Fantasies That Descend on Collapse

Chapter 22 The Stairway to the Truth, Bloodied...

The sky turned into a sea of ​​flames, the blood-stained earth, the ghosts wandering around screaming and screaming, the stairs leading to the dilapidated shrine, everything here is the sin created by the blood-stained Yae Sakura, these scenes are like a ghost with bones attached to it. The gangrene parasitized in Yae Sakura's heart, spent 500 years with her, and then devoured her heart that was already full of cracks when she was unprepared.

This is the place that others should not break into, this is the place of sin, this is the place hidden by Yae Sakura, the place that you least want to reveal and recall.

But no matter how perfect it is hidden, the darkness that really exists will eventually be exposed to others, and after a long period of hiding, these darkness will continue to ferment under the precipitation of time, and finally become enough to make people crazy. whisper.

But even so, this land of despair that has returned to death still welcomes a guest after all, not the owner of this body, nor the person who is watching this body, but a seemingly unrelated person.

He came here with one person's obsession, and besides fulfilling someone's last wish, he had another purpose.And that purpose is to find the girl who left traces in his heart, the girl who can touch his heart with a glance or a smile.

Under the guidance of his obsession, he stood under the collapsed torii gate leading to the shrine. His feet were stepping on a pool of blood composed of some congealed blood. At this moment, he was looking down at the pool of blood with some ecstasy. in the reflection of oneself.

A young man about [-] years old was reflected in the pool of blood. When he looked at the face he was so familiar with, he knelt down and stretched out his hand involuntarily, wanting to touch the face reflected in the middle of the body. Reflections in frozen blood.

This is Luo Chen's appearance... No, it should be said to belong to his appearance before he came to this world.

At that time, he was a mediocre Internet writer, living a life that was neither rich nor poor. Although such a life was extremely boring and ordinary, it was the most suitable life for him.

He has no ambitions, nothing to pursue, and he owns a small world. In fact, he has long been content with the status quo. If he keeps going like this, perhaps what awaits him is the same as all ordinary people. until death.

But he never expected that his ordinary life would experience such a big turning point.

After receiving the gifts from two people of extraordinary background, his life that was supposed to lead to an ordinary life deviated at that time, and gradually led to a path that he could not predict the ending at all, and his appearance and body , also in the process of road offset, a huge change has taken place.

In fact, I am no longer myself...

The fingers touched the pool of blood and produced tiny ripples, which scattered the reflection. After it calmed down again, the reflection named Luo Chen reappeared in the pool of blood.

It wasn't Kallen, it wasn't Cecilia, and it wasn't anyone else. What was presented to him at this moment was his truest soul, a soul that hadn't been changed by her obsession.

Looking at the reflection in the pool of blood, he smiled. It was a comfortable smile. The problem that had troubled him for a long time was finally solved at this moment.

He is still him, not Karen or Cecilia, and not a substitute for others. Even if his appearance changes, his inner soul is just that ordinary soul.

Small and ordinary, but a soul with its own thoughts.

He stretched out his palm and pressed it hard into the pool of blood on the ground. The coagulated blood stained his palm, and at the same time scattered his reflection.

After doing all this, he stood up, stepped into the pool of blood with both feet, and walked towards the steps leading to the shrine with blood-stained steps.

He couldn't see any confusion on his face, the only thing that existed was that slightly exaggerated smile that seemed gentle to others.

Just like a mortal who gets rid of confusion and sees through the trivial matters of time, there is only one path left for this mortal after all...

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Before reaching the first step, Luo Chen stopped his footsteps, and he looked up at the road leading to the Yae Shrine.

Looking at this road that seemed to point straight to the sky, Luo Chen standing in front of the stairs unconsciously remembered a sentence he overheard in that world.A sentence that impressed him deeply and completely fit the scene at the moment.

Someone once said that one can become a god by ascending to the sky, but no one knows whether the so-called god is just another name for a prisoner?

The sky like a sea of ​​fire, the dilapidated shrine on the top of the mountain, and the seemingly endless road leading to the top, all the scenes are intertwined to form a wonderful picture.

But even so, he still raised his foot, and stepped on the first step with all his strength, even though the end of this road leads to hell.

