Chapter 1461: Red King's Tears (5)

Red King's Tears (5)

The Red King's self-narration was like a Script, constantly turning before Chen Ling's eyes.

He didn't seem to intend to completely display his entire life before Chen Ling's eyes, but between the few sentences, it already contained the trajectory of his life... Seeing this, Chen Ling had actually already guessed the identity of the Fourth Generation Red King, and when he saw the last line of words, his heart still trembled.

The next second, those turning Scripts unfolded like an Optical Disc again, and a scene appeared before Chen Ling's eyes.

The same Ancient Vault of the Courtesan Path;

The same tranquil lake;

And...

A mysterious black-purple Coffin.

He saw that figure draped in a Great Crimson Theatrical Robe standing in front of the Coffin, staring blankly like a sculpture for a long time.

"He clearly knew that boarding the Red Star meant death! Why did he still go??"

"Even if he had to go, why didn't he tell me in advance?! Why did he leave without a sound like this!!!"

Chen Yan's pupils were full of bloodshot veins. He looked as if he had collapsed, angrily questioning the figure lying in the Coffin, his roar resounding through the sky.

"It's not that he didn't want to tell you in advance... it's just that he only deciphered the secret left behind by the previous generation Red King right until the Red Star was about to descend." The Grey King on the side spoke slowly.

The Grey King of the Fourth Generation World seemed to be a male. He looked at the emotionally collapsed Chen Yan, his tone as calm as lake water,

"For some reasons, the Third Generation Red King encountered an accident very early on, so there was a missing generation between him and the Fourth Generation... He was not like you, who met the previous generation Red King so early and then grew up by the Red King's side, having someone to Act as a Safety Net for you no matter what you did.

You are lucky. Your whole life has advanced smoothly under the Fourth Generation's guidance...

But he wasn't,

Everything he had achieved up to now was figured out little by little by himself."

Chen Yan's fists clenched tightly, veins popping on his neck. He looked at that silent, ferocious Nuo Mask, tears uncontrollably streaking across his cheeks.

He stood in place for a long time, then tremblingly reached out his hand, reaching towards that Nuo Mask that had never been uncovered...

He had followed the Red King for so long, yet had never seen the true appearance under the Red King's mask.

Now the Red King was dead...

At the very least, he wanted to remember the appearance of the most important person in his life.

As the ferocious Nuo Mask was slowly uncovered by Chen Yan, he saw that weathered yet somewhat familiar face. He was taken aback at first, and then his entire body began to tremble uncontrollably!!

"............Brother???"

The person lying in the Coffin now was no one else but the one who had long died on the Mass Grave Mound... Chen Ling.

Or rather,

Yao.

Seeing this scene, the conjecture in Chen Ling's heart was confirmed.

[Nuo] is a combination of witchcraft and drama. According to the development of the timeline in Chen Ling's cognition, [Nuo] shouldn't have appeared in this era, because there were too few people who could combine drama and witchcraft. Up until now, there was only Shen Nan...

But there was one person who possessed such a possibility.

That was Yao.

Yao himself was of the Path of the Witch God, and his younger brother Chen Yan was of the Path of the Actor. According to the original story development, these two brothers should both have been buried in the Mass Grave Mound... Chen Ling didn't know what happened in that world. Perhaps some Fusion changes occurred between them, allowing Chen Yan's Path of the Actor Aura to enter Yao's body, creating a miracle completely unique to [Nuo]...

In short, in that world without any Red King intervention, Yao was the one who ultimately survived.

He inherited A-Yan's power and became a true [Nuo].

Therefore, in Chen Yan's Fourth Generation World, the Red King rushed into their home at the first moment and saved Chen Yan, whose heart hadn't been dug out yet; therefore, at the Mass Grave Mound, he knew so much about everything that happened in District Three; therefore, he said Yao got sick and was originally meant to die...

Because in Yao's eyes, he himself was the one who took away his younger brother's life and talent, ultimately surviving.

In the new world, he wanted to change all this...

So he sat and watched his own death,

Leaving the possibility of survival to A-Yan.

He could have saved himself, but he didn't do so, because he knew that only when the Brother in Chen Yan's heart died would Chen Yan step onto the Path of the Actor without turning back.

Later, he took meticulous care of Chen Yan, taught him Theatre Dao Secret Methods, gave him protective talismans, washed his clothes, and brought him delicious food... Everything he did was actually to make up for it, to make up for everything he owed Chen Yan.

"Brother????"

"How is this possible..."

"How could you be my Brother?!!"

Chen Yan completely collapsed. He looked at that face in disbelief, his eyes seemingly about to split open.

In Chen Yan's life, there were only two people he trusted and was closest to the most. One was his Brother Chen Ling, and the other was the Red King... Chen Ling died in District Three, so he gradually transferred this emotion to the Red King. But only after the Red King died did he discover that his two spiritual pillars were actually the same person.

He lost the person he loved the most... twice.

"He couldn't make it to see you one last time, but he wrote all the things he didn't have time to say in this letter..." The Grey King slowly pulled out a letter from his chest and handed it to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan tremblingly opened it.

Perhaps because time was too urgent, the contents of the letter were also very simple. The Red King confessed all the truth to Chen Yan and apologized for leaving without saying goodbye. He hoped that even without his protection, Chen Yan could still live well, take over the Red King's position, and complete the Dusk Society's goal.

"Why... why could you say all this so easily??"

"When I was young, you accompanied me as I grew up! Now, you accompany me as I grow stronger!! My entire life has your shadow. No matter which period it is, you are always the one protecting and guiding me... Now you are dead, what do you want me to do?! Just with a casual 'live on', can I forget everything from the past?!"

"I am a human, I am not a machine!!"

"If you were destined to leave me from the very beginning, then why... why were you so good to me?!"

"Brother..."

"Say something..."

"Answer me!!!!"

Chen Yan roared and questioned that figure lying in the Coffin. His emotions had completely collapsed, reason and calmness all thrown to the back of his mind. Just as he said, he was a human, not a machine. No one could still think and function rationally after losing their closest relative.

The Red King was truly too good to him... The closer their relationship was, the more painful the moment of separation was...

Not to mention, their separation didn't even have a trace of a warning, it was a completely cliff-like heavy blow...

Not to mention, the Red King, was also his Brother.

There was no crueler punishment in the world than this.

Chen Ling couldn't bear to watch anymore. He silently closed his eyes and let out a long sigh...

"So..."

"You hiding from me, avoiding me, and even directly admitting to using me and guiding me to resent you to my face... was also so that when this moment arrived, I wouldn't be as in pain as you were back then?"