Yaohi Hill

The boy looked at her quietly, and after hearing Shikui's good words, an innocent smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He turned and walked out of the bathroom, then slowly walked to the door of a room and opened it.

Shi Kui also walked in after him.

The light in this room is extremely dark, and it is filled with all kinds of dolls and toys, but it is a pity that these toys only give her an eerie feeling at this time, and the dark curtains add a touch of loneliness to the place. color.

The thin back of the little boy seemed to melt into the darkness.

He finally put down the little bear in his hand, crawled into the pile of toys, and stretched out his two little hands as if groping for something.After a while, there was something in his arms.

a jar.

It doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary.

Shi Kui held her breath, her eyes fixed on the gray jar.

The little boy put his hand on the jar: "For hundreds of years, I have been collecting mermaid meat everywhere." When he said this, there was a trace of regret in his eyes: "Unfortunately, I didn't find the first mermaid meat." Two people like me."

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Shi Kui: "How about you, Miko? Why are you looking for mermaid meat?"

Shi Kui took the jar, and suddenly said, "I want to destroy it."

"I don't know if merman creatures still exist, because I have hardly seen them in so many years. But I have encountered many tragedies destroyed by merman meat. As long as they are destroyed, maybe... a lot of people can be saved .”

Shikui didn't realize that when her hand touched the jar, the god hidden in her body had quietly opened her eyes——

The breath left on the jar was so familiar, it made all his blood seem to surge upwards.His cold and gloomy eyes seemed to contain the entire deep blue sea, and dots of faint blue starlight began to overflow from his eyes.

Huang finally remembered everything before.

Those memories that he didn't want to recall were painful and cold, and he could only see the endless darkness and fear.It was like going back to that moment again.

The gods abandoned by humans finally died helplessly in the sea.

Perhaps no one would have thought that the gentle and kind boy who originally had a compassionate heart turned into a cold, hatred-filled monster.

The ocean, once his blessed land shrouded in divine light, has now also become the source of his nightmares.

Such gentle and calm sea waves, under the sky of lightning and thunder, suddenly burst into violent winds, as if they were going to swallow everything and hit him.

All he knew was that his emotions and feelings kept rolling in the sea, and finally sank together with his body into the eternally cold and dark seabed.

Today, he finally returned to the world again.

Huang felt that his body was no longer in the state of a light and light soul, he gently stretched out his hand, and some strange purple-black demonic power began to overflow from his slender fingers.

He stared at his pale hands, and a cruel smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his tight mouth.

If anyone could see his expression, they would definitely feel shuddering.

Huang already had an idea in his heart.

Shi Kui opened the jar, the mermaid meat inside didn't have any special smell, it looked as clean and pink as fresh fish, very attractive.

For some people, mermaid meat means eternal youth and longevity.But they don't know that this is just another Pandora's box, and when they choose to open it, it means losing more things.

She thought of those humans who became monsters because they ate mermaid meat.

She suppressed the surging emotions in her heart and looked at the boy who had stopped talking. His expression was so calm, but mixed with a trace of uneasiness.

"Eternal sleep is the same as death, there is no difference, right?" the boy murmured.

"Are you scared?" Shi Kui said.

The boy closed his eyes, and finally opened them again.

After taking off the disguise, he is no different from an adult except for his appearance.There was a trace of struggle on his immature face: "It's strange, I have lived enough, but I still feel scared when I know that I will never wake up..."

"It's not surprising." Shi Kui looked at him and said, "As long as you are human, you will be greedy for the feeling of being alive. So, do you still want me to continue?"

Although Shi Kui can satisfy his request, all she can do is to let him fall into an illusion that he can never wake up from. This illusion is learned from an old man in the past. Use by others other than yourself.

The boy shook his head, his fluctuating eyes fell silent again.

"Although it feels terrible, just continuing to live is harder for me than disappearing forever."

The never-ending solitude and loneliness.

The whole world seems to be an isolated island, there is no one you can understand him, and no one loves him as selflessly as your own mother.

Shi Kui no longer hesitated.

She couldn't feel any sympathy for the boy in front of her at all, but felt that he was pitiful and hateful. It would be good if there was no mermaid meat in the first place.

Then there would be no tragedy now.

The boy fell asleep.

It's just that he just seems to be asleep, his expression is content and calm, and his breathing is very steady.

His head rested quietly on the bear's shoulder, his sleeping face was innocent, as if he had returned to his childhood self, happy and carefree.

The old man who taught Shikui this illusion once told her that he couldn't stand the pain and struggle of human beings before they died, so he came up with the idea of ​​learning illusion.

Sometimes life is too painful for a person, it is better to go back to the dream.Although it is virtual happiness, it can also bring a little comfort and warmth to the fragile heart.

The moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly found himself standing under a cherry blossom tree.

Under this cherry blossom tree is the place he often visited when he was a child.

It seems to be March at this time, the spring is brilliant, the cherry blossoms are flying into the air with the slightly chilly wind, and the pink petals are falling like raindrops, confusing his eyes.

The little boy stretched out his hand to catch the falling petals, but saw a familiar figure in the rain of flowers.

He stopped his movements and just looked at the person quietly.

The woman in clean clothes had a clean and gentle face, and she had never had such a happy smile on her face as at this moment.

He could only remember his mother's always hungry and numb face, she was always running around for their lives, as if she had endless things to do, and never stopped for a moment.

But she was his mother, though she had never had new clothes, and had never been so healthy and vigorous.

Because there is only one person in this world who can look at him so tenderly and tolerantly.

"The real person—" The gentle smile appeared on her face again, "Come to mother quickly, let's go home."

The long-lost happiness finally surged in the little boy's heart.

For so long, what he has been looking for is this simple warmth.Once he had it, but he couldn't get it anymore.

He didn't look at the gorgeous cherry blossoms around him, but quickly ran to the woman's side, and took her rough hand with his own little hand.

The figures of the two gradually disappeared in the distance of the road, only the quietly blooming cherry blossoms, as beautiful as a painting.

……

Shi Kui left this quiet and dead villa.

Both the hostess and the little boy here have left this world forever.

It may be a relief for him to sleep forever in a dream.

In the dream, he will finish his life full of regrets, and finally, like a real human being, his consciousness will fall into permanent darkness.

This ending can also be called "death".

But at this moment, Shi Kui suddenly found that there was another person beside her.

Maybe he was by her side a long time ago, but she never found out.It wasn't until the other party showed up that Shi Kui discovered his existence due to his cold and demonic aura.

"Maybe it's time for me to say goodbye to you." Half of the monster's face was in the shadows, but the other half was angular, handsome and cold.

When he was talking, Tokioi realized that this monster was the god who inhabited her body before, Ara.

Shi Kui was stunned: "When did you..."

"The mermaid meat in the jar hides a trace of my soul." Huang said, although he was not hostile towards Shi Kui, his tone was indeed cold. "I once promised you that I would tell you the truth about mermaid meat and turn you into an ordinary human being when I regain my strength."

"I can tell you the first thing, but I can't do the second thing."

"You have an inescapable curse that can only be lifted by the power of a god. But you can see now that I am no longer a god, but a monster."

Tokioi didn't know why Ara turned into a monster after waking up.

He also seems to have no intention of explaining to Shi Kui the reason why he became a monster. This memory is too painful for him to tell others.