Endless Debt.

Chapter 203
Bologo looked at the wet palms, complex emotions rose in his heart, both joy and sadness, the emotions were too heavy, and Bologo couldn't breathe... This was not Bologo's emotions, but Ai's. Miao's.

In the long silence, there was no sound at all. Bologo and Aimu remained silent, and neither of them spoke first to break the silence.

Bologo moved mechanically, sending the cakes on the plate into his mouth continuously. He ate very slowly, but the cakes were not endless, so he still ate them all.

In the center of the dining table, there was still half of the birthday cake left. At this moment, Bologo remembered something. He dragged the birthday cake over, inserted three candles on the remaining half, lit the candles, and the warm light illuminated Burogo. Logo's face.

Sitting on the chair, the candle was almost half burned before Burlogo spoke.

"Would you like to make a wish?"

"I'm thinking."

"Huh? I thought you would always remember things like wishes." Burrog didn't expect Amy to make a wish now.

"I know, but some wishes are delusions. You know from the beginning that they will not come true. You can only hide them in your heart and treat them as expectations."

Aimu paused, and there was a little smile in his voice, "There are not many opportunities for someone to accompany me on my birthday, so I want to make a wish, which I hope will come true."

Burrog didn't ask Amy what his delusions were, but kept silent.

"Okay."

Burrog nodded, and blew out the candle.

The room fell into darkness, and the only bright light was the blue-gold in Burlog's eyes.

Burrog was calm and thoughtful, and Amy began to feel a little reserved and embarrassed.

She saw the tears that Bologo wiped, and she knew that it came from herself. She tasted the taste of the birthday cake through Burlogo's taste, which was a feeling she had never had before. Correspondingly, she It's more complex emotions.

Thoughts are like a storm, and in the quiet eye of the storm, Amy's dark thoughts are conceived.

"Then... I'm leaving."

After eating the birthday cake, Aimiao was very satisfied at the moment, she didn't dare to ask for anything more, and was going to release the secret power.

"Can you continue to deform the Snake Scale Liquid?"

asked Burrogo suddenly, as the little silver snake crawled up his finger.

"What's wrong?" Amy didn't understand why Burlogo asked this suddenly.

"You know this kind of distortion product best, and only your secret power can make it more complicated and weird... With my promotion, it will not be able to keep up with my strength sooner or later. I need you to help me carry out a new round. The qualitative change of the wheel."

"Oh... no problem." This is Aimiao's work, and she is very familiar with Snake Scale Liquid.

The conversation fell into silence again. Sometimes the two chatted smoothly, and sometimes, like now, both sides hesitated, not knowing what to say next.

"Then TEDA will come back tomorrow?" Burrog asked again.

"Well, what's wrong."

Aimu didn't understand what Burlogo was going to do.

"That is to say... Even if we leave, no one will know, right?" Burrog said cautiously.

"But the virtual domain will record."

Amyu mentioned the imaginary domain covering the alchemy workshop, which protects this place and warns every visitor.

"As TEDA's assistant student, you should know how to clean up the records, right?" Burrog lowered his voice.

It wasn't until this time that Aimu realized something belatedly. Even though the ether was silent, the golden halo in Burlog's eyes was still brightening.

"You mean..."

Amy's voice also lowered, as if conspiring with Burlogo.

"Do you want to give it a try? This is a one-time opportunity." Burrog continued to seduce.

After a brief silence, a powerful voice sounded in Burrogo's mind.

"it is good!"

Burrog's mood became excited, and he didn't know whether he was excited or Amy was excited. In short, the eyes of both of them were bright.

Reaching out to pick up the suitcase containing Amyu's clothes, Bologo put on his coat, pushed open the door of the alchemy workshop, and walked directly into the thick fog without the slightest pause.

……

The gloomy streets are painted in colorful neon lights, and the streets are full of strangely dressed citizens. Everyone is laughing and moving towards the next destination.

The singing lingered among the buildings, the airship swam low, and the huge banners of celebration fell down. The hearts of the people cheered and restless, and even the cold winter snow warmed up a bit.

