Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 222 Sakura and the Little Monsters (VI)
Eri was stunned, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief. She had never told anyone that she was a monster.
Few people in the family know Eri's true bloodline. The people closest to her are only Minamoto no Chisei and Tachibana Masamune. Apart from them, there are doctors in white coats and masks, with awe-filled eyes behind the heavy masks.
No... perhaps it should be said that they were afraid. They were paid extremely high salaries to follow the family's orders just to let Eri grow up safely. But no matter how many years have passed, they would never be as ignorant and fearless as Lu Mingfei when facing Eri. They had seen with their own eyes that when she was a child, Eri could tear a doctor into pieces with just a single word.
That is an incredible power, a word spirit so powerful that it is beyond human cognition. If it were not for such powerful fighting ability, Eri would have been executed like those fierce demons born in the family. Fortunately, she was born with such a talent, so she can enjoy the best medical care and the best treatment to stabilize the bloodline that has never been at peace.
She is a weapon, a humanoid weapon raised by the Eight Clans of Sheqi. Weapons are certainly not taken to the square every day to stroll around and show off their strength. Her life is to stay in the medical room day after day. She is not allowed to go out easily, and the most entertainment she has is nothing more than TV and game consoles.
Of course she would get tired of it. With her strength, it would be easy to escape from a place like that, but the price would be the death of many people. Eri didn't want that, so she acted like a well-behaved human weapon and would only escape when she saw the right opportunity, like at this rally, and she didn't intend to hurt anyone.
There are countless people around the world who have watched Ultraman, and among them, Eri is probably the only one who watches this silly and cute drama from the perspective of the monsters killed by Ultraman. So she never laughs when watching this drama. She knows that she is different from others. Ultraman is actually a horror movie to her. This movie repeatedly tells her the truth of the world. Monsters will inevitably be killed by the righteous Ultraman, as if it is a destined fate.
Eri didn't expect that this interesting girl who fell from the sky in front of her knew even such a secret. She was like the little fairy waving a magic wand in Disney, who would bring her a new life she had never had before, unknown experiences, and she also knew the deepest secrets in her heart.
Lu Mingfei didn't realize that she was speechless. Lu Mingze told her that Eri felt like she was a little monster. She thought this expression was cute and used it naturally. However, she didn't expect that Eri had never said such words to her. She shouldn't know this name.
"Can I stay here forever?" Eri wrote.
It might seem too much to say this, like some kind of beautiful expectation. Eri liked the ramen and braised eggs tonight. The taste was still a lot worse than the many big meals she had eaten before, but the game-like way of eating and the food cart that she had never seen before left a deep impression on her.
It turns out that you don’t have to follow so many etiquettes when dining. As long as you finish your meal, you can play whatever you want. It turns out that I can run in the rain. The heavy rain is pouring down on my head and my eyes can’t be opened, but I still feel cool all over my body. It turns out that I am not the only one in the world who knows that I am a little monster. In fact, there is another person who knows it too...
Eri looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes and slowly reached out to hold her sleeve, with a little expectation and a little fear, she was afraid of being rejected. At this moment, she didn't even know the name of the girl in front of her, but she followed her without hesitation, and then a new world quietly opened up. Once you step into this door, it is difficult to turn back. Behind the door is the world that Eri has longed for.
She hoped she could stay a little longer. She knew very well that it was impossible to stay forever, but it might sound better to say that she hoped to be with Lu Mingfei as much as possible before her brother found her, and to see the Tokyo that had waited for her for so many years.
"Okay." Lu Mingfei smiled. No matter who it was, it was impossible to refuse such expectant eyes. "But I can't always be here with you. If I'm not here, other people will come. If you don't want to see them, it's okay. I will come back to find you when I'm free. In short, you have to promise me not to leave here easily, if you don't want to be caught and taken home."
"I will." Eri nodded vigorously.
"So good." Lu Mingfei took the opportunity to touch Eri's hair, just like a sister doting on her own sister. If everyone stood up, she wouldn't have the chance to do it so easily, and she would have to raise her arms high.
