[Comprehensive English and American] This is not a serious day-to-day

I don't know how long it took, Dick suddenly came back to his senses.

His memory still stays at the moment when he turned on the video, the complicated magic symbols flashed off the screen, and then he opened his eyes right here.

This abnormal scene transition was obviously due to the memory being modified...Ye Yi judged based on experience.

In terms of form, it is closer to hypnosis. First, use the magic symbol to put people into a hypnotized state. After achieving the goal, the hypnotist will call the hypnotized person back to reality again, but he will not leave any information about this paragraph in his mind. Memories of the passage of time, even feelings will not remain much.

Dick lowered his head, looked at his trembling hands, and frowned unconsciously.

What have I been through?he thinks.

He looked around and found that he was sitting in the projection hall of the movie theater, and the movie on the screen seemed to have just finished showing and was playing the ending song.

Dick thought back and was surprised to find that he still remembered the movie.The protagonist of the story is himself. In one afternoon, he opened a letter, read the life of a strange woman from it, and then remembered the funeral he had attended.

In the movie, "Dick" clearly remembers that he attended the funeral, but for the current Dick, he does not remember that he has experienced such a thing at all, and this "strange woman" does not exist in his life.

Although the main character is himself, Dick sitting in the auditorium does not have such deep emotional imprints left in his heart, just like being moved naturally after watching a good movie, but after the movie is over, he can slowly return to reality, and there will be no inability to exist. The phenomenon of acting.

"Not a bad story, right?" someone said.

Dick raised his head suddenly, and found that there was another person in the darkness around him at some point.

The projected light made his face pale, but it didn't damage his beauty at all. The brown-haired young man sat in the seat beside him and applauded lightly. Noticing Dick's sharp gaze, he turned his head to look, embarrassed She pursed her lips tightly, smiling a little shyly, her eyes were as clear as a gurgling spring in the shade of a midsummer forest.

Looking into his eyes, Dick quickly calmed down.

The opponent has the ability to control his memory and bring him here, and this weird movie theater is probably the opponent's home field. This place may not even be reality, and it is not suitable to act rashly at the moment.

"What story?" he asked.

"Your story." The other said.

The young man pressed his chest and bowed politely to him: "Hi, let's meet Ethan Carter, or you prefer to call me the greedy lord."

This is the fifth lord that Dick has seen. Different from the stereotype of the devil, these lords seem to have nothing to do with the crime they represent, making it impossible to connect them with the legendary devil.

In terms of appearance alone, the greedy lord looks like a shy and beautiful boy next door. It is completely impossible to see that he just circumvented the magic defense of the Justice League and captured Dick from Wayne Manor into this place. I don’t know if it is true. exist in the auditorium.

"Please forgive my presumptuousness," he said with a smile, but his tone could not hear any apology, "The reason why you appear here is because of my personal interest, and out of the need to collect data, I took all of you here without authorization. Thank you for your contribution to data collection, Mr. Grayson, I will send you out of here later."

When he said this, he still had that shy look, as if he didn't know how arrogant his words were.

Anger swelled in Dick's heart. Even though he didn't know what kind of data he provided, at this moment, he still felt that there was a volcano waiting to explode in his chest, which would erupt at any time and burn everyone to ashes. .

However, there are too many unknowns now, Dick can only control his emotions, and ask when the greedy lord is still easy to talk: "Where is this?"

"A game," Greedy explained with a good temper. "This is an experimental game to deduce parallel universes. My colleague is exploring parallel universes. I don't like his plan, but his vision has given me a little inspiration. Now With the level of technology, as long as enough experimental data is collected, it is not impossible to deduce parallel universes."

He whispered: "However, it doesn't make much sense to deduce ordinary people. The possibility of them changing their fate is very small. Only a special enough gravitational source can change time and space, that is, you."

Speaking of this, he smiled: "After pulling you into this game, I can continuously collect data by modifying and playing the variables in your life, so as to deduce the parallel universe. All game endings?"

Before Dick could speak, he looked up at the darkness at the top of the auditorium: "I didn't expect you to be the one who came out the fastest."

