The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

He stared at the young man in front of him, whom he had only met for a day, but yet felt inexplicably familiar and close to him, and revealed his true feelings.

They have words that they can only speak to each other.

Black Key noticed the change in the atmosphere and realized that what Bai Ke said next should be related to the secret between the two, so he cast a silencing spell on the surroundings to ensure that the conversation between the two would not be eavesdropped.

Bai Chuo pondered for a while and said slowly:

"Ever since I was very young, I've known that there was something unusual about my constitution."

"Some infected people's condition will get worse if they stay with me for a long time... Because of this, my grandfather and I were kicked out of the place where we lived at the time and started wandering between villages."

"But I have always thought that not all infected people will be affected by me, and as long as they don't get along for a long time, it won't be a problem... This is what my grandpa told me."

Bai Chao smiled bitterly.

"But grandpa's illness finally got worse and worse, and my first fantasy was shattered."

……

After listening to Bai Chuo's words, Black Key looked embarrassed and opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't utter a word of comfort.

He felt a little ashamed when he looked at the young man in front of him who was similar in age to him but had a completely different life trajectory.

He felt that the indignation he had expressed in the past was nothing more than unnecessary moaning compared to what the other party had experienced.

The Earl of Utica, he thought that it would be the greatest shame for him to sit in Utica like a vase and receive some ridicule and insults.

He yearned for the freedom outside the tower, but was it really as beautiful as he imagined?

He used to fantasize about how happy life on the ground would be.

But after looking at the white chalk in front of him and all the living beings on the road, he understood...

The Count of Utica on the tower was deprived of only his freedom.

And there are more people on the earth who have nothing but freedom.

……

Facing Black Key's silence, hesitating to speak, and the pity in his eyes, Bai Chao shook his head.

"No, Black Key, I am telling you this not to gain your pity, nor to refute the suffering you suffered in the past."

"I do not deny that earthly sounds have brought us untold suffering."

"I do not deny that the life of an earl, who has been subjected to insults and contempt, is indeed unfortunate."

"I don't deny that my precarious wandering experience is indeed tragic."

"But the Black Keys..."

Bai Chuo looked directly into Black Key's somewhat evasive eyes.

"But I don't agree... I will never agree to use these words to define my life."

Chapter 358 Black Snake: I am not only your mother, I am also your brother!

"...By the way, Black Key, you haven't told me your real name yet. Even when you were a child, you didn't seem to tell me your name."

After all, in the heavy and depressing atmosphere at that time, how could two children be allowed to chat with each other?

After Bai Ke finished describing the first half of his and his grandfather's wandering life, a faint smile appeared on his face again.

That was not a forced smile, but Bai Luo felt from the bottom of his heart that he was really lucky.

At least, he still has a grandfather who loves him... No matter what the other person's identity is, the past care and day-to-day relationship cannot be faked.

Bai Ke is a smart person. After recovering his memory, he certainly realized that even though he was a fish that slipped through the experiment, how could the queens really trust themselves to walk freely on this land?

But so what?

Even if his grandfather is really the Queen's spy, so what?

The two of them have been dependent on each other for more than ten years. Even though his grandfather knew that staying by his side would worsen the Originium disease, he never abandoned him.

……

"I don't want to use the same last name as that person, just like you are now called Chalk... From now on, I will be called Black Key."

Looking at the optimistic Bai Chao, Black Key breathed a sigh of relief.

So he also told Bai Ke about his experiences in recent years.

Although Black Key deliberately downplayed the people and things he had previously hated, because he felt that in front of Bai Luo who lived a wandering life, the troubles suffered by Earl Utica who was under house arrest in the tower did not seem worth talking about. talk.

But Bai Chuo doesn't think that the other person's life is easier than his own.

Even if the black key is understated, the sensitive Bai Chao can still detect some specific details in the other person's life...the sharp knife behind the attentive smile; the traps contained in fine wine and food; the disgust in the disguise of praise and flattery.

Although Bai Chuo's life is very difficult, in most cases, his kindness will be rewarded... The kind-hearted villagers will give him food, and Sakota, who meets him by chance, also teaches him the skills of teaching cello, and the dependent people will be rewarded... Grandpa never left him.

But what about the black keys?

Whether he resists or obeys, resists or accepts, he can only face all aspects of malice and indifference in the small tower.

Until Gertrude's arrival, this was the only way the young Earl of Utica could live.

His eyes were blinded and his ears were blocked... His knowledge of everything outside the tower was limited to books and fragmented memories.

With Gertrude's intervention, the Earl of Utica's restrictions did diminish, but they still existed.

After all, he was still a blood relative of the Witch King.

……

Bai Chuo listened quietly to Black Key's words without making any comments.

Just like he doesn't define his own life through misery, Bai Chuo will never easily define the lives of others.

But well...

'Did he mention Lady Gertrude several times? '

Chalk also knew Lady Gertrude.

After all, since he and his grandfather moved to Xizhao District, Bai Ke must have contact with the neighbors... After so many years, he has also summarized some rules.

