The old man's expression was solemn, and he seemed to have experienced some painful past.

"It's very simple for you to use this box, as long as what you want is not overly complicated and strange, the next day what you want will appear to you. But the price you'll have to pay for using the sacrificial box is much more expensive than what you want. ”

"At what cost?"

"Soul, what he wants is my soul."

Gary looked at the box in his hand, there was some resentment in his eyes, Alan always thought that he loved this thing very much, but he didn't know that behind this love was a deep hatred.

"The sacrificial magic box, in fact, it is not difficult to imagine when you hear the name, this box is related to sacrifice, but I was too young at the time, where do I understand these things. The people around me, my mother, my sister, and the family dog all died, although they all died from natural disasters and the normal end of life, but I still can't accept it, my sister was only 62 years old when she died, and the average age of old age death in Double Star City is 76 years old, my sister never got sick, but she suddenly got sick and died that year. My mother also left me when I was 71 years old. But I'm living a good life, and I'm aging slowly, I look like I'm only in my 40s when I'm supposed to be 67. At that time, I began to wonder if it was the problem with the magic box. Later, I found out that this sacrificial box would actually replenish my life by absorbing the lives of the people around me, of course, not all of the lifespan replenished, and the box itself would also absorb a part of it, which was one of the prices he used to fulfill my wishes. ”

"Then the second price is the soul, you say?"

"Yes. After that, I wanted to throw away the falcon again, but every time I lost it, I grew old rapidly, and I felt like I was going to die at any moment, and the feeling of my soul being detached from my body was really terrifying. So I compromised, but after that, I left Twin Star City and began to wander outside, I tried my best to live alone without disturbing others, and I no longer piled up my own desires, and began to concentrate on cultivation, and the falcon also seemed to settle down, as long as I had no desires and no desires, he would not come out to harm others, and over time I and him would be inseparable. ”

"And how old are you?"

"110 years old, tomorrow I will be exactly 110 years old."

"Grandpa Gary, did I behave strangely before you left during the day?"

Alan tried to ask about the day.

"You were asleep, so I moved you to a place against the wall before leaving."

"You didn't give me this thing, did you?"

Alan took out the paper bag containing the medicine from his arms, and Gary shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

"What would you think if I told you that this bag was supposed to be bought by me, but it was lying on top of me when I woke up?"

"It's a falcon, but"

Gary understood Alan's words, but it was strange,

"The falcon has never served me alone, he never interferes with other people's desires, and the realization of wishes requires the binding of the soul, even if the soul is not bound, where does the price of life come from hehehahaha!"

Gary burst out laughing,

"It turned out to be like this!!

"Do you know anything?"

Alan's uneasy feeling came back at her.

"This box seems to want to change owners. I've played music in a lot of cities, but everybody scoffs at it and says it's hard to hear. Today I met you, and you were the only one who said that my playing with Hayabusa was wonderful, and the only one who made Hayabusa betray me. ”

"What?!"

Alan didn't understand what Gary was talking about.

"The previous owner of this box died, so I, as the last person to save him, inherited the sacrificial box. However, my inaction has made this box unbearable, and after so many years of starvation, it is time for him to find his master again. And that person is you, Alan. You can understand the sound of the falcon, and that's the best evidence. The contents of the paper bag in your hand were also given to you by Hayabusa as a greeting gift, and the price was - my life. ”

Gary's face turned pale and looked at Alan with a little fear.

"Why? Why choose me? ”

"It wasn't him who chose you, it was you who chose him. It's all the same, it's all the same, it looks like I'm finally free."

Gary craned his neck and looked at the dark sky, tears running across his old face and dripping down Falcon's body.

"What is the purpose of the existence of this box? If you hadn't met me and died here, what would have happened to the sacrificial box? ”

Alan stood up, a myriad of questions in his head.

"I don't know, I think it's fate to meet you, you can't escape, and I can't escape. Alan, this is fate, which is never merciful and soft-hearted to anyone. You can only accept him, don't try to escape, the falcon is a monster, once he and your soul are tied together, you can only die without him. ”

Gary clutched his chest in pain and vomited violently, and the box fell to the ground and turned into gold dust and returned to the inside of the falcon on its own.

"Gary! Gary?! ”

Death occurred in an instant, and Gary's expression was one of pain, even though it was impossible for the body to make any sounds. Alan sat down weakly on the ground, and the falcon lay quietly beside him. Eren picked up the falcon and held it in the palm of his hand, his mind full of what Gary had said earlier.

- Mother can't affect mother, as long as there is no desire, the sacrificial box can't take life, I can do it.

Alan buries Gary under a banyan tree and returns home with Falcon.

At night, Alan also had a dream like Gary. In the dream, a man with a pair of brown horns was holding a sacrificial box in his hand and facing Ellen, although he couldn't see his expression clearly, Alan knew that he was smiling at himself.

- Thank you, Alan, that I can finally go and spend time with him.

"Accompany whom? Gary? Are you a falcon? ”

Alan didn't understand.

- Yes, I am Falcon, Falcon is the sacrificial box I made, after I died, my soul attached to the box, and followed Gary to the world, it was my happiest time, but I was born to take the life of people, I was starved for too long I couldn't bear it, Gary's body has reached its limit, but I don't want to disappoint Gary, after all, I have killed his relatives

"You want him to leave in peace, that's why you're doing this, aren't you?"

Everything seemed to be clear, and Alan couldn't help but feel extremely sympathetic to this combination of man and demon. (To be continued.) )