American comics: Enlightenment in Arkham, Ascension to Homelander. - Chapter 578 The Past of Sleepyhead

And the moment Donton's foot landed on the Sandman's butt...

It was visible to the naked eye that the sleepy man was completely numb.

He is a member of the Endless Family, the lord of sleep in myriad worlds, an immortal god, and infinite life.

As noble as he is, when has he ever been kicked in the ass?This feeling is really...really...

Did Downton's foot kick him on the butt?That hit him right in the heart!

Although he was angry, he couldn't help but feel that Donton's action showed that he really treated him as a friend and brother!If Downton didn't like him as a brother, why would he play with him in such a rude yet intimate and familiar way?

Just like he would never act as familiar with Downton when he first met him as if he were seeing death.

So, I still feel that the accident is a stranger.

This……

For a moment, the look in the Sandy Man's eyes when he looked at Downton became strange, and he actually felt a little embarrassed.

Because Downton treated him as one of his own, but he actually treated Downton as a stranger!

then……

Noticing the look in the Sandman's eyes, Donton grinned and said, "Are you mad at me too?"It just so happened that the previous slap fight with Lucifer ended in vain due to the intrusion of the Slayer of Doom.

Well, I’ll have a good fight with you, the sleep demon, this time!

Although you, Sleepyhead, have not yet recovered to your best condition, but your status is there. Maybe you can help me strengthen myself a few more times?

Thinking of this, Donton looked at the Sleepyhead expectantly, but the Sleepyhead suddenly said to Donton.

Although we have just met for the first time, you are our brother and one of us after all.

Besides, since you have accepted the invitation of death, it means that you are also willing to work with us to save and reverse our sister Delirium and restore her to her original and best joy.

I'm glad that you made this decision, and I'm also... glad that you accepted me so quickly.

Since you are so free and easy, I will do my part, I..."

At this time, Donton was completely stunned. He really didn't expect that the Sandman would say such a thing.

So much so that he didn't even react to the actions of the sleep demon.

It wasn't until the Sandman kicked him in the butt that he suddenly realized what was going on. Then he looked at Death with a puzzled look on his face and asked speechlessly.

“Heh…heh, so you guys in the Endless Family usually use this method to show your closeness?

"So, should I treat you as an outsider? After all, you are an accident, my brother."

On the side, without waiting for Death to reply, Sleepyhead, realizing that he seemed to have done something wrong, quickly spoke to Downton.

If he didn't say something quickly, Sleepy was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stand the awkward atmosphere.

He wanted to use his toes to dig out a three-bedroom apartment and squeeze himself into it.

Then he looked at Sandman's embarrassed expression again, and then smiled at Donton.

"Accidentally, your appearance is indeed a good thing. Although fate may not like you, everyone of us except fate will definitely welcome you.

Because of your appearance, even someone like Meng, who always has only one expression, actually showed such a vivid expression. This makes me happy, and it also makes Meng closer to the countless lives I see off every day.

I have always felt that this is how we should be. Although we have infinite life and infinite power, as living beings, only joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are real.

But I don’t think of it as fate, because I like emotions and I hope more brothers and sisters can have and enjoy emotions.

Emotions are certainly a means of consolation in a short life.

But emotions can also touch the immortal species.

Contacting emotions, understanding emotions, owning emotions, and enjoying emotions, this is the attitude we should have! "

Listening to his sister's words, Sleepyhead swallowed and then shook his head desperately.

"If the price of having emotions is to have to endure the emotions I have now, then I would rather be more indifferent."

"Tsk, you sound better than you actually sing."

Donton interrupted the Sandman's words without any hesitation, and started to perform with his hands and feet dancing.

Even if I and death didn't come, wouldn't you have locked yourself in this cage?Don't think I don't know. Although you have been locked in a cage, you can choose to forget this memory. It is just a part and a kind of countless times you have experienced.

But you immerse yourself in this memory again and again, just like now, putting yourself naked in the cage for everyone to watch again and again!So what are you enjoying? Are you enjoying the shame of being controlled by humans? Are you enjoying the pain of being naked and powerless to resist? Are you enjoying the loneliness of being imprisoned? Or...

Or are you enjoying the regret and longing for the possibility of losing contact with an old friend of yours because you cannot leave the glass cage during your detention? "

Having said that, Donton raised his right hand and poked Sandman's chest hard.

"What are you talking about, asshole!"

He immediately growled at Donton in a fierce tone.

Facing the growl of the Sandman, Donton grinned and continued.

"Tsk tsk, you're not blushing, you're not angry, I thought you were really going to be more indifferent.

With a wicked smile, Donton poked the Sandman's chest again, then looked at him with ill intent.

Facing Donton's naked gaze, the Sandman swallowed and spoke to Donton through gritted teeth.

"I'm not as childish as you say!"

“Yes, a childish person may not care whether he has clothes on or not, but a childish person certainly doesn’t want to be locked up.

As Donton responded, he recalled the story of the Sandman. Long ago, the Sandman was just an ordinary, infinitely powerful member of the Endless family.