This was the first time in Lu Mingfei's life that she really felt like someone's sister. A fat guy like Lu Mingze was not a good guy at all. Lu Mingze was more like a little devil in the uncle's heart than a sister. The one who could really be called a sister was a good girl like Eri! She was soft and easy to push down! She was obedient and capable! Although being able to fight against a mechanized army might not be an advantage... But isn't it popular in Japanese comics for a good-for-nothing male protagonist to be paired with a strong girl who fell from the sky and gave herself to him? She, Lu Mingfei, was so much higher than those good-for-nothing male protagonists. It was natural for her to have a harem and a sister!
"Are you an angel or a fairy?"
Eiry suddenly wrote a very nonsensical question in her notebook. This way of asking was like a little girl of four or five years old who still believed in fairy tales. If someone asked Lu Mingfei this question in Kassel Academy, Lu Mingfei would definitely laugh at her. But facing that harmless and serious face, Lu Mingfei couldn't laugh at all, because Lu Mingze told her that Eiry had never left home, which was a manifestation of lack of cognition of the outside world and that she was still treating the unreal story animation as reality.
"Neither, I'm... Sakura, Sakura Lu, you can call me Sakura." Lu Mingfei thought about it and decided not to tell Eiry her real name. This was because she considered that taking Eiry in would be tantamount to going against Minamoto Chisei. Although she could just act innocent and cute and say "Hey, I didn't know this was your family member" when she was discovered, she would still have to confront Minamoto Chisei when she was carrying out the next mission. Lu Mingfei could not guarantee that she would not let something slip when she got emotional, so it would be better not to reveal her identity to Eiry now.
"Sakura." Eiry repeated the name in a very low voice. Lu Mingfei heard it very clearly. It felt like someone's unconscious mumbling in a dream. If the distance was not so close, it would not be heard.
It turns out that Eri is not completely unable to speak, but she can't speak loudly, let alone communicate normally in that way. However, she can still make extremely low sounds like this.
Lu Mingfei suddenly had a bold idea. It would be too pitiful if such a well-behaved girl could only be a mute.
"You don't have to be careful in front of me, just speak nicely." Lu Mingfei said seriously.
These words seemed like some kind of horrible curse. Eri stared at Lu Mingfei intently, holding her head and trembling slightly. The bloody corpses, the sufferings she had accidentally caused, the voices blaming her, and the worst memories, like an unsealed box, all came into her mind under the guidance of these words.
She instinctively resisted her own power, even if it was just words, thinking that she was a monster was not wishful thinking. No one would kill the people around them so easily. Even if she did not mean to do so, many innocent people died because of her. Every year, the family had to cover up the accidents as medical malpractice and pay large sums of money in compensation. There were fewer and fewer doctors who dared to take care of Eri.
Lu Mingfei felt as if her heart was being pulled at and it was so painful. The ability to speak is just a person's innate power and talent, but to Eiry it is simply a bloody dagger. She doesn't want to hurt anyone, so she can only turn herself into a little mute who speaks with a small notebook. She uses cruelty to herself in exchange for tenderness to the world.
So, who will give her the embrace she deserves?
Lu Mingfei hardened her heart, grabbed Eri's arm, and said loudly: "If you really believed that I am an angel with magic, then stick to this belief to the end! In this world, I am the only person who will not be hurt by you!"
She actually wanted to say maybe it was the only one, but she deleted these two words when the words came to her lips. If a person uses an uncertain tone when conveying his beliefs to another person, how can he convince others?
This is a huge gamble. Lu Mingfei is going to bet her own bloodline and words against Eri's bloodline. Lu Mingze only said that she is comparable to a mechanized legion, but did not specify what kind of power it is. All the mixed-bloods in the world can trace their roots back to the bloodline of the Black Emperor. Even if Eri, who is in Japan, is a descendant of the White King, she can actually be pointed back to the Black King.
