Chapter VI Penalties for Breach of Contract

"Those who violate the agreement shall bear the consequences"

Contract, in fact, according to modern people's view, is synonymous with trust. It's even bad enough to be called empty talk, but since she entered the Wish Shop, she has been a little inexplicably afraid of such things as contracts.

When Xiaomi violated the agreement and said that the store existed, it was like seeing a large amount of black mist tightly wrapped around Xiaomi's neck, and it became tighter and tighter. Apparently Millet also saw it, but compared to the look of horror, there was a kind of excitement and happiness on her face.

Millet was a little out of breath, but her eyes widened and she excitedly said to the people around her, "Look, it's entangled with me!" I just said I can see ghosts, I can see! Look! See? It's clenching my neck, do you see it on me?! ”

At this time, Xiaomi was already in a state of semi-madness, and no one around her accused or ridiculed her, but they all looked at Xiaomi with a look at the patient. They all thought that Xiaomi was crazy, and it was as if they could see more and more black fog on Xiaomi's body, accompanied by a faint stench.

Maybe it was the eyes of her classmates that made Xiaomi unable to find a sense of superiority, or maybe she was already having trouble breathing in the classroom, and she pushed away the crowd of onlookers. Desperately ran to the outside of the teaching building, as if looking at the sun slowly revealing behind the dark clouds, and hurriedly chased after Xiaomi.

Hopefully, it can catch up, but just by saying that the store exists, it has already broken the barrier of being protected. If you're surrounded by ghosts and get in the sun at the same time, it's like you don't know what's going to happen. Seeing that he was about to catch up with Xiaomi, he shouted loudly as if he didn't care about causing a riot.

"Come back! Don't go out! ”

At the moment when Xiaomi stepped out of the teaching building, it was as if he saw a large amount of dust exploding in front of his eyes. It's like a balloon filled with flour that suddenly gets punctured. And Xiaomi's body exploded in the form of dust under the sun's rays.

But the black mist that haunted her floated in the air unharmed, and they couldn't haunt Wanru, but they also grimaced at Wanru like a victor and disappeared. This scene, only the people who ran in front seemed to see it, and the classmates and teachers who followed only saw a blank piece of paper in their hands, looking a little stupid as if they were still standing at the door of the building.

No one knew how it would feel like this, it was the first time she had seen someone die in front of her. And in such a weird way, after Xiaomi disappeared, only a piece of white paper floated to Wanru's feet, she picked it up and looked at the white paper in her hand, and frowned with some confusion.

People tend to regard the oath of agreement as child's play, and think that they can do things according to their own conscience. But as everyone knows, the agreement set by the words is a shackle that binds oneself, and the day of the breach is the time of retribution and punishment.

Because the teachers at the school didn't see that scene, they thought that Xiaomi ran out of the school and lost control of their spirits, and finally contacted his parents and took the police to find out where Xiaomi went. As everyone knows, she was already destined to disappear into this world at the moment of default.

As if holding a blank piece of paper in his hand, he walked to the store with a heavy heart, and walked through the alleys to see the large flower fields, which looked like blood about to burst out under the light of the setting sun. This made Wanru, who was already in a heavy mood, even more uncomfortable.

As if walking to the Lingxi who was already waiting for her at the door, he handed her the blank paper and said, "Millet is dead, only this one is left." ”

Lingxi took the white paper and received it in his sleeve, looked at the fiery sunset and said: "This is the contract made by the core of the invisible tree of the Demon Realm, there was nothing before the contract was established, and when the contract was withdrawn, it was naturally blank. Guests who break the contract will not be able to get the contract, and the contract will eventually return here. ”

"So you already knew that Millet would die, and you already knew that there was this day, right?"

Seeing Lingxi nodding, it was as if a nameless fire suddenly rose in his heart. With anger and resentment, he shouted at Lingxi: "You knew it would be like this, and you still helped her?!" Do you know that you killed a human life?! Why...・Why didn't you stop her...・・She's still so young..."

As he spoke, he seemed to cry. When she saw Xiaomi, who had been trying to find a sense of existence and was not willing to be regarded as a madman, it was like seeing herself who had been isolated by everyone. She knows how lonely it is to be unsociable, even if Xiaomi uses the wrong method, she just wants someone to care about her...

If I hadn't lied at that time, wouldn't I have been able to save her? At least, she won't die like this, and the world won't know about it...

"Even if you had helped her then, she would have died eventually."

Lingxi's words sounded ethereal and distant, making his emotions a little out of control as if he had calmed down a little. She looked up at Lingxi, who had been staring ahead, and said, "Why...・If I didn't lie, she wouldn't have told the store, she wouldn't have been haunted by ghosts, and she wouldn't have run out and be exposed to the sun and die..."

The more I think about it, the more I feel self-blame, and my own thought has killed a person. But Lingxi's next words made Wanru's expression a little confused.

"What do you think will happen when someone who has been uncared for for a long time is in the spotlight? Just like a hungry beggar who is dying suddenly sees an endless amount of food in front of him, he will keep letting the food stay with him, and he will continue to eat even if he dies. ”

He said, "You mean..."

"Even without you, even if the whole world believes her words, but a hellish experience is not enough for her to have the focus of attention, she will continue to tell the unknown things she knows, so that more and more people will gather around her, and the more she will enjoy this feeling of being surrounded.

People are greedy, and when humans have a candy, their hearts begin to want the whole candy house. Accustomed to being surrounded by people and watching, do you think she will go back to the way she used to be? Taking a step back, it is impossible for her future life to never shine without the sun, even if it is just refraction, she will die, so her death has nothing to do with you, you have time to blame yourself, it is better to hurry up and cook. ”

Perhaps... Lingxi's words have a point, and when she walked to the kitchen as if she was fooled, she suddenly turned around and asked Lingxi, "Then why can't you refuse her?" Refuse this request and do not help her. ”

Lingxi didn't look back, but continued to look into the distance and sighed softly, some ethereal sounds drilled into Wanru's ears with the wind.

"There is no reason to refuse anyone or anything from this store, and the wish to enter the store must be fulfilled..."