Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

"You're finally here. Have you figured out how to throw yourself into my arms?"

The familiar voice sounded in her ears again, with a crazy tone. The witch did not answer it, but gave the villagers a cold look. Then she saw the crowd gradually parted to leave a path.

"Yae Sakura, come here. I'll be waiting for you here. We are both sinners and will never be accepted by others, so only we can be together~"

The witch walked through the crowd, and under the gazes of countless dull eyes, she approached the back mountain of the village. She secretly clenched the handle of the knife, because she would have no one to rely on from now on, so she could only hold the knife tightly.

There was a yellow earth open space on the hillside, with a shrine like an altar, with meat and vegetables offered in front. Facing the cave entrance at the back, there was a sound of movement inside, stones rolling down, debris and dust flying, and a huge creature slowly walked out of the cave.

It was a huge fox, with snow-white fur all over its body, but red at the ends. Its sturdy limbs and calves were also covered in red hair. It had ropes tied around its body, and six tails with red ends standing upright behind it. There was a three-magatama pattern engraved on its snow-white forehead, and on its slender mouth were a pair of vertical pupils with blood-red eyeshadow.

The legendary fox demon from the Far East appeared here, staring at Yaezakura who could be swallowed in one gulp, with its slender mouth opened as if laughing, "As expected, you chose to come back after all. You should understand that you are no longer human.

It is the mortal enemy of mankind, a mixture of Honkai energy. Once discovered, you will be killed. So stay with me. After we combine, we will have the power to destroy this world!"

Feiyukumaru raised one of his front paws towards Yaezakura, as if preparing to shake hands with her and welcome the return of his companion.

Listening to these bewitching words, the miko's expression did not change at all until the other party finished speaking. She quickly pulled out Sakura Fubuki with her hand on the hilt of the knife. The blade emitting a sharp cold light was her determination at the moment, "Hiyukumaru, I didn't come back to follow you but to kill you. I want to cut off all of this and say goodbye to the past."

"Kill... me?" The fox's eyes froze slightly. It felt like it had heard a joke, and its mouth raised even higher. Even when facing the sword, it was not afraid at all. "Hahaha! Are you crazy? You want to kill me? Anyone can say this, but you can't."

The laughter lasted for a long time, until it became more and more crazy. The terrifying pressure suddenly dropped, and the demon fox released extremely strong collapse energy in its body, which appeared dark red. The surrounding land and shrines were all eroded by this collapse energy.

"The power in your body comes from me. Do you think it's possible to kill me with my own power?"

Yae Sakura felt that the Houkai energy in her body had been mobilized, and the power instantly spread throughout her body but was flowing out. She couldn't help but frown, feeling her power being drained away bit by bit, until it finally dissipated, and she returned to the miko with superb swordsmanship.

It's just an ordinary human body, and it's impossible to fight against Honkai.

"What should we choose now?" Feiyuwan stared at her with his vertical pupils that contained madness.

"Your power is not needed to cut off the past." Yaezakura replied in a cold voice. There was no need to discuss anything. Sakura Fubuki's blade emitted a sharp cold light, as if it knew that its master was about to start a difficult battle, and it also tried hard to release its own power.

The slashing blow instantly landed on the fox's chest but it was dodged, and only an inch of its snow-white hair was cut off.

"Okay, okay! Then I'll show you what belief is. In the face of absolute strength, it can only be crushed to death!" Feiyuwan was angry, and raised his huge forelimbs high. With the continuous enhancement of Honkai energy, his attack was extremely terrifying.

"boom--"

The ground was instantly cracked by the impact, Yaezakura quickly dodged the attack, and then chopped at the fox's forelimbs without hesitation. The blood-red hair scattered, and when it touched the flesh, it was like chopping on the hardest steel, and it didn't move at all.

Instead, her hands were hurt by the rebound of the impact, and then the terrifying pressure made the witch unable to move. She swung her forelimbs hard and smashed it out.

