Abandoned Lover [Future]

Barnstar summers are dry and hot, with long days and short nights.However, after the sun goes down, the temperature will drop rapidly, down to a near-cold boundary.

Perhaps it was because Xiao's embrace was too clingy, Eugene closed his eyes in those arms, and when he opened them again, it was already after sleep, and he missed the dinner.

He sniffed and turned around in a comfortable chill.When he fell asleep, Xiao put him on the bed and covered him with a sheet.Up to now, Xiao himself was leaning against the head of the bed with his clothes on, his long legs crossed, and he was reading a book brought over from the Rift.

Eugene looked up at the cover of the book, and the words "Emerald Heart" were printed on the dilapidated hardcover.He thought it was a love story, but saw a line of small characters on the subtitle, which read "Chronicles of Cornova".

"The description of this is incomplete." Eugene looked at the edition number on the spine of the book, and found that his voice was still hoarse. "...The upper echelons of the Alliance have destroyed history books three times, and this should be the second or later version."

Xiao nodded, his expression did not change.Because he himself understands that the history he wants to query will not be written in any version.

——In the hallucinations he had seen, Cornova only had walls and a white tower that could barely correspond to today's scene.What he wants to know is the reason for the transition from that illusion to the present.

It's just that there is no need to tell Eugene about this part. Xiao closed the book, turned his head to look at the humans around him: "Are you hungry?"

……

They were in a decent town with all the organs, and even if it was close to midnight, they could still find a place to eat.Eugene still looked a bit sleepy. After coming out of the hotel, he chose a tavern and sat down.

There were not many people at this time, Xiao watched as Eugene subconsciously chose the corner at the rear closest to the safety exit, and he chose the position facing the street view.This detail made Xiao want to sigh, but he just picked up the rare paper menu and handed it to Eugene.Eugene said thank you, his expression had returned to his usual calmness, his brows were slightly frowned, and he couldn't see the previous gaffe.

Xiao spread the napkin on his lap, and asked him casually, "Are we going to stay here?"

Where to go and what to do had always been Eugene's sole discretion, and none of them had disputed it.Eugene's gaze was still on the menu, and he answered after a few seconds.

"……want."

His fingertips slid across the complicated dishes on the menu, then flipped over and jumped to the page of drinks.

"I want to find someone to fix your arm, and I want to try to investigate the cause of Sanqi's death."

Knowing that Eugene would continue to give explanations, Xiao didn't answer.

"His death is too special, and it is unlikely to be caused by reasons other than inheritance." Eugene lowered his voice a little. "But his condition is different from the experimental product in my impression. His aggressiveness seems to have decreased a lot, and the level of ability increase is also very limited."

Xiao looked at him: "What kind of results do you want to find out?"

"...I don't know." After a moment of silence, Eugene put down the menu. "When I was still on the Rift, the female general sent me a letter, telling me that the samples of the blood of the heritage were still there. Therefore, there is a high probability that the military knew about Sagrand's side before us. problem."

He looked up at Shaw.

"I don't think I can change anything by myself, but I want to know why the legacy blood appears here and what purpose it serves."

"After all, this legacy owes the lives of a dozen of my subordinates. I hope you don't think this is superfluous heroism."

Eugene handed back the menu, and Xiao only glanced at the food he selected—Eugene's eyes hesitated for a few seconds on the position of the two main dishes, and he only needed to order the one that Eugene didn't export just fine.

"Of course." Xiao said so, and waved to call the waitress at the side.

……

Before the meal was served, Xiao sorted out the information that Eugene had shared with him so far, and suddenly thought of a question.

"You know so much information, why did the gatekeeper just let you go?"

——During the time Eugene fell asleep, Xiao flipped through several history books related to the alliance at an inhuman speed.There is no mention of the inheritance, but there is a description of the secret troops under the command of the three generals.It is written in the book that very few people were able to successfully retire from these secret forces, so the forces themselves became legends in the market.After Xiao thought about it carefully, he suddenly discovered something illogical.

Eugene held too much important information in his hands, but he was able to live in Cornova without hindrance after retiring.It doesn't make sense for Eugene to be a free agent if the league has such tight control over the legacy.

Anika had asked him a similar question not too long ago.Eugene wrapped the knife and fork in a napkin and wiped it, and replied in a low voice: "...Because no one knows that I remember these things except the female general."

