A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

William walked over slowly and looked down at her. The girl didn't react at all, like a rag doll sitting on the ground.

She seems to be blind?

William thought with some surprise, but the breath in his nose did come from her body. This breath had a slight fragrance, like a small white flower that broke out of the ground in the woods after the rain.

William lowered his head and looked at the paper cup in front of her. There were several metal objects in it, a beer bottle lid, a can ring, and a dead beetle.

William silently picked up the cup and poured out the contents. The blind girl heard the movement and raised her head. William felt that her gaze seemed to penetrate the cloth, and a pair of smart eyes were staring at him.

William reluctantly smiled at her and put in four quarters.

The girl looked surprised as if she could see it, and then heard the sound of William putting the cup back.

"Sorry, I just spilled it."

William was a little embarrassed and said: "The people you met today are all very nice. There are four coins in it..."

"Really?" the girl laughed, "When I had the iron bowl before, I could still tell that they gave me something, but then the small bowl was stolen and I couldn't tell the difference clearly."

William was stunned. He took a serious look at the girl. She was very thin, sitting on the ground, so delicate that it seemed that he could push her down at will by stretching out his hand. The clothes on her body were as loose as a few rags hanging on it.

Is this... the female parent they are looking for?

If the person he was looking for was stronger... no, even if he was just slightly healthier and had a decent job, William wouldn't feel so unbearable.

Even from such a girl who has nothing, do you want to take away more?

William hesitated and asked, "Can I talk to you?"

"Of course." The girl nodded, "You gave me the coin, didn't you?"

William smiled sheepishly and squatted next to her.

"What's your name?"

"Ailian." The girl said, "I don't have a last name."

"You...do people usually give you money?" William's eyes moved, trying to find a topic.

"When I sing, more people will throw coins." Ailian said, "Sometimes it's one point, sometimes it's five points... Unfortunately, I had a fever a few days ago and I can't sing now."

Only then did William notice that there was a slight hoarseness in her voice, which made her sound as if she had just cried. But this hoarseness didn't appear unexpectedly on her, as if she was born with such a voice.

"What's going on with your hair?" William couldn't help but ask. She had elf-like white hair, which made her stand out from other people even when she was sitting on the ground.

"Well..." Ailian accurately twirled her hair with her fingers.

"They told me it was albinism."

Albinism... William bit his lip and then said: "What about the eyes?"

"Would you believe me if I told you?" The girl raised her head seriously and asked.

William was stunned for a moment when he heard her words, and then lowered his head, his expression becoming complicated.

Until just now, he still had the thought in his mind that maybe he had found the wrong person.

"It seems she is the one." The potter, who had been silent in William's heart, suddenly spoke.

"Do you want to take her away now?"

"No, no, let's hear what her abilities are first." The potter chuckled.

William nodded and said, "I believe it."

"Really?" The girl smiled, "Most people would not believe me so much. You are lying to me and want to hear my story."

"No, I'm the same as you." William said with a wry smile, "I can smell all kinds of smells, not the ones ordinary people smell. In my brain, everything smells completely different. , and as clear as lines, I can even follow these lines to find what I want..."

William said while paying attention to Ailian's expression. He then noticed that the latter's face gradually showed a vivid expression. That was...a surprise?

She grabbed her hand.

"Then, you are just like me!" Ailian said in surprise, "Me too, just like you."

"You know, I can see into people's souls!"

Ailian said excitedly: "In my eyes, people's souls are all colorful. The souls of good people are as beautiful as rainbows, the souls of bad people are as turbid as stagnant water, the souls of strong people are shining like the sun, and the souls of timid people are as bright as the sun." The human soul is as dim as a candle.”

"Some people's souls are gray-green, some people's souls are blazing red, some people..."

William listened blankly, he did not expect Ailian to be such an eloquent person.

"See ■■?" the potter said, but part of his voice seemed to be erased.

"Interesting witchcraft."

William cheered up: "Do you want to keep her?"

"No." The potter's voice seemed to contain visible sarcasm, "She's not enough. Besides, your nose can do almost the same thing, right?"

William wilted.

He turned to look at Ailian with pity again, and the latter seemed to feel his expression and let go of her hand.

"Ah, sorry, I'm a little excited." She said sheepishly, "You won't be scared, right?"

William shook his head.

"But why did you cover your eyes?"

Ailian paused and lowered her head: "Do you want to see it?"

William noticed something was wrong, but nodded anyway, and then remembered that she seemed invisible, and said, "I think."

Ailian smiled this time, took off the cloth from her eyes, and raised her head.

William's eyes suddenly widened, and he stopped breathing for a moment.

On her face, where her eyes should have been, there were only two empty blood holes at the moment.

The blood inside had scabbed over, and William could see that the fracture there was not smooth, but messy. There are also pieces of broken muscle tissue and pieces of meat stuck together.

The eye socket was now rotten and smelly, making it look extremely ugly. But William could see that her eye sockets were very big, and there should have been a pair of big eyes there, maybe green, maybe blue or other colors... In any case, there should have been a pair of smart eyes there.

But at this time, there was only a pair of bloody holes.

"This...is this?" William felt that his mouth could no longer speak.

"I gained the power...to see souls a few months ago." Ailian's smile was bitter.

"I was very excited to tell my father and mother, but..."

She pointed to her eye sockets.

"Their expressions were as if they saw a monster. I was slapped to the ground by my father, and the teapot in my mother's hand was knocked over. I saw myself in the water on the ground."

"A second pair of pupils grew in my eyes."