In the quiet novice village at the foot of the mountain, the kind village chief took over the task, and under the guidance of a kind girl, completed the so-called novice journey, graduated from the novice village and embarked on an adventure to the world.

Lin Ziyue stood at the entrance of this ** village, just being passed by an NPC female ghost, she still felt a cold sweat at this time, although this is a holographic virtual game without this setting, but under the psychological effect, she still feels cold. Then her gaze fell on the skeletal staff in her left hand, and sure enough, it was the effect of the skill "hell", and she obviously didn't see the existence of the girl at all before disassembling the weapon.

Now, I can't wait to see what kind of performance the system has arranged for me.

Lin Ziyue tightened the weapon in her hand and stepped into this ominous place. There was no one in the village, not even ghosts, so Lin Ziyue had to go in and explore room after room, but except for half of the lunch, half of the tea, and half of the books on the table, there was no trace, not even traces of blood or destruction, the villagers in the whole village seemed to have done half of what they were doing, and then the world evaporated. And Lin Ziyue, who was searching in various rooms, opened the book and found that the text was incomprehensible, and when he opened the cabinet or box or something, he was either locked, or some clothes and daily sundries, and there was nothing special at all.

It's a weird feeling......

Lin Ziyue secretly sighed in her heart, she finished the entire village like this, and she had no clue.

What about people? It's good that no one has a ghost? Since you have psychic skills, you can't waste them, right?

In the end, she stopped in front of the most dilapidated house in the corner of the whole village, not so much a house, but a straw hut, a pile of straw piled up in a mess, without looking carefully, you can't notice the wooden board at the entrance, at first Lin Ziyue thought it was a straw stack, passed by without looking, and after turning the whole village, she found that this place had not been searched.

So she walked to the door, gently picked it with the tip of her sword, and the wooden board fell aside, and then a rancid smell came to her face, and the nausea caused by the sour smell made Lin Ziyue full of the urge to turn around and leave for a moment.

No, patience! There must be a clue here!

Lin Ziyue looked into the straw house, and what she saw was not an imaginary and terrifying corpse, but a table of rotten food, as if no one had touched it for a long time, and there was something on the table that made her eyes shine, a spread out diary, which seemed to have disappeared when the owner was halfway through writing.

Lin Ziyue tried to pick up the diary, this time the text on it was displayed in Chinese under the system translation, she was finally able to understand, and sure enough, this room hid a major clue.

On April 7th, the snow stopped, and my body felt sick again, in the morning I talked to Cher about Ling and Sam, and Fran, who was getting happier and happier every day, and in the afternoon when I came home with the prey, I met Ling with salt and flour, I gave her the newly caught fox, and she looked very happy, but I only sent it because Fran asked me to do it, what was she happy about? Fran really cared about Ling and Sam, and I was lying to myself if I wasn't jealous.

On April 10th, the weather warmed up, but I felt colder and colder, and my heart throbbed with every beat...... Fran went out with Sam and Ling again today, although I am grateful to those two, they are the only ones in the village who are willing to lend a hand to us, but why do you see Fran...... Sure enough, it's best for two people to live quietly, obviously only each other can live, and even those of us who have been taken away from our parents are the only ones who have each other.

On April 14th, there was a light snowfall suddenly, so comfortable, the stuffy pain in my chest was reduced a lot, after returning home from Cher's side, Fran has been at home with me, the two of us made desserts together, I am so happy, I remember that my parents' house has not been burned down, and when the family is together, it would be nice if Sam and Ling didn't come to join in the fun.

On April 20th, my heart ached, if Sam and Ling didn't exist, no one would have intervened between me and Fran, Fran would have quarreled with me over them, I just wasn't very enthusiastic about them, maybe we weren't as close as I thought, she didn't know me, and I started to get to know her less and less. In the evening, when I sat by the frozen lake and complained to Xue'er, she could only brush my forehead with her cold hand, she couldn't say anything, but the cold temperature touched my forehead, and I felt so warm and warm.

On April 21, Cher died, and spring finally came completely. My heart was so cold that it seemed like Cher had moved in, and even the pain was gone, and I missed Cher so much, the way she danced by the lake, and the shallow smile she had when she listened to my complaints. I still remember the first time I met her in the winter, her silver hair fluttering in the snow, then I fainted from exhaustion, and she took care of me with her magic all night. No one knew that Cher existed, not even Fran, so I had to sprinkle the water she had turned into on the surface of the lake that was beginning to thaw as her funeral. I wonder if she'll follow the river through the village and watch over Fran and me.

