(There is a postscript to the following chapter~)

It was a tall, thin man, dressed in a black cloak, completely enveloping his body, and only when he raised his hand, his figure was revealed, the hood behind his back was drooping like that, his skin was dark, he wore glasses, he had broken stubble, he was smiling, and his face was not very clear. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Heh~ It's been many years, but I really didn't expect you to fall to such a point."

“……”

The scarred man leaned on the rocks like that, raised his head to look at the mysterious man in front of him, holding his petite daughter in his arms with one hand, the hideous scars were all over his body, he looked so decadent at the moment, and probably died soon.

"The traverser who appeared by accident because of a near miracle, you should be the 'protagonist' in a certain story, but it really surprised me that you fell to such a point, but perhaps, this variable that you naturally carried on your body will let you meet me."

“……”

didn't say anything, the damage to the trachea had already determined that he would be extremely uncomfortable just by opening his mouth, and he couldn't say anything about the mysterious person in front of him who had only had a one-sided relationship.

"I don't understand, I can't figure it out, and the 'other' hasn't really appeared yet, so there's no way to find out, but since we met, it means that my boss has noticed you, or rather, what he noticed is something more interesting......

"You...... What do you want...... Do, what ......"

When he saw that this man seemed to set his eyes on the blank and empty child in his arms, the man spoke, endured the pain in his body, and said slowly with a certain perseverance and unyielding.

"Heh~ I'm just a businessman, so I just want to make a deal with you, but I'm not a profiteer, after all, you will die, and then reincarnate in this ignorant world, I also have some responsibility, just repay this cause and effect, of course, I won't save your life......"

The tall and thin merchant spoke calmly, and as he said these words, the lines of the whole world seemed to stop, turning into indescribable colors, as if in the midst of endless neon......

And a gray thing like a small boat model also flew up, and everything around it was probably caused by this thing, and at the same time, the man could also feel that something seemed to have changed in his body.

"You should be familiar with this world, right? But then, you only have a year or two to look back on......"

The merchant's voice began to become illusory, as if it was about to disappear, but the man suddenly remembered something else, and even though the blow to his body made it difficult for him to speak, he still struggled to make a sound.

"You're a businessman...... Right...... Besides, you can also let Sakura, recover...... ......."

“……”

The merchant did not respond immediately, but he looked at the man, towards something, and his expression became serious and deep, and after staring at the man for a long time, he slowly spoke.

"Your life of less than two years doesn't make a deal worth trading with me...... But it's not impossible to pay for your future life, are you? ”

"I've done it this far, how can I not want to."

The man replied without hesitation, as if because of the merchant, he found that he did not need to speak to be able to respond, and his tired eyes quietly met the merchant.

“…… In this case, the contract will be established, and when you die, the contract will be honored, but even if you give your daughter a false past, and bury these memories that have sealed her to the root, her heart and soul will have become the state of this moment......"

"After suffering complete despair, and giving her a separate salvation with cruel hope, even if she wakes up again, she is a heartless person, like a backwater, a river of ice, just a puppet, and you, in the rest of the time, what can you fill for her? Really, looking forward to ......"

"Ah......h

Responding softly, the man didn't have the idea of saying anything more, just lying down weakly, holding the "puppet" in his arms......

"Finally, I would like to ask, if you could do it all over again, before that, if you knew that this would be the result, would you regret it? Will it come to the rescue again? ”

"I don't know...... But now, I've gotten to the point, and there's no way to regret it...... Also, don't want it, regret ......"

……

The man is about to die, and he is lying on a hard bed in this small room at the moment, very haggard and embarrassed, looking like that, he is just a middle-aged man who is extremely down, and he can't see at all the demeanor he has in the past and past......

Sitting on the edge of the bed, there was only a black-haired girl in her early teens, her expression was very empty, but it couldn't be said to be wooden, to be precise, it was just cold, cold to sadness, how many years, about seven or eight years, such a long time, it was already a miracle, she had been silent, or rather, she had forgotten what language was......

