Chapter 31 Chapter fifteen alone

Dick kept his word and opened Le Corgi's letter at sunrise at the appointed time, and he read: my child: I am weary of life, I need rest, and by the time you read this, I may have left the colony with no intention of returning, and I leave its fate to you, you are young indeed, but I know You will be up to the job, legally enforcing the treaty between me and Chile.But strict mutual compliance is required. When the gold mines are fully mined, there is no doubt that the Chilean government will give up sovereignty. This treaty temporarily assigns the island of Orle to the Khosts, and it will become my personal domain, to which I will return after my death, and it is there I am going, and there I will live to the last moment of my life.

If Chile breaks the promise, you still remember the place where I lived in seclusion, other than that, I want you to erase me from memory, this is not a begging, this is the last order. farewell!I hope you uphold justice, hate slavery, and always be a freedom-loving person. While Dick was reading the will of this man who was so kind to him in astonishment, Le Corgi was lost in thought, and continued to escape, looking for a place isolated from the world, driving forward on the endless sea in Ville-Jet . The sky was dyed red by the morning sun, shining golden light on the rolling sea.Le Kegui raised his head and searched in the southern sky. The island of Orles appeared in the strong light in the distance. The theme of this trip is also the destination of his life.

About ten o'clock in the morning he was in the calm little bay, and the boat was fast approaching.He started to move things ashore, which he could finish in half an hour. As a man eager to get out of a job that was finally finished, he gave the skiff a few hard blows with the axe, and the water poured in through the hole, and Ver-Jier staggered like a dying man. sink into the water.Le Corgi watched it disappear with a sad expression.His heart was bleeding, and he felt ashamed and guilty that this faithful boat that had carried him for so long was destroyed by his own hands.He felt like a murderer, erasing his past at the same time.The last ties to the outside world were finally severed.

The whole day was spent carrying the brought things to the lighthouse and making a tour of the place.The machinery of the lighthouse about to work, the furniture already placed in the room, everything was laid out before.In addition, from a material point of view, because there is abundant food in the warehouse, and because the seeds he brought can be planted in the open space of the rock, he can live without worry. At dusk, when his placement was almost complete, he stepped out the door and saw nearby a pile of stones, left over from digging the foundation for the lighthouse.One of the rocks caught his attention. It had already rolled to the edge of the platform and would have dropped into the sea if he kicked it.

Le Corgi approached it, and hatred flashed in his eyes. He was not mistaken, this stone with streaks of golden light is a gold-containing quartz stone, and it may be completely gold in it, but the workers do not recognize it. Like a worthless stone lying there lazily. This cursed metal appeared wherever he went.The catastrophe that happened on Khost Island will appear again, the influx of immigrants, the invasion, hunger, misery, and destruction of adventurers from all over the world He kicked the big rock into the abyss, then shrugged and walked to the top of the strait. Behind him stood the metal lighthouse, and for the first time the lamp on the top of the tower sent a strong beam of light to guide the approaching ships.

Le Corgi, who was killed, faced the sea and scanned the skyline with his eyes.What a painful memory that night when the Jonathan's guns sounded a distress call in bad weather! Thirteen years passed in a flash: But today, the vast sea and the sky are connected in the distance. When he raised his eyes, all he saw was the sea. Even if his eyes could penetrate the skyline, he couldn't find any life.In the distance over there is the mysterious South Pole, which is also a lifeless world. The land under his feet today is his paradise, and he has gone through many tortuous roads to get his wish.He himself was the maker and the victim of this pain, and if this stone were not kicked into the sea, he would be one of the happy men that men desire, one of the strong men to whom they promise, and yet he did.

Indeed, he could no longer bear the misery of this life anywhere, and the most terrible thing was the torment he suffered in the depths of his soul, from which there was no alternative but death and seclusion, Le Corgis I chose seclusion. His destiny is extraordinary, and everything in the past has left a deep imprint in the course of his life, leaving an eternal memory in the long river of history.The future is nothing but an extension of the past.Human life is short, the ruined land will fall in nature, and Le Corgi's masterpiece will never be damaged.