Hades

"Your Highness, that lord contacted Dumbledore and reached an agreement." Edward knelt on one knee in the wooden house, at the feet of Hades.Pluto crossed his legs and closed his eyes, but at this moment she opened them.With bright pupils, no matter how you look at it, you can't see any emotional fluctuations from there.

"condition."

"The lord's condition is to keep your Highness." Edward said, at this moment he raised his head and glanced at Pluto boldly.It was just a glance, maybe not even a second, but he could read the bone-chilling chill in that short moment.

"It's not enough, let's go down."

"Yes." Said neatly, but this time, Edward did not disappear from the face of Hades as usual, he was still kneeling there, looking a little hesitant, as if he had something to say.Pluto glanced at him coldly, and said dry and hoarse words, without any displeasure, and no emotion.

"Say."

"Your Highness, I dare you. During the period of contact between Your Highness and that lord, I can tell that His Highness is sincerely happy. It is a long-term plan. Your Highness, please think twice."

"Go on, Edward, there will be no second time." The light words made Edward seem to have walked around from hell.When he came out of the cabin, Edward's legs were trembling. He never wanted to feel such oppression in his life.That person is Pluto.

What made Hades have to come out of the cabin was the sound of dogs barking outside the cabin.The big brown dog, baring its teeth, is facing Pluto.This dog, named Rui Na, has been barking for a long time, so long that Pluto can no longer tolerate the existence of this kind of sound.The slightly bent hind legs looked like they could immediately rush up to Hades.

Two pairs of silver-gray eyes faced each other.

One person and one dog.

"Wow woof woof!!!!"

"...There are only three things. The first time."

Rina can't understand human language, or in other words, it can't understand human language other than its master.The barking sound was a little weaker, not because of Pluto's words, but because of the flaming Thestrals appearing out of nowhere.

"woooo~"

Not to be outdone, but can only shrink aside.Pluto watched, patted the Thestral's head, turned over and rode on the Thestral, and disappeared in this somewhat secluded place after a while.

……

The ashrams in London are gradually becoming less empty, but it's really not that crowded.Pluto in white clothes and black trousers knelt in front of the wooden table, on which was emerald green tea.Xun and Pluto sat face to face, the tea on the wooden table was still steaming, but the silence between the two of them hadn't lasted for a while.

"I haven't congratulated you for finally getting your wish." Xun said with a smile, but it was obviously a forced smile at the moment.Pluto didn't look at her, she closed her eyes, raised her hand, and picked up the wooden cup on the table. The scalding water just entered her throat, but she didn't dislike the temperature being too hot.

"Miss Black she—"

"Stop talking." Pluto said, put down the teacup, and opened his eyes.

"Xun, you've worked hard for so many years. I have something I must do." Very cold words, but less alienated.Xun smiled, and now it became a little more real. "No, it's nothing. I know Aspen has very important things to do, and my father knows it too, so it's really nothing."

"When the old man died..."

"Father is not in pain. It's all over. It's just that my father always hoped that I could find you and persuade you." When she said this, Pluto closed his eyes again, which meant that he didn't want to listen.Xun looked at her and understood, but she had to say what was in her mouth.

"Ace, it's been more than ten years, so the hatred in the past—"

"Hate, I have let go of it a long time ago, and now I have more important things to do."

"She loves you very much, I can see it, Asi, don't hurt the person who loves you." It was the first time Xun was so serious when he spoke earnestly.Pluto looked at her with a look of ruthlessness.

"I don't even believe in family affection, let alone love."

"What about me?" The words blurted out, probably because even Xun had noticed the slight strangeness, and added embarrassingly, "What about me and Chuan?"

"The old man saved me. You are my duty, Xun. Now that the magic world is at war, I have sent people to protect this place. Just in case, let's go out and hide."

"Forget it, now the gymnasium has just started, so the things there will not be involved here."

"I'm not sure, I will be very troubled if you die."

Pluto uses the word haunted.Then she stared at the teacup, not looking at Xun's disappointed and disappointed eyes at all.The space is so silent.Xun wanted to try to say something, and then get back to the feeling of the past. Although Pluto was not very talkative back then, it was not like it is now. The heavy depression seems to drive people crazy.Maybe Pluto has gone crazy. During the seven years of parting, Xun is not clear about what Pluto has experienced, but she knows that Pluto has changed, and Pluto has not changed.

His eyes fell on Xue Ren's ribbon, it was brand new, exactly the same as before.Xun twitched the corner of his mouth and squeezed out a smile.

"Sure enough, Aspen still likes these gadgets."

Pluto's gaze also fell, and he reached out to touch the little silver-white thing. She didn't smile, she never smiled.

"The chess piece. I have destroyed the most precious one with my own hands, as you know."

Xun knows.When she didn't know Aspen for a long time.At that time, Asi was still a child, and he hadn't reached his chest yet.Xun is curious about this little foreign girl who sleeps all the time, is called a disciple by her father, and is her junior sister.The silent child who doesn't like to talk, has a particularly strange-looking ribbon in his hand.What was the cause, Xun has forgotten, but what she remembers is that the child with cold eyes still shining, burned that beautiful ribbon with a match to ashes.

——In this world, there will no longer be anything that I cherish.

The girl said such words with cold eyes.

"Click." The long knife returned to Pluto's waist, and the sound returned to Xun's consciousness.Pluto had already stood up from the tatami, and her unhurried movements meant that she was about to leave.Xun looked at her, words couldn't stop overflowing from his mouth.

"Ace, listen to me, stop being persistent."

The curling heat in the cup disappeared, and the tea became cold.She opened her eyes and looked down at Xun, her eyes were as cold as looking at a stranger, but what she said was not like that.There is no expression of emotion, but the vocabulary of address is unprecedentedly close.

"Sister Xun, I have never trusted anyone since then. I have planned for four years, and everything is for one purpose. Don't betray me, I don't want to kill you."

"Ace." Xun called out, looking at Pluto's handsome face, she said everything she shouldn't have said.

"The wounds of the past will be healed one day. I don't want you to suffer, so, so, can you let go, I will be with you wherever you want to go, and one day, you will never feel pain again .”

"Don't say that again."

Never stopped in the footsteps, not in a hurry.The voice was as cold as a machine.

The people left and the room was empty.There is no more Aspen in this world.In fact, Long Zexun knows better than anyone else that Asi has disappeared since the first time she saw her. There is only Pluto in this world, but there will never be Astarot.