HBWnovel Chapter 480 480: Returning
Chapter 480 480: Returning
She gently pulled out the needles inserted into the comatose "Alain's" body under the quilt, one by one.
Subsequently, she picked up new syringes, opened the bottles of anesthetic she had just grabbed, and inserted the needle into them.
The pale yellow liquid was drawn into the syringe barrel as the plunger was pulled back.
After one bottle, she opened a second bottle of anesthetic, repeating the process.
Alain quietly watched her serious countenance. Only now did he realize that Yang Wanhua had agreed to him... committing suicide.
He didn't feel a shred of pity. The previous sentence, "The current me has no relationship with you," wasn't just talk.
He was merely somewhat curious.
"You agreed just like that?"
The maiden stopped the movements in her hands and looked over at him.
"Don't tell me I don't have to die anymore?"
"No, you should still go and die." Towards a dying person, Alain's tone actually became somewhat amiable.
"It's just... I thought it would take some effort."
For some reason, he felt his mood was somewhat complex.
It was like a BOSS in Sekiro that he had been stuck on for a long time, suddenly passed. There was both a feeling of relief and a sense of melancholy.
Wanhua watched him quietly, and after a short while, she sighed.
"Actually, you don't need to think it's that complex. Even now, I still feel... that those concepts of yours are all wrong."
She lowered her head, gazing at the bubbles rising one by one inside the syringe barrel.
"You entering the Game World and enjoying it safely... in my view, is nothing more than a manifestation of escaping reality. You... didn't choose to face it."
"Then why did you—"
"Why did I agree to you?" Before Alain could say anything, she seemed to have guessed everything.
The second bottle of anesthetic was finished being drawn, and her hand moved to the third bottle...
"It's very simple." The black-haired maiden shook her head slightly. Her full head of black hair shone brilliantly under the incandescent light, just like her eyes.
"Because I love you."
"?"
Her irrelevant answer made Alain unable to understand her meaning for a moment.
Seeing his face full of question marks, the maiden actually felt it was somewhat funny for a moment.
"What? Suddenly reluctant to part with me?"
"No. I am wishing for you to die immediately right now."
"Oh my... then should I be proud for a bit?" She stuck out her tongue playfully.
Alain looked at her like this, as if he saw the Yang Wanhua from when they had just started dating again.
He shook his head, throwing the irrelevant thoughts to the back of his mind.
"Actually..." And she explained softly, "I was very moved by what you just told me..."
"I originally thought that marriage... for you and me, didn't actually count for much.
"Because the relationship between us shouldn't be concluded using that kind of 'Contract' from human civilization, but rather an entanglement of heart and heart."
Alain frowned. "What are you saying? I don't quite understand."
"You don't need to understand, because you're just a dummy."
She smiled bitterly. "Precisely because you are a dummy, that... I fell in love with you.
"Until I heard the things that would happen in the 'Other Future' you spoke of, I suddenly felt it wasn't bad.
"But precisely because I approved of that future you spoke of, I felt..."
Wanhua stroked her own heart, her eyes completely dead silent.
"Disheartened.
"It turns out that if we had walked according to the established pace, the ending would have been so beautiful.
"Compared to our current situation..."
The maiden gazed at the anesthetic that was two-thirds full in her hand, then glanced at the greatsword placed by the electric switch, feeling deeply moved.
"It was simply so full of hope that it makes the current me feel nauseous."
Alain understood what she wanted to say.
"You are jealous of the 'you' in the other future I spoke of?"
"Mm. I am very jealous of her," Wanhua agreed. "Why doesn't that future belong to me?
"Why... did she not have to hear the 'Breakup' you spoke of with her own ears? Why do I have to bear this kind of sin?"
She couldn't help but laugh.
"Because, I did those things.
"But I don't regret it, because that was just my trial and error in searching for a better future with you.
"And now, the erroneous result must be borne by myself."
The last bottle of anesthetic was drawn. The syringe was full to the brim with pale yellow liquid, and the needle was still dripping liquid beads.
Tap, tap!
Wanhua flicked her fingertips, her index finger gently tapping against the barrel wall. The liquid trembled twice.
"Seems like, I have to say goodbye." She gently put down the syringe and sighed.
Alain stood up from the computer chair, supported her hand, and led her to lie down on the bed.
"Don't want to enjoy your reality a bit more? I can give you another ten minutes or so."
"No need." Leaning back on the soft large bed, beside her was the already comatose "Alain".
The maiden's hand supported his face, carefully studying it...
From the corner of her eye, a crystal-clear tear dripped down.
"In that future without you, there is no need for me to continue existing."
Having said that, she gently pierced the needle into her wrist, then pressed down on the plunger.
The liquid was slowly pushed forward, towards her blood.
Alain looked at the small bubbles jumping upwards inside that needle one after another. For some reason, he couldn't look away.
"Phew..."
When the injection reached the bottom, she let out a sigh and threw away the syringe freely and easily.
"By the way, Alain."
"Mm." He nodded, his gaze fixed on her gradually paling face.
"Actually, before this, you said one thing wrong."
"How so?" Alain sat by the bed, listening patiently.
Yang Wanhua's hand left the face of "Alain" on the large bed and came to Alain's cheek.
She pinched it weakly.
"Remember what you said to me when you were at the Core?
"You said, my love is just a reason to reasonably hurt others. Now I want to tell you..."
Wanhua smiled, smiling very happily.
"You were wrong.
"I love you... definitely not because it's just a reason. But because I really love you.
"I have felt from beginning to end that my emotions for you are much more real than those puppets."
Her eyes looking at Alain carried traces of reluctance to part.
"But the path ahead, you can only walk it yourself.
"I understand, I am your only concern in reality. And after I leave... reality will no longer be your home.
"I hope that in the future without me, you can also move forward safely.
"Also..."
Her voice gradually became weak, forcing Alain to lean close to her mouth to hear the murmur.
"Now, the real you... won't be able to forget me for a lifetime..."
The breathing by his ear stopped.
"Is this also one of your goals?"
Her expression remained frozen on that prankster-like smile from the final moment.
Alain looked at the two people on the white bed.
That was the him in reality, and the Yang Wanhua in reality.
Both were sleeping soundly.
And they would sleep soundly forever.
Looking at the sleeping beauty, the last trace of confusion in the young man's eyes was completely severed.
He had no more attachment to this reality.
Alain quietly closed her eyes for her, and covered her and "himself" with the quilt.
He stood up, looking at the clock on the wall.
[0:00]
The second hand had just passed the hour mark.
It was a new day.
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