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Ulrich stretches out his hand and grasps himself tightly!
His face flushes and his eyes begin to widen.
I averts my gaze, I don't want to see such a scene of self-abuse.
The heartbreaking cough echoes indoors, and it took a long time for it to calm down.
In the end, Ulrich let go after all.
He speaks, his voice like a broken gong and drum.
“It turns out that you were so painful at that time...”
I am silent.
“Are you not talking because I failed to redeem myself?" ”
He stares at the ground slightly blankly, as if thinking.
After a while, he speaks out, with a resolute tone.
“You ignore me, it's okay. It's me who caused you so much pain before.”
“This hand has strangled you before, so I will compensate you with this hand. ”
I just feel ridiculous.
Compensate me?
How to Compensate me?
Ulrich answers me with action——
he shows his sharp nails and scratches down towards that hand!
My pupils shrank suddenly.
“Are you crazy? ! ”
Hearing what I said, he grins regardless of his torn right hand.
“You finally respond to me! ”
I'm upset, close my eyes and don't want to talk to him.
But every day thereafter, even though he couldn't see me and I didn't answer, Ulrich persistes in talking to the air.
“Lupe, in fact, the first time I saw you, I thought you were my destined partner. ”
“Do you remember that time I was buried in a collapsed building pile? I really couldn't hold on at the time, but thinking of you, I still had hope for my life. ”
“The food you made is delicious, I have always liked it. The last time I spilled the cake...was just an accident. ”
“……”
“I know that many apologies are not enough to make up for the harm I caused you, but I still want to say——”
“I'm sorry. ”
As I listened, I couldn't help but recall the past, but the more I thought about it, the more sad it became.
Ulrich used to be very good, but now we can't go back to the past.
There is interference from Leona between us.
Ulrich gradually became quiet and reserved, not because he didn't respond and didn't want to say anything.
Instead, he is in a worrying state.
——The torn wound on the hand was not treated in time, and coupled with not eating or drinking, even iron cannot withstand it.
If he doesn't treat the wound again, he will die..
But it's okay if he dies.
If he dies, he won't be guarding the body, so maybe I don't have to be trapped here anymore..
Ulrich leans against the corner of the wall and speaks, not sure if he meant for me or for himself.
“Do you want me to die? If you want, let the wind blow over. ”
But I can't control the wind.
He was just afraid of death and was deceiving himself!
Ulrich calls the doctor, but instead of letting the doctor treat him, he asks for a pile of wine.
After driving everyone away, he pours the wine on the wound without frowning.
Then his daily life turns into talking to himself, drinking alcohol, and guarding my corpse.
I watch him willingly fall into depravity, and the subordinates of the wolf pack are filled with resentment.
What's the point of him pretending to be pitiful like this?
Wait for me to say forgive him?
But impossible.
After another night, Ulrich suddenly lost a lot of weight.
Because he lived aimlessly all day, the wound eventually becomes infected.
He has a high fever and was dying.
At this moment, Ulfred comes with a bunch of people.
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Illness and worry made Ulrich look haggard.
When everyone sees it, they almost didn't believe that this was the once spirited Wolf pack cacique.
Ulfried couldn't bear to see the wound Ulrich tore himself apart, his face showing signs of reluctance.
But Ulfried still says, “Ulrich, it's difficult for you to lead us with your current appearance. Forgive me for expelling you from the wolves! ”
After a pause, he continues: "Besides, you killed Lupe, this is what you deserve! ”
With a gentle drag, the former wolf pack cacique was thrown out like a beggar.
He fell to the ground, still a little confused.
After a while, he ran out crying and laughing, muttering to himself.
“Lupe...I want...to find Lupe!" ”
I float in the air, watching Ulrich run away, his back as thin as a piece of paper,
feeling inexplicably sad.
Sad that——
A sorrowful and intimate partner ultimately becomes a stranger.
One is dead and the other is crazy.
“Congratulations to our new cacique, Ulfred! ”
I no longer feel heartbroken, applauds for the new cacique.
The succession of Ulfried is a natural progression.
But he doesn't cheer for it, instead he walks up to my corpse and kneels down on one knee.
“Lupe, I will bury you well, and let you rest in peace. ”
I smile in relief.
Suddenly, there is a burst of white light, and I transform from a wolf soul to a translucent humanoid soul body, deep blue and solid.
I look at my hands and ask in surprise: "Goddess of the Moon, my wish has come true. Will I go to heaven now to reunite with my departed family members?”
The Moon Goddess responds to me this time.
“No, Lupe. ”
“You won't go to heaven. ”
My heart suddenly fall into the ice cave.
Helplessly Looking in the air.
However, the Goddess of the moon smiles kindly.
She says:
“But you are a good boy and you won't go to hell. ”
Just as I was about to ask what this means.
Suddenly,
a pull pulls me back to my body.
It's incredible!
I actually came back to life!
A bunch of people stare at me, as if staring at a ghost.
Ulfred was calm as the cacique, but his trembling voice exposes him.
“Lu...LuPe, are you okay? ”
I want to laugh a little bit, but I still get serious.
“I'm fine, now take me to Leona. ”
My mother's necklace, I haven't found it, it should still be with her.
The dungeon is dark and dim, and extremely humid.
By the time I see Leona, she has completely changed her appearance.
Disheveled hair, blood and dirt mixed.
When Ulfred interrogates, she doesn't respond yet.
After seeing me, she widens her eyes.
“You are not dead? ! ”
“I didn't die, this really disappoints you”
My tone is faint, and then I ask:
“Where did you put my mother's necklace?" ”
Leona grabs the railing and sticks her head to the gap.
“Come here... I'll tell you in a low voice...”
Her tone is as nervous as after Ulrich went crazy. In order to obtain the whereabouts of my mother's necklace, I hold back my disgust and lean closer.
When I was very close to Leona, she suddenly stretches out her nails and wants to stab me——