In the dark room, the Grand Elder Fairy looked at the little boy on the bed. How could he not see the sarcasm in his eyes?
When he thought about what he might have been through, the little old fairy, who used to always be heartless, couldn’t help but rub his hands together, looking a little embarrassed and uneased.
“This …… this blessing has a time limit …….”
What’s more, the fairy blessing on him seemed to have been removed ……
The Grand Elder Fairy scratched his head and hurriedly changed the subject.
“It was only a month ago that I learnt of the passing of His and Her Majesty. Although I had a vague sense of it before then, I still didn’t quite want to believe it ……”
He paused, feeling as though the more he talked the more nonsense he would spout. At last, he could only say, “My condolences.”
“Condolences?”
Jun Lu snapped his eyes up to look at him, the red pupils of his eyes swelled with extreme anger and grief.
His past started to flash before him
The grief of watching his loved one die before his eyes and not being able to do anything about it. The unprepared betrayal he was met with by his trusted ministers and closest friends when seeking their help. The guards who had died trying to protect him… …
Instantly, the young boy’s expression turned feral.
He stared straight at the Grand Elder Fairy, and just when the Grand Elder was about to be greeted by a violent storm, the madness in his eyes suddenly disappeared.
The boy’s hands were clenched into fists as he looked away indifferently.
The Grand Elder Fairy stood by helplessly in place.
He took the wizard’s hat off his head, clutching it in his hands and squeezing it constantly as if it could ease his anxiety.
However, he glanced at the boy and soon felt a sense of relief.
Patience, perseverance, and not venting one’s emotions onto others, even in the most painful situations, were not lost from the Crown Prince.
It’s really not easy ……
Thinking of the Emperor who passed away, that bright and benevolent monarch, although he burned Joseph’s wings, the Grand Elder Fairy still loved the Emperor deeply.
But he’s dead now, along with the beautiful and gentle empress……
It was all that damned Saer’s fault!
The Grand Elder Fairy felt his nose flare up a little and ruthlessly cursed at the Empire’s Grand Advisor in his heart.
However, he didn’t know the real reason why Jun Lu hadn’t completely fallen into darkness and lost himself. It was because…
‘Master, are you there?’
Jun Lu called in his mind.
A notification suddenly popped up in the centre of the phone screen that was resting on the table.
[The cub says to you: Master, are you there?]
Yet at this moment, Yu Xingqiao was not looking at his phone. He just so happened to avert his eyes and was talking to the nurse lady.
Half an hour had come and gone, according to the regulation, the nurse lady needed him to rest for a while.
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He had never felt such a heartfelt feeling for any game character before, but he wanted to listen to his heart.
“Jiejie, just a little longer. The game is reaching a very important plot ……”
“Five minutes, just five more minutes ……”
Yu Xingqiao put his hands together and pleaded eagerly.
The nurse lady looked at him. Even through the protective shield, one could see the difficulty shown on her face.
The clock on the wall ticked away, tick tick tick, as the time passed by second after second.
The system box on the mobile phone screen was fading and disappearing little by little, just like Jun Lu’s heart that was sinking bit by bit.
“Jiejie, please, just five more minutes, really.”
The youth grabbed the hem of the nurse lady’s shirt and looked up at her. His starry red eyes looked pitiful as light reflected off them.
This was the first time the nurse lady had seen tears in the youth’s eyes.
No matter how painful the treatment was, how boring it was to be alone in the sterile room every day, or how bland the nutrient solution tasted, the youth had never cried.
He had always been a good boy, carefully trying to not cause any trouble for others and even the occasional small protest, eventually would not cause her to feel any difficulty.
Looking at the tears in his eyes, the nurse lady sighed and had no choice but to compromise. “Then after five minutes, you have to take a fifteen-minute break.”
Yu Xingqiao was delighted and hurriedly blinked his eyes to blink away the tears before nodding his head vigorously. “Okay!”
He didn’t dare waste any time and after answering her, he hurriedly looked at the phone screen.
The timing was just right, the second before the system box disappeared, Yu Xingqiao saw the message in time!
Ah, the cub was calling him!
Looking at the screen, the little boy was sitting on the bed with his head down, as if he was about to drown in gloominess, Yu Xingqiao was instantly anxious.
Although he didn’t quite understand what was going on, he still knew that this was a very important moment for the cub.
He hastily called up the command editor.
Seeing him indulge in the game again, the nurse lady at his side couldn’t help but sigh.
Although she thought that Miracle Cub was fun to play with, was it really that fun?
In the dark room, it was very quiet.
The fragrance of the cape leadwort still hung in the air.
However, this scent could no longer soothe his heart. The warm and happy memories of the past had turned into scars that could never be healed.
Each time he remembered it, it ripped open a little, dripping with fresh blood.
