Chu Tong saw a glimmer of light in the dark mud.

Very weak. If it was in another place, he would never be able to see it, but here... In the endless darkness, a faint light was more dazzling than anywhere else.[]

He wanted to sink like this. He didn't want to endure the pain anymore, nor did he want to see the person he loved suffer. He escaped from being unwilling to face it, hoping to become a doll, and let the darkness wipe out all his thinking.

But looking at the faint but still insisting on shaking in the darkness and trying to illuminate the light ahead, Chu Tong's eyes, which had been slightly closed, slowly opened. His body was still pierced by the black sharp thorns, but he could not feel the pain at all.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed the light, as if he wanted to hold it in his hand. So he heard some subtle sounds in this deadly place, very familiar.

The light gradually amplified and the sound became clearer. He listened carefully and it was the sound of the piano.

The song is also a song that I am very familiar with.

There must be people ahead of you who you want to meet, and people you have to meet no matter what.

Thinking of this, he reached out and held the black sharp thorn inserted in front of his chest, and then pulled it out with force.

The severe pain came without warning, and the wound that was not in the pain once again made him feel in pain.

Black blood gushed out, but the light became brighter and gradually filled Chu Tong's vision.

He endured the pain, reached out his hand again, pulled out the black sharp thorn on his body, and then there was another severe pain, and blood splashed out again, and the light became more full.

He didn't stop because Chu Tong knew that if he stopped moving because of his timidity, he would never have the courage to pull out the sharp thorn on his body. In order to see someone behind the light, he did not care about everything and never feared.

He originally didn't care about his life, but because of Sally Ellis he understood that the existence of life must have meaning.

He originally thought he could not bring happiness to others, but because of the welcome party at the Hori Shrine, he realized that he could do such a great thing.

He originally thought that no matter how hard he struggled, he would not be recognized, but when he faced the emperor for the second time, the appearance of the master craftsmen made him know that he had finally established an intersection.

He originally thought that he would not be able to find a place to live, but Feng Jian Youxiang clearly told him that he was her younger brother, and that she was his place to live.

...

After understanding so much, are you still a coward who is unwilling to face the facts?

He took a step forward, and the black sharp thorn on one foot was pulled out. The pain almost made him kneel to the ground, but he still stood shakingly, so he took another foot.

There was still a swaying splattering blood. Although he was covered in scars and his body was wet with blood, all the thorns that trapped him were pulled out. Without any hesitation, he stepped forward towards the light ahead.

So, gentle light filled the eyes and graceful piano sounds lingered around the ears.

"Sister Yan Yan...Sally Elle..."

The black lava pool is covered with cooled rocks under its feet.

Looking around, black thorns soared into the sky, and black aura kept surging out of it, forming new thorns growing upwards crazily.

Sharp spikes penetrate the rocks and shatter many small stones.

Sally Aier floated in the center of the lava pool, wrapped in a thick black aura, splitting countless black chains from her body, connecting countless black thorns.

Not far from Chu Tong is Jian Yanyan. She was sitting in front of the treasure [Cui Si's Four-Handed Joint Play], playing a song that Chu Tong is very familiar with.

When I was learning to compose music, the piano piece I composed was dubbed by Chu Tong and Yan Yan Sister [experience pain, then step forward].

Alice sat behind Chu Tong, her eyes lost.

How did it become like this?

Chu Tong began to think hard about the memory fragments in his mind, and couldn't even care about the joy of seeing Sister Yan Yan.

Finally, I remembered it... It was when I was absorbing the black aura. Sally Elle, who didn't want to be annihilated by negative emotions, finally took action, repelling the black aura from Chu Tong's body, and then guiding him. The black aura then turned into black thorns and broke through some kind of seal.

Is it my fault?

Chu Tong, who had just recovered from his awakening, had a confused mind and subconsciously fell to the ground.

At this time, I heard the sound of the piano.

Chu Tong subconsciously looked up at Sister Yan Yan whom he had been thinking about day and night. He found that the person had come to him.

He looked at the delicate face. Jian Yanyan seemed to want to say something serious, but as she looked at Chu Tong, there was only a gentleness left between her eyebrows: "It's not okay to not cheer up. So many girls have sacrificed for you. As a boy, shouldn't we take responsibility for this?"

"But, I can't beat Yakumo and can't think of a way to save Sally Aier. Lian Sakiya and Meihong, so I can only watch them helplessly..."

As Chu Tong spoke, he was happy to see Sister Yan Yan again, Sally Elle's regret for making sacrifices because of herself, watching Sakiya and Meihong fall in front of her helplessness and grief, as well as apologize for Alice, all of this turned into various contradictions and swept the 17-year-old boy.

"Sister Yan Yan! I'm so painful..." He cried like a child: "I like you, Sally Elle, Sakiya and Meihong, I like everyone very much... But I can't protect you. I hate such a powerless self, and I hate such a helpless self, but I have tried to save something, want to save you, want to kill the monster for Sakiya, want to watch Sakiya quietly make black tea, want to quarrel with Meihong, and... but... but..."

He paused, then hugged the person in front of him and buried his head in her arms. Jian Yanyan also hugged Chu Tong's head, and there was a little sadness on her face.

"But... I can do nothing except cry."

Jian Yanyan smiled softly, and she stroked the head of the boy she loved: "Do you really like Sakiya and Meihong? If so, of course you can't do anything to cry."

"I like them, I have liked them for a long time. I just escaped and didn't dare to say it..." Chu Tong said this, feeling his heart ache again: "Hey, Sister Yan Yan, tell me, how can I not suffer? How can I not hurt others? How can I save others?"

Jian Yanyan gently helped Chu Tong's head up, looked at the boy who was still crying on his face, and then wiped the tears on his face: "I'm still a crying guy... If I want to avoid pain, not hurt others, and save others...then..."

She closed her eyes and smiled, then opened her eyes and looked at Chu Tong: "Then be someone who can smile when you are in pain."

Jian Yanyan touched Chu Tong's face, then reached out and pointed behind Chu Tong. Chu Tong looked back and saw Saki Ye and Mei Hong slowly kneeling up from the ground, like a miracle.

Chu Tong rolled and crawled towards the two of them, with tears on his face, and hugged the two who had not yet reacted in his arms. Then he seemed to remember something and immediately looked back.

There was nothing behind him, and there was a treasure [Cui Si's four-handed joint]. In short, Yan seemed to have never existed.

Just that, it disappeared.

Sister Yan Yan…

Chu Tong hugged Sakiya and Meihong, who had not yet come back to their senses, and cried in a low voice.

Immediately afterwards, he let go of the two people who were gradually blushing on their faces, wiped away the tears on their faces, and raised his head and all that was left in his eyes was a firm look. He looked at Sally Aier and Yakumo Zi on Sally Aier's side, and picked up the Sword of the Misty Rain from the ground.

Experience the pain and then move forward.
Chapter completed!