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Chapter 240: Back To That Key Moment ⑧

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TL: Resonance

    里奥知道自己正在做梦，意识沿着走廊一路向前，拐过一个转角，赫然看到了一个熟悉的身影，正是他的父亲亚奥尼斯！

Leo knew he was currently dreaming. His consciousness made its way down the corridor, turned around a corner, and saw a familiar figure. It was none other than his father, Yonis!

    父亲笔直地站在抢救室前，目光紧紧盯着前方的大门，似乎想要将它洞穿。

His father was standing straight in front of the emergency room, his eyes fixed on the door in front of him, as if he wanted to pierce a hole through it.

    里奥快步走过去，轻轻唤了一声：“父亲。”

Leo walked over quickly and called out softly, “Father.”

    亚奥尼斯毫无所觉，只是一动不动地望着抢救室的大门。

Yonis was oblivious to it and just stared at the door of the emergency room without moving.

    里奥向他伸出手，谁知自己的手竟然直接穿过了他的身体。

Leo reached out to him, but his own hand had actually gone straight through his father’s body.

    “父亲……”里奥望着亚奥尼斯冷峻的面孔，心中酸涩。十八年的聚少离多，造成他们父子俩的疏离，直到他离开人世，自己都不曾好好和他说过话。

“Father…” Leo looked at Yonis’s cold face and his heart sank. Eighteen years of which mostly were spent apart caused them the father and son to be distant from each other. Up until the point his father left the world, Leo had never spoken to him properly before.

    梦中的父亲，似乎比他印象中的更年轻更英伟。

The father in his dream seemed younger and more heroic than he remembered.

    里奥环视一周，发现自己正在医院中，周围还有不少熟悉的人，塔国第一高手门罗老师，与父亲齐名的A级黑暗哨兵米歇尔，一直对他照顾有加的向导陆斯恩，还有父亲的几名亲信……零零总总数十人，似乎都在焦急地等待着什么。

Leo looked around and found himself in the hospital, surrounded by a number of familiar people. The greatest master of the country, Mr. Monroe, the A-class Dark Sentinel Mitchell who was equally famous as his father, guide Lucian who had always taken good care of him, and several of his father’s close friends… There were tens of people, all of whom seemed to be anxiously waiting for something.

    里奥心头一跳，猛地回头，看向那张紧闭的抢救室大门。

Leo’s heart jumped. He quickly looked back towards the closed door of the emergency room.

    难道……难道……

Could… could it be… 

    他怀着忐忑的心情，穿过抢救室的大门。抢救室中，几名医生正在紧张地忙碌着。里奥的视线越过他们的身体，落在手术台上。那里躺着一名浑身是血的青年，他脸色惨白，双眼半睁，睫毛微微颤动，额头上布满汗珠，意识明显处于游离状态。

He walked through the door of the emergency room with a feeling of apprehension. In the emergency room, several doctors were busy in an anxious manner. Leo’s line of sight look passed their bodies and landed on the operating table. There lay a young man covered in blood, his face was pale, his eyes half-open, his eyelashes trembling slightly, his forehead covered with beads of sweat, and his consciousness was obviously in a confused state.

    虽然从未见过面，但里奥还是准确地认出了这名青年的身份，正是他的母父——尚可。如果没有猜错，这里应该就是母父当年去世的地方。

Although he had never met him before, Leo still accurately recognized the identity of this youth. It was his mother[1]—Shang Ke. If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be the place where his mother died back then.

    只是他不明白自己为什么会梦到这个场景，眼前的一切太过真实，完全不像是自己臆想出来的。

He just couldn’t understand why he dreamed of this scene. Everything in front of him was too real, not at all like something he imagined himself.

    “心跳停止了！准备电击。”医生急切的声音打断了里奥的思绪。

“His heartbeat has stopped! Prepare for electric shock.” The doctor’s urgent voice interrupted Leo’s thoughts.

    看着医生们全力抢救，里奥只觉得一阵哀伤，因为结果已经注定。他的母父，最终没能挺过去，无助地死在了冰冷的手术台上，留给他父亲一生遗憾和伤痛。

As he watched the doctors do their best to save him, Leo only felt a pang of sadness because the outcome was already predetermined. His mother, in the end, failed to pull through and died helplessly on the cold operating table, leaving his father with a lifetime of regret and grief.

    “心跳恢复正常，太好了，继续手术。”

“Heartbeat is back to normal, great, continue the operation.”

    不过片刻，仪器又传来警报声，母父再次停止心跳。

But a moment later, the instrument let out an alarm again, and mother’s heartbeat stopped again.

    “快，电击！”

“Quick, electric shock!”

    “心跳恢复。”

“Heartbeat restored.”

