Vientiane Senro

Sato Shinichiro's actions not only made the strange tree look at him, but even his wife, who had been immersed in eating what was in his hands before, looked over in surprise.

"Shinichiro, you are not..." Yasui Shimizu also quickly realized that her husband said in the afternoon that he would take the guests to familiarize himself with the nearby streets, but now that I think about it, this is just an excuse to numb her.

Yasui Shimizu looked at Ji Qiu who was standing behind Sato Shinichiro, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga who was dressed gorgeously and held a knife in his hand. She finally understood that these were definitely not the sons of old friends who came to visit her family. The purpose of this is probably for myself...and it.

There was a wry smile on Yasui Shimizu's face, and when she let go of her hand, the items she had devoured before also fell to the ground, and what was exposed to everyone was also a fruit with a female face, and The one on the tree was different, "she" closed her eyes tightly, and there was a touch of pain on her face.

Seeing his wife let go, Sato Shinichiro also seemed to have recovered from the previous shock. Although most people would be shocked by their completely different appearance from humans when they saw monsters for the first time, his reaction was so extreme. , and it was only because of the giant tree growing in his courtyard, the fruits that grew from its body were like human heads, and they lived in the same boundary with him. Living together, they just kept looking at him no matter what he was doing.

"Shimizu..." Sato Shinichiro's complexion also began to become complicated. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he muttered to himself: "You did this... because of me?"

The wife became pale and haggard day after day, and at the last date notified by the doctor, she even lay down on the hospital bed, and it seemed that she had exhausted all her strength even to open her eyes.Xianyi cried and called for his mother, but she could only helplessly give him a thin hug... Until that day, her breathing seemed to be absent, and her heartbeat gradually began to calm down. She couldn't stand the loss of her beloved wife. He knelt down beside the hospital bed, grabbed her icy wrist tightly, and said in pain like venting: "No! Qing Shui, if you die, how am I going to live now!!"

At that time, he really considered dying in the past.

But fortunately, everything began to develop on the bright side. On the night when he wanted to follow his heart, his wife who had been sleeping on the bed suddenly woke up. She even smiled and greeted herself and her child, and took the initiative Walking off the hospital bed, it was as if the terminal illness that had taken her life had left her, and they returned to their happy family life before.

Pleasure blinded his eyes, and he was hypnotically blind to strange places.Until the truth appeared bloody in front of his eyes.No one can get something for nothing, whatever it is, it helps his wife, but at the same time it must take away what it wants.

"It's because of my cowardice that you have to choose to stay," Sato Shinichiro knelt down on the ground, crying bitterly, just like the man who was crying for his dying wife at that time: "It's because I threatened I killed you, so you had to stand up again, it's all my fault..."

After waking up from the joy of his wife's loss and recovery, Sato Shinichiro, a man, kept thinking back, recalling the most important turning point before everything began to "get better" that day, and he began to understand. Therefore, it is very likely that the "resurrection" is due to its own reasons.

After realizing this, the pain and regret began to tear the man's heart. Because of his willfulness, he couldn't even worry about his wife's death. Such selfishness and weakness made him attribute all the faults to himself. In front of his wife, this middle-aged man, already in his 40s, knelt down in front of his wife, crying like a child.

Yasui Shimizu's white clothes were blowing in the night wind, and with her long black hair, this lady looked at her husband with an extremely gentle expression from the beginning to the end, with a lingering nostalgia in the gentleness, she quietly Looking at her husband, she finally sighed, "It's none of your business, probably...it's just that I still have some regrets."

She started to turn to Ji Qiu who was waiting quietly, and the "samurai" with a knife behind him who was obviously not a mortal, "Did Shinichiro invite you to come here?" She first saluted lightly, and then asked: "It was because I wanted to 'escape' death, so I asked this tree monster to help me continue the life that should have been severed. It has always been my extravagant request. The tree monster just agreed to me. Although it seems unacceptable, But it didn't actually do anything bad, if it's possible, can I ask you to let this tree monster go?"

As if hearing Yasui Shimizu's request, the expressions on the faces of the fruits on the giant tree all began to change, some were glaring, some were about to cry, some were expressionless, and some were in pain and despair. In comparison, the previous "joy" and "laughter" are more like a deterrent.

