The Tale of the Alchemist and the Demon

After that, Yue devoted herself to work crazily, and even forgot about getting the cake back.

But L also has his own way.Since he had a name, he gradually became familiar with everyone in the town.

"Ah, thank you very much. I have been troubled by those bugs recently. Thank you so much, the effect of that thing is really immediate... By the way, Mr. Ryuzaki, about the reward last time..."

"Ah, the cake is fine." The black-haired man gestured seriously with his hands. "I wish it was bigger, with a garnish of whipped cream and strawberries..."

"Oh, no problem, it's the season for strawberries. By the way, do you want some wine? Our farm brews it ourselves."

"I don't need that one... Ah, or two bottles, I'll take them back to Yue."

"I heard that you lived with that mysterious Mr. Yagami recently?" asked the owner of the farm.

"Yes……"

"Are you friends?" It can be seen that Ye Shenyue will have friends, which makes them very concerned, and they must have discussed many things in private.

How should their relationship be defined? L looked at the sky and thought about it carefully.

"Yes...my first friend."

Friend is a common word, but after adding the first one, it becomes special.The simple Mr. Devil may know later that human beings have many words to describe special relationships, exclusive, inseparable, and unforgettable relationships.

After learning about what happened recently, Yue couldn't help but look helpless.

He also didn't expect that the things made by his own experiments that went wrong would be used for this kind of purpose.However, Mr. L, who is satisfied with the cake, doesn't care about his feelings so much.

L even took a cake to visit his new laboratory - in fact, it is still the warehouse, but it has been cleaned again.Many vessels were placed there again, and the roof was glued with black cloth so that no light could leak in. Fresh animal organs were soaked in a strong-smelling solution, agitating ominously.

As a devil, he should be very used to this kind of thing.

However, after watching it once, L felt dizzy. He held back Yue's question of his concern, returned to the original hut, and collapsed on his own bed.

He managed to suppress the feeling of wanting to vomit.The hut where Yue lived was clean and tidy, exuding a reassuring smell.Thank goodness.

He had a nightmare, dreaming that the day he came to this world, Ye Shenyue stared blankly at him with wide eyes, and then cupped his face with bloody hands.His whole body was covered in cold sweat, and he wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound, only a strange vibrato in his throat.

Something must have gone wrong.

why am i so scared

He finally woke up, and only then did he feel that someone was by his side.Yue leaned against the bed, still in the usual position with her chin resting, but her eyes were closed, as if she was going to fall asleep on the bed at any time.

However, when L started to look at him, he opened his eyes.

"You're finally awake." He said, showing the smile L was used to seeing. "Don't know what happened...but you seem to have a fever. Do demons have fevers too?"

L couldn't answer.He also didn't know the answer.

No. 30 days, he fell ill for the first time, realized the fragility of people, and realized the inseparable part of life.

L's illness was more serious than he imagined.Not long after, the fever not only did not subside, but worsened instead. He felt weak all over, his throat hurt, and he couldn't eat, so he could only pour gruel down his throat little by little.He was already very thin, but his pale face was slightly flushed due to the high fever.

He has no relatives, and the only person who can take care of him is Yue.As the condition worsened, Yue spent a lot of time on him, and even began to go to other towns to find doctors several times.But in the end, these people were helpless.Because they had never seen L's symptoms, and some conventional medicines didn't seem to work.

Despite wasting a lot of time with him, Light never once complained that he interrupted his research.Sometimes he just stays in the hut and waits.

In a way, Ye Shenyue is a very gentle person.His tenderness is shown by how cruel he can be.

He can kill those pathetic experimental subjects every day, but he can stay by L's side every day.

For human beings, life has different weights.

To the devil, every human being is like nothing.

L began to feel the pain in his body deepening day by day, as if being tied to a cross and roasting.This is how the churches treated wizards in the past.If the alchemist goes too far, he will also be punished in this way.However, this piece of land has not had such a thing for many years.Because alchemists who can summon demons disappeared about a hundred years ago.

If these records are true, then Ye Shenyue is more than just a degree of genius.He must have some kind of destiny.

It's ridiculous that such a man can't tell what his wish is.He conducted a futile experiment, in vain to make L suffer such pain.There is no reason and no reason for this, life is so impermanent.

He woke up from the nightmare again, his body was still in pain, and the night outside the window had already fallen.The windows were wide open, and the cool summer night breeze infiltrated into the room, dispelling the burning breath in the lungs a little.

He suddenly felt some water stains on his face.Someone bent down and kissed his forehead.Even though that kiss had carried enough heat, it still made people feel cool when it fell on the forehead.Ye Shenyue knelt beside him, lowered her head, hugged him in an almost humble posture, and kissed him.The moonlight silently fell on the neck of the young man's protruding neck.

