blogombal Chapter 324 First Snow of Autumn
Chapter 324 First Snow of Autumn
Chapter 324 First Snow of Autumn
Tall, slender fir trees rose from the ground.
The gray air enveloped its dark brown surface, creating a somewhat gloomy atmosphere.
Lolotti walked too slowly, but fortunately Lola's steps were not large either, so the two were able to walk side by side.
The Crystal Plaza in the Northern Community is situated in a landscape of undulating frozen soil.
However, the two were not heading to the city, but to a village in the northeast.
Although autumn has not yet arrived, it is already cold enough here, with snow all around, like a cotton-padded coat.
Although he often had second thoughts on the carriage and tried to persuade Lola to return.
But right now, Loloti's gaze was firm.
Lola could tell that he was full of anticipation for what was to come.
"Little Lola—" Lolotti suddenly spoke.
"Um?"
"What should I say if I see her?"
"have no idea."
This has nothing to do with Lola; she couldn't be bothered to think about it for her.
"What if she's upset that I didn't see her? What if—she doesn't remember me anymore, what should I do then—"
Lolotti kept talking, clearly to himself, so Lola ignored him.
The deeper they went, the deeper the snow became, almost covering Lola's thighs.
Although Lolotti was much taller than Lola, he was clearly struggling to walk.
However, he didn't utter a single complaint.
The summer wind can be so cold that it makes people shiver.
Lola regretted not wearing more layers of warm clothing before coming.
Finally, she saw several houses ahead.
However, at this moment, Loloti suddenly stopped.
Hmm—he's starting to agonize again.
Lola really didn't want to waste any more words trying to persuade him, so she simply reached out and grabbed Lolotti's cane.
But she seemed to be in too much of a hurry, and Lolotti fell in the snow.
Lola rushed forward to help.
After Lolo brought it up, she said:
"I understand, little Lola. You've done so much for me, and even for your sake, I must see Horphy today."
It was midday, and the sunlight brought a touch of warmth to this cold land.
That's why several children were playing on the ground.
The houses here are small and the gaps between them are wide, so there is an unusually large area for these children to run around.
"What a lively child!" Lolotti said. "Little Lola—"
"Hmm?" Lola looked up at Lolotti. "I think you could join them."
Lola planned to give old Deng a hard kick in the shin.
"Hahaha," Lolo laughed, "Don't be angry, I was just kidding. Look, aren't those houses short and small?"
Lola looked over, then nodded.
"The northern winds are too merciless because the people in this community usually build their houses underground, leaving only an entrance on the surface."
Lola nodded. She hated the cold and wished she could crawl underground right now to warm up.
But if I actually joined those ignorant kids and ran with them, my body would get warm too! No way! I'm a grown woman, how can I join the kids!
During the conversation, the children spotted Lola and Lolotti.
They gathered around, holding branches:
"Who are you! Are you planning to disturb the ancient ice spirit's beautiful dream?!"
Lolotti said, "We're here to find someone."
The children looked at each other, then put away the branches:
Who are you looking for?
"Hofe," Lolotti answered urgently, "Do you know her?"
The children shook their heads.
Lolo's eyes revealed regret.
However, a girl who looked to be the youngest stepped forward:
"Are you looking for Granny Frog? She's a witch."
Lolo's eyes lit up, and she quickly squatted down:
"That's right, it's her! Where is she?"
The girl seemed terrified, retreating repeatedly and not daring to speak.
"Ugh—" Lola sighed.
This old man really doesn't live up to expectations when it matters.
Lola stepped forward and asked:
Can you tell us?
The girl looked up at Lola: "Sister, do you want to know?"
elder sister?
For some reason, Lola felt very happy.
A smile unconsciously appeared on her face, and she nodded, saying:
"Hmm! Sister wants to know!"
"Grandma Frog lives in my house."
"Can I take him to your house?"
"Does your sister want to go too?"
"Um."
"Then I'll take you there!"
Hearing this, he couldn't help but reach out and pat the girl's head.
This little sister is so cute, and it feels so good to be the older sister.
The little girl took Lola's hand and led them to a small house.
None of the houses here are locked; you can just push the door open and go inside.
The girl pulled open the cellar door and shouted inside:
"Daddy, someone's here looking for Grandma Frog!"
Before long, a man hurriedly climbed up.
He frowned, staring intently at Lola and Lolotti, then asked warily:
"It's not that I don't trust you, but just to be on the safe side, I need to investigate thoroughly. Do you know Grandma Frog's name?"
Loloti replied, "Hofe."
"Ha!" the man laughed. "You really are acquaintances of Granny Horfield!"
