The weather hasn't been very good lately, the storm has been going on for 3 days, but that's nothing, it's always the same at sea, maybe it will stop in the next moment!

Lightning under the night sky streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the island with a radius of no more than 10 kilometers, and the rumbling thunder always came a few steps slower!

This is a lonely island, at least within a radius of 100 nautical miles, there are no other islands, the shape of the island is very special, like a curved crescent, if you look down at it from high in the sky, you will feel very beautiful!

The entrance to the island is only at the fjord in front of it, and the back side of the island is full of cliffs hundreds of meters high!

The trees on the island are dense, like a pristine island, but this is not a primitive island with no people, but a private territory!

Just by looking at the only castle that stands in the middle of the island, you know that there is an owner here!

The castle on the island is in European style, not very large, covering an area of only 1,000 square meters, not so much a castle, more like a castle-style villa!

The only road under the castle leads to the fjord in front of the island, and at the end of it, there is a small harbor, which is the only place where you can communicate with the outside world!

The lightning flashed again, and the blinding light would shoot into the castle, reflecting a figure sitting by the window, and when the light was gone, the castle was plunged into darkness again!

When the lightning reappeared, look there again, and the figure was gone!

If anyone saw this scene, they would think that it was a ghost wandering in the castle!

It would not be wrong to say that, because in the eyes of some people, he is dead!

It's just because of the so-called humanitarianism that he was exiled here and left to fend for himself!

In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, he moved forward slowly, and when he moved to a certain position, he stretched out his hand and pushed it gently, only to hear a "squeak", which was the sound of the wooden door being pushed open!

Entering the door, he moved forward a bit, then reached out and fumbled beside it, and before long, he picked up a small thing!

I only heard the sound of "pop", a small flame suddenly appeared, and the faint light illuminated the surroundings, but all that could be seen was the pale arm holding the flame!

The flames began to move, and slowly, under the faint light of the flames, an oil lamp was revealed, and the wick was lit, and the surroundings suddenly lit up by I don't know how much, and the furnishings of the room were revealed.

It was a room, and the oil lamp was the only light source on the bedside table, and around the room, there was nothing but a wardrobe, but on the other side, there was a wooden door!

Moving to the wooden door, he reached out and gently opened the wooden door, and then entered inside!

It's also a small room, but there seems to be a lot of stuff here, and along the way, with the help of the flickering firelight, I saw the bookcase and the shadow of the book!

He went to the innermost desk, placed the oil lamp on it, and without the wind that it had brought with it when it moved, the light was quiet!

At this time, his appearance was also revealed at this time, he was sitting in a wheelchair, wearing thin, yukata-like clothes, his long pale hair without the slightest luster hung down to his waist, his breath was gloomy and dead, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like an old man who was about to die!

In fact, his actual age is only 15 years old!

At this point, just look at his face, it is a very ordinary face, with some immaturity that a teenager should have, and that white hair is not worthy of this face at all!

His eyes were blank and skinny, and he felt as if he hadn't eaten a full meal in a long time!

In fact, he eats well every day, but his body is still like this, which is why he will be exiled here!

His body is extremely weak, and it is not that he has any disease, but that he was born with it!

He has been able to live until now, and in the eyes of others, it can only be said to be a miracle!

But he knew that he would not live long, at most a year, and that when he reached the age of 16, his body would reach its limit, and he would die!

His name is Bai, and he has no surname, only a first name!

Of course, he originally had a surname, but the moment he was exiled, he was stripped of his surname!

Because they are not allowed, the exiled wastes have surnames that they are proud of!

Shiro has been here for 10 years, and according to their rules, every newborn born who reaches the age of five will enter a three-year observation period if he behaves "abnormally", and if the condition becomes more serious, then he will be banished here!

If it recovers, it will return to the "normal" side!

People who behave "normal" will stay there and live the life that normal people should have!

And Shiro directly skipped the observation period and was exiled when he was five years old, because his situation was too serious!

When Bai first arrived, there were a few other Vault Dwellers here, but as time passed, those Vault Dwellers all died one by one, and no one survived the age of 20, and the eldest one also died the day before his 20th birthday!

It's like a curse!

No!

That's the curse!

This is the curse they are carrying!

Bai pushed the wheelchair and slowly came to the desk, there were no other chairs in front of the desk, because he didn't need it!

On the desk, in addition to the oil lamp, there was only one book, the pages were a little worn, and at a glance it was known that it was often flipped through, and the name of the book was very strange, it was called "Fantastic Creatures Illustrated III"!

That's right! That's the name! And it's also a series!

As its name suggests, this is a popular science book, and its main role is to introduce people to magical creatures!

As for why it's weird, it's because if someone sees the book, they will have a smile on their face and say, "I see, I've seen it!" Or "Wow! Someone has edited all the mythical creatures together! That's amazing! Wait, read these books in a joking mood, and then turn around and forget all about the contents!

After all, people living in this stable world would never believe that these magical creatures existed, let alone seen them!

This book, Bai has read it no less than a hundred times, what creatures are in it, what those creatures look like, and what abilities, he basically remembers!

For example, the page he opened now was a description of dark creatures, ghouls!

It's not that he believes in these creatures, it's that he's boring!

On this isolated island, except for a ship that carries a year's worth of food every year, and the rest of the exiles, there will be no outsiders coming, and the exiles will not have contact with the outside world!

Didn't you notice that there is no basic energy source from the outside world, electricity?

Even at night, you can only use an oil lamp to illuminate the shade!

So you can see how boring it is!

So he can only pass the time with these books that look incredible!

As for where these books came from?

It was left for him by someone who took good care of him!

That person is very strange, she always appears when Bai is alone, and her figure will disappear if someone else is there, which makes him feel strange, but he doesn't think much about it, after all, all the people who live here are some "abnormal" people, just don't want to show up in front of others, that's a lot more "normal" than some people!

That person taught him a lot of things, whether it was "outside" common sense, or some special knowledge, although that knowledge was not used here at all, but since she was willing to compete, of course Nabai was willing to learn, after all, there was nothing else to do here to kill time!

She had been teaching him since Shiro had been here until a year ago, after the last conversation with her, she had never been seen again!

At that time, he had asked the only other person left in the castle, and he said that he had never known of such a person!

That's when he thought, perhaps, the knowledge in the books she had left here was correct!

And she may be one of them!

Until half a year ago, the last person who could talk to him disappeared, and he wandered alone in this lonely and empty castle!

Aside from the books she left behind, Shiro didn't have any means of entertainment!

As for going to the beach for a swim?

With a body like him, it is difficult to even get in and out of the castle, let alone go to the beach to play!

After turning the book again, he closed the book and looked out the window, the storm seemed to be much smaller, the time was not early, and he was ready to rest.

There was no word all night, and when he got up in the morning, the sky was completely clear!

Although the weather was nice, it didn't change Shiro's mood in any way!

He has been watching such scenery for ten years, and he has long been tired of seeing it!

Maybe there will be some changes one day, but for people like him, who don't have the slightest motivation to survive, it doesn't matter anymore!

He went to the study again, took a random book from the bookcase, and went to the desk to read.

Shiro has one year left to live, that's what she told him, and he himself feels like this!

But he didn't feel afraid, but was a little happy!

A meaningless life like this is coming to an end!

There's only one year left!

It's just that......

Why did she say that to him before leaving?

Hope he survives......

There is only hope......

Thinking of this, he looked away from the book in his hand and looked to the side of the desk, where there was a very ordinary-looking ring!

If you look at the appearance of the ring, it is an iron ring with some carved lines on it, and it still looks like that!

"Is there any hope of living......" muttered as he looked at the ring.