

Although Bicurisita is stupid, he is not a nasty guy. How can you say that about him?Of course, it’s not good for him to blame the long-lost Isaac for the sake of a stranger...Fortunately, Bicurisita himself didn’t seem to care much, shrugged, and consciously stood in the corner.

Isaac took Xavier's hand and sat down, looked at him carefully, and suddenly leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek.Xavier shrank his neck as if he had been slapped, and whispered, "It can't be like this!... What if there is surveillance?"

"It's just a meeting ceremony for our succubus," Isaac pointed at Bicurisita, "I can also kiss him, but I don't want to."

"Don't kiss me!"

"Don't kiss him!"

Bikulisita and Xavier said in unison.

**

Isaac said, "Gast told me that things are optimistic for the two of us, and there is a good chance of acquittal."

Xavier responded with a smile after listening.After a while, he asked, "Are you familiar with Gast, Isaac?"

Isaac rolled his eyes: "It's raining again in London."

"This also needs to be kept secret?"

"I can't do it either."

Xavier sighed, changed the subject, and asked how is the family?Isaac told him that everything was fine, but that Xavier had better come back sooner, or he alone couldn't stop Daisy from petting the child.

After finishing the trivial matters, the two were relatively silent for a moment, looking at each other silently, as if meeting each other for the first time; but if it was the first meeting, this kind of gaze seemed too intimate and rude.Later, when Bikulisita asked Gast about this matter, the naughty cherub didn't laugh at him immediately, but stared at him for a long time in silence with such complicated eyes, and then slowly rolled up the book in his hand, "Boom ' knocked him on the head.

Maybe some mysterious ritual on Earth?Bikulixita thought.

Seeing the passing of minutes and seconds, Xavier felt that he should do something.Because it was a temporary idea, he didn't have any specific plans, but he just felt that he should do something to make Isaac happy.Why do you want to please him?Without thinking about it, Xavier suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Can you lend me a little magic, Bicurisita?"

"Okay," Bicurisita stretched out his hand, "How much do you want? I'm not very sensitive to magic, so there aren't many."

"A little is enough."

Xavier took his hand, and let go before Isaac was about to lose his temper, smelling sour.Then he said to Isaac, "Close your eyes."

Isaac closed his eyes and said, "If you slap me, I will slap you."

That sounded familiar—it was what Xavier had said the second time he got him back from outside.Both of them recalled the scene that day, including when they got drunk and Xavier made up nonsense to Daisy, so that Daisy still firmly believed that they were a pair of incest brothers who were born at the wrong time, so they couldn't help but Xiang Gu laughed.

"Open your eyes, Isaac."

Isaac opened his eyes, and at the same time, Xavier slowly loosened his closed hands, and many golden butterflies fluttered out of his hands, scattering down like sand in mid-air.

Isaac subconsciously looked up, looking intently like a big dog trying to catch a butterfly.It wasn't until the last butterfly turned into powder that he looked away, turned his back, and said in a rough voice: "It's so boring!" He gently held the tail with his hand so as not to let it shake uncontrollably .

Xavier looked at him with a smile all the time, and the two of them didn't speak any more, and ended their short visit time under gentle gaze.

......

Before leaving, Xavier said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you a little bit? It feels so good and strange, like a belly full of butterflies. If I open my mouth and smile, they will Just fly out."

Xavier couldn't remember what Isaac said at the time.Maybe he just kept his mouth half open and didn't say a word, because later Xavier was also surprised by his own frankness and straightforwardness.It seemed that everything had happened in these 15 minutes, and it seemed that nothing had been achieved. When he returned to the dark protection room, the corner of Xavier's mouth did not fall.He suddenly felt very courageous—it wasn't brought to him by anyone, it was just a hazy feeling from within, and he even felt very powerful, even though he had nothing in his hands.

Back in the protection room, Xavier sat down with his back against the door.After a while, Bicurisita's voice came through the door: "Hello, Xavier."

"Ok?"

"You people on Earth have a lot of tricks," Bikulisita said through the door panel, "Do you need to borrow so much magic to transform into a few butterflies?"

Xavier leaned his head against the wall and said, "Don't be so mean. Are you going to take it back?"