Loloti pressed further, "Where is Horphy now?"
"She's dead."
This house is really well designed.
The cold wind was howling outside, making the fir trees look mournful.
But the interior was extremely quiet, as desolate as a dead hill.
Lola suddenly felt very cold.
Loloti, on the other hand, was completely dumbfounded.
Lola looked at Lolotti, and for some reason, she felt a tightness in her chest.
Lolo's eyes were lifeless.
What is he looking at? What is he thinking?
Lola couldn't figure it out, nor did she dare to.
After a long while, Lolotti asked in a hoarse voice:
"When did she die?"
"Two months ago, a group of suspicious people entered the village and were discovered by Granny Hofi. Granny Hofi killed one of them, but was also killed by them."
Lolo closed her eyes.
Lola took a deep breath.
"Who is that person?" Lolo asked.
"I don't know, but they don't seem like good people. By the way, they should have come from the north because we found illegally mined silver ice ore in his body, and we don't know where it was going."
After a while, the man in front of him said:
"May I ask, sir, what is your name?"
"Loloti".
"Ha! It really is you, Grandpa Lolot!"
Lolo was taken aback and quickly asked:
"What do you mean?"
"Grandma Horfie often mentioned you," the man said. "She used to stand on the south side of the village, gazing southwards. Once, out of curiosity, I asked her, 'What's in the south?'"
Grandma Hofi said she had something to look forward to. I asked her what she looked forward to. She said she looked forward to the promise and the person who would keep it.
"I laughed at Grandma Huo Fei back then, saying she would never see the person she was supposed to meet. I was a teenager at the time, and Grandma Huo Fei had lived with us since I was born."
"But Grandma Horfie was very certain, saying she would definitely get her wish. I was curious, so I asked her who she was waiting for."
Grandma Hofi smiled and replied that it was a powerful wizard named Loloti. I then asked, "Is Loloti more powerful than you, Grandma?"
Grandma Hofi laughed heartily. She said that she would never admit to this, that any wizard was extremely competitive, but that was the only wizard she admired.
"Grandma waited and waited until she died, and no one came looking for her. Grandpa Lolo, why were you so heartless? Why didn't you come sooner?"
"I—" Lolotti's back bent even more over than before, "I'm sorry, I should—"
"What right do you have to judge!"
Lola walked up to Lolotti and shouted at the man.
"You don't understand anything at all!"
Keeping quiet is the best option, and Lola is an expert on this.
The man was speechless, then bowed to Lolo:
"I'm sorry, sir, I was a bit too presumptuous. I don't really know much about the things between you and Granny Huo Fei."
"It's alright, you're absolutely right."
"But you still came, even though you couldn't see Grandma one last time. Oh, right, wait for me—"
With that, the man ran down into the cellar.
After a while, the man brought something and handed it to Lolotti:
"After Grandma felt unwell, she left this thing for me, saying that if Luo Luo came looking for her, I should give this to the other party—Grandpa. Grandma Huo Fei firmly believed until the very end that you would come looking for her. Well, Grandma was right."
Loloti took the keepsake left to him by Hofi, which was a dried frog.
Lolo asked about Hofi's burial place and came to the tombstone.
Unable to find flowers, he simply swept the snow away from the tombstone.
Looking at Lolot's strained posture, Lola couldn't help but think that if it were her, she could easily have wiped out the snow.
But she didn't meddle; she simply pressed a patch of snow down and used it as a small stool to sit down.
After a long time, Lolotti finally cleaned it up, then sat down on the ground in front of the tombstone and placed the frog between himself and the tombstone.
Lola asked, "Why did she leave a frog for you?"
"This is not a frog, it is a letter."
"letter?"
Lolo nodded, and then he began to gather his power.
A yellow dot of light gathered between his eyebrows and then floated toward the frog.
Seeing this, Lola immediately understood.
Hofi seems to be adept at inscribing his thoughts into living organisms.
Therefore, Hofee may have left some information in this specially treated frog carcass!
Lolotti is also a wizard skilled in reading minds, which means...
This is a final letter that only Lolotti can understand.
After a long while, the yellow light dissipated, and Lolotti opened his eyes.
His face was filled with sorrow, and he slumped his head helplessly.
Lola asked, "What did she say to you?"
Loloti turned to Lola and forced a smile.
He placed the frog in front of Lola: "See for yourself."
Oh right, Lola remembered that he had taught me all his skills.
Therefore, Laura sought someone who could decipher this "letter".
So, Lola gathered the magical power within her and, like Lolotti, read the letter.