Until one day in a certain timeline, or rather, in the year 1389 in the timeline of that world.

Sleepiness and Death were extremely bored, so they wandered around the world and came to a tavern to drink and chat.

During this conversation, Sandman and Death had a small argument over an issue.

Death, on the other hand, believes that infinite life is a lucky gift that allows them to participate in and experience all the beauty and excitement in countless timelines.

Regarding this issue, Sandman and Death began a not-so-intense argument.

After this argument lasted for about three minutes, the two decided to stop the useless quarrel and end their dispute in a way that could directly produce a result.

Just at this moment, at a table in the tavern not far from Sleep and Death, a drinker was loudly discussing his yearning for eternal life under the influence of alcohol.

He was just bragging loudly to his friends and chatting about his dream of living to be a hundred years old.

In this way, the drunkard naturally became the target of Sleepiness and Death, so Sleepiness came to the drunkard.

"Sir, you just said that you want to live longer, right?"

The sleep demon asked softly.

However, because Shui Mo's clothes looked so noble, they could not be compared with the European peasant clothes of him and his friends.

So, intimidated by Shui Mo's financial resources and temperament, the drinker answered with a smile.

"Of course, who doesn't want to live forever? Not to mention me, even nobles and kings want to live forever, right?"

After listening to the drinker's answer, the Sleepy Demon immediately continued to ask the drinker.

"curse?"

The drunkard glanced at the Sandman in surprise, and then spoke to him as if he was trying to hold back a laugh.

"curse?"

He couldn't help but chuckle twice.

"Don't you think it's a curse?"

"That's certainly not a curse, it's the desire of everyone!"

"Ok."

After getting answers from the drunkards again and again, Sleep was silent for a moment, then turned around and looked at Death.

After making sure that his sister had done the auxiliary work, the Sleepy Man turned around and looked at the drinkers who were completely unaware and said.

"Since you don't think you will be crushed by the loneliness that comes with eternal life, then I will grant you the power of immortality.

But my request is that we must meet in this tavern every hundred years."

"Huh? Are you fucking kidding me? Are you drunk... Hey, man, come back, don't leave, you, who... are you?"

At this time, the drinker just thought that he met a drunk guy. After all, as a frequent drinker like him, he had already seen all kinds of drunkards.

However, the passage of time gradually told him that he was actually immortal.

In this way, year after year, every hundred years, the immortal drinker would meet the sleep demon in this tavern as scheduled.

A hundred years may sound short, but it is actually very long. Especially in 1389, a hundred years was already the life of countless people.

When he met Sandman, he cried and told him that he had watched his children grow up and die, and that he had been separated from his lover more than once.

He also once, when meeting the Sandman, could not help but show off his new knowledge from school, and the wealth and noble status he had gained through his knowledge and experience.

The next time he met the Sleep Demon, he had just lost everything he had. Liu Luo became a beggar who had not had a full meal for several days and had to rely on a meeting with the Sleep Demon to have a full meal.

But no matter when they met, no matter whether the drinker was in a good or bad condition when the two met.

Whenever the Sandman asked him if he felt immortality was a burden and a curse.

He always denies Sandman's claims and expresses his desire and dependence on immortality.

In this way, the two met six times in a row. By the sixth meeting, Shui Mo became more and more familiar with the Sleeping Demon, and treated the Sleeping Demon, whom he met once every hundred years, as a good friend and drinker, and revealed his feelings to Shui Mo.

He told the Sandman that even if the Sandman said that time was a curse, as long as there was emotional support and memory, people would never give up on immortality.

The drinker even directly stated that even a mysterious and great existence like the Sleep Demon cannot refuse the establishment of bonds, and instinctively pursues the establishment of emotions.

Just like the sleepy man also considers him, a drunkard, as a friend!It was because of the drunkard's words that made the Sleepy Man angry and embarrassed. He felt that the drunkard's words were an insult to him, but he also vaguely discovered that what the drunkard said was actually right. This was the real reason why his defense was broken.

In short, the sleepyhead and the drunkard parted ways unhappily after that meeting.

It was not long after that meeting that Sandman was imprisoned, and even his three artifacts were missing.

This imprisonment also caused Shui Mo to miss his next meeting with the drinker.

It was because of this miss that the Sleepy Demon's calm heart felt enough emotional impact for the first time.

He understood what it meant to be reluctant. At that moment, he was extremely worried that after he missed the appointment because of being sealed, the drinker would disappear from his life.

So after the Sleepman finally got rid of the seal, he soon came to the tavern he had lived in before.

It turned out that not long after Sandman missed the century-long agreement, the tavern encountered an unexpected situation and faced bankruptcy.

The drinker, who was heartbroken because of Sleepyhead's broken promise, bought the tavern himself, because he wanted to keep the tavern as the agreed location and wait for the next agreed time.

Just like that, when the Sleepy Man saw the drinker again.

The Sandman finally understood the excitement of reuniting with a good friend.