from the past to the future

08

"Huh? Ling Ya?" Accidentally found his brother sitting on the sofa in a daze in the living room at home. Li Xu was puzzled why he didn't go to the orphanage today, and the other party seemed to be not only in a daze, but stared straight ahead His eyes seemed focused yet confused, following his gaze, Li Xu realized that he was looking at the group photo of them placed next to the TV.

Could it be that he has maintained this posture and looked at the group photo today?Li Xu vaguely sensed the unnaturalness revealed in her brother's actions.

"Ling Ya." She came closer this time, and called his name again, only to see Ling Ya blink suddenly, as if he finally recovered, when he saw Li Xu, he was stunned for a moment, completely surprised Like the usual Ling Ya, "Ling Ya, what's wrong? Why are you sitting here alone?"

"...It's nothing." Ling Ya let out a breath slowly, "It's just that today, I'm a little tired."

"What's the matter, could it be that something unpleasant happened?" Li Xu sat beside him and patted his shoulder.

"It's really all right, maybe it's just that I didn't sleep well last night."

"Could it be that you had a nightmare?"

"..."

"Droube said that when he passed by your door last night, he heard the sound of something overturned in your room. He knocked on the door and checked, but he didn't see anything falling on the ground. It's Ling Ya. What are you doing?"

"I'm just..." As if recalling something bad, Ling Ya's throat was a little dry, thinking that he might not have had a drink of water all day while sitting here, Li Xu was also very disturbed, so she quickly got up and poured him a glass Warm water was forced into his hand and he was forced to drink it quickly.

"Ling Ya, what happened?"

"I just... dreamed about something from the past."

"Can you tell me... no, tell me."

"Many, bits and pieces, all mixed together, some from the previous life, some from the Balian world, Yuma, you, Drube, and many others... But, only Without him."

"Who?"

"IV... No matter how I try to recall, nothing about him has ever appeared in a dream. Even with III, V, and Thoron, IV's figure never appeared once."

"What does it mean?"

"...Li Xu, I'm sorry." Ling Ya shook his head, but couldn't say anything more, "I'll stay at home all the time, so I'll be in charge after dinner."

"Hey, wait, Ling Ya!"

At that time, Li Xu did not expect that Ling Ya's dream had vaguely revealed what would happen in the future, that parting would come to them so quickly in such a short time.

A few days after Ling Ya began to stay away from home, she went to the orphanage again, but what awaited her there was a heavy news.Lost-eyed children told her that IV had passed away.

At that moment, she suddenly understood why Ling Ya didn't go out again, was it because she had a premonition of this day, Li Xu didn't want to ask.

However, Lio still didn't feel the fact that IV had passed away.Obviously when we met a while ago, he was still very energetic, why did he disappear after only a few days.

Li Xu went to IV's room, thinking of the conversation they had here a few years ago, that person also swore that he was in good health, even though it was a lie that could be exposed at a glance.He still called his sister, obviously remembering her name so clearly.

While observing IV's room carefully, she saw Qing holding a familiar object in front of her. She recognized that it was IV's bracelet, something he had always worn on his hand.

But why does it appear here?

"Grandpa Thomas said, if you see sister Li Xu or brother Ling Ya, I will give this to you."

"Give it to us?" Li Xu took the bracelet and found that the purple gemstone on it still had a bright luster, it seemed that it had always been loved and cared for by its owner.Aware of IV's meaning, Li Xu felt that he hoped to be handed over to Ling Ya more than himself.

"Thank you." Li Xu said to Qing, the girl burst into tears again because of her thank you, Li Xu hugged her, tears also fell down together.

At Thomas Acred's funeral, Kamdai Lingya did not attend, and instead of him, it was Kamdai Risu and Drube.They knocked on the door of Ling Ya's room many times in a row, but they always got the answer of refusing to go. Li Xu didn't know whether it was because IV's death had hit him too hard or because he was always haunted by nightmares recently and was depressed. , Ling Ya's condition is getting worse day by day.

Until Ling Ya fully recovered, Li Xu and Drube took a long vacation for the company, and talked with Ling Ya non-stop every day. Alit and Kiragu would often visit him, and everyone was trying to make him feel better. cheer up.Ling Ya's nightmares gradually receded, and at the end it was almost impossible to dream anymore. Li Xu felt very relieved about this development. Later, even if Ling Ya was alone at home, he was able to eat normally, and occasionally went out for a walk. This is evidence that things are improving.

Then that day, Ling Ya told Li Xu that he wanted to travel.

That's the beginning of change.

"Meragu, come out and watch the news!"

The memories were forcibly interrupted. Hearing Droube's shout from the living room, Li Xu put down the half-done cooking, walked out of the kitchen, and saw the news broadcast on the TV at a glance. Whose act was that, Li Xu couldn't help laughing.

"It's really big enough, Ling Ya."

"Naxiu did it brilliantly. The card returned to its original place, and it was not found."

"If you can't even achieve this level, Ling Ya will be ashamed of the title of the head of the Seven Emperors."

Drube was about to respond, when the camera on the TV switched, and it was aimed at the crowd watching around the ruins. Drube took a closer look, and there was no doubt that the figure of God Dai Lingya was hidden there. Then he shouted again, "Meragu! Look, Naxiu is on TV!"

"Where!" Li Xu hurriedly focused, his brother's figure was mixed in the crowd of onlookers, even though he specially wore sunglasses and a hat to disguise, both Li Xu and Drube recognized him at first sight.It's just that if you look carefully, there is no shadow following Shendai Lingya.

"IV is not here...?"

"The crowd is so crowded now, he should be staying in the bracelet."

"I still want to see what the spirit body looks like." Li Xu sighed secretly.

They had already heard about IV from Ling Ya, including his lack of knowledge about his state.These days, Li Xu and Droube will also investigate the Acreide family's affairs after work, but they still can't find the whereabouts of the missing Thoron. The worst case is that he is no longer in Xinyuan. .

"Naxiu come out quickly, there are so many people but there will be pickpockets..."

"Okay, Drube, you don't have to worry about Ling Ya. It's not that easy to steal Ling Ya's things." Li Xu sighed helplessly, busy with work and eager to find Toron at the same time, both sides really It is difficult to take into account at the same time.

It's not like her to procrastinate like this.The Ice Queen made a decisive decision and issued an order to the white shield on the sofa.

"Droube! I will ask for leave from the company starting tomorrow! By the way, go through the formalities for going abroad!"

"Damn, those guys dare to get so close to Naxiu!"

"..." Li Xu's face darkened, "De, Lu, Bei!! Did you hear what I said!"

"Wait! Meragu! Go and see the pot! It smells like burnt food!"

"Ah! My supper!"