"Do you love me?"

"Love. ”

A cold wind drifted through the dim wilderness, intermittently rolling up a scattered burst of yellow leaves, sweeping away the wreckage of dust.

Surrounded by dense forests, in the distance are majestic and precipitous mountain peaks, the summits of which are covered by dark clouds and starry sky.

Unknown insects were singing night songs in the woods and grasses, the lonely howl of wolves rang out from the peaks, and the beginning of the conversation came from under the stars.

However, there is nothing below, except the wilderness, which is still wilderness.

"How much do you love me?"

"Loved, loved. ”

A lot of the wilderness lit up, a bonfire made of piles of dry branches that had been patched together in circles. It beats, burns, and screams in a "crackling" sound, as if it has inherited the light of the sun, and it will never be extinguished.

The cold breath seems to have been dispelled a little, and a lot of hot warmth has been enhanced.

"How long have you loved me?"

"Love until I'm old, love until I'm dead. ”

Around the bonfire, two backs leaning on each other were gradually reflected, like an illusory mirage, but they were the same as the substance.

"No, I don't want you to die. ”

"Fool, how can there be immortals, as small as everything in the world, as large as the vast universe, the bright moon, the clouds, the birds, what things have no lifespan? One day, they will all perish. ”

"But people just don't want you dead. The girl in the red dress pursed her lips, grabbed the black-clad boy's arm in an attached way, and gently snuggled her head into his arms.

The boy touched the girl's soft green silk, the pupils of the black gem were full of doting, he suddenly raised his head, pointed his hand high to the sky, and said with a smile: "Look, the dark clouds have dispersed, and there are stars to see." ”

"One, two、...... Five, six, six, I counted correctly, huh, why only six?" the girl's tone was a little disappointed.

"I don't know. The boy whispered, "It's better than nothing." ”

"Ahh

It was a yellow crescent moon that hung above six evenly distributed stars, quietly emitting an amber sheen, like a precious crescent moon necklace that had been embellished but not yet threaded.

"It's beautiful. The boy couldn't help but admire.

"Am I beautiful?" the girl asked, tilting her neck.

The boy shook his head and fell silent.

The girl failed to notice the boy's abnormality, and she pecked the boy's cheek with her pink lips and laughed happily.

After a while.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" the girl waved tentatively at him.

"If only the world ...... If only it could be as beautiful as here. The boy said sadly.

"The world?" the girl was stunned, she suddenly hugged the boy's waist firmly, and said to herself like a dream, "Hmm...... The world is really dark without you, but as long as you are there, the world is not dark. ”

"You fool. The boy laughed and broke free from the girl's restraints, and he nodded her forehead vigorously, and thought for a moment, "What if I go one day?"

"I'm not going to let you go. ”

"I smuggled away. ”

"Then I'll go to you. ”

"I haven't been able to find it?"

"Find me old, find me dead. ”

The boy laughed, the girl giggled, one was an open and relieved laugh, and the other was a crisp silver bell.

The two suddenly stopped laughing at the same time and looked at each other affectionately.

"Marry me. The boy said.

The girl bowed her head shyly, she plucked a handful of weeds growing on the ground in the moonlight, spread her hands, and handed it to the boy.

"Is this?" the boy wondered.

"One day, when these weeds have withered, and you make a wish to burn them, and let them turn to ashes and drift in the wind, at that time, if I am still there, and you still like me, I will marry you. The girl's expression was very serious.

The boy couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to ask, "What is your wish?"

"A lot, for example - you like red, I often wear red dresses to show you, I like black, you often wear black clothes to show me. The girl blinked her eyelashes cutely.

"Okay, good, I can't help you. The boy agreed.

The flames flickered and shook violently, like a chaotic electric current, the stars in the sky were slightly darkened, the light dimmed coldly, and the temperature around them plummeted.

"Here he comes. The girl panicked, and a sweet smile instantly disappeared from her face.

"Who?"

"He's coming!"

"Who is it?"

"He's coming! he's coming!" the bonfire went out violently, as if someone had been kicked hard, and the girl began to scream in terror.

There was a sound of a tree trunk creaking and breaking in the woods behind her, and a tree fell.

The boy pricked up his ears, and in addition to the trunk, he heard another strange sound.

It could be the snorting of a metal object ploughing the dirt with a sharp edge into the soil, and the rocks in the soil rubbing against each other as a result of the pushing.

The second, third, fourth...... Trees are falling more and more, and they are falling faster and faster......

The chirping of insects became more and more indistinct, and the wolf on the top of the mountain cried in mournful ways, clipped its tail, and turned around and fled like a defeated dog.

"Go, go!" the girl struggled to push the boy up.

"Where are you going?" the boy was stunned, although he was reluctant, he still hesitated according to the girl's request, and walked more than fifty meters intermittently.

"Run, run!" the girl shouted as she could as she glared at the boy who had stopped halfway.

"Why are you running?" the boy asked, clutching the weeds in his hands, sadly, "Are you going to leave me?"

The girl crouched down and cried, the red dress was on the ground, and she did not answer the boy's question.

Behind her, a figure appeared at some point.

The boy's mouth opened wide because he saw that the "man" had been moved from the woods in the shape of a ghost.

And that's not the scariest part.

He was covered in a thin robe that melted into the darkness, and his whole body was dark, so thin that he looked like a weathered skeleton, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the black hole, as if his head was empty in the first place.

He was taller than the girl, and his shriveled right claw held a long scythe that was as tall as his body, and the blade was stained with the blood of an unknown animal.

God, Death! Is there really a Grim Reaper in this world?

But the sound just now was obviously a sickle plowing the ground, why was his sickle not stained with soil, but blood?

