Collapse Iron: My Past Life Revealed, I Was Everyone's White Moonlight

That familiar silhouette instantly stung Liu Ying's eyes.

Because it was something...that she was very familiar with.

Liu Ying's pupils suddenly contracted. Her body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.

It was a pure white mask.

A mask she knew all too well...

She won't admit her mistake.

That was something Sam never parted with.

It was the only symbol of that man in her memory...

But now...

It lay alone, stained with blood, in the cold ruins at its feet.

"..."

The firefly stood there blankly, as if it had been frozen in place.

Everything around us seemed to have stopped.

The sound of the wind, the faint sound of explosions in the distance... everything disappeared.

All that remained in her world was that glaring, blood-stained white mask.

Why...

Is it here?

Why...

There might be blood on it?

Looking at that blood-stained white mask.

A terrible thought, one she had never dared to consider, surfaced in her mind like the most vicious curse.

Do not……

No...

Sam, brother...

How could he possibly...?

She trembled as she crouched down, her hand reaching laboriously toward the mask.

He carefully lifted the mask as if it were the most precious treasure in the world.

There were no bodies.

Only this cold mask.

And... the dried blood on it.

When the cold touch came from her fingertips, Liu Ying shuddered.

She stared at the cracks and bloodstains on the mask, her mind blank.

She remembered the sudden hug from her brother Sam before she left for war.

She remembered his words, "Fly higher and farther."

She remembered the deep sorrow in his eyes, a sorrow she couldn't decipher.

original……

It turns out that wasn't a farewell.

That was... a farewell.

"Thump."

Firefly could no longer hold on, and her knees buckled as she collapsed onto the cold ruins.

She opened her mouth wide, wanting to shout, wanting to cry.

But it felt like there was a wad of cotton stuck in my throat, and I couldn't make a sound.

She could only hold that cold mask tightly, as if trying to integrate it into her very bones.

Tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes, mingling with the dust on her face and leaving messy tear tracks.

"fraud……"

"You...big liar..."

You promised to wait for me to come back...

We promised to go see the flower fields together after the war...

You promised to protect me, just like your name suggests...

You promised to let me pilot "Sam" and take you all over the universe...

It's all... a lie.

It's all... a lie.

The Queen is asleep.

The empire collapsed.

just now.

Even Sam, the only person in the world who loved her and cared about her, was gone.

She had once dreamed of a future where she would stroll with him through a sea of ​​flowers after the war ended.

All the beautiful visions she had imagined about the future.

At this moment.

Along with this blood-stained mask... it shattered into pieces.

Nothing... is gone.

She could only bury her face deep into the mask in her arms and cry.

"Sam...brother..."

"Firefly... I can't feel you anymore..."

……

In the sky.

The girl's desperate cries were clearly broadcast live to every corner of the universe.

It pierced the heart of every viewer like a needle.

The audience finally understood.

Sam... no, I should say Lu Li did it.

As he said before, no one knows what will happen in a war.

In the end, he died saving the Queen.

And then.

He announced his death to the fireflies with a mask that had survived the ravages of war.

But because we don't know what he looks like.

Fireflies may feel sadness, but they cannot find a figure similar to them.

They didn't even know his body was right next to them.

And without knowing the truth.

As time goes by, the pain caused by his death... will eventually fade away, right?

Fireflies will slowly emerge from the shadows and embark on a new life.

And at that time.

Fireflies... are truly free.

Kosam... Lu Li.

He remained forever in front of the palace, gazing at the sky, waiting for the girl he would never see again.

He accompanied the sleeping queen into eternal slumber...

Countless viewers could no longer hold back and wept uncontrollably along with the girl in the sky.

Luofu, Changletian.

Under the roof.

Kafka looked at the girl in the sky who was crying while holding a mask, took a deep breath, and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.

She murmured softly, "This is... the real hell..."

Being deceived, betrayed, or even death is not scary.

The most terrifying thing is... giving you the most beautiful hope in the world and then crushing it bit by bit with your own hands.

Holding onto that last vestige of warmth, you plunge into a despair deeper and darker than before.

And wasn't she the same?

Jingliu looked at the girl kneeling alone in the ruins in the sky, crying her heart out.

The jealousy and wariness I once felt towards her have now turned into deep pity and sympathy.

She...understands that feeling all too well.

The kind of excruciating pain that comes from losing the only light in one's life...

Bai Heng stood to the side.

Although I felt the same sadness as the fireflies weeping in the sky.

but……

She glanced at the silent Kafka, then at the silent Kagami.

One last look at the weeping fireflies in the sky...

Bai Heng sniffed and tilted his head.

Is it just my imagination?

For some reason, I suddenly felt excluded...

……

at the same time.

On the rooftop not far away.

In reality, the firefly looks at the image of herself in the sky, clutching a mask and crying until she almost faints.

She stopped crying.

Because the tears... seem to have all been shed.

Those once clear eyes are now dull and lifeless, filled only with a deathly stillness.

yes……

At that time, because of that blood-stained mask, after confirming Sam's death, it felt as if her whole life had been plunged into darkness.

For her in the past, his death was inevitable.

It is an unchangeable...eternal pain.

but……

The firefly raised its head, its gaze piercing through the barriers of space and landing on the distant rooftop.

The familiar yet unfamiliar figure surrounded by three women.

Deep within that once lifeless gaze, a tiny flame was quietly igniting.

Because of it... she learned what Sam's brother really looked like!

Brother Sam... no.

Lu Li...

She finally understood why she felt inexplicably familiar when she saw Lu Li in front of Sichen Palace.

She couldn't believe there could be two people in the world who were so similar.

Unless it is...

"Reincarnation..." Liu Ying murmured.

I once missed you.

I once lost you.

But now... things are different.

This time, I've found you.

therefore……

Even if it burns everything I own, even if it means becoming an enemy of the world.

this time.

I will never let you slip away from me again!

Looking at Lu Li, who was surrounded by three women in the distance, a determined look flashed in the girl's eyes.

But at the same time.

Looking at Lu Li in the distance.

Liu Ying suddenly remembered the scene in Si Chen Palace where Lu Li tried to avoid Yan Qing's forceful kiss on Kafka.

And she also watched the first scene of the sky curtain.

Not to mention Kafka, who took great care of him after saving him in space.

Therefore, she naturally knew about the relationship between Kaffa and Lu Li, and also knew about Kaffa's "importance" of Lu Li.

Not to mention Jing Liu and Bai Heng from the second act of the Heavenly Curtain...

This doesn't mean she'll give up easily.

but……

Looking at that familiar figure in the distance.

A strange sense of bitterness and loss crept into her heart.

He doesn't even know her yet.

But he already has so many important people around him?

He used to only have himself...

……