deep clouds and thick fog

Weekends are said to be good days to clean.

So taking advantage of the good weather, the ten-year-old Alphonse took out the sundries accumulated in the old house and sorted out what should be thrown away. Finally, he saw a black box about half a meter away.

Huh... where did this come from?

There is a faint impression in the memory, but it is not complete, it seems to be a gift from a friend of the mother, and inside...

"Crack."

The dusty lock was opened, and the silver-haired doll was sleeping quietly inside. It was different from the dolls I had seen before. This one was more delicate, but it looked like a baby.

That's why they were forgotten by the two brothers—it's not a girl, who would like a baby doll?

But seeing it lying so silently, there was an indescribably strange feeling. Alphonse took it to the sun to dry it, and the doll's skin felt translucent under the sun.

What a cute little guy.

The neck-length silver hair is incredibly soft, and the facial features are extremely detailed. It wears a black eyepatch and wears a somewhat nondescript black uniform—the childish appearance of a baby and the mature uniform form a kind of Weird aura.

Alphonse couldn't help laughing, who put this doll in such clothes?But it feels strangely fitting...

"Al~! Come and help!"

Edward's voice came, he responded and hurried to pick up his brother.

And on the sunny open space, an illusory figure emerged, with silver hair and golden eyes, and an inconceivably striking resemblance to a doll in appearance.He picked up the doll and poked it, a mischievous grin on his face.

"It's really well done... As expected of a human being who can create seven such dolls in the future, Sa, accept my gift, my lovely Yun..."

The puppet fell to the ground, and the phantom with golden pupils had disappeared.

It was clear that the sky was still sunny and sunny, but when night fell, it began to rain.

Under the light of candlelight, two children who lost their mothers are conducting a long-planned formation.

Human body refining is a taboo for alchemists, but the two children don't care, they just want to find their lost mother.

"let's start."

The elder brother said, following the younger brother's nod, two pairs of immature hands pressed on the forming formation.

A strong light emerged, sweeping around, and the two children had expressions of joy on their faces.And in a corner they didn't notice, the black box began to vibrate, and purple light emerged.

"what!"

The golden light turned into crimson, and the only younger brother was taken away in the blood, and he also paid the price, with mutilated limbs dripping with blood.

Children cry out in mourning, is it remorse?Still unwilling?The fog dissipated, and a figure was blurred. Edward looked at the figure vaguely, and the look of anticipation, the moment he saw it clearly, turned into the deepest pain...

It was a tangled body, a monster that was not created by nature!

The principle of equivalent exchange is balance. If you want to get it, you must pay...

Human body refining is a taboo that must not be touched!

In the night sky, the child's mournful cry sounded.

*********

When Rin woke up, she found herself lying in a small closed space.

He stretched out his hand, intending to tear this place apart with a bone blade, but he was greatly surprised by the depletion of the fog-attribute flames in his body. Without the support of the fog-attribute, the bone could not be manifested, so he could only push around hard. It was difficult to open the top.

Tsk, even the strength of the body seems to have dropped...

The scene outside surprised the monster, regardless of the environment that seemed to be swept by a storm, what he saw was enough to make him frown.

Why did everything I saw get bigger?

No, it's not that the surroundings have become bigger, but the body itself has become smaller.

He looked at his petite limbs expressionlessly, the appearance of a baby he hadn't seen for a long time, no wonder he couldn't use his strength, it was the bastard's rainbow curse... The pacifier was hanging on his chest, and the chain was heavy, probably because it was forced to drive it earlier , That's why the fog attribute flames of oneself are exhausted to nothingness.

It seems that he can only recover slowly... But as long as he thinks that the status quo can only maintain the appearance of this child, and cannot use illusion to create an adult state for himself, Rin has the urge to scratch the wall.

...so bad.

He shook his clothes. It was strange that he was still in the original black uniform. Without thinking about it, he stepped out of the box, only to be picked up from behind.

The silver-haired, golden-eyed phantom smiled and rocked the baby as if playing.

"Rin, you look so cute."

Rin has a subtle feeling of "going away with a mushroom and another bastard".

Kicking back, soaring into the air, doing a beautiful somersault and landing on the ground, he looked at the phantom with an appearance similar to his adult appearance, it looked fine before, but seeing it now, it really made him unhappy.

Who told him he was still a baby now?

"What are you doing here again?"

"Of course I came to play with you."

"……roll."

"So unfeeling~ You still owe me a favor~"

The guy pretended to hold his face, and put on a sad look. Rin felt that talking to him was a waste of time, so he raised his hand to look at Mare's ring—huh?

There is nothing in the hand, the cornerstone of the world is gone.

A cold touch came from his face, and the phantom had come to him before he knew it, bent down and reached out to touch Rin's cheek, and took off the black blindfold before the monster was furious.

The feeling of seeing the light again is a bit exciting... Rin blinked, physical tears slid down his cheeks, he raised his hand to touch his left eye, how...he recovered?

Phantom spoke words similar to Dragon God.

"The cornerstone of the world, the ring is just its most basic state...but now it is your cornerstone, so it will naturally appear in the most suitable posture for you."

The most suitable posture... Could it be the eyeballs?

"By the way, Rin, your current body is specially made for you by the puppeteer. Pay attention to maintenance, and don't be burned by fire..."

