book of contract

When Kira was fetching water by the well, he managed to lift the bucket full of water out of the well, and when he turned around, he heard a crackling sound coming from a room not far away, like something falling on the ground. the crackling sound.It wasn't all at once, and then there was another crackling sound.

The eyes suddenly shrank, and Kira felt a strong sense of unease at that moment. He immediately dropped the wooden bucket filled with water and ran towards the room. Even the dull sound of the wooden barrel hitting the ground made him have no time to take care of it. The sharp cracking sound constantly stimulated his eardrums. It seemed like he had run for a long time for a short distance. When Damen was panting, he only felt his heart beating so violently, as if it was about to jump out of his throat.

When I entered the door, I saw that the originally clean house was only a mess, with meals, soup, and debris all over the floor, as if all the prepared meals were overturned and fell to the ground, and the impossibility of doing all this was The demented old man, Kira moved his eyes to Xue Rui who was just facing away from him beside the old man, and couldn't see her expression, but only saw her as if trying to endure something, with her hands hanging down into fists, her upper half His body was trembling, even the ends of his hair were trembling.

"Xue Rui..." Kira had just walked into the room, and made a cracking sound when he stepped on a ceramic shard, which shocked Xue Rui. The moment he saw Xue Rui's expression clearly, his original steps stopped in place. land.

Not for anything else, just for that moment, a murderous intent was revealed from Xue Rui's peripheral vision, as if a polar storm was brewing, and he saw a warning in her eyes, warning him not to get closer.

She suddenly stretched out her hands and grabbed the old man's skirt, "Is there still no response yet! Irene! Look at me! I have guarded you for so long, why have you still not said a word! You Did I forget everyone! Tell me, Irene! Call me by my name, I am Xue Rui, look at me..."

The old man still stared blankly into the distance, completely unaware of the strength of the hand holding his skirt, and even less aware of the pain of the person in front of him.

"Speak up! Irene! You have betrayed our agreement and forgotten everything, so you can pretend that nothing happened!... How can... how can you forget! How can you say something that I have always regarded as a treasure? Forget it! Forget it! Why don’t you just die! If I had known this moment earlier, I would have killed you by then!”

Seeing that Xue Rui was getting more and more angry, and the old man was a little out of breath, Kira couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to pull her away. He was afraid that if he reacted slower, the old man would die from her rough movements, "Stop it!" , Xue Rui, calm down."

"Kira Yamato, get the hell out of here."

"If you continue like this, she will die!"

"I wish for nothing, her existence is my shackles! It's because she is alive that I work so hard!" Xue Rui shouted at Kira angrily, "Why doesn't she die, let her die!"

Kira had never seen such an angry Xue Rui, looking at her red eyes, facing her who was almost crying, she didn't know what to say, she just wanted to sigh.I don't know how many years Xuerui has been with this old man. She has been taking care of her day and night, expecting her to recover more than anyone else. In such unchanging days, she will be swallowed up by despair sooner or later. Never thought it would come so fast.

Her eyes seemed to be questioning what he knew and why he stood here in front of her.

Yeah... why?

It's not me who has been relying on and taking care of this old man, under pressure, and experiencing that kind of hard work, so what right does he have to stop Xue Rui's burgeoning anger?

In the end, Kira just said softly, "If she dies, you will regret it, after all, she is your relative..."

"Dear one? Ha...you don't know anything, but you dare to say it." Xuerui interrupted his words suddenly, with a mocking laugh, "How could she be my relative! I never had that kind of Stuff! I hate her, never more than at this moment. Forgot everything, but left me where I am, her life is the shackles that make my life worse than death! Why doesn't she just die!"

"You can blame her for everything when you are angry, but if she dies, are you really willing? If she really dies, then all your efforts will be in vain all this time. Isn't it?" Kira's non-emphatic tone, which could even be regarded as gentle words, was like a basin of cold water pouring down on her head, making Xue Rui, who was almost insane, calm down instantly, and her strength seemed to be taken away in an instant, even Standing there seems to have exhausted the strength of the whole body.

Yes, why has she been working so hard all this time... She suddenly felt so tired, and she was also a little tired of taking care of Irene.

