Chapter 61: Nine

  From the perspective of that little kid (as the first-person point of view)

  I saw that little kid I thought had died under my care, stood up and even gave me a faint smile to thank me, without any hint of fear...

  "I couldn't help but shout out: '...You're not afraid of us, one body yet so many different wills speaking, and in a place like this, which is just like a prison, proving that we are...unaccepted by others. Why aren't you afraid of me?'"

  "Why should I be afraid of you? You're just a kid, an existence like me, aren't you?" The child's tone was filled with puzzlement.

  "It's different! And I just wanted to kill you! I also... killed many people." No! Why did I reveal my inner thoughts to him?

  "So what? After I've done everything, if you want my life, take it, I don't care!" The child's tone didn't sound like joking.

  "That's your life, not something to be taken lightly! Can't you treasure it a bit more? Idiot." I couldn't help but scold him loudly at the sight of that child's nonchalant attitude.

  After my loud scolding, the kid seemed to be in a daze for a moment, but then said: "Sorry, I didn't mean to space out, it's just that you two scolded me in exactly the same way and then attacked me from both inside and outside at the same time, which scared me unintentionally."

  "Two? Inside and outside?" The child's words had some terms that I couldn't quite understand.

  "... a slip of the tongue, anyway, you've helped me with a huge favor, I can promise you... three things. In addition to returning your complete body and taking you out of this cave, I can also promise to help you with one more thing, as long as it's within my power. What else do you want? To kill all the villagers who imprisoned you? Or a new life?"

  He was just a kid about my age, but what he said didn't feel fake at all. "A complete body?" What's the definition of this complete body?

  "Integrity, of course, is integrity of body, a healthy body, and unity of personality, an integrated spirit."

  He really can do it! Hearing the child's serious tone, I suddenly felt a lump in my throat and a burning sensation around my eyes. I couldn't say anything and unknowingly lifted my head to look at the little kid.

  What beautiful eyes! One red and one blue...

  Damn it! My eyes met his again, I hastily closed my eyes, "Back off! Get out of here! Don't come near me, don't look into my eyes!" I don't want to kill him again, please.

  A soft laughter echoed beside my ear, and I heard the little kid say: "Don't worry! Your eyes won't hurt me anymore, or rather, they never could. That's why I didn't die! Come on, open your eyes."

  "Really?" I hesitated, although he was the first person to look into my eyes and not die, but who knows, maybe looking a second time would be fatal!

  "Honestly, believe me, I'll save you." The child's voice had a strange charm that made me unconsciously believe in his words. So, I opened my eyes.

  This is the first time I can gaze at a living being like this since my abilities awakened.

  A face without expressions of pain, fear, fright or panic.

  What I see with my own eyes is the moonlight that saves myself from darkness.

  That child had a head of hair that was almost down to his waist, with a pale silver color close to white, and had a glazed light like jade. Under the faint night color, it seemed as if the moonlight had condensed into his hair.

  His five senses aren't particularly outstanding, but there's a special beauty to him. Paired with the child's ethereal aura and his heterochromatic red and blue eyes, it gives off an otherworldly feeling that this child shouldn't belong in this world. This child appearing here, saying he wants to save me, is like the moon shining brightly...

  "God..." I involuntarily shouted out this word, but saw the child's expression change greatly.

  The child's gentle and elegant expression with a faint smile suddenly shattered when I uttered the word "god".

  The child's expression was as if he had been mistaken for something he loathed, even detested. In that instant, a murderous aura or intent appeared around the child!

  An unstoppable killing aura, with the child as the center radiating outward, almost condensing into a tangible entity of intense murderous intent, like a crack in the air, emitting a hissing sound, that is the prelude to the formation of a true vacuum rift, it's hard to imagine, such a slender body, can actually emit such a massive killing intent...

  I saw the child's face, seemingly having lost all vitality, the entire killing aura filled the entire cave, I felt like I was being squeezed into the stone wall by the killing aura, the air seemed to have solidified, making me feel like I was suffocating.

  At this moment, the entire murderous aura suddenly converged and formed a protective shield around the child. I observed carefully and found that the colors around the child seemed to have a linear transparent crack, just like a vacuum protective layer.