As he raised his head, countless slender and bright silk threads slowly lit up in the darkness of the auditorium. These threads can hardly be seen with the naked eye, and only when they gather billions of them will they gradually gather together into a network structure.

Looking at the light net above his head, Dick's pupils shrank slightly.

He is the one who came out the fastest... Does it mean that he came here from the previous lost memory?How many other people are there besides him?

"...Why can I come out?" Dick thought quickly, but asked nonchalantly.

Hearing this question, the greedy lord's eyelashes trembled, and a faint blush appeared on his face.

"To put it simply, I've read all your endings, whether it's HE, BE, TE or NE." He said, "Thank you for bringing me so many wonderful stories, Dick, would you like to see it? ?”

He didn't wait for an answer, only for a fist that was swung with anger.

The fist wind came towards him, blowing his soft brown hair. The greedy lord raised a finger, and an invisible barrier immediately appeared in front of him, preventing Dick from attacking.

"I thought you should thank me. After all, in order to prevent more impact on you, I deliberately took back all your memories and feelings during the game," he said with a little grievance and puzzlement, "About this, Dick, I think we can have a good talk. I think you have some misunderstanding about the devil. If my colleagues give you a bad impression, please allow me to apologize in their place. But you have found out, between us There is no essential conflict, and there is no need for you to have such deep hostility towards me."

How dare he... say that!Dick gritted his teeth.

Greed seemed to have anticipated his rising rage.

"It seems that we may not be able to reach a settlement." He sighed a little, sounding a bit regretful, "Now I invite you to be an audience, let us continue to enjoy the next story."

When he said these words, his eyes lowered slightly, as if he didn't dare to look at Dick, and there was a gentle and shy smile at the corner of his mouth, like a spring breeze walking lightly.

……

Emerald was born in 2036.

When she was very young, Emerald didn't feel that she was any different from ordinary people.

She lived in a happy family and received tutoring at home. She had gray-haired parents who loved her very much, and Emerida trusted everything they said with all her heart.Under their guidance, she built her own world view step by step, believing that the world works as she knows it, and never doubted herself.

Although occasionally, Emerida will feel that things are a little strange. For example, her parents can always predict what she will encounter the next day. For example, they will always forget what they said. The former makes Amy feel very uncomfortable. She understands, because no matter how they remind her, she can't avoid the predicted things from happening; the latter makes her a little unhappy, making her feel that her parents... don't seem to love herself that much.

Always forgetting, always forgetting, they always don't remember what they said the day before, on the contrary, they will be meticulous to her when they foresee something, which makes Emerida feel very annoyed, as if her parents only pay attention to The foreseeable world, not paying attention to the present of her existence.

Why?Emerald didn't understand.

Day after day, in front of the window facing the garden, she watched the plants in the garden wither and change, the snow became more abundant and whiter day by day, gradually yellow leaves covered the path, and lush green grew on the leaves day by day, Delicate flowers emerge from withering to re-emerge on the stem after blooming.

This seems to be different from the description I read from the book.Emerald thought.

Why is spring after winter?Why is it withered after blooming?Why does life go from childhood to maturity?It was nothing like what she had seen.

The books say it's called a cycle, a life-to-death cycle where a plant grows from a bud to a plant, a robin grows from a fledgling to an adult, and she grows from a toddler to a tall Girls, everyone is going down the river of time, and finally meet the common destination, which is death.

Emerida knew that this was growth, and she also found that she was indeed growing, this year she was taller than last year, her hair was getting longer day by day, and she knew more and more things, but at the same time, The diametrically opposite changes were taking place in those around her.

Mrs. Finn, who couldn't stand up because of the car accident, walked like flying overnight, and didn't remember that she was paralyzed in bed; Jimmy, who had learned to ride a bicycle for a long time, suddenly forgot how to ride a bicycle, and fell down one after another on the road in the block; Mr. Collins, who had just been buried not long ago, was well Watering the flowers in the garden, he greeted her when he saw her, and asked with a smile why she seemed to be a little shorter. It was clear that she only knew him at his funeral, but he acted as if he had known her for a long time.

Is this death?Emerald was confused.

Isn't death never to be seen?

