the world

Recently, more and more people ask me to make prosthetic limbs.

My apprentice Ah Yao found out about my past and left me, and I became alone again.But I'm so busy making new prosthetics day and night that I don't have time to think about anything else.

The questions I've been thinking about haven't been answered, and I don't know if what I'm doing makes sense.

This hopeless world and my powerless self made it impossible for me to have a good night's sleep.

"The whole arm...was it done by a samurai?"

The child who was sent for treatment by his mother had his entire right arm broken and was crying in his mother's arms.

"No, it's a monster! There have been a lot of monsters in the woods recently, and my child's arm was eaten by monsters!" The mother cried, "Please save him, Doctor Shouhai!"

"It's a monster again..." I'm already familiar with the process of making prosthetics, I noted down the size of the child's arms, and the time to install the prosthetics is as good as her mother, "It's not the way to go on like this , where is that forest? I'll go and have a look."

I used to be a samurai, that's a past I don't want to mention, my sword skills are considered excellent, and I have the confidence to win against ordinary monsters.

I found out where the forest was, and walked into it with a knife.What I didn't expect was that there were so many monsters. I fought bloody battles until I reached the depths of the jungle.

Strangely, after reaching the depths of the jungle, the monsters stopped one after another and refused to step in, as if they were afraid of something.

No matter what they were afraid of, I couldn't turn back when I was seriously injured, so I kept going deep, hoping to find a place to rest or find another way out.

To my surprise, I saw a wooden house in the depths of the forest, which was probably the resting place of the loggers in the past, but no one came to log in this forest a long time ago, but now it is next to this wooden house With mountains of freshly cut firewood, who the hell lives there?

It's so weird.

Covered by dense bushes, the humid abandoned wooden houses that do not get the sun all day long, piles of freshly cut firewood piled up like mountains, and the isolated environment, who lives here?

Just when I was hesitating at the door of the wooden house, the door of the wooden house opened, and a rare beauty walked out of the wooden house.

This is definitely not my exaggeration. The beauty displayed by that woman can be described as "rare". She has long black hair as beautiful as a crow's feather, bright eyes like stars, snow-white skin, and her nails are bright red. Black, white, red, these three colors showed the ultimate beauty on this woman.

She is wearing a priestess costume, and I can see that the clothes are of great value, especially the "Chihaya" coat on the outside, which is woven with the best silk.There are scratch marks on this maiden costume, and there is a rip on the back waist. Could it be that she has fought in this costume before?If she is a witch, why is she here?

There is a dagger hanging from her waist. The dagger doesn't look like it was made for women. It should be a general's thing, and it looks equally well-crafted. Even His Highness Siba, who she once served, didn't have such a delicate dagger. .

This woman is simply a mystery.

In this troubled world, do people who live in such a harsh forest and still maintain such a decent appearance really exist?

I clenched the tachi at my waist, the blood on the hilt hadn't coagulated yet.

"You are seriously injured, come in and take a rest." The woman said, but she sent an invitation to me. Her voice was unbelievably soothing, "There is still a person inside, and he is still sleeping."

Someone is sleeping?It's broad daylight now, isn't it a child?

I looked at my body full of wounds, and walked into the wooden house resolutely.

"My name is Taki Wakaba, what about you? Why did you come here? You are the first person to enter here." Taki Wakaba told me her name, which is an act of kindness, let my My heart relaxed a little.

"My name is Shou Hai. I am a doctor. I make prosthetic limbs for people who have lost limbs. There have been monsters around this forest that harm people. I came to find out, but I was forced to go deep into this forest." I observed Taki Ruoye's side face, her expression and words are very calm, like an ordinary woman, not some monster pretending to be a human, "What about you? You are a girl, living in this dark place, living It must be very difficult. Is it because the forest is surrounded by youkai, so you can't get out?"

"Life here is actually pretty good... Do you think the forest is surrounded by monsters..." Taki Ruoye didn't care about my worries about her situation, she seemed to be thinking about something, "A lot of people got hurt because of this Yet?"

"Yes, I have been making prosthetics recently, just for those who have been eaten by monsters."

I walked into the house, and the two windows in the house introduced the light from the outside, and there seemed to be a baby in swaddling on a thin blanket on the ground.

Is that her child?Can witches have children?Could it be that she chose to live in the deep mountains and old forests because she had children with her?What a pity.

My eyes couldn't help softening, and I was ashamed of my previous guesses about her.

"Take a sip of water."

I saw Taki Ruoye squatting down, and there was a bucket of clean water in front of her, probably from the stream this morning.This wooden house can be described as having only four walls. The only thing that is out of place is that there is a simple sword stand built with tree branches in the corner of the house. On it is a sword wrapped in red silk. I looked around and saw Not even a bowl was found.