Every year during the Oath Festival, the citizens would gather in the agreement area, and everyone would march along the street, accompanied by huge floats, to start this grand parade.

In order to avoid riots, at this time, the sheriffs of Opals will come out in full force. Their figures are all over every corner of the agreement area to maintain law and order and control the hot atmosphere.

Everyone gathered in the agreement area. Compared with other urban areas of Opals, it seemed a lot more lonely. Although there were some prepared activities, it was still much worse than the carnival in the agreement area.

TEDA was walking on the streets of the agreement area, struggling through the crowd.

He has stayed in the Great Rift for too long, and has been with alchemy all day long. Taida can't remember the last time he saw so many people. Now seeing so many people, he only feels uneasy and uncomfortable .

Everyone is wearing a mask, and under the distortion of the light, they are like beasts with teeth and claws. Taida tries not to look at these people, so as not to become one of them.

The residential building where TEDA went is hidden in the dense canopy of trees. Looking from a distance on the street, you can only see lush greenery, but when you try to walk, you will find that the residential building is blocked by other buildings, and the route is curved. Curved around.

It's easy to get lost here, but it's not the first time TEDA has come here. According to the track in his memory, he returned to the familiar residential building, and nothing seemed to have changed. He opened the door silently, walked up the stairs, and finally stopped in front of a door.

The owner of this house seemed to have not been back for a long time, the carpet in front of the door was covered with dust, Taida took out the key, pushed the door open, and stale air rushed into his nostrils.

Taida walked into the house cautiously, and gently closed the door, for fear of waking up the sleeping soul inside.

The interior layout is full of life atmosphere. All kinds of personal belongings are placed in everyone's corners, full of vitality. If you ignore the dust on it, you may even feel that this family has just left to participate in the carnival parade of the Oath Festival.

Taida's resolute expression loosened a bit, like a hard rock softened and collapsed into a terrible appearance.

Pushing open the window, the icy cold wind poured into the room, making the air much clearer, while Taida sat on the sofa in the living room, imagining in his mind that everything hadn't changed.

Reach out, pick up the group photo on the side, wipe off the dust on it, you can see that this is a group photo of a family of three, TEDA in the group photo is much younger than now, and there is a beautiful lady standing beside him, She held a sleeping child in her arms.

Taida stared at the group photo, thinking about everything with his wife and Alice.

Singing and cheering came from outside the window, but it had nothing to do with Taida. He kept thinking about his determination at the beginning, which hardened his softened heart again, showing no mercy.

While struggling with thoughts, there were knocks on the door.

Taida looked at the door vigilantly. Since leaving the Bureau of Order, Taida has settled in the alchemy workshop. He will only come to this old residence on the day of the oath festival. It stands to reason that apart from himself No one should come.

Seeing no response to knocking on the door, the visitor took out the key and turned the lock cylinder.

Thief?

Taida's expression became angry, he stood up slowly, and when he was about to release his fury, the door opened, and there were two unexpected visitors standing behind the door.

"Yo, teacher, happy vow day."

It's still Bai Li's early morning, energetic greeting, but seeing the teacher here, even she can't show much smile.

Behind Bailey was Badr. Surprisingly, this guy had to wear protective clothing even if he went out, and his face was hidden under the helmet.

Taida looked at his two students. They walked in without Taida's permission. Bailey was holding the key in her hand, and when she passed by the cabinet, she picked up a group photo.

One on the left and one on the right, the two sat on both sides of TEDA. Bai Li wiped the dust from the group photo, and leaned on TEDA's shoulder and said.

"I miss you so much, teacher."

There are also three people in the group photo, Baili, Taida, and Bader in turn, but Baili and Bader in the photo are both children, and Teda is also much younger, and his beard is also black instead of gray.

"What are you doing here?" Taida asked.

"Don't be so indifferent, teacher, isn't it too boring to see you celebrating the oath festival alone? We're here to accompany you."

Bai Li was smiling, she had been like this since she was a child, and she looked like she deserved to be beaten. As usual, Badr sat aside and remained silent.

It's just that Bai Li couldn't laugh this time, the room was filled with dead silence, and the carnival outside the window shook the sky.

