Chapter 34

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Translator: MysticRain

-The Finale

In 1945, the US and Soviet armies joined forces in the Elbe River. At the same time, the Soviets stormed Berlin and at the end of the month, Hitler committed suicide and the Soviets seized Berlin.

On May 8th, Germany formally signed the document of unconditional surrender.

This summer was a carnival of summer. At the end of the war, it seemed like a grand festival, people were crazy because of joy, and celebrated with all their might, even this small village had also been much more lively.

Except one, a man who was silent all along……

No one knew who he was, not even he, himself. Those who had lived with him had all been killed in a massacre.

He was the only one left……

The only one….

It sounded very lucky, but it was actually very cruel……

However, everyone said he was a legend.

Because when he was found, he was thrown into the Allied army barrack, his eyes were wrapped in thick gauze, with a large stack of money and a very old black film around his belt.

When the military doctor examined the wound for him, he was surprised to find that he had just finished the operation and the result was very good.

It was hard to believe/incredible that anyone in this remote village had such skills other than the military doctor.

However, it was a little pity that he had forgotten who performed the surgery on him or to speak, he had no memory at all.

He had taken a medicine, it was a kind of white powder that taken too much will kill, and taken a little, although there was no life-threatening, but……it will damage his memory center……

The military doctor said: You must be the German prisoner, your hands were smashed and the vessels of your legs were cut off. Only the Germans can do such a cruel thing.

He listened but said nothing. He seemed to have done little to respond to those speculations. Even, there was no response at all……

Most of the time, he liked to sit alone in a corner quietly, and played the old record over and over again, with only one song in the whole film——《Moonlight》.

An ordinary but very warm tune……

Occasionally, he would sit in front of the mirror and look into those eyes that do not belong to him. Everyone said that these were beautiful and clear eyes, just like the Austrian lake, quiet and deep.

For some reason, whenever it saw his figure, tears would fell involuntarily.

And then, inexplicably, he would feel very sad, very sad……

He felt that he must have seen these eyes somewhere and that they were so familiar, but somehow he could not remember them……

Therefore, after his injury was healed, he chose to leave.

In fact, he was at a loss, he didn’t know where to go. However, as if in the dark there was a voice calling him, he unconsciously pushed his wheelchair……

At last, he stopped in front of a shabby house, he bought it without hesitation after seeing it for the first time.

The price of the house was rather low, and it was said that it was because a German officer had killed himself in it and that there was a ruined grave in the yard behind the house, where the man lay quietly.

It was strange that although people in the village were always afraid of this house, he had a long-lost feeling of intimacy to it. He was old and his only wish was to spend the rest of his life quietly in this place that kept him warm.

It doesn’t matter if no one comes to visit……

Because he doesn’t feel alone……

Behind him, it seemed that there was a figure always lingered, a figure that he can’t forget but finally had forgotten.

As for the past, he only knew that he was in love with a man named Gein, the man who carved his name on the ring of his third finger on his left hand……

And for the rest of the time, his memory was still a huge blank……

An ordinary life, day after day, year after year…….

Until one fine afternoon many years later, he was suddenly tired. The warm sunlight shone on his body, and he lay asleep in his reclining chair while playing the song 《Moonlight》.

Vaguely, he seemed to see himself playing the piano in a dream, and the boy beside him made him feel so familiar……

“Alpha….you…..do you remember?……”

Very abrupt, at the moment the voice fell, all of his memory that was lost returned to him.

Slowly turned his head, the always blurry figure gradually cleared, like a thick fog, he finally saw his smile, the smile that was more brilliant than the sun.

“Alpha…..it’s….time……”

After he said that, he slowly stretched out his right hand……

In fact, he had been guarding by his side, just…to wait for this moment……

He thought he should know who the owner of these eyes was. He gazed at the person in front of him for a long time, and walked towards him with a smile……

Two days later, someone accidentally discovered that the man who was always alone had died.

No one knew when he had left, but the corners of his mouth revealed a faint smile. Everyone thought he had obtained happiness.

The only puzzling thing was that——in the process of sorting out the remains, the film, which had been placed on the record, had no sound at all……

That was right, he left, taking along all his love and the song Moonlight, which will always belong to them…..

But….as long as you stand on this beautiful land, and listen carefully, you will find that in the gentle breeze, there was always an ordinary and beautiful melody mixed in it……

They….had never….gone……

THE END

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