An Imperfect Story, and the Legend Beyond It

"What happened to Old Vick in the end,

It didn't seem to be mentioned in the film.

But I remember that old gentleman should still be alive in reality, shouldn't he?"

The stunningly beautiful, cool-tempered girl spoke softly,

"Falling into slumber really is such a suggestive ending, Mr. Su."

"It was only to keep others from disturbing him again."

Handsome Scholar gazed at the bursts of dazzling New Year's fireworks blooming beyond the window as he continued,

"The Eternal Night Kingdom needed a clear 'declaration' witnessed by the entire world.

Only then

could Shelly truly gain a place within the United Nations Astronomical Society under the Great Library's protection,

and earn this world's recognition.

But the old sentinel, Toros-Vick, had already done enough.

So,

let him rest properly.

When eternal night was reborn amid the New Year at the border, and reappeared during the Lunar New Year in the Current World.

What remained should be carried by more of the people he had already saved."

Thinking of this, Su Wen told the beautiful girl beside him an even more secret matter:

"Aren't you curious about what happened to Mr. Vick's wife and children?"

Hearing him say that,

Jiang Menghan, who already knew just how deep this world's malice ran, did not offer an optimistic answer.

She merely sighed softly:

"If they weren't lucky enough, they would only be like those refugees who died in the disaster,

wouldn't they?"

"Yes,

but also no."

Su Wen's voice was gentle, yet it seemed filled with a vast brilliance capable of saving everything.

Even so,

to make her feel a little better,

he gave the final answer to this story, one that even Azure Film had not finished telling, as he spoke unhurriedly:

"The tens of thousands of infected who were frozen by ultra-low