Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

However, while walking down the street with Febri on his back and Mine by his side, he realized something was amiss.

"It's so lifeless!"

Qi Ye shook his head with a "tsk tsk" sound.

Like an old man nearing the end of his life, he was lifeless; the superficial prosperity could not conceal this fact.

Most people have long been numb to it.

Perhaps because they couldn't see any hope, the hardships of life wore down their passion and made them just drift along, thinking about how many out-of-towners had gone missing, how so-and-so had died, or how a girl had appeared in a certain building and become the object of pursuit and consumption by many men.

Does it have anything to do with them?

Absolutely not.

No matter how the world changes, as long as they are alive, they will still have to work hard for their own and their families' food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

If you can't even take care of yourself, who has the time or inclination to take care of others?

If you don't work hard, you can't even afford to eat. Who has the time to care about other people's lives?

muddle along.

Then they cheered for the imperial army's victories over foreign tribes and the annihilation of rebel forces, cheered for the superficial prosperity, and cheered for the deaths of their own people.

After the cheers subsided, they continued to drift along.

"Tsk tsk."

Qi Ye could only keep smacking his lips.

This reminded him of a century of humiliation, the corruption and arbitrary actions of the higher-ups, and the apathy of the people—if it weren't for the many people still willing to sacrifice their lives for the country…

Do such people exist in this world?

Maybe it is.

For example, the revolutionary army, which is still very weak in the south.

Another example is Akame.

However, Akame is still young and is currently working for the empire. It will take at least several more years before she wants to overthrow the empire.

even longer.

Akame also has a younger sister named Kurome.

It's a pity that the sisters killed each other...

Well, there are different versions of the ending, but it's unknown which version will unfold in this world.

But then again...

"It looks like a lot of people will die!"

For example, Mine...

Hmm, Mine?

His gaze shifted to the pink-haired little girl beside him.

I stopped and thought about it.

After looking around, she finally walked to a shop and bought two pink hairbands.

Put Philip down.

He walked up to Mine, bent down, and tied her hair up with a hairband.

Twin ponytails.

Pink-haired twin tails, mixed-race, Mine.

"That's much cuter."

With a big smile, he patted the girl's head.

"I've got it. Your basic persona is twin tails (tsundere). Let's go, let's keep shopping."

After saying that, he picked up Philip again and walked forward.

Mine was a little confused and had no idea what Nanaya meant by what he said.

But I didn't think much of it.

He quickly followed and stayed by Qi Ye's side to conduct market research.

Although she didn't know what market research was.

But that's irrelevant. What's important is that with Qi Ye by her side, she can live a good life, won't be bullied, won't be pelted with stones, and won't be chased away if she gets near a shop.

Even those who had chased her away many times before seemed to have completely forgotten her, smiling as they led her into the store, hoping she would buy more things.

She didn't buy it.

Although Qiye gave her a lot of money, she didn't dare to spend too much at once, but only used it little by little.

Then every now and then Qiye would give her a large sum of money, and she seemed to realize that it was all pocket money for her to use as she pleased, and there would be more when she ran out.

However, despite saying that, she still didn't dare to spend too much and simply put the money away.

Living cautiously.

It can only be said that this is due to past experiences, which are difficult to change in a short time. Perhaps things will be different when she truly considers Qiye and Feibuli as family.

For Mine, family is a very distant concept.

She couldn't even remember some of it.

Whether she remembers or not, it probably doesn't matter. All she has to do is live on, and live well.

Until death.

Before meeting Qiye, she could have died at any moment.

Now, she won't die so easily, and she's living a good life, a life she never dared to dream of before.

Qi Ye treated her very well.

They not only provided her with food and clothing, but also gave her a place to live, and even taught her to read and write.

With her powerful memory, Qi Ye easily learned the language of this world and was naturally able to teach her.

Let's leave that aside for now.

She was very grateful to Qiye.

she……

"Ok?"

When a small alleyway appeared, Qiye suddenly stopped.

He frowned.

This is an alley a little far from the main street. Go through it and you'll reach another bustling street.

This alleyway can be considered to have many interconnected routes.

Now, things seem a little different.

Carrying Febri on his back and Mine with him, they took a slight detour and finally stopped in a dead end.

There's a lot of junk piled up here.

Carefully navigating around the clutter, there was a small space where a small child was lying.

Yes, children.

A child, who had been dead for some time, whose body had begun to decompose, had been undiscovered, or perhaps would never be discovered, and had died quietly.

There are far too many examples like this.

Now, it has been discovered by Nanaya.

"Seven Nights, is he dead?"

"Yeah, he's dead."

He nodded in response to Philip's question.

Philip didn't say anything more, his pale purple eyes fixed on the corpse on the ground.

Mine was watching too.

She seemed to suddenly remember that she had once been a child like that, and if she had died, she would probably have ended up like this, her body rotting and no one caring.

No, nobody even cared whether she was dead or not.

And it's not just her, not just the child in front of her, but many other children as well.

Nobody cares.

"What a cruel world!"

Chapter 295: The Decision

Life is too fragile.

Who knows when or what might happen, and they might die, leaving nothing behind.

Alive.

Only by living can you possess everything.

But some people, though alive, are no different from being dead.

"See that, Febri, Mine?"

After disposing of the body by fire, Nanaya reappeared on the street with Febri and Mine.

The street was bustling with people, and seemed quite lively.

“Look at their eyes, empty and numb, like soulless walking corpses.”