It seems that only if he stays in the same place long enough, the earthly sounds in his body will affect the infected people around him.

Most of the residents of the Sunset District were full of praise for Ms. Gertrude, and the ditty praising the Lord of Vesselheim could be heard in the streets and alleys.

Although he has never met the other person in person, combined with Black Key's narration, a full-fledged character image gradually emerges from Bai Chao's mind.

First, the most well-known [Lady] [Pelo] [Earl] [Tall] [Beautiful]...

Then there are the little-known [Insomnia] [Guardian of Count Utica] [Workaholic] [Asylum of Sunset Zone]...

At last……

Bai Chuo felt a little dizzy.

Some inexplicable information with no source at all emerged in my mind one by one, and the image of Gertrude became more and more refined and complete.

[Collector of the Witch King’s Works] [Parricide] [Researcher of Leitanian Classical Source Stone Techniques]…

He felt that the information in his mind was constantly increasing and combining, and logical chains from unknown sources were supporting his speculation about Gertrude's image.

But...why can he be so sure?Obviously those characteristics are not very obvious and lack supporting evidence.

It was definitely not the impression given to him by the songs coming from the pubs and alleys.

No, there was more important information that he didn't 'guess' out.

Gertrude in Bai Chao's mind slowly opened her eyes, and the outside was full of cracks like a container on the verge of breaking.

Through the cracks, one can see that an unknown dark substance exuding a strange aura is eager to gush out in those cracks.

'His...his...his...'

In Chalk's eyes, those dark substances looked more like some kind of black life form than ink.

A life form composed of densely packed black worms.

And Gertrude…

It's just a container that has been emptied out long ago.

……

"...Are you feeling unwell?"

Black Key was a little flustered.

Because in front of him, his brother, the strong and optimistic young man, suddenly frowned, lying on the table with his head in his hands, his face twisted, as if he was in great pain.

So he hurriedly removed the silence spell, took out the communicator and tried to contact the hospital... But when the other party heard about Bai Chao's symptoms and that this was the sunset area, he started to prevaricate.

After all, Xizhao District is an area where infected people gather!

No one was sure whether it was an infected person on the verge of exploding.

It is useless to ask the people present... Since the other party is calling the hospital, he undoubtedly wants the hospital's help, so there is no way to ensure the authenticity of the other party's words.

Faced with the receptionist's rejection, Black Key suppressed his anger and said coldly:

"You mean, you're going to ignore a friend of a nobleman until death?"

"...Who are you?"

As soon as he heard the noble, the voice on the other side obviously became a little hesitant.

And a second later, a voice was obviously different from the first one, and the receptionist who looked more composed answered the question without missing a beat.

"Please forgive us for our previous rudeness, dear sir. We will send the hospital's most professional medical staff to pick up the patient as quickly as possible."

But then, the other person said with reservation:

"Of course, please understand. After all, the transportation between Gaoting District and Xizhao District is a bit cumbersome, and..."

Black Key can no longer listen to it.

He had heard similar words too many times... When he was under house arrest in the tower, the servants and agents used a similar tone when they refused any request he made.

But Black Key is not a person who doesn't know how to adapt.Looking at the increasingly painful look on Bai Luo's face, and hearing the sincerity and perfunctory tone on the other side, Black Key's anger was rising at an unreasonable speed.

'Damn dammit dammit! '

'If he has any loss...'

The auditory hallucinations haunted Black Key's ears again, accompanied by severe pain.

Looking at Bai Chuo holding his head, Black Key seemed to be vaguely aware of something.

'It is the sound of the earth...'

He fell to the ground in pain and dropped the communicator in his hand.

Before closing his eyes, he seemed to see an orange-haired Elafia man hurriedly walking towards Bai Chao and himself.

Chapter 359 The unreasonable Party A: Is it difficult to handle? Then don’t do it!

Looking at the unconscious Black Key and Bai Chao, Czerny felt that he had been very unlucky recently.

First, the funders who used to only care about results suddenly began to interfere in the specific arrangements of the concert... and their attitude was unquestionable.

"Difficult? Then don't do it."

Gertrude's cold words before were like a stone, weighing heavily on Czerny's heart.

That unreasonable woman didn't care at all what price Czerny paid to invite those aristocrats and high-minded critics... She must make the white keys and black keys the focus of the concert, and must let them stand in the C position Show up.

'(Laitania swears) Do we have to gild them now? '

Czerny cursed Gertrude in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

He was able to survive until now entirely because Gertrude was willing to buy him medicine, and the ownership of the Sunset Hall building was also in the hands of the other party... He resisted because his reserve as a musician did not allow for two Bastards show up at their own concerts and ruin their own work.

However, it is not impossible.

If this was the case, Czerny could only hold his nose and admit it, and comfort himself in his heart. At least those two young men still had a foundation... As long as they polished patiently, they might not be unable to meet his standards.

But because his previous refusal was too absolute, he couldn't lose face by inviting him now... So he wore casual clothes and waited in another part of the cafe to find another opportunity.

But if you wait, something will go wrong.