Because in the Yae Shrine that has been turned into ruins, there is a person he must meet, a person holding the key to save the four people in the stigmata space.

Just when Luo Chen stood on the first step with both feet, as if he had touched an invisible mechanism, the surrounding environment changed instantly.

At this time, he was standing in a Japanese-style house, but the three people in the house made Luo Chen standing there widen his eyes.

Yae Rin who was lying weak in the bed, Yae Sakura who accompanied Yae Rin, and... a father who was sitting by the side and decocting medicine for his frail and sick daughter.

"Rin, the medicine is ready."

While talking, the man poured the decoction from the medicine pot into the bowl, and then he came to Yae Rin's side with the bowl, and carefully helped his frail daughter,

He took a spoon and carefully scooped up a spoonful of yellow-brown concoction that exuded the unique aroma of medicine. After blowing on the concoction a few times to cool it down, he fed the concoction to his little daughter. mouth.

In this way, the man took the trouble to repeat this action many times, and he didn't stop until Yae Rin finished drinking the whole bowl of medicine, and there was no impatient look on his face during the medicine feeding, the only thing he had, The love that can only be expressed by the name of a father.

Father's love is serious, strong, broad and profound, and at this moment, this man expresses these very well.

"Father, why do you have time to visit Rin today? I remember that at this time, you should still be holding a meeting to deal with business."

Just after the man helped Yae Rin into the bed and covered her with the quilt, Yae Sakura who was sitting on the side timidly raised her own questions to her father, but it can be seen from her eyes that she should be very happy now That's right.

After all, his father is a god-lord, and his daily time is occupied by cumbersome things. He is very lucky to be able to go home on time every day, let alone take care of the frail and sick Rin like this.

"Because the village has been raining recently, the crops will not wither due to lack of water. The villagers are busy with farm work in the fields now, so I have time to accompany you."

After hearing the question raised by his eldest daughter, the man just smiled and stroked her head, and then answered her little question with a loving expression on his face.

Then the picture stopped here, and when Luo Chen regained consciousness, he realized that the surrounding scene had changed back to the road leading to the Yae Shrine, and he also unknowingly walked the first step.

Standing in front of the second flight of stairs, recalling the scene he saw through the first flight of stairs, his mood was a bit complicated.Because he really couldn't imagine why a father who showed such love would push his frail and sick daughter to death without hesitation.

With such doubts in mind, he quickly walked to the second step, and then stepped on the second step, and then a brand new scene appeared in his eyes...

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At night, in the bedroom of the Lord of the Yae Shrine, there are two people kneeling and sitting face to face. The light from the candle on the candlestick illuminates their faces. One is Yae Sakura, and the other... is her. father.

"Why! Why did Father take Rin as a sacrifice!"

Yae Sakura, who was kneeling in front of her father, loudly questioned her father's decision made at the rally during the day.

She couldn't believe that this would be the decision made by her father, obviously how much her father loved the two of them in her previous life, but why at this moment, her father was so indifferent.

Could it be that, compared with that illusory god, his daughter is the kind of item that is not worth mentioning and can be used for other purposes?

"..."

Facing Sakura's hoarse questioning, the man just stared at her without saying a word, and the man's originally loving gaze had already turned cold at this moment. The man seemed to be using this method to say this to her. already established fact.

The sacrifice used to sacrifice to the god two days later was her younger sister, Yae Rin.

"Why... why did Father make such a decision... it shouldn't be like this... don't you like Xiao Rin the most..."

Seeing her father's uncompromising appearance, Yae Sakura stood up in despair, then rushed to the man, and kept beating the man's chest with her fists, tears slowly rolled down her cheeks, finally dripping It fell on her father and wet her father's clothes.

"Sakura, I know you are sad, but doing this may be the best destination for Rin..."

The silent man finally spoke, but what he said completely plunged Yae Sakura into despair.

"Rin has been ill for a long time, and now every day she lives is like her last. If she becomes a sacrifice, not only will she be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering, but also..."

"No! I...I see...Father...My lord..."

Having said this, Yae Sakura forced herself to stop crying, then sobbed and said words of compromise, and then walked out of the room without looking back.

