She was unmoved, just playing with the knife and laughing.

Arrogance what.

He believed that he was physically good, but he didn't take me seriously at all.

"Woo-oh-oh!"

Abandoning its original use, Xia Jing took a short knife and attacked towards Qiu Yin.

“…… That's not going to work. ”

Qiu Yin muttered softly.

A bulky, but rather thick, sense of resistance stopped the blade.

A treasure that can create a transparent shield.

"Uh-huh......!"

"That won't work, that old-fashioned approach doesn't look like your style at all."

Autumn Yin took a step forward.

The tip of the dagger pointed directly at Xia Jing.

Xia Jing hurriedly retreated, gritting his teeth at the same time.

If she really wanted her own life, she would have been able to do it when she fought just now. But she's just playing tricks—

- Damn, you dare to play with me.

Bacheng wants to slowly torture Xia Jing to death, because that way is more interesting.

Calm down, Xia Jing reminded himself.

That's right.

There is no chance of winning a head-to-head battle with the Deer Clan.

Use your brains quickly and try to attack them unprepared. Wasn't that how people were taught?

Who taught that? …… I don't have time to think about that now.

Xia Jing stared at the opponent and jumped to the side, not forgetting to beware of her chasing her.

Sure enough, I didn't catch up.

Xia Jing stabbed the trees on the side with a golden branch.

The oak rustled, kept wriggling its branches, and stretched out a dozen branches towards the autumn chant in one breath.

Xia Jing killed Qiu Yin by instinct alone.

"That's a good trick."

Qiu Yin looked at the branch that he had killed and praised.

"But it's not a pass, you should be better at what I know."

That kind of attack really couldn't hurt a single hair of Qiu Yin.

The branches were blocked by the weapons in Qiu Yin's hands, and they broke in unison.

Even if a broken branch is allowed to sprout new branches, the result is only a repeat of the past.

"How about that?"

Xia Jing then manipulated the fragments when the bullets strafed.

"I hate stalking the most. Xia Jing, you're not that kind of person, are you?"

No matter how much you try, it's in vain.

The debris was also bounced back by the invisible shield.

The sound of branches falling to the ground is like a shower in the sky.

"This kind of carving insect skill can't incite me. A little more of the place with Xia Jing's style. Let me take a good look at what I like about you...... The real you, right? Because there's no next time."

"Don't underestimate me!"

Qiu Yin was particularly full of suggestive words, which only made Xia Jing feel angry.

It's all a big deal.

Then treat things as child's play and show that you have the chance to win.

You monsters are always like that.

That's why you're the defeated men of humanity.

will be destined to be defeated by humans-

Xia Jing used the sound of tree branch fragments falling to the ground as a cover to manipulate the roots of the trees underground.

Although the same trick has also been used against Nangong, but for Qiu Yin, who has a weapon to protect himself and relaxed his vigilance, he should be able to make some gains.

Just when Xia Jing made the tip of the tree root sharpen in one breath, ready to attack.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in my head telling me to stop.

Is that the only reason left, or is it fear?

- Stop, such a hard blow will kill her.

What are you talking about? This guy is a deer clan, a monster that can't die even if his head is cut off.

- Even if she is a deer clan, she may die. Since the odds aren't zero, you shouldn't do it.

She wouldn't die from her injuries of this magnitude, I just wanted to stab her in the abdomen and incapacitate her, and force her to swear that she would never bother me again.

- Really? You really don't have any thoughts on killing her?

I also know that it's wrong to kill someone, okay?

- But if you don't kill her, she'll stick to you, right?

No, once killing her would be tantamount to committing an irreparable wrong. I know that very well.

- What else do you want to do?

So I'm aiming for the abdomen, not the head. So it's not a problem, is it? As long as it's not fatal......

- I see, I said, not fatally......

It doesn't matter if you do it.

"Go for it——!

Xia Jing ordered.

The roar was mixed with resentment at the fate that had befallen him.

There is a hidden impatience with the woman who falls in love with him.

「…… Drink!"

Three spears were aimed at Akimo's abdomen from below.

She suddenly discovered Xia Jing's attempt.

"yes, that's it."

For some reason - she stopped moving.

