Just like it is always easy to rain at night, people are always easy to cry at night.
"Help me, Li Mo, I'm already alone..."
Li Mo gently brushed away the tears from the girl's face.
The cold tears became hot because they carried longing and concern, but became cold again because of helplessness and sadness.
The story she told was just an encounter between a girl and another girl.
However.
Their meeting must be followed by separation, and Li Mo understands that this is an irreversible tragedy.
But she did not tell Li Mo the story that followed. She only shared her happiest things with Li Mo, but kept the bitterest things in her heart.
The personality of one girl made Li Mo see the tenderness of two girls.
The reason why the ghost girl was able to get along with him, a demon without any grudges, must be because of the other girl. A friendship replaced a hatred, making the two souls noble.
Li Mo feels that gentle people are always surrounded by gentle people.
Because if someone is gentle to you, you want to be as gentle as him.
"Did you ask for my help because of your friend?"
"Um."
Li Mo's eyes met the ghost girl who was looking up from below with her head drooped.
He suddenly felt that the girl was very interesting, and he wanted to try his best to help her, so he said:
"Just tell me, no matter what your request is, I will try my best to satisfy you."
"real?"
He struggled to raise his drooped head, wiping his nose and smiling at Li Mo.
"But it's almost impossible to find your friends."
Li Mo slowly raised his finger to interrupt what the ghost girl wanted to say, and spoke first.
According to Li Mo's memory, there have been no sons of sinners working in Demon King City in recent years, so the girl's friends have left Demon King City long ago.
It is not easy to find the son of a sinner who has no identity of his own in this huge Demon King's Continent. Moreover, the face of the son of a sinner will be tattooed with a mark. People with this mark will not be adopted anywhere, even begging. No one would give charity. Although Li Mo didn't want to think negatively, the fact was the fact.
"No...no."
The smile disappeared from the girl's face, she bit her lip and shook her head fiercely.
"I don't want to bother her anymore. I just want to find one thing. It was an important thing given to me by a friend, but I lost it."
"In the Demon King's Castle?"
"It's there! It's definitely there! Although there's no basis for it, I know it! It's definitely... it's..."
His voice became softer and softer, and he pulled the corners of his clothes tightly.
The total area of the Demon King's Castle is 121 hectares. Since only the Demon King and Li Mo currently live there, only the 14-hectare front hall is used. The rest of the area has not been managed for a long time, so it is extremely difficult to find things.
The girl who was missing the ghost also understood this, so she reacted like this.
"Anyway, please tell me what it is first. Maybe I know where it is, right?"
"......Um!"
The girl laughed.
Although Li Mo's tone sounded like he was just gossiping, it still gave the ghost girl great courage and comfort.
"That's, that's a book, wrapped in a brown cover."
"Book?"
When Li Mo heard that it was a book, he was a little happy.
It just so happens that the library of the Demon King's Castle is in the front library, and the books in the Demon King's Castle are important things. As long as someone finds them, they will be returned to the library, no matter which generation of Demon King they are.
Therefore, most of the missing books from the girl were handed over to the library.
"What's the title of the book?"
"have no idea."
"What about the content of the book?"
"have no idea."
"..."
"I really don't know, don't look at me with that pitiful puppy look!"
Seeing Li Mo's somewhat resentful eyes, the girl lowered her head and murmured:
"That was a book given to me by a friend. It was written by her. She gave it to me, and I didn't even have time to read it..."
Li Mo sighed slightly, put on a troubled expression and said with a wry smile:
"Do you know how many books there are in the Demon King's Castle?"
"Five hundred? One thousand?"
Boom——
Li Mo pushed open the door of the library.
"It's more than 137,500 volumes!"
The lights were lit up layer by layer, and there were a dazzling array of books.
This is the 5-story side tower of the front building. It’s hard to count the number of bookshelves, let alone books.
The number mentioned by Li Mo was just the number of recorded books, and the actual number was far greater than this value.
Li Mo gently patted the head of the ghost girl who was looking at the ceiling of the library with her mouth open, and asked softly:
"what to do?"
Li Mo knows that it is almost impossible to find a book whose name you don't even know from so many books, but if...
"I need to find!"
The girl's sudden words interrupted Li Mo's thoughts. Before Li Mo could reply, the girl grabbed him by the collar.