But what Yae Sakura didn't see was that just after she closed the shutter door heavily, a trace of sadness appeared in vain in her father's cold eyes...

The scene ended here, and Luo Chen had also finished walking the second flight of stairs. Right now, he was standing in front of the third flight of stairs, and every step of the third flight of stairs was covered with bright red blood. ..

Looking at the blood-stained steps, Luo Chen stepped up without the slightest hesitation, letting the blood stain his feet...

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I've got my feet deep in blood, and if I don't go on in blood, the way back is just as wearisome.

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"..."

Just like four years ago, Yae Sakura's father was kneeling in his room, and behind him was Yae Sakura holding a demon sword and growing fox ears on his head.

"I've already guessed that this day will come..."

The man knelt and sat on the spot, as if he was ashamed of his eldest daughter. He didn't look back. He just knelt and sat on the spot like this, telling the truth four years ago in a somewhat vicissitudes of voice.

"I still remember four years ago, you asked me why I chose Rin as a sacrifice..."

"If I don't do this, not only Rin will die, but you will also die with me..."

When he said this, the man's tone was a bit bitter.

"You have no idea how ignorant those villagers are. They believe in a god who doesn't know whether it really exists. They only know that offering sacrifices to the god will bring rain, that's all."

"As the God Lord, I have to choose the girl to be the sacrifice. If I don't do this, these ignorant people will find an opportunity to find ways to pull me down from this position, and then use your two sisters as sacrifices." Sacrifice."

"In their eyes, you are not witches with eightfold bloodlines, but sacrifices with superior bloodlines that can please the gods."

As the God Lord, the man stooped his quilt. At this moment, he exudes a sad aura. As he said, people with noble blood sometimes get killed because of these illusory things. disaster.

"Actually, at that time, as early as the second month, someone proposed to me to use you as sacrifices, but I never agreed, but I didn't expect that the situation would not improve at all after a month... .”

"That's when I knew, they couldn't sit still... They needed me to make a decision, and I had to choose between the two of you..."

"In the end, I can only choose the weak and sickly Rin..."

This is the sad part of being a God Lord. He obviously has extraordinary rights, but his decision will still be swayed by these ignorant villagers in the end. There is no way, because he does not have enough power.

But it's too late to say anything now, the current him has already gone farther and farther on the road of no turning back, and is deeply trapped in it...

"And Rin's hand...Forget it...There is nothing more to say, let's do it, Sakura...It's time for me to pay for the sins I committed."

After unreservedly telling Yae Sakura the secret that he had suppressed in his heart for four years, he straightened his hunched back again, as if he was ready to die.

The sharp weapon pierced the man's body, and the blood pooled in his body, and finally he fell into the pool of blood with a smile on his face, closing his eyes forever.

However, her daughter didn't hear what he said at all...

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"Ugh..."

Luo Chen closed his eyes and stood on the third flight of stairs. After watching Yae Sakura's memory and the whole accident, he could only let out a meaningless sigh in the end.

In fact, the result of all this was already decided at the moment when the Yae sisters were born, and the culprit who caused this tragedy was not Karen, not Higomaru, and not Yae Sakura's father, but those ignorant villagers.

It is precisely because of ignorance that the villagers believe in those unfounded legends, believe in those illusory gods, and believe that offering sacrifices will make the gods bring favors to them, instead of trying to solve the source of the problem.

Ignorant, stupid and pathetic, these are probably the best words to describe these villagers.

After calming down his agitated heart, Luo Chen opened his eyes and looked towards the ruined shrine platform.

There, lay a girl covered in wounds, wearing a black nun's costume, who didn't know her life or death...

Chapter 23 A Broken Mission Meets a Broken Soul

The girl in black nun's attire lay on her side in front of the steps in front of the altar, and she looked so out of place compared to the surrounding Yae Shrine that had long been in ruins.

The white palm covered the wound on the arm that was cut by the sharp weapon, and the bright red blood gradually dripped down the gap between the fingers, forming a small pool of blood on the mossy stone bricks. She seemed to be in a coma. Trapped by the nightmare, she clenched her lips that were white due to blood loss, her thin eyebrows were distorted due to pain, matching her chest that was slightly heaving due to weak panting, at this moment She looked so weak.