Jun Lu did not receive a response for a long time.
He felt his heart sinking down, as if his whole soul was about to sink into an abyss of complete darkness.
He could clearly feel that his youth of the past, sealed deep inside him, was slowly fading away.
If only there was someone to give him a helping hand during those times.
He thought to himself.
The Grand Elder Fairy looked at Jun Lu and felt his current condition, his face couldn’t help but change colour
“Your Highness, you really can’t use this power anymore! It will devour you and cause severe damage to the world!”
He tried to take hold of the young boy’s hands but suddenly, it was as if something had burned him, accompanied by a light zi la sound. He let go of his hands due to the pain.
“It hurts! It hurts!”
The Grand Elder Fairy threw his hands away. His palms were red and swollen, already blistered as if they had been burnt by flames.
Jun Lu looked down at his hand.
Even with the white gloves on, he could see a layer of black energy wrapped around it, a kind of violent and cold power.
Recently, he had felt it too.
As he killed, his shadow skills improved and his understanding of his shadow power deepened. However, his emotions became more and more easily out of control; he was gradually losing his sanity.
It was as if something was eroding his soul.
Such erosion could bring him even more power, but he instinctively resisted it.
He didn’t want to completely lose himself.
But today, after being stimulated once again, he had finally fallen under the weight of this resistance.
The thing that was eroding away his soul began to attack its foundation.
He could feel his power becoming stronger and stronger, improving faster than ever before as the erosion intensified.
But he wasn’t happy at all.
Or perhaps, it was because all his positive emotions were slowly leaving him too.
It was as if he had wandered away, knowing fully well what was happening. However, he just stood aside and watched indifferently, watching himself fall forever and forever into a completely dark world.
He raised his head and looked at the small glowing lights on the ceiling that were surrounded by vines.
Their lights were so faint that they could go out at any moment.
Perhaps this was what the demon master wanted to see.
Jun Lu thought to himself.
Demons, don’t they all walk in the dark? Wouldn’t the master prefer him to be like that?
So what was the harm in falling into darkness forever?
Was it even possible… … to pray to demons for light?
The young boy’s expression became colder and colder, the humanly emotions in his eyes were fading away the emotions belonging to sentient beings in his eyes, were fading away.
The darkness around his body gradually started to disperse in all directions.
“Your Highness!”
The Grand Elder Fairy hastily waved his wand and set up his most powerful protective barrier to prevent his breath of darkness from alerting the others.
Afterwards, he looked at the young boy on the bed.
The darkness destroyed his spell and the little boy’s pink clothes had slowly turned back to their original black colour.
It was just like his soul.
The Grand Elder Fairy had a sullen face.
He waved the dead branch, as if he wanted to put the little boy into a coma again. Yet at this moment, he couldn’t even touch him, so the spell would naturally not work on him.
The hand that was holding his wand trembled, the back of his hand was bruised and his eyes were filled with struggle.
What to do …… Does this mean……
No, His Highness was the last descendant of the Light clan. If he dies, the Illustris Empire would fall too.
Instantly, it seemed as though the Grand Elder Fairy had aged a lot.
What should I do about this… …
Just as the Grand Elder Fairy felt desperation deep in his heart, he realised that the black energy surging from the little boy’s body suddenly stopped.
Huh, what’s going on?
“I’m here.”
Two small golden words appeared before Jun Lu’s eyes. They looked so dazzling, as if they were the only colour. The only light in his dark world.
The little boy’s bloodshot pupils, which had lost their light, suddenly flickered.
Master ……
He had called out to his master just now as he wanted to say something to him ……
His thoughts spun slowly, like rusty machines.
Oh yeah, he suddenly remembered.
What he had wanted to say to that person just now was… …
Can I have a hug?
Translated by Tofu and bubbletea
Edited and Proofread by Noitratoxin, Lilium and MikkiNikki461 aka Lazy Panda
Raw word count: 2836
English word count: 1830
Poor Jun Lu😭. YX give him a warm hug…..
Thx for chapter 😘
How only 3 words can change your life
Thank you for new chapter 💙
You cub deserved more than a hug.😘😘
Poor cub,,,, wuwuwuwu all hugs!! Give him all hugs
“just like his soul” that’s a little edgy Jun Lu. But poor thing is in pain so it’s not cringe.
Who’s cutting freakin onions here?!! QAQ
omg wuwuwuwuwu
thanks for the chapter <3
Please gods someone hug that poor little baby before I transmigrate out of a broken heart 😭😭
The cub is so pitiful😢😢😢😢
shot in the heart, collapsed on her knees ouch
Oh poor darling D: Give him the hugggg
THIS IS IT!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS KEKEEKEKE
TYSMM FOR THE CH ♥ >>>
of course you can!!! QAQ!!QAQ!!QAQ!!!QAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!