Four Split Personalities

Heather looked calmly into Richard Ryan’s eyes and said word by word, "As for hating you for a lifetime, you’re right. I should hate you for a lifetime, and indeed I have hated you for a lifetime."

Richard clenched his fist, "Then why do you..."

"Six hours."

Heather gracefully picked up a piece of bread and held it up to Richard’s mouth. It wasn’t until he finally took a reluctant bite that she said with a smile, "Ever since you left, every minute and every second I was hating you, hating why you made me go to die, hating why you regarded the defense line more important than me, hating why you regarded Hei Fan more important than me, hating why you regarded this world more important than me, and just like this... I hated you for a full six hours."

Richard, who almost choked on the bread, gasped for breath and angrily said, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"What I mean is, I truly hated you for a lifetime."

Heather smiled gently, leaning down to help Richard wipe the bread crumbs from his mouth, "After that, what remained in my heart was only pride..."

"Pride...?"

"I’m proud of you, proud of myself who loves you deeply and is also deeply loved by you, proud of once being placed on the same scale with the world by you, proud of everything you’ve achieved."

"I..."

"I’m proud of a notorious flirt like you who never got married, even avoided a beauty like me who came knocking at your door."

"You..."

"I’m proud of a mere weakling who managed to hide from me for twenty years, only to be caught by me three years ago, and was so easily pushed down by me at such an old age, hmm, five stars review."

"Hey..."

"I’m sorry."

"Eh?"

"I wasn’t apologizing to you. You haven’t done a single thing in the past forty years worth apologizing for. I was just repeating the words I should have said the day you left."

"Heather..."

"So, are you willing to forgive me? Are you willing... to stop hating the self that makes you proud?"

"But I..."

"Look into my eyes, Richard. We are both not young anymore, so let’s stop avoiding it, shall we? I’m tired, aren’t you tired? If you have so much energy, wouldn’t it be better spent where it’s needed?"

"..."

"Let’s do it again, this time, we both speak our hearts."

"What?"

"General Laine!"

Heather suddenly stood up, standing like a javelin in front of Richard. Despite the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, despite the pink apron she was wearing, despite the lingering bread crumbs in her hand, in this moment, Richard saw her transform back into the wild rose clad in war armor, standing silently amidst the flames of war.

Instinctively, he also stood up, like that defiant and unruly Lion General who couldn’t hold his head up high in front of that one rose.

"Now, tell me your orders!"

"Heather..."

"Orders!"

"Heather... Hess Winterfang, Captain."

"Yes, General!"

"Your deputy officer position has been rescinded, effective forty years ago."

"Yes, General!"

"I... I order you..."

"Continue!"

"To die for me."

"Yes, General! I love you, General! Nothing, including death, can stop me from loving you, General! You can only belong to me, General!"

"Ha... Haha... Hahaha..."

The next moment, the old "Iron Lion" collapsed onto the sofa, laughing heartily.

Looking at the woman before him with reddened eyes, beautiful yet no longer young, looking at the woman with a smile brighter than anyone else’s—

Richard Ryan’s old tears were streaming, and he cried like a child.

Chapter One thousand two hundred and seventy-six: End

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