Laura saw the letter, and she also saw the memories left behind by Horphy.
"Hofe, you need to rest!"
"I have to go!"
Huo Fei, whose hair was tied in braids, blushed and struggled to get up, but before she could take a step, she fell to the ground.
A man dressed as a wizard came forward and helped Hoffi to the bed:
"It's snowing, Horphy. You always get sick whenever the weather changes. You need to recover before you can go out."
The weakened Hofi pleaded, "Master, please, take me there!"
"I'm sorry, Horphy, I can't agree to that. Look, you have to go to the Northern Community in half a month. You have a request for the Crystal Plaza there, and I need to make sure you recover before then."
Hofi covered her eyes with her arm, seemingly trying to stop the tears from flowing:
"But this is my promise."
"There's nothing we can do about it; it's snowing, after all."
Why did it have to snow today of all days?
But it was no use; tears eventually slid down her cheekbones.
The next day, Horphy's illness worsened.
The patient's condition finally stabilized on the third day.
But by the fourth day, his condition had not improved.
On the fifth day, Hofi was finally able to speak.
On the sixth day, Hofi regained some of his strength.
Ignoring her master's advice, she left Silver Realm Square and headed towards the agreed-upon stone.
However, there was no one there.
Hofi swept the snow off the stones and sat down on them.
Snowflakes fell on the surface of the sea in the bay, like a silvery-white mirror, it was extremely beautiful.
It would be even more touching if someone could watch it with her.
Despite his illness, Hofi sat on the rock all day.
When they left, even the tears on their faces cooled and froze into icicles.
After that, Horphy came every day, but the person she was waiting for never appeared.
Horphy couldn't blame anyone, because it was she who broke the promise.
She had to head to the agreed-upon location.
Before leaving, she left the location she was going to on that rock, so that it could continue to wait for her.
Then, she arrived at Crystal Plaza.
Huo Feishun, you became the commissioner, but then you remembered the message she left behind.
What if someone follows that agreement and comes here looking for her?
She had already broken her promise once, and she was determined not to break it again.
Therefore, Hoffie stayed at the agreed location.
A day has passed.
Ten days have passed.
Two months have passed.
Five years have passed—
Looking back, Hofi herself couldn't remember how long she had been waiting.
But she firmly believed that the person she was waiting for would return to the originally agreed location and intercept the message she left behind.
Then, they stopped her at Crystal Plaza and took her out from there.
Next, there was a sound—a sound left for Lolotti.
Hofee said:
"I believe you kept your promise that day, which is why I often think about it."
"If I didn't believe you could understand my feelings, I would have made a simpler agreement with you."
"If you can't truly and accurately read my distance, I think you might misread my promise and meet me on the sixth day."
Lola opened her eyes and saw Lolotti stroking the tombstone.
She returned the frog to Lolotti.
Lolotti looked at Lola and said with a smile:
"She was six days late, and spent her whole life atoning for breaking her promise."
"And because I was sixty days late, I lost the chance to see her again in my lifetime."
Looking at Lolotti's dejected shaking head, Lola felt a dull ache in her heart.
It's so boring, so incredibly boring.
This feeling is so strange and uncomfortable.
For some reason, Lola just wanted to say these words:
"Loloti—"
"What's wrong, Lola?"
"sorry."
"Huh? Why are you apologizing?"
"Two months ago, I heard you mention Huo Fei before. If I had stopped you then to find out who Huo Fei was and taken you to stop her, perhaps you could have seen her again. Lolo, I'm sorry, I—"
"-fool,"
Loloti suddenly stood up and hugged Lola. "Why do you need to apologize? I'm already thanking you!"
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have stopped that rock, and I wouldn't have come to this snowy place."
"Although Huo Fei and I ultimately missed each other, knowing that Huo Fei was always waiting for me, and knowing the reason why she stood me up that day, made our regrets for each other meaningful, even though she had been looking forward to my arrival ever since."
"In the end, it was because I wasn't patient enough and wouldn't wait another day, and Heaven wasn't kind enough and wouldn't give her another hundred days."
"But you, Lola, it's not your fault, you're right."
"Lola, thank you. You've given meaning to the regrets between me and Horphy."
"It's so wonderful to have met you, Lola, thank you—"
Lola suddenly felt a stinging sensation in her eyes.
She also reached out and hugged Lolotti.
She remembered the last words Hoffie left behind.
Hofee said:
Crystal Plaza is covered in snow all year round, and I have spent my life in the snow because of it.
I couldn't help but wonder if the snow here was the same snow that caused me to break my promise that autumn?
My life has been imprisoned in the first snow of autumn.