NOVEL NEXT Chapter 66 - Live Well
Chapter 66: Live Well
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The knight was holding a tablet computer.
The girl asked curiously, “What’s this?”
Cleveland said to Head Maid Bedolla, “Madam, please leave.”
Head Maid Bedolla was first stunned, then she bowed and said, “Your Highness, please allow me to leave.”
Tina followed the knight to an empty tent. She looked curiously at the tablet in the knight’s hand. “Is this… Kang De’s?”
The knight replied, “It should be… that elf adjutant brought it out of the rift valley. He believes that we set up that bait trap, so he doesn’t value this thing much. When I took it away, he didn’t seem anxious. He only asked us if those things were real or fake.”
Tina frowned. “What do you mean by true?”
Cleveland said, “What’s recorded here… This should be a magic item, just like Kang De’s tools. It doesn’t need magic power and can be easily operated. Even people who have never seen it will gain something after trying it…”
He pressed the power button on the side in a rather jerky manner. The screen suddenly lit up. Then, Knight reached out and pressed the circle in the center of the screen, sliding towards the pattern of the lock on the right.
The screen flashed again and automatically switched to the player. Then, it began to play on a loop.
Brilliant and exciting music. A city made of steel. Smoke rose. A huge steel giant ran through the ruins. Iron-winged birds flew through the sky. They were war machines controlled by humans. Explosion, destruction, death, and slaughter. Fully armed humans fought against cruel and strange enemies.
When the movie was first invented, people would flee in fear when they saw a train enter the station.
Not to mention such exquisite CG art.
Tina’s breathing paused.
This was a scene she had never seen before.
A city she had never seen, a civilization she had never seen, and a war she had never seen.
This was a scene that had never appeared in the known era of this world. Humanity had never built such a city, never fought such a war, never fought such an enemy.
Her eyes widened as she looked at Cleveland. “This is…”
The knight replied, “This belongs to Kang De. We all know that it was Kang De who set up the trap in the rift valley. I’m wondering what it is that can make two seasoned and cautious commanders on an elf main ship step into a dangerous place at the same time. Now I understand. If it was me, I would definitely have fallen for it.”
Tina muttered, “I mean, this war, this world, and Kang De…”
Anyone would be extremely shocked to see such a scene.
Especially the people in war.
Tina could not help but imagine how Goethe would be beaten back by the elves if they had the weapons of the humans in the video… They could even sweep through the entire world.
When she thought of this, the curiosity in her heart grew like vines.
The knight was silent, “There are two possibilities. Firstly, there are ruins of such a civilization that were accidentally obtained by Kang De. That’s why he has so many things he has never seen. Secondly…”
He looked at Tina and said softly, “He’s a member of that civilization.”
Tina thought of Kang De’s previous performance. After she interpreted the nature of the white fog, he had once broken down emotionally and looked inexplicably sad. That scene shook her heartstrings.
It must be the second…
—Then, Kang De, how did you come here?
For a moment, the princess’s heart was in chaos.
Cleveland said indifferently, “Your Highness, what should we do?”
Tina was shocked and immediately said, “Knight, Goethe can’t keep such a secret now.”
A smile appeared on Cleveland’s face. “I agree. Moreover, Kang De is kind and upright. He’s not a cold-blooded person, nor is he stingy. Goethe only needs to pour his heart into the flower of friendship and wait for it to bear fruit.”
The princess nodded. Then, worry and hesitation appeared on her face.
“It’s just that…” she said, “that elf…”
The knight said indifferently, “Your Highness, don’t worry. This is my duty.”
On Earth.
Kang De opened his eyes.
He got out of bed silently and went to the living room. He sat at the table and opened the diary.
Page after page.
More than 300 days and nights.
He missed, waited, wrote, and called.
After experiencing initial despair and panic, he gained a foothold on the island and decided to work hard to live until he was reunited with his family. He had always worked hard for this and did not do anything dangerous. He waited and was filled with hope.
He wrote in his diary every day, returned every day, and sent out a radio signal every day.
He waited for the outside world to respond.
He was waiting for the country to solve the secret of the white fog.
He waited to be reunited with his family.
There were more than 300 pages, and every one of them was filled with his longing, loneliness, and… fear.
This was because there was no end to this wait.
In fact… he did not know if there was an end.
Tears fell onto the table.
Kang De slowly closed the notebook, then crossed his arms and hugged the diary. He pressed his face against the cover and whispered as if he was sleep-talking.
“Dad, Mom, I don’t want to wait anymore.”
“Because I found out something today.”
“If no one comes in, I’ll think of a way to get out.”
“Tina’s right… I need strength.”
“Since white fog appeared when the curtain of the other world invaded, there’s a way to deal with it. The gods of the other world can disperse the white fog and repel the Void Spirits, so I can do it too.”
“Therefore, wait for me…”
“Please, you have to wait for me…”
“In exchange, I promise you that I’ll definitely live well. No matter what happens, no matter what I see, no matter where I am… I’ll definitely live well…”
He hugged the diary tightly and whispered, thinking and sad.
After a long time.
He got up, went to the master bedroom, and descended to the ground.
Today, he did not use the radio transmitter.
He strolled through the quiet district and walked on an empty road. The walls and ground around him were painted with flamboyant graffiti, venting his earlier loneliness and even madness.
He finally arrived at the drawing wall opposite the entrance of the district.
It was the entrance of the district. It was engraved with the ancient words of a Song Dynasty lyricist. Now, it was covered by a thick canvas. Beside it was piled up rubble, iron buckets, and other messy things.
Kang De stared at it in silence for a long time.
He tried to reach out, but he retracted his hand. In the end, he did not remove the canvas.
After a long time.
“Goodbye…”
The world called out. The time he stayed stopped here. Kang De said his goodbye to this world.
See you tomorrow.
Space shattered, and black light surged. The wanderer of two worlds left alone.