It was late at night. The crescent moon gradually faded.
A group of noble-looking people came from Jingling Palace to this inconspicuous corner of Liuhun Street and began to clean up the ruins. Then, someone carried Ji Zi's body back with a high-class ox cart used by nobles. Throughout the entire process, she only quietly watched as they busied themselves, as if she was watching someone who had nothing to do with her walk to the end of her life. There was no extra grief.
As for what she was thinking, no one knew.
"Jiu Nan."
Not long after, Bai Zai indicated that she had to leave, so she didn't continue pestering him and followed him back to Jingling Palace.
"Yes, I am. Let's go. Sorry for the trouble, Captain Xiu Mu.”
"It's fine." He casually turned his back, as if he did not want to say anything.
Farewell…was it easier than imagined?
So the so-called pain of life and death was just because he couldn't let go. As a bystander, watching everything expressionlessly was the easiest way. She seemed to understand why Xiu Mu Bai Zai always looked indifferent to the outside world.
Because it was his instinct to protect himself.
When she returned to the dormitory and fell asleep, it was already daytime when she woke up. Everything was normal in the room. If it weren't for the tears at the corner of her eyes, she would have thought that everything that happened last night was just a nightmare.
She slowly opened her eyes.
"How long…did I sleep?"
Her roommate, Hu Che Qing Yin, was brushing her teeth. When she heard this, she poked her head out of the bathroom and stared at her with concern."Not long. It's only morning now.”
"Hmm…"
"Do you want to get up?"
"Ah, I'm not sure. Probably." She massaged her temples and sat up in exhaustion.
"It's a rare holiday. You'll definitely be very sad if something like that happens," Qing Yin reminded worriedly. However, no matter how hard you try to avoid what happened yesterday, it will happen again and again. Don't think too much about it. Although that's the case, it's better to cry if you're sad, right?”
She did not know where she had heard that Ji Zi had unfortunately died in a sneak attack.
"Yes."
"What's wrong?"
She hastily put away her textbooks and turned around."I'm fine. Can I still make it to the first class?"
"…I guess so…I haven't finished washing up yet.”Yin Qing blinked in disbelief.
"I'm going to the cafeteria."
"Ah, Jiu Nan…"
Did this guy recover too quickly, or…
Qingyin frowned, the toothbrush still in her mouth, and the foam at the corner of her mouth stirred uneasily.
Jiu Nanqiao spent the entire day in a daze. After the evening class, the guard came to say that someone from Liuhun Street was looking for her and asked her to meet someone near Baidaomen. When she slowly walked to the square in front of the White Road Gate, she realized that the person outside the door was her long-lost relative, Xi Hezou.
He had escaped a calamity. That was great. She almost thought that Xiao Zou was not spared either.
"Jiu Nan." For the first time, Xiao Zou's face was devoid of a smile. Her dark circles were very heavy, and it was obvious that she had not slept all night." Are you okay?"”
"Sister Xiao Zou-"
"I plan to leave this place." the other party suddenly said.
"Eh?"
" Miss Ji Zi is no longer around," Xiao Zou continued." The Qingshang Izakaya is no longer around, so there's no point in me staying.”
The voice was filled with powerlessness.
"But…"
"I want to stay at Mount Li Fu for a period of time. The climate there is not bad, and I can live well alone.”Xiao Zou forced himself to raise his spirits and raise his voice as if he was saying something optimistic." I won't be returning to Runlin 'an for the time being.”
"A period of time…How long is that?"
"…I don't know. Maybe a few days, maybe a few months, maybe…"
She closed her eyes in understanding." I see…"
Xiao Zou seemed unwilling. "Aren't you going to stop me?"
"That's your choice. You're right. Miss Ji Zi is no longer around, and neither is the Aogami Izakaya. This place is indeed not something we miss anymore.”
She didn't reveal any expression of expectation, but simply described everything that had happened.
"How rational."
Xiao Zou couldn't think of any way to hide the unnatural look in the corner of his eyes.
"There's no need for sarcasm. No matter what he did, he could not save her life.”She muttered to herself.
"You…" The other party was speechless.
"I'm telling the truth."
