Reborn NPC: I'm really not the protagonist!

At night, the new Bell Town is located beside the Tianse Lake. After more than two months of development, it has become a little starlit. The loss of players has made this place less lively, but more simple and beautiful....

The reflections of the aurora and the starry sky on the lake made it difficult to distinguish between heaven and earth. Two figures sat by the lake, seemingly enjoying this moment of tranquility....

"Hill, I...may not be able to come to see you for a long time...maybe very, very long..."

This was Mumu’s first words after the two of them had been silent for a long time.

"Is that so..." Hill still had that submissive look on his face. After being stunned for a long time, he smiled and lowered his head.

Are you still tired of it? Yes, for mom, this is just a game.

"Well, the doctor said that if I don't break away from my dependence on this... world, my mind will only become more and more confused..." Mumu nodded gently: "I still have to take care of my family. Many things have piled up... but I don't want to deal with them... But!"

As she was talking, she suddenly looked at Hill with an expression more serious than ever before: "Do you...want me to stay, Hill?"

"....Me?" Hill was silent for a long time, looking at the other person's eyes strangely: "As for me...of course I hope you can stay~ But...didn't you say it? You can't go on like this, isn't it right? You have to take care of your family and deal with your own life, so..."

"........."

Mumu was silent, looking at Xi'er for a long time, and suddenly shook his head: "That's not what I meant, Xi'er... I always... I'm sorry, I always treat you as my daughter, my real daughter..."

"I've always thought of you as my mother." Hill tilted his head, his tone not changing much.

"Huh? Really? Then can you call me mom?" Mumu was surprised, and quickly came over happily, his eyes full of expectation.

“....No.” Hill turned his head slightly, smiled and shook his head.

"Eh..." Mumu pouted in disappointment and sighed, "Why...?"

"........."

There was another silence for a long time. Hill turned his head and his expression gradually became serious: "Because you... are not my mother, and I... am not your daughter either."

"........."

Mumu's eyes widened slightly, appearing a little surprised. After a long time, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes, but followed by a hint of relief.

"Yes...my daughter...has already..."

She smiled, sighed deeply, looked up at the starry sky, paused in the middle of her words, and looked at Hill again: "I once had a daughter, you know, she is really like you... "

"Really?" Hill turned his head with a slightly surprised expression.

"Ah."

Mumu nodded as if he was talking to a friend, then looked into the distance with reminiscence: "She... used to be very lively, wanting to try everything. For this reason, her father and I had to clean up her mess from time to time, haha..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing, but soon she sighed again: "But then she... got sick, a terminal illness, and I could only lock her up in a small house. I couldn't do anything, and I didn't take good care of her..."

"...It doesn't sound like your fault." Hill, who was listening quietly, suddenly interrupted.

"No, it's my fault," Mumu interrupted immediately: "I'm so stupid, really, I didn't spend enough time with her... until she suddenly became very silent, and felt nothing in everything, as if she saw through everything... I'm not a good mother..."

"........."

Silence, still silence.

"It sounds like... you love her very much..." After an unknown amount of time, Hill spoke slowly, looking into the distance with Mumu: "If your daughter knew, she would definitely not blame you..."

"It's a pity that she can't hear..."

Mumu sighed and shook his head helplessly, then looked at Xier again: "You know, when I first saw you, I always felt that... you were her."

"You are so...different from her. You were full of passion at that time, as if you were glowing. Everyone was attracted to you..."

"You walk very fast, as if you always have endless things to do, unlike her, whose eyes are dim and she has no interest in anything, just like... you are now."

She looked at Hill without blinking, the emotion in her eyes almost impossible to conceal, that was the greed and love that made her want to remember the other person in her mind every second.

"But I think she should be like this, like you... so different... but... now it's almost the same~"

As she spoke, she suddenly laughed: "Hehe...but no matter what you look like, I like you~"

"........."

This time, the smile on Hill's face could no longer be maintained.

She stared at Mumu quietly for a long time, then slowly said, "So, do you prefer me that way?"

"Of course it's you at that time," Mumu smiled and touched Hill's head: "I don't want to see the same tragedy as my daughter again, but...if you don't want to change, I still love you, but..."

"You are leaving." Hill took over the other party's words, turned his head and looked at the shimmering lake.

"Well... unless you want me to stay," Mumu nodded, looked at Xi'er seriously, and once again made the request: "Xi'er, can you... call me mom?"

"........"

Hill didn't answer, but turned his head away: "Your daughter is dead. I am not her. Please don't fall into fantasy anymore!"

"........"

Mumu was stunned, and lowered his head again: "But what's the difference between you and me now? I just want to leave it all behind and make amends..."

"There's nothing to make up for!"

Hill suddenly became a little excited, his tone was heavy, his chest heaving: "You don't owe your daughter anything, and you don't need to make up for anything with me! You should go, don't sink into a world that doesn't belong to you! Look at me in your world! Look at me carefully! I will let you know! I am not your daughter! I am different from her!"

"Really?" Mumu stood up with a smile in his eyes.

"Absolutely!" Hill was furious and clenched his fists tightly. "I am different from her. I will not be defeated by failure! I don't need anyone's care! I am not a burden! I will not despair! I am invincible!"

"I've always thought so." Mumu kept smiling and spoke quietly.

"So...it's time for you to go..." Hill turned around and sat alone by the lake: "So you must remember to watch me in that world...watch me defeat all the enemies..."

"Um...."

Mumu's voice floated from behind: "Hill, goodbye."

"........" Hill no longer answered, but slowly put his head on his knees and buried it in his arms.

"you are my Everything...."

The halo behind him gradually dissipated, leaving only a final whisper, not sure whether it was spoken to Hill or to Hill.

Only the girl was left, sitting alone by the lake. Just like when it all started, she was filled with loneliness.

"........"

"........"

"Mother...."

I don't know how long it took, but I seemed to bite my cheek tightly, but I couldn't stop sobbing, and the cry of a nightingale could be heard faintly...

Hill couldn't help himself, angry because he couldn't control his crying.

She couldn't let her mother fall into despair again, couldn't let her know that she was her daughter and she was just an NPC. In this world, her mother couldn't have enough food to eat and couldn't feel the warmth and cold. She knew this better than anyone else...

“Mom...Mom....” Her shoulders kept shaking, but there was no response from behind her.

She didn't want to let Li Zi go, she wanted to tell her that she was her daughter.

But she couldn't do it, she had to make her mother stop thinking about it, she wanted her mother to go back, and not confuse the game with reality...

"Mom.... woo..."

Hill was still sobbing, but no matter how she shouted, her mother would never come back.

Just like her mother had called her name a thousand times in another world, now it was her turn....

"Little girl..."

I don't know how long it took, until Hill's crying gradually became quieter, until the sobs gradually stopped, and then a gentle question came from nearby:

"Did you get separated from your family?"