The white snow dyes the blood brightly.
At this moment, the ancient clock in the witch's house rang four times, announcing that it was still afternoon, but the darkness of the forest came quickly and suddenly. The dappled sunlight was swallowed up by the darkness in just a few seconds, leaving only the blood mark in front of him in a daze. of two people.
"This is......"
Uneasiness appeared on the witch's face, and bloody handprints suddenly appeared on the glass behind her. This situation would make anyone uneasy.
However, the witch's uneasiness does not stop there.
"Li Mo."
She called softly and turned to look at Li Mo, only to find that Li Mo had already cast his gaze at her. Li Mo's eyes clearly told her that the matter was up to her.
It seemed that Zhijiang's nose was still as sensitive as ever, and he understood the situation earlier than her in just a few seconds.
She nodded to Li Mo, and Li Mo nodded in response.
Without any unnecessary movements or words, just a gesture, Li Mo carried the Demon King towards the inner room.
The witch watching Li Mo thought that Li Mo, who had been nervous recently, would be frightened, but she didn't expect that he was surprisingly calm, which confirmed her own thoughts.
That's right, it's not ghosts and monsters that are visiting, but...
The witch opened the door, and the cold wind rushed up instantly like a jackal that had been waiting for its prey for a long time, devouring the body temperature crazily. There was a human lying there under the window on the side.
Judging from his attire, he must be a traveling businessman. Blood stained almost every part of his skin, and the surrounding snow was also dyed red. You didn't need to look closely to know that he was seriously injured.
"Is everything okay?"
The witch knelt down next to the businessman, touched his shoulders and asked tentative questions.
Perhaps due to the excitement of the witch's voice, the businessman who fell on the ground suddenly raised his head, fear in his eyes overflowing, and he grabbed the witch's wrist:
"Save...there are wolves! Please! Save! Please!"
The businessman shouted frantically, and it was not difficult to guess what he had gone through from his injuries and sporadic words.
People always fantasize about the heroic appearance of lone wolves, but wolves often act in groups. Wolves are cunning, agile, and cooperative. They are more difficult to deal with than lions and tigers. They are the biggest threat to poor traveling merchants who cannot afford guards. Once you encounter a pack of wolves, if you don't have food to offer them, you will often end up being left behind.
"It's okay, it's okay. Look, you're not hurt at all."
The witch gently comforted the excited businessman with a gentle tone.
"How is it possible? The blood... hurts..."
The businessman suddenly realized something, let go of the witch's hand, and began to tentatively touch his body, arms, shoulders, waist and abdomen...
No, there were no wounds at all, and the pain had completely disappeared.
"how come....."
The surprise in the businessman's eyes slowly replaced the fear, and he looked at the witch helplessly. The witch responded to the businessman's smile and comforted:
"Don't worry, I am the witch of the forest. When I come here, there will be no pain or disease."
Although the witch said this, she still turned her head away, and her eyes were not on the businessman at all, as if she was running away from something.
"Witch? Pagan?"
By the time the businessman noticed it, he had already spoken such lines.
But it’s no wonder that most humans respect the goddess Filthia as the supreme god, and the teachings of Filthia Church classify all demons or witches, humans with half demon blood, as heretics. This This idea may have been imprinted in human blood.
However, when he heard the word witch, the businessman showed not only an expression of disgust, but also a sense of hope mixed with disgust.
"Please, I still have a companion, please save him, witch, whether you want my soul, I will give it all to you, please, save him!"
"pain!"
The businessman jumped up and grabbed the witch's shoulder tightly. His excitement made him unable to control his strength at all, and the witch's shoulder hurt when he squeezed it.
The dark light and shadow passed by, and the collision made a muffled sound on the merchant's chest. He was kicked away by Li Mo and rolled twice on the snowy ground before he stopped.
"It won't be so easy next time."
Li Mo resisted the urge to grab his face and kick him a few times, and just looked at him with disdain.
Li Mo hates humans, but he will never insult humans suddenly without reason. He saw the way the businessman looked at the witch, and he hated this look.
"Li Mo."
