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Chapter 191 The Beginning

The person who came had a graceful figure and her golden hair was dyed red by the sunset.

"Sami." Yu Qian saw that she was exhausted, as if she had come from far away. The corners of her clothes were stained with yellow sand, and her face was red from the sun.

Sai Mi showed a hint of surprise. He didn't expect to see her here. He nodded in response.

The two men walked towards each other from opposite directions and paused for a moment in tacit understanding.

Yu Qian saw that Sai Mi's expression was exceptionally calm.

If you think about it carefully, the relationship between them is neither enemy nor friend, and the short-term cooperation does not mean anything.

More importantly, it seems that Sai Mi no longer needs to cooperate with her.

Seqiya doesn't have much time left, which means that Semi has already obtained the freedom she wanted in advance. As for the binding contract, Yu Qian doesn't think it can control her forever.

At least last time, it got out of control.

"Where are you going?" Sammy glanced at her.

Yu Qian: "I don't know, maybe I'll walk all the way to the edge of the desert before the exam is over."

Sai Mi knew that she had guessed the truth about the exam and shook her head: "Then you don't have to go. I came from that side and there was nothing. There was a road outside the desert, and at the end of the road was another desert."

"Then I'll go to another desert to have a look." Yu Qian kicked the yellow sand under his feet, his tone nonchalant.

Just treat this time as a trip.

"No, you have to go back with me." Sai Mi looked at her.

"why?"

"You chose me, didn't you?"

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment before realizing the agreement she had made with Sai Mi - if only one of them could survive between Sai Mi and Sai Qia, she would become Sai Mi's helper.

But now, Seqiya's life is almost over.

Then this agreement is naturally invalid.

They no longer have to compete with each other, the problem has been solved in the simplest way, and Yu Qian doesn't have to work hard for it. This is the easiest result.

Yu Qian thought she didn't know about Seqiya's current situation: "You don't need my help, just go by yourself, go straight ahead, Seqiya is in the capital, you will know when you see her."

But Semi insisted: "Her soul has been corrupted, I know, I can sense her condition, you come with me."

"Why?" Yu Qian refused subconsciously, "I won't go."

"Aren't you friends with her?" Sai Mi looked at her for a while and suddenly asked.

Yu Qian was about to deny it, but he ended up saying, "Why do you think so?"

Sai Mi did not answer but asked: "We are friends, right?"

"You may have some misunderstandings about friends." Yu Qian never thought that he would have friends.

What is a friend?
Choose an existence that is greater than profit.

But for her, interests are often the most important.

Sai Mi continued: "Since you are a friend, shouldn't you see her off?"

"When did I say—"

"Let's go." Semi interrupted her, walked past her and headed to the other end of the desert.

Before Yu Qian's brain could react, his feet had already moved.

She followed him out for a few steps before coming to her senses. She refused to take any blame and asked, "Why are you so kind all of a sudden? Aren't you hoping for her death the most?"

Sai Mi didn't even turn his head: "Just think of me as crocodile tears."

The rabbit dies and the fox mourns? Yu Qian silently looked at the setting sun.

She was very leisurely on the way out, and her pace back became much faster under the guidance of Sai Mi.

We worked day and night and it only took half the time to see the oasis in the distance.

"We're almost there." Yu Qian said.

Sai Mi looked up at the sky and said, "Hurry up, it's going to rain soon. It rarely rains in the desert, but when it rains, the road will be difficult to walk on."

It's hard to imagine that one day they will have a time like this where there is no conflict or purpose, just pure chatting.

Yu Qian watched the sunset.

It looked like only a short distance, but it took a lot of effort to walk there.

But before reaching the oasis, he saw Seqiya's figure under a protective wall in the distance.

She was leaning against the wall and looking at the night sky. When she saw the figures of two people in the distance, she showed a hint of surprise in her eyes. It was not until they came closer that she smiled and said, "I thought I would have to walk the last journey alone."

She turned her face and saw that the skin on the right side of her neck and the muscles on half of her shoulder had completely shriveled and atrophied.

Sammi's eyes fell on it: "You lose."

"Yeah." Seqiya leaned against the wall, slowly sat down on the ground, holding her chin, "I lost."

Yu Qian walked up to her, squatted down to look her in the eye, and asked, "Why? Why are you the one being corrupted? Is it because you have been in the Vatican since you were a child?"

"No, it's because you chose Sammi."

“Does my choice matter?”

Seqiya nodded seriously: "It's very important. We are all very important chess pieces. Only you jumped out of the chessboard. Didn't you notice that you became the new chess player? You didn't choose me, so I was abandoned."

Yu Qian tried to find a hint of joking or complaining on her face, but her expression was calm and peaceful.

"Why?" she couldn't help asking.

Seqiya curled the corners of her lips: "I don't know that much, but after this time, I think someone will tell you."

"Is everything calculated?" She lowered her eyelids. "Yes." Sekiya answered lightly.

Yu Qian raised his eyes and asked again: "When did it start?"

"In the beginning." Said Psychia. "The very beginning."

