A girl's weak voice came from the side. Su Mingan, who was squatting on the ground, turned his head and saw Jasmine covering her head and slowly opening her eyes.

He saw a pure blue sea in her eyes.

"I'm..." She was a little confused. She looked at the green liquid flowing on her body, and then at Su Ming'an who was watching her. She was a little timid, but also a little surprised and called out softly:

"God...sir?"

"I am not your god." Su Mingan said: "The god is dead, and your belief is yourself."

Jasmine shrank slightly. She didn't understand the meaning of his words, but she knew that the man in front of her appeared in the ancestral hall on her wedding night. He had touched her and saved her.

My father said that gods have extremely powerful power and can easily save anyone.

Her father also said that the gods would appear in the ancestral hall that night and take her away to live a happy life.

The existence in front of me was exactly the same as the god described by my father.

He married a god.

She didn't see anyone except the person in front of her.

——Then he is his own god.

Jasmine thought this way.

Su Mingan looked at this pious girl.

He saw right through her - she was a superstitious person whose beliefs were forced upon her by her father, Mitchell.

She didn't know why she believed it, nor how to love someone. Just because her father said it, she did it, and she always believed that his words were right, even taking them out of context.

Because of her simplicity, she is shockingly stubborn.

Su Ming'an looked at the pure and bright eyes of the person in front of him, and remembered what Salina said before leaving:

[Bori - You need to stabilize her, Jasmine cannot die, nor can she leave this ancestral hall.]

[She is no longer an ordinary girl. She does not need food or water and can survive in a coffin. But she can commit suicide.]

[Once she dies, the ghost will find another, still living body, absorb his soul, restore its power, and continue to be its god. It will issue a decree to keep Trilli in eternal fear.]

[Jasmine cannot die, even if she lives like a ghost, she must live.]

【What you have to do is to give her hope and prevent her from committing suicide.】

[After dealing with her, seal the ancestral hall and don’t allow anyone to break in. You need to take away the dragon head crutch, become the next mayor of Trilli, and find the true god we lost. 】

【I am already old, so old that my hair turns gray.】

[Even the familiar smell of the medicine is gradually fading in my perception...]

[Perhaps because of my devout faith, I will be lucky enough to be able to leave a spirit body that can continue to protect Trili like other great people in Trili.]

[But I am about to die, even if I have done all this, I will be tortured by ghosts day and night. 】

[I know that it is too heavy to entrust everything to you, a person who has just returned home.]

【However, I still ask you to accept this responsibility.】

[The gods once told me that there will be twelve travelers who will change our destiny and come to save us...]

【Please, hold on until that time, and then,】

【Free Trilli from eternal damnation.】

…

Su Mingan looked at this girl.

She was looking at herself, with longing for love and reverence for the gods in her eyes.

Jasmine seemed to want to speak, a girlish blush gradually appeared on her face, her fingers were holding on to the somewhat tattered wedding dress, and her golden jewelry was dazzling.

Su Mingan remembered Serena's words.

…

【Give her hope and let her live】

[——Even if it is just like a ghost, alone in the ancestral hall without seeing the light of day, until it completely rots].

…

This is the most important and cruel thing he has to do.

He stood up, and the girl held on to his trousers tightly, as if holding on to hope.

"——Where are you going?" Jasmine asked.

"I'm going to town to deal with Trilli's affairs." Su Mingan touched her head.

"will you come back?"

"Yes." Su Ming'an nodded: "I will come back to you after I finish handling Trili's affairs - before that, don't step out of the ancestral hall and live a good life, you know?"

Jasmine's hands gradually tightened.

Su Mingan felt Jasmine approaching her. When he turned around, he saw the girl in a blood-red wedding dress hugging his arm tightly.

"I will wait for you until you come back," she said.

She didn't seem to ask many questions, and she didn't seem to care about her situation. When she looked at him, her eyes were as bright as stars.

"But, before that, can you admit it, can you tell me, can you promise me something?"

"What?"

"——Are you my god?"

Her pupils were dyed with passion, and her eyes were always pure.

Because she was too simple, she sought his answer as if she were seeking a truth. She was a fanatic, but not a fanatic.

She was looking at him with the eagerness of a new life in her eyes.

...She no longer lives for her father's words.

But live for your own heart.

She recognized the young man in front of her as her god, and for this reason she would become a ghost wandering in the ancestral hall, forever lost.

——But, perhaps, she will also become the most determined and devout pilgrim.

Su Mingan looked at her.

Just as he was about to speak, his eyes were dazzled by a bright light.

His sight was slightly slanted, and he saw a touch of golden color in the gloomy darkness.

——It’s the rising sun.

Light but warm, it poured in from the window, leaving a bright golden color in the girl's eyes, dyeing the cold coffin and countless tablets with warmth.

The night has faded.

…

——She has seen the dawn as she wished.

…

Su Ming'an failed to say the words.

The next moment, the scene in front of him froze.

Bo Li's somewhat leisurely voice sounded.

He had heard this voice before, with a hint of the vicissitudes of time.

——So much like the mayor Mitchell who greeted them.

…

【——I am Bury. Bury Mitchell, a wanderer returning home from a long journey.】

【I became her god.】

[Perhaps, she will be imprisoned in this ancestral hall forever, like a ghost that lives in darkness forever.]

[But I no longer have to send away new girls, and I no longer have to watch them die.]

[——Even if this comes at the expense of the girl in front of me. 】

[The minority obeys the majority, and small righteousness obeys great righteousness. What my father said is right.]

【I am just a naive child. I should obey my father’s beliefs.】

[I am the rebellious child Pori, and I will atone for my sins from the gods. I will take over my father's crutch and continue to protect my dear Trilli.]

【We are pilgrims with firm faith, but also ghosts who do not want to leave our homeland.】

[We burn ourselves like fire, burning up all our lives and emotions... In this hot land surrounded by faith, the warmth comes from the burning of ourselves.]

【And among the embers.】
To be continued...