Chapter 54: Shackles

"Inscribed on the other side of the sea of nothingness, it is called the imprint of truth."

"It records the beginning of all things and foreshadows the end of a complete collapse."

"Even if it's just a 'rubbing', the container is still too fragile."

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"At least it seems, it's just an 'ordinary' child......

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She sat quietly in her chair.

Traces of bright red spread from the transparent catheter wrapped around the immature arm.

It's been a month since I woke up.

Blood samples like this are collected every few days,

At the beginning, there was no resistance, and there was no fluctuation of affection.

It's just too bland, for this child who is supposed to only understand the age of crying and laughing......

The man in the white coat opposite took the test tube back into the box, turned and walked out.

"How's it going?"

Suddenly, there was a sound.

Looking up, the pigeon's face appeared on the glass frame outside the door.

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He didn't answer, silently skimming his gaze.

"Don't ignore me!! I'm crying to you! My nerves are very delicate, very fragile!! ”

The dove protested in a long tone.

"Are you still going to stand there?"

faintly looked at the face outside the door.

"No way, who made me faint......

The pigeon shook his head wistfully.

"I've always wondered if you're a doctor, but you can't see blood...... Can't you see it at all......"

She jumped out of her chair and walked out the door with a little red cotton swab in her fingers.

"Don't!! ……”

The pigeon waved his hand and retreated.

'Click~' (sound of door opening)

"No...... Yes!! ……”

'Da~Da~' (Approaching Footsteps)

"No...... Want...... Yes......!!! ”

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"It's okay, it's fine, I'll be gentle."

Looking faintly at the pigeon sitting in the corner with no way out, the cotton swab in his hand stretched out.

"Don't!! ……”

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His eyes circled, and he fell to the ground with tears in his eyes.

"Already...... I can't get married......"

"Can you faint just by seeing such a little blood?"

Completely ignoring the sad pigeon, he looked at the cotton swab in his palm and said lightly.

"This kid ...... Born to shake S, ah......"

The pigeon sat up with a look of resentment.

"Anyway, I can't get married, so you have to take responsibility and marry me."

"Don't."

Simple and straightforward.

"I didn't hesitate at all!"

Pigeons that have been hit hard.

"I don't care, I don't care!! The pure dove has been defiled by the little key, and the pigeon wants the little key to marry me!! ”

The pigeon rolled on the ground with its eyes squeezed.

"It just made you see a little bit of blood."

She said lightly.

"Woo...... Wow......"

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"It's ......"

It's like a soft sigh.

Perhaps an illusion.

Unchanging expressions,

I don't know when, it's already softened a little-

"Na...... What disease do I have......, dove, say?"

"No matter what disease the little key has, I will cure it with the pigeon."

Smile as usual.

"Hmmm......"

Nod your head slightly.

The wind blows quietly on the rooftop deck.

Her slightly raised eyes reflected the blue sky.

A palm slowly stretched over the top of the head,

overlapping with the line of sight, as if you want to hold the entire sky in the palm of your hand,

Stand on tiptoe.

That figure seemed to disappear with the wind, and it might not be able to reach it in the next second, an unreal touch.

"Although there are still many things that I don't understand, there are some things that I can understand......

A faint voice sounded.

"I guess I won't be able to survive the day I'm eighteen."

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"I have some problems with my body, which is far from ordinary people......"

She spoke quietly.

It's like saying something that has nothing to do with you.

"Ten years...... It's almost the limit. ”

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Invisible seawater spreads along the surface and engulfs the entire city.

Streets, houses, ground, sky.

She stood silently in the middle of the ocean.

The noisy noise is completely isolated from the outside world,

It was a place where no one could see, no one could touch.

She understands that this ocean is a rule-like existence.

It's a little similar to the sea in the depths of my mind, but it's a little more realistic.

The empty seabed is so quiet that there is no sound in it.

The deepest depths of the world, the darkest end of the night.

I'll never be able to break free.

The Shackles of Fate -

"Aren't you afraid......"

The pigeon stared silently at the ground.

"Scared...... Didn't understand ......"

Still a bland answer.

"There are only ten years left...... During this period, this unstable state could collapse at any time......"

"Ten years...... It's been long enough for me to wake up from this world for only a month, and ......"

She tiptoed slightly, and the sky reflected in her pupils became a little clearer.

"Dead ...... Or the end, nothingness...... This is the original posture of the world, a month, a year, a hundred years...... So much so that for an incomparably long time before, there was no 'me' in the world......"

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"At some point in the future, there will still be no such thing as my existence in the world, and this is the end it should be."

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There is no nostalgia,

The consciousness of nothingness lingered in that sea of abysses for too long.

In a world where no one can set foot in it......

I can't even experience loneliness.

There is no reason to save zài......

Until one day,

A person-

Quietly disappear into the world.

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"Don't show such an expression......"

She gently stroked the pigeon's hair.

The corners of his mouth slowly emerged

There was a bit of a stiff smile.

"It's ten years too early for me to comfort adults with my little key......"

The pigeon lowered its head and took her in its arms.

Two hands rubbed that young cheek.

"Let Me Go ......"

Whispered protests.

"Don't let go."

The silky strands of hair rested next to her earlobe.

I struggled for a moment before I finally gave up.

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"It is the gods who control the beginning and end of everything in the world......

"What ......"

Looking at the side face of the pigeon with some puzzlement.

"Even if the opponent is a god, he will never lose."

Smiling softly, there was an indescribable firmness in his clear eyes.

Courage that ordinary people can't understand,

Faintly looking at the sea of clouds that gradually dissipated in the sky.

"Time...... And there's ......."

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