Section I. Albert

"Capricious? Ha ...... "Ling has been gone for a long time, but Hongyue is still sitting on the ground thinking about what Ling just said. "Yes, in this last hour......" Red Moon calmed her mind, the light of the sun had already appeared in the sky, and a new day was about to begin.

There are still many people who come to the 'Red Moon Pavilion' every day, and all the guests who have come to this special gift shop have an indescribable feeling that they can always find what they want to have the most here, and the divination of the owner, Red Moon, is always given instructions when they are more confused.

However, none of the guests who came noticed or saw the main building behind the Red Moon Pavilion. And Red Moon tirelessly greets guests full of various desires every day, just to find answers to their doubts.

In the evening of that day, when Red Moon was about to close the store, he found that there was a person standing outside the door, and it seemed that he didn't want to come in to buy anything, but he had been standing outside the door and looked at the 'Red Moon Pavilion' and had no intention of leaving......

"This guest, I'm sorry, the store is closing, do you have anything else......" Red Moon stood in the doorway and looked at the guest with his hat very low.

"I'm waiting until the other guests are gone. Surprisingly, I can still see you. I don't know if you remember me, Miss Red Moon? The man took the hat in his hand and walked in front of the red moon very gentlemanly.

"Isn't this Mr. Albert? Long time no see. "When Hongyue saw the visitor, she had a look on her face, 'I knew you were coming'.

"Looks like Miss Red Moon knows I'm going to be here again? What, won't you invite me in this time? "Although it is a doubt, the person who came has already crossed the red moon and walked directly to the store." It's the same here as it was then, and you're still the same as then. ”

"But Mr. Albert has changed differently than he did then? Although I knew we would see each other again, I didn't expect it to be so soon. Red Moon put the brewed coffee on the table in front of the visitor.

"Do you know why I'm here?" Someone sip coffee. "The coffee you brew is still just as bitter."

"Hmm——? I really can't think of any reason for Mr. Albert to come to this gift shop in his current capacity. Do you want to choose a 'gift'? ”

"Hmph. I've actually heard that there is a 'Red Moon Pavilion' gift shop that is very popular on the border, although I don't believe that it was opened by the same person as you back then, but it is still worth my visit, after all, I will have my current status when I bought 'that' from you. Sometimes I wonder if this is really the legendary 'Red Moon Mansion'.

And it's incredible that you, the shopkeeper, haven't changed even after 20 years? Look at me, you're all old, but you're still a girl. "The coffee on the table was so bitter that they put in fourteen sugar cubes at a time. I felt like I could drink it.

"Do you still like sweet things so much?"

"Don't you know that highly intelligent people have a soft spot for sweets." Maybe I still felt very bitter, and the person who came put a few more pieces of candy.

"Why are you here this time?"

"yes, why the hell am I here?" Come and think about it.

"Then I'm going to send it off......"

"It's a joke. Red Moon, do you remember what I bought from you twenty years ago? ”

"Of course, I remember every item I sold, not to mention that it was the last one in the store."

"Do you regret selling 'that' to me?"

"It wasn't me who sold you, it was 'that' who chose you, or you wouldn't have seen 'that' thing. But what I didn't expect was that you didn't play the biggest role of 'that', although you used 'that' to get your status today, but, if you were a different person, maybe ......"

"Maybe it's better than I do? Red Moon, do you mean that? "The visitor looked very uneasy." I was still a trainee doctor, doing those secret experiments, and I was really desperate, and I came across your shop by chance, and to be honest, I came in with the name 'Red Moon Pavilion', and I thought, 'Did I really meet it, although not for a whole number of years?' But you don't give me the impression that the owner is the owner, so it's only for you that this is a normal gift shop.

But I didn't expect that in this ordinary gift shop, I could actually buy 'that'! The blood of that vampire that only appears in legends! I can't believe it even more that you actually sold it to me! If I'm not mistaken, you already knew how I would use 'it', right?

But it doesn't matter anymore, I experimented with 'that' and it worked, I invented 'alien'! Saying this, the visitor laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"In the eyes of the state, I am a hero and a genius. The main members of the Hunters' Guild have changed several times, but the only ones who haven't changed are me in medicine and the strongest hunter ZERO. But in the hearts of the general public, I am a sinner, I am the one who allowed the 'alien' to appear, and I am the one who caused them to live in this environment full of all kinds of crises.

If I had been younger, I would never have thought about it, but now that I'm old and think about a lot of things, will I be forgiven? ”

Listening to his words, Hongyue just looked coldly from the side. There was a glint of disdain in the black pupils.

"Red Moon, why can?"

"Because it's me. But, Mr. Albert, do you really think so? Think I made you like this? If I hadn't sold you 'that' back then, you wouldn't be so conflicted? Or are you not satisfied with the present?

I still remember the divination you asked me to do for you. You showed up again, didn't you just want to confess at the 'Red Moon Pavilion'? Isn't that the impression of Mr. Albert? ”

"Not really. I know that in front of you, you will see through any lie, and I don't want to blame 'that' for all this. It's just that I'm not reconciled! More than twenty years have passed since the experiment, why can't it be successful! Why is there still no way to make a second 'ZERO' when 'that' is already used? Why does ZERO harness the power of nature? I'm not reconciled!

Now, Red Moon, tell me what the hell am I going to do! ”

Hongyue smiled lightly, not even feeling that she was laughing. "Shameful man. Why, you ask? How can I tell you this? I don't know everything, it's not omnipotent, everything has its fixed trajectory, I just give 'it' the strength to keep going.

The Red Moon Pavilion is a gift shop that welcomes guests at any time, so if you wish, you can still look for a gift that suits your heart's content. ”

"Can I ask a question?" Albert regained his composure.

"If I can answer that, I'll answer you."

"Is this gift shop the 'Red Moon Pavilion'?"

Red Moon smiled. "Who knows? In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a gift shop called the 'Red Moon Pavilion', but in the eyes of some people, it may really be the legendary 'Red Moon Pavilion'. For example, people like you. ”

Hearing Hongyue's ambiguous answer, Albert seemed to have an answer in his heart. "In that case, then I don't have anything more to say, and it's time for me to take my leave."

"Didn't you choose a gift today?" The red moon was very surprised by this.

"Even if I did, I don't think I would get what I wanted. I'm glad to see you again, whether you want to see me or not. ”

"I was also very happy to meet Mr. Albert's ......"

"Hmph. Goodbye then. With that, Albert left the Red Moon Pavilion, which was shrouded in a moonlit night.

"You're not the chosen one! Mr. Albert, when I met you, I was a little happy, thinking that you were someone who could help me, but now you have become like this, how ugly! Humans are really going to change......

What about you? Red Moon looked up at the moon in the sky, and a sneer appeared on her lips.