The first rays of sunlight in the morning shine through the lush foliage of the forest, washing away the thin dust floating in the air. The surface of the vigorous branches is still attached to the hazy moisture, which melts into the fragrance of the earth and grass in an instant, outlining a leisurely and leisurely appearance. For a long time, there seemed to be a bird's cry, crisp and bright, rippling in the empty valley and turbulent stream, singing about the earth where the clouds are about to open and the sun rise.

It's just that no matter how wonderful the beauty is, only the living can appreciate it, and the old man who is called "Father" may never see it.

"Uh-"

I stared at my back not far away, my mouth squirming and I didn't know what to say.

The door was wide open like a curtain of white light, and she stood in front of the holy and brilliant light barrier, a fresh corpse at her feet—this time it was finally faster. But it all happened so fast that when she turned her face slowly, I could still read the confusion in its blank eyes.

"What did I do?"

The hoarse voice did not seem to come from the mouth of the man, but rather from some terminally ill white man, who looked at me as if it were examining my soul.

Then, without a hint, she left everyone behind and rushed out, leaving only her still twitching body all over the ground.

"It's really a monster ......"

Yao's trembling voice came, and it was obvious that the carnage that broke out in a moment just now also left an indelible impression on her.

"You stay here and don't move."

Maybe it was out of compassion, or I wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to me, but before Yao could react, I had already run outside the house.

The breeze smelled of blood, and the villagers on the streets were still accustomed to repeating their daily work. Standing in the flow of people coming and going, I anxiously rotated my gaze, but everywhere there were similar scenes, similar people, as if completely evaporated, and I couldn't find any trace.

And I was lost in the isolated clearing beneath my feet, not only physically, but also mentally. Suddenly the words that I said sounded in my ears, and they were perfectly applicable to myself at this time.

What did I do?

Sitting on the dirty ground, the long-dormant chill poured out,

"She's right......"

I murmured unconsciously, the day has come, and the impulse of the moment has melted away,

"You're just a monster."

I laughed to myself at the thought of this, because I found myself feeling sorry for a beast that I had regarded as inhuman along the way, even tearing apart a living person with its own hands just a moment ago.

"But ......"

Soon, however, I couldn't smile anymore, and the desperate gaze in front of me, the shallow smile behind the door in the morning, and the slight sobbing in my sleep all reminded me that it wasn't.

"Oh, when did it get so complicated?"

Sighing, I lowered my head, and caught a glimpse of the stone beside my leg stained with a vague red.

"It's-"

I chuckled in my heart, and then hurriedly put my face on the ground to make a closer look, and sure enough, there were a few inconspicuous traces of blood between the charred brown stones that stretched all the way to the entrance of the village. Shaking my head, I tried to shake off those entanglement thoughts, and followed this hard-won clue and half-bent over it.

Out of the village gate, the blood stains became thicker and thicker, and the intervals became denser and denser, and I had a hunch that it should be not far from me. Finally, behind a huge white rock half a man high, I heard a choked sound of staccato choking.

"Ahem—"

I cleared my throat, also to remind him that there was someone around, so as not to scare him when I showed up.

However, the always alert Ayashi was still sobbing quietly, not noticing my presence in the slightest. In that case, I had no choice but to call its name and slowly walk around to the side of the boulder.

"Eat, Fill?"

When the gaze is moved to the right angle, a small shadow in the sunlight is completely exposed. The reality was consistent with my assumptions, and the delicate figure cowering at the foot of the boulder was exactly what I was looking for. I stopped not far away, half-crouched down and thought about how to speak.

There was still a little blood on the soft and clean knuckles on its side, and the tears on its eyelids mixed with bright red rolled down its cheeks, dripping and smudging into a dull color on the clothes on its chest.

Perhaps it was running out of strength, but its face turned pale and its lips turned pale pink, and it leaned back on the stone face, looking up at a small patch of sky under the canopy, and only a few sobs came from time to time to prove its state of mind.

"Are you okay?"

I frowned, and I couldn't tell what it was like to see my always lively and eccentric person become like this.

"Come here."

He muttered, his voice was small and weak, without a trace of emotion. I nodded, and moved to its side, the fresh, delicate herbal scent with a hint of bitterness.

Suddenly, while I was still hesitating, a pair of cold, slender arms reached out and hooked my neck.

"Huh?"

I whispered, not daring to disturb the man leaning on my shoulder, thousands of green silks falling like a waterfall, sliding over my slightly open fingers, like a wisp of cold wind.

Then I was greeted by a soft breath like a dream.

The clouds hung low, obscuring the bright sunshine, casting a leaf of floating dimness in the forest sea that spanned thousands of miles.

After a moment's hesitation, I gently hugged her.

"Let's go, get out of here."

After a long time, I turned my head and whispered.

"Where?"

She didn't move, her face was still buried in my arms, her face was still a little warm.

"Didn't you say there was a garden?"

I gently lifted her face with my hand, and the delicate and smooth touch came from my fingertips.