The boy was so frightened that he held his breath, his heart was pounding, his blood was running backwards, and he could barely move in place with such fear.

He didn't dare to run, he didn't dare to call out to the girl who was in danger and still didn't know it.

Now he just wanted to step back, shrink back, and silently pray for God's protection.

Get out of here!

He could leave, but what about the girl?

The target of the Grim Reaper is a girl!

"I'm sorry. ”

The boy froze in his hesitation, he could be sure that the familiar voice was coming from the girl's mouth, and she was apologizing to him.

I'm sorry, why do you say I'm sorry, do you know that death will find her?

No, he won't allow it! He's going to rescue the girl!

There seemed to be a flame in his chest, and his numb limbs suddenly regained consciousness, and a surge of courage rushed over the boy's head, and he trembled and picked up a palm-sized stone, and threw it far away with all his might, trying to attract the attention of the Grim Reaper.

At the same time, he jumped and raised his left and right arms, waved them in the air, and shouted at the girl: "Run!"

The Grim Reaper is gone.

The boy's face turned pale, his pupils slowly dilated, and the feeling of suffocation was overwhelming, forcing his mind to appear intensely dizzy.

Death has come to the boy.

The distance between the two is less than one meter.

Death slowly raised his scythe, and the earth shook and cracked, revealing the other end of the scythe.

It's a double-ended scythe!

The boy closed his eyes tightly, and he could imagine himself being dismembered by the Grim Reaper's scythe.

The sound of the metal spike sounded, and strangely, there was no pain.

The boy opened his eyes in astonishment, and he saw that the navel of the Grim Reaper had been pierced by a silver weapon inlaid with a crescent.

The Grim Reaper fell silently, turning into a cloud of smoke, revealing a girl with a silver weapon.

Girl, killed—Death?

Will the god of death, die?

The boy looked at her incredulously, and the girl smiled with his haggard and gentle smile.

"Are you scared?"

The boy shuddered and couldn't speak.

"Whew-"

Death resurfaced high in the air, roaring like a beast, slashing the scythe down.

The Grim Reaper is not dead!

As the girl had expected, she pushed the boy in the air, twisted the double-headed moon arc of his wrist 360 degrees, and brought a loud metallic tremble.

The boy was smoothly carried out by an invisible force and rushed to the highest peak, rolling his Adam's apple, desperately trying to tell himself that he was dreaming.

Death fell obliquely, its sharp scythe slicing through the howling wind.

The girl raised her head slightly, her left knee bent, her right leg stretched straight, and the support posture of the defense was erected.

The moment the sickle collided with the moon arc, the two turned into two balls of light, one red and one silver, and catapulted in all directions, dividing and merging, rising and falling.

The red and silver light flickered intermittently, and the sound of violent air explosions blurred the sight and hearing, followed by a series of dull explosions, and the ground caved into huge craters about five meters in diameter.

"At night, with the moon, you can't win me. The girl stood back in place, her tone cold.

Death took the scythe and stopped the attack.

He didn't leave, but stared at the bright moon, as if he was coveting something.

"What are you doing?

The moonlight shone on the girl's side face, and her green silk was scattered in the wind, and at first glance, it had a thrilling beauty.

"The other side, Moon Dance!"

The girl jumped high, and her peerless figure was like Chang'e hanging over the moon for nine days.

She threw out the arc of the moon, which circled around the Grim Reaper, creating an infinite silver light that enveloped the Grim Reaper.

"If you don't stop talking, blame me for being ruthless!" the girl shouted and threatened.

Death tilted his hollow, blackened head and smiled.

His laughter was as unpleasant as the crunch of an old, rotten wooden chair when someone sat on it.

The moon suddenly dimmed, and it seemed as if a sickle-shaped cloud obscured its brilliance.

The girl was startled, she held her forehead and adjusted the discomfort caused by the lack of moonlight.

When she looked at Death again, it was gone.

"Hmph, count you as acquaintances. The girl let her guard down and landed on one foot back to the ground.

"Hey, hey!" the boy on the mountain peak suddenly hissed and beckoned desperately.

He wanted to remind the girl that the Grim Reaper, in fact, ......

Under the black moon, the Grim Reaper looms behind the girl, wielding a deadly scythe, and the inevitable disaster is derived, accompanied by death.

"Whew-"

The scythe pierced the girl's lower abdomen, and red blood splattered with the blade.

The Grim Reaper laughed wildly and disappeared into the wilderness.

The girl staggered to her knees, the moon arc fell to the ground, bursting into sporadic points of light, and countless red roses bloomed in a red dress.

I'm sorry, I ...... It's a monster......

She glanced at the boy from afar, and finally lay down weakly, the loss of vitality made her eyes lose their brilliance, she no longer had the strength to speak, nor the strength to look up at the boy.

Are you still ...... Will it ...... Love me?

At the top of the mountain, the boy let go of the weeds in his hand in a daze, and the weeds drifted into ash in the wind, and he couldn't help but grab it, but he grabbed a handful of air.

"No, I don't want you to die. ”

"Fool, how can there be immortals, as small as everything in the world, as large as the vast universe, the bright moon, the clouds, the birds, what things have no lifespan? One day, they will all perish. ”

"But people just don't want you dead. ”

"One day, when these weeds have withered, and you make a wish to burn them, and let them turn to ashes and drift in the wind, at that time, if I am still there, and you still like me, I will marry you. ”

Tear.

……

More and more tears.

……

More and more uncontrollable tears overflowed from the boy's socket, like a gushing spring of water that found a pouring mouth, silently announcing the end of a vow.

May the world be as bright as a bonfire.