[Aotu World/An Lei] Devoted Until Death

"Cover art courtesy of Dou Yan"

It is said that in the war fifty years ago, there was a genius knight admired by all, known by his people as the "Knight Patriarch," and honored with boundless glory and prestige. Sadly, he later had his heart and right eye cut out for the sake of a remnant of a pirate crew, even going so far as to betray his own side.

Another was the most notorious genius pirate in the pirate crew, but later generations have passed down very little about him.

Anmicius can always see the same scene in his dreams: a child of four or five nearly falls off a cliff, and he saves him. Both their faces are blurry in the dream, making it almost impossible to tell what the child looks like. But strangely, whenever he wakes, he can clearly remember the child's eyes, eyes like a pale purple starry sky, as if they held the stars and the sea within them... Many years later, among the people taking part in the same King of Glory Contest as him, he saw those eyes again.

During that time, Lei Shi did not want to admit that he had fallen for someone like this. On this matter, Anmicius, in a rare show of agreement, felt the same way. He, too, did not want to admit that he had developed strange feelings for a scoundrel...

As they drew closer and closer to the truth, their hearts grew farther and farther apart.

Because fifty years ago, before his death, the Knight Patriarch had laid down this rule in the afterlife: The dead have no right to love or be loved, and cannot feel love.

When the truth finally lifted its veil and their memories slowly returned, they realized that the rumors were right: They had died on the battlefield fifty years ago...

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