Ibaraki and the ice room are not siblings, in a sense, they have nothing to do with each other, they are just a poor teenager who takes in a poor girl.

One night fifteen years ago, the most important day of the friendly Himuro family was ushered in, but it was also the only day in the family that was filled with the smell of hatred, on this day a woman named Himuro Tsuzen gave birth to a boy and a girl, the girl was born smoothly, but the boy was stillborn.

On this day, the Ice Room family was clouded with a haze, and the girl was regarded as an ominous person by the family due to the death of the boy.

A year later, Tsuzen Himuro gave birth to another boy, which also symbolizes that the girl will be rejected and spurned by the family forever. Everyone looked down on her, but she was especially kind to the boy who was a year younger than her, because this boy was destined to be the owner of the Ice House in the future.

Four years later, the girl finally has her own name, Erica - Ice Room Erica, the name of the Black Angel of the Ice House has forever left an ugly stamp on the girl's body.

"Erica, hmph, you even have the name of the Ice House family?" One morning, an arrogant boy happened to meet a girl in the corridor who was doing housework like a servant, and he had heard his family talk about Erica since he was a child, and his image of his sister had long been ingrained in his heart.

"Takaya, she's your sister, don't talk to her in that tone. At this moment, a woman suddenly walked behind the boy, she was the mother of the two, Higuro Tsuzen, if it wasn't for the birth of this boy, she would probably have the same fate as Erica.

Just when Erica thought her mother was going to say something nice for her, she kicked her in the left rib.

"Uhh......hh

"You don't have to communicate with the livestock, she'll listen to you obediently after a beating, you know?" Himuro Tsuyoshi glared at Erica with a vicious gaze, and couldn't see half of the mother-daughter relationship, but took the boy out of the corridor with a smile on his face, "Wipe this place clean in a minute, otherwise there will be no food for you tonight." ”

"I see, Mother. Erica got up from the ground and whispered on her knees.

"Don't call me by that name!" "Himuro Tsuzen suddenly slapped Erica the side of the face in a rage, and his eyes were as cold and ruthless as if he was treating his own enemy, "Takaya, go see your father, don't talk to her in the future." ”

"Even if my mother doesn't say that, I know what to do, and it's enough for the ice room family to have filial piety alone. ”

"It's a good boy, no wonder there are so many people close to you, unlike that monster, no one cares even if it's dead. ”

Erica bit the corner of her mouth and sobbed, since she can remember, this life has been about two years, and her young heart has long been bruised, until today, she finally realizes that there is no one in the Ice House from top to bottom who wants her to exist, she is a black angel that symbolizes ominousness, and will only bring disaster and misfortune to people.

"Uhh

I don't know how long such a day will last, I'm afraid that even after becoming an adult, I will always be in the shadow of the Ice House family, pressed by the heavy haze, and never able to turn over.

"If you don't need to...... Why did you give birth to me...... "Erica soaked the rag in the basin of water and carried it to the next place that needed to be cleaned, where she could now survive in spite of the poor conditions of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, but at least she could barely survive the high walls.

Working from morning to dusk, Erica sat in the courtyard behind the warehouse with her first meal of the day, swallowing fist-sized rice balls as she looked up at the high bricks and tiles stained red by the sunset.

"What is the outside world like?" she quickly forgot about the unhappiness of this morning, and in the evening, the day's fatigue would not continue, and she also had a rare moment of peace, and it may have been her fate to be forgotten by the people of the Ice House in the corner of this old warehouse.

The winter wind blows in her face, and before she knows it, another season has passed, and the winter days have become very short, and Erica has finally ushered in her happiest and most difficult months, and she can only curl up in the corner of the warehouse, relying on a shabby quilt and endless paper to keep warm.

The previous two winters also survived like this, she can never forget the winter night when a person had a cold and fever and no one took care of her, maybe God is taking care of this life, every time she can be cured, and this winter is no exception, after working during the day, I sneezed dozens of times in a row, and at night, the high temperature came as promised.

"Ahem......" Erica was wrapped in a quilt, and she didn't even bother to give birth to the fire, maybe one morning she would freeze to death here, but even then she would never go to the "big house" to take a look, whether it was her father, father, or brother, they were all evil spirits.

