Chapter 7: The Pact Under the Moon
Rin walked in the darkness, as if she couldn't see the light of the fire around her, but she was just moving forward.
In the courtyard not far from the door of the house, there is an almost filled mailbox. You don't have to think about it to know that it must contain all kinds of payment reminders.
Gradually, the firelight lit up the surroundings. Obviously, I will reach home after walking a few steps, but why is the road in front of me so long, it seems that there is no end.
……
"Don't go near that half-demon!"
A young mother pulls her child to her side with a tone that is either admonishing or threatening. It was as if Rin was the beast of the flood, and if she wasn't careful, she would die at her hand.
"It's her, who dares to use even the blood of Yeren in order to survive."
"It was she who killed the Ye clan who couldn't raise their heads, and it was she who killed her father......"
"It's her!"
"It's her!"
“……”
The people around her laughed, accused, and even feared her approach. Everyone was looking at Rin with strange eyes, pointing at her and rejecting sarcasm.
Rin didn't dare to face the gaze of these people, and ran forward with her ears covered, trying to leave these voices far behind!
But the more you move forward, the more these people gather! The accusations and disgust gradually merged, and finally turned into masks, floating in the air.
Each mask has a filament that seems to be nothing, spinning and releasing in the darkness. Soon Rinrin will be trapped in it, like a silkworm cocoon.
"yes, what's the point of just surviving, you can't even keep your home......" Rin curled up and buried her head in her knees, helpless like a soft little animal.
But just when Rinrin's whole person was about to be completely covered by a layer of heavy wire mesh, a white light flashed by!
The night seemed to be split, and two of the masks shattered. And the corresponding silk threads also disappeared from Rinrin's body. I thought it would be good to break them one by one, but I didn't think that there were wounds with the same marks on Rinrin's body.
He didn't dare to destroy the mask, and he didn't even know where to start, so he could only keep destroying the silk mesh that was still gradually covering.
"Wake up!" Talos shouted.
At this time, Rin only felt that the burden on her body was getting heavier and heavier, but in the chaotic heartbeat and the steady stream of negative accusations, she seemed to hear someone calling her name.
"Who is it?"
The clear, ethereal voice seemed familiar.
She followed the shouts of her voice and looked up, only to see a child standing in the spot crying not far away. His long brown hair was scattered, and he was holding a bouquet of small flowers picked by the roadside in his hand. The children around her have left, whether it is a snack in her pocket or a cherished toy, no one wants to come near her.
And among them, there are even some people who are just bullying her and simply teasing her.
Rin looked at the crying child, and after a moment of silence, she finally got up leisurely.
She tore off the silk cocoon that was tied to her body, and passed by the child without saying a word, as if she had seen nothing.
That's right, that's her, she used to be weak and bullied. From now on, no one can take anything from her hands anymore.
Because, she wants more than just living......
The spiritual power in the palm of Rin Rin's palm began to gradually gather, and finally turned into a long-handled sword! There was no longer only darkness in front of her, but more determination.
At the end of the night, I saw Rin Rin raise the sword in his hand! Immediately after, a dazzling light seeped through the cracks.
At the same time, Talos also swung a blade beyond that silk cocoon!
The two of them, one inside and the other outside, overlapped their blades in a state where they couldn't see each other, and cut out this thick cocoon!
The wind blew his long brown hair, and it was Talos who stood in the moonlight with a concerned look on his face that greeted him.
He rushed over, as if to hug Rin. But the preemptive was grabbed by Rin's hand, and with just a slight pull, Rin embedded his body in his arms.
"Let's make a contract...... she whispered as she leaned her head into Talos' ear.
Talos was incredulous for a moment, and then he understood.
"Yes, my master."
The remaining masks were shattered, and what had just happened was like a dream, but it was all too real.
She looked at the place where she had just been trapped by the mask, and reached out to pick up a fragment of the mask that was scattered on the ground, and she seemed to have some impression of the pattern on it.
This guy is called Seven Faces, and he is the best at spying on the fear and darkness in people's hearts. Although it is not very aggressive, once it is targeted, it will magnify the shadow in the opponent's heart, and finally be swallowed by it in despair.
But this kind of strange spirit is really rare, how can it rashly appear on the crowded street. Could it be that she has had too much negative energy recently, or maybe she provoked it when she was in and out of the twilight river?
Just as she was thinking about it, Rin felt a burning stinging pain in her arm. Roll up your sleeves and look. Sure enough, a contract seal like the dial of an old pocket watch appeared in the painful place.
Similarly, somewhere in Talos's body, the same mark remains.
"Talos, I'll try to help you find clues about your past memories. But again, you have to help make money. With that, Rin leapt out of Talos's arms and patted him on the shoulder.
Now that she has a contract spirit, the job is not up to her. What water, electricity, gas, food, housing, and transportation, no one wants to touch her home.
Rin thought so, looking like she was about to get rich, and her eyes were full of golden light.
Talos looked at her sideways, unaware of the weight of his shoulders that he had somehow carried on his shoulders.