The wind chimes made a crisp and pleasant crashing sound, and Kurata Kazumoku changed his clogs and walked into the room, took an ice pack from the refrigerator and applied it to his face, and the afterglow skipped over the cage, and the gap between the charms was a blurry pink.

Kurata frowned at a glance, and walked over only to find that the cat demon in the cage was gone, replaced by a delicate gift box with a note on it: Goodbye, Onmyoji.

"It can't be!" Kurata opened the cage in a panic and took out the gift box and placed it on the tea table.

Trembling hands slowly opened the box, and a gold and a blue eye appeared in the dark crack, "Curiosity kills the cat." ”

The moment the box turned into black smoke, Kurata's pupils shrank suddenly, and before he could react, the three-year-old angrily pounced on his face, and the tips of his claws pierced deep into his exposed eyes.

*

Sink.

It's water,

Is it the sea?

I lost my strength, and in the haze of half-dreaming and half-awake, I felt my hair hanging down on my face, and when I opened my eyes, it was a hideous and cold face, Su Yi opened her eyes like dead fish, bleeding from her seven orifices, and her hair was scattered, hanging in the air above my head.

And I, in a bathtub full of cold water.

Weak enough to even beat his heart faster, Lake held a dagger with a reflective blade and looked at me coldly.

I moved my lips, but I couldn't make any sound.

I felt a chill in my wrist, and my consciousness began to blur again......

Between the gaps in the hair, Lake's indifferent face could be faintly seen.

Is he avenging Su Yu......

Gave up any struggle and quietly waited for death.

After all, I can't do anything but be cowardly.

*

Smooth like a mirror, but not reflective.

It's as cool as the surface of the water, but it doesn't flow.

Bright as the sun, but not dazzling.

It's as dreamy as the aurora, but it's in front of you.

The border barrier of the Filcher Continent cannot be seen left and right, and there is no end in sight.

"On the other side of the enchantment is the Divine Domain." Lake touched the palm of his hand to the enchantment, "This world is like a huge cage. ”

"So, how can a parent throw a child in a cage?" Yu Qi looked at the baby in Lake's arms, "Lake, the kindness of a woman, you can't do a big deal." ”

"What would you do if it were you?"

Yu Qi said: "Where do you come and go, you don't see it." ”

"The border enchantment of the Filcher continent is boundless, but there is a baby here, and I just picked it up, I think, this is a godsend mission."

"Not necessarily, it's luck or bad luck, who knows, anyway, that's all, don't think about it."

Lake was silent, looking down at the baby in his arms.

No crying, no fuss.

Reach out and grab the pendant on Ryker's chest, a model of Excalibur Open Heaven.

"It was given to me by my mother, do you like it?" The burly Lake let out an extremely gentle voice.

Yu Qi shuddered, "It seems that we are going to part ways in the future." ”

Lake took off the pendant and shoved it into the baby's hand, "Why?" ”

"You're going to raise a child." Yu Qi quipped, "Full-time dad, how can there be kung fu swords, don't form any war groups, form a family, I think that Di Ling'er in the Flame Heart District is good." ”

"You like you to marry."

"Don't pretend, you two frowned when you drank together, thinking I couldn't see it?" Yu Qi patted Lake on the shoulder, "Heroes and beauties cherish each other, now it's okay, the children are ready-made, the two of them open a bar together, what a beautiful day!" ”

Lake sighed lightly, to be honest, Yu Qi's quippy suggestion really made him a little moved. But he turned around and looked at the enchantment on the border of the mainland, the fantasy in his mind vanished in an instant, and the belief in his heart returned to its previous firmness.

"Lake." Yu Qi's expression began to become serious, "To be honest, I often wonder if I should continue to persevere, once the matter fails, it will be a catastrophe." ”

"There's nothing going on." Lake looked at the baby in his arms, "Even if you are broken, your faith can still continue......

Yu Qi was silent thoughtfully for a long time, then nodded, and slowly clenched his fists, "Break the barrier and get free." ”

Lake turned to look at the barrier, "Break the barrier and get free!" ”

"Wow wow wo The baby in his arms suddenly screamed a few times and threw the pendant in his hand violently.

The two men were dumbfounded, unable to believe their eyes.

"Thrown in?" Yu Qi asked incredulously.

"The pendant pierced through the barrier......" Lake reached out to touch it, it was airtight, there was not the slightest loophole, "How did this happen?!" ”

"I think this is a kind of omen, the Heaven Opening Sword will be the first to enter the Divine Domain. This kid may really be ......."

"Heaven gave Filcher!" Lake excitedly said, "He will bring freedom and tranquility to the continent of the Horse Leather Shroud!" ”

Yu Qi also stepped forward and looked at the baby carefully.

"I decided, his name is Bai Saddle."

"Your mother's last name?"

"Hmmm! Yu Qi, I have a hunch that he will be the first person in the mainland to find the Open Heaven Sword! ”

*

Am I dead......

It seems like a terrifying nightmare.

A monster with kelp all over its body stood beside me, and its head was flowing uncontrollably.

And the bathtub where I was lying was full of red liquid—or red with my own blood.

Unable to close eyelids or move gaze.

Yu Guang told me that Su Yi, who was hanging above her head, was gone......

Blurry, darkness once again took away my consciousness.

Clearly, the monster is still standing beside me.

I repeated this as many times as I could, until I met Ryker's eyes, and the kelp was facing away from me, and ...... in his hand Holding Lake's heart, connected to the blood vessels, still beating.

Horror forced me to once again enter the disconnect between dream and reality.

It was as if I had been asleep for hundreds of centuries, and the mournful cry groaned in my dreams for countless reincarnations.

As the sense of smell returned, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, vomiting acid water in the stomach, and other than that, there was nothing to vomit.

"Ahem...... Cough! "With a violent cough, I climbed into the blood-red tub.

She stared back at me, her eyes red, tears still pouring out.

Su Yu was paralyzed on the ground, and in the opposite corner was the dead Ryker, his heart hanging outside, and there was no life left.

Yes...... It must have been a dream.

This dream is telling me.

When I died at the same time as Lake.

The person who was more distressed by Su Yu was Lake, not me.

She loves Lake.

Syllable!

It hurts in the face - it hurts with a sense of reality.

Su Yu, who was disheveled, glared at me through gritted teeth and cried, "It's all because of you!" White Saddle! It's all because of you! You killed Lake! You killed Lake!! ”

Yes...... It's all because of me.

She was still crying, but she threw herself into my arms.

"What should I do, what should I do......" she sobbed, "Bai Saddle, please tell me, what to do......"

I......

I'm sorry Su Yu, no matter what it is, when you cry, I feel guilty and heartbroken.

But my mind stopped, and I didn't know how I was going to react except for this dumbfounded look.

My arm suddenly hurt a lot, and I knew it was Su Yi biting me.

As the blood ran down my arm, I felt a little clearer. Taking a deep breath and picking up the remaining fragments of memory in my head, no matter how I put them together, I couldn't figure out the logic of what was happening.

The resurrection of the dead, the death of the living.

It's like a huge puzzle that has not been restored, and new vacancies are inadvertently growing. The more I look for the ones I can't pick up, the more painful and anxious I become, and I want to kick them over, burn them out, give up, or die.

But......

"Su Yu, I don't want to run away."

She slowly looked up at me, and then stopped, hooked her little thumb at me, her eyes full of pleading.

My tears were like they were secretly flowing, so light that I didn't even realize it.

After a long time, I said:

"I really...... It's painful. ”