This question was hidden in the bottom of Emerida's heart, and it fermented into a fog that could not be dispelled. When her parents accidentally mentioned death, she finally couldn't help asking this question.

"Doesn't death mean new acquaintances?" she asked bewilderedly. "I never knew Mr. Collins until his funeral..."

Her parents' pupils shrank suddenly, and they couldn't help but hold each other's hands tightly, looked at each other, and then slowly embraced her in their arms. Emerida lay in their arms at a loss, and found that they were patting The hand holding his back trembled slightly.

Her mother's dry voice rang in her ears.

"No, it's not like that," she said sadly. "Amy... you're walking a different path than everyone else."

What's different?Emerald wanted to ask her mother.

But when the question was about to be blurted out lightly, an unknown fear enveloped her, and an invisible force gently covered her mouth, and she suddenly didn't dare to speak out, and she didn't even dare to speak out her fear.

After that, Emerida never said her doubts again, but as she got older, she became more and more confused and fearful.Countless times, she hid behind the curtains to spy on her frolicking peers downstairs, her fingers clenched the soft fabric of the curtains tightly, her heart pounded uncontrollably in her chest, she wanted to scream loudly, but she was restrained by invisible hands. Hold her throat so that she can't make a sound.

Why is she the only one growing up?Why is everyone getting smaller?Why is she the only one moving forward, why is she the only one on this road?

At that moment, even the little Emirida had a vague understanding—she was a lone traveler.

At the age of six, Emerald had a friend.

This incident came as a surprise to Amy, who never thought she would have a friend, let alone an adult.

The man who called himself Mr. D did not know when he moved to the neighborhood, but the neighbors around him seemed to be familiar with him. He looked about 30 years old, but he was still very good-looking. Emerida liked his eyes very much. It was a clear but soft ice blue, just like the feeling he gave her.He is knowledgeable, thoughtful, and full of mystery that invites exploration. He is the kind of "adult" in a little girl's heart, and she can't help but want to imitate his every move, and want to understand the world he sees , want to be like him.

Most importantly, he understands her.

Like her parents, Mr. D knew her very well from the very beginning. He knew her preferences and habits well. He even seemed to be able to read Amy's thoughts, and know her confusion and fear. Emerida couldn't help but want to talk to him about his confusion.

Finally one day, she finally couldn't bear to confide in him.

"Why am I the only one moving forward?" she asked. "What's the difference?"

Mr. D was silent for a while, and asked slowly: "Have you ever thought about it, if you weren't moving forward?"

"For us, our timeline is from the past to the future. In our view, time is constantly rushing forward, but it is not the case for you. You think we are the ones who are constantly rushing to the past. You Have you ever thought that you are the same in our eyes?"

Emerald's path is indeed different from everyone else's, because she is a time traveler, and the special thing is that her timeline is opposite to the normal world. As she grows up, she is also gradually moving towards the past.

Every day at twelve o'clock in the morning, Emerida's time does not flow to the next day, but goes back to the previous day at twelve o'clock. In her eyes, she is growing up day by day, but in the eyes of others, she is getting smaller day by day .

Emerida couldn't remember how she came home that day. She sat at the dining table in a daze, and when she looked at her parents, the veil covering her eyes finally lifted, and she realized that they had been hiding from her. wearing something.

"Have I always been like this?" she asked abruptly.

In the sound of the knife and fork hitting the dinner plate, her parents were surprised at first, then almost hesitated, and told her about the abnormality that had happened to her.

When she was just born, Amirida was just like any ordinary child, she couldn't see any abnormalities, she was a little angel, and her parents were extremely happy to have such a daughter.But that all changed when she was two years old, when the little soft child suddenly disappeared, and after they had been panicking for days, a grown woman who looked seriously ill knocked on their door and spoke to them calmly. Introduced, she is their daughter.

It is impossible for her to have a normal life. What she thinks is normal is abnormal to this world, and she cannot change her future, just like normal people cannot change their past, but her parents can only do it. Protect themselves in a small world, and express their love for themselves through silence.

Emerida still wanted to ask Mr. D a lot of questions, but Mr. D disappeared the next day after saying these words, or in other words, he suddenly appeared in his life yesterday, and a When they met, he showed an extraordinary familiarity with himself.

