I really only stop

A high-explosive light bomb was unconsciously condensed on the index finger of his right hand. Oedipus stared at it blankly, but the index finger subconsciously moved towards his neck.

The surroundings instantly became quiet, the sound of the wind, the sound of the water, the noise of the town in the distance... everything returned to silence.It is a hopeless epiphany that the son of the elf, unable to find everything and filled with nothingness, will end his life in this way.

"..."

Just when the fatal light bullet was about to come into contact with the neck, a slightly puzzled clear voice suddenly sounded from behind Oedipus, which directly shocked him, who had fully understood it, and returned to reality in an instant:

"Well, are you practicing pretending to be a blind man so that you can enter the town to beg? It's so pitiful, I'm here to help you."

"????"

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An Oedipus who slipped from the stone unsteadily and landed firmly on the ground didn't even care to rub his own butt.

He just stared blankly at the girl who suddenly appeared from behind him.

Dwarf wax gourd, flat, big eyes, but inexplicably feel a kind of stupidity shining inside.

In all fairness, the girl's delicate face seemed to be a little immature, and she definitely wasn't as old as me.Originally a very delicate face, but a pair of just right small canine teeth inexplicably made her look energetic, as if she had the taste of the sun.

The strangest thing is that this guy has a stupid crown on his head for some reason.The metallic crown looks very heavy, and people who see it can't help but wonder if this is the reason why the girl has not grown tall.

"—Hello, hello? Can you hear me talking?"

Also startled by Oedipus's aggressive reaction for a moment, the crown girl first scratched her head in embarrassment, and then turned her attention to Oedipus:

"It's weird, I haven't answered my words for so long, could it be that this guy is deaf? But since he is deaf, why does he pretend to be blind and beg? Oh, oh! I understand! Because deaf people can't see!"

What is this deadly creature that is everywhere stupid?

His temples were faintly swollen due to the noise in his ears, and Oedipus took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Having been educated by his 'mother' since childhood, it has become Oedipus's instinct to smile even when facing people he hates.Hiding his thoughts in the deepest part at an extremely fast speed, he jumped up from the ground lightly.Despite the barrier of the mask, the clear and hearty voice can still easily arouse people's favor:

"Sorry, miss. I'm neither blind nor deaf. I was just thinking about things here by myself. It's not a big deal. Don't worry~"

There is a little cynicism in the frivolity.This is an acting skill that Oedipus has honed for more than ten years in the holy land of elves.Like a mask to a face, this image is a camouflage he puts on his mind.

"Really?"

Staring at the flawless mask, the girl showed a suspicious expression again:

"Then what did you say 'so black' during the day? If your tone wasn't too determined, I wouldn't bother to stop and care about you."

— Tsk, she heard it.

"That's the next [practice] to do ahead of time for the show."

Pointing to the funny clown mask on his face, Oedipus's explanation couldn't tell the truth at all:

"You should also be able to tell that I am a traveling entertainer whose professional goal is to please everyone. The one just now was my practice of reversing the performance, which is a commercial secret. Miss, please keep it a secret for me~"

This is an excuse that no one can find a problem with, not to mention the silly girl in front of me, even if it is the most profound scholar in the imperial capital, there will only be fooled around in front of Oedipus share.

There is no other reason, this is an acting skill that he honed desperately under the constant pressure and fear in the holy land of elves, and it has been deeply engraved into his bones until now, and can no longer be separated.

This acting skill can even hide from the eyes of 'mother', just relying on this unknown creature in front of him——

"Well, I understand."

She slapped her hand on the self-righteous man's shoulder, and the girl wearing the crown smiled brightly:

"I hate it when people lie to me. As a punishment, you must take off your mask today and speak properly."

"???"

Chapter - 10 3/50 goats (plus)

But, scary...

Sitting on the grass in ragged clothes, Oedipus stared blankly at the girl playing with his mask in front of him, with shock written all over his face.

Hidden under the petite appearance of this unknown creature is a strange power that cannot be described in any language.When I heard her say that I was going to take off my mask, I instinctively wanted to run away, but she pressed her to the ground with one hand.

Yes, I, a big man, was actually pressed firmly to the ground by this unknown creature with a female appearance!

Just like hiding the elf ears, I also don't want to expose the ability of the elf sign to outsiders.Just when I was still struggling with the problem of "not using the seal to expose my ears, but if I want to hide my ears, I have to expose my seal", the girl who is as bright as a beast has already pulled off my mask and revealed a brilliance to my true face smiley face.

Yes, the girl wasn't surprised by my elf ears, she just smiled at me—disregarding the fact that I was still under her.

The heavy metal crown couldn't withstand the girl's lively shaking of her head. With a jingling sound, the crown also fell to the ground with gravity, and I couldn't help being stunned by what was revealed.

It was a pair of small horns.

Different from the horns, they are very delicate, the arc of the horns is curved, not even a bit aggressive, it looks like something that humans in the strange store wear for cuteness.

She is……

"Mountain, goat man?"

"Push."

Apparently amused by what Oedipus said, the girl's bright eyes fixed on his ears:

"Then what are you? Rabbitman?"

"...My name is Oedipus."

"Sicari, just call me Sicari."

