Chapter 13 My brother is... a ray of light in the darkness
The night is getting deeper.
The candlelight fell on Helena's little face. This time, she just sat there quietly.
Luo Wei was surprised.
In the past, I only needed to express a little bit of this idea.
All of this would irritate Helena and cause her to explode instantly.
Then, she would add two more bloody holes on her chest, leaving him completely dead...
However, this time, under the influence of [Negotiation/Appeasement].
Helena's emotions were very stable and she really listened to his explanation.
It's simply magical.
Thinking of this, Luo Wei finally let go of the worry that had been weighing on his mind.
He looked at Helena and said with a smile:
"Who doesn't like being in a crowd? Even I, your brother, get lonely when I'm alone."
"lonely……"
Helena murmured softly. For her, loneliness was actually something she was very familiar with.
She had been alone until she met her brother.
She was hiding here and there, and no one cared about a monster like her.
Everyone is afraid of themselves...
"Do you remember the first time we met?" Luo Wei asked.
Helena nodded.
"Back then, you were huddled in an alley, with crows and wild dogs roaming around, and you said..."
"I'm so hungry..."
Helena's eyes flickered as she recalled the past.
"Brother, do you still remember what happened that day?"
"Of course I remember." Luo Wei rubbed her head. "That was the first time I met Helena. It was very memorable!"
Helena finally smiled when she heard that her brother remembered their meeting so clearly.
It seems that her brother still cares about her very much.
She recalled the past, "Helena at that time had just had a fight with the agents who arrested me."
"I killed them all."
"But, in the end, I was so tired that I didn't have any strength left..."
"The winter in Saint Karen is so cold..."
Every time Helena thought of this, she would feel the bone-chilling cold.
and hunger...
Her eyes flickered, and the events before she met her brother emerged in her mind.
She discovered her abilities at a very young age.
When those strange tentacles appeared, Helena was terrified. She didn't want anyone to notice her strange appearance.
But she couldn't control it. Every time she was in a bad mood, those tentacles that made her irritated would appear and madly destroy everything around them.
One day, her appearance was discovered by her family.
Although I can no longer remember what my family members looked like, their expressions at that time must have been filled with fear and disgust...
Helena remembers it vividly.
'monster!'
"It's a monster!"
She was abandoned as a monster.
The word "monster" was also deeply imprinted in her heart.
She hated monsters because she hated the way she looked.
That was the first time I was living on the streets.
Fortunately, the church's welfare home took him in.
The nuns in the church were all very nice and she liked it there because she finally didn't have to compete with stray dogs for food.
Helena worked very hard at that time. She thought that if she converted to God devoutly and learned knowledge that she could not even understand, she could stay in the orphanage and become a nun.
She no longer has to worry about food, and she worked very hard for this.
And I am worried every day, afraid of exposing my abilities.
But it still failed.
Helena vaguely remembered that one day the nun gave her a dirty and somewhat torn plush doll.
"This is for you! Girls probably all like furry stuffed animals!"
It was a very big bear, soft and warm when hugged.
Helena was very happy. For the first time, she had the concept of "doll".
Do the girls in Saint Valen also hold dolls like this?
Their dolls should be very clean and beautiful.
So envious...
But Helena's doll was stolen.
It was torn...
The doll that had been warm in her arms became like a wild dog that had been torn into pieces by her, lying on the ground with its fur like internal organs turned inside out.
How can there be such a disgusting child?
Don't they feel guilty?
In the orphanage, Helena had a very bad relationship with the children.
That very tall boy is always followed by many boys and girls who don’t like him.
But for the sake of delicious food, Helena had no choice but to endure it.
Until the day the doll was torn to pieces, Helena could no longer control her emotions.
She took action.
The wailing of children, the terrified gazes of the nuns, and the incessant, irritating whistles...
Helena escaped from the roundup, her tentacles cut off and her body covered in sticky, dirty blood.
The cold and hunger returned again.
They kept chasing her, and Helena even thought that this life of hiding from wild dogs and competing for food might last until the last moment of her life.
Until that day...
A very gentle older brother walked up to him.
He stroked his forehead and handed himself a piece of hot food.
Helena still remembers clearly that it was a piece of brown bread that had just been baked.
Not hard at all, just soft.
