30 Sin; inclusive

The incredible mutation caused Milo to immediately take his hand off Erin's throat, and the improvised crossbow was facing away for a moment, and he wanted to explain—but it was too late! In the flash of lightning, Milo only felt a chill in his left arm and left leg, followed by a burning pain!

"Ahh

It all happened in an instant, and it was none other than Erin who was the one who subdued Milo! Now, both of them have reversed their positions and positions!

Erin...... You ......" Milo couldn't help but feel the pain and showed a pained expression.

Erin's face is twisted and sad, and she seems surprised that her beloved will pounce on her and threaten her with a weapon! Perhaps it was despair and grief that aroused her last courage, and I don't know where the strength came from, and at the moment when Milo wanted to open his mouth to explain and relax his strength, she stabbed him with a dagger and completed the countermeasures described above!

"Why?" Erin shouted, her voice trembling like a lion's roar, as if it could shake the fog around her, "Why do you want to do this? What the hell is hiding from me? ”

"Hide it from you...... It's not ......" Milo's voice was weak, and the wounds on her arms and legs were still bleeding, "I didn't mean to hide it from you...... I want to protect you from being harmed......"

"Liar!" Erin said resentfully, picking up the improvised crossbow that had fallen aside, "What are you doing this?" Obviously pointing it at me! Indignant, she shook it hard - the improvised crossbow shattered to the ground, "And this ......" Erin picked up the paper bag she had just found, the white powder had been scattered in the chaos, but the paper also reminded Milo of what it was for. "Are you going to poison me?" Erin asked viciously, "Say it quickly!! ”

Irene, whose anger and grief had reached the extreme, no longer showed pity, and the dagger in her hand was between Milo's eyes, and it only took a little force to kill Milo.

——

Why did the two people who originally really love each other usher in such a result?

Milo's heart was completely cold, and his spirit finally collapsed - before, he had only felt this way at the moment when he heard the news of Heidi's death, and now-

"Let me die, Irene...... "I can't save the world, I can't stop the curse of the stars...... I can't even stop Sha Ling......" His words were full of pain, helplessness, and sadness...... And finally—

"This is the result of the sins I committed at the beginning......

"Then I will fulfill you!" Erin raised her dagger aloft and prepared to deliver the fatal blow - even if Milo was able to resist by this time, he had already given up.

"Die!!" In a fit of great grief, Erin grabbed the dagger and stabbed it—

Remember that phrase?

"To be in love is to read happiness and write bitterly." That's what Klan said to Erin. At that time, the two of them were preparing to meet Sha Ling at the South Changling Pass, and there was no difference between the sand and dust that covered the sky and the fog, and in that fog, there was also the unknown and fear...... But Klan's words always made Erin grateful and hopeful.

Erin often recalls that sentence: "Hey, yes, the more I experience, the more I think about the happiness I was in love, but it will eventually turn into bitterness." As I said before: happiness is spoken, leaving no trace, bitterness is written, forever engraved in my heart. Therefore, no matter what happens between you and Milo, as long as the two of you love each other, you must cherish this happiness all the time, and don't wait for it to turn into bitterness, and then revisit it repeatedly. So, which kind of relationship is more in love? Bitterness, of course. However, what can defeat bitterness?

– The answer is inclusion.

Once upon a time, Erin also thought about tolerating Milo's thoughts about Heidi, and although this tolerance has been looming in the uncertainty since then, it does exist in her heart.

Why do you have to impose your own ideas on others? Desire for control and exclusivity? It's not because Erin has been hurt too deeply. The heart shattered by Sevia Ansesson's betrayal has never been fully healed. The scarred heart was so sensitive, and even though Milo's kindness to her was obvious, she didn't really let her guard down - even though Klan had been enlightening her.

And now, Kelan's words have come true - the two have finally come to the "bitter" moment of life and death......

Milo watched in amazement as the dagger was stuck in the ground at the side of his head, although the moment the dagger stabbed him, he did feel the fear of death, but more than that, it was a relief—yes, for him, escape and hiding were the most pleasant things, even if it was to escape with death.

Tears fell on his face, and Erin burst into tears, but she still squeezed out the following sentence: "Explain...... I'll listen...... What exactly are you hiding? With that, he left the dagger with both hands, and fell on Milo and wept bitterly......

Crying resounded through the jungle......

"Irene," Milo's expression was complicated, but her tone was full of relief, and the despair of death and the desire to escape disappeared in an instant, "I'll tell you...... I'll tell you everything, about that mean, selfish, cowardly me......

"It all started when I met the flower girl in Tum City......

Once Upon a Time in the City of Toom V

Herm Bain had been anxiously awaiting a reply, his patience running out, and he began to regret that his request for a meeting had been too reckless and somewhat unthoughtful. However, what he didn't know was that the other party's reply had already been taken by Milo, who had been hiding on the haystack.

