Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Página 358

Thomas to his kingdom alone and tempted him to escape , to go back to his home which he had been away for two whole months . At first , he determinately refused . However at last he agreed . “ I ’ m sorry . I really miss my home . I haven ’ t use my computer for months . I really wanted to use it .” Thomas apologised . Wang ’ s heart softened . Suddenly , Lazy King arrived with a much angrier look than Professor Wang . “ How dare you spoil my plan ? You little punk !” Shouted at Thomas . “ Now , you have to pay for it !” The Lazy King smirked . He went berserk . Slothful Country was a trap ! He took out his sword which fastened on his waist , and spurted to Thomas . Everything was like in a slow motion . Wang rushed in front of Thomas and extended his arms as a defence at the drop of a hat . The king couldn ’ t respond so he accidentally spurted the incisive sword to Wang . Thomas watched the red blood of Wang spouted from his stomach , dyed his white shirt and splashed on Thomas ’ s pale face . All of them were so shocked , Wang managed to gestured Thomas to come closer , and whispered in his ears , “ Allen , I know it ’ s not your fault . I forgive you . I … I am sorry I can ’ t get the ‘ Unknown ’ with you two . P … please , you m … must get it …”, Wang slowly closed his eyes , the hand which was originally grabbed on Thomas ’ s wrist was now let go . After recovering from all of these karma , they packed up and determined to finish Wang ’ s last wish . By day 121 , 42days without Professor Wang . They had walked for a couple of hours , so they stopped and rested near a port . “ Thomas , l … look !” Casper stuttered , pointing at a majestic , classic and elegant building . It ’ s just suddenly appeared . They went inside with their curiosity . Stepped inside , they were face-to-face to the envoy they met before , and another envoy . “ Congratulations ! Thomas Allen and Casper the Ox . You have successfully passed the second trial .” The envoy smiled . Thy were so suspicious , the envoy explained , “ well , we were the one who set a trap to see if you were being tempted by the Lazy King . We didn ’ t mean to kill Wang Qian nor Thomas . We apologise for the death of Wang .”. The other envoy said , “ now I ’ ll ask you two a question as the last trial , what do you want to say to Professor Wang if he was here with us today ? Let ’ s start with Casper .”. “ Professor Wang , thank you for inviting me to join the journey . I am just an ox . I thought I would be a burden to you , but you always teach me patiently , I will never forget your teaching .” Casper wiped a tear from his eye . Thomas sighed . “ Professor , I don ’ t know how to describe my feeling to you , I know I was over-confident and always got into troubles , but you changed my life . You let me know that the world is not just about knowledge . These days without technology taught us much more on the internet . You ’ re brave , intelligent and humble . I know you save me because you … Agh , I don ’ t know how to describe it ! The feeling is so strong , I have never felt it before …” he clenched his fist . The envoy chuckled , “ correct , Thomas . The feeling inside your heart is the thing we want you to spread out to the world .” The another envoy handed a book to them . “ What ’ s this ?” Casper asked . “ It ’ s a book which written hundreds years ago , it ’ s a tool to record . The writer was afraid that one day people will forget this powerful thing just like nowadays . Open it .” Answered the envoy , and there is only one sentence . They carefully read it and smiled satisfyingly . “ And this is the answer of the last question in the first trial .” The envoy grinned . The mission is completed ! ‘ Updated : LOVE , used to be a mysterious and powerful thing but now we considered it as a strong feeling of affection . It can be a love from a mother to her child , a boy to a girl , or even a man to his dog .’. “ Honey , it ’ s dinner time !”. “ I ’ m coming , mom !” Thomas switched off his computer to enjoy the dinner which filled with his mother ’ s love and effort . Thomas ’ s mother showed no care to Thomas before was because the lack of love . Human have lost the human nature because everyone were too obsessed with technology . However , through the three great journalists , they found love back ! In a world of advanced technology , people may still learnt from the internet , but there was something they can ’ t learn is — love .