K424 of the Collapse World

Holding the bread in his hand, Lan Feng couldn't help but think of the little girl with pink hair again.

(What a kind girl... Unfortunately, I forgot to ask her name...)

(By the way, she suddenly changed her words earlier... Did she call herself by her own name...?)

Suddenly remembering the scene when he talked with that girl before, Lan Feng suddenly became concerned about what she said at that time...

Pronunciation, seems to be sin?

sin...sin...apricot?

The eldest daughter of the Mar family...? In other words, her last name is Mar...

Apricot Mal?!

Thinking of this, Lan Feng's pupils shrank. She turned back in shock and ran in the direction the girl left...

She didn't notice that, in the depths of the alley, a tall figure looked at her retreating figure with some concern...

In the alley, a pink-haired little girl was walking towards her home, holding a bag of bread.

The sky was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing against each other and piling up, and accompanied by the whistling cold wind, it seemed that a storm was about to come. But these things did not affect the girl's joyful mood at this time.

(This is the first time I went out alone, I bought some bread, and I helped someone in need. Mom will definitely praise Xing!)

However, looking at the rolling clouds, it was obvious that it was going to rain soon. The girl felt a little worried. What should the sister she just met do in this situation...

(It shouldn’t be a problem… well, this isn’t the first time it’s rained recently, she’ll definitely have a way!)

The girl frowned and thought about it, and finally gave up thinking about this problem. For her, this was the first time she left home alone and fulfilled her mother's instructions. A sense of accomplishment filled the girl's heart, and she couldn't wait to return home to enjoy the admiring eyes of her parents...

——Boom...!

A thunderous sound streaked across the sky, and then a huge rumbling sound suddenly sounded. The girl shrank her neck in fear, and could not help but quicken her pace, trotting towards a villa that was vaguely visible not far away.

That's her home...

It’s okay, as long as I get home, I will see everyone at home, and my mother will come over with a smile and hug Xing in her arms, and then I won’t feel scared anymore!

Thinking of this, the girl smiled knowingly again. She was already close to the mansion. The iron fence at the door was tall, and the high wall separated the dilapidated bungalow outside from the luxurious mansion, as if they were two different worlds...

Raindrops began to fall in scattered streams...

"Ah! Damn! My clothes are wet. I have to trouble Miss Gro to wash them again..."

The girl complained a little, and with a creak, she pushed open the black iron fence gate, walked into the familiar spacious courtyard, passed the path covered with vines, and walked towards the gate of the luxurious villa.

She tiptoed gently and turned the doorknob with some difficulty. The door with ornate carvings opened, revealing a dim corridor behind it...

"Eh...? Weird, why aren't the lights on at home?"

The girl just tilted her head slightly, a little confused. However, thinking that she would soon see her mother's smile, she felt happy and no longer paid attention to these small questions.

The switch of the chandelier was out of her reach, so the girl walked straight along the dim corridor in the dark. In her familiar home, she did not feel afraid...

but

, why is it a bit strange…?

So... quiet?

It was lunchtime at noon, but now there was a suffocating silence in the air...

What happened?

Continuing to walk forward, suddenly, the girl's eyes lit up and she ran towards a dark corner.

"Sister Seril, why are you sleeping there? The ground is very cold..."

She looked at the figure sitting on the ground leaning against the wall. Even in the dim light, she could still recognize the figure by her beige hair. She was the youngest maid in the family, who often played with her. To her, she was like a sister...

Tick-tick…

Suddenly, there was a strange feeling under her feet, as if she stepped on some sticky liquid. The girl didn't have time to care about it. She stretched out her hand and patted the maid on the shoulder...

"Hey~~Sister Celyer..."

puff.

Her body slid down and fell into the pool of liquid. The girl's smile froze on her face.

"Ah...?"

Feeling something sticky on her hand, she slowly withdrew her hand and held it in front of her to examine it carefully...

A dark red color.

"What's this?"

The girl didn't understand what this meant, she was just confused as to why her sister suddenly stopped moving?

Da da……

Suddenly, slow footsteps were heard on the stairwell. The girl's eyes moved and she ran over happily.

It must be my mother! As long as I see my mother, I will definitely find out what happened...

The girl hugged a bag of bread tightly in her arms. She hurried to the stairs and looked up. What she saw was a tall and unfamiliar figure...

——Crack!

Lightning flashed again...

The sudden light projected the man's figure clearly into the girl's eyes.

What she saw was a pair of bloodthirsty pupils and the dark red, coldly shining blade held in the man's hand.

055 Apricot Mare

The storm came without warning.

The sound of the raindrops gradually expanded, becoming dense and violent...

From time to time, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, cutting everything in the world in half. The sky was torn apart, the clouds were split open, and the entire city was dyed a pale white...

