"Huh......... Hahh..............."

I was almost unable to run, and with every breath, my lungs felt like they were burning. In this deserted city, in the deserted streets, only the girl is running desperately, and behind her, there is a huge, terrifying steel monster. Its steps were slow but firm, like a predator playing tricks on its prey, and it followed the maiden all the time.

"Hah...............h

At last, the pain reached its limit, and the girl stopped, gasping for breath, her slender fawn-like legs already shaking. However, the footsteps behind him continued to approach, and there was no intention of stopping at all.

Xia Li......... Ashie ........."

Calling her friend's name, the girl gritted her teeth, her heart beating violently as if it was about to burst.

Why did you encounter this kind of thing?

Accompany her friend home who has been worried, but on the way, her friend suddenly screams, and a strange black monster appears from behind her. The girl was completely stunned by this scene, but luckily, the monster didn't intend to hurt her friend, and her right eye seemed to be more valuable to it.

So the girl made up her mind to lure the monster away from her friend, but ......... She didn't expect this monster to be so terrifying.

Not to mention.........

What the hell is this place?

The girl looked up and looked around. At first glance, it seems to be a foggy place, but when the girl tries to open the door and hide in the building, she realizes that the door here cannot be opened at all, it is not locked, but just a stone that looks like a door. So the only thing a girl can do is run, run, keep running.

Lure the monster away from its friends.

But what next?

“———————！！！”

Just as the girl was meditating, suddenly, the beastly roar came again, and she turned her head to see that the terrible steel monster had come not far behind her, and it opened its claws, glared at the girl viciously, and let out a greedy howl.

"Golden Eyes......... Give me............! ”

"Don't open it......... Joked! ”

Her whole body was trembling, and fear had almost blurred the girl's consciousness, but she still clenched her fists and roared loudly at the monster.

"I won't lose to you!"

"Boom!!"

However, at this time, suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky and fell heavily between the girl and the monster, startling the girl.

"Huh?"

The girl looked up in surprise, and saw a figure wearing a black trench coat, extremely tall, with a wide-brimmed hat standing in front of her, holding a pitch-black cane in his hand, with his back to her.

Who is he?

This scene at this moment made the girl's brain a mess, she wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything. And at this moment, the steel monster also saw the pitch-black figure, and opened his hands again——— it was also funny, obviously when she first saw it, the girl was still terrified by the huge steel body of the other party, but now this pitch-black tall figure is even a head taller than this monster, so that from the eyes of the bystanders, it feels that the monster is not terrible at all.

"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it!"

Hearing the monster's roar, I saw that the black figure also snorted coldly, and then the girl saw him clench his cane, and suddenly, with a heavy sound, the pitch-black flames instantly burst out from the ground.

Is that......... What?

Staring at the black flames in front of her, the girl's eyes widened in horror. I don't know why, just looking at this flame, it made her feel shivering and cold, and her body, which seemed hot because of running desperately just now, seemed to be as cold as someone poured cold water at this moment.

Not only that, but she also saw an eerie pattern of arcs of red and black in the flames.

Is that...............

Obviously, it was the first time I saw this strange pattern, but in the girl's mind, a word suddenly appeared.

Death of destiny.

It was a long time ago, the end of death and destruction that even the gods feared, the fate of everything that would burn out.........

The girl's realization ended there, and the next moment, she fell into deep darkness.

When the girl regained consciousness, it was already early morning two days later. Next to her bed was the landlady of the apartment.

From the landlady, the girl learned a fact.

Two days ago, there was a knock on the door, and when the landlady came out, all she saw was the unconscious girl and her friends. The girl has been suffering from a high fever, and even if she asked a doctor to see her, the conclusion was only a high fever. Luckily, the girl has woken up, but her friend is not so lucky.

Unconsciousness.

This is the only diagnosis that the doctors can make, the girl's friend has no high fever, no symptoms, just lying in bed, sleeping like a sleeping beauty, that's all.

