Lynn said nothing more. He simply watched the eyes beside him as they stared ahead in confusion, watched the surging torrents of data and chaos within them.
In that vast night, only the bridge, like a ribbon of starlight, shone brightly.
At last, Lynn's gaze softened.
Then he closed his eyes.
He said nothing more.
He gently patted her shoulder and walked past her, as though the gaze that brushed her cheek had slipped silently through his fingertips.
With his eyes closed, he walked back the way he had come, one step at a time.
Everything was vast and desolate.
Behind him stood the enormous, faintly glowing Throne. At the same time, the winding, churning Sea of Books beneath his feet surged into towering waves, transforming into countless pages that circled above their heads. All of them represented the Colossus Heart's past memories and accumulated knowledge.
Even though I hate to let go.
Even though I don't really want to say goodbye.
But doesn't everyone have to part ways sometime?
Besides, he had been deceiving her all along, treating her badly, and had even gone so far as to cruelly use Mimicry to give her a body like this. Zuo Zuo, on the other hand, had saved him at crucial moments several times early on.
Though she constantly cursed at him and threatened to break up and take him down with her at the slightest disagreement, Lynn could tell that she was a kindhearted girl.
This was simply how they got along.
She also frequently mocked him without restraint.
But...
Lynn kept his eyes closed, trying hard to make his steps look carefree. Far away, behind him on the bridge, countless pages formed a flowing stream around her body, awakening her knowledge of the past.
"Goodbye, Zuo Zuo. If we