Liu Ci looked at Edward Wren without blinking.

At first, Edward stayed at the beginning of the trial, and the expression on his face did not change, even more relaxed than that of the "onlookers".

After a long silence, Edward finally walked forward.

The obsidian paved path was bright red for a while, all the murals began to glow and distort, and there was a faint roar of resentful spirits at the end of the path, and then staring at the direction of the path of judgment, Liu Ci felt dizzy and his divine sense faintly tingled.

And the road of judgment became more and more obvious as Edward walked, the faster Edward's footsteps, the more violently the road of judgment trembled, as if it was about to be deformed and collapsed by an invisible intelligence.

The red light was dazzling, Liu Ci had already turned his head and closed his eyes, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but shine with water.

……

The "Sweet Dreams" poison was placed in Edward's father and stepmother's meals.

Watching the two of them unknowingly consume the delicacies with deadly toxins, Edward even felt that the cook's cooking skills had improved for many years, and he was in a particularly happy mood when enjoying the food. Because of this pleasure, he has been working harder and harder to play the image of a cowardly and obedient son recently, and his father is very satisfied, but his stepmother is a little cautious and panicked by his eyes.

Edward couldn't help but look at the other quiet person at the long table, Aunt Marilyn.

Aunt Marilyn has been radiant for nearly half a month, causing her father to be distracted in front of her stepmother, and her stepmother's eyes looking at Aunt Marilyn are like a sharp knife with poison. Edward didn't care about smiling, no matter how chaotic the relationship between the elders was, it was just the last madness, the role of "sweet dreams" was already revealed, his father, who was a martial artist, had maintained a good physical condition over the years, but recently his eyes began to appear blue and black.

There is only one month left before the "sweet dream" completely strikes.

The two people in front of them are nothing more than two living dead people with only half a life left. Edward looked at Aunt Marilyn in a daze, father and stepmother were very easy to handle, but what about Aunt Marilyn? As an aunt who betrayed the Wren family, shouldn't she be punished more severely than her father and stepmother? After all, my mother loved my only sister so much.

Edward was caught up in his own spiritual world, and when he was torn between contradictions, he never noticed that Aunt Marilyn's gaze on him had recently become longer and longer, almost reluctantly.

The fourteen-year-old boy only dressed up more and more flamboyant when Aunt Marilyn hooked up with his father, and he never thought from a different angle that a truly radiant and happy woman did not need cosmetics to add to the icing on the cake, and the thick white powder may be to hide the woman's haggardness.

Aunt Marilyn is emaciated because she has also been poisoned, which is the secret medicine of the Wren family, "Sweet Dreams".

Half a month later, Aunt Marilyn's eyes couldn't even cover the blue and black, and Edward finally discovered the truth.

"Why?"

Looking at the woman with a gentle smile, Edward couldn't understand her calmness, and he didn't know what was wrong.

"Silly boy, what kind of man do you think your father is? One does not hesitate to plan for two or three years in order to get the wealth of the Wren family, just to have a "romantic encounter" with your mother; one convinces his then-fiancée to willingly turn into the shadows as a lover and erase the bad past for him; A martial artist who rarely shows his strength, but in fact, he already has the strength of a great sword master two years ago...... How much attention he cares about his physical condition and the safety of his life, if I hadn't taken the food you put the poison in my mouth and fed him little by little, how could he have eaten it so easily? Even so, without my deliberate misdirection, he would not have mistaken his physical abnormality as the result of his indulgence at night. Dear nephew, you are still too young and too anxious! ”

Aunt Marilyn pinched the hydrangea in the vase with saffron juice, "It's been six years and five months since I accidentally learned the truth about your mother's death, but I've endured it until now......"

Edward stared at her in disbelief, and Marilyn seemed to see through his thoughts: "Do you want to ask, why should I put up with it?" You are so naïve Edward, now Wren Manor, has been firmly controlled by your father, and if it weren't for my patience, you would have died at the hands of his new wife. Child, don't look at me like this, even if you check out the magic source power and have the opportunity to go to school in Amster, you are still too young to withstand the storms of the adult world. Your father, who is bent on stealing the property and power of the Wren family, will not watch you become stronger...... Before your wings are full, he will break your wings! My dear nephew, the one thing you did most correctly was to poison your father and stepmother before leaving. Otherwise, on your way to Emster, the mercenaries sent by the two of you will be enough to kill you a hundred times. ”

Knowing that her time was short, Marilyn and Edward talked a lot. Edward never thought that the truth would be like this, he thought that Aunt Marilyn, who had betrayed the Wren family, had been protecting herself in her own way. A noble lady who doesn't know magic, has no martial arts, and hasn't even learned scheming, the only way she can think of at first is to pretend to be stupid. With the talent of women and the covetousness of men, she protects her ignorant blood nephew under her wings.

