Andy: Can I Skip Work?

"Death..."

The old man turned to glance at Andy, then looked away again. "Kid, immortality... may be the most painful torment in this world!"

That was quite a thing to say...

Andy looked disdainful. "Have you lived enough?"

"Not yet."

The old man said, "But I can accept death calmly."

Andy scoffed. "You do not even know what immortality feels like, yet you say it is painful torment. Do you not find that a little ridiculous?"

Survival was the instinct of all living things.

Some people would rather beg than give up fighting to live. Others chose to end their own lives under pain and pressure.

So-called pain and torment varied from person to person.

The old man sighed. "Watching the friends and family around you pass away one after another, living all alone in this world, withdrawing from society and not daring to contact the outside world... is that not torment?"

As he spoke, the old man sighed again. "Forget it. Everyone has their own aspirations. Looking at you, I can tell there is no persuading you."

Andy raised a brow and smiled faintly. "If death cannot be avoided, I hope the cause of my death will be 'I wanted to die,' rather than having my life taken by someone else, or by time, old age, or illness."

"That is very important!"

Andy understood what the old man was trying to say.

Was it painful to live all alone?

Perhaps! Take Nicolas Flamel, for instance. If he did not hide, countless people seeking immortality would try to seize the Philosopher's Stone, along with his knowledge and wealth.

So he could only hide.

Through the long years, he lived only for the sake of living.

No ideals, no goals. All he did each day was get up, eat, find some