Artoria wants to read people's hearts

Raising his head in a daze, he looked at the black-haired young man in a suit and hat in front of him.

That's great, he sat on the young man's clothes for a while longer with envious eyes.

He had seen clothes like this on those dignitaries.

The price of this one suit is enough for half a year's income of the mother and son.

Even if it was the desire in his heart, he just took one more look, then lowered his head dejectedly and slowed down his pace.

Some feel ashamed, but more fearful.

After all, these gentlemen have a big temper. If they make him unhappy, then he will definitely not be able to bear it.

In this way, the two should have passed each other.

but.........

"Did you just watch it?" A male voice suddenly and slowly sounded from the side.

"???"

what?

His body froze suddenly, and the boy slowly turned his head, and saw a young man in a suit beside him who was looking impatiently at him.

"My suit, does it look good?"

It was obviously just an ordinary question, but for some reason, the boy felt as if he was being targeted by a monster.

So in the next second, his legs began to tremble, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.

"My lord, my lord." He forced himself to raise a flattering smile, "I haven't seen a small person in the world, so when I see a handsome and handsome man like you, my lord, I feel extremely respect and admiration in my heart."

"That's why... I couldn't help but take a second look." He bowed his head and almost knelt down, "My lord, you have a lot of adults, so please forgive the villain."

Trembling as if walking on thin ice, he bowed his body and waited for the sentence of the young man opposite him.

If I had known this would happen... I should have kept my eyes on myself.

No, no, it should be said that I shouldn't choose to take shortcuts, can't I just take the easy way? !

Damn it, are you going to get another beating today? !

Chui and the hands on both sides couldn't help clenching his fists, his heart was full of regret.

However.......

Lowering his head, he suddenly heard the young man sneer.

"I'm in a bad mood today, and it's just bad luck for you to meet me."

Ah, it's over, it really is going to be beaten.

Thinking sadly in his heart, he silently adjusted his body at an angle.

According to experience, a young man in a fancy dress like this generally doesn't have much strength, and he just needs to protect his vitals well, and he will be fine when he gets tired from fighting.

Just after he was mentally prepared, he suddenly soared into the air, and then slammed heavily on the wall behind him.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and the boy's eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.

The internal organs were mixed with blood, and a big hole had been opened in his stomach.

"!!!"

what happened?

He tried to keep his eyes open, but they couldn't focus at all.

Severe pain, even the teenager can feel that his physical exhaustion has reached the limit.

However, the culprit, the young man in a suit, gave him a disdainful look, as if looking at some dirty bug crawling on the ground.

Contempt to the extreme.

The man turned around and wanted to leave, the young man looked at the figure of the other party, and a strong unwillingness suddenly surged in his heart.

"I...I can't die." Like a leaking exhaust fan, he said weakly and feebly, "Mother...Mother is still waiting for me at home."

He struggled to get up, but his death was accelerated by this action.

Maybe in half a minute, or in the next second, he might close his eyes forever and pass away.

but.......

"Mother... mother." Tears flowed down suddenly.

Today is his coming-of-age ceremony, and his mother is still at home waiting for him to go back for dinner.

I haven't told my mother that I have found a job. When I grow up, I can already make money, and she won't have to work so hard for the family in the future.

Obviously..., clearly...

Tomorrow is about to get better and better.

But why! !

Unwilling, pain, sadness, despair...

In the end, it turned into tears, mixed with blood, flowing down his cheeks.

I'm sorry, mother, I'm sorry.

His thoughts had become chaotic, and the boy was completely unconscious, sitting slumped on the dirty muddy path, and his breathing was about to stop.

At this moment, the young man in the suit stopped walking away.

"Ah, it's really interesting!"

Turning around and seeing the scene in front of him, he suddenly smiled happily.

"Mother?" He evoked a wicked smile, "I see, your mother is still waiting for you at home."

"That's really......, don't let her wait in a hurry."

As he spoke, he took off his white gloves, and a drop of blood condensed on his fingertips.

And then... the blood that exuded a stench flowed down the fingertips and dripped onto the hollow in the boy's stomach.