"Whew-"

Just as Erica was about to fall asleep with her sick body, there was a sudden sound of something falling to her ears, she listened carefully, and found that it was like a person's footsteps, and her heart suddenly became happy and afraid, but her hands and feet had become unconscious, and she could only use her body to constantly hit the wooden cabinet behind her to make a little noise.

Fortunately, the owner of the footsteps seemed to have noticed him, and was approaching little by little.

"Takaya?" asked Erica, squeezing out her strength, but there was no answer in the air.

The footsteps vanished, and Erica thought she was hallucinating and gave up on the idea.

Soon after, a figure that was not very tall slowly walked out of the darkness, this figure was not Koya Himuro, but a child about twelve or thirteen years old, but there was no such child in this Ice Room family.

"Who are you?" The moonlight outside the window illuminated the boy's face, a strange face, but it made Erica very kind, she had never seen such gentle gazes, everyone looked at them like sharp knives, but the boy was looking at her very kindly.

"I ......" Erica choked up as she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Oh, I see, you're just like me, aren't you?"

"Huh?" Erica couldn't understand the boy's words, blinking and looking at him with curiosity.

The boy sat down where there was moonlight, stretched out his thumb and pointed at himself and said, "My name is Ibaraki Shinsuke, and I'm a thief, but I've always used the stolen money for good deeds, huh...... In a sense, it's called ...... Well...... Righteous thief!"

Erica was attracted to the boy, it was the first time that someone was willing to come close to her to talk, although it was only some unintelligible topics, but she felt extremely excited.

"You...... Are you a thief?"

"Hey, I told you all about it, I'm a thief, a thief, a thief! ”

"And you're here to steal?" Erica continued.

Ibaraki nodded: "Of course, this is my profession, otherwise I will starve to death." By the way, you've been here for so long, is there anything to treasure in this place?"

"Baby?"

"It's something very valuable, like money, jewelry, or rice balls and stuff. ”

Erica was stunned when she heard the third item, then got up and took out a clean cloth bag from the crack in the cabinet behind her, which contained rice balls that had not been eaten in the evening, she didn't know when the Ice House would stop serving her food, so she would keep some every day, and she could live one more day.

"Oh~ Is this for me?!" Ibaraki looked at the rice ball with bright eyes, and his stomach growled.

Erica nodded and handed the rice ball to Ibaraki, who swallowed it and sat down again in satisfaction.

"Ah~ This is my first full meal today, thank you. ”

"Can't the thief afford something to eat?" asked Erica.

When Ibaraki heard this question, his face immediately turned red, and he said, "Uh...... Well, because you want to do good things that you stolen...... So, that ...... Forget it, I'll tell you the truth...... I haven't stolen anything of value in a week, and I've been targeting small families who can't find any treasures, but there's definitely something in a big house like this that will fill my stomach after I sell it. ”

Erica suddenly laughed, and Ibaraki was a little embarrassed to see her appearance, even though he had just said that he was great, and now he had become a thief who couldn't even eat a meal.

"Ahem, ahem...... You see if there's anything valuable here, and sell it. Erica coughed twice and lit a ball of white paper with a nearby match, which she used to cause a brighter fire.

A corner of the warehouse was lit up, and at first Ibaraki was very excited, but after searching around, he couldn't find anything valuable, so he had to go back to the place in frustration, and it seemed that he had been busy again today.

"I thought there would be something good in this kind of big house, it turns out that rich people like to build a garbage dump behind their houses, by the way, why do you live here? You don't look like you're the guy who went all the way with me. ”

"My name is Erica Icehouse, and I originally lived here. ”

"Ice room?" Ibaraki recalled with his chin pinched, "I remember the owner of this house was called Shigeru Himuro......"

"That's my father. ”

"Hah, aren't you the eldest lady?!" Thinking about it, if it was really the eldest lady of the Bingwu family, how could she sleep here in this kind of clothes covered with a tattered quilt?"You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Just when Ibaraki doubted Erica's identity, he suddenly saw the sadness and unwillingness in her eyes, and immediately believed everything, although he didn't know what had happened to her, but he was willing to believe this girl.

"Hmm...... If you are really a member of the Ice House family, you should know where the valuable things are. ”

Erica shook her head, she had never seen anything of value in the house because she had never had a chance to go to that main house.

After a few seconds, she slowly raised her head, and the water spirit's eyes stopped on Ibaraki's eyes from the bottom to the top.

"Please steal me......"