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Chapter 29 Past Touches

Aheshes didn't know how he walked back to the room. Aheshe's words filled his brain completely, making Aheshes breathless.

The time traveler in Aisai's mouth traveled over in less than a week and learned about the book of Greed and tried to sign the contract. If he was still alive, he must have been more successful than himself. However, he was determined to go back and did not want to stay in this world to develop, which led to such a result.

But that is definitely not the only time traveler besides yourself. There must be other time travelers scattered all over the world.

Thinking of this, an inexplicable irritation surged into Ehes's heart.

Logically speaking, this is not a bad thing. Meeting people in the world should have more topics, but Ehes is now feeling inexplicably panic and irritable.

It is impossible to sleep anymore. Ehes went to the bathroom to wash his face, sat in front of the desk and prepared to write down his experience in the previous world so that he would not forget it.

However, when I picked up the pen, Ehes didn't know what to write. His previous memories were mixed in his mind like a ball of paste, and all he thought of were fragments.

“Tick.”

Ehes saw a drop of water drop on the notebook, looking up, there was no leaking area, and then looked again, it turned out that it was not water at all, but tears, his own tears.

"The past touches will only bring fear to people." Aihes murmured with his head raised.

"If my carriage can't get in here, just go by yourself." The coachman said in front of a wheat field.

Claire nodded, and after paying the money, Claire walked into the wheat field by himself.

In this hot weather, the wheat fields seemed even more stuffy, but for some reason, Claire is now wearing more heavy clothes than Ehes, that is, Charlotte, and she also wears a hat, but Claire doesn't look sultry at all.

The wheat fields were very big, and they could not even see the end at first glance. They were full of golden appearance under the sun. Claire walked along the path for a long time and finally saw a figure.

It seemed to be a farmer. He was wearing short-sleeved shorts, his legs were rolled up, and he was cutting wheat with a hat. This scene might feel very friendly if Ehes saw it, but Claire didn't feel anything special when he saw it.

The farmer also saw Claire.

"Hello, Miss." The farmer walked up to wipe his sweat, "Are you looking for someone here?"

"Well, I want to find Bady Bryce," Claire said.

"Bady Bryce?" The farmer seemed a little surprised when he heard this name.

"Are you her student?"

"No, I'm her friend." Claire shook his head. Bardy seemed to be a teacher afterwards. She looked so young, and it was normal for this person to mistakenly think that she was her student.

"Friend? Could it be that you are Claire?" asked the farmer.

"I am... who are you?" Claire also felt a little confused. Why did the young man in front of him know him.

"I am Bady's grandson, my name is Jocelyn." He said, pinning the scythe on his belt.

"Bady's grandson." Claire nodded, and didn't expect that she had all had grandsons.

"Grandma used to mention you. A few days ago, my father, her son, took a photo when he went to the market. She said that there was a person in the photo that was Claire. Next to her was the murderer Ehes who had a very hot moment some time ago. We said she was old and confused. If she was really her former friend, she should be in her eighties now. But she insisted on saying that Claire is not old, which is also the reason why they separated, so she asked the postman to send a letter to Ehes's house, saying that she would hand it over to Claire." Joslin explained.

"That's it." Claire nodded, "How is she now?"

"......The situation is very bad. Grandma's disease had a very serious lung disease half a year ago and it can't be cured. She also suffers from Alzheimer's disease and is very sarcastic every day." Jocelyn sighed and said, "Her condition has also worsened in the past two days. Maybe it won't take long......"

"I get it." Claire's tone was trembling, "Can you take me to see her?"

"Of course, come with me." Jocelyn nodded and led Claire to the other end of the path.

"But it's really amazing. Miss Claire, you can really keep your appearance alive." Jocelyn said on the way.

"I signed a contract with a contract book, and it's all the power of that book." Claire said.

"Is that so? It's really a very powerful contract book. It took a lot of effort."

"That's not, but it did pay the price," Claire said, "a big price."

Jocelyn took Claire to the front of a two-story cabin, where many crops were planted around the cabin, and there was also a sheep pen.