On April 24, at noon I roasted hare meat, and Ling had a great time, and when Sam suggested after the meal that he wanted to marry Fran, I stabbed him in the face, and Fran and Ling were terrified, so I made another cut in my own face. It didn't hurt at all, but the blade was very cold, which reminded me of Cher's temperature. Fran slapped me, I went out with my diary and didn't go back all night, there was a secret between me and Cher, no one could see it.

On the 25th of April, Ling dragged me back to the village, Fran was not in the house, there was only a stale dinner in the house, did she wait for me all night? Then I saw the red in the square, the instant fire in the village, I felt suffocated from afar, and I could hear the clamor of people arguing and crying from afar, and my heart was full of colic, like the snowy night when I lost my parents, and the red came.

On April 27th, I buried the ashes I could collect under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, which is said to recall the souls of the dead, and all the snow has melted, and the red has dispersed, and everything is over, and I will disappear in a few days. It's like a curse, a family curse, a bloodline curse, a curse that can't be escaped. The last supper that Fran had prepared for me was rotten, but I was completely reluctant to throw it away.

April 31, time ...... I need a little more time!

On April 34, time stopped, as if in response to my wishes. Time seemed to have stopped in the spring, which I hated the most. Stop at Fran's favorite season. For the first time, my chest didn't throb from the warmth of spring.

On April 44th, I thought I had lifted the curse, but Fran, Cher, and Ling didn't come back, was I wrong?

On April 45, I was alone. I'm the only one.

This is the end of the diary, and after the last sentence, there is a mess of twisted handwriting, as if the owner of the diary simply scribbled with a notebook, and it is completely impossible to identify what the owner of this diary has written.

"Is a boy's love diary...... But he's really a flowery guy, what Fran, Xue'er and Ling are all girls, so much can be eaten at once. Lin Ziyue raised her eyebrows in disdain, but she also had to calm down and think about the clues in this diary, in addition to these key people, there was also the fire and the illness of the owner of the diary...... What's going on?

Lin Ziyue was so disappointed that she put down her diary.

At the same time, a man walked into this simple thatched hut.

Lin Ziyue looked at the red-haired young man dressed as a hunter blankly, the two looked at each other for a moment, and the young man pulled out a dagger from his waist and approached Lin Ziyue in the house.

"Ah, wait, I'm not malicious! I'm here to help! You're ......."

"Who are you?"

"I, I, I, my name is Lin Zhongyueying, I am ......" Lin Ziyue was stunned for a moment, and then raised her thin sword in front of her, she suddenly thought of the most likely identity of this young man, I am afraid that it is the owner of the diary.

The young man narrowed his eyes, looked at her, then sighed, put down the dagger, waved his hand outside, and asked Lin Ziyue to follow him outside to talk. Lin Ziyue hurriedly followed, it seems that she finally has a clue about the task after coming all the way, I'm afraid it is to help this NPC solve the mystery or curse of this village.

"My name is Snow, it's a pleasure to meet you," said the young man who was very happy, his face was full of murderous coldness, "If I guessed correctly, you fell in through the cracks, and you people who fell in have often appeared in the past, but ......"

"But what?" Lin Ziyue said casually.

"But I burned them all. ”

There was a chill, Lin Ziyue felt that she had goosebumps on her body, is this guy really a murderer?

"You seem to have misunderstood something like them, but it's all for your own good to burn you—"

"Wait a minute, how can it be for the good of others to burn someone to death!" Lin Ziyue abruptly interrupted Si Nuo's words, stepped back a few steps away from him, and once again held the thin sword in front of him.

"That's the only way to get out of here. Si Nuo's expressionless face revealed a trace of helplessness and sadness, "And after you are burned to death, you will not have any memories here, you will be able to return to where you should go normally, and you will not cause me any trouble here." ”

Lin Ziyue silently thought about the young man's words, the diary is probably a signal, and he who has read the diary has two choices at that time, one is to trigger the battle directly, and the other is probably the current route. Burning? It sounds like a simple departure ending, and if you can't remember anything, it's no wonder that no one has mentioned this task, and I haven't read the relevant information on the forum.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Lin Ziyue decided to try the route of solving the puzzle, it was better than directly confirming the failure and leaving, she thought so.

"Yes, get out. Si Nuo nodded seriously and gave this answer.