Since Milo had been stealing the letter, and knowing that the identity of the two had never appeared in the letter, he easily took the letter to the place agreed by Hedy Triester, and met with the girl. Melo was already familiar with the contents of the letters, and the communication with the girl went very smoothly, and the two talked happily, agreed to meet regularly after that, and no longer placed and passed the letters through the window—this was proposed by Melo on his own initiative, for the obvious purpose, in order to completely sever the girl's contact with Herm.

Two months later, under Milo's pursuit, the two established a romantic relationship. But in the meantime, Melo was dealing with other things—Herm didn't give up, he wrote letter after letter, and kept them in the ventilation window of the stable, all of which made Melo look in the eye and anxious, because Herm's behavior was likely to expose him as if he was pretending to be his meeting with the girl, so he did his best to sabotage Herm's action.

Mellot knocked over the flowerpot in the window and took the letter, but Herm placed another pot and rewrote the letter; Mellot deliberately moved the nest to the window in an attempt to prevent Herm from restoring the letters, but Herm carefully removed the nest and placed the pot again...... Eventually, Melo used his last and most sinister tactic - now that Herm had become a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh -

- Then let him disappear completely!

One day in March 1799, in order not to be discovered, Milo bought poison from the black market in Tum City—a small paper packet containing white powder. He lurked in Herm's tent to make sure no one was looking, and poured the white powder into Herm's bag of portable dry food, he didn't even hesitate at all, he didn't deliberately pour it in the middle and lower part of his pocket to prevent it from being eaten too soon, he was just anxious to let the other man die, and he forgot all about avoiding suspicion......

But the accident happened - on the very night that Milo was poisoned, an urgent order of 100,000 troops was sent to the Third Cavalry Regiment, and Herm Bain followed his troops into a swift march overnight. Milo, who is a logistician, is nervous and disappointed because he can't confirm if Herm will actually be poisoned.

A day later, Milo received an urgent order to be assigned to the 1st Infantry Corps. At the same time, the whole world knew that an unprecedented crisis had erupted - the invasion of the djinn had begun. The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was completely routed and scattered in the initial engagement, and never returned to the city of Toum. Are there survivors among them? No one paid attention, because in the initial engagement, the army suffered tens of thousands of casualties. Melo was desperate to know if Herm was alive or dead, but the incoming djinn soon became everyone's number one threat, and the massacre in Toom City ensued......

We all know the rest of the story.

Herm also becomes the source of Milo's nightmares, and instead of being afraid of Herm, he has an unrelieved feeling of his sins - because the other person's life and death are uncertain.

“…… This is my story, I have committed an unforgivable crime against Herm Bain, deceived his pen pal by despicable means, and tried to secretly put him to death...... I don't know how he tracked me here, I don't know how he found out, I can't even believe he survived...... You see, I'm such a person, unscrupulous and shameless......"

Mello told his story as he and Erin sat back to back on the floor - he didn't dare look at each other because he felt ashamed. Milo also told the story of meeting Herm in the jungle and being coerced by the other party, and did not shy away from the responsibility he had committed against him.

"I can't forgive unless the God of All Sources speaks himself......" Erin bowed her head and said, "Do you blame yourself?" In this matter. ”

"I blame myself all the time...... Even now, I didn't escape...... I think that unless he kills me, my conscience will be tormented forever. But in this jungle, I must keep you safe before I die......"

"Stupid!" Erin scolded coldly, "If you die, do you think I'll live alone?" ”

"Now that you know what kind of person I am, is it worth it?"

"It's not worth it, because ...... You're so important to me......," Erin said in a deep tone, "even if you've sinned, even if you've done whatever it takes, even if you've loved another woman...... I'm going to tolerate that. ”

Milo couldn't believe his ears, he wanted to turn around, but was stopped by the pain of the wound on his left arm, "Erin, I'...... Sorry ......"

"You do have to apologize for hiding it from me, because it hurt my feelings......" Erin showed no mercy, "The moment I stabbed the dagger just now, I realized that the power of tolerance is so powerful...... So much so that my hands can't even control the dagger to kill you. And you have proved your affection for me, even though Herm asked you to kill me with poison...... Oh, how can I not tolerate you? Erin said with a wry smile.

"Thank you, Erin......" Milo said movingly, he couldn't even count how many times Erin had forgiven him for his mistakes, "this poison has been sprinkled, it won't hurt anyone......" He glanced at the side of him, the paper containing the poison was not far away—for a moment, he frowned, because the paper was exactly the same as the paper package he had bought the poison in Tum City! Does Herm want to use it to remind himself?

"Are you still bleeding from your wounds?" Erin asked with concern.

"It's all right...... By the way, where did that dagger come from? Milo finally remembered the question.

"I met Uncle Xia Fei, who gave me self-defense."

"Oh yes, Xia Fei is in this jungle too." Melo muttered, then whispered to himself, "But we didn't meet anyone else...... Milo frowned again, a strange thought slipped through his mind, "Could this jungle be ......" and then he looked around, as if observing something......

"Who?" Erin suddenly shouted and immediately got up. Milo also hurried to her feet, but was a little sluggish due to the pain of the wound.

In the thick fog facing the two of them, Herm Bain stepped out.