Yaezakura fell to the ground, her shirt and skirt immediately covered with dust, the pain seemed to be magnified after the power was taken away. This time she felt as if her ribs were broken, and the pain rushed straight into her mind.

"I won't admit defeat..."

She breathed in the air in big gulps, not caring whether she would inhale the dust into her lungs. She staggered to her feet with both hands on the ground, but before she could stand firmly, the fox's front paw swept over again.

"bump!"

Like a tossed doll, it fell heavily. The fox's eyes were filled with madness, and it continued to attack, "Faith, faith? Where is your faith? Has it been mixed with this dirty mud? Stand up!"

The ground was shaking continuously, and the dust enveloped Yae Sakura. Feiyumaru withdrew his hand, raised the corner of his mouth and showed the most joyful smile, "Waste."

The miko seemed to be dead. It was a miracle that an ordinary person could hold out for even a minute in front of a monster that surpassed the emperor level. Everything was silent. The fox looked at the dispersed dust with interest, wanting to see how miserable Yaezakura looked at that time.

A tiny shadow appeared and drifted before his eyes. It was a small cherry blossom petal, just an object made of energy, and it disappeared when it landed on Feiyukumaru's mouth.

"Damn it!" The monster was completely enraged by this inexplicable scene. It raised its limbs high and smashed them to the ground. Its fox mouth opened and spit out a red light. It was a high-temperature flame condensed by the Honkai energy.

"Boom——" The flames fell mercilessly towards the location where the witch was, and it ended.

After the dust settled, Feiyumaru used his Honkai energy to pick up the seriously injured and dying Yae Sakura. Her clothes were torn and her body was covered in blood. She was covered in tiny, horrifying scars and had no consciousness. She was like a doll and could be manipulated at will.

The dazzling orange light cuts through the night sky, and dawn is coming, but for Yaezakura there will never be dawn this night.

139. You’re always worried, right?

Yaezakura disappeared, or to be more precise, she left, leaving an envelope in the room indicating she was leaving, and also recorded a farewell voice message when she was stopped at the school gate.

She simply left here, without being kidnapped or manipulated. She did not come back for five days and disappeared without a trace.

Shen Yunie was very confused. He didn't know why he had to leave. If he wanted to avoid Rita, he should have left some contact information. But disappearing like that made people feel detached and the loss was indescribable.

The boy sat in the empty classroom, looking at the beautiful handwriting on the grid paper. There was only a few words, "I have to go out for a while and will be back in a while."

His black and white eyes revealed a blank look, and he did not respond no matter how the people around him called him, until that hand reached out and pinched his face lightly.

"Don't be in a daze. It's been half an hour since the get out of class ended." Leah said helplessly. She simply held the little boy's arm to help him stand up, then pushed his back and walked out the door. "It won't do any good to be in a daze like this."

This is a problem that Shen Yunie has that he can't say is good or bad. When someone leaves quietly, he doesn't know what to do and will be in a daze. Because he really doesn't know what to do. He doesn't even have contact with them, and he will often think of that person in his heart.

Thinking of her every move, she is present in everything she does.

You have to be in a daze for a long time, waiting for the other person to come back or slowly recover.

Shen Yunie gradually came back to her senses, turned her head and looked behind her and asked, "Sister Leah, what do you think?"

Today, Leah was wearing a double-layered tulle dress, white socks and canvas shoes, similar to Shen Yunie's school uniform shirt and light white jeans. She was also very sad about Yae Sakura's departure, but she had become a comforter, so she was used to suppressing all her emotions and only showing her happy side.

"I... I'm not happy either." She didn't show any sadness or confusion, she lowered her head and looked at her toes, "But the way Sakura described leaving was so ordinary that I couldn't even feel worried.

It's like if I go to the supermarket downstairs, which is less than 50 meters away from here, to buy something, would you worry that she would be in danger? You would let her go out of your mind, right? "

But this wasn't a trip to the supermarket. After a while, I felt sad because there was no news. No one knew how long the time was, whether it was a few days, weeks, or months.