"I know it's the truth! But can you not say it so easily? Losing Miss Ji Zi means losing everything to me! Why couldn't you protect her? You clearly said that you wanted to be the Grim Reaper! Why didn't you show up at the most important time?!”
Xiao Zou was angry.
No wonder she was angry. In Xiao Zou's world, Ji Zi was his one and only mother, and they spent much more time together than Qiao and Ji Zi.
Feeling helpless, Joe rubbed his temples." But that's the truth. I'm a student and can't leave the Jingling Palace.”
She was numbing herself.
"You…don't say anymore. I'll leave tomorrow.”Xiao Zou turned around helplessly. After taking a few steps, he turned back and added in a heavy tone," You don't have to send me off!”
Xiao Zou had already said such harsh words.
She, on the other hand, was staring blankly at the distant sky.
She vaguely remembered that when she was still a child, there was a bearded uncle in a flowery coat who said this to her in the Azumi Izakaya.
"Hey, little girl, did you brew this wine?”The uncle smiled lecherously and shook the bottle in his hand, looking drunk, but she was not afraid of him.
"For the time being, what does Lord Death think of the taste?”
"Awesome! He didn't expect the little girl to be so beautiful!”
She laughed calmly." Haha, thank you.”
The uncle hummed a few tunes and suddenly lowered his voice."I heard that little girl, you want to become the Grim Reaper?”
She instinctively tensed up." Yes!”
"Do you really think so?"
His question was a little strange, and she did not dare to answer it out loud.
"May I ask…why do you say that?”
The uncle joked,"If you become the Grim Reaper, you have to bear the weight of life. Sometimes, it would crush a person. If a cute little girl like you were to get hurt, my heart would ache.”
"That kind of thing doesn't matter…"
"You're different from those young boys who only know how to fight and kill all day long. That's why I wanted to act like an adult and seriously persuade you.”The uncle seemed to have finally become serious. He put down the bottle, and the seriousness in his eyes was completely different from before." Little girl, do you know how the Grim Reaper died?”
"…Hmm, I don't know."
"Everyone died in battle."
He spat out these words clearly.
“……”
She was stunned. The topic had already developed in an unpredictable direction, and she was powerless to stop it.
"Except for a very small number of people who quit the team due to accidents or leave due to serious illnesses, the remaining Death Gods all died in battle without exception.”
The middle-aged man used his fingers to straighten the bamboo hat on his head. There were also two small flower hairpins on his hair that were of unknown value. For some reason, he exuded an aura that was completely different from his attire.
" For them, the length of their lives far exceeds that of ordinary people, and it is precisely because of this that natural aging cannot lead them to death. Since the battle with the Void has no end, they can only die in battle.”
Her throat seemed to be controlled by some force, and she could not make a sound smoothly.
“……”
"Well, if you see fighting as a part of your life, then pretend I never said anything.”" But little girl, you don't have the talent to be the Grim Reaper. You fought so hard to get into that place. If you miss out on what you really want, there's no turning back, right?”
His words made her tremble with fear.
However…
"Even so, I still want to…do something to change the trajectory of my life.”
“……”
The middle-aged man examined her face, but he didn't seem to see any valuable information.
"Thank you, Lord Death," she said with a smile,"I will consider it again."”
"Aiya, in that case, give me another pot of good wine!”
"Eh?"
"You said it. Thank you. How can there be no thank you gift?”
"Ah, alright!" She scrambled to fill his glass.
He had missed out on what he really wanted…
Was he right, or was it the opposite?
Miss Ji…
I can't…distinguish anything anymore.
Everything was…
"Everyone! This is Kunan, who has officially been promoted from Class 2 to Class 1! I hope that everyone can use her tenacity as motivation to continue to achieve self-breakthroughs and never stop pursuing higher realms!”
The announcement of the form teacher of Class One, Chuanyi Tongmu, pulled her back to reality. At this moment, she was standing in front of the podium of Class One, looking at the 29 elites of Future Death who were seated with unfriendly gazes. That's right, she had already passed the round-robin test and was now a member of the elite class.
"Please…take care of me."
She bent down, her eyes filled with a thick black color.
At that moment, Hai Qing, who was sitting at the door, realized that the dazzling light in her eyes had disappeared.
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