A profoundly sorrowful and epic BGM played.
"It shouldn't have been Lungmen, it shouldn't have been from the start. The citizens of Lungmen are also desperately seeking their own lives, seeking a place that is warm, has food, and shelter..."
"The only place we should return to is Ursus... our homeland... the snow... the silent river... the swaying pine forest... the emerald moss... This land, how beautiful it is..."
FrostNova's voice grew weaker, and Mòzhī's sobs grew louder.
'Frost—Nova—!'
'Smiling, crying, heartbroken, praying...'
'My cabinet is coming to stab me, I can't watch anymore!'
'At the last moment of her life, she saw the true prairie fire of this land—Rhodes Island!'
......
She only wished to live with her comrades, to have a warm dwelling, nothing more!
Nothing more!
This land would not even allow that!
In an instant, Mòzhī could no longer hold back.
She bit her lip fiercely, determined not to let any tears fall.
FrostNova had said that a warrior cannot shed tears easily!
She wanted to bravely accompany FrostNova on her final journey!
"If I'm not mistaken, the conspiracy is already in motion."
Her gaze returned to the game, and FrostNova voiced her suspicions, "Even if Old Man Borsalino can hold them off for a while, since Talulah dared to plan this, she must have a way to deal with him."
"Lungmen will have no opportunity to act, and Ursus will stand by and watch."
Even at the end of her life, FrostNova still considered those around her, never thinking of herself.
Such a wonderful girl, destined to perish at the prime of her youth.
Everyone inwardly roared, lamenting the injustice of this world.
"But you are still here, and Infected still have a chance, even if it's just a little—"
A flame of hope burned in FrostNova's eyes, "Go and destroy the current Talulah, stop her madness, don't let Reunion consume more Infected, Reunion doesn't need Talulah, not at all..."
"Or, a small selfish wish of mine, to save her, no, to help her... to help the real... Talulah walking on the muddy land..."
【Miss FrostNova?】
"You... speak," FrostNova struggled to open her half-closed eyes.
【I believe your father loved you.】
"......"
【Just as your birth parents died for you.】
"......"
【You clearly remember everything your father did for you.】
"How could I not know? It's just that I will die before him."
Mòzhī didn't know how she managed to click through these sentences, but the moment she heard FrostNova's words, she completely broke down, and tears poured from her eyes.
Her entire body trembled violently, and for a long time, she couldn't speak.
No one in the live stream urged her to continue clicking.
Everyone was quietly waiting for her to recover.
After a full three minutes, having gone through hundreds of jokes in her mind, Mòzhī finally recovered from the intense sadness.
She continued to click.
The sorrowful BGM returned, "If he had never picked me up, how much better it would have been. That way, he wouldn't have suffered because of me." FrostNova said weakly, "He has already suffered so much..."
【Precisely because he suffered so much, he cherishes you.】
Upon hearing this, FrostNova smiled faintly, her delicate chin tilted slightly, "... Doctor, may I call you that?"
"Doctor of Rhodes Island, on this land, choices may be meaningless."
"Even so, even if the outcome is the same... I want to choose for myself, I have made my choice."
"With my own hands... to wipe the fruit I have borne."
FrostNova slightly extended her hand, her fingers touching the Doctor's face.
【Your fingers... are warm?】
"Strange, your face... is very cold."
FrostNova seemed confused, "My body temperature... isn't that low anymore?"
【Yes, your condition has disappeared. You are very warm, FrostNova.】
"Before I die... I can finally touch someone again."
Hearing FrostNova's cautious exclamation, Mòzhī, who had just recovered, had her vision blurred again.
【FrostNova, Amiya and I hope you will join Rhodes Island.】
The moment she had anticipated the most had arrived, and Mòzhī couldn't smile at all.
She had imagined countless scenarios of FrostNova joining the island, envisioned countless professional quotes from FrostNova, but she never expected her to join in a way that would leave everyone breathless with sorrow.
"Do I really have such qualifications?"
A glimmer of color suddenly appeared in FrostNova's dimming eyes, her voice laced with hesitant probing.
【Simply dying an ordinary death leaves no time to correct mistakes.】
"Not giving an answer would be impolite."
"Tell Amiya, dr. Mòzhī..."
"On this land, one person alone can achieve nothing."
FrostNova blinked weakly, forcing out a smile, "But she is definitely not alone."
"Starting now, I am by your side, I am by all of your sides."
A look of fulfilled peace adorned her face. Gathering her resolve, she said with conviction, "I... am willing to join Rhodes Island."
Although her voice was as faint as a whisper, it immediately made Mòzhī break down in tears!
"Thank you."
"Your eyes... are very similar to an old acquaintance of mine."
"I once met a boy who said his brother would rather hang himself than change his views to appease his enemies' forgiveness..."
FrostNova closed her eyes slightly, a tear of reluctance tracing a path down her eye. "That's why he had to cross the snowfields... he had to tread across Ursus... that's why he didn't walk with us."
"I thought he was the most idealistic person I had ever met, but you and Amiya make me feel... that perhaps idealism can also become a belief."
【Rhodes Island fights for a common belief.】
"The original Reunion... was the same."
"So alike."
She looked at the Doctor with reluctance, "Your eyes, and that child's, are truly alike."
"Only, you are not as steadfast as him, but you are much... gentler than him."
"Let go, my brothers and sisters are waiting for me."
The girl in the Doctor's arms smiled faintly, but her body was already covered in wounds. Her body, cold as ice due to Originium Arts, was slowly warming—a sign of her life ebbing away.
The Doctor held her tighter, frantically fumbling in his coat pocket, pulling out a candy. He peeled back the wrapper, intending to place the candy into her mouth.
"Is it spicy?"
【...Mm】
She swallowed the candy in one gulp, smiling happily, as if unconcerned by her fading life. Her silver-white eyes sparkled with a faint light, like the most beautiful stars in this world.
"It's been so long since I felt this warm..."
After a long while, she uttered this sentence, her voice growing fainter and fainter.
"...Father... I'm such a fool."
"Forgive me."
She slumped down.
Her lips curved upwards, her posture as proud as if she were still alive.
"......"
"......"
"......"
"Waaah—!!"
......
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