“……”

Lin Ziyue resisted the urge to fight, and there was silence between the two for a while, and Si Nuo coughed embarrassedly: "Ahem, if you want to help me, you can also do it, can you please cut down the locust tree at the entrance of the village with me? ”

Lin Ziyue was stunned for a moment, no matter how you look at this task, it has nothing to do with the curse of the village.

But she nodded and agreed, so Si Nuo took her to the outside of the village, and when she passed by the entrance of the village, Lin Ziyue glanced at the wooden sign at the entrance of the village, and the girl was not there.

Odd...... If Sino was here, he must know the girl, who was that girl, and what did it have to do with him? Is it a villager who died in the fire, or one of the heroines of Snow's story?

Then the two walked under the big tree where she was born.

The lush locust tree seems to be extra strong in the spring sun, but according to the date in the diary, this has obviously grown to the extent of summer, and the spring tree seems to have just recovered from winter, how can there be such a rich green shade? Si Nuo stopped in front of the tree, gently touched the tree, Lin Ziyue walked around the tree, this tree can probably be circled by three people, the young man didn't even take an axe, and he didn't know how he planned to cut it.

Then Lin Ziyue looked at Si Nuo and watched him take out his dagger and stick it into the tree.

"I said you, you wouldn't really use that dagger ......!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Snow's figure had disappeared in front of the tree, and the dagger fell weakly and fell to the ground.

Lin Ziyue was stunned and speechless, and then she heard footsteps behind her, turned around, and found Si Nuo walking slowly from the direction of the village, still carrying an axe in his hand.

"You see, I can't cut it myself. ”

"Si Nuo, why are you cutting down this tree?" Lin Ziyue touched the body of the tree, the rough bark was covered with mottled marks, this tree must have been standing here for a long time.

"Because of the curse. Si Nuo stuffed the axe into her arms, took a few steps back, and stood behind Lin Ziyue.

Lin Ziyue tried to lift the axe, but it didn't weigh much, if in reality, she definitely didn't mention this kind of thing so easily, is it because the virtual world adjusted the body value to facilitate everyone's mission? She combined the sword and staff into one, retracted the storage pocket around her waist, and then lifted the axe with both hands.

"So what the hell is the curse?" Lin Ziyue asked casually, not expecting to hear the answer from this cold young man.

"It's my sister and I's blood, and it's my unfortunate blood. ”

Lin Ziyue heard Snow's voice crying, but she didn't look back at the young man, she was afraid that she would be silenced after seeing the weakness on his face. It seems that in so many stories, they like to use trumped-up accusations to explain unwarranted things and blame unwarranted sinners. The most dependent sister, the closest relative, when it was taken away by others, did the possessiveness in the young man's heart explode?

"Is it unfortunate? I think it's just an excuse. No one in this world is unlucky, just as no one can be happy. Lin Ziyue sneered, a cruel light passing through her eyes.

Snow likes his sister, but he doesn't want to share Fran with anyone, so on the night that Fran died in the fire, red descended on his world, and his parents probably died in the fire, so the overlap of memories made him collapse, and then most likely, he let the red come, let the flames fall in every corner of the village. But why is everything the same? as if only people are dying and nothing is burned, and time is stuck at a certain meal that day.

She swung her axe and slashed down at the locust tree.

"Everybody's just trying to find an excuse to get rid of their mistakes!!"

With just an axe, the tree fell, and then disappeared as flying ash.

Lin Ziyue looked at all this with unease, and then looked back at Si Nuo and found that his face was also surprised.

"Don't you know what's going on?" Lin Ziyue looked at the axe in his hand, and then looked up at the ashes scattered on the ground, "These ashes should be your sister's ashes......, right? Huh?"

At Lin Ziyue's feet, there was half a rosy crystal fragment, lying quietly on the ground, flashing under the refraction of the sun. So she picked up the fragment, held it in her hand and examined it carefully, and found that the fragment was still stained with some dust.

"Is this your sister's stuff?"

Lin Ziyue handed the crystal fragment to Si Nuo, but Si Nuo shook his head absent-mindedly: "I didn't see it when I was cleaning up my sister's ashes, this may be something you can use," he smiled bitterly, and that smile was extra ugly on his stiff face, "Because she won't even let me touch this tree, probably to protect this thing." ”

Lin Ziyue put the crystal in the package, showing the item information:

Red Crystal - Fran (quest item)

Crystals of flowers, ashes of fire.

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