How happy Phantom laughed, how much Rin wanted to hit him, the body of the puppet?

The sound of heavy footsteps came from far to near, Phantom suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, and interest flashed in his golden pupils.

"Well, that's the end of the story, I still have something to ask, Rin has to work hard~"

The figure disappeared, and the silver-haired puppet had blue veins on its forehead, but after all, there was no way to kill that bastard. He could only look back at the armored man with a dull (?) face, and flung a piece of glass at hand impatiently.

"who are you?"

The puppet occupying the magpie's nest, facing the original owner of the room + body, asked very cruelly.

And Alphonse, who lost his body and could only rely on the armor, was dumbfounded, God, it's only been a day... the doll is alive? !

This world is really fantastic, hahaha...

Then, he looked at the glass inserted into the wall deeply, and couldn't laugh anymore.

Nima, this is a baby, baby, even a doll is still a baby!

********

He lost his limbs because of the human body, but for the sake of the future, Edward decided to install mechanical prosthetics.

This process is very painful, and the nerves are connected one by one.The blond child struggled on the operating table, groaning in pain.

Alphonse wanted to go in, but was kicked out. He crouched outside the door, listening to his brother's low voice inside.

"This kind of pain, compared with him..."

The young man with only his soul left felt a dull pain in his heart, but the liquid called tears could no longer flow.

He even lost the right to cry.

But... no resentment.

The baby doll sitting by the window stared at Alphonse with blue eyes, and he listened to the sound from inside, whispering rare compliments.

"Your brother is not bad."

Pain... Oh, pain, the most unbearable and most endurable thing for human beings.

And Alphonse smiled wryly, and replied in a proud tone.

"Because...he is my brother."

"yes."

Rin looked out the window, it was pitch black, and a dark purple light flashed in his left eye.

This world is really amazing.

Different from the previous experience, the power of alchemy made Rin very curious, so he simply stayed with the Alphonse brothers and learned about the world through them.

He is not in a hurry, firstly, he needs time to understand Mare's new state, secondly, he has a premonition that this world will bring him surprises.

That bastard's phantom came again later, but this time he threw the pine cone left behind by Rin, and the little guy rushed over when he saw Rin, squeaking how pitiful it was.Rin stroked it and whispered to the pet.

"Won't leave you behind."

Phantom smiled and narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was laughing at.For the sake of him sending the pine cones, Rin no longer chased people away directly, but signaled with his eyes that the other party could go away.

The phantom said that I don't understand, I just don't understand~

Thick-skinned, can be called unique.

"Rin, speaking of which, you don't know my name yet. You can call me Fubo~ This is a nickname that only Rin can call me."

...Can you be a little more shameless?

Facing such a shameless guy, either beat him until he can't speak, or ignore him and make him feel bored.The former Rin couldn't reach it for the time being, and the latter, after Rin calmly listened to the guy's nagging and then slept peacefully, finally drove the other party away.

Is it really a god?Thick-skinned than ordinary people, even the degree of nagging is unique?

Rin sincerely feels sad for species like gods...

*******

The next day, Rin appeared in front of Alphonse refreshed with his pet.

Alphonse is very curious about the little squirrel that suddenly appeared, and the pinecone also has a good impression of Alphonse.Rin calmly watched one person and one mouse scurrying around and fighting, and then began to think about the issue of Mare's ring.

Mare's ring, the cornerstone of the world, represents the wonders of the parallel world.Rin sorted out her thoughts, intending to find out the reason for her time travel.

The first time he crossed, he shared the curse of Viper, and then the ring of Mare was opened, and he wore it.

It's worth pondering here. He always felt that there was a problem with the opening of the ring. Don't tell him that Mare and the Curse of the Rainbow have half a dime relationship. It can't be that they contradict each other, right?

And the places he crosses are also very strange.

Mare's ring represented the parallel world, and he might understand it if it was said to be in the parallel world.But why is it a slightly different place from the original world?

In Muye Village, the power is ninja; in a world where monsters and humans coexist, there are still gods.And then it was even more strange to come to history. He saw the eighth generation of Vengley, saw the fog guard of the first generation of Vengley, and was played around by that guy-thinking about it, he felt bad again.

And now, he came to a world of alchemy.

I really don't understand... the more I think about it, the more confused I get.

Sure enough, Moira is good at information and so on. Rin misses his lovely subordinate very much at this time, and doesn't know what happened to that little girl.

Still, it's going to be great.

Trusting his goddess of fate so much, the little baby sketched a shallow smile.Those blue eyes were as calm as water, and in the depths of the left eye transformed by Mare, purple light flickered.

Edward insisted on becoming a national alchemist, because there might be a way to help his brother recover his body, and Alphonse couldn't let go of his brother, determined to accompany him.

Rin thought about it and decided to go with them. He is very curious about alchemy. Maybe he can find information about Mare?

Well...it seems unlikely.

Alphonse and Edward burned their own homes, with the intention of cutting off the fetters, and also feeling like cutting back.The fierce fire shone on his face, which was a warm orange color, and Edward's golden eyes were as firm and cold as steel.

That's fine... that's the kind of will you need.

So the two brothers added a doll and a squirrel, and they started the journey.