bullyxtreme Chapter 157 They All Once Chased Time
Chapter 157 They All Once Chased Time
In the end, the eternally youthful fairy bid farewell to her aging lover.
She buried him with her own hands, and then she sang.
On a small cliff near Sumeru City, Farusan gently closed the book in her hand, her hair fluttering in the strong mountain wind.
"Tamimi, tell me, if one day I'm gone, where will you go?"
For the first time, the girl, who was engrossed in academics, felt lost.
Compared to machines or immortals, human life is so short, so short that on the scale of time, it is nothing more than an insignificant speck of dust in a sea of sand.
If that's the case, what's the point of them dedicating their lives to academic pursuits, wealth, and relationships?
Ultimately, the forest will remember everything, but only the forest will remember it all.
"Gulu?"
The triangular robot tilted its armor shell slightly. It seemed not to understand the meaning of its master's words, but simply nudged Farusan's palm with its cold armor.
"Never mind, I didn't expect you to understand anyway."
Farusan chuckled, gently patted Tamimi's clumsy shell, and slipped a letter into its hidden compartment.
"Go on, it's time to replace the parts next time."
Tamimi happily spun around in place, having understood the meaning of "changing parts".
The little machine disappeared down the mountain road, and the girl dusted herself off, got up, and packed her books.
Tomorrow is the day we head to the desert for an expedition.
But fate loves drama, and in this race against time, those who leave first are often the unexpected ones.
Farusan picked up the last scattered parts and gently covered the sleeping Tamimi with them.
She knew robots wouldn't feel cold, but inexplicably, she did it anyway.
The parts gathered on the ground quietly surrounded the little robot, like a comforting quilt.
"Thank you for all these years, Tamimi."
"I received your letter. Now... go to sleep."
Farusan reached out, seemingly wanting to touch the little robot's shell again, but eventually stopped.
Let's not disturb it.
She slowly got up, put the letter from a hundred years ago into her pocket, and turned to walk out of the cave.
Wait for me to come back and pick you up, Tamimi.
……
Outside the cave, the sky was still full of stars.
Dazzling stardust hung scattered across the night sky, silently watching the girl emerge from the cave atop the hill and sit quietly by the already lit campfire.
"Here you are, Senior Falushan."
Seeing Farusan emerge from the cave, Mu Feng stirred the campfire, making it burn brighter again, and the warmth instantly dispelled the chill of the mountain wind.
He didn't ask the girl what she thought, but simply took out a bottle of cider that had been warmed up, poured a small glass, and handed it to her.
Farusan hesitated for a moment, pursed her lips, took the small cup, and drank it all in one gulp. A slight blush immediately spread across the girl's fair neck, and her eyes became slightly unfocused.
"Thanks……"
She kept her head down, watching the remaining wine slowly slide down the side of the glass to the bottom, and murmured softly, almost inaudibly, without knowing what she was referring to.
Then, silence fell again, the only sound the crackling of branches poking at the firewood.
In the silence, Farusan picked up a wine glass and slowly drank one glass after another.
The fruit wine, with its sweet and slightly bitter taste, is very smooth and refreshing as it goes down the throat, as if it can dilute some of the longing and regret brought by a century of time.
The wind rustled through the withered trees beside them.
She used to dislike going home, but when she wanted to go home, she could no longer find her way back.
Seeing this, Mu Feng did not stop her. He simply tugged at her wrist when the girl's cheeks were already flushed and took the bottle from her hand, which she was about to drink directly.
Farusian seemed slightly drunk; her fingers were clenched tightly, as if she could grasp the lost time once more.
"do not go……"
She murmured to herself, two lines of clear tears silently streaming down her face.
Mu Feng sighed, pried her fingers open slightly, and tossed the empty wine bottle aside.
The girl seemed somewhat lost after losing her cider. She lowered her head, no longer speaking or making any further movements.
She seemed to be asleep, but when Mu Feng tried to carry her into the tent, the girl murmured and spoke again, her beautiful bright yellow eyes half-open and half-closed.
"What about your story? You're not allowed to... deceive your seniors."
Perhaps due to the effects of alcohol, Farusan seemed to have let down her guard and openly displayed her emotions.
"Alright, then listen carefully, senior."
Mu Feng smiled and, as if coaxing a child to sleep, helped Farusan sit down at the entrance of the tent, and began to slowly tell the story he had prepared.
Beyond the stars of Teyvat lies another world.
In the center of the boundless sea of stars, a space station flies, traversing between planets, where countless geniuses and researchers reside.
Two of the researchers fell in love.
One day, the girl had to go out on a mission, and the boy mustered up his courage to confess his love to his sweetheart, who lived light-years away, but he never received a response from her.
The anxious young man was on tenterhooks. He sought help everywhere, only to discover that his master had destroyed the communicator to cover up a cruel truth.
The girl's mission took an unexpected turn. The starry sky is both the most beautiful and the most ruthless; in that accident, the girl and he would live in different times and spaces from then on.
Because of the different flow of time, a year in a girl's life will always be equivalent to ten years in a boy's life.
[The barrier between them is no longer just the vastness of space, but also the boundless rift of time.]
"I never imagined that even time could be unfair to people."
The boy mocked himself, yet secretly made a decision.
"Spending a lifetime waiting for someone, enduring endless longing and loneliness... Honestly, buddy, you don't think I'm that stupid, do you?"
"Of course I won't wait for her. Haha! I won't wait!"
The young man stroked the navigation board of the starship he had acquired with his life savings, his gaze fixed on the endless expanse of space beyond.
His lover was there; he knew she was waiting for him too.
"I won't wait..."
"But I'm going to chase after her, I'm going to chase after time!"
And so, the boy set off.
Darkness lines up in the distance, witnessing the cruel dissection of time by the unexpected, while the stars still revel overhead, their elegant weariness visible along the way.
The story was over, and the girl in my arms had fallen asleep, but there were still tear stains at the corners of her eyes.
"They've caught up with you, Farusan."
He spoke softly, gently wiping away the tears from the girl's eyes.
They caught up with time, both those within the story and those outside of it.
They may not have won this unfair race against time, because the long wait is just an insignificant moment in the eyes of time.
But they won't lose either.
In love, time is both the most vicious curse and the sweetest blessing.