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After thinking about the wording in his mind for the last time, Chen Mo asked in a tentative tone as much as possible: "The day I joined the Sleepy Knights as a foreign aid...do you remember what I said to you before logging out of the game?"
Following Chen Mo's inquiry, a magnificent blush gradually rose on Yuuki's face. She moved her lips, but she couldn't make a sound. She nodded after a while and said, "Of course I remember."
"remember……"
Chen Mo grinned, but found that he couldn't smile, his eyes fell on Xiu Nai, and the other party returned a meaningful look, and the rest of the Sleepy Knights were also staring at him at this time.
"It's like this, Yuuki..." Swallowing his saliva nervously, Chen Mo became cruel, and said directly: "Actually, what I meant at that time was that I admire you very much, not the kind of liking about love... "
"..."
Following Chen Mo's words, the blush on Yuuki's face subsided, and then she shook back and forth slightly. In the silence, Yuuki didn't speak for a long time, but just stared at Chen Mo blankly. , when she finally spoke, the voice she made was weak and shaken like never before.
"That... also, that is to say... Uncle... I, I..."
"Yuki!"
Some couldn't bear to see the girl in front of her as if she lost her spirit. Chen Mo stretched out his hand to grab her shoulder, but she dodged it all at once.
"Feel sorry……"
A wave of light that seemed to be shattered at any moment flickered in the big eyes, Yuuki suddenly waved his left hand, and quickly pulled the control panel with trembling fingers.
The next moment, the white beam of light enveloped her, and when the beam of light dissipated, the little figure was no longer in front of Chen Mo's eyes.
Chapter 75 The True Meaning of Wishes
The INN tavern is still the most central round table, but there is a small girl missing among the players sitting around the round table.
Chen Mo ordered a glass of slightly bitter malt beer from the fat bartender in a white apron, and then sat down among the few people in front of the round table with the beer, letting the oppressive atmosphere ferment in the silence, he turned around without saying a word Holding the wine glass in hand.
Unable to bear such a gloomy atmosphere, John, the most impatient of the Sleepy Knights, slammed down the table, then stared fiercely at Chen Mo and said, "You bastard, at least say something!"
"John."
Xiu Nai shook her head, she doesn't really like to make things irreversible, throwing a tantrum like John's can't solve any problems, right now the priority should be how to deal with Yuuki's problems, not Find trouble with Chen Mo.
Turning her head to look at Chen Mo with a calm face, she said: "Mr. Chen Mo, you may think our attitude is a bit strange, and you may even think that we are a little too fussy, but I hope you can listen patiently to what I have to say next. matter."
Chen Mo nodded slightly, he could probably guess what Xiu Nai wanted to say next.
About the specialness of the Sleepy Knights, about each of them, and about Yuuki...she had very little life left.
Sure enough, in the next moment, I heard Xiu Nai's voice slowly speaking: "Everyone in our Sleepy Knights is actually not an ordinary player... but the [natives] who truly belong to this AmuSphere world."
"You may not understand the aborigines, but that's the truth, because we don't need to pay attention to trivial matters such as offline rest, eating or solving other biological problems that ordinary players usually need-I'm already online continuously It's the fifth day of the 470th..."
Having said that, Xiu Nai paused for a moment, looked at the other people around the round table and said, "The same goes for them."
"That Yuki..."
Although Chen Mo is familiar with the plot, when it is time to show some necessary reactions, he will try his best to pretend to be a normal person.
"That's right, Yuuki, she is too." Nodding, Xiu Nai continued: "And Yuuki has been in the submerged state longer than all of us, because she has been accepting entering the submerged state to alleviate the pain and suffering since elementary school. Until three years ago, she completely entered a state of deep submersion, and spent more than 1000 days in the AmuSphere world."
"Ailment?"
"Yes, pain."
There was a sad smile on Xiu Nai's face, and the other members of the Sleepy Knights also had a sad expression on their faces.
Dispelling the sadness lingering in her heart, she continued: "Everyone in our Sleepy Knights are terminally ill patients, and may be killed by the disease at any time, but we are lucky, because this may be at any time. Tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe a year later, maybe two years later, maybe ten or twenty years later, so we have a hope called [birth], but Yuuki's future is already doomed..."
"Yuki... what disease does she have?"
"HIV, AIDS."
Said the terrible name in a very soft voice, and Xiu Nai continued: "Yuki's condition has started to deteriorate three years ago, and recently her attending doctor gave her a critical illness notice, so she held the previous The challenge is to find a powerful player to help us defeat the main floor boss monster, because... because..."
When Xiu Nai's words came to a sudden stop, she raised her hand to cover her lips, her shoulders trembled, and big tears fell from her eyes.
After a long time, she continued: "...Because, the names of all players who successfully challenge the floor master will appear on the swordsman's monument in the Black Iron Palace, Yuuki...she just wants to Before dying, stay with us for the last time worth... worth remembering..."
Xiu Nai couldn't continue talking any longer, unstoppable tears flowed down her cheeks, this girl who had always acted rationally and calmly, finally couldn't hold back the tears at this moment, sobbing softly.
The big man Tieqi, the skinny guy with glasses Targen, the dark-skinned girl Nolly with thick lips, the short and short-tempered boy John...all lowered their heads at this moment, and no one cast angry eyes on Chen Mo anymore.
They, in front of Chen Mo, have a natural disadvantage, just like when a physically disabled person talks to a healthy person, he can't help but feel inferior and look away.
Even though they usually have an optimistic personality and proud self-confidence as players, when the topic goes deep into reality, they are all humble people who are on the weak side.
Looking at the dejected people around the round table, Chen Mo could only whisper as much as possible: "I... I'm sorry."
"Mr. Chen Mo, you don't need to apologize to us." Xiu Nai forced a smile on her tear-filled face, and she said while crying, "The person you should really apologize to is Yuuki."
"Her illness is very sensitive, especially in front of the opposite sex. You are the only man she has seen since she was a child who is willing to say the word "like" to her, so even if you have only known him for less than a week , she has already agreed with you in her heart, and is delighted by this strange emotion that she has never experienced before, you really... really shouldn't say that kind of thing to her..."
If he didn't really like it, Chen Mo shouldn't have said anything like that to Yuuki in the first place.
Although this kind of joking words seemed to most people to pass by casually, when it fell into Yuuki's ears, it opened the girl's heart that had never been opened to anyone—then, Chen Mo kissed her heart with his own hands. A cruel scratch was carved into it.
"...Mr. Chen Mo, thank you very much for listening patiently to me."
How long Xiu Nai's crying lasted, Chen Mo didn't know, he didn't count the time, but the bitter ale in the cup happened to be refilled three times.
Wiping off the remaining tears on her face, Xiu Nai raised her head, stared at Chen Mo seriously, and asked, "Then Mr. Chen Mo, what are your plans now?"
"I……"