——The reason why there are very few goalkeepers who can retire is because they have to meet three elements at the same time.

The first point is to have a reason to retire.Eugene's original reason was that he had a strong tendency to self-destruct, and the military doctors determined that he no longer had the ability to continue to lead the gatekeeper team to fight.The second point is to accept a complete memory cleansing when he leaves, and he is also satisfied with this point-the pioneer called the third-level heritage "skull-opener", and asked the metal girl to delete all information about the heritage in his mind.

"But something went wrong during this process, so in the end, I still keep these memories." Eugene watched the waitress bring out the steaming meal from the back kitchen, turned his head and smiled briefly at Xiao : "To be honest, it should be my luck."

The fragrant mushroom risotto and the rich seafood soup were placed on the table at the same time, and Eugene showed a slightly surprised expression on his face.When Xiao ordered food before, he just quickly pointed to the menu. He didn't know that Xiao quietly took his preferences into consideration again.

"Try it all." Xiao smiled gently, opened a meal bag in the wooden basket by the table, and handed it to Eugene.And looking at the warmth leaking from the eyes of the human being in front of him, Xiao pretended to accept the rough lie of the other party with full authority.

…Beyond his red line, he didn't mind the deception Eugene used to maintain his privacy.

"Eat slowly." The delicate biochemical man watched his human meal seriously, then stretched out his hand at a certain moment, wiped the soup stained on the corner of the opponent's mouth with his thumb, and put it in his mouth in a leisurely manner. While licking.

Embarrassed by Xiao's undisguised actions, Eugene subconsciously pressed the other's arm, in exchange for the latter's laughing voice.

His attention was drawn back to the dinner table, and he never returned to the previous topic.

……

The goalkeeper's retirement must meet three points.

1. Survive and have a reason to retire.

2.__________________________.

3. Delete all memories related to the legacy when leaving.

Facing Xiao, Eugene lied on the third point, and then completely concealed the second point.

That is, "no abilities or traits have been acquired from the 'blessing of innocence'".

When Eugene left the Gatekeeper, there was only one word printed on his wish file: Failed.

Harbinger researchers were unable to determine what had changed in him, or at what cost.They finally came to the conclusion that Eugene's will was not strong enough, so he did not meet the conditions for making a wish.However, this conclusion is a bit far-fetched, because most people have witnessed the scene where Eugene made a wish, and also saw the opened eye on the inheritance.

Faced with such a result, the female general seems to be the only one who feels relieved.After all, one of the conditions for participating in wish-making is to transfer the ownership of one's own body - after the wish is fulfilled, the body of the wish-maker will automatically become the property of the alliance, and when the life span is approaching, it will become the experimental product of the pioneers.It's like the "skull-opener", the legacy used by the pioneers to delete memories. Nearly 80 years ago, it really belonged to a girl who made a wish.

Such an ending is the fate that the heroine herself must endure, and she does not want Eugene to repeat the same tragedy as hers.

And Eugene, who "failed to make a wish", escaped the fate of becoming the property of the alliance through a series of mistakes, and became the first gatekeeper to successfully retire in the past ten years.

……

8 month 25 day.

Eugene and Xiao put on the black suits they bought temporarily, and were about to leave the hotel to attend Sang Qi's funeral.The other party was the most famous master in Sagrand's circle of craftsmen. At this time, he chose to be buried in the barn star. Regardless of whether he was acquainted with the deceased or not, he attracted many people who came to express their condolences.

Xiao looked down at Eugene helping him adjust his tie, and couldn't help being a little distracted—the lover's strong and slender body was wrapped in a close-fitting tailoring, and his long bangs were pulled back, and together with the upper half of his hair It was tied up, revealing a smooth forehead and beautiful golden eyes.Such a hairstyle made Eugene look young and agile, and with the overly suitable formal attire, there was a kind of terribly sexy.

Wearing mourning clothes to have sex/love whatever he thinks or disrespect, Xiao doesn't want to anger Eugene who is very conservative in this respect, so he can only desperately suppress the desire that grows wildly.It was the busiest time of the day, and the two of them stepped out of the door, and stepped into the carriage that was already waiting by the side of the road in an irritating heat.

The horse borrowed from the woman had been returned by Xiao, and they, like all the residents in the town, began to use the improved carriage to travel.Along the way, more and more people were traveling with them, and many people came straight from the port with small aircraft, and they seemed to be foreigners who came here specially.The crowds gathered made the road congested, and after nearly an hour, they finally arrived at the scheduled burial site.

