Winter is coming.

As the end of the year approaches, the entire Beimu Island is shrouded in a cold climate, especially in the cities near the north, people put on thick cotton clothes very early and wrap themselves tightly to resist the invasion of the cold.

And in Canglan City, the northernmost city located in the North Curtain Continent, the people here are different from other places, a total of three hundred and twenty-two years, the Second Red Moon War broke out in the Far North, and the people living there suffered an unprecedented disaster, the birth of the lord-level red demon "Frost", completely destroyed their homeland, and turned the Far North into an extremely cold realm that was difficult to survive.

Now these people living in Canglan City, many of them fled from the Far North, some of them have seen some terrible monsters with their own eyes, but because of the news blockade of the Communist Federation, and most people refuse to believe such a thing, the news has not spread, and that terrifying scene is buried in the deepest part of their memory, and they never want to recall it again.

A total of three hundred and thirty-three years, at the beginning of December, in the southern suburbs of Canglan City.

"Ain!"

"Ain!"

"Come here, why are you staying here alone, Sister Dailinya is back, she has brought us a lot of delicious food." The boy in the shabby little leather jacket called for a certain name in the woods, goose feathers and snow fell on his black hair and clothes, the boy's little face was red from the cold, but he still did not want to go back, his eyes kept looking for something in the white woods, he ran, leaving footprints on the snow, and finally, he saw a petite figure in a tree hole.

When the boy saw the girl huddled alone in the hollow of the tree, clasping her knees alone, he hurried over and patted Ain on the shoulder, wrapping her leather jacket around hers.

"Yate." Ain looked up, and the girl wrapped a torn scarf around half of her face, revealing a pair of pale blue pupils, looking at the boy a little blankly.

"Ain, go back quickly, you're outside, you're going to freeze." Yat looked worried.

"I ...... I don't want to go back......" Ain whispered.

"What do you say, Sister Dai Linya brought us a lot of delicious things back today, everyone is very happy, you can go back with me." Yat pulled the girl up, took her hand, and tried to take her out of the tree hole, but the girl broke free of his hand and whispered, "Yat, you don't have to worry about me, I want to be here alone for a while." ”

"Go back quickly, with Sister Dailinya, and ...... with everyone"

"Ain!" Yat interrupted her loudly, the girl looked at him stunned, and the boy said a little angrily: "Do you have to be like this, obviously everyone can be happy together, why do you always choose to hide alone." ”

"If you have to do this, then I won't care about you in the future!"

"No, Yate, don't!" Ain hurriedly took the boy's hand and whispered, "I, I'll go back with you." ”

"That's right." Yetra took her hand and walked out of the woods.

The boy and the girl live in an orphanage on the outskirts of Canglan City, the orphanage has no name, but because the old director is named Anna, this orphanage is also called Anna Orphanage.

In the Anna Orphanage, many orphans were adopted, the eldest children were fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger children were five or six years old, and the reason why these children became orphans was more or less related to the Akatsuki War eleven years ago, and the second Akatsuki War brought too much pain and pressure to the city.

Yate's mother, because she had fallen ill in the Akatsuki War, died not long after giving birth to Yate, and his father, because he was unable to raise him, could only hand over the infant child to the orphanage and leave here.

And Ain ......

The two children braved the wind and snow and ran back to the orphanage, at this time, the orphanage, a lot of laughter, warm and extraordinary, the eldest of them, Dai Linya, because he was adopted by a family in Canglan City, left the orphanage and went to live in the city.

Now, once again, she went back to where she had been, to see her former siblings.

"Really? Sister Dailinya, is there really that kind of piano in your home that can make a good sound? ”

"Sister Delena, is it true that the computer can see a lot of different pictures as the book says?"

When Yat and Ain returned to the orphanage, they saw a delicate girl in a white velvet coat surrounded by a group of children, and they were talking enthusiastically, and the girl answered their questions with a smile on her face, and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised to reveal a hint of self-satisfaction.

"Of course, our family is quite luxurious, and in Canglan City, it can also be called a big family." Delena said proudly.

The children let out envious exclamations.

Beside her, the gray-haired old dean, Anna, sat in a chair by the fire, and she saw Yat and Ain walk in and waved at them.

"Little Ain, why are you running around again?"

Anna looked at the girl helplessly and said.

"I ......" Ain hesitated, not knowing what to answer.

"Hey, Ain, you're back." At this time, Dai Linya noticed Ain's figure, her eyes lit up slightly, and her tone seemed to be a little worried.