She patted Yu Qian on the shoulder and said, "Destiny cannot be violated. Even the thought of violating destiny is part of destiny."

Yu Qian thought of a day long ago when she crawled out of the sewer and saw the sunlight, saying that she refused to succumb to fate. But now she had no one to ask if this was also part of her fate.

Sai Qiya tilted her head: "You chose Semi, I know you can't choose me, I am from the Church."

Her blue eyes were bloodshot. “I won’t ask you who you would choose if I hadn’t been raised by the Church. I know you don’t like answering hypothetical questions.”

Yu Qian didn't say anything. She just stared in silence at Saikiya's beautiful face which had lost half of its color.

Sai Qiya reached out and held her hand, stroking the distinct joints on the back of her hand: "Yu Qian, you are so thin, your hands are thinner than mine, and you are a little shorter than me, but it would be great if you were my sister. I always feel that you are more like my relative than Sai Mi."

Sai Mi, who was listening in, had not spoken a word so far, as if he was watching an irrelevant drama.

When she said this, Seqiya's voice had changed a little. The unknown object bulging in her throat blocked her vocal cords.

But she seemed not to notice: "If you were my sister, we would be born in the Outer Ring City together. We could hide here and there together, live in small slums, search garbage cans for food and money together when we were young, and join the Bounty Association to do missions together when we grow up."

"Or I can be your sister. Oh, and I'm so beautiful. I can be a movie star. I'll make a lot of money and you don't have to do anything."

Saikia smiled again as she spoke. Her pretty face was already half shrunken, and there was a hint of longing in her eyes, as if she had really seen those scenes.

Yu Qian wanted to sigh. She suddenly realized that what Seqiya had been pursuing was not success or recognition, but a kind of interdependent relationship similar to family affection.

She saw that the back of Seqiya's hand was like a dry branch with bulging blood vessels.

"You do it." Seqiya suddenly said, "It's better to be quick than to wait for a long time for yourself to turn into a monster and then die."

She touched her face: "While I am still half pretty."

Yu Qian lowered her head and her hair fell down, blocking her eyes.

A drop of water fell on the back of Seqiya's hand.

Sai Qiya looked at the water droplets on the back of her hand and wanted to move closer to see Yu Qian's face: "Did you cry for me?"

Yu Qian raised his head and shook his head expressionlessly: "No, it's going to rain."

"Haha." Seqiya chuckled twice and moved her fingers to the silver ring: "Rather than having my soul tortured, I would rather die in your hands and leave nothing behind."

She winked playfully, "I know this is poison prepared for me."

"That's right." Yu Qian admitted.

Seqiya touched her face and suddenly started to mutter, as if she was leaving her last words: "Do you still remember when we went to the amusement park together?"

"Remember." Yu Qian nodded.

"We stole a stuffed bunny and I lost it, well, it was confiscated," she said.

Yu Qian nodded: "You also asked me what the sound of a rabbit sounds like."

"Yes, I haven't heard it yet." Seqiya asked again, "Did you know what it's called later?"

"No." Yu Qian said, "Rabbits have a strong tolerance for pain. I saw a few rabbits that had been frozen and revived in the laboratory in the Northern Continent. The medicine injected into them was still effective after thawing, but I didn't hear them cry out."

"That's a shame." Sai Qiya said weakly, "I thought all the furry little animals sounded equally cute."

Yu Qian shook her head and fell silent. She saw that the right eye of Seqiya had lost its luster and bloodshot had covered the white of the eye. She couldn't help but think of the red eyes of a rabbit.

Rabbit in a cage.

A rabbit that doesn't cry out even when hurt.

All the broken bones and heartache are nothing compared to a silent rabbit.

a long time--

"I don't want to become a monster." Seqiya tapped the silver ring with her fingertips, "Let me die like a human."

Yu Qian inexplicably felt melancholy: "I thought it would never come in handy."

Seqiya suddenly laughed: "Of course, you always thought I was really an idiot, that I was easy to manipulate, that I would only help others out of kindness, even if I got hurt, that kind of idiot."

Pause——

"But you're right, I'm just that kind of idiot." She took the initiative to press the button, "I'm willing to be your abandoned pawn."

Before Yu Qian could react, the ring's program was activated.

The poison buried deep in her heart was instantly activated, and before Secchia could be assimilated into a monster, the poison easily destroyed her human body.

She held Yu Qian's hand tightly, and then slid weakly to the ground after a few seconds. Her beautiful blue eyes lost their luster and became unfocused.

The rain finally started to fall.

The rain in the desert came quickly and ended quickly. The heavy rain stopped after a few dozen seconds.

Yu Qian took off the silver ring and placed it on her palm: "Goodbye, Saiqiya."

Green seedlings sprouted from the sand watered by rain.

The spiritual power left by Seciya catalyzed their growth, making them rise taller, and then small white flowers bloomed from the top.

Goose yellow stamens, milky white petals, and thumb-sized flowers are clustered together.

"What kind of flower is this?" Yu Qian shook the water off his head.

Sammy: “I don’t know.”

"Do you want to take her body back with you?"

"No, just stay here."