Zongman, the journey begins from the wrong place

After thinking about it, Noah shook his head again.

"No, I should say that compared to me, you are too normal. Compared to mine, your abnormality is like the difference between a drop of water and the ocean. So to me, you are all the same."

You are all the same—

For her, who was isolated from the world, this evaluation was more beautiful than any pity or praise.

These words, along with the sudden strong wind blowing from the sky, blew into the girl's heart that had been closed for a long time.

83 Matou Sakura seems to have opened the door to a new world

Just like a child who will stand up silently when he falls and gets hurt alone, but will cry when he feels the care and embrace of his parents, living things are most vulnerable when they feel safe.

It was as if all the grievances, pains and sorrows accumulated in the past burst out at this moment. Asagami Fujino had never felt like crying as much as she did at this moment.

Even though she tried hard to purse her lips to suppress the urge to cry, her vision was gradually blurred by tears, and in the end she could only bury her face in Noah's back.

Feeling his back gradually soaked with hot tears, Noah didn't say anything, but just rolled his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky.

Do all girls cry like this?

I really want to buy her a bottle of water, for fear that she will cry all her tears away.

After going downhill, entering the southern part of Guanbushi City and arriving at the hospital, Asagami Fujino's sobbing stopped.

The hospital that Asagami Fujino mentioned was actually a small clinic with only one doctor.

It was obvious that Fujino Asagami came to this clinic frequently, so much so that the middle-aged doctor took out a packet of medicine very familiarly without even doing an examination.

Although there was no evidence, Noah still felt something was wrong from the packet of medicine and the middle-aged doctor.

If the purpose is to cure the disease, then at least some tests should be done before giving the medicine.

On the other hand, medicine will only be given without even looking if the purpose is to cause a certain condition.

Noah's intuition told him that these drugs might be the reason why Asagami Fujino lost her sense of pain.

At the very least, it should be harmful rather than beneficial to Asagami Fujino.

Apart from that, the only thing the doctor did was to glance at Noah furtively.

Noah was well aware that his appearance would attract attention.

But the way the doctor looked at him was completely different from that of other passers-by.

Should we say be cautious or vigilant?

Always, that sense of chaos was very light, but to Noah, it was as bright and conspicuous as the sun.

It seems that I am in trouble again.

Thinking of this, Noah patted her shoulder directly when the middle-aged doctor went to the counter to treat Asagami Fujino's foot injury.

"Asakami, let's go."

"Eh?"

When the middle-aged doctor returned with disinfectant and bandages, the clinic was empty. This made his expression change and he finally sighed.

"Um, Mr. Noah? Why, so suddenly?"

Noah did not answer Asagami Fujino directly, but looked up at the sky first.

The days in winter are always short, and the sun in the sky is gradually setting, dyeing the blue sky golden.

Not only that, the eastern sky was also covered by thick clouds and became dark.

A cold wind blew by, making people feel colder and colder.

It seems like it's going to snow.

Noah knew that the people of this country called the time when the sun completely sank below the horizon but the sky was not completely dark during the transition between day and night the devil's hour.

The inner and outer worlds of the world were briefly compatible, the circulation of spiritual veins became restless, and all kinds of strange things appeared one after another.

Well, what a coincidence, the clinic is located right on a tiny spiritual vein.

This spiritual vein was originally like a stream, and it had already tried its best to keep it from drying up, so naturally it would not cause any impact.

But when Noah gently spreads his magic power, ripples will appear.

Next, it depends on how the doctor himself reflects on his own actions.

Demonic nature will attract demonic nature. In this world, people who believe in the existence of abnormalities are much more likely to encounter abnormalities than ordinary people.

Those who have encountered evil are equivalent to being contaminated by the aura of the inner world and will inevitably continue to encounter evil.

If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. This is a real thing in this world.

After dealing with the doctor, Noah continued on his way home.

"Miss Qian Shang, do you want to come with me?"

The sudden question made Asagami Fujino open her eyes wide, her mouth slightly open, but she didn't know what to say.

"I think you should have noticed it yourself, right? That potion is not good for you."

Staring at the broad back of the man in front of her, Asagami Fujino was a little dazed by the incident, and her thoughts were constantly churning.

Yes, she knows.

How could Asagami Fujino not notice the abnormality of these medicines when she has been taking them since she was a child?

No matter how slow-witted one is, one can vaguely sense that there might be some connection between the two.

The loss of the sense of pain and the immense suffering of floating in a world of nothingness made her unable to forget them even if they forgot each other.

But if I don't take these medicines and go against my parents' wishes, won't I even lose this little place to live?

"Ms. Asagami, I can't guarantee that you will be happier after leaving with me. After all, I'm not even sure about my own future. I might encounter a powerful enemy and die in battle tomorrow, but—"

Noah stopped at a traffic light and lowered his voice slightly.

"—That's the path people like you and me should take, because we're born different from ordinary people. An ordinary life is a luxury for us, and it will hurt others as well as ourselves."

Although Noah's voice was slightly lowered, Asagami Fujino could still hear it very clearly.

She subconsciously looked around and found that most of the pedestrians stopping at the traffic lights gave them strange looks.

Curiosity, envy, amazement, scrutiny... But, without a doubt, those were the looks one would use when looking at an 'aliens', and they were also the looks that Asagami Fujino feared the most.