It was clear from what he did that he was completely powerless.

He is desperate.

After kissing L, Yuefu whispered in his ear.

"The price... what is it?"

"What price..."

"The price I pay for summoning demons. That's what it says in the books. I thought... there would always be something..."

For example, being captured and tied to a cross for barbecue.At the beginning, he thought about this possibility.But if that's the case, let them try.Yue is not afraid of the church, those are just ordinary, stupid humans.

If L hadn't lost his memory, he would probably have taken something from him as a demon.He has many things that can be exchanged, such as his mind, his appearance, his wealth, knowledge, luck...

It's just that there is one thing that Yue never thinks she owns, and never thinks that this thing can be a price.

"L, what do you want me to give you?" he said, tears still welling from his eyes. "What kind of deal did you show up with me? I don't understand anymore..."

Unexpectedly, a faint smile appeared on the already weak L's face.Every time he laughed, he looked so fragile that he could be blown away by the wind.

"Probably, it's just to make you cry."

Heartless words from the dying.

Yue couldn't tell how he made it to morning, but he only knew that when he managed to wake up, it was already daylight.He still holds L, that strange sick demon who came into the world for no reason and mourns for him for no reason.But when he was most desperate, he smiled at him again.

It would be too easy if the price was just tears.However, he didn't quite know what happened, he could only feel that the breathing of the person in his arms gradually stabilized, and his body temperature seemed to drop.

Seems like... it's starting to get better.

So what the hell happened last night?Did he hear the god he prayed to in a hurry?

no, I can not.Yue thought mockingly, gods are selfish and narrow-minded, they wouldn't save people like themselves.

Although he still didn't fully understand it, he felt much more at ease.After taking care of L carefully, he went out to see his laboratory.

During this time, he still didn't do anything. L's illness disrupted all his steps, and his subsequent research made no progress at all.Those animals just died in vain.Thinking of this, Yue actually felt a little regretful.These things are not works that can be accepted by the world, and must be disposed of.Yue gathered the discarded experimental items together, burned them, and buried them on the river bank a little further away.As for those experimental results, they also found a box and buried them.

These things happened in seven days, but neither Yue nor L understood their significance.

A short time later, an envoy from the lord arrived.After learning that the experiment Yue wanted to try failed, it was obvious that his face became gloomy.

"I tried some interesting things, though." Light said, taking a bottle of gray-black viscous liquid from his shelf. "This is what I made yesterday, a bottle of hair dye."

"...hair dye?"

"As you know, to change a person's hair color, just take a brush and apply it evenly on the hair..."

"Are you fooling me and my lord as idiots!!!" the messenger roared.

In fact, that's right.

L, who was squatting leisurely by the side, thought calmly, and finished eating a whole piece of cake.It's been a long time since I tried such a sweet taste, and he felt very satisfied.

If there was any problem, when the messenger left, he suddenly gave the two people a meaningful look, but Yue didn't notice it at all.He just tore off the mask of gentleness and politeness quickly after the nasty bastard finally got out.

"It's a pity, if he agrees, I will give him the burning potion." He looked out of the window at the road maliciously.

"You won't. At least not in such an obvious harm."

Yue withdrew his gaze, then smiled: "Do you really think that a gentle and harmless person would summon demons back then?"

L tilted his head and looked at him silently.

Yue went around behind and hugged him.Since that day, Yue has not concealed such intimacy.Judging from the sense of experience, this guy suddenly became inexplicably clingy.Well, it's not annoying, it just makes L feel a little confused.

"Actually, I've always wanted to destroy the world," he said.

"Why? Is there anything wrong with this world?"

Obviously this world has sweets, moonlight through windows, shady valleys, festivals full of laughter, and enthusiastic people.

"I don't know... I just want to do it." He whispered in L's ear like a coquettish cat.It would be the sweetest voice in the world if the content of the words were not considered. "Just wanted to try..."

"Then thank you for not doing it until now." L seemed helpless, so he sighed.During this period of time, he felt that his position was suddenly reversed, and he became the guardian of Ye Shenyue.

"Actually... so far, it seems that no alchemist has made such a deal with the devil. Those stupid guys only desire money or eternal life, but in the end they were played by the devil and got nothing. Those people used What you come to trade is your most important thing."

"..."

"But, what is the most important thing for human beings? Only you demons know such things. Are you the same? Know what is the most important thing to me, and then take it, and play with me in the palm of your hand."

"I didn't do that."

"If you had... I wouldn't feel that way."

long silence.

L suddenly turned his head at a 45-degree angle, looking at the person holding him behind him: "So, what is the most important thing to you?"

"...?"

"If it's chastity, I won't refuse it if you give it to me."

Yue was stunned.