A woman is washing clothes next to a faucet.

"That's my mother, Mary," said Jocelyn.

Mary was attracted by Jocelyn's voice.

“This one is….”

"This is Miss Claire, the friend that grandma said," explained Jocelyn.

"Claire, Claire Gardner?" Mary stood up in disbelief. "I've seen your photos, but that was taken by Bardy when she was still studying decades ago. You, you should now...."

"It's the function of the contract," Claire said. "Where is Bady?"

"Upstairs, I'll take you to see her." Mary quickly stood up and pushed open the wooden door, turning her head, "Jocelyn, go and get your dad."

"Oh, OK." Jocelyn nodded and turned and left.

Mary took Claire to the second floor of the wooden house.

"Bady is inside. She is in a bad condition, so I won't go in." Mary whispered.

Claire nodded, pushed the door and walked in.

There was a scent of lavender in the house. Claire looked around and saw many photos on the wall. One was a wedding photo taken by Bady when she was twenty years old, as well as a photo of her son when she was a child, and many photos of her group. Claire approached those photos and found that at the bottom of these photos, there were many photos of her student days. In those photos, Claire found a photo of Bady with herself, as well as many photos of herself alone.

Looking at the photos, Claire fell into silence and looked at the bed in the middle of the room. Claire walked over and sat on the wooden chair beside the bed.

On the bed, an old woman was lying on top, her face covered with wrinkles, her hands were very dry, and her skin was like the bark of an old tree.

Claire knew that she was Bardy.

Badi felt someone sitting next to him and slowly opened his eyes.

"Ah, Claire." After seeing Claire, Bady looked no more surprised, opened her mouth and smiled. She had no teeth anymore, "You are finally here."

"Your appearance has really changed at all." Before Claire could speak, Bardy continued, "Looking at your appearance, I feel like I'm much younger. Ahem, I'm so envious."

Claire was about to speak, but she felt her throat was a little more swallowed.

"I noticed it a little when you left. You might have signed a contract with a certain contract. The effect that contract brings to you makes you unable to stay in one place for too long, otherwise you wouldn't move so often." Bardy said to herself, "It's really thanks to you moving, otherwise you wouldn't have met me."

"Although you said you didn't come to find you, I can't do it. You are my first friend. Cough, it's a pity that I haven't found it after searching for a long time. After I got married and had children, I unconsciously gave up. But every time I saw a photo with you, I still unconsciously think that you are in Hulworth."

"It seems that my intuition is quite accurate, ahem."

"You, talk less." Claire quickly stopped seeing that Badi even coughed up blood.

"Are you married?" Bardy asked suddenly.

"I, I don't."

"That's true. If you are an immortal physique like you, you can't get married, right? Otherwise, you won't leave us without saying goodbye." Bardy lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling and said, "It's very lonely, this feeling."

Claire didn't speak.

"I was really excited when I saw you in the photo that time," Badi said again, "I recognized it at a glance that must be you."

"When I saw that you still have no trace of getting old, I understood everything, you can only watch time pass by around you, and the people around you are just passers-by in your long life. Leaving too many bonds will only make you suffer."

"But I still want to see you again, hoping to meet my old friend before I die."

"No, you won't die." Claire said, taking out the Book of Eternal Life, "Sign up a contract with me, and after signing, you can achieve eternal life."

"I can't do it, Claire, I'm sorry." Bardy smiled guiltily and said, "I'm sorry I can't live with you for eternity. I can't watch my son, and my grandsons die before me."

As he said that, Bardy glanced at the photo on the bedside table. The photo was a man. Claire saw that it was her husband.

"My husband died a year ago," said Bady. "My death alone caused me to be in pain."

Claire didn't speak and took back the Book of Eternal Life.

"Anyway, I'm very happy to meet this time." Bardy's eyes seemed to dim, "Claire, although I can't live with you forever, I still hope you can find someone like that. In that case, you may not be so lonely..."

Badi's voice gradually became smaller and Claire stroked Badi's hand.

"This is the price of the Book of Eternal Life." Claire murmured.
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