The dazzling light of the sky caught the attention of everyone in the villa.

That's the power of the Grim Reaper, and there's no wrong with that!

Having been tormented by death for twenty years, whether it was Sebastian or Megumi Shindo, they could clearly distinguish that it was a deep imprint of fear deep in the soul.

"Could it be Lord Yang Xi?"

"No, master him"

Seeing Xintang Megumi's worried eyes, and Sebastin, the bald housekeeper, also looked uneasy, Nadeshiko decided to tell them some information about Yang Xi to give them encouragement.

"Actually, my master is not human."

"What? You say that the Inugami envoy is not a human being? That he"

"Well, the master is actually a demon, a demon who is the enemy of God, even the Grim Reaper can't defeat him so easily! Besides, the owner still has a contractual connection with me, and my contract is still intact, which means that the owner is safe and healthy. ”

"Oh, I see."

Sebastian finally understands why Nadeshiko, who is a dog god, has always maintained a calm attitude, and the emotional dog god makes the adult actually a demon!

God and demon are mortal enemies, no wonder he looks young, but his strength is unfathomable.

I've heard a lot of legends about demons, and although they're mostly negative, Sebastian and Megumi Shindo are a little relieved. After all, as a god, the god of death is not as benevolent as the legend, and is more like a demon than Yang Xi, a real demon.

It's just that the lingering shadow of death that hangs over their hearts all year round is not so easy to get rid of, unless the god of death disappears completely!

When Megumi Shindo was born into this world

Worse than an obstetrician and gynecologist, than a nurse, and then before a mother picked her up, it was death. At that time, the mother of a teenage girl could barely move her body due to the fatigue of childbirth.

The doctors and nurses were stunned.

Watching the Grim Reaper slowly shake the newborn Megumi, he whispered softly:

"New life! You must make me feel good! ”

Even so, the Grim Reaper didn't have much of an impact on her life until Megumi was sensible - because the Grim Reaper only came once a year. Time will always dilute the extreme fear that death has given her, and injections, ghosts, and pesky green peppers are the more practical and immediate problems.

Megumi Shindo still doesn't know the fate she will accept......

When she was in the upper grades of elementary school. I have two questions in my heart -

Why don't you have parents like other children?

So, why can't she throw a birthday party like any other child?

Ask Sebastian, who is a caregiver, housekeeper and guardian, and probably the only member of Megumi's family.

For the first time since she was born, Megumi saw Sebastian with a rather pained expression—

"Miss!"

He placed his thick hand on Megumi's shoulder and smiled sadly.

"Sebastian will definitely use this life to protect Miss."

She didn't want to hear such ununderstood words.

She just wants to know what she is like and why she doesn't have parents?

And why can't you hold a birthday party?

For Megumi, her own life is a completely strange thing. Every year, muscular heroes, respected monks and spirit coal masters with incredible skills come over and are defeated by death. After the Grim Reaper pretended to defeat them who were screaming, he poured fear into his forehead.

Megumi couldn't associate that routine event with her own fate.

"I don't want to see anything like that again!"

In order to attend the birthday party specially organized by his classmates. Megumi, who is now nine, runs away from home without telling Sebastian on her birthday.

-- It's a place of dreams --

Not only are there female classmates who are dressed up more beautiful and pretend than usual, but there are also the boys she longs for are so happy when they are present. However, when they were drinking juice, eating snacks, and laughing together, they heard a majestic military song from nowhere-

That's the time of the year when the Grim Reaper is fixed.

The little ones began to stir up because they could not understand the situation. Smoke rises, and only Megumi opens her eyes wide in shock. The Grim Reaper smiled happily and stood on the other side of the smoke that was gradually dissipating: "Oh, Megumi Shindo, you are doing something very rare!" ”

Death smiled, a sadistic grin. "But wouldn't you be a little too much to do that?"

He brutally smashed the cake with his palm, which was like nine candles. The children screamed and fled in all directions, and everyone heard the sound and rushed into the room.

It was then that Megumi Shindo realized for the first time that the Grim Reaper's explicit malice was directed against herself. Her anger swelled up - Megumi cried out with a twisted face because of the intense anger that emanated from the depths of her soul:

"Don't bother me laal——————————————————!"

Finally

It's not easy to experience the mood for the first time, how can he spoil it!

Megumi ran over and punched Death with her fist - if she could, she hoped to knock him down with that little clenched fist, but Death just smiled happily, "Oh." Have you finally grown up? ”

Then, with his cream-stained palm, he pressed her forehead and said:

"In that case, I'm going to let you know it!"

And then—

And then—

Megumi realizes that she should have died when she was twenty years old and what her parents have experienced

All that is inevitable cruel despair. Helpless fate seeps into every cell in a mixture of images, sounds, and memories. Let her deeply understand.

The first birthday party

The first place of blessing

A tear flowed from Megumi's eyes, and she sat down as hard as she could. In the distance, the laughter of the Grim Reaper, the roars of adults, and the cries of children could be heard. Megumi looked at the ceiling blankly and muttered, "Ah, I see, I finally understand, Sebastian"

Megumi Shindo has lost all her friends since that day, the place she should be close to, the future away, and most importantly, she can't see the meaning of "living" anymore.

She lost everything.

She sings the song of death......

I don't want to live anymore.

I don't want to look at painful things anymore, as long as I continue to live, I will taste fear every year, every year, and there are many people who continue to be hurt indisputably.

Because that's bitter......

Because of the pain she would feel, Megumi had stopped accepting life positively.

