“Why haven’t you told Alicia?”
“…Alicia is a bright young lady who will most likely figure it out in due course of ti.”
Saying this, Gramps glanced at the window.
Everyone was thinking about Alicia in the Ravaal Kingdom. Even if they did not want to think about her, they could not get Alicia out of their minds.
Liz Cather was the sa way. In the end, she was bound to Alicia for a ti.
“But I don’t think she’ll co back here for that reason.”
“Why not?”
“Because she knows better than anyone that I don’t want that.”
Gramps smiled, his eyes gently narrowed. It was the kind of look one would give to a beloved grandchild.
“But Alicia? She’s a compassionate person, why wouldn’t she co back?”
“She’s not coming back.”
Gramps said it clearly, as if he was covering my words.
I couldn’t figure out how he was so certain Alicia would notice sothing was wrong with him and still not co ho.
She respected Gramps more than anyone else. He was like family to her.
Alicia would definitely co back to see Gramps because that was the kind of person she was.
Maybe she could save Gramps. She might be able to cure this disease.
I held out a faint glimr of hope. Gramps then spoke up, perhaps sensing what I was thinking.
“Gilles, Alicia may indeed be a saint. But just because she is a saint doesn’t an she can do everything. You can’t save a dying person.”
“But…”
“Alicia understands what she must do. There is no longer ti for to be cured. There is nothing else I can do for her.”
“No, there is! What about ? I still have a lot to learn from Gramps.”
“Gilles, you no longer need . Look around you. Alicia is not the only one, Duke, Henry, there are many people you can trust. Right?”
I felt as if he was really going to pass away soon. It sounded like a farewell conversation with .
…It would be alright. I told myself desperately that Gramps would never leave until he had finished his work.
“It’s been an interesting life, nevertheless.”
Gramps’ eyes reflected the rising sun. I just kept my mouth shut and listened to him.
“I never imagined that I would lose my magic, lose my eyes, be exiled to the impoverished village, et Alicia, raise Gilles, rebuild the impoverished village, and return to the world. eting Alicia and Gilles inspired to do everything in my power to stay alive.”
“Stay alive?”
“It is extrely difficult to define what it ans to be alive. Do we live when we can breathe and move our arms and legs? Or is it when we set a goal and are selflessly working toward it? Interestingly, the definition of life is different for each person. One person may find the aning of life in falling in love, while another person may find the aning of life in working.”
Gramps’ words make reflect for a mont.
I was about to die in that impoverished village, and I would have been dead for a long ti if I hadn’t t Alicia.
Gramps was most likely the sa way. When he was exiled to the impoverished village, he had to have given up everything. It was a place where the concept of “life” had been erased.
Not long ago, everyone there was just waiting for their death.
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