"Amazing, Xia Jing."

Qiu Yin smiled.

The spear did not slow down.

With a muffled sound, three spears stabbed Qiu Yin in the abdomen.

When Xia Jing rushed towards Qiu Yin, the person who shouted "Stop" was Lin Yu.

However, Xia Jing turned a deaf ear to the suppression, and Wu Zi began to fight.

Maybe it would be useful to shout a few more times, or maybe it would be a way to stop him with brute force. But Lin Yu flinched.

Because the aura exuded by the summer scene is too amazing.

If he is stopped, it may instead lead him to point the finger at himself.

Besides, if his hunch was wrong, at the moment when Xia Jing was persuaded to stop his actions, Qiu Yin might wait for an opportunity to attack. Once counterattacked, Xia Jing couldn't hold out for a moment. Lin Yu was afraid that his words would kill Xia Jing.

However, so it is.

Lin Yu still had a doubt in his heart.

That suspicion stemmed from when he and Lan Yang went to that house more than a week ago...... No, as early as when I heard her say the name of Lin Yu's ritual object, An Ning, from Qiu Yin's mouth, it naturally appeared.

Qiu Yin declares that she is a deer clan, the daughter of Ah Le.

In that case, how could she have lived in that facility for some time?

This facility is designed for human children who are unable to get along with their parents, who have poor social adjustment, or who have personality problems.

At the beginning, Lin Yu also thought about the possibility that Qiu Yin had never been in that facility at all. Qiu Yin was investigating Lin Yu's past from other places, and deliberately said that kind of thing in order to make Lin Yu shake, and if she thought about it from this angle, she would be able to explain why she couldn't find any traces of her in that ruin.

On the other hand, if this is not the case—

If Akiyin had really been at that facility?

It is said that Ah Le has not healed the sword's wound for seventeen years.

Because of her close blood relationship with the previous patriarch, her own blood can suppress the deterioration of her injuries, but she has not been completely healed.

In that state, can she really get pregnant?

If she had a way, she would just have to perform a ritual once?

No, there is another premise - is it possible for Ah Le, who hates humans, to have children?

Regardless of which hypothesis it is, Lin Yu lacks corroboration.

Therefore, she judged that she was too worried, and decided not to mention this matter, nor did she tell Lan Yang.

Besides, Lin Yu himself didn't want to admit it.

If your doubts are correct, it means that you are afraid of humans. Said that he had been frightened by humans.

Lin Yu didn't want to admit such a fact, and he couldn't accept anything.

That meaningless sense of self leads to the situation in front of you.

Xia Jing stood blankly.

In front of him, a meter away, Qiu Yin was spitting blood.

Even the roots of the tree that had pierced her abdomen were stained with a red-black liquid.

Beads of blood dripped on one side and sank into the humus soil.

"Heh, heh."

Qiu Yin smiled like a virgin.

But the wound was left untreated.

No – it's because it can't be treated.

"Huh......?"

Seeing that look, Xia Jing couldn't help but let out a puzzled voice.

"Why, ......?"

"Summer Scene, Tong, Learning."

Qiu Yin, whose abdomen was pierced by the roots of the tree, slowly stretched out his hand.

The face is bloodless.

Still, there was a happy smile on his face.

The bloodstained fingers touched Xia Jing's cheek.

Sticky red marks, a symbol of life.

"I'll tell you a good thing."

A look of pity.

A pained face.

"I love you."

It's like a curse.

"So, it's ...... now."

Qiu Yin said, "In this way, you will ...... Forever, it's mine."

Those were last words.

Qiu Yin's fingers slipped from Xia Jing's cheeks and hung down weakly.

The light faded from his eyes.

Respiratory arrest.

Death.

「…… Autumn Yin?"

No response.

The dead don't talk back.

「…… Autumn Yin?"

And then—

"Ah...... Ahh

Xia Jing, who finally sorted out the situation, began to tremble.

The face of the girl killed by her own hands looked so happy that she looked beautiful.

Because of this, Xia Jing was completely imprisoned by that curse, Qiu Yin's true intentions.

"Ahh......h Ahh......h

Xia Jing screamed.

The golden branch fell to the ground with his hands free.

