soul stone

The tide was rising.The deep blue water overflows the shallow reef corridor between the lighthouse and the island, and the setting sun falls into the sea level, taking away the last bit of temperature in the lighthouse.In the narrow control room, a little boy and a little girl were lying by the window, watching the clouds in the sky turn from orange to blue and purple.

"elder sister."

"What, Xia Tian?"

"It's so cold..."

"I know."

"summer."

"What, sister?"

"I won't kill you."

"I know."

"Why did mother say that?"

"I do not know."

"I swear. Look in the mirror. 'Definitely keep Summer alive'."

"elder sister."

"What, Xia Tian?"

"I can't see anything."

"It's all in your heart."

"Sister, I'm afraid..."

"Nobody's coming over here."

"Maybe someone is coming and we didn't see them... What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking outside."

"What the hell is out there?"

"A grown-up came from the sea..."

"Is he here to save us?"

"Maybe……"

"Maybe he can hear us if we shout!"

"Well, it looks like we should really give it a try."

"Okay, sister."

"Help! Help!"

"Can you hear us?"

"Hello there!"

"Help!"

"Hello, it's me!"

"Hi!"

"Can you see, can you see us?"

"I'm here!"

"Come and take us away!"

"Hello there!"

"Are you there?"

"Hello……"

"I don't think he can hear us..."

"I can hear you, sister."

"Will you come with me, Xia Tian?"

"Will you be nice to me, sister? You've always been nice to me because you're my sister."

"I will try my best, although I often make some mistakes..."

"Dad said we all make mistakes."

"Looks like we need to be louder..."

"Yes, sister, let's shout louder!"

"Help! Help us! Come, help!"

"Help! Help us! Come, help!"

"Hello there!"

"Help!"

"Hello……"

"We're lost..."

"I don't think he'll ever find us again."

"No one likes us..."

"But he looks so tall..."

"Looks like we're going to try to dance ourselves..."

"If we jump off the tower, no one will ever see us again."

"I don't know... let's jump down and see what happens."

"Ok."

"follow me!"

"Shall we dance together?"

"Of course!"

"One, two, three... ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

A hand grabbed the little girl's collar from behind.She failed to jump.A slow and desperate ballet of death blooms in the depths of the little girl's pupils.

The cat pupils that were slightly raised at the corners of the eyes clearly reflected the whole process of the little boy's fall—his young limbs were stretched in the air, his arms were stretched upwards, and his tiny fingers were trembling, as if there were some straws in the air that could be grasped.

Without saying anything, the little girl suddenly pushed away the adults who stopped her, before even having time to identify anyone, she rushed downstairs along the spiral iron staircase.At the foot of the lighthouse near the sea, on the rocks where the waves beat, she found her brother.The little girl knelt down beside him, holding Xia Tian's head in both hands.

"He's dead," said my lord.

"Dead?" the girl asked.

"How many times is this?" the lord said, "Since this lighthouse appeared in my field of vision, you and him have fallen seven times."

"Why?" said the girl, "Every time, I wrap my body around him and protect him. Every time, we both land well."

"Wake up. Stop this meaningless cycle."

"You shouldn't have come." The girl suddenly turned her head and looked straight at the lord, her dark eyes exuding a cold killing intent.

The lord did not answer, but took a small step forward.The girl shrank back immediately, but her eyes were extremely sharp, like a wounded kitten.

"do not come."

"What are you going to do, Xue Ye?"

"……fulfil your promise."

"Promise? Is it a promise with my brother?"

"Hmm. 'Definitely let Xia Tian live', I swore in front of the mirror like this."

As she spoke, the girl put her younger brother's head on her lap and closed her eyes.If you use "condensation", you can see that "Qi" flows continuously from the amethyst earring on her left ear, through her neck, shoulders, arms, from her hands to the little boy's head, and condenses on the same earring on her right ear.

The adults watched all this from a distance.

"I see. The reason why you are obsessed with Xia Tian is because you used 'White Night' on yourself..."

"That's right. You really deserve it. Even if I die, I can't break the promise I made. That's why I've lived until now..."

The little girl suddenly paused, took a deep breath, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.It seemed that the work took a lot of her energy.At the same time, a wonderful change took place in the little boy's bloody body.The blood disappeared, the bones returned to their place, and the wound healed.The energy of life is gradually coming back to him.

The eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the little boy opened his eyes.

The little girl smiled happily: "It's back, Xia Tian!"

The little boy rolled his bright black eyes, and finally his gaze rested on the little girl's face.

