【Tana】

If there's one thing in this world that I don't want to see the most, it's my mother's tears.

The arrival of the emperor was like a dream, and the silent confrontation between him and the prince who only used his eyes was even more ridiculous, but I couldn't remember it at all, and in my eyes, there was only a silly smile on my mother's face.

It was a smiling face with tears running down its face.

I have no memory of when I could see again. I only know that she didn't lie to me, she does have a daughter she cares about, and the person she cares about the most is really not me.

I obviously have a feeling of loss, but why am I so happy?

She really didn't lie to me.

The prince didn't look at her again, but for some reason took me and Archie away.

I didn't want to go, I didn't want to leave my mother, I didn't want to leave the person who had given me warmth again, but the prince only said, "Don't you want to help her, at least, help her take care of her daughter." ”

I was stunned, it was someone I didn't want to see, but I longed to see.

I gritted my teeth, "I promise, but, in exchange, you'll also help my friend." ”

"I'll give them money to do a little business, and if I want, I can let them into my guard," a smile appeared on his face, "as long as you're willing to help me take care of her daughter." ”

I nodded wordlessly, letting go of Archie's hand.

"Apple!" Archie tried to rush again, but was held back by the grim-looking guards.

As if to destroy the last vestiges of memory I once had, the Prince's tone was cold and emotionless: "From today onwards, your name is Tana, remember, you don't have a second name." ”

This was my beginning, the first memory of a man named Tana. From this day on, I am no longer an apple, but a girl who has been given the name of hope.

Following the gesture of the guard who led the way, I saw a strange house, with no doors, no windows, not even a house, and in the place of the door, there were only blood marks on the ground, and there were blades that seemed to be intertwined like fences.

The very sharp blades were lined up in a dense formation like a fishing net in close proximity, as if blocking anyone from entering, and also blocking anyone from coming out, blocking the narrow hole completely, and the silver reflection of the blade was like a mirror, reflecting the pale face of the guard.

"That's it, you go in by yourself, I won't know anything from now on, Your Highness told me to lead the way here, I'll go first," the guard's face instantly turned from white to iron, as if he also heard the screams of the screams, he suddenly retreated a few steps, and as if he remembered something, he suddenly fell into the bushes beside him and retched.

"Is this where the so-called number one master of the underworld is?" I sneered, my fingers lightly touched the shining blade, and a slight tingling suddenly came from the tips of my index finger, and blood was already visible, "Sure enough, they are all good knives, it seems that the prince has really invested enough money." ”

"If you don't want to, the prince won't be reluctant," his voice calmed down a little after spitting out a few more mouthfuls of sour water, "He said that as long as you promise to be one of the princess's maids when she comes out, then you have fulfilled your promise." ”

As if worried about me, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Originally, this should not be said, but the events of that day were so miserable that people couldn't help but think about it again, that young man, he was not a person at all, he was simply a demon, saying what kind of test, so that many guards forced dozens of children into this hole one by one, many children cried, shouted, and begged for anyone to let them go, but with His Highness's order, none of us dared to let them go, As soon as they tried to get out of the hole, we drove them back, and everyone tried to squeeze their bodies past the blades that clung to the rock wall, but less than half of them made it to the cave alive, and the rest all died here."

Even if I have been prepared in my heart, I can't help but feel a bloody breath when I see the distorted blood marks on the ground that seem to remember the most painful struggle in my life, but when I hear it from the mouth of the person concerned, there is still a kind of horror that makes people can't help but want to escape, I am afraid that those children at that time are all stepping on the corpses of their companions, their hands are stained with the blood of their companions, desperately enduring the severe pain like a knife cutting Ling Chi, and trying the last bit of strength in their bodies to crawl over, Although they don't know what kind of torture awaits them in the darkness that seems to swallow them all, they don't care anymore, maybe it would be better to leave their lives here and no longer think about facing the fear of the future? Maybe only by living now can there be hope of living? They probably don't have time to care about it at all, they just know that they have to live now, and that's probably all they have to live.

