K424 of the Collapse World

Taking out another plain shirt, Lan Feng silently put it on and buttoned it up.

(What exactly is An's ability? The outward manifestation of her ability just now is very similar to the attack on Cocolia a month ago. However, she has unknowingly performed it again...)

Lan Feng reacted the moment before Xing attacked, but she did not choose to dodge. Instead, she withdrew the collapse crystal defense that she instinctively condensed, allowing Xing to hurt herself.

"But... I still underestimated Xing's ability. If I hadn't formed a defensive crystal in my body at the last moment, I would have been pierced through the chest by this attack..."

Remember

Lan Feng still felt a lingering fear from his previous crazy behavior. Fortunately, nothing happened. As for what happened next...

"Xi'er has been settled in, and Xing shouldn't have any problems after what happened just now. So... that's about it."

"I remember that Annie's friend... seemed to be called Remina? She was planning to go to town to buy something this afternoon..."

As Lan Feng thought about it, he grabbed the gray long coat and put it on again. His right hand subconsciously brushed the outside of his thigh, but touched nothing.

"Eh...? Oh, by the way, Cocolia forced me to throw away the dagger... She promised me a better one, where is it?"

Lan Feng was a little depressed. During her previous journeys, she had gotten used to tying the dagger to her thigh, and she still kept this habit.

Besides, I don't have any normal weapons at hand right now, so I can't use Honkai in every battle...

"There's nothing I can do. I can't go to Cocolia to ask for weapons now... Never mind. I'm strong enough with my bare hands, right?"

Thinking a little uncertainly, Lan Feng adjusted his clothes, looked at the purple-haired girl wearing a coat over a shirt and skirt in the mirror, and nodded with satisfaction.

(If you ignore the hair color, it does look a bit like Shana...)

While thinking, Lan Feng turned around and opened the door.

Looking back at this familiar room, Lan Feng shook his head and turned away. This time, it might be the last time...

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Tick-tick…tick-tick…

In the silent house, there was no other sound except the ticking of the clock.

The girl with long pink hair sat quietly in front of the dressing table, facing the mirror, with no expression on her face.

It was indeed as Lan Feng said. Xing had liked to stay alone in her room for some time. No one, including her friends who played with her, knew what she was doing.

"Today, I actually hurt Sister Shilis..."

The girl's voice trembled, and she clenched her hands on her knees. She was in the empty room, talking to herself in front of the mirror.

"In this world, only Sister Sis Shilis is the most beautiful...but I hurt her! I hurt her with my 'sin'..."

[Heh... what's wrong with that? She clearly wanted to abandon you, that's her original sin!]

"No, Sister Shilis has already said that she will not abandon me. It's just... independence..."

[After all, she still wants to leave you, doesn't she?]

"No...that's not the case..."

Xing's eyes were broken, communicating with the voice in her heart that called itself "sin". This was the reason why she had been staying alone in her room these days.

[Okay, okay... your sister Shirley is the best~ Then, let me ask you, how did it feel when I stabbed her chest with my hand just now?]

"I... I didn't mean to!"

[I didn’t ask you whether you were interested or not, I just asked you, what kind of feeling did you have in your heart at that time?]

As the teasing voice of "Sin" sounded in her mind, Xing was stunned for a moment, frowning and thinking slightly. The next moment, her pupils suddenly dilated...

"I……"

[how?]

"..."

Xing opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. However, this didn't silence the voice in her heart.

[Even if you don't say it, I know what you're thinking... At that time, you were... excited, right? ]

"I don't!"

[Stop lying to yourself! You probably don’t know, when your sister Shilis was covered in blood, you lowered your head, but your face… had a smile on it! I know these things better than you!]

"Please... don't say that anymore..."

Xing's body was trembling. She bit her lips without realizing that the skin of her lips had been broken. The blood gathered into a line and slowly flowed down her chin...

That's right... sin, it's absolutely true... I did have such thoughts at that time. I even wanted to continue to hurt her! Hurt Sister Shilis!

[Alas... I really don't understand why you want to suppress your own wishes? This is not my fault... You are originally such a person! ]

"…Then who are you? You appear in my brain at will and tell me these damn things at random!"

[Idiot...I am you, the very essence of sin!]

Xing stared at the mirror blankly. As her right eye completely turned into a strange golden color, the scene that she had become accustomed to seeing in the past few days appeared in her eyes again.

——The self in the mirror had long since turned into a monster, no longer recognizable as a human, a pitch-black image...

068 The Original Wish of Sin

Looking at the darkness in the mirror, the girl's eyes reflected the black mist and slowly became empty...

"No...don't...why on earth is this..."

[This is not normal

Although there is no reason, this is indeed your own "desire", my little princess~]

"My... desire?"

[Yes, that is your true nature, it is what drives you to do this. However, it can also be said that this 'sin' is the only thing that can satisfy you!]

"is this real?"

Gradually, under the influence of some unknown factor, the girl's long pink hair began to turn pink and then turned to lavender...

[What else? I won’t lie to myself… By the way, when you hurt Sister Shilis just now, did you feel that something was wrong?]

Hearing the question from "sin", the girl's absent-minded pupils revealed a hint of doubt. She had given up her previous guilty thoughts and let "sin" guide the direction of her thinking. This was very relaxing and comfortable, and she no longer felt the depression she had before.

She thought about it carefully, and it seemed that something was indeed missing...

"When my sister was hurt by me, she didn't react at all... Oh, just like she said, it doesn't hurt...?"

[Yes, this is strange, isn't it? Such a serious injury must be very painful, but Sister Shirley seems to be fine... Um... Ah! By the way, do you want to see Sister Shirley in pain? ]

"Sister Shilis... looks like she's in pain?"