"Sakura ......"

The man just called for this young and pale girl, and the girl only at this time would make a move, move her eyes to the only person who could implicate her, and wait quietly, and only at this time would she take the initiative to hold the hand of this only relative, even if she was silent, she still understood something.

"Sakura, you should be able to live peacefully in the future, you, you should also live well, this is what I, your mother and your sister want, so, go along and forget everything, even if it's false, but as long as you accept it, it's certain, it's okay."

“……”

The man said calmly, but the girl didn't respond, just maintained that posture, he knew very well that she was refusing, this was her stubbornness, like a real little girl, stubbornly demanding.

"Sakura, I owe you, your mother, your sister, and you...... And this is my 'repayment' to you, because I took advantage of the fact that you are my 'daughter', and used this as an excuse for you to bear that fate, but-"

"My 'repayment' has been given too much, and I have given you the part that should belong to your mother, your sister, and your Uncle Yanya, and the 'Sakura' who is my daughter owes them to them, so you also have to 'repay' and 'compensate', and the method is ......"

"It's to carry our weight and live, to live in this world where you feel 'pain', until one day, you find a reason to 'end', a 'reason' that can override some of the value you owe......"

The girl's black eyes shrank slightly, as if something that she couldn't ignore came to her heart, and the white and thin hands couldn't help but grasp it tighter, and the dying man on the bed showed a very shallow smile and pity.

"You won't be bound by the surname 'Tosaka' or 'Makiri' after this, 'Zen' is more suitable for you than these, this is 'ordinary people's surname', and you shouldn't be called 'Sakura'......"

"But there really isn't a word for you more than that, my daughter...... After I die, you will also be reborn, so your name will be 'Baby'......"

"Goodbye...... My daughter ......"

With the last soft goodbye, the man finally closed his eyes, and the girl also opened her eyes slightly at this time, as if she was flashing with some light, but this was just an instantaneous change.

At that moment when life is gone, at the moment when something called "death" comes, everything stops.

The dead body directly turned into endless silver dust, dissipated, passed through time and space and disappeared according to the content of a certain contract, and at the same time, the cause and effect in this world also began to change, and everything began to be corrected and changed by another will......

When the stagnant time continued to flow, the sitting girl also returned to a calm posture, her silent eyes were unwavering, lacking in energy, and she stood up smoothly, feeling a little strange, and then remembered something a little.

"It seems that it is time to get some money today, after the welfare home was investigated, although there are still a lot of donations and relief, but there are still some things to learn, for the future life, in order to live......

However, I don't know why, the girl still leaves some vague words in her mind, and it should be the voice of her biological father who died many years ago, why do you think of it at this time?

Moreover, how could a man who only knew how to drink heavily say such a thing......

It is very natural that these things are left behind like that, obviously contradictory, but they are remembered like that, and a person continues to live and learn as he has experienced in the "past", and he lives without knowing the meaning and "reason......

……

Slowly waking up, or rather, the slow return of the will that had been immersed, waking up in this aimless drift and settling, and in the same way, as if knowing everything, Sakura turned around and saw the shadow that had been behind her.

And the shadow had embraced her, wrapped around her, and then, merged into the petite body, and the deepest, most rooted, and only connection was understood, and it was so easy to achieve one......

The "Silver Gu", which stretches and does not know the end of its swimming, is still swimming slowly, following the principles of the underworld, according to its own laws, or rather, this is just a rotation, as if it were light and darkness, past and future, forgotten and present......

The silver hair moved by itself, and the hair floated slowly, and in this extreme darkness, even if the only light was far away, the shadow, the dark that Xu Huang was carrying, was also bright and clear.

The blood-colored eyes just looked at the endless dark abyss, not knowing what they were thinking, and they didn't think about anything at all, just a bystander, quietly, calmly, looking at everything, and then—

In just an instant, everything returned to darkness, to eternal darkness, waiting for the bewildering light to swim through again after a day of reincarnation......