Chapter 36 (1/2)
Chapter 36 – Leaving the Sea (1)
The youth thought he saw the pretty young woman in the corner of his eyes
No
Histricks on him
The youth was sad at the thought of that He shook his head, turned his body, and walked reluctantly toward the golden bright sunset in the west
He continued to walk
Walking into the sunset
Continued to walk, as the fleeting years passed by
Until one day…
He saw another person
Hundreds of years he had lingered around here, the youth saw no fish Nor he ever saw another entity besides hi woman
Yet today, his face turned serious He gloated at the distant scene far in the corner horizon
There, a sure who covered his face a wide traditional conical hat was seen fishi+ng alone on the boat, with a little care in the world, though the youth was sure there was no fish to be fished in this reale sea
The youth walked further to approach hi scenes the youth experienced, it seees As the distance between him and the fisher didn’t shrink even a meter He held his breath at one point Felt like he walked on his own steps all over again Strange
It kept going for two or three months, until finally, the youth tried to lament at the distant fisher
“I need to leave this sea Can you help me, mister?”
The youth sighed as he knew nobody would hear what he said But he rong At that moment, unbeknownst to him, clouds crept in from the corner of the horizon and the sun sped its decline The day abruptly went away as the dark twilight came to paint the surface of sky
He discovered later that there’s soe sea The sea was still calm as the usual yet its wave danced in a rushed manner, sped up, just like there was an invisible divine hand playing around with the motion of time
As the youth continued to move with a small step, he found himself skated kilometers away in an instant
The sea became blurred And the wide sky rolled around him In a blink of an eye, he traveled a distance that took him years to ith his usual speed The fisherman reeled his fish rod and pulled the youth closer toward hiers to lower his conical hat One could only see his faint s face
Moments later, the youth arrived He slowed dohen he was awked as he didn’t knohat to say It was the latter who first to greet
“Greeting, young man”
“Ah, yes… greeting,” the youth answered almost with a whisper
“It seems you finally decided to meet me”
“I already tried to o”
“You didn’t,” the fisherman shook his head “It wasn’t your decision back then But it is now”
The youth gazed at the wide conical hat as fisherman covered his face with the cone-shaped hat
He could only saw the fisherman’s smile widened
“Well, are you ready to leave now?” asked the fisherman
“I’m ready”
“Are you?”
The youth nodded “Yes”
“Then leave the ribbon to me”
The youth held his breath, didn’t reply for a long time
“You said you’re ready,” the fisherman spoke
“I…”