The witch approached Li Mo, pulled his sleeve and shook her head slightly at him.
Li Mo sighed lightly, glanced sideways at the businessman who was still lying on the ground, snorted and stepped back to the side.
"you......"
The witch wanted to get close to the businessman again, but she found something was wrong with the businessman. He was kneeling on the ground with eyes blank.
The traveling businessman seemed to calm down a little after being kicked hard by Li Mo, but maybe it was because he calmed down that this happened.
"I remembered, I remembered everything!"
Roaring at the top of his lungs.
"I failed to save that guy. I ran away. The guy was jumped by the wolves. I didn't save him. I just left him and ran away. I...I...I'm such a scumbag! ah--!!!"
Tears kept flowing from the corners of his eyes, as if his heart was being torn and he was covering his heart.
"Is it painful?"
The witch's tone was a little calm, and she once again touched the haggard businessman's shoulder.
"It hurts, my heart hurts like it's being torn apart."
"Then, wouldn't it be nice to go over there?"
The businessman looked in the direction of the witch's finger. What appeared there was a non-existent road paved with marble and rose flowers. The end of the road was shining with light as bright as gold.
"There, there will be no pain, no self-blame. Everything will be fine if you go there."
"..."
The businessman stood up along the direction of the road and stared quietly at the light at the end of the road.
"But there is a way."
The witch pointed in the opposite direction.
What appeared there was a path that was completely opposite to the bright avenue. It was muddy and overgrown, and there was an indescribable resentment and darkness at the end.
"It's full of deception, betrayal, and all malice. In the end, you have to choose one of these two roads to move forward. Which one do you choose?"
"I...I don't want pain."
The businessman took steps slowly and staggered towards the glorious avenue.
Wushen saw gray happiness in his eyes, and reached out to touch the light at the end of the road.
"Congratulations on finding happiness."
The witch spoke when the businessman took the last step into the avenue, and the businessman stopped at the entrance of the avenue.
"What's wrong, aren't you going? This way you can forget about your friends and the pain of the wound."
The witch showed a gentle smile at the merchant's back.
"I...I can't, I can't do this."
"Why, just forget about the lives lost. Isn't it good to be happy?"
"What kind of happiness is this! I have to exchange the life of this companion to be happy! I still have sins that I have not repaid!"
The businessman roared at the witch, turned around and walked towards the path.
"Is that okay? It's a road full of thorns over there. Even if you just walk on it with the feet of memory, it will leave two lines of blood marks."
"That's good. This is the price for betraying a friend. I will never be bewitched by you again, witch."
The businessman never looked back, his gray eyes returned to life, and his figure slowly disappeared into the dark path.
Looking at the retreating figure, the witch caressed her chest and murmured:
"Congratulations on finding reality."
Li Mo walked up to the witch:
"Is this okay? Wouldn't it be better to just tell him which way is the right way? Why do you have to do this?"
Li Mo was helpless, he didn't understand why the witch had to take on such a role, and he felt heartbroken for the witch.
"That's good. He is actually a good person. He always pretends to be a friend in his heart until the end. If he doesn't find the road to reality by himself, he will lose himself in the end even if he is not in the forest."
The road of light is also illusion, and the road of darkness is also reality.
The Lost Forest connects all forests, but only souls who have lost reality can reach here, so only those who choose to face the dark reality can go back, and those who choose illusion will be lost in this forest forever. middle.
Yes, this is the legend of the forest witch.
However, it is not the witch who bears the curse but the forest. The gentle witch only uses extreme methods to point out the true direction to the visitors, but she is burdened with a twisted infamy.
A slight snowy wind blew by, and the witch's hood was gently lifted. Her amber eyes were looming, and there was a faint scar on her face.
Li Mo raised his head and looked in the same direction as the witch. It was a crime to peek at the witch's true appearance.
"What's going to happen to that guy?"
Li Mo suddenly asked.
"I don't know either, because I'm not a god, I'm just a witch, that's all."
"Yeah."
Li Mo smiled faintly, closed his eyes and leaned against the door.
You are not just a witch, you are...
The gentlest witch in the world.
