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"Little sister, why are you here again... Sorry, I can't sell you my bread. Go back quickly."

"Why? I'm rich, why don't you sell me bread. I want my sister to eat something delicious."

"I can't accept this kind of money stolen from nowhere."

The store manager put the money back into her palm and pushed it back to Ai Lijie.

"...Sell me bread."

"It's annoying, didn't I say I won't sell monsters like you!"

"..."

As a result, she left without buying anything.

Witnessing this, Lin Mu was expressionless and did not express anything. The current him would not make any judgments until he knew the cause and effect, but the expression of Irena next to him was very surprised.

Ai Lijie, who was rejected by the bakery, ended up at a small roadside stand.

That's an honest store.

There is only a cash box here where no one is watching the store, and it says "one apple and one copper coin, please put them into the box according to the purchase quantity".

Since no store would sell her food, she could only eat apples here for the last few meals.

——I really want to let my sister eat something other than apples once in a while.

While thinking this way, Elise stuffed the apples into the bag, and then put the copper coins for the number of apples into the box.

however--

"Hey! What are you doing!"

A voice came, and someone grabbed her hand.She looked up in surprise and saw a man with a horrified expression on his face.

"This box is for us humans, not for selling monsters like you—give me back those apples!"

"But, I have invested money..."

"I don't care, who wants to betray you!"

"..." Although the little girl looked angry, she didn't say a word.

"Okay, come back quickly, you monster!"

The man tightened his grip on the girl's arm.

If this continues, there will be no food to eat, this winter will not be able to survive, and maybe my sister will die——Continuously thinking during the moment of silence, the terrified Elise suddenly made an abrupt move.

She sips at the man's hand——

— Bite down hard.

"It hurts! Fuck it, you damn girl!"

Taking advantage of the moment when the man flinched, Ailijie shook off his hand and ran away with the apple in her arms.

Running non-stop, she looked around and arrived at her home.

More than half of the roof collapsed in the fire, the floor caved in and a large hole was opened in the wall in the part of the building that was not sheltered by the roof.The pompous house is completely unable to withstand the wind and snow.

She calls this her home.

Come to the front of the house.

On the ground was a small bundle that happened to fit in the palm of both hands.Every morning, noon, and evening, this bundle is placed in front of the house.

Maybe, something different was put in it today——she squatted down on the spot with a little expectation, and untied the burden.

"Too much..."

Ailijie immediately threw away the burden.The bag thrown by her violently hit the wall of a nearby house, and several dead mice and insect corpses that had not moved in it spilled out and scattered on the snow.

The mud-colored fluid seeped into the snow.

"...Oh, it's annoying, it's rare for someone to say it out loud."

"Why such a waste."

"It's too much."

She saw neighbors watching her and whispering.

Ai Lijie glared at them and disappeared into her own home.

"Sister, welcome back."

The voice from the corner of the house reached Ai Lijie's ears.After walking a few steps forward, she saw the girl wrapped in a quilt made of various colors of cloth, smiling at her.

Her appearance is almost the same as that of Eilijie, with blond hair and fair skin.

She is the two-year-old sister of little Ai Lijie.

The name is Milina.

"I'm back, Milina—come, I've brought this back."

Ailijie moved closer to her sister, tucked into the bed with her, and then took out a bright green apple from the paper bag and handed it to her.

"Wow! Great, how come there are apples?"

"I bought it because I wanted Milina to get well soon. You should eat more."

"Well! Thank you sister!"

Seeing Milina who was eating an apple with a smile on her face, Ailijie's expression relaxed a little.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Eat an apple and you'll be fine!"

"Really? That's good." She remembered the thing of being grabbed by the wrist in front of the roadside stall, and there was a sharp pain in her chest.

"...But, I've been sorry all this time."

"Why are you sorry?"

"It must be boring to eat the same thing every day, right?"