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The stone is still the same stone, and the difference from the dull and dying atmosphere just now is that there is now an extra girl with a smile, a sun-like smell, and a bright and positive temperament on the stone.

Oedipus could not drive her away without using the elven sign.But he himself didn't want to leave for no reason.After coming and going, the two of them sat on a stone in silence like this.

Of course, unlike Oedipus, who is cheerful on the outside but quieter than anyone else on the inside, Miss Sikali, who has a mysterious background, is as active as the outside.Not long after she became honest, she jumped in front of Oedipus excitedly:

"Then let's talk about the question just now, Oedipus who took off the mask, what are you worrying about?"

"..."

His fingers paused unconsciously because of the girl's overly confident tone, and Oedipus instinctively hid himself under his acting skills:

"It's nothing, you're overthinking—huh?"

The white and tender fingers pressed Oedipus's lips involuntarily. Even after taking off the crown, the girl named Sikali still possessed a leader-like aura-a little tough but not annoying:

"Don't deny my judgment, Oedipus. I have taken off your mask with my own hands. From now on, you must talk to me with your true self."

true self?

The habitual smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared in an instant, and Oedipus fixedly stared at the girl in front of him.

The smile is bright, and there is no impurity at all.

She has a natural affinity, not the gentle one, but more energetic and positive.

Just like a moth will instinctively approach the fire, a shining existence like her is always surrounded by people and praised no matter where she goes.

Her life must be full of color.

...That's right, it's two extremes with me.

The act of unconsciously wanting to end his own life just now was in stark contrast to the smile in front of him, and Oedipus suddenly felt endless disgust for himself.

Since he couldn't climb out of the quagmire, he desperately wanted to drag the people on the shore down too.

This feeling of contempt called "jealousy" by humans, unexpectedly appeared in me one day.

...then tell her all about it.

With self-loathing, jealousy, and even the slightest yearning for the beauty that he couldn't achieve, Oedipus sighed in his heart.

Then he began to tell her his own story.

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Even Oedipus himself couldn't believe that he, who had never opened his heart, would actually show his true colors to a strange stranger.

The oppression of the weird environment, the futility of even hard struggles, and the most frightening sense of emptiness in his heart... Accompanied by the words, he told her all these.

And the weird Miss Sikali also listened unexpectedly seriously. I thought she would sneak away because of boredom and gloom in the middle of listening, but until the end, she still sat quietly by his side. beside.

"...that's how it is."

At the end, Oedipus looked at his palm again.Good eyesight can easily see the lines on it, but in perception it is a stretch of endless darkness:

"In the end, I am nothing. Even the purpose of my birth may be designed. Even if I am alive—"

"—In that case, let me give you meaning."

"?"

I was stunned by the girl's inexplicably low tone, and Oedipus subconsciously turned his head, only to see a stupid face pretending to be profound:

"Oedipus who can't find his own meaning, let me tell you the answer! Your real body is actually... the Demon God of the Abyss... Ma, Marcus... oh, you have to say this out loud I'm really sorry..."

She, she is taking my heavy confession just now as... [secondary illness]? !

He obviously didn't want to get any useful advice from the strange creature, but seeing her cheerful appearance, Oedipus still felt dizzy and chest tight.

But soon, the heaviness and oppression that followed him dispelled this wonderful lightness.

Ignoring the stupid Miss Sikali, Oedipus' eyes fell on his palm again:

"I... can't change anything..."

At some point, Sikali changed into a fluffy cheerleading uniform:

"It's easy! Let's work hard to become stronger from now on!"

"What did you say [become stronger], I can't even see where the target is..."

"Well, why don't you go out and have fun? I often hear people say 'read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles', it must be true!"

"Don't be stupid, what I carry on my body is not that simple..."

"Ah! It's coming again? Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with you this time! Cough (switching to a low voice), listen, Oedipus, the chosen child, you—"

"..."

"..."

No matter what frustrating words he uttered, after passing through her wonderful brain circuit, they can turn into strange encouragement to return, as if there was only one direction [ahead] in her eyes.

The girl next to her seemed to be full of positive energy, too lively and too dazzling.

Contrary to what ordinary people imagined, Oedipus was full of irritability at the moment.

It's not because of the nagging of the girl next to my ear, but because of my unspeakable anger at myself.

Embracing this huge anger that was born for no reason, the man who had been pretending his sincerity with a smile finally stood up.

The mask has been taken off, not only the clown mask on his face, but also the smile from the girl beside him has ripped off his cheerful disguise.

Beneath the surface cheerfulness lies deeper anger, despair and confusion.

Facing her surprised eyes, his eyes were red, like a lion whose territory has been violated:

"What qualifications do you have for a guy with a colorful life to understand me? Black is black, and beings destined to be black will never be able to see color!"

That's right, that's it.

Use the most intense tone to scare away this strange girl who came to comfort me, far away.

I don't need comfort, and black doesn't need any change—

"Who said [black is always black]?"

"--Um?"

Facing Oedipus' blank gaze, the sunny girl tilted her head pretending to be puzzled:

"Eh? Haven't you heard of [colored black]?"

Ch. 11 3/50 in color (plus)

All doubts and anger were washed away by those strange words, and Oedipus, who had completely calmed down, just stared blankly at the smiling girl in front of him.