Chapter 7: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Faint Star 3
no!
Not yet!
When Norn walked out of the portal for the umpteenth time, he seemed to have lost all his strength and leaned against the wall.
The crying and shouting from inside the door continued, and the sobbing sounds were like sharp thorns, piercing his heart and making it bleed.
He covered his chest in pain, listening to the voices calling "Norn" from inside, and felt like his breathing was about to stop.
His magical master was inside calling for help, but he was powerless to do anything.
There has never been a moment when he hated the ability he had, which was the Anywhere Door. If it were any one of the three of Tian Yifeng, they wouldn't encounter such a situation, right?
He recalled how anxious he felt when he received the call in the classroom just now. At that time, he even forgot his skill of using the Anywhere Door. He did not even bother to say a word to Tian Yifeng and the others, and ran here directly in the rain.
But what would be the use even if he ran over as soon as possible?
The door of the school history exhibition hall was locked from the outside. No matter how many times he tried to enter, he always ended up in strange places such as the grove, the castle, and the gymnasium. The other side of the door where he really wanted to go seemed to be separated by the entire Pacific Ocean and he could never reach it.
Yes, who made his hand never reach the door he wanted to go to? The medical laboratory had its windows open last time, but because of the heavy rain, the school history exhibition hall even had its windows closed, blocking his last way in.
"Noen, are you kidding me? You're clearly outside! I heard your voice, I'm so scared, can you open the door?"
The voices inside became lower and lower, and seemed to be gradually losing their vitality.
"No, sorry, I can't."
He murmured, his heart in a knot. Under his rain-soaked hair, his eyes filled with pain seemed like a frozen polar sea, sealing off all his emotions.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the strong wind blowing through the woods sounded like crying. The sound in the exhibition hall had not been heard for a long time, and the surrounding silence was frightening.
I always feel like something bad is going to happen.
"I can't go on like this. I have to try again."
Suddenly, he raised his head, and courage reappeared in his gloomy eyes.
Yes, try again, maybe you will succeed this time!
So he stood up and rushed towards the wall, rushing in without even waiting for the door to open completely.
“Hua La La—”
Heavy rain was pouring down on his head, and the next moment he found himself standing on the playground.
no!
Again!
library?
no!
Again!
The rooftop of the teaching building?
no!
Again!
Medical laboratory?
no!
Again!
…
Time and again, he traveled through every corner of the Avery Academy. Once he even appeared in an abandoned classroom and saw the annoying Aikechi sleeping on the desk.
But before being discovered by the other party, he had already slipped away quickly.
He was a dangerous person, he felt instinctively. He must not let him know that his magic master was trapped in the school history museum, otherwise...
What could have happened otherwise? He had no time to think about it. He only knew that when he returned to the door of the school history exhibition hall, a scream suddenly came from inside, and then the sound of glass breaking was heard at the same time, followed by Bai Jie Ni's cry of pain.
"Ah! It's bleeding!"
"Wuwu... Norn, come and save me!"
"Wow... Lucky star, you're all I have now, who'll save me?"
Lucky Star…
His body stiffened, and the movement that was about to rush forward again froze in an instant, and then a sense of frustration enveloped his head.
The arbitrary door also failed.
What should I do? What should I do?
He kept pacing back and forth at the door.
Should we call Tian Yifeng and the others? But we are still in class. By the time they arrive, it might be too late. Didn’t the person inside just say that he was bleeding?
She is hurt!
This realization was like a raging fire, instantly burning his sanity to ashes.
Never mind, it seems like the only thing I have to do is go find that guy!
Having made up his mind, he ran quickly towards the empty classroom where he had just seen Ai Keqi.
As long as he can rescue her, he will do anything even if he is misunderstood!
In the empty corridor, only a series of hurried footsteps were left.
The rain outside the window slowly stopped.
It hurts! It hurts so much! Why does it hurt so much?
My whole body felt as if I had been beaten severely by someone. My left ankle was burning, my throat seemed to be congested, and I couldn't even lift my hands.
But what hurts the most is my heart, as if something very sad had happened before.
I opened my eyes suddenly, and the first thing I saw was the white ceiling of the room, and the smell of disinfectant filled my nose. I tried to raise my arm, but found a long IV tube inserted into it.
"Huh? Are you awake?"
A surprised voice sounded from a distance.
I turned my head with difficulty and saw Ai Keqi walking in with a thermos bottle. When he saw that I opened my eyes, he put the thermos bottle on the ground and ran to the bed in two or three steps.
"How is it? Is there any pain?" He lowered his head and asked me with concern. Without waiting for my answer, he started talking to himself, "Oh, you're really lucky. The nurse said that if the glass fragment had moved a little more to the left, it might have injured your tendons and veins. In that case, you would have to stay in bed for at least a month. Now it's okay, it just pierced the muscle. You can go to class after the wound heals..."
Wounds? Broken glass?
Maybe it was because I had just woken up, but as I looked at Aikeqi's mouth opening and closing, I always felt like I had forgotten something.
what is it then?
"Haha! Bai Jie Ni, you are so timid. If I hadn't arrived in time, you might have fainted in the exhibition hall. Fortunately, I was brave enough to carry you all the way to the hospital. What do you think? Do you think I'm handsome?"
Ai Keqi, who directed and acted in the film himself, didn't get a response from me, but he posed with a beaming expression, as if to say "quickly thank me".
Exhibition hall? Hospital?
I finally remembered.
Yao Shanshan punished me to clean the school history exhibition hall, but the lights inside were broken, it was dark and scary, I called Norn to come and save me, he was clearly outside the door, but he didn't show up until I was injured, and the one who came to save me in the end was...
I looked at Ai Keqi who was boasting about himself and said softly, "Thank you."
"Ah? Haha! You're welcome!"
As if sensing my low mood, Ai Keqi tried to make me happy by acting funny all the time, but I couldn't laugh at all.
"Aikeqi." I called him softly, and then asked in a whisper under his puzzled look, "Where is Norn? Has Norn never shown up?"
"Noen?" The smile on Aikeqi's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at me with complicated eyes , as if he wanted to see through my heart.
I turned my head away uncomfortably to avoid his gaze, but kept waiting for his answer.
Yeah, Norn.
Before I fainted, I clearly heard Aikeqi say that Norn had asked him to come, but I didn't see Norn. I had to ask him in person, if he still cared about me, why didn't he come to save me.
Ai Keqi remained silent, and the bubble of hope in my heart slowly burst.
It turns out that I’m not that important after all?
Is it true that until now, I am still not as good as a hot pepper in Norn's eyes? Even if I have fallen in love with him, it doesn't make any difference to him, right?
Norn... doesn't like me.
I smiled at myself, hot tears rolled down from the corners of my eyes and dripped onto the white pillow.
"Noen..." Ai Keqi's voice finally rang out, but it sounded so hesitant. "I don't know what happened to him. When he asked me to save you, he was so anxious that he was soaked all over. But when I rescued you, he disappeared again."
Seeing my tears, he paused and said, "Maybe he left because of something important. Don't cry! Norn...he just didn't show up, but he still cares about you!"
Care about me?
So can't you even see me when I need you the most?
Does he know that he was the first person I thought of in such a terrifying situation?
Does he know that I may have fallen in love with him? Not just the love for the research subject, but the love for him as a person.
He doesn't know.
He is an alien, who can understand him? How can he understand me?
But I couldn't control my heart and fell in love with an alien without any preparation.
Aikeqi was still whispering something in my ear, but I was exhausted both physically and mentally, and gradually fell asleep with deep sadness and confusion.
Where should I go in the future?
