My name is...ah, what is it...

Already forgotten...

When did it start? A long time ago.

I worked as a gravedigger in a remote small village, digging grave pits for the villagers there. It was the most humble occupation. Only a child without parents like me would do such a thing for food.

Being ostracized, bullied, insulted...

No friends, no family, no one to like, no one to accompany, no one to talk to, no food to fill your stomach, no fun to play, no, no, no, no... nothing.

Until one day, I picked up a "body".

But unlike ordinary corpses, this corpse is alive.

Yes, he is alive. He has obviously been buried in the soil for a long time, his whole body is obviously rotten and ulcerated, and his skin is obviously covered with poisonous mushrooms, but he is still tenaciously alive.

I took him home, I wanted to save him, only he could listen to me without moving, only he could always accompany me, only he could not dislike me at all, become my partner, become my family...

Yes, only he, only him as a living corpse, will live with me, a humble gravedigger, and only I, a humble gravedigger, are not afraid that he is a corpse and will take good care of him.

...and we lived together like this.

Although he can't speak, although he looks very painful, even though his body is covered with decaying wounds, even though he has been rotting like this for three years, he still lives without any change, but...it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.

Yes, as long as I work harder to pick medicinal materials, as long as my medical skills are more advanced, as long as I give him some good food, as long as he gets better after a while.

As long as he gets better, as long as he can talk, as long as he can walk, we can do more things. I have taken care of him for so long and helped him so much. He will definitely be grateful to me, and we will definitely become true friends.

Yes, we can escape from this hateful little village together, escape from this place where everyone hates me.

We want to travel together, we want to play together, we want to eat delicious food together, we want to climb mountains together to see the stars, we want to see the sea on the other side of the mountain, we want to go to the big city to see the mountains as high as the mountains.

House, we are going to many, many places, we want to be together all the time and become friends forever.

In this way, I will no longer be alone, I will no longer be alone...

but……

"Why don't you get better?"

It's always been like this, it's always been like this, it's always been this rotten...

My medicine is obviously correct. All the corpses that took this medicine stopped decaying, and everyone’s corpses can be preserved for a long time. But why are you always like this?

It is always decaying, but it is always living reluctantly, decaying and living at the same time, motionless, always suffering, always living in pain, always living in pain, always living, always living, always, always, always...

"Why!!!"

When will you get better! When will you be able to speak! What will it take for you to walk! When will I be able to leave here!!

I can't figure it out, I don't understand, I don't understand...

I obviously just want to be friends with him, I obviously just want to be with him forever, I obviously just want to no longer be alone...

However, looking at the bed, looking at the rotting corpse, only the eyes were so bright, so smart, and so vividly expressing the pain in his heart... I suddenly thought of it.

Yes, we can be together forever. As long as we become one, we can be together forever no matter where we go.

After that, I did it by taking advantage of the fact that he would never die no matter how broken his limbs were.

We become one;

A person has two eyes, this is his eye and that is my eye;

A person has two hands, this is his hand and that is my hand;

A person has two legs, this is his leg and that is my leg;

A person has...ah, what's going on, it hurts...

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, why does it hurt so much...

Why, even though I have already left that hateful village, obviously the surgery was perfect, and obviously the wounds have healed, why is it that my body is only starting to decay now?!

Why!?

【because I……】

Who, who is talking?!

【Sin...God...】

Who? Who is in my mind?! Who are you!

【……】

No, we can't go on like this. The calf here is starting to break down. If we go on like this, we won't be able to walk. We must think of a way, find a way...

"Are you OK?"

A voice like the sound of nature came to my ears as I was lying on the roadside. What caught my eye was a pair of white and beautiful feet, and then a girl holding a water jug ​​in her hand.

She helped me, helped me lose my feet.

Then please help me again... For such a beautiful person like you, I wish I could be with you forever.

Be my feet and stay with me forever no matter where you go!

But...it can only be two feet?

………

For a long time after that, we were still decaying, so our number was increasing, we were all in the same body, and each of us was a part of this body... We were no longer alone.

You will never be alone again.

However, because of the decay of our bodies, we have been suffering, decaying, living, and awake...

We are not even allowed to sleep, wandering in this world, traveling to every corner of this continent, trying to find a way to stop decay, trying to find a way to end this physical pain, wanting to know what we are.

, want to know why we have to endure such pain of decay, and want to find a peaceful place...

Until one day, this name came to my ears

【Cartphilus】, a sinner who was cursed to "wander for eternity" because he threw stones at the Son of God.

Ah, we understand, it turns out that’s why... Cartafels...

"ah!!!"

Stop kidding! Just because of this?! Just because of such a boring reason, just because of such an insignificant thing, do we have to endure such pain?!

Stop joking! Stop joking!!
Chapter completed!