December 15, 440, Aether Exploration Headquarters Building, top floor.

There are no meetings, no attendance, and no other arrangements for today.

You don't have to meet the difficult directors on the board, or the seemingly respectful subordinates who are just as difficult in reality.

Even if you are a city lord, it doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want. On weekdays, when the secretary walks into the office and reports to her the meticulously arranged itinerary, even if she is reluctant, most of the time she can only nod her head and agree.

But don't worry about that today, it's a rare day off.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the girl woke up in a daze. She propped up her upper body from the bed, like a cat, and yawned lazily. Despite the second half of the night and the whole morning's sleep, the long jet-black hair was as smooth as satin, and it flowed down the slender shoulders, splashed on the snow-white sheets, and meandered into countless winding streams.

“……”

The girl sat silently, and it took several minutes before she came to her senses. She pulled her bare legs out of the bed, jumped out of bed, and began to fold the quilt herself.

This was supposed to be the work of the life secretaries (maids), but she had already explained last night that no one was allowed to come in and disturb her, so no one would come in to make her bed, change her clothes and comb her hair, and prepare breakfast.

The two pillows were placed side by side, and then the quilt was spread smoothly under the pillows, and after doing this, the girl did not continue the usual series of "prescribed actions", and walked out of the bedroom directly in a fluttering nightdress.

Outside the bedroom is the living room, and through the living room and then outside, is the city lord's office; Beyond these three rooms, there are a whole bunch of areas with different functions, and the entire top floor of this building is her home.

The girl stopped in the office, paused, turned, and walked to one of the walls, and as she approached, the smooth and unmarked walls silently slid open to the sides, revealing the secret room behind the wall.

His gaze swept over the secret room, which, as usual, was lined with more than a hundred squares on three walls, most of which contained a beautiful head, only a few of which were empty.

The girl knew that there were 145 squares and 100 heads, and she wanted to fill them all, but the people said they needed some heads to study, and that they were very important enough to help her get her sister back—so she agreed, and let them borrow 45 of them.

Of course, the most important one, she will never borrow.

It was placed in the center of the bottom of the wall facing it, and it was her sister's "head", which would have been "an unidentified object identical in appearance to her sister's head" in more strict terms, because there was nothing in the object that actually resembled a normal human head except for its appearance.

However, the girl always firmly believes that this is her sister's head.

She walked over and carefully picked it up and carried it into her arms.

"Sister......" she muttered, her crimson eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, this is the appearance that she, as the city lord, will never show in front of outsiders on weekdays.

But soon, she forced herself out of this state for a while, and there were other heads here, as if they were staring at her all the time, and she felt a little embarrassed...... She can only accept two people with her sister.

The girl left with her head in her arms and returned to the bedroom again, and instead of climbing into bed as usual, she walked to the floor-to-ceiling window that was blocked by the curtains.

With a flick of a finger, the curtain-like curtain slowly parted to the sides. Floor-to-ceiling windows, which occupy an entire wall, appear in front of you, and through the crystal glass, most of the Debusso Tower is clearly visible.

The girl turned her head 180 degrees and let it look out the window with her.

"Sister, look, this is your city......"

Since a long time ago, her sister has been her idol. Their mother died in an accident when they were very young, and although the two successfully inherited their mother's shares, almost all the elders of the "Aether Exploration" regarded them as meat to be slaughtered.

But my sister's performance surprised everyone, and in just a few years, those with bad intentions either died or surrendered again, and my sister's position in the "aether exploration" was even more stable than that of her mother before.

Since then...... No, it should be said that long before that, she admired her sister, who was always so gentle, both to those around her, and to her—of course, to be more spoiled by her; And for those who still insist on going their own way after being persuaded by good words, my sister can always find a way to make the other party obey, or simply let the other party disappear.

The time when she was sheltered under her sister's wings was the happiest day of her life, and she thought that this kind of life would last forever and never change, because her sister was so powerful, in her mind, she was almost invincible.

"Sister, I'm sorry, but I really think it's so difficult...... I'm too stupid to tell who is loyal to me and who is secretly double-minded, and I can't tell which ones are telling the truth and which are false. More than once, I wanted to kill them all, but you told me that you couldn't do that...... 'Debussota is not a one-man Debussota,' and that's what you said to me, and I've always kept it in my heart, sister......"

The girl confided in her "sister" while hugging her head tighter.

It probably started a few years ago, but even she doesn't know the exact time. For some reason, my sister began to become different from the past.

At first, she was only occasionally in a daze for some reason, but gradually, she wandered longer and more frequently, sometimes even getting up from the bed of the two of them in the middle of the night, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out of the window until dawn.

Soon after, my sister began to give some unreasonable orders from time to time, and although these orders were all carried out scrupulously, gradually more and more people began to talk about them in secret.