This shows what?Emerald thought.Did he ever know his future self?

At the age of 17, Emerida inexplicably received a graduation notice, congratulating her on successfully graduating from MIT.

This 11-year period was particularly strange for Emerida-they moved several times, each time before the neighbors discovered her "reverse growth"; she could not go to school, because the school cannot be arranged backwards teaching progress; she has no friends, because her peers are becoming more and more naive to her every day; in order to prevent them from discovering her abnormality, she can only close herself up and isolate herself from the crowd. Your own isolated island, let barrenness cover every corner of the island.

The past cannot be changed, no matter which timeline it is, and Emerida has also confirmed this through experiments. If something happens in her past, even if she does not make up for it in the future, she will know it. If she doesn't complete it, the timeline will be compulsorily completed in a more tragic way, and she will pay a price that she absolutely does not want to pay.

So this notice to Emerida only means that she will spend her college time at MIT, and that she will consider reapplying to this prestigious school four years later. Besides, it cannot change the desolation of the isolated island.

With this in mind, Emerida came to the university. She didn't drag the suitcases because they must have been where they should be. Over the years, she has been used to this kind of life that is strange and inexplicable to ordinary people.She looked for the location of the dormitory building on the campus according to the map, went around, and stopped to rest near the fountain. Suddenly, after hearing the fountain, someone called her name hesitantly.

"Amerida."

Emirida turned her head, and suddenly froze in place.

She won't admit it...she won't admit it!Although he has become much younger, his eyes are exactly the same as Mr. D!He is Mr. D!They really know each other!

Different from when she met him in childhood, the young Mr. D is calm and reliable enough, with traces of maturity, but the vitality of the young man can still be seen in the details, but the blue eyes that look at her are full of heavy but serious thoughts. And gentle emotions, Emerida didn't know what those emotions were, but her heart beat involuntarily, more violently than ever before, as if it was about to jump out of her chest, the sound of the heartbeat disturbed her thoughts, making her There was nothing left in her mind.

That gaze was like a gust of fresh spring breeze, waking up the deserted island that had been silent for a long time. The island suddenly shook, and the vigorous new green broke free from the shackles of the soil, sprouting new shoots from the barren land.

The goodwill accumulated in childhood turned into heart-pounding. At the best age, Emerald fell in love with Tim Drake at first sight.

They fell in love naturally, or they had become lovers long ago, but this happened in the future of Emerida.

Tim knows what's wrong with her, Emerald doesn't know when he knew about it, or when she told him about it, but he does, and he'll try to think about Amy based on that In the case of Reda, even if he knows that their timelines are reversed, he can always find ways to fulfill Emerald's wish, and where Emerald doesn't know, she knows that Tim is also there. Look for solutions to her problems.

It's just that Emerida didn't have much expectation for this point, because she knew very well that Tim had come to find her when she was a child, and at that time, he still hadn't found a solution, but she let herself Selectively forget about it, and don't think about where her future will go.

Although Amirida's self-study is very effective, but after handing in her graduation project inexplicably, she began to be forced to study by her boyfriend in a very miserable way. No matter how I typed it out, I just feel that my wisdom has been lost a little bit with the tutoring... This kind of chaotic and magical daily life is only something she and Tim can get used to.

The senior year passed like magic like this, and entering the junior year, Emerida was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and began to enjoy the sweetness of love.

"How did we meet?" Once, Amy Ridge was lying on Tim's lap reading a book, suddenly thinking of this, and asked curiously.

Hearing this question, Tim's hand on the keyboard paused, thoughtful, and after a while he said: "You sat in the back row of me in class, asked me questions, and then revealed my identity. , so I wonder how on earth you know this."

Emerida listened to him blankly, a little incredulous: "How did I do it?"

She knew Tim's character, even with such a start, it would be even more difficult to gain his trust.

Tim looked down at Emerida, met her puzzled eyes, and smiled helplessly.

"I'll tell you how you do it," he said. "You just do it."

He has indeed considered everything, and everything is advancing according to his plan, and nothing is out of his control. If it is an ordinary girl, he may not be able to bear his stubbornness and desire to control, but for Emerida Said that this feeling of being in control of everything only made her feel at ease. For the first time, she didn't have to think about complicated time issues, and she could live carefree like a normal person, and... believe that this time she is finally not one person.