In order to protect him, she even had to stay away from him and never get close to him.

Without her covert help, Edward would not have been able to secretly leave the manor to check out his demonic powers. Without her help, how could the maids of the manor be so attentive to Edward, these words could not be said before, and if they were not said now, they would not have another chance in the future.

"Edward, I stole your father's seal. Rennes Manor, including most of the valuable items and fields, has been sold by me in the past two years. Your mother once said that a man who can only guard his ancestral property cannot become a real powerhouse, you can go anywhere in the whole continent with the wealth accumulated by the Ren family for hundreds of years, and you don't have to worry about trivial matters such as money for a long time to come, and you will definitely be able to achieve greater achievements than others in the field of magic! The Wren family is looking forward to men, just because for generations, only men can have magic source power, and there are more mysterious changes in the magic source power in your body, everything will have to wait until you become a strong person before you can explore it yourself, it's a pity that my aunt can't tell you more...... Child, you are smart, calm, and do not have the careless compassion that will lead to success. But there is still goodness in your heart...... Aunt is happy and hopes you can keep this forever. ”

Due to the impact so great, Edward did not think about Marilyn's last words at the time.

Until the outbreak of the "Sweet Dream" poison, the most poisoned father and stepmother were tortured to the point of inhuman form, and Aunt Marilyn, who was the least poisoned, took advantage of the strength of her hands and feet to trick Anthony, who was defenseless against her, to his side, and plunged the dagger into his chest with all her strength.

The pain-wailing stepmother was heartbroken when she saw this scene, but she had no way to save her son's life.

"Auntie, am I not well-behaved...... I hurt so much, father, mother, brother, it hurts so much......"

Anthony slowly closed his clear eyes, this cute and simple blonde boy probably didn't understand how it all happened until he died.

"I'm sorry that the two members of the Wren family died innocently, but Anthony is not wrong after all, and my aunt doesn't want to see him see you as an enemy in the rest of her life, so she solved this potential threat for you. Child, from now on, there will be no relatives in the world who are connected with your blood, you may be lonely, but you will also have no bonds! ”

Aunt Marilyn looked at him kindly, far more sincerely than she had ever looked at Anthony.

Hearing his father's unwilling and painful screams, Edward didn't know why, but tears flowed from the corners of Edward's eyes.

It was the last cry in his life.

In the many years that he went from being an ordinary student at the Amster School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to gradually gaining prominence, and finally being favored by the Holy See and becoming a clergyman, to becoming the Archbishop of the Diocese of Selmont, he has even experienced something more shocking and tragic and darker than Aunt Marilyn's own killing of Anthony, but he has never shed a single tear again.

As Aunt Marilyn said, her death and Anthony's death not only wiped out Edward's only remaining blood relatives in the world, but also made him no longer have a bond.

As for the goodness that Aunt Marilyn hoped for...... In fact, when he personally poisoned his father, he didn't have it, right?

Edward left the empty Wren Manor, armed with an astonishing fortune, leaving his homeland.

The large castle gradually turned into a small black dot behind the boy's back until he could no longer see it. His love-hate father, his mean stepmother, Aunt Marilyn, his brother Anthony, and even his loving mother, as he moved forward, fascinated their faces as he progressed.

One day he found that he could no longer remember his mother, and all that was left of the memories of Rennes Manor was Anthony's slowly closed eyes.

"Brother, it hurts so much......"

The younger brother's moans of pain were like curses from a demon.

Aunt Marilyn didn't know that the hidden dangers she knew with her own hands were the softest place in Edward's heart.

The blonde boy who would secretly comfort him and bring him food when he was treated poorly by his stepmother. The innocent and sunny smile made him the object of disgust and jealousy...... He is so kind and upright, he will definitely not follow his father and stepmother to the dark world of the dead, but return to the arms of the god of light.

There is no doubt that he killed him.

Edward, who was walking on the path of judgment, suddenly began to run wildly, and if he was convicted of the road of judgment, his soul would be trapped here forever.

If he can't go to the place where the God of Light is, he will never see those clear eyes again in this life.

- If I only deserve to live in darkness, can I grope my way forward and find the brightest and holy you in the world?