"Sister Ying, are you going to look for that monster?" Shen Yunie guessed without any reason. It was very possible that Yae Sakura didn't want to trouble others. Could it be that she encountered danger when fighting the monster? They had no way of knowing, because they didn't even have a way to find her.

Seeing that the little boy still couldn't smile, Leah went forward and hugged his arm, smoothed his hair with her hands, and said, "Okay, be happy. Just wait quietly for her to come back."

There was no one to turn to for help in the matter of Yaesakura's departure, and it was impossible for Saint Freya to go to the vast Far East to search for someone for him. The Valkyries who officially joined the Executive Department were either on their way to kill the Honkai beasts or exploring various relics of former civilizations.

"Yeah." Shen Yunie grabbed Leah's hand, inserted his fingers into the gap between her little fingertips, and interlocked their fingers.

In their free time, the two of them walked slowly on the quiet path in the campus. The mottled light and shadows fell through the leaves, and the people illuminated by them felt as if they were in a trance. Occasionally, students passing by would cast their eyes at the boy, and whispered to their companions about how lonely the senior looked.

But Shen Yunie is not alone. There is always a bright light in his life that illuminates the darkness, allowing him to discern the path to take next.

Leah looked at the bluestone road under her feet, stepped on a place where green leaves fell, and said nonchalantly: "Yunie, what will you do if I disappear one day?"

The boy answered without hesitation: "I don't know, maybe he doesn't want to live anymore."

Leah's heart was throbbing. She raised her head and looked at the boy helplessly: "I just said it casually, idiot."

"I just said it casually." Shen Yunie looked at her with a serious look in his eyes. He paused and then continued, "But Sister Leah should know what I will do."

In fact, he really did that. He should thank God that both of them survived, but if such a crisis happened again next time, he would still choose the worst option without hesitation.

"You! Then I'll hide now and see what you will do." Leah poked his forehead, raised the corners of her pretty face, and loosened her arms. In the blink of an eye, the boy disappeared in this lush park.

The two played hide-and-seek, but it was very unfair for the hider because of telepathy, and the hiding distance could not be more than a hundred meters, otherwise Leia would be forced to return to the space.

Shen Yunie's eyes fell on the bushes not far away, and he secretly sighed in his heart that Sister Leah ran really fast. He walked closer quietly, then quickly reached out and hugged the delicate body out, letting her lean on him, "I found it."

"This is not friendly to the hiding party." Leah protested dissatisfiedly. After hiding, she could feel Xiao Zheng getting too close to her. Seeing a smile gradually appear on his face, she raised her head and kissed the side of his handsome face. "Look, no matter where I go, we have telepathy, so I will not disappear."

"Yeah." Shen Yunie rubbed her neck and chest affectionately, and the faint fragrance washed away many of the depressed thoughts in her heart.

Walking out of the park, a familiar figure appeared on the wide campus road with trees on both sides. The light gray hair was tied into a ponytail, and the shirt and school uniform were smooth without a wrinkle. The girl walked quietly on the road, and her body seemed to radiate a kind of coldness and loneliness, which was intimidating from a distance.

"Senior." Shen Yunie called out to the girl.

Fu Hua stopped and turned her head slightly. Her ice-green eyes were calm and indifferent, just like she always was. She nodded to the boy, and seeing that he had no intention of following her, she turned back after a pause and continued to do her own thing.

Shen Yunie opened his mouth and silently watched the figure of the senior sister disappear on the road of the campus. The aroma of orange soda mixed with mint was gone, and the sense of separation became more and more serious. He felt that their recent relationship was rapidly regressing, so he did not walk forward with her. Why was this?

"The orange candies that have been distributed are almost finished. We have to go buy some more." The young man murmured softly.

