Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

If Zuo Jian could find some useful clues from the naming direction - No! We agreed not to rely on others casually!

Laurentina shook her head and threw away the unconscious thought that she might as well be awake.

She stretched out her hand, wanting to take the metallic garment.

But before she touched it.

The piece of clothing in the wooden frame's hand suddenly cracked.

Then, the crack continued to expand and quickly turned into a pool of scarlet dust that scattered on the ground.

...

It seems that the duration of the nutrients provided by Zuo Jian to that part has expired.

"Ah, why is it gray, bench? Did you bite it?"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I will find a way to make it up to you..."

"Please don't blame the bench... oooo... If you want to blame someone, blame me for not keeping an eye on him..."

"No, that..."

Laurentina was speechless.

No, girl, how could a little kid's teeth possibly bite through a metal buckle?

What's more, it turned directly into gray.

Don't you suspect that there is something wrong with this thing?

Are ordinary people in Iberia so simple?

"No, no, it's not valuable. I just want to teach this child that it's not a good habit to take other people's things casually, and--"

......

*Agor swears* Damn, what should I say to educate others?

Laurentina was stunned.

In the past, she was usually the one who was scolded by the captain. Damn it! Think about how the captain used to educate her...

I can't remember it at all! If I could remember it, I wouldn't be scolded by the captain again and again, right?

By the way, wasn’t it Zuo Jian’s idea to educate the little kid?

Right! Sure enough, this kind of thing should be done by Zuo Jian!

"No, there's no need to compensate him. It's enough for him to realize his mistake. There's no need to compensate him... Yes, that's it!"

"That won't work. The bench broke your things."

"If you want to make up for it, why not do me a favor."

Suddenly, Laurentina opened her mouth and spoke in a soft voice.

The wooden frame was stunned, and then she saw that Laurentina was also stunned.

"Have you ever seen someone who looks like me? For example, with white hair and red pupils?"

The latter realized that he had not spoken a word at all, but then, after realizing who had spoken, he quickly shouted in his mind.

"Left room!!!"

......

Zuo Jian, who had just woken up and saw Laurentina looking helpless in front of the child who insisted on apologizing, sighed.

[You are good at dealing with girls, so why are you so helpless with children?]

"This is a little kid, and he's the type that's so stubborn that he insists on apologizing."

[Okay, I get it. So she can communicate normally?]

'Almost, a rare normal person.'

Zuo Jian looked at the girl in front of him.

His clothes were shabby and he was thin.

The hair is a bit messy

But, unlike the others, there seemed to be a glimmer in her eyes.

........

He suddenly thought of the children who were used as experimental subjects and whom he had killed with his own hands.

Equally thin, and wearing rags as clothing.

What happened here?

Zuo Jian noticed that this small house filled with all kinds of junk was not a simple primitive village.

In the corner there are some items that can only be produced by modern industrialization.

For example... plastic fragments and some rags with different patterns printed on them.

At least, there was a time when people's lives here didn't fall to this level.

The young judge seemed prepared when this was mentioned, but he was still shocked.

They know what happened.

At some point in time, during some incident, there was some heavy blow here.

......

"A person with white hair and red eyes? I've never seen one before. This is also the first time I've seen someone as strange as you. Who are you? Aren't you Iberian?"

Laurentina walked forward and touched the messy hair on the wooden frame, not minding the dirt.

“I am…”

“It’s a sculpture…”

"No, it's the painter."

[Why not mention the sculptor?]

"Oh, you're right. Sometimes it's better to listen to you about identity."

[Hmm? What's wrong? I feel like you have some strange feelings?]

'nothing!'

"painter?"

"Well, a wandering painter."

"Is it the kind of painter who draws beautiful patterns on paper and then frames them?"

Hearing the painter's self-introduction, the other party was obviously full of expectations, and at the same time became a little more excited about Laurentina's attitude.

ha?

No, although I already know that it would probably not be wrong to listen to Zuo Jian.

But isn’t this effect too outrageous?

Why did you react so strongly when you heard he was a painter?

Damn it, Zuo Jian, was this also part of your calculations?

"Well, however, this beautiful picture, framed? Zuojian, can you do it?"

[Hmm? Let me think...]

Beautiful graphics? His previous games were not very well-known, so he had to take some strange routes to attract people.

To put it bluntly, everything that is drawn has some kind of edge...exquisite, I guess.

As for being put into picture frames, he remembered that many of his pictures were put into wallpaper software. The computer screen frame...can also be considered half a picture frame, right?

After a brief thought, Zuo Jian expressed his confidence.

[Of course, I can do that.]

(I was urged by the editor, who complained about my update speed and asked me to put it on the shelves earlier, otherwise I would lose all my energy if I kept reading [crying])

(Now I have to stay up late to write.)

(Fortunately, today we have severely defeated the weak virus. A strong body can defeat all teeth!)

(In short, Monster Hunter can’t deceive my eyes! I want to start again and become a diligent author!)

Chapter 27, Suffering

"Yes, by the way, I haven't told you my name yet, Painter."

The girl looked at Laurentina with some joy, as if the identity of "painter" gave her something empty but also something that could bring hope.

"Isn't your name Mukuang... Uh, do you have a last name?"

[Your statement is very rude. At least it seems that she doesn't like being called a wooden frame?]

"It's actually a picture frame! Petra found me under a ruined picture frame before, so she called me Picture Frame."

"But you can call me Anita if you want!"

"This is a name I gave myself, but most people here are very casual. Every day, I count the number of people walking on the street, and the door of my house is surrounded by iron sheets."

"And to them, it seems that there is no difference between a picture frame and a wooden frame. I don't like this, so I gave myself a new name. I saw Anita in a book I picked up. It said that she was a girl who loved singing, although I have never heard how people outside sing."

"And it seems that only Grandma Petra would call me by the name I gave myself. Oh, by the way, speaking of Grandma Petra, she is amazing."

"She's the longest-lived person among us. She's met a lot of people. Maybe she's met the person you're looking for—"

The girl is like a chattering

Like little birds, they chirped incessantly around Laurentina.

[Are you surprised?]

'It feels a bit... like she doesn't fit in here.'

Zuo Jian looked at the girl's figure.

There is almost no plumpness that a girl should have.

Some of the petite frames are covered with a layer of skin.

The limbs are slender and somewhat deformed.

Out of place? No, her figure is shaped by this environment.

But on this body there are a pair of shining eyes.

.......

This kind of people have the hardest time.

If you are just numb, you can live in peace in a daze.

But she showed more activity than ordinary people.

Her speech is normal, indicating that she speaks and communicates regularly.

.....In such a place? Who should I communicate with?

Except for Grandma Petra, is most of her words spoken to herself?

.......

'Are you sad?'

[Sad... maybe.]

"Is that so? It's decided then. Let's find a way to help the residents of this village!"

[Short-term assistance from just one person cannot change anything. Famine is not formed in one day, nor can it be solved in one day.]

"What do you mean one person? There are two of us."

[Is there any difference?]

"Of course! I will help you too! Don't get me wrong, I am only helping these villagers in order to gather more clues about the Deep Sea Church and to stay here for a while longer."