I will Save this Doomed Plot

Chapter 123: Death(5)

Luke and Joe are still standing at his grave after a week has gone. Luke grimaced and turned to see Snow and Nash, who was tending to his gravestone with flowers. They had been visiting Luke's cemetery every day and had stayed around to the point that they were about to spend the night here if only Selena and Yulia hadn't picked them up.

Nash spoke softly as he placed the freshly selected flowers in the vase near Luke's tombstone.

"...I'm hungry, so let's go eat for a while before we return."

Snow nodded slowly and took Nash in her arms. They began to walk away, and Luke just stood there staring at them. When he turned to look into the distance, he noticed a few rare guesses to his tomb. Bell, Julius, Marina, and Trent, as well as Erdene, Mira, and Ava.

They all came to a halt and gazed at Luke's grave. They then began to arrange their bouquets, and there was a little moment of silence. Marina then began to speak gently.

"I still can't believe he's gone."

Trent simply patted her on the shoulder.

"Neither do I, but there's nothing we can do about it... He's already gone."

Julius then spoke in a sorrowful tone.

"Even the giants want to pay a visit here, but they can't since they don't want to cause any trouble."

Ava takes a few steps forward and gently strokes Luke's marble tombstone.

"That is why I have come to pay him a visit on behalf of all the giants."

Bell then let out a sigh.

"I suppose now that he's gone, things concerning the empire need to be changed."

They all fell silent after that. They all began to walk away after a period of silence. Only Erdene and Mira remained silent, which Luke found strange but decided to overlook. He then turned to face the next visitor, seeing Selena, Lina, and Yulia approaching his grave. He frowned once more when he noticed what the girls were carrying: a picnic mat and a deck of cards. What are they going to do here? Play cards?

That's precisely what they did.

"Ha! I've won yet again! Seriously, Luke, you're terrible at this."

Selena gave him a bitter smile and a faint punch to his gravestone. Yulia and Lina simply laughed with tears in their eyes. Luke merely stared at it, speechless.

They're playing a four-player game of cards. Selena, Yulia, Lina, and Luke are the players. They're playing with a dead guy.

Luke had no idea how many rounds they had already played, but every time one of them won, they began to criticize Luke's lack of skill at the game while fighting back tears. Joe only sighed as he stared at it.

"Well, this is a sad sight to behold."

Luke simply sighed.

"Leave them alone; that must be their way of dealing with my loss."

Luke and Joe merely stared at it till they all finally decided to gather their things and depart. Luke just sighed as he watched them walk away.

"I had no idea visiting graves could be so depressing."

"Have you ever visited a grave before?"

Luke came to a halt. He then responded slowly.

"I've been to a graveyard, but... I wasn't as sad as others were."

"Or you simply didn't exhibit your feelings."

"Haa, maybe?"

"You have another visitor."