The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 700 Amos on Another Worldline

"Are you awake, Ellie?"

A somewhat familiar voice came from "Ai Lei".

Annan immediately noticed that Ai Lei was under the quilt.

So he didn't directly open the quilt and sit up, but shrank back inside again, and at the same time opened his eyes to look around.

That was Amos.

A young man in his early 30s with short brown hair and dark blue pupils.He was carefully grooming his beard with an electric razor in front of the mirror, and when he heard Ai Lei's voice, he stopped the razor on his own.

Amos turned and looked over with a relaxed and happy smile on his face.

——That was a completely different look from Amos in the gallery nightmare.

Amos, the painter in the nightmare, is filled with an aura that no one can get close to.Even when facing his daughter Ai Lei, he didn't have anything good to say, instead he sighed again and again, his expression was painful and tangled, his face was stubbled and his hair was messy... he felt very sad.

But today's Amos is not only smiling, but also has a very fashionable hairstyle, and is even humming a little song happily.

It seemed to be a short piece of opera I heard from somewhere recently.I even forgot the lyrics thoroughly, so I could only hum at random with my five-tone incompleteness.But it can also be seen that he is in a very happy mood.

"Don't stay up late, Allie. Your schedule is too unhealthy."

After shaving his beard, Amos walked over while slapping lotion on his face, stood in front of the huddled quilt and said dissatisfiedly: "You want to watch the animation at 08:30 in the morning, so why don't you go to bed earlier.

"That's 08:30, not 06:3005:30. You go to bed early and get up early, and it's the same after breakfast... Are you listening, Ellie?"

"Oh……"

"Ai Lei" huddled under the quilt, making a vague sleepy sound, and did not respond positively.

Amos sighed helplessly, but did not get angry.

He just asked: "Yesterday your mother's world tour ended, and she said she would be home tonight... I have a business trip, and I probably won't be back in two or three days. If you don't go to bed early tonight, Just don't go out and stay at home to listen to the door.

"She should be back around midnight... Did you hear that?"

"Wow."

The quilt made a low humming sound.

"Then I'll take it for you to hear it?"

Amos also smiled in a good-tempered manner, patted the quilt curled up into a ball, and said briskly: "I'll bring you a gift when I come back...I'll bring you delicious food? And records...what else do you want? "

"……casual."

"Casual is the worst gift to give."

The man thought about it seriously for a while, as if he suddenly thought of something: "Ah, I remembered - it seems that you mentioned it on your birthday, asking your father to draw a portrait of you?

"I'm sorry, but at that time, I also wanted to draw for you. But that day I waited for you at home for a long time, and you went out to play. Then when you came home, I was already on a business trip... I thought, since Your birthday has passed, why don't I draw it for you next time on the Holy Day of Javon.

"I think...Since it is a portrait painted by your father, there must be emotions in it, and it is an unrepeatable treasure. I will draw the process of drawing this painting as a sacrifice to Jawon. I think Jawon will be very happy Happy. That would be the best sacrifice.

"But if you want, I'll draw it for you when Dad comes back."

Amos smiled gently, and patted the quilt that swelled into a ball: "Compared with Yawon's reward, Ai Lei is indeed more important.

"Well, I'm going. Goodbye—"

He said... Picking up the suitcase that he had already packed, he walked towards the gate.

After he left for a long time, Allie slowly got out of the quilt.

Her blond hair was fluffy and messy, and there were very clear tear stains on her face.

She wept quietly and silently.

——Although Annan controls Ai Lei's body now, Ai Lei can still hear and see.

"Is that what you want, Ellie?"

Annan's voice sounded low and deep.

The voice made by Ellie's body was low and soft...as gentle as a mother.

【……Yes.sorry……】

"...There's nothing to say sorry about."

【I don't know, but I just want to say that...and, thank you】

Hearing the pitiful voice in her heart, "Ai Lei" raised her eyebrows.

"What did you say when you were on your last week?"

【...I had a fight with Amos】

"What are you arguing with him..."

[I, I also... I don't know... But, I suddenly felt that Amos was back, and I was very flustered... I actually didn't want to argue with him, but I didn't know what to say, and my emotions were very confused , so... he didn't understand what I meant in the end, but he apologized to me and left quietly... I, I just...]

In the bottom of her heart, Ai Lei's voice was intermittent and gradually filled with tears.

Hey……

Annan sighed deeply.

Still a little girl.

Because the emotions in her heart are too complex - joy, panic, admiration, remembrance, worry... Many emotions are intertwined, and Ailei lacks sufficient expressive ability, instead she becomes angry without root.

"...It's better to say that Amos didn't quarrel with you, which means that he has a really good temper here."

【Amos actually...he used to have a good temper...】

Ai Lei's weak voice sounded from the bottom of her heart with a little grievance.

【It's just that after his progress speed stopped suddenly, he gradually became irritable... he was okay with me and my mother, but he became more and more angry with outsiders... and he found fault for no reason...】

That's because it was the first time for a genius with smooth sailing to encounter a threshold that he couldn't cross with his talent.

But you two are pretty much alike—albeit not related at all.

But at least as far as my emotions start to get messed up, I start to quarrel with someone... It's really the same line.

Annan thought for a while, then whispered:

"Then you can think of it this way...Since Amos has always had a good temper and talent. Why did he suddenly encounter the threshold of talent?"

【...For, why? 】

"Reminiscent of that time, Lord Skeleton had already appeared in Frozen Water Harbor—His destination was clear from the very beginning. That is the Frozen Water Port where you and Amos are... So, can you put The reason why Amos' talent is stagnant can be attributed to Skeletal Lord?"

[Actually, is there such a reason... Is this true? 】

Of course it's fake.

There is no evidence, only the superficial connection, and the reason is attributed to one point-this is a typical imposed cause and effect, which can be called Kogoro Mori's level of reasoning.

Annan naturally knew this too.

But so what?
The pot on the broken bones is not bad anyway... Since He has to die anyway, why not let Ai Lei, a completely innocent little girl, weep alone because of the injustice of fate and immerse herself in the old days? Unable to extricate herself from the shadows, it is better to let her understand - this is all the fault of Mr. Skull.

Then when Mr. Skeleton hiccups, "the enemy is dead, the great revenge has been avenged"... the shadow that has been entangled in her heart will be released.

This can be regarded as what Gonggu Gong can do, one of the few contributions.

and……

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Who can say that this must be "groundless speculation"?

(End of this chapter)