Accustomed to the hustle and bustle of Fort Carter, walking in the deserted city for a while, Marin has a sense of absurdity.

Animals, spirits seem to be the middle of the city, and every now and then a swarm of giant rats can be seen running by, and behind them, predators.

Sometimes, predators will notice Marin, but the city has been inhuman-free for too long, and some of the new generations have not even seen humans, so they either flinch in surprise or ...... Just attack.

The retreating Marin ignored them, and after Marin shot several of them with arrows and cut off their heads, the dog-like spirits retreated in grief when they saw the heads of their kind.

Marin finally returned home, the home of this world, the door on the first floor was broken, Fio and his companions turned into close armor to protect Marin, the lighting technique illuminated the corridor, Marlin saw the scattered bones in the living room of the landlady on the first floor, judging from the bones, it should also be the old lady.

It looks like she's lived a long time, at least until 19 years of cleverness.

I don't know what about her grandson.

Checking the kitchen, there were a few cans, and it looked like the cans had walked into the lives of the people of Fort Carter.

Walking out of the room on the first floor and going up the somewhat damaged stairs to the second floor, Marin saw the paintings in the corridor, looking at these graffiti, Marin sighed a little - his sister did not have the talent to draw, even if the world changed and time reversed, the Maya of this world did not show her talent.

Marin took out the key, opened the door, lit the arcane lamp by the door in the dust, and looked at the intact room that was not much different from what he remembered, Marin went to the window and pulled up the curtains, the heavy curtains could block the light, so as not to let anything find something more in this quiet little building.

Marin didn't want other people's curiosity to interrupt his sadness, he walked over to the couch, looked at the bones lying on the couch, and finally picked up the headband that had fallen on the side of the bed.

It was a small gift that Marin had chosen for Maya a week ago.

There was a heavy diary falling on the floor, Marin sat on the floor, relaxed himself on the arm of the sofa, picked up the diary, and opened it.

Today is the fifteenth year that my father has left home and my brother has been away from home for five years. ’

Between the lines of the first page, Marin couldn't help frowning.

My father has been away for so long and has not been able to come back, but I am afraid that he will be more than lucky, and as for where he died, or whether he became a living person somewhere, it is not for him to know.

Father, you idiot, you know what, you have failed your daughter.

The boys of the Gayat family are all waste...... Marin read on.

'The Clever has been gone on a rampage for three months, Maya hasn't eaten for almost a week, and yesterday wolves entered the city, scared away the deer, and even the giant rats disappeared, and I had to go out in the afternoon to find something to eat. ’

Seeing this, Marin turned his head, glanced at his sister on the sofa, and then turned the second page.

Killed a giant rat, but the sound of the fight attracted the wolf, and when the wolf chased her, it attracted the wit, and Maya's left leg was broken...... But I managed to get home.

Turn another page.

The wound is infected, Maya feels so painful and hungry, where are you, brother.

Placing the journal on the floor, Marin turned and looked at the broken leg bones of the skeleton, Marlin stood up and stroked the tiny hand bone one last time, then brought the head ring back to her skull.

Then he turned his head and returned to the door, and at the moment he turned around, Marin saw his grown sister, she got up from the sofa with a smile, and ran to Marin with a smile, and finally when her outstretched arms were still ten centimeters away from Marin's face, the grown sister began to burn with a wail, and then turned into ashes.

Marin blinked, watching the room decay and ruins, and the starry sky could be seen through the broken ceiling.

Only the couch was still intact, the darkness on the bones had faded, and a small Pansian cat-man ghost poked its head out from behind the couch and stared at Marlin.

Marin struggled not to let himself cry, he smiled and waved at the little spirit, "Good night, Maya, brother is out." ”

The ghost also raised his hand, waving.

Marin turned and walked downstairs.

………………

Back on the street, Marin didn't know what to say, the only firm belief was that he would take his sister with him no matter what in the future.

I must not let such a thing happen to my sister.

With this decision, Marlin went to inspect Lilim's house, and found that her house was empty, and that the little lamb was able to escape from the city, which made Marin's heart feel better.

Then there is Jessica's house, and it is found that the wolf girl's house has also been emptied, and they seem to have removed some furniture, which makes Marin feel worthy of being a werewolf, and his judgment of danger is still very accurate.

Finally, there is Faye's Annex.

It was almost dawn when I walked through the city and came to the annex, and the city was still quiet, and even the sound of machinery seemed to be absent because of the distance.

Pushing open the half-hidden wooden door, Marlin walked through the hall that was already overgrown with thorns, which might be a nuisance for others, but for Marin, who had the twigs of the World Tree, none of this was a problem - as Marlin walked through, the thorns scrambled to make way for Marin, and Marin followed the stairs to the second floor, the floor of the corridor was broken, but the thorns formed a bridge that allowed Marin to pass.

Along the way, even the little plant-made elves ran and cheered at Marin's feet, and they followed Marin, who was smaller than the beep, sharing the psionic energy that Marlin had given them as food, and finally stopped before Marlin came to Faye's bedroom.

