"Snap, snap, snap....."

Her tears flowed out of her godless pupils like beads of broken thread, snapping against her skirt and hitting the ground.

It was the first time I saw Alice cry.

I've never seen any specific expression on Alice's face.

She had always looked like a doll, staring blankly ahead, with no happy expression, no angry expression, and no sad expression.

When you are shy, you will blush, and the light in your eyes will light up slightly.

When you are lost, you will bow your head, and the light in your eyes will dim slightly.

That's all.

And now, she cried inexplicably after seeing the blonde girl doll in a black and white dress, holding a golden compass, and lying in a coffin.

Alice..... What happened to you? ”

I lowered my head slightly, grabbed her trembling shoulders, crouched down and nervously looked into her tearful eyes and asked.

"Her soul is lost..... Her soul is lost....."

Alice was still crying, crying expressionlessly, muttering to herself as if she was possessed by a psychic medium.

"This kid is like this, he keeps crying and crying and doesn't let us do business."

"Ah~ strange child, don't come here if you're afraid....."

And Alice was muttering to herself with blank eyes and crying, and I looked around, and the people around me were chattering about us, and because she attracted the attention of most of the people in the store, the clerk, a strange old man, was also a little impatient.

"Sorry....."

I bowed my head slightly and waved my hand at them.

"Alice, let's go with my brother first."

I bowed my head and said this to Alice, then took her little hand and led her out of the place.

"Her soul is lost..... Her soul is lost....."

Running out of the shop by her hand, and running across the street, she still trembling and muttering to herself so quietly, as if frightened......

.......

Ten minutes later, I found a café, booked a private room, and settled down with Alice.

The door was closed and we sat on the sofa with a table in between, with two glasses of juice on the table.

“.......”

Alice finally stopped crying, and there were two clear tear streaks on her little face, although her body trembled from time to time as if she was frightened.

There was a slight silence between us.

"Can you tell my brother what happened to Alice?"

I put my hands on my lap and looked at Alice in a deep voice as she asked.

“.......”

She was silent for a moment.

I waited for her to tell me the answer.

- "Brother God, Alice doesn't know what's going on......"

Alice finally spoke this to me.

"Uh..... I don't know? ”

I was slightly stunned, but I didn't expect Alice to say this.

"After seeing that doll..... Alice instinctively felt scared.... For a moment, it seems that a lot of images rush into my mind.... Heard lots and lots of strange noises....."

Alice said this to me, and her delicate body trembled again, and her little face turned completely pale.

"What's the picture?"

I asked, looking at her seriously.

I knew it was cruel to ask her that, but I couldn't help her if I didn't know the situation.

"A lot of kids run like rabbits in a big cage.... Then there were witches wearing masks and black and white dresses who used various punishments to execute them...... They were screaming in pain, crying out to convey their despair, their souls drifting in the sky, huge golden compasses spinning in the sky, constantly crushing their souls, devouring them along with their despair......"

Alice, with a weeping voice and a trembling voice, uttered these words to me in a daze, like an anthem.

“.......”

I was stunned.

Somehow, I always had the feeling that I had to trust her.

The content of what is said is very strange, but it doesn't look like a secondary disease or fantasy at all.

It's as if what she's stating is something that really happened.

"Okay, I see, Alice doesn't have to think about these things."

I pondered for a moment, reached out and touched Alice's head, staring into her crystal blue eyes.

"Hmmm......"

Alice looked into my eyes, the tears in her eyes gradually lessened, and stability gradually replaced fear.

"Alice is going to that store, is there anything else you want to buy? This private room is very safe, you stay here and sleep for a while, and my brother will help you buy it back. ”

After settling Alice, I asked her.

Now, it seems that she will never be able to go to that store again, and if she goes again, maybe it will get out of control again, and I will go and help her buy her things back.

"Hmm.... Okay, thank you, brother. ”

Alice's face was still a little pale, she nodded, took out a small notebook and handed it to me.

"This.... Alice wants to buy one of these ....."

Alice flipped the book to a page and showed me two crystal-like things drawn on it, which seemed to be separated, and the shape looked beautiful.

"What is this?"

I asked Alice with interest.

"This is the boundary stone, Alice wants to buy it as a talisman for her brother and Alice, a very small piece, my brother can put it in his wallet......"

She looked up at me with her head down, blushed, and crystal blue eyes, and said this a little shyly.

Amulet?

Is it for me? Me and her?

Belch.... It's a bit like a token of love.,It's a little shy.。

But it doesn't matter.

Alice thought so much about me that she came all the way to the Old Market Street to buy me this amulet that was a pair of hers.

How could I not accept her?

"Okay, I see, I'll buy it for you."

I nodded, picked up Alice's notebook and put it in my pocket, promised Alice, and then said yes, and pushed open the door to the private room.

Alice..... Sleep here for a while, don't run around, Brother God will come back later and have dinner here with you. ”

I told her with one hand on the door and the other in my pocket and her little book.

"Uh-huh....."

Alice obediently agreed to my command, nodded, and lay down on the couch obediently.

Then, I smiled at her and walked out of the café's private room.

With her little book, she walked towards the end of the old street that was gradually darkening—