    ……

    里奥攥紧拳头，目不转睛地盯着手术过程，看着母父一次次从死亡线上挣扎回来，强烈的求生欲望让人动容。尽管已经知道结果，但他多么希望母父能够获救。

Leo clenched his fists and stared intently at the procedure, watching his mother struggling back from death again and again. His strong desire to live was moving. Despite already knowing the outcome, he wished his mother could be saved.

    “患者伤口大出血，快准备止血。”

“The patient is bleeding profusely from the wound, prepare to stop the bleeding.”

    “慢着，仪器检测出生命反应！”

“Wait, the instrument detected a vital response!”

    “什么？”

“What?”

    “他怀孕了！”

“He’s pregnant!”

    医生们瞬间呆滞，同时停下了手上的动作。

The doctors instantly froze and their hands stopped at the same time.

    “胎种移位，必须尽快采取保护措施。”

“The fetal seed is displaced, protective measures must be taken as soon as possible.”

    在确定他怀孕后，主治医生立刻做出决定：“我负责保胎，你负责帮患者止血。”

After determining that he was pregnant, the attending doctor immediately made a decision, “I’ll be responsible for protecting the fetus, and you’ll be responsible for stopping the patient’s bleeding.”

    众人接到指令，又开始新一轮的抢救。

The people received the instruction and started a new round of resuscitation.

    “尚先生，你怀孕了，请务必坚持住！”主治医生鼓励道，“孩子很脆弱，需要母体的养护，所以，千万不要放弃。”

“Mr. Shang, you are pregnant, please hold on!” The doctor encouraged, “The baby is weak and needs the mother body’s care, so please don’t give up.”

    里奥忍不住凑近手术台，看到母父的睫毛眨动了几下，似乎在回应医生的嘱咐。

Leo couldn’t resist getting closer to the operating table and saw his mother’s eyelashes blinking a few times, as if responding to the doctor’s words.

    “不要用止血剂，会伤到胎种。”主治医生提醒。

“Don’t use a hemostatic agent, it will hurt the fetal seed.” The doctor reminded.

    “但是出血量太大了，如果不用止血剂……”

“But the bleeding is too much, if you don’t use the hemostatic agent…”

    主治医生咬咬牙：“给我三分钟！”

The doctor gritted his teeth, “Give me three minutes!”

    “什么三分钟？”里奥怒声喊道，“赶紧帮他止血啊！”

“What three minutes?” Leo shouted angrily, “Hurry up and help him stop the bleeding!”

    然而，没有一个人能够听到他的声音。

However, no one could hear his voice.

    母父的伤口处不断有鲜血涌出，顷刻间便将手术台染得通红。

Blood continued to gush out from mother’s wound, staining the operating table red in a matter of moments.

    “快止血啊！你们听到没有，快给他止血！”里奥在旁边疯狂地大叫。

“Stop the bleeding! Do you hear me, stop the bleeding!” Leo shouted frantically from the side.

    嫣红的鲜血，刺痛的了他的双眼。任由他如何喊叫，医生们也没有改变优先保护胎种的决定。

The bright red blood stung his eyes. No matter how much he shouted, the doctors did not change their decision to prioritize the protection of the fetal seed.

    “母父，坚持住，请一定要坚持住！”里奥已经忘记这是在做梦，半跪在手术台边，不停鼓励他的母父。

“mother, hold on, please hold on!” Leo had already forgotten that he was dreaming. He was half kneeling by the operating table, encouraging his mother non-stop.

    母父似乎有所感应，缓缓睁开眼睛，朝他所在的位置看了一眼，迷蒙的瞳孔中，隐约闪烁着几点光芒。

mother seemed to sense something. He slowly opened his eyes and glanced toward his location. Within his misty pupils, light seemed to be faintly flashing in it.

    “母父，你能看到我吗？我是里奥，你的孩子里奥。”

“mother, can you see me? I am Leo, your child Leo.”

    里奥正说到这里，忽听医生说道：“好了，可以使用止血剂了。”

As Leo finished saying that, he suddenly heard the doctor say, “Okay, we can use the hemostatic agent now.”

    话音刚落，里奥便看到母父原本睁开的眼睛又缓缓闭上，他心中升起巨大的恐慌：“母父，不要！”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Leo saw hismother’s eyes that had been open slowly close again, and a great panic rose in his heart: “mother, no!”

    不要再让承受一次失去亲人的痛苦。

Don’t let father suffer the pain of losing a loved one again.

    “患者是血过多，情况非常危机！”

“The patient lost too much blood, the situation is very critical!”

    “心跳再次停止。”

“Heartbeat has stopped again.”

    “血压急剧降低。”

“Blood pressure has dropped sharply.”

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    眼前的场景逐渐模糊，里奥感觉自己的意识正被一股力量拉扯，不受控制地离他的母父越来越远。

The scene in front of his eyes gradually blurred, and Leo felt that his consciousness was being pulled by a force, moving uncontrollably further and further away from his mother.