These glances seemed light and airy, but they seemed to have an invisible gravity that forced Fujino Asagami to bury her head in Noah's back, just like a rabbit that sensed danger and wanted only to go back into the cave.

Different, yes, you are different from others.

This fact, which Asagami Fujino had been desperately resisting, was now placed before her without any room for avoidance.

However, listening to the heartbeat coming from Noah's back, she felt very calm.

If there was any panic in her heart, it was probably only her surprise at this.

"Ms. Asagami, I will now take you back to the ramp leading to the girls' school. You can think about this for a while before we get there."

The traffic light changed, and the stopped crowd turned into a tide, slowly flowing forward, and Noah also took a step forward at the same time.

Although Noah asked her to think about it, Asagami Fujino felt a suffocating pressure that was even more severe than being stared at by many strangers.

"Well, so fast..."

"Soon? I don't think so, Ms. Asagami. Life's opportunities change in an instant. Sometimes a single thought can determine a lot. Having more than half an hour left is already a luxury."

Looking at the road that she was so familiar with that she could even walk on it with her head down, Fujino Asagami gradually understood what would happen next.

First, he would miss the curfew of Liyuan, and then the school would notify his father.

Liyuan is a special girls' school where many daughters from families with close ties to the Asagami family live.

The fact that he had missed the curfew would surely spread among many students. After all, Fujino Asagami was already quite conspicuous in Rei Garden.

In this case, her father would definitely be furious with her and ask her what had happened.

And I, who cannot lie, will just tell everything truthfully.

Asagami Fujino knew very well that her father had been somewhat alienated from her because of her special qualifications, and only took her in into the Asagami family out of pity.

Yes, storage.

Asagami Fujino knew that she was just an accessory to her mother's remarriage, just like the few remaining properties and debts of the Asagami family.

Asagami Fujino actually had no resentment towards that father, even though she was always fed those medicines.

After all, he was just a stranger with no blood relationship. Knowing that he was abnormal, he did not hate and reject him like those villagers in Nagano, but just kept a distance from him and ignored him. This was already very satisfying to Asagami Fujino.

But if this happens, I will definitely be severely punished, locked up at home and not allowed to go to school, and my mother will eventually be implicated.

This means that her desire to become a virtuous and beautiful woman like her mother was completely shattered.

However, Asagami Fujino did not feel any regrets.

Perhaps it was because of the failures over the years that she gave up a long time ago.

After all, how could it be possible for someone who can't even feel pain and can't understand survival and life?

People who cannot feel the world cannot distinguish themselves from the world and form an independent self.

Just, go with Noah?

Leaving with someone you’ve only known for a few hours, and going to a world you’ve never been to?

Even without the sense of being alive, Asagami Fujino felt that this was really crazy.

In an instant, Asagami Fujino felt as if she was walking on a cliff thousands of feet high.

The sunlight above shines down, emitting colorful light among the swirling clouds below, appearing so brilliant and dazzling.

But the depth that occasionally reveals itself through the gaps in the clouds points out that it can cause people to fall to pieces.

A strong feeling of dizziness attacked Asagami Fujino, making her want to jump off the cliff.

It was the thrill of finally finding a glimmer of freedom after being trapped for too long in the boundless void, a cage that had no boundaries but was stronger than anything else.

Yes, even death is better than continuing to live in this muddleheaded way...

When the long slope appeared before his eyes, Noah heard Fujino Asagami's small breath in his ears.

"pain……"

"Huh? What?"

"...If Mr. Noah can give me pain, I will go with you, no matter where we go, even to hell..."

Although he couldn't see Fujino Asagami's expression, Noah seemed to see from her voice that the girl's expression was silent but also a little crazy and determined.

Oh my god, you're saying this as if I'm going to kidnap you and do something weird.

Let me say it again, you can say that I, Noah, am bloodthirsty and cruel, but you can’t say that I am perverted and disgusting.

——Noah really wanted to explain this to the hotel receptionist who had an expression on her face that said, "He's a handsome guy, but unfortunately, he's a pervert."

Can't we just be three siblings?

Also, just seeing me holding a little girl, you should understand that I’m not that casual, okay?

Disdaining the female receptionist whose head was full of dirty trash, Noah gently placed Matou Sakura on one side of the big bed in the room, and then looked at Asagami Fujino on the other side of the bed.

She had a resolute expression not long ago, as if she wouldn't mind hell, but now she was clutching her chest, looking around the hotel room with an anxious look, a bit shy, and curiosity.

The legs wrapped in white tights are stretched out from the long hem of the nun's uniform, showing a duck sitting on the ground behind the small hips, and the subconsciously straightened waist is outlined by the long black hair.

Even the trace of blood on the leg was made to look bright red against the white pantyhose.

"Well, Mr. Noah, even if I say I can go with you, isn't it too fast?"

Looking at the shy and troubled little girl, Noah walked forward expressionlessly, then flicked his finger on her fair forehead.

"...Um, why did you play me?"

Looking at Asagami Fujino, whose forehead was flushed but still blinked her big eyes innocently, Noah couldn't help but look dead in the eye.

Oh, forget she has no sense of touch.

"I say, Qianshang, aren't you the eldest daughter of Liyuan? You're young, but you know a lot. You know what will happen when you come to the hotel."