"I haven't seen you for so long, how are you doing, your face is ......" The pretty girl's voice paused slightly, she looked at Ain, the girl's light blue pupils were full of cowardice and panic, she said: "Has your face recovered, maybe I can take you to the city, and the doctor in the city can cure your face." ”

There was a sudden silence in the hut.

The children's eyes fell on Ain's body, the girl's body trembled slightly, and her voice trembled and said, "No, no need, thank you Sister Dailinya, Ain doesn't need it." ”

"Ain's face is a birthmark, I have asked someone to ask earlier, we can't solve this kind of problem in Canglan City." At this time, Anna slowly shook her head, and she said.

Dai Linya's eyes blinked slightly, and some strange thoughts suddenly appeared in her heart, she turned around, took out some of the snack packages she brought, walked to the girl, handed it to her, and said, "Taste it, this is what I brought from home, and they are all very delicious." ”

Ain took it, she lowered her head, and said softly, "Thank you, Sister Dailinya, I'...... I want to save it for the evening. ”

"It's okay, try it now, there's still something here, if you want to eat it, there's still one at night." Dai Linya smiled slightly and said.

"By the way, and Yate, it's yours." As he spoke, he handed the boy some more to eat.

"Thank you." Yat took it directly, he glanced at the girl next to him, picked up the snack and ate it.

The girl's hand holding the snack trembled slightly.

"Dalinya, if Ain doesn't want to eat now, you don't have to force it anymore." At this time, Dean Anna said aloud.

"Well, I just wanted to hear what little Ain had to say about the snack." The girl shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently.

However, at this moment, a child suddenly ran to Ain's side and pulled off the torn scarf she wrapped around her face.

However, her small hands, in a panic, where can she cover what she wants to hide.

The red and black, hideous lines covering the lower half of the face, solidified the atmosphere in the whole hut.

The children exclaimed, and even one child shouted, "Ain, ugly! ”

"Ugly Ain!"

"Don't talk about it, shut up!" Yat hurriedly picked up the scarf on the ground and wrapped the girl's face again, but it was too late, and the children in the hut all looked at the girl with strange eyes, and Ain broke down and cried, covered her face and hurried out.

"Ain!" Yat exclaimed, and hurried after him.

"Delinya." Dean Anna stood up and looked at the girl with a complicated face, but the girl just shook her head indifferently and continued to talk and laugh with the children.

Outside the orphanage, the wind and snow were falling, Yat ran and caught up with Ain, he grabbed Ain's arm, but the girl threw him away, Ain sobbed, and the scarf fell to the ground again, revealing the face that looked a little hideous.

"Ain ......" Yat looked at the girl who was a little broken, the girl's face was born like this, this is a fact that no one can change, but he is young, he can't think of too many words to comfort the girl, so he can only stand quietly beside her.

Once, when he first saw Ain's true face, he was also shocked, but then he gradually felt a little sorry for this withdrawn and weak girl, and wanted to get close to her, so he tried to communicate with her and stay by her side.

Gradually, the boy became the girl's only friend.

He knew that the girl had always hated her face, why she had become like this, and according to Grandma Anna, her parents abandoned her because of her face.

Most of the civilians living in Canglan City are extremely poor, and it is already extremely difficult for them to maintain a normal life, let alone cure such an extremely complicated disease for newborn babies, and the expensive treatment costs are simply not affordable for them.

"Yat, I'd like to be alone for a while, okay?" Before she knew it, the girl stopped crying, and she whispered.

"Ain, are you really okay? Don't you need me to accompany you? Yat asked cautiously.

The girl glanced at him, the hideous face made the boy feel a little heartbroken, her pale blue pupils did not have any look, and Ain staggered towards the woods, which was the place she usually frequented.

In the white snow, the girl's figure slowly disappeared.

Night was slowly falling, and at the door of the orphanage, standing in the snow, Yat carried the lamp and kept looking in the direction of the woods, but Ain still did not return, and he gradually became worried.

"Little Ain still hasn't come back?" Grandma Anna walked out, coughed lightly, and asked.

"No, something will happen to her?" Yat was worried.

"Alas, what a poor child." Anna shook her head, the old dean put on a thick coat, she looked at the boy, and said, "Let's go, let's go and find her." ”

"Hmm." Yat nodded.

And in the depths of the woods, in a certain tree hole, through the vast snow mist, the girl looked at the white moon in the sky, her eyes were confused.

Why? Why was she born with such pain?

Ain doesn't remember her parents, she has lived in Anna's orphanage for as long as she can remember, and the nightmarish red and black lines have been with her, and as she grows older, it becomes more and more hideous.