Xing had an impression that she had seen the purple-haired girl in pain, when she was bullied by a big girl. Shilis burst into tears, thinking of her beautiful purple eyes filled with tears, and her pitiful appearance when she was wantonly trampled by the big girl. Xing could not help but clench her fists.

A morbidly excited expression appeared on the young face...

Indeed, I really want to see Sister Silis being bullied again...

[Right, it's exciting to think about her howling in blood and crying in pain, isn't it?]

"Yes! But...but, if that happens, won't I hurt Sister Shilis again?"

Suddenly, thinking of this, a trace of struggle flashed in Xing's eyes. But she had to admit that this was indeed the desire hidden deep in her heart, this sinful thought...

[Sister Shilis, it seems like I am planning to leave you~ Are you really not going to do anything?]

“What…should I do?!”

[How about finding a way to make Sister Shilis belong to you alone?]

"Think of a way...?"

Xing had a little doubt on her face. She read this sentence over and over again and began to think. After a moment, Xing raised her head and a bright smile bloomed on the girl's face.

“…That’s all that’s going to be fine, right?”

[You...? You're actually like that... Hehe... Hahahahaha...! If I couldn't see your thoughts, I really wouldn't have guessed... So, you have such dark thoughts. I thought I needed to teach you from the beginning, but now it seems that's obviously not necessary...]

“Is it really okay? Doing these things to Sister Shiris… hehe…”

Xing smiled and slowly opened her heterochromatic pupils. Her right eye had completely turned golden, and seemed to be slightly pulsating with strange golden light particles...

[Of course you can, Sis Shirley is so kind, of course she will forgive us~ And, we chose to do this because we like her, Sis Shirley will definitely understand! ]

"Well, then..."

——Bang!

Suddenly, there was the sound of a door opening. Xing's pupils shrank and she turned to look in the direction of the door.

"Um... Xing, are you okay?"

Ai Ni stood at the door with a worried look on her face. When she arrived at the door of Xing's room, she heard a girl's tender voice coming from inside the room. Sometimes her tone was gentle, sometimes she was excited, but it was only Xing's voice...

Annie couldn't help but have a bad premonition. In a hurry, she opened the door without knocking and walked in.

"You've been talking to yourself since a while ago. Are you sick? Are you feeling unwell somewhere? Eh...? Xing, your eyes...?"

Annie walked towards Xing worriedly, and suddenly, when she saw the girl's eyes, she was stunned.

Her right eye...what's going on? Apricot's eyes shouldn't be heterochromatic like this, right?

Her eyes should be pure and gentle, right? But what about the strange golden pupil in her right eye? Moreover, because of this, her other normal silver eye also looks a little strange...

Annie looked at the girl in front of her. For some reason, Xing, who still looked very cute, became more and more weird in her eyes.

Looking at the shocked Annie, Xing stood up and smiled softly. The silver bell-like laughter awakened the dazed girl.

Annie was startled, and the next moment, she felt strange. At this moment, the subtle feeling of fear that Xing had brought to her just now had disappeared, as if it had never appeared. Xing had a gentle smile on her face, looking at her in front of the dressing table.

(Did you just

Is it an illusion? But her eyes...)

Annie was still looking at Xing with some doubt. As her heartbeat became rapid due to nervousness, the girl in front of her with hair mixed with peach and purple slowly walked towards her.

"I'm fine~ Sister Annie."

"Is... is that so? But, Xing... what are your eyes...? And your hair too...?"

In response to Annie's question, Xing just shook her head, her smile growing wider.

"What's wrong? Sister Aini, is there something...unsightly about Xing's appearance?"

"It's not that it's ugly, it's just..."

Suddenly, the smile on Xing's mouth disappeared. She took two steps back and looked at Annie coldly.

"Could it be because... Sister Annie hates the current Xing?"

She said this in a calm tone, with an inexplicable sadness on her face.

"No...! It's not like that. I don't hate Xing! I just... I'm a little concerned about you..."

Aini's expression became flustered, and she explained incoherently. Although she still didn't understand the situation, she could feel the girl's sudden sadness and had to try her best to comfort her.

"I see... As expected, Sister Annie, you are not bad... Although in my eyes, you are still not as good as Sister Shilis."

A smile returned to Xing's face, and the sadness just now was swept away. Annie looked at Xing in surprise, and just as she was about to ask more questions, she suddenly changed her mind and shook her head.

"Hmm~hmm~ Your sister Shilis is the best... So, Xing, can you tell me what happened?"

"What happened? Nothing happened. Xing is still Xing, nothing has changed..."

However, Xing deliberately avoided answering Annie's serious questions. Annie also began to realize that Xing's behavior at this time was completely different from usual.

Aini was about to say something when Xing suddenly asked her a question.

"Um... Sister Annie, do you know where is the person who bullied Sister Shilis before, that Laisi?"

"Ah...? As for Lais, I think her mother has just called her out for questioning and she will be back soon. Wait...what do you want to do?"

Annie didn't react for a moment and said it directly. At this time, Xing suddenly turned around, walked around her lightly and walked out the door.

"Thank you, Sister Annie. As a reward, I will use the same method I used to treat Sister Shirley on you in the future..."

As she spoke, Xing did not stop, but Aini could not let her do anything.

"Hey! Wait! Xing, you're not going to seek revenge on Lais, are you? Don't be impulsive... She is..."

Annie hurriedly chased after her, trying to stop Xing, but her outstretched hand still failed to touch the girl's shoulder and was nimbly avoided.

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