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A LOVE IN DARK TIMES
img img A LOVE IN DARK TIMES img Chapter 4 ATTENDING TO OUTSTANDINGS
4 Chapters
Chapter 6 RAIN SOAKING THE RAINCOAT img
Chapter 7 AS LONG AS THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE img
Chapter 8 DEYABU LOOP img
Chapter 9 SUICIDE PACT img
Chapter 10 BARRIER OF SIGHS img
Chapter 11 EXPLODING ATOMS img
Chapter 12 STEALING THE CUPBOARD img
Chapter 13 JOURNEY THROUGH DARKNESS img
Chapter 14 DEFINITIVE DECISION img
Chapter 15 I DO NOT WAIT, DESPAIR img
Chapter 16 AGAINST THE ROPES img
Chapter 17 TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, BREAST img
Chapter 18 TABULA RASA img
Chapter 19 DIFFERENT DESTINIES img
Chapter 20 BUENIZEN img
Chapter 21 DEVALUING THE FUTURE img
Chapter 22 THE MOON WAS A FAITHFUL WITNESS img
Chapter 23 CONFRONTATIONS img
Chapter 24 DECISIONS img
Chapter 25 CONTRACT img
Chapter 26 TURN img
Chapter 27 REENCOUNTERS img
Chapter 28 RESILIENCE img
Chapter 29 ROUNDS img
Chapter 30 COLLISIONS img
Chapter 31 ROT img
Chapter 32 WILLPOWER img
Chapter 33 PRODIGY img
Chapter 34 KNOTS img
Chapter 35 RETALIACIONES img
Chapter 36 SURPRISE img
Chapter 37 LILIES img
Chapter 38 ESCAPING FROM DESTINY img
Chapter 39 PRAYERS AND MASSACRES img
Chapter 40 SHADOWS OF SORROW img
Chapter 41 SEARCHING FOR WHAT HAS NOT BEEN LOST img
Chapter 42 EXECUTING AS PLANNED img
Chapter 43 NO WINGS, NO BEAKS img
Chapter 44 THE STONE AND THE ROOSTER img
Chapter 45 THE CHANGE OF DREAMS img
Chapter 46 TOMORROW I'LL DELIVER img
Chapter 47 TRUTHS img
Chapter 48 REVENGE AND HOPE img
Chapter 49 SEALS img
Chapter 50 YELLOW JOURNALISM img
Chapter 51 PROPOSAL img
Chapter 52 PROPOSAL img
Chapter 53 BUTCHER SHOP img
Chapter 54 REVELATIONS img
Chapter 55 THE RAINBOW img
Chapter 56 LETTERS AND BETRAYALS img
Chapter 57 THE PYRAMID img
Chapter 58 LOVE OR PRIDE img
Chapter 59 LIGHT AND SHADOWS img
Chapter 60 UNION OF SKINS img
Chapter 61 SNAIL SLIME img
Chapter 62 THE SCARY OF THE BICYCLE img
Chapter 63 THE HOLY PRIEST img
Chapter 64 STOP THE JUMP AND WHO LIVES img
Chapter 65 DECEPTIONS OF YESTERDAY img
Chapter 66 DECEPTIONS OF YESTERDAY img
Chapter 67 THE PATH BEGINS img
Chapter 68 THE SHAMAN img
Chapter 69 THE BLESSED img
Chapter 70 THE TUNJO img
Chapter 71 THE CUCACUY img
Chapter 72 THE DUEL img
Chapter 73 WITCHES OF WITCHES img
Chapter 74 THE DILATED PROMISE img
Chapter 75 ACCOMPLISHED DREAMS img
Chapter 76 RELEASE TO OVERCOME img
Chapter 77 THE TRIANGULAR DOOR img
Chapter 78 THE CROSSING OF ROADS img
Chapter 79 THE BALD DOOR img
Chapter 80 A WORLD IN DARKNESS img
Chapter 81 THE WORLD WAR WITHOUT END img
Chapter 82 THE SHADOW OF TERROR img
Chapter 83 SUSPENDED SCREAMS img
Chapter 84 THERE IS ALWAYS A SOLUTION img
Chapter 85 LIGHT AND SHADOW img
Chapter 86 UNION AND DIVISION img
Chapter 87 DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS img
Chapter 88 AROMA OF DIZZY img
Chapter 89 FEATHER HAIR img
Chapter 90 BEAUTIES AND THE BEAST img
Chapter 91 UNION OF HEARTS img
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Chapter 4 ATTENDING TO OUTSTANDINGS

"Old Richard, you haven't told me; you're twisting the branches."

"Yes, maybe I got carried away with the story, or maybe it's the drink; I remember the time when..."

"Wait, old man, attend to the outstanding; tell me how it benefits me to know the history of these people when my problem is here in this reality."