I just didn't hear the sound of the ground.

......

I noticed something wrong with my heart when I was in my third year of high school.

This made me feel inexplicably uneasy, so I went to the hospital alone without telling my parents. After the results of the examination, the doctor asked me to inform my parents to come to the hospital as well. Under my aggressive questioning, the doctor told me that I had a terminal illness with little chance of cure, and even if I wanted to prolong my life through treatment, I would have to pay a huge amount of medical expenses.

Was my fate predestined from the moment the doctor pronounced the verdict?

Or was it the moment when I went to the hospital and met the girl by chance?

…… And the incredible girl who suddenly came to the house two years ago.

Even if you know that you are going to die, you still don't know how the future will change.

So in order to prevent everyone from becoming unhappy, I racked my brains to come up with a method.

However, I am not confident that the starting point of doing so is really for the good of everyone.

Maybe it's my own personal wishes. Or maybe it's a kind of unconscious willfulness.

Hiding from my family and friends, I smuggled out of town and moved into a mansion where I spent my days thinking about vague and meaningless questions.

The mansion here refers to the girl's home, the main mansion of the deer clan.

From the winter of eighteen until I turned twenty, that is, the two years after I became ill until I died, I lived there—in a secret village where inhuman aliens lived.

My room is in an annex room.

There is nothing inconvenient in life. There is no shortage of basic needs such as clothing, food, shelter, etc., and if I have any needs such as books and toys, my family will also provide them for me. Only going out is forbidden. Due to the strict entry and exit of human women in the village, not only was my movement restricted, but even my existence was kept secret from the rest of the clan.

However, even if I wanted to go out for a walk, I didn't have the physical strength to go out for a walk, and I was bedridden for most of the day, so this restriction didn't affect me.

Only a few people know about the fact that I live in the village.

Except for the patriarch and his wife, the only one who knew about this was the girl who took me back to the village, Ye Chun.

Although there is a second daughter in the family, I have never seen her appearance, and the other party doesn't seem to know that there is an outsider like me in the family. It's a strange situation, we live in the same house.

As I can imagine that she must have been told not to go near the other room, I wonder if she wasn't driven by curiosity to find out. I think she must be a girl with a very one-dimensional personality.

Blue Sun is the only exception.

She heard the song I sang when I was lonely, and she talked to me through the wall.

Lan Yang, the daughter of the Lan family who was ordered to ban the ceremony, was a lonely person in the village, just like me.

For me, who was confined and couldn't go out, it was a great time to talk to her. Of course, I didn't dare to mention talking to Lan Yang to Ye Chun, this is my secret.

Other than that, my mind is always thinking about family and friends.

Classmates from high school...... Especially my good friends who made an appointment with me to be admitted to the same university. I felt guilty that I couldn't fulfill my promise with her. As much as I wanted to apologize to her, I couldn't even fulfill such a simple wish, which made me miserable.

Dad, Mom, Xia Jing, I don't know how they are doing now? I don't know if my disappearance has caused them to live a life of tears all day long. Maybe my parents even applied to help find the missing person. No, I think they must have done it a long time ago.

I'm sorry, I apologize to them in my heart.

Of course, this disappearance was a decision I made on my own.

I couldn't bear to see my parents spend a lot of money on hospitalization and treatment for my incurable disease. I don't want to waste all the money in my family on me, and it will affect Xia Jing's future development.

The family's mortgage hasn't been paid yet. My good life was bound to collapse because of me as a patient, but the sacrifice of so much in exchange for it only allowed me to survive for a few more years, which taught me how to laugh.

In that case, I guess I might as well disappear on my own.

Although they may think that I have suffered misfortune or accident and are therefore sad, at least I have left them with the hope that "maybe I am still alive" compared to the clear parting of life and death.

If they think I'm running away from home, that's even better. "She's tired of going to the big city in the country," and if everyone thought I was the kind of person and gave up pursuing my whereabouts, perhaps no one would be unhappy.

That's the conclusion I've come to for a long time.

However, if you ask me if this is really the most satisfactory thing to do, I am not sure.

Am I really doing the right thing? Whether I was asleep or awake, even when I was in pain, I kept asking myself questions more than once.