    “母父！”

“mother!”

    里奥猛地睁开眼，眼中盈满泪水。

Leo’s eyes snapped open, his eyes filled with tears.

    梦中发生的一切是真的吗？母父那么努力想要活下来，最后却因为他而失去了获救的机会。

Was everything that had happened in the dream real? mother tried so hard to survive, but in the end, he lost the chance to be saved because of him.

    他的至亲，一个因他而死，一个孤独离世，他到底错过了什么？

His closest relatives, one died because of him, one passed away alone, just what did he miss?

    眼泪无法抑制地夺眶而出，里奥捂住脸，难受得无法自已。

Tears came out uncontrollably, and Leo covered his face, feeling so sad he couldn’t control himself.

    不知哭了多久，他忽然发现有些不对劲，抬起双手，朦胧间，看到的是十根细嫩的手指。这样的手指，绝对不属于一个成年人。

He didn’t know how long he cried, but he suddenly found something wrong. Raising his hands, he saw ten tender fingers through his blurry vision. Such fingers definitely do not belong to an adult.

    里奥心中一突，翻身坐起，惊愕地发现自己竟然变成了一个稚龄孩童，而他此刻所在的房间，赫然是他十几年前曾经居住的小楼。

Leo’s heart jumped. He rolled over and sat up, shocked to find that he had turned into a child of tender age, and the room he was in at the moment was the small building he used to live in more than ten years ago.

    里奥跳下床，踉踉跄跄地跑到镜子前，里面映照出的是他二三岁时的模样。

Leo jumped out of bed and stumbled to the mirror, which reflected his appearance when he was two or three years old.

    正在呆愣中，房门突然被推开，走进房间的是小时候负责照顾他的向导卡西，只听他欣喜道：“里奥，告诉你一个好消息，你的母父苏醒了。”

In the middle of his daze, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and the person who came into the room was Cassie, the guide who took care of him as a child. He heard the guide said joyfully, “Leo, I have good news for you. Your mother have awakened.”

    母父苏醒了？谁的母父苏醒了？里奥呆呆地望着卡西，大脑一片混乱。

mother has awakened? Whose mother have awakened? Leo stared at Cassie dumbfounded, his brain in a state of confusion.

    “走，我带你去见你的母父。”卡西抱起里奥，一边朝门外走，一边说道，“真是太好了，你的母父昏睡了将近三年，如今总算醒来了。”

“Come on, I’ll take you to see your mother.” Cassie picked up Leo and walked towards the door while saying, “It’s wonderful that your mother has finally woken up after nearly three years of sleep.”

    里奥从卡西絮絮叨叨的说话声中，逐渐理清头绪。他的母父没死，只是陷入昏迷，而他不知道什么原因，竟然从十八岁重生回到两岁？

Leo gradually made sense of Cassie’s rambling speech. His mother was not dead but was just in a coma. And he had, for some reason, been reborn from eighteen back to two years old?

    他还在做梦吗？

Was he still dreaming?

    一路懵逼地被卡西抱着来到医院，看着距离越来越近的病房，里奥的心跳不自觉地加快。

He was carried by Cassie all the way to the hospital while being in a state of confusion throughout. Seeing that the ward was getting closer and closer, Leo’s heartbeat unconsciously sped up.

    推开房门，首先看到的是从窗外透入的阳光，带着温暖的气息，照亮了里奥的视线。

Pushing open the door of the room, the first thing he saw was the sunlight coming in from the window. The sunlight which carried warmth lit up Leo’s vision.

    “想吃点什么，我让人送过来。”熟悉的声音传入里奥的耳中。

“What do you want to eat, I’ll have someone bring it over.” The familiar voice came into Leo’s ears.

    里奥屏住呼吸，缓缓转过头，随后看到了一幅让他永远无法忘记的画面。

Leo held his breath and slowly turned his head, then saw a picture that he could never forget.

    母父慵懒地靠在床头，嘴角挂着浅浅的笑意，柔软的头发随意垂在脸侧，透着一种让人安然的宁静。父亲坐在床边，握着母父的手，深深地凝视着他。两人的头靠得很近，目光交汇间，浓浓的情愫仿佛花瓣一般，在阳光中点点化开。

His mother was leaning lazily against the head of the bed, with a light smile at the corners of his mouth. His soft hair hung casually on the side of his face, exuding a peaceful tranquility. His father sat on the edge of the bed, holding mother’s hand and gazing deeply at him. The two of their heads were very close together, and between the meeting of their eyes, the strong affection seems to be like flower petals blooming in the sunlight.

    这一幕，让里奥几乎有种落泪的冲动。

This scene made Leo almost feel the impulse to shed tears.

    那是他的父亲和母父，活生生的父亲和母父。

They were his father and mother, living father and mother.