Some people say that my sister has paranoia, and some people say that my sister has a personality distorted by some strange contract...... She had also asked her sister, but she only touched her head and did not answer her question directly.

"Nowadays, a lot of people are privately saying that I'm getting more and more abnormal, right?" My sister asked rhetorically.

"Those people must not have any good intentions! As long as my sister agrees, I'll kill them all now. She replied.

But my sister just smiled and shook her head: "No, what they said is right, I am no longer suitable to be a city lord." From today onwards, you follow me, and I will pass on all the knowledge, experience and skills I know to you. ”

My sister almost forced her to finish everything. Half a year later, the elder sister announced at the board of directors that she would transfer most of the shares in her name to her sister, and announced that she would no longer serve as the lord of the city, and "proposed" that her sister succeed her.

The board of directors almost immediately approved the sister's proposal, which, regardless of her abilities, was at least better than a madman—that's what most people thought.

From this day on, Debussota has a new city lord, and her sister has gradually faded out of most people's vision, and even she doesn't know what her sister is usually doing, but she feels that it doesn't matter, no matter what her sister becomes, she will always love her sister as always.

That's what she was thinking at the time. But she never thought that one day, her sister would become a "head......

“…… Please come back quickly, sister, I am really lonely, every day I wake up, I will find myself alone in the bed......"

The slender legs gradually lost their strength, and the girl finally couldn't support it anymore, and sat down on the ground, the arm holding her head in her arms tightened involuntarily, as if to melt the "sister" into her body.

“…… I can't even let you sleep with me every night...... Because in case it is seen by the maids...... They would scream in fright......"

A subtle hum interjected, making the girl's outpouring begin to become choppy.

“…… I can only put you in that cold cell...... Will you be cold, do you feel lonely too, will you miss me, sister...... I miss you so much, I really miss you, please come back soon, as long as you can come back, I am willing to do anything...... Woo, woo......"

Crystal droplets dripped on the cold floor, and the girl hugged her head in her arms tightly, her toes and calves stretched into a straight line, and her slender body trembled as if it were spasms, until after a while, her crying gradually subsided.

“……”

The body that had been drained of strength could not even maintain a sitting position, and was completely paralyzed on the ground, her sister's head was still held in her arms, her eyes were closed, and there was no expression on her flawless face.

Every time she talked to her sister, she felt both painful and sweet, but this time it was especially strong, perhaps because she was curled up in bed in the past, but now she is facing the floor-to-ceiling window.

What would be the reaction of those in Downtown, Midtown, and even Uptown if they saw her ugliness? Will you laugh at her? Will you think that she is not worthy of being the lord of this city? She didn't know...... All she knew was that this kind of imagination didn't actually happen, and all the floor-to-ceiling windows were one-way transparent, so you couldn't see anything inside from the outside.

Alright, that's it, it's time for you to return to your role as the lord of the city

She said to herself.

Then, the girl propped up her limp body and staggered to her feet.

With her "sister" in her arms, she walked barefoot out of the bedroom, through the living room, to the office, and the secret door on the wall opened again, revealing the secret room behind her.

Walking into the secret room, the girl's gaze swept inertly.

"Ahh

She exclaimed.

On the three walls that surrounded her, there were still neatly arranged lattices, and in the lattice, there were still beautiful and beautiful heads, but unlike before, these heads had all become the same face.

Pure white hair, beautiful but unfamiliar faces, they have closed eyes, some open, and in those open eye sockets, there are a pair of crimson eyes that are very similar to hers.

The girl stood there for a long time before she finally remembered the most important thing. She hurriedly lowered her head and looked at the head that was being held in her arms—

My sister's face had long since disappeared without a trace, and the appearance of the head in her arms was exactly the same as those on the wall.

……

On the afternoon of December 15, 440, in Xiacheng District, outside an abandoned factory

Summer Night glanced at the cup in her body, the cup was still empty, she raised her left wrist again, and the number on her wrist had become 0.

It didn't become positive, and there was no moir in the cup, so where did the extra 2 moles go......

Sudden interruption of thinking.

Before she could react, she was unconscious, and her body fell limply to the ground.

……

……

"Uh-huh......"

Recovering consciousness from the darkness and opening her eyes, the first thing Summer Night sees is the black cat that is patting her with her little paws.

"How long have I been in a coma, Xiu?"

"In less than a minute, as soon as the cat saw you fall, it ran over. Did the host feel uncomfortable in any way? ”

"No, I just fainted inexplicably."

To put it, it's as if the computer has suddenly pressed the restart button.

Summer Night propped herself up with her hands and sat up from the ground, then, clicking on the "Soul Return" contract on her lap, she looked at the part of the Supplemental Clause - as she expected, the Supplemental Clause-5 had become visible......

(End of chapter)