After a long silence, Bailey spoke.

"Teacher, stop, the dead cannot be resurrected."

……

The dead cannot be resurrected.

This is the default rule of all alchemists, just like the third law restricting the devil, the devil can't change what has happened, and the same is true for human beings.

When a life dies, everything is a foregone conclusion.

After saying this, Bai Li couldn't help becoming vigilant. Teda is her teacher, but the teacher she is familiar with has changed too much in the past seven years.

For TEDA, this is a terrible but true secret, but no one has the courage. For such a fanatical seeker, revealing the truth is undoubtedly negating all TEDA has done in the past seven years.

But Bailey couldn't wait any longer, she didn't want her teacher to go crazy, it was time to end it all.

Bader on the side also turned his head slightly, staring at the teacher beside him. Bai Li basically has no fighting power, even if she can smash the head of an adult man with a crowbar, it seems too much for those in power. I'm weaker.

Since Bai Li became a minister, Bader has been regarded as her personal attendant, protecting Bai Li's safety. This risky move is likely to turn into a battle between master and apprentice.

The expected rage did not appear, and everything seemed very quiet. Taida sighed a long time. He lowered his head, his face hidden in the darkness.

"But since she left, Alice has been everything to me."

Rubbing the group photo with rough fingers, Taida murmured.

Bai Li was silent, she didn't expect the conversation to go so smoothly, as if guessing what she was thinking, there was a bitter smile in Teda's voice.

"Do you think I will attack you? You are also my students after all."

Putting away the group photo, TEDA turned to look at Bai Li, "Don't worry, I'm sensible, I know how to control."

"What about Amy?"

Bai Li was not deceived by TEDA's words, she knew her teacher very well.

"You can't tell the difference, right? Teacher, the line between Amy and Alice is beginning to blur... Are you really ready to sacrifice Amy?"

Hearing Bai Li's words, Taida's figure froze, and his cloudy eyes were filled with surprise and anger.

"Are you curious about how I know? Please, I am your best student, and I am also the minister of the sublimation furnace core."

While talking, Bai Li's feeling of bullying masters and ancestors came again. She smiled and said, "I have made great progress, and I may be able to surpass you in a few years. It is not difficult to think of these things."

Bader on the side may feel a little bad, and finally managed to control the teacher's emotions, but Bailey started to catch fire again.

Taida is an alchemist, but he is a third-stage power bearer. He is much inferior to the ordinary fighting type of decondenser, but it is more than enough to fight the two of them, not to mention that he is still a pure fantasy creation .

Bailey and Badr have witnessed the scene where TEDA's crazy fantasy turned into reality.

"People can't create souls. You used Alice's philosopher's stone to make Amy move, but there is only one philosopher's stone, and there is only one soul. Do you want Alice to be resurrected or Amy to die? ?”

Bai Li looked directly into TEDA's eyes, not allowing him to avoid him, her words were like swords.

"Are you...are you going to lose another daughter?"

Taida clenched his fists tightly, and the blue blood vessels on the back of his hands swelled, accumulating strength.

If it were someone else's words that irritated him, TEDA would have done it long ago, but this is Bailey, just as Bailey knew him, TEDA also knew Bailey.

Unexpectedly, Taida smiled helplessly, let go of his hand, leaned back, and leaned comfortably on the sofa.

"I don't care, just like I taught you, Aimu is just a tool, and I am an alchemist, I can make a lot of tools, if I fail, I will try again, my goal has never wavered."

Taida spoke extremely rational and cruel words. Long before Aimu was born, the dark warehouse was full of corpses of alchemy dolls.

Hearing Bai Li shook her head, she couldn't help saying, "Then she is really pitiful, she was born to die for the resurrection of another person."

"This is the fate of tools. We are scholars. You should understand this, Bai Li." TEDA educated Bai Li in turn.

Bailey just smiled and said nothing.

The silence lasted for a long time, and Bai Li said again, "Then teacher, how are you going to revive Alice?"

"Fantasy come true."

"Fantasy come true again?" Bailey shook her head, "You've tried many times, this way won't work."

TEDA didn't respond, he didn't want to explain too much to Bai Li.