"Ma'am, you are really enlightened," Ji Qiu brushed Fox's back in his arms, closing his eyes to hide the emotion in his eyes.Few people can accept this kind of monster that involves human beings themselves. They will only feel horrified, and then instinctively fear it, "They even plead for the monster."

There was a memory-like smile on Yasui Shimizu's face: "The tree monster is a monster who lived in this house very early. When I was very young, when I could still see it, I would often see it. I went to play with it. At that time, I didn’t understand anything, I just thought that there were many friends hiding in the tree and playing hide-and-seek with me. The tree monster would not answer me, but I often told it some troublesome things. Later, when I couldn't see it, I thought it had moved away from here, and I was sad for a while before I gradually forgot about it."

She brushed her long hair that was hanging down, and said with joy: "When the tree monster came to me again, it was in my dream. When I was dying, Mr. Tree came to visit me for the last time and see my long-lost friend." , I am really very happy.”

"But I had to get a way to continue living from my friend," Yasui Shimizu bowed his head again, and said earnestly, "It was my wish that forced it to help me. Mr. Tree is not a bad monster. Please let it go."

Ji Qiu shook his head.When everyone thought that he would reject Yasui Shimizu just because of this, the young but extraordinary exorcist said with a touch of regret in his tone: "It's not that I don't want to let it go, but, don't you think it's possible to continue the life of a human being?" Is life a thing that costs nothing?"

Some things, if you don't pay the price, then maybe someone secretly paid for it for you.

Yasui Shimizu was stunned, she seemed to realize something, tears welled up from her always clear eyes, and her body shook a little due to the uncontrollable sadness. "Shimizu!" Sato Shinichiro ran forward quickly.

Yasui Shimizu held her husband's hand, there was no trace of blood on her pale cheeks, "I'm sorry, Shinichiro," she said apologetically, "I'm going to leave you and Xianyi together, please stop my last willfulness ...to survive..."

"Okay..." Sato Shinichiro broke down in tears.

Tsurumaru, who was ready to fight, was full of doubts. He thought that he was about to fight against Mrs. Shimizu who "turned life and death around", and also thought that he would fight against the tree of human faces that had "scared" him. But such an abrupt end of the plot made him a little confused.Foxnosuke sneered and said, "Don't you understand this?"

"If Yasui Shimizu didn't give anything, then the one who helped her can only be that monster?" Foxnosuke stretched his body and narrowed his eyes lazily: "Even if it is a terrible person Fruits are also a part of the tree itself, and, unlike other fruit trees, these fruits are more like the body of the tree."

"You can understand it from a different angle," Ji Qiu helped him explain: "The reason why Mrs. Qingshui survived is because of the 'flesh and blood' given by this fruit tree."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga was shocked, "This..." He didn't know what to say, and his right hand, which had been holding the long sword tightly, gradually let go.

Foxnosuke let out a "tch", it turned around, and said disgustedly: "It grows like this, maybe how many bones are buried near the roots of the ground, just like this, the monster that grows out is so kind. Stupid character..."

It's like a bowl of leftover rice, you only find out it's rotten after frying it.For Honosuke, who guessed wrong at the beginning...forget it, it's better to be out of sight and out of mind.It closed its eyes.

A gust of wind blew by, and there was a whimpering sound, like the sound of many people crying together.Ji Qiu stared at this big tree full of fruits, each of the human-faced fruits showed twisted and painful meanings, they turned around and covered their expressions on their skins, and then, One after another, one after another, pure, white flowers bloom slowly from the body of the fruit. The night wind fell one after another.

The sea of ​​flowers swept across the sky, and the white petals seemed to be shimmering at night. Ji Qiu could see that in the center of the blossoming white stamens were smiling faces, one of which was particularly similar to Mrs. Qing Shui, "she" nodded to Ji Qiu, and then, she also rose with the wind and flew into the distance.

The profuse flowers were scattered all over the ground. The tree of human face, which was originally luxuriant with branches and leaves, seemed to have lost all vitality. The vitality is completely gone, and the tree seems to have completely died.

Sato Shinichiro raised his head blankly, he watched the scene, as if there was a voice from the past echoing in his ears.

"Without me, I'm afraid Shinichiro won't be able to live." It was Yasui Shimizu's voice: "I really can't worry about him..."