Pedestrians on the street have disappeared. No one wants to go out in such bad weather. Shops in the streets and alleys have also closed and rolled up their shutters. Because, on such a day, they probably won't welcome customers.

However, in the villa washed by raindrops, unknown things were happening.

……

Outside the gorgeous floor-to-ceiling windows, there were constant flashes of lightning and loud roars of thunder.

The pale light that instantly illuminated the sky formed a huge contrast with the dim room.

Huge raindrops kept hitting the glass, causing the heavy window to tremble. Tiny water circles appeared on the glass, like eyes of different sizes, staring at the two people standing up and down the luxurious gold-rimmed stairs.

The man standing on the stairs looked at the little girl who was standing there blankly and smiled nervously.

“Ha…hahahaha…hahahaha…!”

I finally took action!

These nobles...these damn rich businessmen!

Why do you have a big, warm house, a cozy bed, and so much money at your disposal, but why do we have to do the hardest and most exhausting work for these guys, and have to endure hunger and cold, and live a life worse than pigs and dogs? !

With a heart full of jealousy and hatred, this man broke into the villa that he had only looked up to, and thrust the tip of his knife into the throat of the high-ranking wealthy businessman...

"Hey...uncle, where is Xing's mother? Have you seen her?"

Suddenly, the girl's tender and clear voice came, interrupting the man's thoughts.

She chose to ignore the man's abnormal laughter. Now, what she cared about most was where her father and mother were.

The man was stunned for a moment, and the next moment, a smile with some kind of cruel pleasure appeared on his face.

"Here it is."

His voice was hoarse, but it carried an unusual excitement and malice, and he answered the girl's words with a harsh voice like an iron pickaxe chiseling through solid ice.

He unfolded the object in his left hand hidden behind his back and gently let go. With a plop, a round object fell down the stairs and stopped at the girl's feet.

The girl looked down, but could only see a vague outline in the dim room...

She squatted down, picked up the round object with long hair, and held it in front of herself, wanting to take a closer look at what it was and why the uncle said, "Mom is here..."

Lightning flashed outside the window again.

Pale light

A flash of light flashed by, illuminating the head in the girl's hand, which was still covered in blood...

The face belonged to a woman, but the bloodless face still contained an expression of extreme fear, and the lifeless eyes stared into the girl's eyes...

The girl collapsed on the ground, her pupils slightly dilated, and the light in her eyes disappeared...

A certain change quietly occurred in her body, like a shadow suddenly descending upon her young body...

The girl was not aware of these changes. She just lowered her head blankly and stared at the bloody head.

Yes, this is my mother, but why did she become like this?

She raised her head and looked at the man on the stairs.

"Uncle, Xing's mother...what happened?"

"She's dead! And your father too! They're all dead, killed by me! Hahahaha..."

Ignoring the man's crazy laughter, the girl lowered her head and thought carefully...

(What does it mean to be dead?)

(Heartbeat stops, breathing stops, movement stops...)

(That is to say, if mom dies, she can’t hug Xing or tell her stories…)

(Sister Seril, is she dead too? If she dies, who will play with Xing?)

(Xing...why do I feel so bad? Is this, sadness? But why should I be sad?)

The girl has lived a fairy-tale life like a princess since she was a child, always peaceful and harmonious. She cannot understand what the so-called pain and sadness really mean. ;?

……

The man ignored the little girl who lowered her head and stopped talking. He still walked down the stairs step by step with that morbid smile on his face, slowly raising the sharp blade in his hand.

"How pitiful... Mom and Dad are both dead, but... don't worry, you will be with them soon, so you won't feel lonely and sad, right?"

"Is that so?"

The girl raised her head slightly and looked at the man standing in front of her.

(Will it be less painful if I die?)

(But why doesn’t Xing want to die…?)

The sharp blade was raised high, and the smile on the man's face instantly became ferocious, and he chopped down fiercely at the girl's white shoulder!

(Xing... doesn't want to die... someone come save Xing...)

This thought only occurred to the girl, but she didn't expect to get a response!

(Really? Do you really not want to die?)

(Um……)

Then accept me! I will protect you, I will play with you, chat with you... I will always be with you! )

(But what should Xing do...? And who are you?)

(You don't have to do anything... As for me? Just call me 'evil'...)

At this moment, an ominous golden light appeared in the girl's right eye, slowly expanding and beginning to occupy the entire pupil of the right eye...

(Come on! Accept me, acknowledge me, and then...)

--Snapped!

The blade stopped in mid-air...

The girl suddenly came back to her senses, her dazed eyes regained their luster, and the golden color spreading in her right eye instantly faded away.

The girl raised her head, and in her silver eyes, an equally petite figure was reflected.

The slender white hand firmly grasped the man's wrist, preventing the blade from falling.

The man was suddenly stunned.