Marin stretched out his hand and felt the enchantment on the door, Marin exerted force, and then the enchantment seemed to feel something, it automatically unraveled, and the door opened.

The room was as clean and spotless as ever, as if time had stood still for decades.

Faye was lying on that bed, not the skinny Faye that Marin was familiar with, but Faye, who had grown into a great beauty.

The only regret is that there is a metal fragment in her chest.

A small time-stagnant enchantment generator held everything in place for her in that moment.

Marin came to the bedside and looked at the girl in front of him, the self in this world, should not have touched them, only Maya, but finally lost her.

Lilim and Jessica are nowhere to be found, Faye is a sleeping beauty, and Cross ...... The old ones are already shedding.

Time has never forgiven anyone.

Reaching out, he took the random diary from the table, and Marin opened it, which was supposed to be Faye's diary after the age of sixteen, and it contained her unhappiness and annoyance with the sheer nature of her suitors.

They all just treat me as a high-value cargo, I left the royal capital, just because I don't want such a future to become my destiny, but it seems that fate cannot be changed, some sages say, girls have a difference in this life, it's just who they marry, I used to scoff at this, but now it seems that I have to admit that this sentence is not wrong.

There's no way I can change my fate...... How nice it would be if the boy in the dream was real.

The boy in your dreams?

Marin continued to look through the diary in his hand, in the diary, Faye drew the boy, Marin looked at it, compared it with himself in the mirror, and found ...... Isn't that what you are?

As she flipped through the pages, Faye on the diary grew bigger and bigger, and she finally chose to break with the family after never getting married, and her mother gave her the garden as her home, and the stubborn girl lived in Fort Carter as an art teacher until she was outlanded, and the last time she wrote a diary was seven months after the cleverness.

It's been a long time since I've seen Maya, the last time I saw Pansio, maybe she's a victim of a clever butcher's knife like everyone else, it's getting harder and harder to see living people in the city, maybe that Miss Cross in the mage tower can also be considered a living person...... But...... Can she really be considered a living person?

The Ghost is ignoring her, and I really can't believe she's a living person.

I should have left the city, but why should I stay.

If Miss Maya stayed here because his brother would one day return to the dead city, what about me?

Faye, why are you?

Well...... Maybe it's because there's him here.

Happy, because only in this city, I will have him in my dreams every day, as if I am enchanted, and I have wondered if this will be a trap of chaos, but ...... That's such a beautiful trap.

His name is Marin, and he is a very interesting boy, and his sister is Miss Maya, whom we met in the sales work when we were young.

In my dream, I married him and lived so happily that every time I woke up, I would think, Faye, I didn't expect you to be the kind of bastard who would shoot at children.

The days are getting harder and harder, and I heard that Ingmar's Chaos Legion is losing control and is heading south, so my mother must be fighting for this country.

I don't know how my stand-in is doing, my father and brothers died, and the stand-ins taken out by the nobles are really useful.

But none of this has anything to do with me anymore, I'm just a silly woman who is counting down to her life.

Maybe I'll die tomorrow, but before I die, I want to know, Marin, are you a human or a ghost.

I wish you were human, because one day I could see you.

But I'm afraid, because if you're human, then what am I?

Is it a who loves to daydream?

Seeing the end, Marin chose to close the diary, and then wiped his face vigorously.

"You've seen me, good morning, Faye." Marin looked at the girl in front of him, and finally chose to turn around and leave.

Walking out of the room door, the door closes naturally, and then the enchantment begins to work again.

The plant spirits chattered around, Marlin fed them, and walked out of the garden the way they came.

Returning the way she came, she hunted a deer on the way, picked some carrots that had grown wildly on the side of the road, and when she returned to the Mage's Tower, Cross was cooking a pot of something that smelled strange, and a few open cans landed at her feet.

"You're back, what are you carrying?" Cross looked over.

"You ......" Marin wondered what kind of look this girl had, and then suddenly it occurred to her that Cross was very old, she was already an old rabbit who was shedding, and she couldn't see anything clearly, wasn't it normal.

Thinking of this, Marin smiled: "It's a deer, you won't like to eat meat, right, so I also helped you pick some wild vegetables, including your favorite carrots." Marlin said as he put the deer down, and then untied the carrot from his waist, and watched the girl come over, and Marin took one, and saw that she had taken it, and had not washed it, so she wiped it with the hem of her clothes, and then bit it into her mouth.

After eating the whole carrot in three or two bites, the old rabbit showed a happy smile: "It's delicious, I haven't eaten carrots for a long time, and I want to go out of the city to pick them, and it's very dangerous outside the city." Seeing the old rabbit's happy smile, Marlin picked up the carrots, took them and stood in front of the pool to start washing.

"Thank you." Behind Marlin came Cross's thanksgiving, not the bunny's soft Fort Carter accent, but the husky old rabbit's accent.

No thanks, old woman.