Chapter 63 (2/2)
“Of course, in the year of the rose, the bright rose blooms beautifully in every corner of Sar, and it adorns the hair of every citizen I once had such deep love for this culture unique to Sar, but now the only thing that I have for it is hatred The pure joy of the past has been turned into deeper pain in the past ten days
“The first to die was Uncle Johnson He had a shoe store on Autumn Flower Street Whenever I passed by, he would kindly ask me about my latest update and promoted the new shoes that had arrived at his store Uncle Johnson had not been to any places with recorded outbreaks In fact, he had never left the city of Sar in his life, but somehow, he was infected
“This is how it all started for the victis, which causes the function of the lungs to weaken… (the content here cannot be derived)… collapse… collection of blood in the oral cavity… Finally, the blood will leak out from the skin near the chest, and that is where the victireat and holy doctors from Carlot!
“We still cannot tell whether this hemoptysis is a kind of virus or a parasitic disease We have no clue about the h ingestion… It… We are helpless
“A few days ago, Mila died, Carter died, Austin died, Tony died… All the friends I have known passed away one after another All the roses in the city withered, but the city is still painted red by the blood of the victims
“Then, there were my parents… They died in ns of coughing today Please, not her, no…
“Goddess of Life, if you are really there, I beg you”
“Phew…” Gu Jun finished the second page and screwed up his brows to flip to the third page This page was dated Orchid Year 5th February, if the assu Year of Rose, and one year comprised of twelve months, then one year had passed between the two entries
“Orchid Year 5th February—Raybundy Pedra
“It has been threeto think about this, ot to know Linda in our youth She did not cohter of a blacksmith When I first encountered her on Lily Street, I succumbed to her charm; I fell deeply in love with her She wore a nor dress, and she was as pretty as a nymph, her s sister of all the children on Lily Street She spent her ti the children occupied all day so that their parents could go about their day jobs This was the personality that drewabout her, but I decided I would take her as my wife
“My pursuit of Linda was very successful Even though I was not as brilliant as Landon, there were points aboutat Carlot Acadeh letters I knew she had her worries that I would choose to stay at the capital after graduation, but she never expressed it because she was afraid that it hter future
“But the truth was, my heart had never left Sar, had never left her
“After Linda’s first syress was fast She passed away on the fifth day I was unable to er, not even for a few days After Linda died, so did allto me My despair was different from Landon’s I have read his suicide note He had a more admirable pursuit and a more admirable reason behind his self-destruction But I’m only a mere human My parents, my old butler, my aunt, my friend, my lover… if any of them were still alive, perhaps I could still hold on, but they have all left
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“Linda’s deathThere is no divinity in this world Even if there was, it has been beaten by the demons Because a God would never let soracefulthat she told me was, ‘Raybundy, I a’ We planned to have our knots tied in December of the Rose Year
“Death is the return to the embrace of the Goddess, an ascendancy of life? I do not believe in that at all This world is turning into a broken ruin, but what is there to be sad or fearful of?
“All ofI do not fear the collapse of this world I fear that Linda ht be bullied in the abyss of hell, or what if there is so worse after death? I am also concerned about all my family and friends Their bones have ain, but… they are still spreading the seed of disease, using not any virus but their death
“Father, ive me, please wait for me
“Because I, Raybundy Pedra, will embrace death with you”