  The child standing among them still had hair the color of the moon, and somehow it seemed to be flashing with a layer of sparks. The red pupils on the left side were also shining with golden light, the corners of his eyebrows were raised, and the corners of his mouth revealed a cold and evil smile. His whole body was emitting a fierce and arrogant aura, and every move he made had a strong seductive charm.

  His demeanor was proudly disdainful, his temperament was icy and seductive.

  It's still the same person, but now compared to the little kid just a moment ago, it seems like a completely different person!

  I was somehow intimidated by this kid's current momentum and couldn't say a word.

  Instead, the child seemed to be muttering to himself, "What's going on? ... Such a huge shock? ... What is this scene, what are those creatures? ... Glass? ... Captivity? ... White-robed people? ... Guilt... Failure... Remnants... What are these fragmented scenes? Has this kid seen them before?

  It's memory, fragments of memories etched deep into the soul.

  "Crime", and also "cruelty"?

  "What does the word 'God' really represent? It's enough to cause such a huge spiritual upheaval, so great that it can shake me out of my sealed state and turn him into this appearance!"

  Why did he have such a huge emotional ups and downs? Why me, it hurts so much!" The child's one hand grasped his other arm tightly, and fresh blood had seeped out, but the child still knelt on the ground as if he didn't feel anything, with golden tears overflowing from the corner of his left eye.

  After a while, the child regained his normal composure and stood up, as if the previous loss of control was just my illusion.

  I saw from those heterochromatic eyes a gaze that was almost icy... just like the look humans give to ants, he asked: "Is it you? The one who got this child's three promises."

  He wasn't asking me questions, he was just stating a fact.

  The child's hand made a grabbing motion in my direction, and I immediately fell out from the stone wall. Another palm strike, and the iron chain that was tied to my wrist broke into two pieces.

  "Ugh, this kid's personality is just that bad." Not helping you until the end will make him feel like he owes you. The two big fools have the same personality. "I know what to do, a complete 'person', right? If I didn't have this, it would be really hard to deal with!" The child flipped his right hand over, and on his palm appeared two teardrop-sized golden crystals.

  "See? This thing is a necessary item for your new life!"

  Are these his recent tears? I looked at this child in puzzlement.

  "Little demon, the tear crystal of a superior demon beast, this is even more precious and rare than blood crystals! And it's from the demonic fox tribe that's notorious for being reckless and heartless! It's really worth it, if not for the fact that this child's ability to nurture new personalities is too troublesome, a minor injury on the wrist wouldn't be worth using this!"

  Or I'll just take matters into my own hands and kill you, anyway this child can't be saved, I always feel that you will hurt him in the future. The kid stretched out his right hand to grab my face.

  I don't know what to say, I can only bite my lower lip hard, I feel like the corners of my mouth are bleeding, but I don't feel any pain at all, the whole person is...like standing in a snowy winter night, unbearable cold.

  The little boy suddenly leaned in and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth with his right thumb, then stuck out his tongue to lick off the fresh blood on his finger.

  Normally, it would only give people a very ordinary feeling, but when this child does it, there is a kind of eerie charm, like the feeling of being under the influence of opium.

  I was stunned and couldn't say a word, I just stared blankly at the child, not knowing whether to be angry or what other emotion.

  "This taste? It's really interesting! I thought of a method, it's so ancient that I almost forgot, now the conditions are just right, even the best catalyst is available, plus the Blood Covenant! Hehe."

  That little kid snapped his fingers, and my consciousness immediately began to blur, and my senses gradually disappeared. Before I finally passed out, I only remembered a golden red light, and vaguely heard a few words...

  "Not dizzy yet! What a strong spirit, it seems that this child can become a good tool..."

  "Hehe, since you're so stubborn, I'll have to use resonance with someone of the same kind..."

  "Remember, you owe this child as much from the moment he wakes up, this child is your blood relative!"

  "Luckily, there's still one left for this kid. Having too many of these things is useless anyway. One life can only use one at most, and the effect can't be cumulative, otherwise..."

  "Remember everything I've just said, all that concerns me, you will forget. You will only remember to obey this child and follow his orders. Remember, when he dies, you too will die!"

  "So protect him!"

  "Protect him!"