Chapter 6 The Secret of the Photo Album 2
The morning sun shines through the lush magnolia trees, casting spots of light all over the ground. The sky after the rain is very clear, with a few lazy white clouds floating by occasionally, but they disappear in an instant under the scorching sun.
There was a faint scent of grass in the air. Taking a deep breath of the fresh air, I seemed to see white chrysanthemums blooming on the ground. The flowers swayed in the wind, like a choir of lovely children, singing happily.
The black leather shoes walked towards me with a clattering sound, and I frowned unconsciously, because the beautiful picture in front of my eyes was instantly shattered like a mirror because of his appearance, and returned to its original gray appearance.
"Quinte, you're looking for me?"
As soon as I got through to him on the phone last night, Quint said he wanted to know about Ino and Yilan, and asked us to meet in the school pavilion today.
So, I got up early this morning, washed up, and rushed to the agreed place. I was eager to know what was going on with the appearance of these people, and what unknown secrets there were between Ino and Yilan.
"Yeah! I want to know what happened between you. This is the first time I saw Ino so depressed, and also the first time I saw Yilan so fragile. You are really amazing. You made them fall in love with you at the same time in such a short time." Quint looked at me with a sneer and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, which made me feel unpleasant as if I was seen through.
"If you are here to mock me, I'm sorry I can't keep you company!" I frowned unhappily, said coldly, then turned and left.
I thought Quint was such a serious and handsome boy, but it turns out he is just a gossipy, arrogant and boring boy!
"If I tell you that Ino and Yilan are the same person, would you be happy?" Quint sneered, as if he was sure that I would turn back.
"What did you say?" I looked at Quint in shock, my mind went blank.
Did I hear it wrong? How could Ino and Yilan be the same person?
"There are no twin brothers at all. Ino and Ilan are the same person, but he has a dual personality. Strictly speaking, Ilan is the personality that Ino can . Ilan's increasingly strong possessiveness of you makes him appear more and more often. If this goes on, Ino will most likely be devoured." Quint said slowly, sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion.
"How is this possible?" I still couldn't believe it and sat down on the stone bench opposite Quint.
Is this the unknown secret of Ino and Yilan?
Indeed, every time Yilan appeared, Ino would always say listlessly the next day that he had a strange dream of being swallowed the night before. Could it be that Yilan really wanted to swallow Ino?
"As you thought, we are actually the holy beasts you rescued from the photo album. In ancient times, our demon race and humans lived in parallel time and space. Although the time and space of our world are exactly the same, they never intersect. But greedy humans actually attacked our world and slaughtered a large number of demon races. The insect race and the fish race even suffered a catastrophic disaster. Finally, the wolf race, the snake race and the rabbit race rose up to resist and counterattacked the human world. We just fought back, but we didn't expect that we were still inferior to you humans and were sealed by your black magic wizards." Quint said lightly, but from his cold eyes, I knew that he was resentful of that memory, but it is the nature of snakes to hide it.
"And then?" I couldn't help but think back to the description on the photo album and the lifelike pictures that emerged when I first opened it. Perhaps, human beings are really selfish. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
"Perhaps you don't even know it, but you are actually the heir to the black magic, so your blood can save us from the seal, but I don't know why, your magic seems to be sealed. Only by finding a way to remove the seal can we save Ino."
From his eyes, I can see his disgust for humans. Perhaps he disgusts himself even more because he needs to rely on humans to rescue his companions.
"Rescue Ino?" I frowned unconsciously.
Why can't I understand what he means?
"Yilan is a pathogen. His existence will only consume Ino's vitality. Only by completely getting rid of Yilan can Ino live like a normal person!"
Does Quint mean to make Ilan disappear?
"Xiao Qian, don't be fooled. The most powerful skill of snakes is bewitchment." Xi Ziqian suddenly appeared, pulled me behind her, and glared at Quint with disdain, as if warning him that if he dared to act rashly, he would be doomed.
"Master Guardians, you are really awesome! I almost doubt whether you are of the same tribe as Ino. Even drug-sniffing dogs are not as loyal as you!" Quint pushed his glasses and said with a sneer, looking at Xi Ziqian with ill intentions.
"Protector?" I frowned unconsciously and looked at Xi Ziqian in surprise. Is this what she was hiding from me?
"Haha, you don't know! Every heir of black magic will have a destined guardian, the so-called guardian. The meaning of their existence is to protect the magician, even at the cost of their lives." Quint stated everything coldly, with disdain for Xi Ziqian in his eyes, and also contempt for me as a magician.
I could only hold my breath and stare at Xi Ziqian in a daze. It turned out that Xi Xi approached me to protect me and became my best friend. No wonder she always showed up in time every time I was in danger. She learned all the fighting skills and made herself strong just to protect me from any harm. This is so unfair to Xi Xi! We are all the same life forms. How could she ignore herself just to let me grow up happily and without worries? How much did she suffer in this process?
The scenes of my time with Xi Ziqian emerged in my mind. I couldn't remember how many times Xi Ziqian was beaten black and blue by the people who bullied me, but she still protected me without flinching. I always thought it was because of Xi Ziqian's unyielding character, but I didn't know that she regarded protecting me as her mission.
My eyes gradually became hot, and tears as big as beans fell uncontrollably. Xixi, I didn't know I owed you so much!
"Xiao Qian..." Hearing my sobbing, Xi Ziqian immediately turned around and hurriedly helped me wipe away my tears, but it only brought me more tears of guilt. "I'm sorry, Xiao Qian, I didn't mean to hide it from you. Don't cry, don't be angry with me!"
Oh my god! Xixi actually thought I was angry? How could I be angry? What right do I have to be angry with a best friend whose mission is to protect me?
"Xiao Qian, don't listen to Quint's nonsense. I concealed my identity to better protect you, not because I look down on you, and certainly not because I want to play tricks on you. He just wants to sow discord between us. His goal is to seize your magic and save his people. He even wants to rule the world."
While Xi Ziqian was comforting me, she stared at Quint warily, preventing him from getting close to me.
What's going on? Quint told me all this in the hope that I could remove the seal on my body so that he could steal my magic and rule the world?
I took a deep breath and stopped crying. I didn't have time to correct Xi Ziqian's self-blame. I wanted to know more about how to make Ino and Yilan survive safely.
I can't destroy Yilan with my own hands just to protect Ino. Now I finally understand why Yilan always exudes loneliness and indifference, because his existence is a "pathogen" that is not accepted and even needs to be eliminated. He always wants to rob everything domineeringly, but in fact, that is to cover up his fragility!
How could I bear to get rid of Yilan, who regarded me as his whole world and ordered me to be happy and joyful facing the sun?
However, if Yilan's existence would weaken Ino's vitality and even pose a threat to their shared life form, wouldn't I have to watch the beautiful boy who loves me disappear?
Maybe I can find some time to visit my strange uncle.
Come to think of it, I haven't been to my uncle's place to play for a long time! My uncle specializes in magic, so he will definitely find a way to kill two birds with one stone to rescue Ino and Yilan.
