Ten Days End

"Yes." Sister Siwei nodded, "When you mentioned the crown and the sword, the first thing that came to my mind was the "Happy Prince."

Although I have heard many stories, I have never heard of this one.

"Can you tell me about it?"

Sister said that a long time ago, a swallow flew south for the winter, but accidentally fell behind.

It landed on a statue in the center of the city, and that statue was the "Happy Prince". The statue's two eyes were gems, and there was gold foil on its body.

He stood in the center of the city, watching his suffering subjects every day. The swallow wanted to leave for the winter, but the Happy Prince begged the swallow to take out his two gem eyes and give them to the poor, followed by the gold foil on his body.

They helped a lot of poor people this winter.

I was very happy when I heard this. Yes, I want to be such a prince, who will help everyone and be everyone's "hero".

Even if he is just a stone, even if he can't do anything, he can give everything he has.

I thought I had finally found my direction, but the ending of this story made me look lost.

My sister said that because of the delay, the swallow did not fly to the south, but froze to death in this cold winter.

The "Happy Prince" also became particularly ugly because he lost all the decorations on his body, and was dismantled soon after.

In other words, after the "Happy Prince" and the swallow helped the poor in the city, they were sent to hell by their own hands.

After Sister Siwei finished the story, she asked with a sad face: "Hero brother... do you want to be the "Happy Prince"? "

"Sister..." I slowly lowered my head, "I want to be the "Happy Prince", but I only want to be it myself."

"Be it myself...?"

"The swallow can fly away, right?"

"Hmm?"

"The swallow can always fly away." I said with tears in my eyes, "She doesn't need to follow the "Happy Prince" all the time, and there is no need to save those poor people. If the swallow leaves this cold winter earlier, she won't freeze to death. ”

“Ha.” Sister Siwei was amused by me, “But without the help of the swallows, the “Happy Prince” could not help the poor people by himself. So where there is the “Happy Prince” there are swallows, and they are always together.”

Although my sister said so, I was really scared.

I want to be the “Happy Prince”, but I don’t need swallows around me.

I am very afraid that the ending of the story will happen to me.

“Hero brother…” Sister Siwei said, “Do you know? The “Happy Prince” is doing what he likes, and the swallows are the same.”

“I…” I nodded, but my expression was very sad.

The “Happy Prince” is just a statue, it can’t move at all, and can’t go far away.

Siwei smiled and lifted her cheek, "How about this... Since I am more knowledgeable, you go downstairs and wait for me tomorrow morning. I will tell you where to find the crown and sword, how about that?"

"Yes."

The next day, after I "judged" the smell of everyone, I went to the gate to wait for Siwei. She disappeared for a day after chatting with me yesterday morning. Did she know where to find the crown and sword?

After I came here, only the "Executive Officer" not far away was staring at me. It was the first time I observed the "Executive Officer" so closely. She had a dark brown, thin cow face and two small horns on her head.

"Hello..." I smiled.

This "Executive Officer" sister gave me a strange feeling... The smell on her body was very complicated.

She had a relatively good fragrance, but also a stinky smell belonging to the "zodiac".

"Hello." Sister "Executive Officer" said coldly.

Seeing that she also greeted me, I suddenly became a little curious about her.

"The criminal officer" stands here motionless every day. Where does she come from and where does she rest? What does she eat and drink?

She can obviously talk to us directly, but she never takes the initiative to talk to us. What is she thinking?

"Sister "The criminal officer"..." I slowly walked towards her.

"What?" She looked down at me.

"Are you standing here every day?" I asked.

"Yes." She nodded, "But I'm not a "criminal officer", I'm a "zodiac sign."

"I'm not a "hero" either, I'm "Yingxiong"..." I whispered.

"What?"

"Nothing..." I smiled, "Sister "zodiac sign", you said... the question of "who are we" is decided by us or by others?"

"I don't understand."

"I mean... others areI call you "officer", but you think you are "Zodiac"... but others call me "hero", then I..."

"Then you are the real "hero"?" "Zodiac" sister asked, "Don't you know who you are?"

"I... I don't know..." I whispered, "No one has ever told me who I am. Originally, I only knew what to do and what not to do, but I didn't know who I was. And now... I don't even know what to do and what not to do."

"Zodiac" sister pondered for a while and said: "The first thing you should do now is to stay away from me. After all, in the eyes of others, I am a "officer" and you are a "hero". It is not a good thing for you to talk to me privately."

"Ah...?"

"Secondly, you should find a way to kill all the people in the city... at least twice in a row." She said, "This is what you should do. "

"Why...?" "I looked at her in confusion.

"This will proactively reshuffle the city. Not only will you be safe, but the "disease" of the city will also be cured."

At this moment, I realized that I had made a serious mistake. Why didn't I talk to the "Executive Officer" earlier?

She is from here and must know this place better than us.

"But if they don't produce the "fragrance"... they will have no memory after death."

"Isn't that the purpose?" Sister "Zodiac" looked around and said seriously after making sure that there was no one around, "Child, it is their "memories" that destroyed them. Even if there is no Wan in this place, few people will stay awake while preserving their memories for a long time. As the number of reincarnations increases, you will become more and more dangerous. "

I seem to understand what Sister "Zodiac" means.

"Don't think you are safe now that you are a "hero." She continued, "These people can kill Wan and you can kill you. After all, killing people here is free of cost. I don't recommend you to continue testing human nature, otherwise you will really die."