So how should I scoop water?

Just when I was thinking this way, I saw Taki Ruoye scoop up a handful of water with her white hands, she held it in the palms of both hands, and walked in front of me.

I thought it was strange in my heart, but her expression and posture were so sacred and pious, as if this was a ritual, I drank the water in her palm as if I were being baptized.

The water is delicious, it can be said that it is the best water I have ever drunk.

After I swallowed that saliva, an incredible thing happened. All the pain and fatigue in my body disappeared at once. I feel that I am now shining like a piece of silverware that has been wiped from beginning to end.

"You feel better?"

I looked up and saw Taki Wakaba smiling at me, that smile looked very cute.

I quickly looked at my wound, and through the tattered clothes, what I saw was smooth skin, without even a single scar left.

"What's going on here?! This is amazing?! What did I just drink?" I couldn't help asking a series of questions.

"Then let's deal with those evil monsters." Taki Wakaba didn't answer my question, but I didn't feel offended or ignored.

"No! Those monsters are dangerous! Let me go alone, I have recovered very well now!" I saw Taki Ruoye picking up the baby and preparing to leave, and quickly dissuaded him.

"Actually, I can probably guess the reason why those monsters appeared. I'm sorry, it's probably because of me that those monsters appeared around the forest and hurt the people nearby."

Taki Ruoye actually bowed deeply to me. I wanted to stop her, but when she bent down, I saw the face of the baby in her arms, and the expression on my face suddenly froze.

It was a baby with no eyes, no nose, no skin, and it could be described in terms of horror, "This...he...what happened to him?"

It is unbelievable that the baby is still alive and breathing.

"He was a child I picked up on a boat by the river, and he was already like this at that time. This is not a disease, but someone used the child's body as a sacrifice, depriving the child of everything." Taki Wakaba's tone sank, and my heart tightened for this unfortunate child.

"Who the hell is going to attack a baby in its infancy...It is so difficult for people to live in troubled times, and this child has to endure such misfortune as soon as it is born." I looked at the baby. Underneath his face is his heart struggling to live, "Really? You want to live, even if you have nothing, you still want to live desperately."

I have seen too many corpses and too many people crying in pain. When I saw this baby, I was actually moved by how he was fighting against fate. I had the urge to cry.

"You..." Taki Wakaba looked into my eyes, "You also have pain in your heart. As long as the war continues, your healing will never end. Do you want to heal the world?"

"Healing...the world?"

"Yes, let this dilapidated world deprived of everything by samurai and war become a home where children can grow up happily."

"Who hasn't imagined such a future?" I smiled wryly.

"But this child might be able to do it." Taki Ruoye stared at the baby in her arms with gentle eyes. It should have been a strange picture, but my heart trembled unceasingly, "The ghosts and gods of this world It will devour human beings, but this child was sacrificed, what is so special about him that made ghosts and gods choose him? This child is the 'Son of God', he has great power, the power to save the world."

If what Taki Wakaba said is true, what kind of short-sighted person would make such a cruel and stupid decision?There are too many unusual things about Taki Ruoye, but I believe her unconsciously.

"Can he do such a thing? Will the world be saved by him?"

But Taki Wakaba shook his head again, "Is it really right to put the fate of a country on a child? People who save the world are not necessarily chosen by God, but people always like to add Divine brilliance. Parents always give their children various expectations, expecting their children to grow into their ideal appearance, but children are not vegetables and fruits. They can grow into bottles when they are young. shape. I just want this kid to grow up healthy and happy."

"You're right." I couldn't help being annoyed by my thoughts just now. I actually only thought about the illusory and peaceful future, and completely ignored the real feelings of this child right now.

"So what should be done is us."

Taki Wakaba's next words made me look up, and I heard her continue, "Take back everything about this child, including everything about us, peace, hope, happiness, these should be within reach and things."

"You... who are you?!"

The frightening thing is that at the moment I looked at her, I actually believed her words in my heart.

"Let's deal with the monsters around the forest first."

I saw Taki Wakaba's finger pointing at me, and she said: "Activate [Family], [Flight] grant."

This sentence is really inexplicable. Before I could understand the meaning, she grabbed me and flew into the sky.

Yes, I flew to the sky. I am a burly man, but the moment I left the ground, I felt very light and could fly freely in the sky like a bird.

Before I was startled, I turned my head to look at Taki Ruoye, only to see her stretch out her hand behind her, and the sword wrapped in red silk in the room flew to her hand automatically.

"Show me the direction, Shou Hai."

I think that she in front of me with supernatural powers, this rare beauty, is probably the legendary fairy.

If it was her, maybe she could really save this dilapidated world.