"Don't talk about these things, Bailey, this is the festival of vows, a day worth celebrating, not like it is now, as if we are going to turn against each other in the next second." Taida tried to say it with a smile.

"How could it be possible to turn against each other? Don't I care about you?" Bai Li said with a hand on TEDA's shoulder, as if calling her a brother.

"It's just that you, teacher, are really similar to Badr."

Bai Li spoke and looked at the silent Badr.

"Like a tortoise, always shrunk in its shell, with all your messy thoughts, I still can't pry your shell open to take a closer look at what's underneath."

The topic was brought up to Bader, who had been silent all this time, never would have thought that it would become like this. At this time, Taida's eyes also fell, staring at the dark figure.

"Have you been like this since around seven years ago?" Taida asked.

Bader nodded and said, "It's been so long, teacher."

"Take off the helmet, anyway, there are no outsiders here, I almost forgot what you look like." Taida said.

Badr hesitated for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he followed Teda's words, raised his hands, and took off the helmet. The cold air pressed against his skin, bringing an indescribable tingling sensation.

The room was dim, and an ugly face appeared under the helmet, with burns all over Baldr's face, making him hideous.

Seeing this face, Taida's heart was also stagnated, and he said with a bit of sadness.

"sorry."

"It's nothing, teacher, if you weren't there at that time, I might have died."

Bader shook his head. He would only take off his helmet when he was alone. He hadn't shown his true face for a long time, and Bader had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Seven years ago, the overlord Xilin invaded the "reclamation room", and the tyrannical conscripts destroyed all the alchemy weapons, as did Baldr's protective clothing. TEDA dragged him out of the sea of ​​​​fire, but he was still attacked by the fiery fireworks, became what it is today.

Unknowingly, the shadow of seven years ago covered the three of them, everything changed, and it seemed like nothing had changed.

"I miss you so much, teacher."

Bai Li couldn't help but said, this time there was no giggle on her face, she was uncharacteristically serious.

"The past is a foregone conclusion. You have been trapped by Alice's death for too long."

Taida shook his head and said mockingly, "This kind of thing is like this."

"Just like when we study the 'secret source', sometimes we will be stuck with a problem for several years, and sometimes we will know the solution to the problem at a certain moment."

TEDA tried his best to be more honest, and sincerely told his students.

"I want to come out too, but when I close my eyes, it's what she told me before she died."

Looking at the group photo in the photo with cloudy eyes, it was Taida's wife.

"If it weren't for what happened seven years ago, Alice should be as beautiful as her...

But this kind of thing is like this, I understand everything, and I also know that I am trapped, but... It's like being unable to save myself, I know all the cause and effect, but I just can't get out. "

TEDA was distressed, with depressed thoughts.

Many things are like this. Everyone knows what the right choice is, but they are bound by heavy sensibility, and it is difficult to take a rational step. Human beings are like this, trapped in their own cocoon.

Bai Li had nothing to say, and she also understood the truth that other people's persuasion was meaningless to TEDA.

Either wipe out all hope for TEDA, or one day TEDA is determined to get out of the predicament.

"But just like those difficult problems, maybe at some point I will understand, and nothing can trap me since then."

TEDA tried to make his tone more cheerful, and said with a bit of expectation.

Bai Li looked at her teacher and said seriously, "I just hope that at that time, you don't make yourself regret it, teacher."

There was persuasion in the words, but there was also a hint of threat, Taida was stunned and said affirmatively.

"I won't regret it."

"Then let's leave first, don't bother."

Bai Li got up and motioned for Bader to come along, and Bader also put the helmet back on. The negotiation failed, and the two simply said goodbye to TEDA, and then left, disappearing into the stairwell.

Only Teda was left in the room again. In solitude, he touched the group photo and kept talking.

"I was right and I won't regret it."

TEDA tried his best to make his soft heart cold and hard again. All this was just a research, a research to revive Alice, and TEDA could do anything to achieve this.

Throwing away all the messy thoughts, Taida's eyes were as cold as iron, and he kept whispering strangely.

"Fantasy come true...Fantasy come true..."

　Two in one.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)