The well-dressed little Loli sat in her room, and beside her, a nightingale-like bird was singing.

It conveys His Majesty's message.

She opened the drawer and found a dagger studded with ruby ​​stones lying quietly inside. When she pulled it out, she saw her young face reflected on the surface of the dagger.

She slowly walked out of the door holding the dagger, walked through the silent corridor, and stepped on the scarlet carpet. As she slowly went up the stairs, she heard the sound of something dragging the ground.

She walked up the stairs and saw the wide open door of the innermost room, where a person fell. Even in the darkest night, she could see clearly the blood splattered on the ground through the dim light.

She approached slowly, the ruby ​​​​on the dagger glowing brightly. As she walked through this corridor, her long palace dress dragged the floor and made a slight friction sound with the carpet, which was very obvious in the quiet night.

The man who fell on the ground raised his head slightly, revealing a face full of blood, and a blood-red mark on his shoulder.

"Are you here...to kill me?"

Even though his face was covered with blood, he still smiled, and his tone of questioning seemed to be normal.

Hui Shuhang slowly knelt down and approached him.

"Yes."

"I thought you could take me to escape." He said, "After all, when I opened my eyes, it was you who I saw."

"I have been by your side for more than ten years."

"Really?" he said, with blood flowing down the corners of his mouth, looking quite weak: "...can you talk to me, before I die?"

Hui Shuhang held the dagger tightly, and then she approached him again, sat next to him, and threw away the dagger in her hand.

The dagger fell on the carpet, the gem shining coldly.

She stared at the empty corridor in silence, and then, her eyes fell on his shoulder.

There was a blood-red mark there, and she recognized it as a curse mark branded by His Majesty. Anyone who was branded would die within two hours.

…She doesn’t even need to take action.

"How long have I been here?"

She suddenly heard his question.

"Have you forgotten?" Hui Shuhang said slowly: "You have been here since you were a child."

"Never been out?"

"With my company, yes, have you forgotten?" She said: "I have always taken care of you, and I know everything about you."

"I really didn't expect..." He sighed slightly: "I have done so much for the main army. At the end, when the experiment was almost completed, the first person Your Majesty wanted to kill was actually me. I thought he would at least

Will keep me until my coming-of-age ceremony."

"...Maybe it's because you went to see him today."

"What's wrong?" he asked immediately.

"Your Majesty, he is also hesitating. Maybe it was something you said that made him make up his mind in advance."

"That's right." He nodded, looking a little regretful: "...what should I say."

Hui Shuhang did not answer.

Maybe she was restless herself.

"Tell me." She heard his voice: "Your Majesty, why on earth did he send me to the altar?"

"——Because of the future." She also heard her own voice, like a puppet that could only answer. Perhaps it was too sad that she couldn't feel what she was answering: "Your existence will make the world have variables.

, your bloodline... itself is the source of the world's disaster. You may be unwilling to change something through your experiment... but Your Majesty can't wait for the day when the experiment succeeds. It is necessary to eliminate the disaster in advance.

Your Majesty’s choice.”

"What am I?"

"You are an evil dragon, you are a child with the blood of an evil dragon." Hui Shuhang said: "It is a disaster, it is an evil spirit, it is a variable that should not exist, it is a curse that presses on the heads of living beings, no matter you are alive,

Whether you are alive or dead, the moment you are sent to the altar, the world will be at peace."

"……I see."

Su Mingan completely understood.

His Majesty’s favorability score of 95 points is true.

His Majesty may really have feelings for him, allowing him to live until he is sacrificed on the altar, but in the eyes of that ruler, maintaining the stability of the world is far more important than just one person.

When he knew that he might have the intention of escaping from control, His Majesty did not give him a chance to live for the remaining nine days, but directly killed him.

"It turns out that I am not the future." Su Mingan said: "Kill me, and you will be the future."

"That's right."

She heard him coughing up blood. The man in front of her was getting weaker and weaker. He only had a few minutes left in his life.

"……how about you?"

She heard his voice.

"...If one day, you suddenly don't want to send me to the altar, and you want to take me away, what kind of situation will that be?" he asked.

Hui Shuhang thought carefully for a while.

"That won't happen."

Even in this situation, the little Loli was still elegant. She was sitting next to him, and her skirt was not stained with any blood. Under the faint light, her wine-red eyes were full of determination:

"Although I have watched you grow up and respect you very much, I have already made up my mind. Everyone has their own final destiny and accept it calmly... This is what we can do in this world.

The only thing."

"I mean, what if?" Su Mingan asked.

"..."

Hui Shuhang was silent for a while.

She lowered her head, as if she was deep in thought. Then, when she raised her head again, there was a hint of confusion in her eyes:

"...That's possible." She said, slowly picking up the dagger that fell on the ground.

The gems sparkle beautifully.

"...Maybe I fell in love with you."

She came close to him and whispered in his ear:

"Listen up - love is a very complicated thing. It's crazy and incredible. If I can love you so much that I abandon all my beliefs and responsibilities for you, then I will take you away at any cost.

, I will do whatever it takes to keep you alive, even if I will die."

Su Mingan carefully recalled the last week's meeting with Hui Shuhang. When she wanted to take him to escape, her eyes were so hot and crazy. When she looked over, she had an unprecedented desire, like a fire suddenly burning up.

, to burn away her own past.

——It turns out that it was at that time that her full friendship became the so-called love.

"I understand." Su Mingan said.

The nightingale on the shoulder began to sing again. Hui Shuhang held the dagger and spoke in an extremely soft tone:

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

"I thought." Su Ming'an looked at her: "You would say something like - [No one is born to be a victim, but you are the future]."

"If I believe that you are more useful alive than being sent to the altar, I will say so." Hui Shuhang's tone was very gentle, as if he was telling a bedtime story: "The premise is that we all need

I believe in you - you can develop a way to change the dragon's natural bloodline."

"But it's too late now."

"Yes." Hui Shuhang said: "Your Majesty has made up his mind in advance. We will send your body to the altar, and the experiment will continue, even if it will slow down the process, but you have gained a temporary

An Ding, you are our [future]."

"...Then I know what to do."

Hui Shuhang listened to his words and looked into his eyes.

His eyes were so bright and dazzling that it was easy for people to ignore the pain in them.

...as if he didn't feel that his journey would end here.

"Then." She stretched out her hand and covered his eyes: "Good night?"

"Is there still a chance to regret it? For example, can you save me now and let me leave?"

She laughed: "I haven't fallen in love with you yet."

She smiled and burst into tears.

When she retracted her hand, she saw that his eyes were completely closed.

She looked at the blood marks on her palm. The blood was still warm. When she looked at the blood in her hand, some strange emotions suddenly appeared in her heart, which was usually as stable as a flat lake.

"——Death is not the loss of life, but eternity in time." She said: "Congratulations, you have become the [future] you want to be."

She lowered her head slightly and kissed the forehead of the person on the ground. The kiss was very light, like a saint kissing a token, like water disappearing into the water.
To be continued...