"How do you know it's real? Can't that story be real any more than us? Maybe we are all imaginary creations; maybe our existence is insignificant in this vast universe and in the great eternity; it's as if we were nothing."

"If you see, old man, you're already drunk; you're philosophizing, you'd better continue telling me that story, as my neighbor is in front; it's getting more interesting, I hope she has dragons; I love dragons."

"I think so; although I hate dragons, they are always angry, but who doesn't? They must live with gastritis and burnt lips."

"Old man, you'd better go on with your story."

"Well, it turns out that Luis started to learn spells."

"Wait, old Richard, that's not what you said, it was about the hero and the old man."

"Ah yes, that's true. But it's just that normal things happen after that. They can't be told; you are harassing me for not getting to your point, so I'm going to speed it up, although I recommend you order more drinks at home."

"All right, I've already ordered; I need to be drunk enough to go to that mafioso to rescue my girl."

"Excellent, I'll get to that point. Then old Michel met Luis on the way, congratulating him:

"You are tremendous. Very few face up to that and survive. Boy, treasure those scars, not as wounds but as medals. Although you must prepare yourself, it has already tasted your flesh, so it won't stop coming for the rest. Besides, you have a duty to protect Linda. That's right, I already met her; that's why I came to you, following her red string. Rejoice; you will be her noble knight who will defend her from her many misfortunes, bending wild beasts, dodging arrows, spears, mud, and even the mighty fire of some dragon.

Luis thought the old man was crazy; the only thing that made sense to him was that he knew Luisa. However, he respected the elders, so he wanted to play along, not in mockery but to not cause stupor, so he asked him the most obvious question: How do I get ready?"

The old man jumped back, clenching his right fist and pointing skyward. He declaims:

"You must learn to unlearn. You must know that nothing is certain and that everything is a process. We first crawl to walk, just as we cannot know everything because we might succumb to confusion. Now, perhaps you will find incredible all that you can witness, but it is nothing compared to what you have already seen. There is no greater power than to give life. The first miracle that we are given is to be conceived and also given birth. Besides being aware of things like being"

Luis was eager to go see Luisa, so in order not to be rude to this crazy old man, he wanted to say goodbye with the greatest consideration:

"Sir, I would love to continue this conversation, but I have to leave...."

The old man opened his hand, saying:

"wait. I know that you are not aware of your talents, although you carry them in your blood. Perhaps some ancestor of yours hid them to protect his descendants, or perhaps he could not teach them to his successors, but you have no choice, boy; your destiny is glory, and your flag will be the love for Luisa."

Luis, between being frightened, bored, worried, and confused, began to leave. But the old man lowered his hand suddenly as if he were dropping a hammer, opening a hole in the ground the size of a house in front of the boy. Who, if he did not stop out of reflex and fear, would fall into the hole. Surprised, with a pale face and his mouth open like a cave, he turned to see the old man, who smiled and showed him how he was still releasing some sizzles from the palm of his hand. Telling him

"As I was telling you, Not everything is what it seems; not everything is alike, except as the great principle says, "what is above is equal to what is below." This tap will soon be nothing compared to what you will learn to do. You will be very powerful. But you have to learn to do what I tell you without questioning me; do you agree?"

Luis still could not digest it, and suddenly he felt the ground trembling and spinning. He could not stand it and fell backwards into the crater; everything went dark. He grabbed as if he could hold on to something to avoid falling to the bottom of the hole. When his vision cleared, he noticed that the old man was carrying him. Although he must be hallucinating because he could see that they were above the houses and that they were advancing without Michel moving his feet toward a door of light that was open in the middle of the sky. How could he know that this old man was called Michel? So before crossing the door, he fainted completely.

He had a dream in which he was living with Louise in a castle surrounded by many children, whom he believes are her children. Joyful music was playing in the background, as one hears in December, and there was also the smell of mistletoe in the air. Believing it to be the end of the year, he looked out on a balcony to watch the fireworks, but as he walked, the bricks fell one by one. As a good father, he tried to protect his children, but when he turned around, he only saw shadows and hair flying. The ground beneath him dissolves, making him fall in a whirlwind of green, black, and red; the music changes to macabre laughter; and the smell changes to rottenness. He falls suddenly to a large brown mountain and can visualize at the top a white star collapsing on top of him. Only those two beautiful eyes saved him by lifting him by the arms; they left him on a pedestal and then continued to the horizon, where they remained fixed. Where little by little a face appears, which they complement. This face is that of Luisa, who approaches him, remaining a few meters away, where he runs to look for her. But a mirror comes out of the ground, covering the entire horizon and blocking him from his beloved; in the mirror, there is only his reflection. "Perhaps first it is my turn to defeat myself." Luis reflected, "After all, they say that the greatest enemy is within oneself.""

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