She let go of her hand slowly. When she let go of Kira, her footsteps were a little unsteady, and she almost staggered and fell to the ground. She rejected Kira's hand that was about to help her, and stepped back step by step, leaning against the door and leaning against the wall. Leaving this place that made her extremely embarrassed.

Kira knew that Xue Rui needed to calm down at this moment, so she didn't catch up immediately, but just looked at the old man beside her.

In the face of Xue Rui's intense and almost substantive and destroying emotions, the old man didn't react at all. The only difference was that he closed his dull eyes and breathed steadily, as if he just fell asleep.I don’t know if there are real joys and sorrows in her dreams. Sometimes I feel that it is a kind of happiness for the old man to sleep without knowing it. Although it is cruel to Xue Rui, people are destined to live, grow old, get sick and die , which is also helpless.

In order to make her sleep comfortably, Kira carried her back to the bed, covered her with a blanket, and just looked at the devastated environment and sighed.

By the time he had cleaned up all the debris and swept the ground, a long time had passed.Originally, I thought it would take a while to find Xue Rui's whereabouts, but I didn't expect that she didn't go far at all, but stood not far away and quietly looked at the night sky.

Her back looks thin and lonely under the night sky, even the dazzling blond hair seems to have lost its luster and hangs dimly behind her, the light of the moon covers the earth like a thin silver veil, falling on her body, giving her hair Plated with a layer of silver light, it looks lonely.

I don't know how long I stood there, but when Xue Rui wanted to go on and leave here, she found that her way was blocked by someone.They were three gangsters, and they met more than once on the way to deliver wine. Although I knew they had bad intentions, I didn't expect them to boldly find the door to block my way.

"We've been paying attention to you for a long time. The immobile old thing in the brewery has always been very hard. Why don't you follow us? We will protect you from the hot food and the spicy food, so you don't have to live through such hardships."

"Go away," she whispered.

"Huh? What did you say?" A man approached her maliciously, his breath almost spraying on her skin.

Just as they were giggling, Xue Rui suddenly grabbed the neck of the man closest to her, her eyes were filled with a storm that could destroy everything that made people feel horrible, and she raised her hand like throwing garbage, causing the man to fall heavily on the ground. land.

"I said get lost, don't you understand people's language?"

"I'll open the dyeing workshop after I give you some color. If you want to go today, you have to go with us if you don't want to!" This move of hers immediately angered the remaining two people.Even the man who kept coughing while touching his neck got up from the ground and approached with a fierce look on his face.

At this moment, only three consecutive gunshots pierced the silent night sky, and the three men were suddenly frightened and collapsed on the ground. Looking up, they could see a young man holding Pointing the gun at them, the cold eyes seemed to be looking at the dead, which made people shudder.There is no doubt that if they took a step closer to the blond woman, the bullet would never be as simple as a warning at their feet, and would definitely penetrate their heads immediately.

Facing such a young man comparable to Shura, they didn't dare to move.

"I'll count to three, and get out of here immediately." Before Kira started counting, the three bastard-like men immediately ran away, fearing that if they were too slow, they would die under the gun.

Watching them leave, Xue Rui didn't say anything, let alone thank Kira for helping her.

Intuition told Kira that Xue Rui didn't want to see him at the moment, so he kept standing behind and never stepped forward, keeping a distance from her.

"I'm going away for a while."

"Aren't you going back?"

"Go back, it doesn't matter if you don't care about Irene, it doesn't matter if you let her die." Xue Rui turned her back to him without any hesitation, "I'm tired of taking care of her. If the person you love can't remember You, I can no longer call your name, and the look in your eyes is becoming more and more strange... At that time, you will understand how I feel."

"..." Suddenly, the voice seemed to disappear, and nothing could be said.

"I don't want to see you in a short time, and I don't want to get in touch with everything about Irene, so don't follow me."

Kira could only watch as Xuerui walked forward slowly step by step like a soulless puppet, as if she would fall on the side of the road at any time, and she didn't know where the straight road led, but she didn't have any He paused, and didn't look back until he was out of his sight.

He stood there for a while, looking at the extraordinarily bleak night with no stars and only a full moon against it, feeling extremely helpless.

