【Regional】Symphony of Gray and White: Origin
"Child, from today on, you are a member of our family, and Lilia will be handed over to you......"
The dazzling light gradually awakened the sleeping consciousness, and the body greedily absorbed every trace of heat it could touch, and when the whole body was warm, it writhed like a worm.
The boy reached out and rubbed his hazy eyes, and was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him. I saw that in the palatial room, under the dazzling light, the decoration of the room was shining with stars, as if I was in the middle of the Milky Way.
There was an unknown chirp outside the house, and the boy was curious to go up to check, but when he turned over and was about to go down to the ground, he suddenly felt his whole body go limp and fall to the ground. The pain spread rapidly throughout his body, and the boy held back his voice, reaching out a hand to grasp the edge of the bed and trying to get himself to his feet.
"Knock-"
There was a sudden knock in the room, forcing the boy to look quickly towards the sound, and before he could react, the door was opened from the outside. A girl dressed in a white ornate dress and wearing a white headscarf walked into the room, and the moment she saw the boy, she walked out the door in surprise, and then several girls dressed in the same clothes as her walked into the room.
"You're finally awake, we all thought you were ...... Uh, that, it's really nice to see you so spirited. The girl walked up to her, bent down with a smile, and said.
Behind the girl, other girls in the same clothes also walked over, greeted the boy very excitedly, and then changed the bedding that the boy had slept in, and carefully cleaned the room.
In the face of the sudden crowd, the boy seemed extremely frightened, and kept crawling towards the corners and under the bed, if it were not for the partition blocking the way, the boy would have curled up under the bed like a frightened kitten.
"My name is Airi, and from today onwards, I will be in charge of your daily life, please take care of me from now on!" The girl smiled heartily and held out her hand to the boy.
After hearing this, the other girls also introduced themselves one after another, and the room became extremely lively for a while, and the hanging heart gradually let down its guard. The blinding light gradually illuminated the room as the curtains opened, and Airi's smile shone like an angel against the light, causing the boy to unconsciously and timidly reach out to her.
"Can you stand up?" Airi asked with concern.
The moment she grabbed the boy's palm, Airi tried to get him to stand up, and the boy cooperated with his feet and tried to straighten up, but then collapsed on the ground with a painful expression. As his eyes fell on the boy's feet, he found that his feet were already covered with scaly wounds, and bright red blood oozed from the wounds from time to time, flowing on the surface of the skin and dripping onto the floor.
"How can this be ......"
Airi covered her mouth and nose in horror, and after a brief hesitation, she ran behind her, and the other girls also stepped forward to check on the boy, all of whom were stunned when they saw the boy's condition, and some of the girls fainted at the sight of the blood.
"You guys go out first!" A majestic voice came from behind.
When the girls heard this, they quickly took their fainted companion out of the room and crossed shoulders with Airi, who had arrived with a white suitcase.
"How can this be ......" Airi made a trembling voice as she kept rummaging through the white suitcase, "Next... I'll help you with the wound, but, it's going to be a little painful......"
Looking at the expressionless boy in front of her, Airi had mixed feelings in her heart, she didn't know what kind of situation the five-year-old child in front of her had experienced, and in what state could she endure such a heavy pain without crying?
Eventually, she found a roll of bandages in her suitcase, opened it and held it to the boy's feet, measuring how to dress his wounds.
Looking at the open wound and the blood oozing from the surface of her skin, Airi felt her stomach tumble and her vision began to blur and shake.
"You go and rest, and I'll take care of the rest." A strong, slender hand held Airi in his hands, and took the bandage from her hand.
Airi looked at the woman beside her, and just as she was about to say something, she fainted, but the woman picked her up and put her on the bed. Looking at the tall woman in front of him, the boy felt an inexplicable familiarity and danger.
"Don't look at them like this, they're actually just kids like you." The woman sighed, "Looks like we have to teach them medical treatment......
The woman squatted down in front of the boy and picked up his ankle to examine the wound. The delicate skin is covered with superficial wounds, and when you peel back the broken epidermis, you can faintly see black-brown particles wrapped and attached to the wound.
Gently pressing on both sides of the wound, the woman breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that it was bright red blood flowing out. He took out a wooden stick with white floc and put it into the medicine bottle, touched it lightly to the wound and wiped it back and forth, while the other hand firmly controlled the boy's ankle.
"It's hard to live there!" "But don't worry about it now, it's going to be safe here." ”
The boy gritted his teeth and stopped struggling, the tingling pain from the soles of his feet constantly hitting his brain, the darkness that emerged from his memory was enveloping him, and the huge thing behind him was sniffing at me.
"I can't be found by it, I have to get out of here......"
The boy kept running against the wall, and the tingling pain in his face, soles, and palms could not stop him. He wanted to escape from here, he wanted a quiet life, but the darkness in front of him kept grinding down on his heart.
"Just give up? - And what is the escape so far? ”
Stumbling, his mouth was filled with the smell of blood, he didn't know whether the blood on his cheeks or the blood that bit through his mouth out of resentment, at this moment he wanted to go crazy, wanted to resist, and wanted to find a safe place to rest.
"Here it is! That's it! The boy, who slowed down due to exhaustion, eventually fell.
"That's it......"
The boy struggled to get up, and the sound behind him kept approaching, but he couldn't exert all his strength. This time God did not favor him, endless despair hung over him, and the desire to survive once again urged the boy to stand up.
After a moment of thought, he turned and looked at the sky, waiting for it to arrive.
He was tired, completely tired. Maybe I'm tired of escaping from life, so I chose to face it this time. From the moment he was born, he was constantly running and fleeing, and met the same people as himself on the way, but he did not have the courage to face behind him like them, and the anger and unwillingness in his heart may stem from his own weakness.
The sound is getting closer and closer, indicating that life is coming to an end. An unknown emotion stirred in his heart, his heartbeat became more and more intense, and the corners of his mouth began to rise unconsciously.
"Is this death? I didn't expect to laugh at the end......"