    “里奥。”亚奥尼斯朝里奥招了招手，“过来。”

“Leo.” Yonis beckoned towards Leo, “Come here.”

    语气一如记忆中的强硬，只是少了几分冷漠，多了几分感情。

The tone was as strong as he remembered, just a little less cold and a little more emotional.

    里奥走到床边，目光在两人身上来回扫过，仍然有些不敢相信。

Leo walked over to the bed, his eyes sweeping back and forth over the two, still in some disbelief.

    “可可，这是我们的孩子，里奥。”亚奥尼斯将里奥介绍给尚可。

“Keke, this is our child, Leo.” Yonis introduced Leo to Shang Ke.

    尚可看着这个小男孩，心情有些复杂。他从没想过自己也有生孩子的一天，而且一睁眼，孩子就两岁多了。孩子长得很俊俏，五官轮廓与亚奥尼斯很像，只是继承了他的蓝眼睛。

Shang Ke looked at the little boy with some mixed feelings. He never thought that there would be a day where he gave birth to a child, and the moment he opened his eyes, the child was more than two years old. The child was handsome, with features that resembled that of Yonis, except that he had inherited his blue eyes.

    “你好，里奥。”尚可向里奥伸出手，目光温和地望着他的眼睛。

“Hello, Leo.” Shang Ke held out his hand to Leo, gazing gently into his eyes.

    里奥迟疑地握住他的手指，皮肤的温度和指尖的触感，让他终于确信了眼前的事实。

Leo hesitantly took his fingers, the warmth of his skin and the touch of his fingertips finally convinced him of the truth before him.

    虽然不知道是怎么发生的，但他可能真的穿越到十六年前了，只是这个十六年前，和曾经的记忆不同，他的母父并没有死，只是沉睡了三年。

Although he did not know how it happened, he may have really traveled to sixteen years ago. However, the sixteen years ago this time was unlike the one of his memories. His mother did not die, but only slept for three years.

    难道他之前并不是在做梦，而是穿越到母父死亡那年，改变了历史？

Could it be that he was not dreaming before, but had traveled to the year of his mother’s death and changed history?

    “怎么和傻子一样？平时的激灵劲呢？”亚奥尼斯略带嫌弃的声音让里奥回过神。

“Why do you look like a fool? Where is the usual energy?” Yonis’ slightly disgusted voice made Leo come back to his senses.

    虽然心里清楚父亲是爱他的，但他还是欣赏不了他表达爱意的方式。

Although he knew in his heart that his father loved him, he still couldn’t appreciate the way he expressed his love.

    里奥同样嫌弃地瞥了他父亲一眼。

Leo glanced at his father with equal disgust.

    尚可笑了笑，转头对亚奥尼斯说：“等我恢复后，就把里奥接回家吧？”

Shang Ke smiled and turned to Yonis, “When I recover, why don’t we take Leo home?”

    他已经从亚奥尼斯那里听说了，孩子因为和他的精神力发生冲突，所以一直被寄养在公会中。

He had already heard from Yonis that the child had been placed in foster care in the union because of a conflict with his spiritual power.

    亚奥尼斯说道：“想要重新获得监护权，必须先向公会提交申请，然后通过测试，确定安全之后才能批准。”

Yonis said, “To regain custody, you must first submit an application to the union and then pass a test to make sure it’s safe before it’s approved.”

    “我会尽力争取的。”尚可看向里奥，问道，“那么里奥，你呢？你愿意和我们生活在一起吗？”

“I will try my best to fight for it.” Shang Ke looked at Leo and asked, “Leo, what about you? Are you willing to live with us?”

    当然愿意！

Of course I am!

    里奥正要说话，亚奥尼斯已经替他回答：“他一个小鬼，能有什么意见？”

Leo was about to speak when Yonis had already answered for him, “He’s just a kid, what opinions can he have?”

    里奥忍，对一个曾经被装在盒子里的老骨灰，他不能太苛刻。

Leo endured, he couldn’t be too harsh to an old ash that was once in an urn.

    尚可不赞同地看了亚奥尼斯一眼，他平时就是这样对待孩子的？分分钟养成仇好吗？

Shang Ke gave Yonis a disapproving look. Is this how he usually treats his children? He would make enemies in minutes okay?

    “里奥，你现在可能对我还很陌生，但我相信，我们以后一定会成为最好的朋友，最亲的父子。”

“Leo, you may not be used to me now, but I believe we will become best friends and the closest father and son in the future.”

    里奥望着母父明朗的笑容，心里默默回应：是的，我相信。

Leo looked at his mother’s bright smile and responded silently in his heart: Yes, I believe.

Footnotes:

[1] Mother – The raws didn’t exactly use mother but used something like ‘the father who took the mother role’ which doesn’t really have a good english equivalent. The UK also had some movement to make the term ‘mother’ a non-gender term so why not?

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