A bright light flashed in her eyes, and then it went out again,

"What about Jue?"

Her eyelids drooped, and her voice sounded like she was afraid to wake up from a fragile dream.

At the same time as I heard this, my heart hurt inexplicably to an unbearable degree. For example, the old man with memory loss has long forgotten his children who have been away from home for a long time, and under the heavy burden, I even neglected the ————reason why I came to Wei Fern with Ao, in order to wait for someone who would not come at all.

The sky was getting fast, and the hidden sunlight had not been revealed again for a long time, and the clear sky was unconsciously covered with long clouds.

She opened my palm with her index finger and sat up. Although her face was still a little hazy, it was much better than before.

"Let's go back."

She tilted her head and gave me a forced smile.

"Good, good ......"

I replied casually, and returned to my empty chest like a heavy rough stone, and the lies I had made had grown to the point where it was hard to tear apart. But in addition to guilt, there seems to be a strange emotion tormenting me, like a spatula cut into a plaster, and every time I slide, there is unspeakable pain, I don't understand why, I can only smile at the same unbearable smile in the diffuse sourness.

However, as far as my eyes could see, behind Aya, there was a person standing with a slender blowpipe in his hand, which was firmly locked onto Aya!

My pupils contracted slowly, and I was surrounded by shock and panic! Because it was none other than the dwarf in Wei Ming's family, Xun!

This is undoubtedly the time he promised!

"Ahh

Seeing that Yu was about to be hit, I had to yell at Xun's position in a hurry! This not only frightened Xun to retract back, but even Yu was stunned.

"What, what's wrong?"

She turned messily behind her, where there were only waist-high bushes.

I didn't dare to stay here with her anymore, so I hurriedly pushed and shouted,

"No, no, no, I suddenly remembered that Yao was still waiting for us, hurry up and go."

But instead, her feet must have been pierced, and she said to me thoughtfully,

"Speaking of her, I just remembered, don't get too close to her, she seems to be deliberately pretending to be approachable."

At this time, how can I care about this, while looking nervously around every corner, I should be in harmony,

"Yes, yes! She was going to explain it to you before, let's go, don't wait, she regrets it! ”

"Ah, okay, don't push me! I'll go on my own! ”

Under the manipulation of my dead face, I finally compromised, and the two of us walked towards the noisy Wei Fern one after the other.

I turned around in confusion in front of the closed door, the sun had risen to its highest, and the fern was as hot as an iron plate without a trace of greenery. I can bear it, but it is miserable, she squats in the gap between the houses with her head in her hands, and urges loudly from time to time,

"Crooked! Okay?! ”

I replied impatiently,

"Don't worry, the man just now said that the village chief will be there in a while!"

"Tear the door open!"

She covered her eyes with one hand and made a powerful gesture in the air with the other, and I vaguely suspected that she might not understand that most normal people could not do such a thing.

"Hey, hey! Saint! ”

Just as I was thinking about having her blindfolded come over to demonstrate in person, there was an urgent cry behind my ears. I looked back and found that it was the old woman I had just met. The old woman knelt on the ground from a distance, and the two tall guards around her also learned to lie on the ground when they saw this.

"The Holy Maiden Atonement! It's old and confused! Confused! ”

I covered my screaming ears and consciously stepped aside. However, there was no difference between the blind and the blind Yu stood up vigilantly, waving his fist in the direction of the old woman and shouting,

"Who? Who's there?! ”

When the old woman heard this, she immediately got up, bent down and trotted to a position two meters away from her, and replied respectfully,

"Eh, the old man is the village chief of Wei Fern, and he was not thoughtful before, thinking about the reunion of father and daughter————"

"He's not my father!"

However, before the village chief could finish speaking, she broke her with her teeth.

The village chief, who has lived for most of his life, naturally understands what to do when he sees this, and hurriedly nodded and said,

"Eh, yes, that's what the Holy Maiden said."

After speaking, she turned her head sharply and screamed at the guard behind her, her voice was several times rougher than the tone of her words.

"You two idiots aren't going to smash the door open!"

The strong man listened to the order, and immediately slipped to the door, and then kicked a large hole in the rotten plank, and then another guard stepped forward and reached out to open the latch from the other side of the hole.

"It's on."

The two guards stepped aside after completing their orders, and I quickly grabbed Aya's arm and carried her into the house.

The crumbling wooden door was crooked to one side, wood chips and dust were floating in the air, and I looked up to see the empty room as if it had been ransacked. The only pieces of furniture were shattered into fragments of various sizes, and the floors and walls were covered in scratches of varying shades, which seemed to be bright red when looked at closely.

"This, this, this is ......"

She struggled to open one side of her eyes, and was shocked by the chaos in front of her.

But I couldn't take care of her anymore, and almost stumbled into the living room, the countless scratches on the wall opposite me and the words seemed to be engraved on my heart! When the sun is scorching, I just feel terrible cold around! Because the content of that message was clearly written to me!

"If you want her to live, come alone at midnight and !! alone."