It is said that in that distant rebellion, the White King used the Word Spirit Oracle to cleanse the Black King's control over the White King's descendants, but the Black King's power is still retained, so the Word Spirit he uses to control his descendants should also be able to fight against the oracle.
Word Spirit·Emperor, this is the power that Lu Mingfei exchanged a quarter of with Lu Mingze during the Beijing subway incident. Although this power is by no means something she can fully master, if she just uses it to fight against Eiry's bloodline like she did with Xia Mi, there should be no problem. After all, a dragon king like Jörmungandr had his bloodline forcibly cleansed with this word spirit, and Eiry can never be stronger than a dragon king.
Eri stared at Lu Mingfei blankly. Her stern look was actually a bit scary, and she was totally different from an angel. But even though she was treated like this, she still avoided and refused Lu Mingfei's request. If she accidentally said something too much and Lu Mingfei's body was exposed in front of her, then this might become the saddest memory of her life.
"Still don't want to believe me?" Lu Mingfei decided to use a ruthless move to push Eri into a desperate situation. Sometimes, even if it's with good intentions, you have to force it down, just like those hard-to-swallow Chinese medicines that have to be forced down by your mother. People always say that only good medicines taste bitter. "Then you should leave here tomorrow. You can go anywhere. I don't care. Don't come back to look for me. Since you don't want to believe me, why should I stay with someone who doesn't believe me?"
This move was indeed ruthless and hit Eri's soft spot directly. She didn't want to go home at all at the moment and was immersed in the afterglow of joy about the outside world. Lu Mingfei's words were undoubtedly like pouring a whole bucket of ice water on her, making her feel that she had done something very wrong. She lowered her head and tightly grasped the hem of her nightgown.
"If...if something happens to Sakura...please don't hate me..." She raised her head and wrote on the notebook while crying. Lu Mingfei had never seen such a heavy sadness. In just a few seconds, Eri's hazy eyes were almost completely drowned by tears, which couldn't stop spilling on the sheets.
"This is my own request. Of course, I am responsible for the ending." Lu Mingfei finally changed her attitude. She smiled and gently touched Eri's hair. She knew that Eri said this because she had already made her choice. At this time, there was no need to force her with that attitude, but to encourage her to work harder.
Eri took a deep breath and slowly uttered clear syllables. She was different from those real aphasics. Those people could not speak, but she could speak but could not. Every time she wrote, the correct pronunciation would be repeated in her mind. Now there would be no problem for her to speak normally.
"Sa...Sakura!" It was such a simple word, but Eri said it with great difficulty as if her tongue was blooming. After she finished speaking with great effort, she immediately closed her eyes and trembled slightly, thinking of all the people . Each of them had a miserable end, as if they were tortured to death by thousands of blades. That powerful force, along with her words, would turn into a blade that could cut through gold and iron.
"Yeah, I'm listening."
The expected blood did not splash on her face. Instead, there was a gentle voice that touched her heart. Eri slowly opened her eyes and met Lu Mingfei's comforting smile.
"Sakura?" Eri asked.
"I am here."
"Sakura!"
"How many times do you have to ask before you're satisfied?"
"Sakura Sakura Sakura!"
Eri's real voice is actually very nice, reminding people of the cherry blossoms in full bloom under Mount Fuji and the spring flowing through them. She opened her arms and hugged Lu Mingfei's neck, looking at her face carefully as if she wanted to kiss her. She would not forgive herself if Lu Mingfei had even a scratch on her body. The answer is obvious, Lu Mingfei is really unharmed, Eri can't find any scars on her body, and every inch of her skin is as smooth as milk.
Eri was breathing rapidly, which was a symptom of being too excited. She shed more tears than before, but this time it was no longer an irresistible sadness but an unstoppable joy. She was howling but also ecstatic.
She once thought that she would never talk to anyone again in her life. She once thought that she was the only monster in the world who could only be killed. Fate made her meet Lu Mingfei, just like a pious girl holding a Bible, who finally saw the gate of heaven.