——If the person you love can no longer think of you, can no longer call your name, and sees your eyes more and more strangely... then, you will understand how I feel.

I admit, I can't imagine this, let alone truly understand how you feel...

But you still admit that you love her, don't you, Xue Rui.

Finally sighed, as Xue Rui hoped, she didn't catch up with her, but turned around and walked in the opposite direction with her. Anyway, if she figured it out, she would come back by herself.

What you have to worry about now is not Xue Rui, but the old man named Irene. After all, you can't expect a demented old man to take care of you. Since Xue Rui won't come back for a while, let him take care of you. The poor old man was left to fend for himself at home.

Taking care of Irene is more difficult than he imagined. Whether it is cooking or feeding, not everyone can cook. Using a Gundam hero to enter the kitchen is not a tragedy that can be described. The kitchen burned down.

Although it was a shock, he didn't give up, started from the simplest, worked out the trick through constant trials, and finally managed to cook...a bowl of porridge.

Although it is not delicious, it can be eaten anyway.

When feeding the old man, Kira clearly realized that there is no hardest thing, only harder.I thought it would be difficult to make the food edible, but I didn't expect it to be more difficult to feed, especially if the old man couldn't cooperate, so I had to be extra patient and fight for a long time.For fear that the old man would be scalded, every spoonful of porridge was carefully blown to cool down, but as it was being fed, it dripped from the corner of her mouth. Such non-cooperation made Kira flustered for a while.

After finally feeding the porridge and finishing everything, the sun was almost setting, and it was completely fed from noon to afternoon.Kira just felt that he was going to be paralyzed from exhaustion. He had never been so tired manipulating a Gundam to fight. It was not his body, but his spirit.Even so, he never complained that he was tired in front of Irene, and he showed his best every day to accompany her for Xue Rui.

Accidents always happen suddenly. For example, now, Kira was used to taking care of Irene. He was helping the lying old man to sit up, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed, "Xue Rui... I'm sorry, I slept for a long time. Bar……?"

The bony hand that lost its elasticity tightly grasped Kira's, and the rough hand gave him a slight tingling sensation. Those dull eyes seemed to have just woken up, with a sober light bit by bit. Point of release.

"Xue Rui?" Without waiting for a response, Irene raised her eyes in doubt, only to realize that what she was holding was not Xue Rui, but a boy she had never seen before. It seemed that because she had slept for too long, her reaction They were all a little slow, "Excuse me... are you...?"

"Xue Rui sent the wine she brewed into the city, and she probably won't come back later." Soon, Kira got rid of the state of surprise and quickly regained consciousness. Although she answered Irene who was awake, she didn't know why, There is no feeling of relief at all, and there is a stronger sense of anxiety.

He didn't know when Xue Rui would come back, but he sincerely hoped that she would hurry up and not regret it until she lost it.

"Is that so..." Irene didn't doubt Kira's words, but just nodded. "I'm sorry... I must have been asleep for a long time. Excuse me, can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Kira Yamato, you can call me Kira."

"Kira... I can see that you are a gentle and good boy, don't use honorifics to me, just call me Irene..." She smiled gently, looking at the frowning Kira, she Then suddenly came to his senses, "Ah... By the way, I am no longer a little girl... I am no longer young, it must be strange for you to call me Irene... Sorry... Sorry..."

Irene smiled, stopped talking, and quietly looked at the scenery outside the house. Faced with that somewhat lonely expression, Kira took a long time to say, "No, I'm just worried that it's not polite to call you by your name, if you don't mind... Then I will call you Irene?"

After a long time, Irene, who was looking at the scenery, let out a breath, and looked at Kira helplessly with a smile, "You really...are a very gentle child...I've always had a fever recently, and my consciousness always comes and goes. Every time I wake up, Xue Rui is by my side, and I feel hard for her... I feel tired... You don't need to comfort me, I know, she has waited for me for so long this time... she will get angry and complain, It's only natural that you don't want to see me..."

"..." It turned out that she had already guessed it, and Kira didn't know what to say about it.

