From now on, the vampire girl escapes from the world

"Lily...what was it like before?"

"…Have you asked Lily?" Ai'er asked.

Coco pouted: "I asked. ...But she fell asleep and didn't tell me."

Ai'er felt a little funny, but also a little sad.

"If Lily doesn't want to say it..." Ai'er scratched his face: "I don't know if I should say it. Sorry, Coco."

Ai'er felt that Lily probably didn't want to recall that past.

I can still vividly remember the scene of the girl burying her head in my arms and crying when we first met.

"Maybe one day, Lily will tell us herself." Finally, Ai'er just said this.

When Coco heard Ai'er's somewhat lost and sad tone, her heart was touched for some reason.

What exactly did Lily go through in the past...

Coco finally didn't dare to ask any further.

It's as if I'm worried that all the relationships I've built up so far will disappear.

……

The weather was bright the next day, and everyone was finally able to relax.

Lily felt a little uncomfortable when she felt the sunlight outside the window was a little too strong. She finally turned over and woke up.

Lily wakes up at random times and doesn't sleep for very long each time.

When she turned around, she found Ai'er sitting on the bed, looking at Lily who was rubbing her eyes.

"Awake?" Ai'er greeted as usual.

Lily nodded and rubbed her eyes again. She found that Ai'er looked a little strange.

Instead of greeting me happily like before, he sat silently by the bed with a rather unhappy expression.

"El, what's wrong?"

Lily was confused and sat up, rubbing her eyes.

Until Ai'er's little hands pinched Lily's tender cheeks and rubbed them hard - as if she was determined to teach her a lesson.

"El, it hurts..."

Lily didn't react at first.

When Ai'er glared at her with her azure eyes, Lily realized that Ai'er might be angry.

To whom... well, it seems there is no one else except myself...

But why?

"Lily is not listening again." After pinching Lily's face, Elle held the remaining arm of Lily.

Then he tore off the cloth and bandages wrapped around it.

Even without magical repair, it is as white as new.

Those scars caused by blocking fatal attacks for Coco... were finally healed by Lily herself.

But it's not without harm.

Ai'er hardened her heart, thinking that she would have to face it someday. She put her hand again... on Lily's other broken arm.

Lily subconsciously wanted to dodge, but El was much faster.

Ai'er's hand grasped Lily's empty sleeve, and she kept touching from the bottom to the top, tentatively.

He didn't stop until he rubbed Lily's shoulders.

...It has always been, empty.

Ai'er's face grew darker.

"El?" But Lily was still unaware of the atmosphere at the moment.

"Where's the arm?" Al asked.

"…It was just like this at the beginning…" Lily shrank back, her voice getting smaller and smaller.

Lily also realized that the things she wanted to hide no matter what were finally discovered by this careful elf.

"At the beginning?"

Ai'er grabbed the sleeve of the broken arm with all her strength, and roared uncontrollably: "...wasn't there another section here before?!"

Lily was shaken by the pull and was stunned for a moment. Her lavender eyes stared at Ai'er blankly.

After Ai'er finished shouting, she realized her gaffe.

Before he could react, he saw Lily's lavender eyes suddenly overflow with sparkling tears, which then turned into tears falling.

"Hmm..." Ai'er's heart twitched. Her anger and impatience finally calmed down.

Lily just rubbed the corner of her eye with the remaining arm.

Ai'er had never been so cruel to herself before...

Ai'er calmed down a little, and finally used her little hands to help wipe away the tears of the little girl in front of her.

Elle understood why she was so flustered.

"Lily... you used magic without any magic power." Ai'er said, "...otherwise, it wouldn't have eroded so quickly."

Lily neither answered nor denied, but just rubbed her eyes.

"...Last night. After Coco fell asleep... I kept staring at Lily's body. Suddenly I felt something strange..."

Ai'er suppressed her voice and said, "That feeling was really strange... I know how important Lily is to me, but the more I looked at her, the more unreal it seemed... Later, her sleeves drooped more and more, and I realized that Lily's arm seemed to be getting shorter..."

Ai'er said: "...I should have discovered it from the beginning. Lily lost more than just her arm...The arm is a concept, a part of her own existence. When this concept is completely lost, it is natural that her own existence will be lost...Lily is a big liar."

Lily was silent.

Perhaps even Lily didn't expect that this fact would be exposed so quickly.

She thought she could keep it a secret forever.

"…I know I shouldn't be mean to Lily…"

As if she could no longer suppress her inner emotions, Ai'er hugged Lily's petite body tightly:

"But I'm really scared... Lily will disappear..."

220. Gears turn

The elf just kept holding Lily's little body and buried his head in Lily's neck.

The warm breath hit Lily's smooth skin.

Lily's little brain couldn't work.

He just felt Ai'er's gradually trembling body, hesitated for a long time, and then patted the elf's back stiffly.

"…I'm sorry." Lily said.

Lily might not understand what she did wrong, and why she made Elle so sad and scared. But Lily knew that she did seem to have done something wrong.

No matter what, just apologize first.

Ai'er's trembling body stopped. She tried hard to restrain herself and not vent her emotions.

"It's okay." Lily said, "I won't be in trouble."

"...Lily, you always say that." Ai'er rubbed the corners of her eyes, which were wet uncontrollably, and then she stood up.

The feeling of powerlessness that has nowhere to vent can only be kept in the heart for the time being.

"Then... why don't you drink what I gave you?" Ai'er's tone sounded more like an accusation.

Lily shuddered a little: "...I've finished drinking it."

Elle froze.

The blood drawn from Ai'er itself cannot provide much magic power.

After Lily's previous trip with Bernie, her blood was already drained.

I'm afraid that what we have done before is far from enough...

Ai'er turned around and tried to go out without hesitation, but was quickly stopped by Lily.

"...Not that much." Lily said, "Just a little bit will be fine..."

"Then you used magic recklessly again!!!" Ai'er glared at Lily and couldn't help wanting to shout again.

Lily was frightened again and her little body froze.

Ai'er quickly calmed down and took Lily in her arms before she started crying.

Ai'er's comfort was timely, and Lily felt relieved. There was no scene that made Ai'er feel distressed and blame herself just now.

But Ai'er knew in her heart that if Lily continued to be so stubborn, sooner or later... Ai'er would still be angry with Lily.

Ai'er caressed Lily's little body and continued to ask with patience - although she still couldn't get rid of the accusatory tone:

"...And just now, why did you go out? I want to hear Lily's explanation."

"I'm a little worried about Ai'er..." Lily said in a low voice.

Ai'er listened and felt mixed emotions.

Some touching and surprising things.

But I don't want to make Lily worry.

Lily had a hard time on her own. Elle believed that she could do it well on her own - and she had to do it well on her own.

But Lily was right to worry.

I can't do it well - this is what makes Ai'er most uncomfortable.