Starting from the first bookcase, she looked carefully for books similar to those in her memory with a straight face. She took out every brown-covered book and looked at it up and down, for fear of missing it.
Li Mo looked at her serious eyes and sighed slightly.
"You want to find the monkey in the year of the horse like this, you idiot."
"but......"
"The library in Demon King City used to be managed by dedicated managers. As long as we sort out their management methods and exclude those books that have been recorded, it will be easy to find them."
He knocked her on the head from behind, took the book she was looking at out of her hand and put it back in its place.
"It's easy to say, but it still takes seven or eight days. Don't worry, things won't escape here, just take your time and look for it. The days are long."
Li Mo looked at the bookshelf in front of him, looking for the order of arrangement.
In fact, the time of seven or eight days is nonsense. If it only depends on two people, it may take several months. He just wants to comfort the girl not to be too anxious.
"But tonight might be the last night."
Li Mo looked for the clear voice of the ghost girl, but only saw a bitter smile. Looking carefully, the girl's body was a bit more transparent than when they first met.
"How could it be possible?! Is it because I have unlocked the shackles of sinners?!"
Anguish and pain surged into Li Mo's chest along with an indescribable emotion.
He wanted to say something, but he felt like whatever he said now would be excusing himself.
"No, that's not the case."
The girl closed her eyes and shook her head slowly.
"My soul has been imprisoned for too long. It will completely dissipate after tonight. It was Li Mo who helped me break the curse so that I can return to where I should go, so thank you."
The ghost girl's idea was not wrong.
In the past, she had been bound by the shackles of sinners in darkness, so she could not meet anyone. Only those with weak vitality could vaguely see her, so her story was spread as a strange story.
It was only recently that the power of her soul had become too weak, and the bonds of the sinner's shackles had weakened, that she was able to find Li Mo.
"Perhaps it's because as a person between the real world and the other side, I have this half-baked body. I can eat hot meals for the first time in a long time, talk to Li Mo, and vomit blood for the first time in a long time. I really I am already very, very happy, and I no longer dare to ask for anything more."
Her cold hands took Li Mo's hand and put it against her face.
"It's very warm. Thank you. Li Mo, I have no regrets."
Faced with the girl's thanks again, Li Mo's heart was as sharp as a knife.
He held the girl's face and said word by word:
"No, I will definitely make you really have no regrets."
After finishing his words, Li Mo's hand glowed with blue light and began to wrap around the girl's body.
"This is……"
"Shh, don't talk."
Li Mo closed his eyes gently, and at the same time, countless pictures flowed into his mind.
——
The dying girl was being carried away like cargo.
Someone beside her was holding her hand and crying, and a shabby book was thrust into the girl's hand.
Suddenly, swords were everywhere and axes were flying.
Only another girl was left lying in a pool of blood.
…
The screen cuts off.
Li Mo opened his eyes with difficulty. He was afraid of seeing the ghost girl's face again. He hated lying the most.
Li Mo's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something.
but,
The darkness full of pain and fear began to erode Li Mo's vision. Everything in front of him seemed like pieces of rotten flesh that began to peel off silently, with blood everywhere.
Countless indistinct whispers arose, and the brain was so noisy that it was about to explode.
"hateful!"
Li Mo roared and stabbed his shoulder with the sewing scissors he carried.
It hurts, but the pain dispels these complicated things, making people feel that pain can be so beautiful.
"Li Mo!"
"Don't touch me! It's okay...it's okay."
After Li Mo suppressed some emotions forcibly, he finally returned to his previous state, but his eyes were filled with shock and he kept breathing heavily.
"But, your shoulders..."
"It's okay, it's okay, I already know where your book is."
Li Mo fiercely pulled out the sewing scissors, and the blood soaked his black tuxedo even deeper.
"Wait for me here, I'll be right back."
"No, I'm going too!"
The girl hugged Li Mo tightly from behind.
Li Mo's sudden behavior frightened her, and she no longer dared to let Li Mo disappear from her sight.
"Okay, follow me closely."
The girl nodded vigorously.
Li Mo led the girl to the inner hall and used 9 keys to open 7 locks before completely opening the door to the inner hall.
The inner hall was darker than the night, with countless fireflies flickering on and off in the already overgrown room, and the sound of insects completely dissipated the moment the door was opened.
"Wait for me here, don't get wet in the rain."
