Yale, George, and Reynolds glanced

Yale, George, and Reynolds glanced at each other, all sighing internally. Linley was an expert. Normally, Linley probably would’ve noticed the three of them before they had even entered the courtyard. But now, all three of them were right behind Linley, and yet Linley didn’t react at all.

“Third Bro.” Yale spoke.

Linley trembled, then slightly turned his head to look at the three of them. His eyes were very calm. “You guys came.” After speaking, Linley turned his head back towards the creek, continuing to stare at the water.

Yale, George, and Reynolds immediately walked to stand next to the boulder Linley was sitting on.

“Third Bro.” Yale suddenly grabbed Linley by his shoulders, forcing Linley to look at him. “Third Bro, do you remember those things which had happened at the Ernst Institute, and what you often said to me?”

“Forgot.” Linley said calmly.

Yale stared. “Forgot? Third Bro, you often put me down, saying that I don’t work hard or train hard, and that in our dorm, I would be the weakest out of us four, despite physically being the largest.”

Back when the four of them were dorm-mates, naturally they would often joke with each other.

But Linley remained silent.

George looked at Yale, nodding slightly. Yale released Linley’s shoulders, and then George walked in front of Linley, saying solemnly, “Third Bro, I want to ask you. You have trained so bitterly for all these years. What was it all for?”

Linley started.

He couldn’t help but think about how he had been focused on training, ever since he was young.

“For the clan.” Linley finally responded.

Next to him, a hint of delight appeared on the faces of Yale and Reynolds. George immediately said, “Then let me ask you this. As you are now, are you behaving responsibly towards your clan?”

Looking at George, Linley smiled bitterly. In a dreary, desolate voice, he said, “My father’s dead. My mother’s dead. Tell me. What’s the point of working hard on behalf of the clan?”

Linley rose to his feet, walking towards the back courtyard.

Yale, George, and Reynolds all stared at Linley’s back, then exchange stunned looks.

“Pointless. Everyone is dead. What’s the point of doing my best?” Linley’s desolate voice said desolately, before he disappeared past the door.

Fifteen days.

Linley had stayed within the residence for fifteen days. During these fifteen days, Yale and the others had tried everything they could think of, but no matter what they did, Linley remained as he had.

George, Reynolds, and Yale were seated together, drinking unhappily.

“What should we do? What exactly should we do? We can’t just watch as Third Bro drowns in this abyss of despair.” Reynolds angrily smashed the wine cup against the floor.

Yale and George both shook their heads as well.

These past few days, they had tried everything they could. They also asked Linley what had caused him to become like this, but Linley didn’t say a word, remaining silent.

What could they do?

“When I see how silent Third Bro is, I really worry about him. My heart hurts. Third Bro, alas…” Yale grabbed the bottle of wine and poured it directly into his mouth, drinking half of it at a swig.

They had grown up alongside Linley, and their love for each other was even greater than that between real brothers. How could they just watch as Linley collapsed like this?

Seated on a chair within his room, Linley stared at the Coiling Dragon ring on his hand. Linley could clearly recollect how Grandpa Doehring looked each time he came out of the ring.

But that scene would never, ever play out again.

On Linley’s other hand, he was wearing a second ring, an interspatial ring. After Clayde had died, the ring and its contents had become items without an owner. When he had been engaging in battle against the six Special Executors, the blood from Linley’s body had covered the ring long ago, and it naturally had become personalized and bound to him.

But…

These past fifteen days, Linley hadn’t so much as glanced at this interspatial ring or its contents. His mind was elsewhere. Even when he didn’t actively dwell on it, his thoughts would always turn to scenes of him together with Grandpa Doehring. How Grandpa Doehring had looked when stroking his beard, or how he had looked when he was sternly instructing Linley. All sorts of memories, all of them so clear and vivid.

“Why. Why. Even Grandpa Doehring, the last person I had, was taken away?”

After having lost Grandpa Doehring, Linley had also lost his strongest source of support. He felt more fragile and more lonely than he ever had before. Linley tightly held Bebe in his arms. In that quiet little room, he continued to sit there, alone…

ผลลัพธ์ (ไทย) 3:

เยล จอร์จ และ เรโนลด์ เหลือบมองที่แต่ละอื่น ๆ ทั้งหมดกลับภายใน ลินลีย์เป็นผู้เชี่ยวชาญ โดยปกติ ลินลีย์อาจจะสังเกตเห็นทั้งสามของพวกเขาก่อนที่พวกเขาได้เข้าสนาม แต่ตอนนี้ พวกเขาทั้งสามอยู่ข้างหลัง ลินเลย์ และยัง ลินลีย์ ไม่ได้ตอบเลย

" สามพี่น้อง " เยลพูด

Linley สั่นสะท้านแล้วเล็กน้อยหันหัวมองพวกเขาสามคนดวงตาของเขาใจเย็นมาก " พวกเธอมา " หลังจากการพูด , Linley หันศีรษะของเขากลับสู่ลำห้วย ยังคงจ้องมองน้ำ

เยล จอร์จ และ เรโนลด์ทันที เดินมายืนข้างศิลา ลินลีย์นั่งอยู่บน

" สามพี่น้อง " เยลก็คว้า Linley โดยบ่าต้องบังคับ Linley ดูเขาสิ " พี่สามคุณจำสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้นที่สถาบันจ่ายและสิ่งที่คุณมักจะพูดกับฉัน ? "

" ลืม " ลินลี่ย์กล่าวอย่างใจเย็น

เยลจ้อง . " ลืมแล้วเหรอ พี่สาม คุณมักจะวางฉันลง แล้วบอกว่าผมไม่ทำงานหนัก หรือฝึกอย่างหนัก และในหอของเรา ผมจะอ่อนแอที่สุดในพวกเราสี่คน แม้จะมีร่างกายที่ใหญ่ที่สุด "

ตอนที่สี่ของพวกเขาถูกเพื่อนหอพวกเขามักจะตลกกับแต่ละอื่น ๆ .

แต่ Linley ยังคงเงียบ

จอร์จมองเยล พยักหน้าเล็กน้อย เยลปล่อย Linley ไหล่แล้วจอร์จเดินนำหน้า Linley " ทาบ " พี่สาม ผมต้องถามคุณ คุณมีการฝึกอบรมเพื่อให้ขมขื่นสำหรับปีทั้งหมดเหล่านี้ ทั้งหมดนั่นมันเพื่ออะไร "



Linley เริ่มเขาไม่สามารถช่วย แต่คิดว่าเกี่ยวกับวิธีการที่เขาได้มุ่งเน้นการฝึกอบรม ตั้งแต่เขายังเด็ก

" ตระกูล " Linley ในที่สุดตอบ

ต่อไปกับเขา คำใบ้ของความสุขปรากฏบนใบหน้าของเยล และ เรโนลด์ จอร์จ เลยบอกว่า " งั้นให้ฉันถามเธอ เหมือนคุณตอนนี้ คุณมีความรับผิดชอบต่อตระกูลของคุณ ? "

มองจอร์จ ลินลีย์ยิ้มอย่างขมขื่น ในเศร้าซึม