Entity 303 was originally an introverted person, the kind who keeps things bottled up. In front of others, he was almost always serious, rarely saying anything this cheesy, and he had almost never shown his true feelings in public.
Actually, this time he didn't have to say it out loud. After all, just replaying those memories in his mind should have been enough to achieve the effect he wanted.
But Entity 303 still gathered his courage and spoke the real thoughts in his heart.
Because he didn't want to leave any regrets behind anymore. In the past, he had never expressed his love to his parents.
By the time he realized it, they could no longer hear him.
He had finally managed to pull himself together, and then fate gave him another chance, allowing him to find a home once again.
This time, he swore he would protect this home with his life and not leave behind any regrets.
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At this moment, after hearing what Entity 303 said, Rookie finally understood where Entity 303's sense of belonging to this game world came from.
No wonder Entity 303 admired Xu Yuan so much. Although in the story Entity 303 just told, Xu Yuan didn't have that many "scenes," he was without a doubt the most important one.
Anyone with a bit of insight could see that Xu Yuan's proposal, on the surface, was just asking Entity 303 to build houses. But the real purpose was actually to help Entity 303 quickly integrate into the whole big family.
Building houses required asking about everyone's preferences, required interacting with others, and through that back-and-forth contact, feelings would naturally form.
Although the people on the shallow shore all had different personalities, anyone who got to know them would realize their hearts were simple and kind.
Because Xu Yuan understood the people on the shallow shore, he was confident that Entity 303 only needed a short time interacting with them to quickly fit in.
And clearly, things turned out exactly as Xu Yuan expected. In just a few dozen days of building houses together, Entity 303 was no longer lost and had found his place.
Thinking this far, Rookie finally gave up completely. He couldn't help but mutter to himself in his heart, 'Looks like there's no way to convince him to go back…'
Before this, Rookie had been quietly trying to figure out a way to bring Entity 303 back to the world he was in before crossing over.
After all, in Rookie's heart, Entity 303 was the only friend he could talk to about anything.
But the two of them could basically only meet in the game world, and Rookie would always get this feeling like they were separated by life and death.
So Rookie had always been secretly thinking of a way to poach him from Xu Yuan.
But now it seemed that wall wasn't just any wall, it was probably made of bedrock. How could he possibly dig through that?
Although Rookie had just gone through a full-on brainstorming session, his quirky train of thought was still very much intact.
After slightly adjusting his disappointed mood, he opened his mouth and asked Entity 303, "So… you guys moved those houses underground?"
After going in circles for so long, Rookie's attention was still on the houses.
At this moment, hearing Rookie's question, the expressions on everyone's faces suddenly turned a bit playful.
Although they were all smiling knowingly, the subtle expressions on their faces were slightly different.
The Dread Lord, the Dragon Prophet, and the Last Dancer had a hint of awkwardness in their smiles.
Entity 303, the Wither King, Null, and the Ender Queen, however, had a trace of excitement in theirs.
As for Little Bug, it didn't even count. From earlier until now, it had been wearing a silly, happy grin the whole time…
Seeing everyone's expressions, Rookie couldn't help but feel confused, while Notch beside him seemed to have read something from those expressions.
Notch stroked his chin and said, "From the looks of it… the houses shouldn't be underground… most likely they were 'taken care of.'"
Hearing Notch's words, Entity 303 finally couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. "Haha!"
"As expected of Lord Creator!"
"That's right, I burned all the houses down with one fire!"
As soon as Entity 303 finished speaking, the Dread Lord raised his hand awkwardly and wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead. "Shame, shame. At my age, I still went along with the kids messing around…"
Hearing that, Null shrugged and replied, "Hmm? Since when did it become going along with us messing around?"
"If I remember correctly, getting rid of those houses was your idea. And we didn't even ask our king for his opinion… wouldn't that count as acting unbecoming of your age?"
"Go, go, go!" The Dread Lord waved his hand, then forced an explanation.
"What do you mean unbecoming of my age? Those rooms were stuffier than you. Since no one wanted to live in them anymore, wouldn't leaving them there just take up space?"
"And besides! Our king's purpose in having 303 build those houses…" At this point, the Dread Lord paused for a moment, then waved his hand again.
"Forget it, forget it. Even if I explain it, a blockhead like you wouldn't understand. Anyway, those houses aren't important anymore."
Hearing the Dread Lord's words, Null was just about to argue back when he was interrupted by the Ender Queen.
"You two start arguing the moment you open your mouths. This is such a happy moment, and you're still fighting?"
After saying that, the Ender Queen waved at Little Bug. The next second, Little Bug appeared in front of her, carrying its "propeller."
The Ender Queen gently rubbed Little Bug's face, smiling with clear affection as she said, "Little Bug is the most afraid of fire, but that day the fire was so big, and not only were you not scared, you were even happy, right?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Little Bug wagged its tail and nodded vigorously. "The fire was so big that day! But I wasn't scared at all!"
"Without those houses, everyone can huddle together every day again!!"
Hearing all of this, Rookie couldn't help but be stunned. "Burned down with one fire…"
At this moment, he felt something deep inside him being struck hard.
Rookie knew about Entity 303's past. In his second year of high school, on a calm and ordinary Friday, a fire took away the two people he loved the most, and who loved him the most.
It took him a long time to pull himself together and return to a normal life, but he had never truly stepped out of the shadow.
An accident made him lose his job, yet by some twist of fate, it also gave him a new life.
But he didn't understand what that new life meant. He treated blazing flames as a weapon to arm himself, yet he himself was still shrouded in darkness.
Until he met Xu Yuan, met this group of lovely people on the shallow shore…
He personally burned down that old home, because he had finally understood that it was only a house that could be considered comfortable, not a home.
A real home was everyone who was "messing around" with him at that very moment.
A great fire took away Entity 303's home, and not long after, through a fire he set himself, he found his home again…
Perhaps, only at the moment when he personally lit the house on fire did that trace of Saturday morning light truly shine into his heart…
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