animal ears

?The first time I came into contact with the word "death" deeply, I felt only pain.

As Cole thought about it, his body was gradually losing strength. It was very cold, but the place where the blood was bleeding was so warm. He was not dead yet, but there was nothing he could do.

Cole opened his eyes and kept looking up at the sky. The raindrops falling from the cloudy sky fell into the eyeballs, causing pain, and then the rainwater remained along the corners of the eyes, but it was hot. , I thought I was crying.

Crying because it hurts.

The chest pierced by the sharp stone pillar made him unable to land, so he was suspended in mid-air, the gushing blood was carried by the rain down the stone pillar, his whole body began to feel cold, the smell of blood filled the tip of his nose, and his fingers began to feel cold. Lost consciousness, just feel very cold, the heart hurts from the cold, and the consciousness of the cold is extremely clear.

Cole opened his eyes again, looking at the high cliff.

Ah, that's right, that's where I fell from.

How did it fall?

Ah... I slipped and fell down.

I'm really useless, I can fall down like this, no wonder Tyson doesn't like me.

Cole stared motionlessly at the cliff beyond the rain and fog. In fact, he couldn't see anything, but he still wanted to see it. He was full of thoughts about Tyson, the most powerful orc in the village, who he liked since he was a child, and the future His patriarch, and his own partner.

In fact, the partner is just because of the child relatives. After Cole's parents died, Uncle Allie, the best friend of Cole's mother and father, adopted him, and Tyson was Allie's child. I like Cole very much, and hope that Cole can form a partner with his own children when he grows up. Of course, Cole thinks so too, but Tyson doesn't like Cole.

Tyson has always been indifferent to Cole, and even connived his younger brother Norman to bully Cole all the time.

Cole has been enduring it, he never thought of giving up, he remembered that Uncle Allie told him that the orcs would be nice to the female after they form a partner, so he has been enduring it, even when Tyson said contemptuously in front of others When I am a "monster", I can still face it with a smile.

However, if you don't like something, you will never like it.

How obvious it was that Tyson didn't like himself!

Cole laughed desperately. When Tyson courted the female in person at the Fire Dance Festival, he had no dignity at all and had no choice but to leave. He found this place to relax, but he didn't expect to fall off the cliff.

I am dead.

Cole thought seriously.

However, that's fine too.

Thinking of the whispers of the people in the village when he left, and Tyson's still mocking, indifferent and contemptuous eyes, it was like a knife piercing into his heart.The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Although Cole's throat was choked with pain, he still bit his lips, resisting the urge to cry bitterly, as if leaving the last trace of dignity for himself.

There's no reason to endure it for so long, and end up crying over someone who abandoned him.

Cole persisted so stubbornly.

The rain is still falling, taking away the remaining body temperature, washing away the flowing blood and hastening his death, but Cole seems very calm, no one will come under this towering cliff, let alone know I am about to die here.

Except for those hungry beasts attracted by the smell of blood.

He seemed to be able to hear the sound of their galloping footsteps, and he could also hear the terrifying sound of his body being torn into pieces. He couldn't escape, he couldn't struggle, and he knew that he would become the food of wild beasts in a short time. It was also clear that soon he would have no more pain.

Be it body or mind.

There will be nothing left of me except a pile of bones.

Tyson should be happy, right?

Cole slightly bent the corners of his mouth, and the bubble-like memories made him smile bitterly. The pain and tears were finally uncontrollable until the last moment, but his heart was dead, his consciousness slowly dissipated, and the rain seemed to be getting worse and worse. Big, the smell of blood mixed in the soil was washed away by the rain...

When I opened my eyes, I thought I was dreaming.

Cole sat up abruptly, touched his chest, and it turned out to be intact, but the next moment he felt a sharp pain in his arm. Cole turned his head to look, and at some point, his arm was bruised a lot. block, with some healing herbs applied to it.

but……

Cole looked at his hands in surprise.

got smaller?

Looking at his hands and body in disbelief, before Cole could understand what was going on, someone came over, and he looked up in surprise. It was a gray-faced little orc who seemed to be about the same age as him.

The little orc's expression was displeased, perhaps because he was dissatisfied that Cole looked at him stupidly, the furry animal ears on the top of the little orc's head trembled, then curled his lips, snorted, and threw all the fruits in his arms on the Cole on the bed, and then made a gesture to leave.

Cole blinked, looked at the back of the little orc who dropped the fruit and remained silent.

Suddenly, the little orc who came to the door turned around, turned back, stood upright in front of Cole, folded his arms, and snorted, "Hey, ugly, you seem to be very quiet today."

Ugly?

By the way, even though she is a female, she was born with animal ears that only male beasts have, so everyone regards herself as a monster, and has all kinds of strange names.

But that was a childhood thing.

Could it be... have you returned to your childhood?

While thinking about it, the little orc who was a little angry because Cole ignored it suddenly became irritable, pointed at Cole angrily and said, "Although I tricked you into falling into the pit, it's because you are stupid that you fell into it." , if my parents asked me to come and apologize to you, I wouldn't want to talk to you!"

Mother and father?pit?Apologize?

Raising his head, Cole couldn't help asking, "Well, who are you?"

"..."

The little orc took a breath, blinked his round eyes and looked at himself for a while, then suddenly moved his whole face closer, and asked Cole with his eyebrows frowned: "Hey, ugly, you don't even know me anymore Bar?"

Cole shook his head.

Eyes met for a moment, the little orc gritted his teeth suddenly, turned around and ran out, leaving behind Cole who didn't know why.

After a while, Cole got up from the bed. The surrounding furnishings were very familiar. He was in his own room at Uncle Eli’s house. Cole clutched his aching arm and walked to the bucket beside the bed, looking down at the reflection in the water. , immediately opened his eyes wide, with an unbelievable look on his face.

It was my childhood self.

It was like a dream, I... really got smaller?

In fact, that little orc looks familiar, but Cole really can't remember where he saw him, and he rarely recalls the past, especially when he was a child, because he was bullied and had no friends.

Maybe it was a child I met when I was a child?

But forget it, even if they met, they were still bullying themselves, so there was no need to think too much about it.

Cole comforted himself in this way.

Sitting back on the bed again, Cole touched his chest subconsciously, the feeling of "death" still lingered in his chest, maybe it was too deep, Cole couldn't ignore the feeling of dying in despair, even thinking about it could make him feel suffocated .

An inexplicable pain in the chest, followed by a sad self-mockery.

"Do you want to do it again?" Cole said to himself, clutching his arm. ?