The guards didn't see the fear they should have on my face, as if they were looking into the eyes of a freak: "You don't really want to break in, this is a lifeless road, so if you climb in from the top of the blade, you will have to die for half a life, and there is no doctor in it, even if you don't die, you will die!" ”

After all, seeing this kind of formation, the other girls probably thought about running away at the first thought. I snorted disdainfully, lifted a rock, and slammed it down on one of the most advanced knives. The guard looked at me blankly as if he was stupid, and after a long time suddenly woke up: "What are you doing! It was ordered by the young man himself, and he said that if anyone dared to move, he would never heal the princess again."

I glanced at him coldly, and the coldness in his eyes made him close his mouth in an instant, "If I can break through, I will do my best to beg him to heal the princess, if I can't even pass this level, I can't even see the princess's face, how can I know if he is treating the princess?" Taking a step back, if I can't get through it at all, it must be a dead end, even if I think about it so much, what can I do? Don't worry, if the queen blames me, I will bear it, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

The guard opened his mouth wide, trying to say anything but couldn't say anything more, so he had to retreat in a sneer.

The part where the knife was buried in the ground was very deep, and even the part buried in the ground was still cold and shining, and the air was overwhelming. I could only smash the blades with the stones, hoping to blunt the sharp blades, although I knew in my heart that it would be impossible to enter with this foolish method of moving mountains, but at least it seemed that there was some hope of survival.

"Papapa," the monotonous applause that makes people can't hear joy and sorrow, just like the cold moonlight in a cold night. I suddenly stopped what I was doing, looked up, and at some point, behind those sharp murder weapons, there was a man dressed in white standing quietly.

He was really young, young like a man who didn't seem to be here at all, and though he was still clapping, I didn't even know where his hand was as if I couldn't see him clearly. He was like a mysterious ghost who suddenly appeared in front of me without me noticing.

But I know he's not going to be a ghost. Because of his smiling face, which was almost no different from ordinary people, those deep eyes as bright as the starry sky, and the familiar sadness on his body, the slightly raised corners of his mouth were inadvertently revealing his mind, he was laughing, he was actually laughing.

"It's been a long time since I've seen a girl as interesting as you." He smiled and said, "Were you also sent by His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Inexplicably, I didn't know to be afraid: "I came here of my own free will because I promised someone to take care of her daughter for her." "I've never lied, but I can at least lie to myself.

"You're lying," he continued to talk to me, with the corners of his mouth raised, "and you didn't say yes to the poor woman, but to His Royal Highness, right?" After speaking, he looked at me again meaningfully, "You don't like the prince?" ”

I don't know if I should be surprised that he could accurately see my heart, or just staring at him coldly and not saying a word.

"Are you wondering how I know what's going on in your mind?" His troubles were easily seen through again, and I could even feel my struggles, I was not a talkative person before, and now I lost interest in talking in the face of such a person.

"Probably that's fine," I suddenly began to think, "and he'll guess if you think about it in your heart, so you don't have to talk anymore?" "I even envy him a little, if I can do the same, then maybe the mother will not leave me, if this is the case, then Gege should be very happy.

"Mother? Chattered? The smile on his face became even more, "I don't know who they are, but I think they must be your most cherished people, right?" But when I think of them, I don't think you can be happy, maybe you have a bad relationship with them? Although he was laughing, the teasing look on his face was heavier, and even without guessing, I knew that the person in front of him was not a person who really wanted to know why, he was just staring at another object that caught his attention like a child who suddenly couldn't find a temporary toy.

"You seemed to be envious of my power just now, don't you want to learn?" His smile suddenly became a demonic temptation.

I shook my head, trying to get rid of the distractions out of my mind, but when I couldn't help but think of my mother, I suddenly wondered if there was any place in her heart for me other than her daughter, whom I had never met.

If you have this kind of power, maybe this will be the fastest way to know the answer, right?

