Lin Luo sighed secretly. Although Ling Meng hid it well, the moment she turned around, Lin Luo still caught the flash of despair and sadness in her eyes.
It's not that Lin Luo has never seen this kind of look, or it can be said that he has seen it a lot Once, when Misaka Mikoto wanted to save the Misaka sisters but was unable to save them, it was this look. When Tohsaka Rin recalled the passing She also had this look in her eyes when she was her parents. When Arturia faced Lily's Knights of the Round Table, she still had this look in her eyes. When Nakamura Yuri recounted how her three younger siblings were killed by bandits, she still had this look in her eyes. With such eyes.
He knows better than anyone what that look means, and he knows better than anyone what kind of shouting and crying is hidden in his heart under that look.
So in an instant, Lin Luo understood what kind of sad soul was hidden under Lingmeng's heartless mask, and how much he missed Lingmeng's "rejecting people thousands of miles away" attitude. Looking at that person, even if I know that it is destined to be just a luxury wish, I still want to see him again the ancestors of the miko!
Coming to the corridor and sitting down cross-legged, Lin Luo slowly closed his eyes. He seemed to be able to see, in this small shrine, a witch holding the hand of a little girl, laughing happily while walking, and then Still in this shrine, the little girl sat alone in the corridor, looking at the stone steps opposite, shedding tears while waiting for the miko who was destined to never return, feeling desolate and lonely.
Opening his eyes, Luo's face was filled with a wry smile, but there was a trace of relief in that wry smile. "The weight on my shoulders is heavy again, but there is one more reason to decide to do it."
Reimu who walked into the kitchen did not come back. Instead, she left the shrine and drifted away, not knowing where she was going. Lin Luo did not stop her, nor did she catch up, because he knew that no matter what words she said, it was meaningless to Reimu, what she needed. among. There is absolutely no option for comfort!
"Father." The girl's clear voice came to her ears. While Lin Luo was in a daze, Ming Meng had already opened the door of the compartment. Looking over here.
Lin Luo turned around, smiled slightly, and waved to her, "Come over here."
Ming Meng chuckled and ran up immediately. When he ran to Lin Luo, Lin Luo picked her up, put her on his legs, then hugged her body and asked, "Where did you just go?"
"Playing in the house." Ming Meng replied with a smile.
"Have you had lunch?"
"Not hungry." Ming Meng shook his head. Then he raised his head and asked, "Where is father?"
"Yeah. I'm not hungry either." Lin Luo touched her head with a smile on her face. He was actually very distressed. Regarding the choice between the Great Barrier and the Witch, although he has decided how to choose, he knows that the choice is not just the end, but the beginning, and even this beginning is likely to put everyone in absolute danger, so, Although he had made up his mind, he still couldn't completely let go of his hands and feet to do it.
He seemed to feel that he was standing on the cusp of the storm. If he was not careful, he would fall to pieces. Of course, those who were connected to him would also fall to pieces.
He knew that such a mentality was very bad, but he couldn't control it. He really couldn't calm himself down completely. Only at this moment, holding the little guy in his arms, he finally felt a moment of warmth and peace Because when he was with Ming Meng, he didn't need to think too much.
"Now, don't call me father anymore, call me daddy." Lin Luo said.
"Why?" Ming Meng asked curiously.
¡°¡I don¡¯t know, maybe I just want to change back to myself.¡±
"Change back to yourself?" Ming Meng tilted her head, with a confused look on her face, "Isn't my current father my father?"
"Of course that's not what you mean" Lin Luo felt a little funny, but didn't know how to explain it, so she had to say, "When you call mom, do you call her mother?"
"No, just call me mom."
¡°That¡¯s okay, you can call me daddy from now on.¡±
"Oh." Ming Meng seemed to understand, and nodded obediently.
"Dad, mom ran out alone just now. What did she do?" After a while, Ming Meng asked again. Children always have more topics to talk about.
"Probably a walk."
"Aren't we going?"
"Well, if we don't go, we'll just stay here."
"Why???? I feel that my mother is not in a good mood. If we go together, she will probably be happier. "
"Wellhow do I put this? Everyone has their own secrets, and there is also a side that they don't want to be seen by anyone, even if it is the person closest to them, so we just need to wait here. "
"Why?" Ming Meng tilted her head and thought for a while, still a little confused.