140. Comfort

On the rooftop of the sixth grade teaching building, solar panels are neatly installed on the empty flat floor, and brand new air conditioner outdoor units are neatly arranged on the other half, with guardrails surrounding the edge. This is one of the high-rise buildings of St. Freya. In the distance, you can see the top of the gray brick church tower, with birds flying in groups, and there is a device like a transmitter on it.

Weak Honkai energy is being released in a certain amount in order to allow students to adapt to the Honkai energy environment. It is also one of the conditions for admission, which depends on whether they can live normally in this environment.

The sky was clear and blue. The school was divided into three areas, and about half of the scenery could be seen from here.

Shen Yunie wanted to buy some orange candies but they were out of stock for no apparent reason. Saint Freya's supplies were replenished every day. Maybe he was just unlucky today, and new stock would be replenished tomorrow.

So he could only buy a cake for Leah, but she had a small appetite, so he had to eat the rest himself.

Leah was enjoying the little boy wiping the cream stains from her mouth when she saw a figure under the raised solar panel. She stopped, afraid that others would see the little boy doing something inexplicable, but the other person didn't notice and was just sitting there in a daze.

She pointed to the figure, "Yune, over there."

The gentle wind blew up the girl's snow-like long hair. The highly recognizable hair color allowed Shen Yunie to immediately recognize who it was and walked forward slowly.

The girl had heard the noise and caught a glimpse of a figure approaching her out of the corner of her eye. She did not react and let the other person sit down next to her.

"How does it feel to carry out your first mission?" Shen Yunie said with a calm look and a smile on her face. After more than two months of school, the three girls who finally learned something should go out to carry out their first mission.

It's normal to look a little bad. Unlike what you hear from others, this is the time when you are truly facing cruelty, and coupled with your young age, some people may even suffer a mental breakdown.

"It's not so good. It's really not so good." Kiana hugged her knees with half of her small face buried in them, her blue eyes staring blankly at the black leather shoes on her feet.

She, Mei, and Bronya formed a team, led by Himeko, to complete a mission to explore the remains of a suspected former civilization. They successfully completed the mission in three days, but she, who thought she was the most tolerant, was not in a good mood now.

"That's not a ruin at all. It was caused by a Thunder God Honkai Beast. Honkai infected the entire village. When we arrived, most of the villagers had died..."

"We can only kill her, right?" Shen Yunie probably guessed why the girl was in a bad mood. He raised his hand and wanted to hold the sky in his hand, but it was impossible. "There's nothing we can do."

In that mission, he could only save one person. Was he happy? Maybe, but he felt more helpless.

Under the girl's drooping eyelashes, the scene of the previous battle appeared in her eyes. The skin of those dead soldiers was not completely purple, like that of humans. She tried to approach but was killed by Jizi holding the ship-cutting sword.

It was not until the purple sticky liquid scattered everywhere that she suddenly realized that the person in front of her was really not a human being.

"Honkai is so cruel, and we are so insignificant." Kiana also looked at the sky with eyes similar to hers. She pointed at the birds flying across the sky, "I feel smaller than a bird, but at least it can fly."

The air conditioner outside the room was whirring. The chaotic sound was a pleasant rhythm after she got used to it. She seemed to think that her sorrow was too much, and a smile quickly appeared on her face.

"Forget it. Anyway, my intention to protect Mei will not change. I am still getting stronger. Sooner or later, I will be strong enough to turn everything around!"

There was something on Kiana's knees. It was a disposable plate with a cake of white cream and egg bread on it. She turned her head and looked at the boy beside her in confusion.

"Look, I have something to comfort you." Leah asked the little boy to continue what she said. She felt sorry for the girl because of the strange feeling of closeness and the look of dejected soul after the girl completed the mission. "So I'll give it to you."

Shen Yunie was also happy to give it to Kiana. He and Lia didn't have big appetites, and one piece of cake was enough to fill them up. However, that kind of thoughtful care still made him feel a little bitter in his heart, and when he finished speaking, he reached out and rubbed the girl's head.