One day, Emerald found out that she didn't wake up in Tim's apartment. She didn't think much of it, and went to Tim with her textbooks as always.

After the door opened, the unshaven young man with dark circles stuck his head out. When he saw her, he showed a confused expression.

"Amerida?" he muttered, "You're so early today."

Only then did Emirida react: "...Didn't we live together?"

Tim paused: "...do we live together?"

They looked at each other, Tim coughed, opened the door, and looked away: "Do you want to come in?"

... After that, Emerald unconsciously began to think about her past.

"Wait for me..." One day, she was thinking about how to express it, "Will you visit me the day I turn back into a baby?"

She did not wait for an answer.

Tim reached out and took her hand firmly.

"I'll fix it before then," he said. "I don't promise it will be fixed soon, but eventually I'll fix it."

When he said this, his eyes were calm and serious, and there were not many traces of being affected by emotion, but Emerida couldn't help but feel at ease, even though she knew that the possibility was slim, she was willing to believe Tim's words, and she Kissed the corner of his lips in the past: "I believe in you."

It's a pity that many things cannot be solved by escaping.

As they got along, Emerida gradually felt the problems brought about by their opposite timelines.

First of all, Tim didn't understand her more and more day by day, and the familiarity slowly passed away like quicksand between fingers. Even if she told herself to understand, Tim's reaction often made Emerida angry.

What made her feel even more powerless was that Tim's attitude towards her became more and more awkward and restrained, and the way he looked at her became more and more strange, and she no longer had any feelings that made her indulge in it. Whenever Tim was busy When it comes to other things, Emerida always feels terrified, as if she is on a steel wire rope hanging in the sky, and there is nothing in sight, there is no way out in the sky and on the earth.

You have to understand.Emerald told herself.

She was trying to understand Tim, to take his perspective, just as he was trying to take his own, to see if there was a solution to their retrograde timeline.She also tried to change something, even though she knew that what she did was futile.

But in an unknown corner of her heart, there was always a voice whispering to Emerida, telling her that even if she could leave any traces, the chain reaction would have been reflected in her past, and she had known it for a long time.

She has been angry, painful, desperate, and lonely, and she has long decided that she will accept it.

Finally, one day after their communication became less and less, and they looked more and more like strangers, Emerald encountered a problem in class, biting the pen after thinking for a long time and still had no idea, she tapped Tim's Shoulders, "Tim, particles of integer spin..."

She asked her question naturally, and didn't notice a trace of doubt flashed in Tim's eyes. His eyes swept over her face before taking the pen and explaining to her.

After the question was resolved, Emerida smiled at Tim in a relaxed manner, and asked casually, "Are you free at noon?"

She knew Tim's identity. As Red Robin, he was always busy and rarely appeared in class. It was her luck to meet him this time, but Emerida understood him very well. He also often goes to Wayne Enterprises to check in - when he found out that his boyfriend is the president of Wayne Enterprises, Emerida was indeed surprised, but thinking about her retrograde timeline, it doesn't make much sense whether she knows it or not.

"Sorry, I'm afraid I have an appointment at noon," the young man smiled apologetically, "but it's nice to meet you."

Emerald's pen tip stopped on the paper.

The nib of the pen made an ugly crease on the paper. She closed the notebook roughly, trying to stuff it back into her bag, but accidentally bumped her elbow into the stationery bag on the table, and the colorful pens fell to the ground, bouncing around. Roll down the steps to the podium.

The sound of them falling was so clear in the quiet classroom, and the sound was as loud as thunder.

It turned out that this was their first meeting.Emerald thought.

She didn't know how this day was spent, but she had heard from Tim many times how they met, knew what she did that day, and heard Tim talk about his mental journey, but she couldn't help it. Unexpectedly, it turns out that this day is so close, the day that it ends is so close, the day they meet is the day they separate.

Their timelines pass by each other, the more they go forward and the older they get, the closer they are to each other's childhood. Their intersection is only a short moment, and the end is close at hand from the beginning.