This news is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the girl, why did she wake up, but her friend did not.

What's going on here?

Wasn't everything I saw that night a dream?

Of course, the girl does not want to believe such a fact, but reality is reality after all.

On the first day, the girl took care of her sleeping friend by her side.

The next day, the doctors, who were known as famous doctors, came to their friend's house one after another.

On the third day, even those famous doctors with a good reputation could not wake up their friends from their coma.

On the fourth day, the girl spent the day in her room thinking about what had happened that night, chasing after her steel monster, the dark city and the streets, and the Grim Reaper who appeared before her.

Then, the girl finally discovered something.

That one......... Death, I've seen it before, and more than once!

That's right, although I didn't see the other party's face, but that height, the girl can never forget!

If I'm not mistaken, the first time was in the Thames, when I fell into the water, and it was the other party who rescued me. At that time, before he could thank him, the gentleman disappeared without noticing.

Then the second time, in the master's college, when he was standing in the shadow under the tree in the atrium, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a black trench coat, and a black cane in his hand, the girl had thought of greeting him, but she was too busy with her classes to do so.

The third time, that night, on that dark street......... Although the other party has his back to him, the one who is dressed and also holds a cane, the important thing is that the height ............!

Thinking of this, the girl also made a decision immediately.

In any case, you must find him, and maybe from him, you can find a way to revive your friend!

Well, there's only one way.

I once saw him in the master's college, although I don't know what he is going to do there, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will go to .........!

Thinking of this, the girl also packed up her mood, then sorted out her clothes, and then left the apartment, ready to go to the master's college———— and then, the girl stopped.

For she could clearly see that in the shade of a tree not far from the street, the dark, tall figure was standing there, staring at herself silently.

“…………………”

The girl's mood suddenly became a little complicated, like the kind of person who had just made up her mind to trek through mountains and rivers to find someone, but just went out and waited outside.........

However, she still took a deep breath, and then met the other party's gaze, and walked towards the black figure step by step.

So tall.

Although she had met him several times, it was the first time she had observed each other so closely during the day, and just standing in front of the latter, the girl felt a strange sense of oppression, as if it was not a human being standing in front of her, but more like an oversized animal such as an elephant, and she couldn't help but want to keep her distance from him.

However, as a lady, she certainly does not lose her manners.

"Hello sir, I'm Mary. Clarissa. Christie, allow me to thank you for saving me from danger on several occasions. ”

"Haaa........."

However, to Mary's surprise, in the face of her words, the other party just sighed silently.

"You can see me."

"Huh?"

"Come with me, let's go a little bit."

After saying this, Duanmu Huai turned and walked forward, while Mary hesitated and followed behind him.

The two of them walked along the bank of the river like this, and did not speak for a long time, and I don't know how long it took for the man to speak.

"How's your body?"

"Huh? Thanks to you, I'm fine, it's just that Charlie ................"

"Charlie?"

"Ah, yes, it's my friend, Charlotte. Brontë, she's still asleep......... I've seen a lot of doctors, but I still haven't woken up. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

"Haven't woken up yet?"

"Yes, please forgive me for being rude, and please help if you can........."

"No problem."

To Mary's surprise, Duanmu Huai nodded quickly.

"Take me to her."

"Okay!"

I didn't expect to get permission so smoothly, Mary was also very happy, and soon, she took Duanmu Huai to her friend's house, but to Mary's surprise, when she came to her friend's house, the maid who was responsible for taking care of her friend only greeted her, and did not respond to the man next to her.

"Don't care, it's just a small trick, I don't want others to pay attention to me."

Although she didn't know what was going on, Mary didn't have time to think about these strange questions now, so she took Duanmu Huai to Xia Li's sleeping room, and Duanmu Huai finally met the sleeping beauty.

"I see.........

Staring at the girl lying asleep on the bed, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and stared at her for a moment, then he turned his head to look at Mary.

"Tell me what happened that day."

Then, Duanmu Huai spoke.

(End of chapter)