"Don't touch my head, I'm really going to fail the final exam!" Kiana complained unhappily, without saying much, and scooped a spoonful of cake into her mouth. The sweet feeling still diluted a lot of depression in her heart, but in fact, when Shen Yunie came to chat with her, she was not so sad.

She raised her head slightly and looked at the boy sitting next to her, with fair and delicate skin, light-colored lips, a high nose bridge and distinct black and white eyes.

Inexplicably, there is a sense of familiarity? I tried hard to search for memories in my mind, but when I went deep into them, they became very fuzzy. I only remember being held in my arms, feeling the doting and loving gaze, and that face was very pretty. Could it be that this sense of familiarity is because they are all very pretty...

"You've seen cruelty before, so why wouldn't you work hard?" Shen Yunie said with a smile on her face, "If you fail the final exam, be careful that the dean will send you to the snowfields of Siberia when you are assigned a job."

"No, I will really try my best." Kiana defended. The boy gave her a good feeling at this moment, so she didn't want to argue with him any more. The warm feeling was like being in someone's arms. What she didn't know was that Leah was sitting beside them, looking at them with gentle eyes.

She scooped another spoonful of cake and whispered, "It's not like I haven't been there before. I used to live there..."

……

Fu Hua slowly retracted her fist. The empty streets were filled with dust. Dozens of scrapped Titan mechas blocked the road. Sparks were still jumping on their bodies due to short circuits. It was obvious that they had been destroyed not long ago.

Then everything twisted and turned back into a huge empty metal room. The girl looked at everything indifferently with her ice-green eyes, turned around and left, having destroyed sixty Titan mechas today.

She felt faintly tired, and she was ready to go back and rest before continuing the battle. Wearing a snow-white shirt and sweatpants that fit tightly to her thighs, and a coat tied around her waist, the girl made no sound as she walked on the road, as if she had her own quiet and cold territory.

She has actually always been like this, but the coldness had faded before. With what she had experienced in recent days, the coldness deepened to its previous state.

The words of the juniors and the youngsters irritated her nerves. Perhaps she had forgotten everything because of the change of environment. She still had important things to do!

The girl's boudoir was empty except for some necessary furniture. Books were neatly arranged on the desk, and there was nothing extra.

141. No news

From the outside, it looked like a quiet little mountain village, but if one approached, after the distorted light and shadow flashed before one's eyes, another picture would appear: old houses built against the mountain, a cobblestone road, and two wooden street lamps.

It is not as small as it looks from the outside. It is very large with several open squares and trees planted everywhere, blooming strangely out of season. There is also a shrine with a red torii gate on the hillside, which echoes the pagoda-shaped stone building in the distance.

Residents walked on the street doing their own things, there were children playing, women chatting, or men going to work together. Among them, the figure of a girl with pink hair down to her waist was particularly eye-catching. She was wearing a shrine maiden-style light furisode kimono, with an ancient sword hanging from her waist, and the scabbard had a fiery red cloud pattern.

She also had her own things to do, guarding the village to make sure there were no monsters around. But the witch's face did not change at all, it was dull, with pupils dilated, and all the people here looked the same, like a group of puppets.

It's like a puppet theater, where everyone is pulled by strings and performs according to the will of their master. They have no thoughts of their own and are unable to resist.

The shrine in the center of the shrine was lit with a faint light, and inside was another space, which seemed a little small to accommodate a huge monster and a shrine maiden.

"Feiyuwan, I won't give up, no matter what method you use." The witch looked at the fox with indifference. Her face was pale, and her hands were stretched out over her head and tied up by the energy body, but her clothes were intact. The color of Honkai energy was like blood, covering her calves, and they stagnated and could not move forward any further.

The fox demon did not answer, but instead looked at the identical witch in the picture with interest. After a long time, he turned around, and the smile in his pupils looked crazy, "Then let's take a look. Your answer will be different after a few more experiences.