The school only attends junior high school graduates. Avoiding learning things, getting to know others, laughing and crying violently.

However, when the mood still feels painful no matter what, Megumi sings a death song. In this way, the unbelievable mood will be a little lighter.

"Leave me alone."

Saying this, she walked out of the villa and stared at the sky, and Megumi Shindo was wearing the same black dress as when she attended the birthday party at that time, and for some reason, she suddenly felt the urge to sing.

If I used to sing songs to wait for the Grim Reaper to come and harvest the moment of my life; Now, she wants to use the song of death to dilute the fear in her heart.

- She doesn't want to die!

There are still many, many things in this world that I have not experienced. There are too many people who have not been acquainted, too many places that have not been visited, and if you die, you will not be able to do anything.

When Xintang Megumi left the villa, looking at her delicate back, Sebastian began to practice every day.

"It can't be done."

"Huh?"

Sebastian turned around and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Nadeshiko dragged her cheeks, and although she felt a little hurtful, she decided to tell the truth: "I said you can't do what you're thinking!" You'll never be able to beat that guy, no matter how much rigorous practice you have! Even if you get stronger and stronger, you will never be able to win against the Grim Reaper. Even so, do you still want to fight the Grim Reaper? ”

"Yes!" He replied without hesitation: "No matter what the consequences may be for me." Looking for it or will continue to fight. ”

"For what?"

Nadeshiko looked at him curiously, "I really don't know why you're doing this?" Besides, Death, my master will defeat him. ”

"Huh. Even if there is no death, I have to work hard to train myself and protect the eldest lady with my own hands. Speaking of this, Sebastian bowed his head in a lonely expression. Nadeshiko-san, I don't want to be a coward anymore! ”

"Mr. Sebastin, I don't think you're a coward!"

"I'm a coward! Madame" Sebastin's emotions suddenly stirred. When he realized that something was wrong with his actions, he was silent for a while, until he had completely calmed down - "I was there to protect Miss Megumi's mother, but at the end of all, I was just a coward who escaped for fear of death. ”

"Just like I said. Twenty years ago, as a wrestler, I gathered with other martial artists and psionics on my wife's twentieth birthday. ”

While suppressing his feelings, he said his past memories: "I said that I will definitely be able to destroy that inexplicable monster, everything is wrapped up in me, in fact, no one invited me, I am really a fool who came uninvited!" I challenged the guy head-on with my professional wrestling skills, but I was knocked back, crushed, and passed out in pain after the fear of being poured from head to head and having my hands and feet broken several times. Then the Grim Reaper asked me in front of everyone; 'Are you the one who protects this girl?' If it is the one who protects her, I will kill you, and if it is not the one who protects her, I will let you escape. ’”

Sebastian began to tremble profusely.

"I was at that time, I was"

He shivered as he looked at his palms as if he had seen something unbelievable.

"Enough! Enough, Mr. Sebastian! ”

Nadeshiko wanted to interrupt him loudly, but

"I said, 'Help me!' I forgot the pride of the wrestler, forgot the pride of the man, and pleaded with him miserably! Weeping and begging the vile Grim Reaper, 'Please don't kill me!' ’”

Once the torrent of feelings and memories flows out, it cannot be stopped. Sebastian could only gasp violently while continuing to confide in his feelings: "Madame forgave me with a smile. She said, 'It's okay!' 'I'm just a twenty-year-old girl, and my husband who is the same age as my wife is fighting bravely, but I'm "

At some point, large tears flowed down Sebastin's cheeks

Constant flow.

"Sir is just a very ordinary young man, he is a calm writer, he wields a knife to protect his wife, and everyone else is not afraid of death, and he is proud to be heroic, but I, who thinks that I am better than anyone else in the wrestling ring, shrinks my body and trembles in the corner."

"Whew" leaked out an extraordinarily loud whimper.

"I've been and I've been unable to forgive myself since then!"

Nadeshiko quietly placed her hand on Sebastin's broad back, filled with deep anger and humiliation, to soothe him.

"I regret it, but no matter how many times I compared, no matter how many times I compared, I couldn't beat that guy, and I regret that I couldn't slash that arrogant Grim Reaper."

He cried loudly, just loudly and loudly.

"This body that should have been continuously refined and forged, and this heart that should have been constantly fighting and fighting, can't win no matter what, I can't even protect a girl."

Sebastian struck the ground with his fist: "I can't protect such a good child, I can't protect Miss!" That's all I want! That's all there really is! ”

He knocked and punched several times.

What made him most unwilling was that this fist could not protect anyone.

After that, I kept suppressing my voice, just sobbing all the time, all the time.

Looking at this man who was unwilling to shed tears due to humiliation and anger, Nadeshiko fell into confusion for the first time in her life.

Sebastian is desperately trying to protect, and his master is fighting death for protection, but what about me?

What is the purpose of my fight?

What did I fight for before?!

What am I doing as a dog god in a situation where the owner needs me?

Are the vows you once made really that important?

Is it really necessary to seal your own strength?

What is the reason for my strength?! What is the purpose of my existence?!

Looking out the window, her gaze piercing the night on the battlefield where a fierce battle was going on, Nadeshiko bowed deeply to Sebastian ninety degrees.

"Thank you, Mr. Sebastin, for helping me out, and for telling me what I had been missing. I'm Nadeshiko, Nadeshiko Inugami! I'm going to fight with my master now, because I have someone I want to protect! ”

Flying out of the villa, suspended in the air, bathed in the moonlight, Nadeshiko raised her hands to the melodious death song of Megumi Shindo. (To be continued......)