"Sister, I'm hungry."

"Hey?"

"You have a lot of 'qi' on your body...can you let me eat it?"

"..."

"Hey, good sister?"

"Okay. As long as you like..."

As if confirming whether what he saw was true, the lord blinked.A strange, weird and bloody scene was reflected in the pitch-black pupils——

The little girl lay flat at the foot of the lighthouse, and the little boy let the little boy climb on her, like a hungry lion cub, biting the flesh and blood.The girl said nothing, and there was no look of pain on her face.She calmly looked at the night sky with eyes that could be called serene.Today is a sunny day, and thousands of stars are scattered like diamond chips on the black velvet sky.She looked at the sky and smiled.She has accepted the fact that it doesn't matter if she sacrifices herself for the sake of her younger brother.

Using "condensation" to check, the "Qi" on the little girl's body is getting thinner and thinner.The blood from the wound stained the gray-black reef red.The ups and downs of her chest became more and more intense, and she could hear the sound of gasping.On the contrary, every time the little boy swallowed a piece of flesh and blood, the "Qi" in his body increased, and he became more irritable when eating.The little girl clenched her hands into fists and frowned, as if trying to restrain herself.Soon, she let out a groan of pain.

"What's the matter, sister?" The little boy stopped chewing, "Don't you want to?"

"No... nothing." The little girl shook her head lightly, "This is... the oath I made to myself..."

"That's right. Compared with my life, what happens to my sister doesn't matter at all, does it?"

"...Well. Just a little bit, you can fully recover...don't stop."

The little boy continued his interrupted feeding.The little girl continued to suffer in silence.Around her soul stone, "Qi" became frantic.

Time stopped when the little girl opened her eyes again.

The screams like killing a pig came from the mouth of the little boy.He stepped back in a panic, covering his right earlobe tightly with both hands.The amethyst earrings that were originally worn there were now being held in the little girl's palm.

"What are you doing, sister?! That's my soul stone...give it back to me!"

The little boy swooped forward.The little girl grinned.

With a gurgle, the little boy's soul stone was swallowed by the little girl.

The little boy opened his eyes wide and stretched his arms desperately, trying to get the soul stone back from his sister's mouth.My sister grabbed his arm, pointed at his shoulder, and bit down.

"Ahhhhhhhhh-"

There is a fundamental reversal between the eater and the eaten.

The little girl didn't say a word.The sound of tearing pieces of meat, chewing and swallowing echoed from the lighthouse, as well as the little boy's screams getting weaker and weaker.The screams later turned into moans and whimpers.However, the little girl turned a deaf ear, like a beast completely controlled by appetite.

At some point, there was an extra adult.He was even older, standing behind the lord who came by boat before, with a humble posture and a solemn expression.The two adults watched all this in silence until the little boy was completely eaten by the little girl.

"'The Dead Don't Die' can only have a single heir, so that's what happened." The elder said, "O Yagi... What a tragic family."

"If two people are resurrected at the same time, they will kill each other..." said the young adult.

"Xiaoxue used thoughts on herself. From then on, she was destined to be born for her younger brother. In order to avoid more casualties, I specially made the entire Saint Valentine Island into a 'hill of evil thoughts' so that she could see Seeing what she wanted... I didn't expect her thoughts to be so persistent, even those of us on the island were affected and saw the world in her eyes."

"Besides, with the protection of 'Hill of Evil Thoughts', I can't hurt her."

"In this world, there are countless people who can hurt her. However, you are the only one who can save her."

"You think I'll save her?"

"If you let it go, she will keep repeating the nightmare cycle, which is a way to make her more painful than death. Since you have come here at all costs, you don't just want to be a spectator."

"A year ago, someone sent an invitation to me under the guise of her name. This time, I just came to see it."

"Hehe, let's take a look."

"I would kill her if possible. Is that okay?"

"Please go ahead. You don't need to ask for your opinion. I want to try not to cause trouble to outsiders. If Xiaoxue dies, the 'Spirit Together Association' will also disintegrate."

"'Soul Together'...the cult organization that caused many suicides among believers?"

At this time, the little girl with a mouth full of blood, staring at her little blood-stained hand, said softly:

"'The Hill of Evil Thoughts' can stop, Father."

The older man froze for a few seconds, then nodded slowly.In front of the eyes of the two, it was like a remnant dream gradually fading away, and the red-stained reef returned to its original appearance.The blood on the little girl's lips and hands disappeared.She also became an adult.