After Li Mo finished speaking, he wanted to walk into the inner hall, but found that his sleeve was tightly grasped by the girl.
He smiled at the girl:
"It's okay, only demons can enter here. I'll be back in five minutes, don't worry."
"How can I not worry about you or my friends?"
Li Mo gently took the girl's hand, which had veins bulging from holding it too tightly.
"When you said that, I remembered that there was a case where a girl's parents were proven innocent, and she was adopted by an old couple who had no children in their old age. The daughter of the Son of a Sinner There are only a few children, so I think they are your friends."
After Li Mo finished speaking, he turned his back to the ghost girl. He didn't want the girl to see his hypocritical face twisted with sadness.
"Really?"
The innocent girl asked.
"Yeah, that's right."
Li Mo's head was buzzing, and he didn't know if his voice had become strange, because his mouth was full of bitterness.
"So, don't worry, I'll be right back."
He nodded wordlessly, but his eyes were still uneasy.
Li Mo didn't hesitate, he quickly walked into the back room, cleared away countless spider webs, and then opened an iron door with a small key in his hand.
He looked back and made sure that the ghost girl was not following before walking inside.
She must not be seen here.
Absolutely not.
He raised his hand, and the flame ignited in his hand, but it only lit up a little of the road.
After walking down the moss-covered steps for an unknown amount of time, Li Mo finally arrived at his destination.
He raised the flame, and what appeared in front of him was the bones all over the ground.
This is where Demon King Castle disposes of the corpses of important death row prisoners.
Stepping on the disgusting ground paved with bones, the clicking sound of undead chants began to play under my feet.
Finally he stopped in front of a broken skeleton.
The skeleton was wearing the same clothes as the ghost girl. The long years had made everything dilapidated, except for her hands tightly holding a yellowing book.
As Li Mo squatted in front of her, the bones slowly shattered and flew away as if they were informed of Li Mo's arrival, and the book in his hand lay quietly in front of Li Mo.
About five minutes later.
Li Mo's figure appeared at the door of the inner hall.
The girl who was waiting anxiously at the door couldn't wait to rush forward and hugged Li Mo tightly.
Li Mo raised the book and placed it in the girl's hand.
The girl's tears fell gently on the book.
"Read it to me."
"ah?"
"I don't know the word demon."
So that's it.
After returning to the front hall, the two of them were sitting in front of the warm stove. The girl flipped through the old book a few times and then raised the book to Li Mo's eyes.
Li Mo had no choice but to take the book and after turning the first page, he realized that it was a self-written novel.
Under the urging of the ghost girl sitting on the wicker chair in front of him, Li Mo began to read word for word, lifelessly.
Because this is a terrible novel that even a layman like Li Mo can see.
The story begins with a girl who has lived as a slave in a dragon's castle since she was a child. The first half of the story is all about the girl complaining about the darkness and injustice in the world.
However, in the second half, the writing completely changed, and the girl's life suddenly became brighter, and the opportunity was just because she made the first friend in her life, and that friend was a beautiful princess kidnapped by an evil dragon. .
In the final ending, there is no prince or knight to save the princess. It is just a story about the slave girl and the princess escaping from the castle together and living happily together.
It couldn't be a worse story.
but,
Li Mo didn't know why but he was deeply fascinated by such a story.
The sound of rain stopped at some point, and the sky outside the window gradually turned white.
No matter how beautiful the novel is, it has an ending. Li Mo read a word of the last novel with a smile.
Finally, his eyes fell on the signature at the end of the page. There was a tear-stained name and... a clear date. His eyebrows twitched slightly, and something he didn't understand suddenly became clear at this moment. .
He closed the book gently and faced the empty chair in front of him.
Li Mo threw the book into the air, and little sparks ignited the book flying in the air. It glowed with a sad light in the early morning light, and finally dissipated before he could even sigh.
Did that impatient guy listen carefully before leaving?
Li Mo opened the window, letting in the air mixed with the smell of rain, and looked up at the already full morning sun.
After staying with her for so long, he left without even saying goodbye. He was really a worrying guy.
Will you be hungry again?
Doesn't your physical condition matter?
Can we meet the important people again?
And... I have a question to ask her. A soul bound by the shackles of a sinner can only last for one year at most before it perishes, but what makes you persist for so long?
The ghost girl who has been waiting for thousands of years.
