Chapter 110: The Prison of Time and the Shadow of the Lost Angel
The Philosophy of Waiting and the Taste of Loneliness (A Deep Counsel):
Do you know when a person truly feels the weight of their own breath? It is when the one who illuminated their world is no longer beside them. Love is not just laughter; it is a great trial within the act of "waiting." When a heart breaks, every second turns into a year. Waiting is like poison; it slowly consumes your soul, but true love is when, amidst despair, your eyes are still fixed on the door. Life without Rina has become an endless desert for Diari, where he sees only the shadows of his own sorrows. Jealousy was a deep wound, but distance is the salt rubbed into that wound.
A Cold Morning and Diari's Colorless Room:
The sun rose, but for Diari, it held no rays of light. It was an incredibly cold morning; even the windows seemed to weep, covered in a white mist. Diari sat on his bed; his eyes were bloodshot, and deep dark circles had formed beneath them. He no longer knew the meaning of sleep.
In front of him was a large portrait of Rina. A picture where Rina looked at him with that angelic smile of hers. Diari would run his hand over the picture and, as if speaking to Rina herself, he would say: "Oh Rina... oh my life... how can I start the morning without you? How can a morsel of bread pass through my throat when I don't know where you are or what you have eaten?"
Diari did not eat food; he only consumed his own grief. No matter what Rina's mother and father brought for him, he pushed it away coldly and silently. He was thirsty only for a single glance from Rina.
Elias's Advice and a Faint Hope:
Elias entered Diari's room. Seeing that strong young man so broken before a photograph shook Elias's heart as well. Elias sat beside him and said in a voice full of experience:
"My son, Diari... listen. Life sometimes breaks us to teach us how to rebuild ourselves. Rina did not leave never to return; she left so that you might know the value of all that kindness. Watch the door, but do not let sorrow consume you. If you collapse, who will welcome Rina when she returns?"
Diari listened in silence. He was simply waiting. Every sound at the door, every movement in the courtyard, made his heart tremble as he thought: "Is that Rina?" But then he would slide back into his deep sorrow once more.
Rina's Guilt and the Tears of Solitude:
On the other side, in Elias's old house, Rina was in the midst of an endless weeping. She considered herself "guilty." She would say: "How could I leave him? How did I not have trust in that great love of his? Diari did not deserve for me to leave him like that."
Rina did not sleep at night until dawn. She would look at the moon and say: "Is Diari looking at this moon right now too? Does he still love me?" The grief that was breaking Rina was the pain of conscience. She wanted to return, but something deep inside her said: "It is still early... let our hearts become pure first."
The Storm of Sorrow and Everyone's Tears:
This chapter is filled with a sorrow that the reader cannot ignore. When Rina's mother (Elara) saw Diari, she would go to her room and sob uncontrollably. Rina's father would go up the mountain every day and shout. Even nature seemed mournful, as it rained every single day.
Diari constantly looked at those white cheeks and that honey-colored hair in the photograph. Oh, the agony! Oh, the silence that had grown as heavy as a mountain inside the house. In his heart, Diari swore that if Rina returned, he would never let even a single doubt enter their lives again.
Written by: Dlin_myth