Lin Luo was very patient about Ming Meng's sudden transformation into a hundred thousand whys. She touched her head and said with a smile, "You may not understand these things now, but you will gradually understand them when you grow up."
"Oh." Ming Meng nodded, as if she already understood, but it could still be seen from her bright eyes that she didn't understand at all.
Mingmeng is a very smart child. What she has learned through what she has seen and heard is something that many adults cannot understand. But after all, she is only a two-year-old child. The human heart is the most complex. Even the smartest person in the world can't completely see through this thing, let alone her.
Ming Meng didn¡¯t understand, and naturally she wouldn¡¯t go into trouble. After a brief silence, she quickly found another topic and said to Lin Luo: ¡°Dad, thank you.¡±
"Huh?" This time, Lin Luo was confused by her, "Why are you thanking me?"
"Because dad kept the promise and allowed mom to wake up again, he is a real hero." Ming Meng raised her little face and said innocently, and then kissed Lin Luo on the face with a squeak.
"Well!"
Lin Luo was slightly startled, not because of Ming Meng's sudden display of intimacy, but because of the word hero.
When Lingmeng died suddenly, in order to comfort Mingmeng and encourage himself, he did tell Mingmeng that he was a hero, so he could definitely save Lingmeng, buthe knew that he was not anything A hero, never has been.
Back in the Demonic Forbidden World, he fought Accelerator to save the Misaka sisters. After winning, he became the hero in the hearts of his sisters. But only he knew that he had no choice but to fight, because if he didn't If he takes action, Mikoto will be in danger. If something happens to Mikoto, he won't live long To put it bluntly, everything he did was essentially for himself, although he did save many people.
And then there is the Xingyue world, the weapon race world, the magic teacher world He also saved many people and became a hero in the hearts of many people, but he knew that he was not a hero because Saved Some people are not at any risk and just do it casually, while other people are involved in their own safety. If they don't save it, they themselves will be in danger.
¡°The first is to stand in a safe area to save, which is charity; the second is to stand in a dangerous area to save, which is self-protection How can such behavior be considered a hero?
No matter how much he deceives himself, he can't hide his brilliance and purpose.
Of course, in the Fourth God War, he sacrificed his life to save everyone. At that moment, he truly became everyone's hero, but sacrificing some people to save others is not salvation at all. , even if the person who sacrificed is himself!
He just freed himself, but left his sorrow to the living. Such a selfish behavior
Hero, I am far from worthy of such a title Lin Luo secretly laughed at himself.
But Ming Meng said that he is the real hero.
Maybe in Mingmeng¡¯s heart, the meaning of the word hero is very simple, just because she has done something she thought she couldn¡¯t do, but these innocent words also represent her deepest expectation.
"Mingmeng." Lin Luo spoke.
"Um?"
"What kind of person do you think a hero is?" Lin Luo asked
"He is the person who makes everyone happy." Ming Meng said without hesitation, looking at Lin Luo with the eyes of a hero, full of respect and admiration.
"Everyone can be happybut what if this hero's behavior puts everyone in danger?"
"It doesn't matter, because if it's dad, he will definitely succeed." Ming Meng's innocent tone was full of seriousness.
"Haha." Lin Luo smiled, a little helpless, and a little free and easy. The dream equated him with the hero. If such a big hat was knocked down, he really had no way out.
If he continues to hesitate, then he will have failed Ming Meng's expectations. If he cannot become a hero, then he will betray Ming Meng's trust This is unforgivable.
¡°It¡¯s really convincingGot you! "Lin Luo laughed, picked up Ming Meng and put it next to him, and he stood up from the corridor.
"Dad?" Ming Meng tilted her head, somewhat confused about Lin Luo's sudden move.
"You wait here for mom to come back. I'll leave for a while." Lin Luo told her. After saying that, he stepped forward.
"Where are you going, dad?" Ming Meng stood there and asked loudly.
Lin Luo kept walking forward without looking back or hesitating. With a confident and calm smile on his face, he slowly stretched out his right hand, pointed at the sky, and said in an extremely firm tone.