This cemetery is not far from San Qi's residence, and when they came, it was already surrounded by four or five circles of people.In the center of the encirclement, what stood was not the woman they had seen that day, but a man who also wore a men's black suit, but wore a black wide-brimmed hat and a black veil.

During the process of returning the horse, Xiao had a conversation with the woman and knew that she was San Qi's housekeeper, not a family member.Therefore, at this funeral, it was not her who was the head of the funeral, but this man they had never seen before—Sang Qi had no children, and the man who presided over his funeral this time should be his favorite student.

From a long distance, Eugene couldn't see the man's face at all, but found that the man was wearing white gloves.In the current weather, this kind of tightly wrapped attire makes people feel hot when they look at it. Eugene stared at the other party for a few seconds, and then looked away.

... The funeral proceeded without disturbance, and did not reflect the strange temperament or special occupation of the deceased.At the end of the earth-covering stage, the people who came to express their condolences placed the flower branches in front of Sanqi's tomb, and they began to gradually disperse.

Eugene and Xiao stood at the end of the line, each holding a white lily, bending down to place the flowers in front of the fresh mound.The funeral officially ended after laying flowers. The man who was the head of the funeral was still shaking hands with the remaining guests, but the woman standing aside waved her hand and called them aside, and began to walk slowly to San Qi’s residence. Walk.

It seems that in the previous conversation, he and Xiao quickly established a friendship. At this time, the woman is much more friendly and talkative than Eugene remembered.Along the way, she and Xiao talked endlessly about trivia in the town, and asked Xiao about what they had seen and heard in the alliance.At the end, Eugene sat down in the long hall where Sang Qi's body had been stored, feeling a lot of discomfort, and watched the woman pour tea for them.

The previous conversation was too eager, and Eugene never found the time to ask about the strangeness of Sanqi's death.During this short silence, Eugene was about to speak, but the woman talked about something else again—Sangy's youngest apprentice, the man they saw at the funeral.

"Although he is young, my husband always says that he is the most talented one. He likes to think about problems that other children don't want to touch, just like his master."

The woman continued to babble, saying that although the child was weak in body, he always had a good heart.Because he can’t help her physically, he will design a small robot to help her work since he was a child, and an alarm clock that will remind her to rest intimately—“No matter what problems you have, he can always help you solve them.” of."

Eugene responded gracefully to such a conversation, and began to realize how many inquiries about Malicious Blood might not be able to be completed today.Ten minutes later, the door of the mansion was pushed open again, and the woman also showed a joyful expression: "Look, he's back too, you can just go and say hello."

Eugene turned his head and watched the man with the weird wide-brimmed hat come in, and slowly closed the door behind him.As he raised his hand and pressed the button beside the door, all the doors and windows were closed at the same time, and they were covered with an impenetrable barrier.This bright long hall lost all natural light in an instant, leaving only the gorgeous chandelier as the light source.

"Russ, don't sneak home alone, I'm the one who can't be exposed to the sun."

The speaker's voice was very young, somewhere between a youth and a teenager, and uttered flattering complaints in a hearty tone.

Eugene stood up, showing a gentle smile, and wanted to introduce his purpose of coming.

Then he watched the man take off his wide-brimmed hat, revealing a pale, slightly sickly face.

- black hair, brown eyes.The contours of East Asian faces mixed with Western styles, and the facial features are extraordinarily soft and good-tempered at first glance.

Eugene's memory has always been very good. He felt that this person was very familiar, but he couldn't remember the name of the other person.

The young man froze for a moment, then smiled at him.

The brown eyes narrowed, and there was a palpable, warm smile.

... This smile finally made Eugene overlap another face in his memory.

He is Setsuna.

The author has something to say:

Today I stayed up until 02:30 in the middle of the night, and I finally wrote Setsuna to appear.

He's the last major supporting character in the book... and he's extremely likable.

Thanks to the little angel who has been with me and left me a message. The paragraph between the showdown between the two and the final battle is not very easy to write. Thank you for not giving up on me.

Me, I guarantee that the ending will be super good, I hope to see you in the comment area all the time, huh.

感谢在2020-11-1517:53:49~2020-11-1618:34:32期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 1 Xiao Qi;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Xinyi;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!