It was the best thing she had ever eaten in her life.
"elder brother……"
Helena looked at Luo Wei in front of her, with strange emotions flashing in her eyes.
Her brother was like a ray of light in the darkness, illuminating her miserable life.
After that day, he took me home.
She finally had a warm bed and steaming food.
Also have a family.
The only family...
Thinking of this, Helena lovingly held Luo Wei's arm.
She buried herself quietly in his arms.
It would be great if
Together forever...
"Helena?"
Luo Wei looked at the petite girl in his arms. Her body was curled up, her eyes were closed, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly like butterfly wings.
Just like an ordinary girl who lacks security.
He was surprised at Helena's transformation at this moment. Since returning to this world, Helena had never behaved so well.
It was as if everything had returned to the way it was before.
Pollution level: 65 ↓
Seeing the prompt on the panel, Luo Wei suppressed the excitement in his heart.
The effect of [Appeasement/Negotiation] is indeed obvious. Just a calm conversation has reduced Helena's pollution level so much!
Of course, he knew very well where the change had occurred. He had intentionally or unintentionally made Helena recall the past.
Unexpectedly, I accidentally opened her defenses.
This is a very good sign.
A barely audible smile appeared on Luo Wei's lips. He gently stroked Helena's soft hair, his eyes becoming deeper and deeper.
He was still thinking.
The cooldown for [Appeasement/Negotiation] is 24 hours. Just wait until this time tomorrow and release it again...
Helena can then meet the containment standards and completely complete the strategy.
"Brother, what are you laughing at?"
Helena opened her eyes slightly, and looked at Luo Wei with confusion in her lake-like eyes.
"I'm smiling..." Luo Wei gently tapped her nose.
"Little lazy bum, if you're sleepy, just go back to sleep. Why are you lying in your brother's arms?"
He gently picked up Helena in a princess-like position.
"Go to bed, the restaurant brother will clean up."
Helena smiled brightly, her eyes curved like crescents, "Brother is so nice!"
She wrapped her arms tightly around Luo Wei's neck and let him carry her back to the room.
…
When the night is quiet.
Luo Wei forced his eyelids open, yawned, and returned to his room.
In the dim moonlight, Luo Wei glanced at the wall clock.
12:06.
Although, he had been acting with Helena all day.
Luo Wei's brain was working non-stop at high speed, and he was already exhausted...
But at this moment, after seeing the time, Luo Wei was still very excited.
I finally survived this day!
Finally, I can finally see the sun the next day!!
Even though it was terribly dark outside the window, Luo Wei seemed to have seen the dawn.
This emotion only lasted for a moment, and Luo Wei immediately restrained himself.
Be careful... be careful...
Just wait until tomorrow...
Luo Wei lay down on the bed with anticipation for the next day, but soon fell into a deep sleep because he was too tired.
The night in Saint Karen was a little chilly, and Luo Wei tossed and turned that night and slept very uncomfortably.
In his dreams, he dreamed that he was killed by Helena over and over again, and then he dreamed that she was sitting at the head of his bed, staring at him with cold eyes...
"call!!"
Luo Wei suddenly woke up from his dream. He was covered in sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
As the saying goes, "What you think about during the day you will dream about at night." Luo Wei looked at the pitch-black room where he couldn't see his hand in front of him and smiled helplessly.
It was all Helena's fault. She made it difficult for him to even sleep.
When Luo Wei slowly closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep again...
He suddenly had a strange feeling.
That feeling... was as if something was watching me from the darkness.
It makes the hair stand on end.
Luo Wei raised his head, squinted his eyes, and struggled to adapt to the darkness in the room.
Then he suddenly realized that there was another person in his room!
Luo Wei opened his eyes wide in shock.
He saw a pair of strange blue eyes in the dark room, staring at him without blinking.
The atmosphere of terror rose sharply.
"you!"
"Hai, Helena?"
He was so frightened that he quickly turned on the gas lamp in the room.
The warm light suddenly lit up, and he saw Helena sitting on the chair in front of his desk, like a statue, staring at him motionlessly...
"Brother, did you sleep uncomfortably?"
"Why is my brother so frightened when he sees Helena? Is he afraid of Helena?"
She gave a strange smile.