And the best days are over.

She blinked, not looking at the tears that suddenly rolled down, and said to him with a smile, "Me too, Red Robin."

She graduated, or she started school, she got her acceptance letter, she started applying to MIT, she worked hard, and she watched her younger parents worry about how to live as an adult, and they were just the first time As a parent, she has no experience in how to deal with daughters who are almost as mature as theirs. She tentatively gets along with her parents, and she helps them through difficulties one by one. She listens to her mother awkwardly introducing herself to her new neighbors, "This is My niece," said the mother, as she stood smiling...

After another move, or before, she returned to her home, and when she opened the door, she met her parents with a look of incredulity in shock.

Her mother's voice was trembling, and she forced a smile: "Amy Rita? You're back..."

Emerida looked into her eyes and suddenly understood.

She raised a perfect smile: "Mom."

The next day, Emerald left the house.

After leaving home, Emerald wandered aimlessly in the streets for a long time, not knowing where to go next.

She has a lot of money, although she doesn't know how she will earn the money, just like she never knows what happened to her, maybe there is no time travel at all, she just keeps growing backwards, just like " Like in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, except that at the same time, she was still losing her memory... But soon she began to laugh at her own whimsy. Besides, it was Tim who told her about the path she took in the first place.

Tim Drake.

Thinking of this name, ripples appeared again on the green island where the trees and shadows danced in Emerida's heart.

She suddenly thought, many years later, when Tim looked at his young self, what was going on in his heart?

Soon, Emerald came to Gotham.

She managed to find the Drake family, and sure enough, she found her own house near their home. That was the day she saw little Tim.

With a strong and desperate emotion that has been brewing for 20 years, Emerald looks at his only connection with the world, accompanying him to become smaller and gradually aging.

It seems that she lived here for a long time, and the Drakes became familiar with her. Occasionally, she would play with little Tim, bring him toys and candies, watch him smile at herself, and smile back to him.

Many times, Emerida wondered, should I tell Tim?

Tell him not to meet her, not to make that vain promise, not to hold on to hope and resolve to save her.

But fate has led her to his side, she has tried so many times, no matter what she says, she can't change anything.

That's all.Emerald thought.

This is a road that is only hers, and on this road, she will only be a lone traveler in the end.

Maybe time doesn't like travelers like her. After more than ten years, Emerida finally felt the call from somewhere. She returned to her parents, saw the couple on the verge of painful collapse, and explained to them Seeing their red eyes gradually burning with anger, she scolded her loudly and told her to leave here.

"I'll be leaving," Emerald told them.

A few years later, she suffered from a serious illness, and she was admitted to a hospital near the community when she was terminally ill.

Her illness was getting worse and her waking hours were getting shorter and shorter, and the passage of time was meaningless to her. It was not until this time that Emerida felt truly relaxed. She lay on the hospital bed, her body Sinking in the pain, the mind is enjoying unparalleled tranquility.

It turns out that this is death.she thinks.

The days passed by like this, one day, Emerida overheard the exchange of nurses, and accidentally heard them talking about a new pregnant woman, and mentioned that her surname was Drake.

Even after so many years, this surname still caused violent fluctuations in Emerald's heart.

She has never had the chance to choose, everything about her is an established fact, a tragedy under determinism, and she is just a slave of fate, an abandoned child played by time.

She had longed so much to become an ordinary person and rewrite her own destiny, even in the blink of an eye, but fate was even so stingy that she was unwilling to give it away even for a moment.

The vision gradually blurred, and Emerald once again thought of Mr. D whom he met in childhood.

Unlike her who gave up long ago, Tim never gave up, until the end, he must still be working hard for that promise, but at that time she was just a little girl who knew nothing.She never had hope, but she had to watch the person she loved trying to save herself in vain, and even when she wanted to remind him, he had already forgotten her, or he hadn't known her yet.

When her timeline was reversed and she appeared in the distant future at the age of two, who picked her up and sent her back to her parents?

Emerald wanted to know the answer for herself.

The woman on the hospital bed finally closed her eyes at the moment when she vaguely heard the cry of the newborn baby.

【Red Robin Ending 23671—The Time Traveler's Wife】