[The Phantom of the Opera] Boundary Bridge

You can only choose between love and soul.

……

How could there be such a cruel and decisive choice in the world?How could there be such an absurd situation?

Eric wondered, is he dead or crazy?Or he would rather be dead, so that he doesn't have to face this absurd choice and experience this incisive pain.

But he is still alive, he is destined to endure these pains and survive.

Eric's eyes seemed to be dripping with blood and tears. He looked at the corner of the black robe in front of him angrily, desperately, and pleadingly. Hiss.

"You're lying to me." He cried and laughed, "You must be lying to me."

How could this be true?How could it be fake?The witch didn't pay attention to him, she bowed her head and smiled fiercely, as if she was indifferent but also very determined.The malice shown earlier was only for a moment, and she was not targeting Eric, but the ugliness of human nature, and this is what the witch is eternally interested in, and the only magic weapon that drives her to walk in the world.

She is the embodiment of desire, a collection of absurdities.She is not necessarily beautiful, nor is she necessarily ugly, but she is obsessed with anything related to desire, and the more absurd and contemptible the desire is, the more she smiles.The contrition of the wisher is the most beautiful thing in the world.

Just like Eric at the moment.

Lo and behold, this gifted musician has become a dog in hell.He desperately wants to break away from his fate, whether it has been imposed or chosen out of regret.Unfortunately, that only led him into a deeper state of despair.

"You can only choose between love and soul." The witch's voice seemed to be chanting a spell, Eric's brain was tingling, and he was covered in cold sweat with fear, "Choose, young man, do you choose to betray your love, or Abandon your soul."

"No..." Eric replied, "No!" he yelled in pain.

But it was useless, Eric's forehead was covered with cold sweat.Never had he regretted his recklessness so clearly and painfully for a moment.Fate knocked at the door, and his heart was empty and cold.No choice is wrong, no choice is right, the plank road is on the verge of falling, and the plank road falls to death.But he always wants to live, even if he deceives himself, he must live falsely and beautifully.

Eric's hands were trembling. He already knew the choice he would make, the betrayal and sacrifice he would make.There was a "ho ho" sound from his mouth, and his palm was cut open, revealing blood stains.

"Only when you have truly fulfilled the purpose of the exchange..."

"Getting a True Love Kiss from Kristen Daye..."

"You can evaluate your current behavior and make a new choice..."

"Only in this way, the black ribbon will reappear..."

The world in front of me seemed to be spinning.

But for Eric, the color of his world seemed to fade away the moment he made a decision.

He should have known earlier, he was clearly the biggest joke in the world.

……

The Phantom of the Opera is a shameless person, a cowardly coward and a bastard, but at least he is not as bad as a bastard or as mean, even if this last bit of bottom line is just self-deception.

Because "fate" forced him to redeem his soul, it was Christine Daye.

Eric is really despicable, he is willing to sacrifice everything for his own benefit and happiness, and all his previous actions have proved this point.But even though he has recognized the truth of love, Christine is still different to him.She is the sunshine he yearned for in the darkness for many years, the girl he cared for and brought up, he...he might be able to rob her, occupy her and hurt her.

But he never had the courage to play with her.

Lying on the cold ground, Eric felt countless raindrops of despair falling from his heart, nailing him to stone.

For another person, if the object of "true love's kiss" is another person, no matter how despicable he is, he will not give up his love.He wants a soul, and he will use all means to force that person to fall in love with him, and then get her "kiss of true love", and then make a new choice, give up his appearance and regain his singing voice, and redeem his soul.Then he can hold this soul to find true love, use that poor woman and throw it away, and ignore it again.

However, that person was Kristen Daye.Before he woke up, he had loved the woman for several years with all his heart.

His feelings for her may not be love, but they are also deep and tender, which makes him even more painful at this moment.Eric can play with everyone and use tricks, but he can't treat Christine like this, he must be sincere to her.He wants soul and singing voice, wants to choose again, and wants her true love's kiss, so he must exchange his feelings for it!Exchange your most sincere, tragic, and decisive feelings!There must be no adulteration in the slightest!

Even if he deceived himself, he would never be able to deceive Christine, and even if he forced himself to believe that he loved her again, he could not continue to deceive her love on the premise of not loving her.How ridiculous, when he used to love her, desperate to make her love him.Now he still wants to get her love, but...but first he has to convince himself that he loves her, because if he doesn't believe this, he won't have the courage to do it.

I love her...I love her... Eric repeats this over and over again, his lips quivering.He wept pitifully, with tears and snot all over his face, and kept repeating that name.

"Kristen...Kristen...Kristen!"

He recited this name with a completely different state of mind than before, but he was crying in his heart, but he was struggling to make a sound that belonged to another name.But no, no use.Of course he loves her, but he loves her with his soul. He doesn't even have a soul, so how can he love her?How to match her?If he wants a soul, he must get the love of another person, but he has absolutely no way to deceive that person, so he has to deceive himself and sacrifice his love, and it is an eternal sacrifice... How thoroughly the witch sees everything!

"Kristen...Kristen..." He kept shaking his head and sobbing.

He was crazy, completely crazy, as crazy as he wanted to find his own singing voice.But isn't that his only option?What else can he do?He will die without singing, he will definitely die, but he can linger on without love.His loss of love is lost forever, which is why he cried so heartbroken.

Although he was despicable and shameless, he was still unable to be completely despicable to Christine.It is very difficult for him to deceive himself to fall in love with her again, but he swears that if he wants to do it, he must lie for a whole life.What's more, he has already committed such a despicable mistake in order to redeem his soul. Even if he gets the soul and then chases after that woman's figure, such a pathetic and despicable him is no longer worthy of her love.That's all he can do, that's all he can do.

As for whether his dishonest love was fair to Christine, Eric knew it well, but he didn't want to think about it.He can't be completely mean to Christine, but such meanness is quite possible.He didn't think about her feelings, didn't think about being fair to her, didn't think about the fact that she had a true lover, instead of using her as a prop to redeem his soul, just like he used to use her as his longing for love and light Props the same.In the end, the so-called "deceit for a lifetime" is just condescending contempt.

He is so selfish and despicable, how fortunate, he once suffered her love, hidden in the corner of his heart, enough to shine for a lifetime.Now I have to pull it out in order to deceive myself and others, with tears streaming down my face, and the pain is so painful.

Eric curled up in the corner of the underground palace, couldn't bear it anymore, and burst into tears...

After today, he will no longer love her, because once he admits that he loves her, then everything he pursued at the cost of giving up his singing and breaking his soul will become a complete joke.After today, he will "love" others, because compared to hopeless, self-ashamed, and despicable love, he would rather choose the same dirty soul.After today he will sink into eternal despair.

But as long as you can continue to deceive, colorful dreams are also very good.

Tears welled up in Eric's eyes. He knew that from the moment he made his choice, he was no longer qualified, absolutely no longer qualified, but he still wanted, still wanted...

"Enid," he murmured, spitting out the name.

The last time in this life.