"Don't worry... I'm not angry. I'm just afraid. If I'm not here, she will be lonely. Last time I told her about it, she lost her temper with me for a while. Said that I and She promised to be together forever, the agreement is not over, how can she die first... yes, how can she die first... But as a human being, there is always a limit... I know my limit is coming, who is this That doesn't change the fact."

Her memory is still on the last conversation with Xue Rui. She knows that she will have such a day sooner or later... So she is always worried that maybe she will never be able to open her eyes again when she closes her eyes, and she will leave the world and die.At that time, what should Xue Rui do, the only thing she couldn't let go of was Xue Rui.

Kira looked at her, never thought that the old man in front of him would be so calm in the face of life and death, so indifferent to life and death.But the reality is like this, as she said, death is inevitable, so what if you are not willing, you can only accept it.

Irene seemed to feel some pain in her head. She stretched out her hand and pressed her temples, and then pressed all her strength on the recliner, not wanting the teenagers around her to see her weakness. "However, seeing you now, I feel relieved. Even if I'm gone, you can stay by Xue Rui's side for me."

"Eh!? What...?! That's not the case!" Realizing that Irene had misunderstood something, Kira panicked. "You'll be fine."

"Are you deceiving me, or are you deceiving yourself?" Irene laughed, "Over the years, I have caused enough troubles for Xue Rui, no one knows my body better than me...I...can't live How long."

Her mind has never been clearer than at this moment, and her spirit seems to have returned to its original state. It looks like she has recovered, but she knows that all this is just a flashback, and the young man in front of her should be clearer than her.

So Irene made a conclusion about her body in a declarative tone, but even so, she would not be afraid.

Looking at the sky with a tired expression, if possible, she really doesn't want to die.

But who can agree to such an unreasonable request, she is a human being, and at the end of time, she can only accept her fate, even if she is dying, she can't change anything.

Everything in front of her eyes gradually became blurred, and she clearly realized that the god of death was standing beside her, and she could not close her eyes and sleep, which was different from the past, if she fell asleep this time, she would never be able to wake up again .

"In these years, I have never seen Xue Rui get close to anyone other than me. You can live here, which means that she accepts your existence and she likes you very much... I am really happy to watch it before the end of my life. To you, Kira."

She clenched Kira's hand tightly, her breathing became a little heavy, she panted and quickly said what she was going to say at once, as if she was competing for time with something.

"I'm sorry that I can't see Xue Rui, but seeing you... is enough. After I die, Xue Rui's new companion will be you. I am destined to fail to fulfill the agreement with her. Please You must protect yourself."

Finally, she finished speaking and smiled relievedly at Kira.

"Irene! Irene!" Kira found that Irene was holding her hand so hard, as if she had spent her entire life entrusting something important. The next moment, Irene fell down in relief, letting him No matter how much he yelled, he didn't open his eyes, only the hand holding Kira lost his strength and didn't let go.

I don't know how long it took, when Kira opened the door with Irene in his arms, and at the same time as the light poured into the room, he quietly looked at the person standing at the door who didn't know when, and said, "She's gone."

"Ah, I know." Xue Rui didn't see anything on her expression, her delicate face was like a perfect ice sculpture art, beautiful and indifferent, making people unable to get close.She glanced at the person in Kira's arms, and sneered suddenly. Although she laughed, her eyes did not have the slightest warmth and joy, but it seemed that a layer of frost had condensed, making all emotions no longer real. It's like wrapping everything about yourself with ice, isolating you from the world. "She's finally dead."

She's finally dead... It's easy to say these five words through gritted teeth.

But these simple five words are nailed heavily and sharply in the heart, making people unable to breathe, unable to touch, and painful to move.

Kira ignored her who was stubborn, her expression was indifferent, making it impossible to see through, like a mask of peace that no one could break, "I want to bury her, do you want to come together?"

Although it was a question, he didn't give Xue Rui time to answer, he turned and left directly, as if whether she came or not had nothing to do with him

The author has something to say: Preview of the next chapter: What is the relationship between Xuerui and Kira? ...and maybe Feiyin's awakening?

But there is no guarantee, because the number of words will exceed the standard, and the plan will never keep up with the changes ORZ...

I won't go into the little black room... definitely not!