"Oh, so you want to know if that woman really thought of you as her daughter?" The expression on his face was obviously stunned for a moment, as if even the smile that had never faded was a little stiff, and slowly, his smile became more evil, and two rows of snow-white teeth appeared on the side of his mouth, "I really didn't expect that the bold little girl who dared to disobey even the prince's ban would have so many people in her heart." After laughing out loud a few times like the funniest joke ever, his expression suddenly became extremely hideous, "Is it because you care that you choose to listen?" But if you know that it is a sad ending, will you still choose to know? His smile became softer, "For example, that woman doesn't have you in her heart at all, you are just a substitute for her daughter,"

I was stunned.

I never thought it would be like this, and even with a faint premonition in my heart, I never thought that I was just a substitute.

Although I didn't want to monopolize her love, although I still had a little rejection of the title of mother in my heart, I still hoped that what she showed me and Gege in front of me was the most beautiful smile that belonged to her.

But is it really as he said, that even that brief moment of smile doesn't belong to feeding me? What am I in her eyes?

The substitute, the voice of the devil has been ringing in my heart, looking at me with a sinister smile, as if it were a dark crack that would lead to another world, dragging me towards the abyss where I will never see the light.

At that moment, it was as if the sky had darkened.

The dark clouds pressed down quickly, and the rain seemed to wash away all the traces left by people here.

A bolt of lightning split the sky, and the scorching light shone on the blade I had chosen to break for the first time, wiping out a dazzling edge, as if it was a blade that would stab people's hearts, slashing at the endless rain line in the air.

I bit my lip and let the rain soak me, I shouldn't have cried, why should I cry, is it just because I suddenly heard the news that my mother has a daughter? Or is it just because she didn't love me in the first place?

But so what? Slowly, I raised my head again, letting his knife-like gaze pierce my eyes. Whether I was a substitute for another person or not, the warmth that remained in her arms, the scent of orchid, the smell of honey locusts, all these were my experiences, real and irreplaceable, even if I could not see her face then, then, I thought, her face must have been the most tender smile I had ever seen.

"What's more," I smiled softly, my face pale, "why should I fight for what belongs to someone else because of my own misfortune?" She was not my mother in the first place, and that mother's love for her children did not belong to me in the first place. ”

His body jerked as if it had been hit by a hammer and he took a few steps back, staring at me with a blank look in his eyes that was no longer sharp.

"I didn't belong in the first place?" After he unconsciously read this sentence a few times, he suddenly laughed out loud, and finally burst into tears, "What a person who doesn't belong to me!" If it doesn't belong to me, why should I bother about it? ”

He suddenly pulled me down, staring at me for a long time as if he wanted to see me clearly, and then nodded, "Sure enough, it's Qijia's root, but I don't know if it's such a mind, is it a blessing or a curse to put it on you?" ”

When I came back to my senses, I found that all the blades that filled the holes were broken on the ground, as if they had been destroyed by a huge force, and there was not a trace on the outside, and only after carefully removing the blades that had fallen to the ground could I find that the other half was still deep in the hard stone.

I didn't even see him make a move, I didn't even see what kind of blade he used. Although I knew that the person who lived here had an appalling level of martial arts, I never imagined that it was the young man in front of me, who seemed to be in his early twenties.

I was shocked to find that it was still morning, and the fiery sun in the cloudless sky was slowly sending the heat to everyone, and there were no dark clouds or heavy rain, only my own tears, which slowly dripped down my cheeks, which I seemed to not even notice.

It turned out it was just an illusion. But it's obviously an illusion, but it's always so real, and it's so real that you can't tell the difference from reality at all.

"From today onwards, you can practice martial arts with me," his expression became more cheerful for the first time, as if there was no longer that dark cloud on his face, and his smile was no longer deliberately mocking. It's just that for some reason, when I looked at him again, his eyes were a little evasive.

"I don't want to," I said word by word all the words that I had hidden in my heart before he coveted what was in my heart, "I don't want to do it!" (To be continued.) )