His red eyes shone with a bloody light, and his maliciousness was as thick as substance.

"Good boy, go home quickly—" he sneered, "—after all, your mother is still waiting for you at home."

So, so what happened next?

The evil ghost's eyes were dimmed, and he cried out with regret and guilt.

The gentle mother who waited for the child to come home, on that day, only the evil ghost who cannibalism came.

A woman who died in anger, resentment, and unwillingness never knew that the person who killed her was her favorite child.

The flesh and blood of relatives are very attractive to ghosts because they are highly nutritious, but from this moment on, a hole that can no longer be filled appeared in a deeper part of the evil ghost's body, and the unprecedented hunger swallowed him. also cannot be satisfied.

If I hadn't taken this path, if I had been more careful, wouldn't I and my mother... have died.

The evil ghost slowly closed his eyes, and he stopped looking at the blond girl in front of him.

With endless regret, he died in the ashes.

The evil ghost's last mood before death before becoming a ghost, or as a human being.

——I just hope that the mother can forgive the child.

forgive.

And to atone.

In the dream, his mother still sang softly and smoothed his temples with her fingertips.

The ferocious ghost couldn't help but tightly grabbed his mother's skirt like he did when he was a child.

Crying, he apologized sentence by sentence sadly.

--sorry Sorry.

However, the mother just shook her head with a smile, and then hugged the evil ghost's body.

"It's okay. It's not your fault." She said softly, "Let's go together to redeem our sins."

Not forgotten even in death.

Even in death, I will love you deeply.

In the midst of singing, I was cold, I saw the abyss in the sky, I saw nothing in all eyes, and I was saved from hopelessness.

So up to this point, the prodigal son who wandered until he forgot himself finally found his destination again.

He raised his eyes and cried, but also smiled and said.

"—Mom, I'm back."

And the mother's tone is gentle and gentle, loving and cherishing, she replied with a smile.

"--Welcome home."

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The sky is gradually dawning, and the earth is hazy, like a silver-gray veil.

At this time, everything is silent.

Suddenly there was a bird cry, and a pitch-black crow fluttered high, piercing the silence.

After a while, a fish-belly whiteness appeared in the eastern sky, and the earth gradually became brighter.

Morning has come, and the sun begins to shine brightly again.

After sending the woman who had woken up from a coma home, Artoria returned to the inn painted with wisteria patterns.

Sitting in a corner of the store, she lowered her eyelashes and crossed her arms, thinking about something.

This is not the first time, the last performance of those ghosts before they died, inexplicably made her feel a little concerned.

Regret and sadness are mixed, and the emotions are so strong that they cannot be ignored.

——What a strange thing.

Artoria sighed softly.

What are they... what are they crying about?

A man-eating evil spirit, committing endless murders.

Could it be that they, who have long since abandoned human emotions, are crying for the end of their lives?

Or... are you actually regretting what you did?

But when eating people, she never saw them hesitate.

Will these evil spirits really feel remorse for that kind of greed, covetousness, and desire to tear people apart?

"Do not understand........"

After thinking for a moment, she finally let out a sigh helplessly from the corner of her mouth.

"Is there anything you don't understand?"

The little kanban lady walked to Artoria's side, and put a bowl of Guanzhong cooking in front of her.

"Since Miss Pendragon came back, you have been moaning here."

There were beads of sweat on the tip of the little brown-haired girl's nose, and she wiped them away with the back of her hand.

"Is there any trouble?" She looked at the blond girl worriedly, "Or is it about the mission... What difficulties did you encounter when killing ghosts?"

"No, it's not like that."

Shaking her head, Arturia shifted her gaze to the steaming oden.

In the hot mist rising continuously, her heart couldn't help being slightly moved.

After two seconds of silence, Artoria opened her mouth, and expressed her confusion to the little Kanban lady with a troubled face.

"I really don't quite understand—" the blond girl turned her head and looked outside the store, the lake-colored eyes reflected layers of noisy figures, "—why do those ghosts... I cried so sad at the end."

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere was silent for a moment, and only the shallow breathing of the two could be heard for a while.