Time sped by.

In just a few weeks since the discovery of the disease, the number of people infected with the disease has increased to a very terrifying level.

In the face of this horrific disease of red death.

Filled with despair and panic, people abandoned their lives under the sky and hid in the shadows of the underground to survive.

This delayed their suffering from the red death disease to a certain extent.

However, it is only a delay.

Because, there are still people who are constantly suffering from the red death.

Especially those who are physically weak, one of them is taken to a quarantine clinic almost every day.

But in the eyes of the people, the place where you can only get out when you get sick is not a medical clinic at all, but a prison that stands under the red sky, symbolizing death and despair!

No one knows if the next person to be sent to that "red prison" because of the Red Death Disease will be himself.

Confusion and fear weigh on the hearts of every citizen and torment their hearts.

At this moment, a stretcher covered with a white cloth came out of the medical center......

Someone else died.

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……

However.

In this time when "people" keep dying.

One day, however, Shogo Tsukiwa came to the vicinity of Edith's laboratory and quietly changed the fate of the two old cats......

He erased the red death factor from the two old cats and helped them regain their health.

During this period, Shogo Tsukiwa did not show his figure.

But as he was about to leave, he heard a childish cry of retention.

"Meow~"

Shogo Tokiwa turned around and saw a kitten looking in his direction.

Shogo Tokiwa was sure that the kitten couldn't see him.

However, the kitten seemed to be ...... Sensing his presence?

Thinking like this, Tokiwa Shogo was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled.

"It's worthy of Lord Youliuxian, and his inspiration is very high."

Shogo Tsukiwa laughed and praised.

Yes, that kitten is the future wandering fairy.

What Shogo Tsukiwa saved just now is the biological parents of You Liuxian.

As he spoke, he showed his figure.

It's not the kind of golden energy humanoid, but his original appearance after making further transformations.

I saw Shogo Changpan walk in front of You Liuxian, squatted down, raised a finger, and tapped the tip of You Liuxian's wet nose.

Then, he looked at You Liuxian's cute expression of subconsciously shrinking his head, smiled, and continued: "Ah, what can I do about this? Once again, you've managed to get my attention. ”

“…… Meow? ”

In this regard, the kitten tilted his head in confusion, and there were question marks popping up on his head.

Obviously, it is too small to understand the seriousness of the problem.

But it doesn't matter, just like people always grow up in an instant, and cats, too.

In front of the two old cats, Shogo Tsukiwa hugged the wandering fairy.

Then, in the expression of question mark and exclamation mark on You Liuxian's face, he bowed his head and said to the two old cats: "I saved your life, and it is fair for you to hand over your daughter to me, isn't it?" ”

Old Cat Couple: "......"

However, in the end, Shogo Tsukiwa still took all three cats away.

Only a smug or self-deprecating chuckle echoed in place.

"Huh."

He's really, so gently.

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……

The story that happened to these three cats, when this person was too busy to take care of himself, naturally did not splash at all.

Even Edith only came back to his senses by chance after intense research, and looked at the cat rice bowl that was full, even overflowing, only to find that the You Liuxian family had not come back for a long time.

He stood there and was stunned for a moment before closing his eyes and saying, "Have you been defeated by this damn red sky?" ”

After a long silence, Edith emptied the old food from the cat's rice bowl, cleaned the floor, poured new ones on, turned around, and continued to devote himself to the study of the Red Death.

At the same time, a previous conversation with Adenis came to mind.

Edith remembered that it had happened shortly after the Red Death had already bared its fangs.

On that day, Adenis volunteered to come to his lab.

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……

"Edith ......"

"Adenis? What are you doing here? ”

Seeing the haggard Adenis, Edith was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said.

"I'm sorry, but I still don't have a clue about how to cure the Red Death......"

He thought that Adenis had come to see the progress of his research on the Red Death.

In fact, Adenis did come to see the progress of Edith's research, but that was not his only purpose.

I saw that after hearing Edith's answer, Adenis's face turned extremely pale almost instantly.

“…… Is that really the case? He couldn't help but mutter.

Edith heard Adenes' whisper, and his face changed suddenly.

"Sure enough? What is it really like? Adenis, do you know anything about this terrible epidemic——!? ”

Edith's voice grew from low to high, and finally to fierce questioning.

"Adenes !!"

Under the pressure of Edith, Adenis, whose face was full of pain and remorse, finally said slowly: "I'm sorry, Edith...... Actually, before that, the King of Time had warned me once. ”

Edith muttered, "Warning? ”

"Yes." Adenis nodded, and continued with a painful expression, "He warned me to give up my current life and stop using those unknown technologies, or I will meet with disaster." ”

"Calamity ......"

With Adenes' words, remembering the miraculous power that Shogo Tsukiwa had once displayed in front of them, Edith's originally fierce emotions were like being suddenly splashed with a basin of ice water, and instantly dropped to the freezing point, and his face froze.

"You mean, this horrific Red Death is actually the punishment of the King of Time?"

Fear and anger simmered in his heart at the same time, Edith continued.

"Just because we haven't given up on the quest for a better life?"

“…… I do not know. ”

Adenis shook his head.

"After that, the king never answered my prayers."

Adenes told Edith.

"In the same way, during this time, no matter how much I prayed for the king's forgiveness and confessed my mistakes, all I received was silence."

Apparently, Adenis also had such thoughts.

However, from the silence of Shogo Tokiwa praying for forgiveness in front of him, I couldn't help but think of his silence in the face of Shogo Tokiwa's warning at that time, and Adenis always couldn't help but have another thought.

With that in mind, Adenis continued.

"So, Edith, help me make sure...... Determine whether this is a punishment from the king or a ...... Or ......"

At the end of the day, Adenis's voice became difficult, but he finally spoke.

“…… Or our own sins. ”

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……

The memories end.

A few more days later.

Edith looked at the latest research data on the test bench, his fists clenched, his face clenched his teeth, and his expression kept changing.

"It turns out that all this comes from our greed, from our stupidity?"

According to Edith's investigation, experiments.

That crimson sky has nothing to do with the king of time.

It was indeed an anomaly caused by their use of those devices in the city.

To make matters worse, now, even if they stopped the devices, they couldn't reverse the crimson sky.

This cruel truth almost broke Edith's heart.

has a similar expression to Edith, as well as Igor, who is Edith's assistant.

He also knew the cruel truth.

A moment later.

Edith suddenly turned and walked briskly outside the lab, but stopped abruptly in the doorway.

"Igor ......"

"Hmm."

"Don't tell the truth."

"I know."

Rarely, Igor didn't argue with Edith or ask why.

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……

Between prayers.

Adenis, who had received Edith's report, looked at the glittering humanoid statue on the altar and was speechless for a long time.

Admitting your mistakes is hard enough.

What is even harder is to admit a huge mistake that has become irreparable.

But, no matter how difficult it is, if it's wrong, it's wrong.

Adenis bowed down solemnly to the golden humanoid sculpture on the altar, sincerely, with sincere fear.

"All of this is a mistake in the decision-making of my patriarch."

"O Great, Most High, Merciful Lord of Time, forgive our ignorance, forgive us for our sins, and then, O great and highest, merciful Lord of Time, show a way to the future for your confused people."

Finally, Adenes' prayer was answered.

He saw the brilliant golden light again.

But when he looked at the ground, he saw that the golden light was fading from Sheng to Sheng.

At the same time, Shogo Tokiwa's voice gradually changed from a majestic voice with echoes to an ordinary voice.

"Adenes, there's something I need you to understand......"