Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 49 Redemption
"Hello, my name is Monica."

"Then we are born half of your subjects."

"We will all be loyal to you from now on—you didn't say whether it would be the first half or the second half."

The girl spun around, her emerald eyes like sparkling emeralds.

She always seems to be smiling. The depression and pain of other banshees are not seen in her at all. She was born to be a ray of sunshine shining into the deep sea.

On the twisted flesh, an eye opened, and turbid tears slid down.

Why, it hurts so much
Pain is an illusion of the mind.

Monica said to herself.

She twisted and squeezed herself like a towel, forcing out some smiles and some happiness for her people who were suffering.

This was the only thing she could do, to keep the unspeakable pain and the empty and dry heart to herself.

He swallowed it all together with the cold, hard food and bitter sea water.

The body is a prison for the soul.

She was imprisoned here in darkness.

Fortunately, she was about to die.

It hasn't been that long since she came into this world, but she has made up her mind.

Won’t come next time.

Slavery, endless hard labor.

Farewell, watching her tribesmen leave her one by one.

The tribe was saved, the curse disappeared, and her world was filled with light—

The little girl looked up.

The swollen and twisted monster looked around in confusion, then looked at itself.

So that's it, redemption is just an illusion.

Life is an illusion of pain.

Just an illusion.

Monica closed her eyes again.

Don't open your eyes again, just leave it like that.

She already knew what this world was like. Everyone had their own pain, and everywhere she looked, she saw tortured souls.

I'm a bit tired of watching it.

It will be over soon, very soon.

Suddenly, she felt something touching her.

She didn't want to care about it anymore, but after hesitating for a moment, she opened her eyes.

The whole world was a little blurry, and there were some shadowy people standing around me - they were so small.

The chaotic sounds are like whispers in your ears when you are asleep, vague and indistinct, as if separated from the world by thick frosted glass, unable to be seen clearly.

She followed the touch of her body and looked at the little figure on it.

The next moment, she and Xiu Si looked at each other.

He didn't say anything, but the moment she saw that look, Monica knew what he meant -

"I'm here to save you."

A ray of light shone into the small cage.

The glass shattered instantly, and an extremely clear sound rang out from the heart, and the dull green eyes widened instantly.

"Contract—Symbiosis!"

Monica obeyed his wishes in a daze, and by the time she understood what was happening, the contract had already been signed.

“No!!!!” she screamed, watching in horror as the pollution flowed into Zeus’ body along the contract.

It's over, he is going to be contaminated. Monica knows how terrible the pollution is, and her lord is just a mortal.

But the next second, the surging pollution came back much faster than when it went out. Monica looked at it in confusion. Why did she feel that the pollution in her body was... fear?

Then, a torrent of vitality surged from Zeus' body along the contract. The hot vitality was like boiling water poured on the snow, causing the pollution in her body to dissipate.

Oh no, Zeus is just a mortal, where does he get so much vitality? He will be...
Monica looked up at Xius. He smiled. There was no sign of his vitality being exhausted.

"what!"

Monica suddenly cried out in pain. The swollen flesh on her body quickly shrank back, and the pollution drilled holes through her skin. She was dying in an instant.

But the vitality that poured in seemed endless. Wherever it flowed, the wounds there were healed, and the pollution fled wailingly.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Monica screamed. She felt like she was being crushed - crushed and healed at the same time. She wanted to faint, but she couldn't. Her strong vitality made her wake up again the moment she lost consciousness.

Monica, who was sitting in the cage of her flesh, suddenly found someone pushing open the door. She didn't know when her lord Xiu Si was standing at the door.

Everything changed from then on.

Blood and tears mixed together and fell down. The swollen body gradually returned to its original shape under the pull of pollution and vitality. She and Xiu Si fell from the air and were caught by pairs of hands.

Monica looked at the faces of her tribesmen in confusion.

"Sister Ash, what happened to Lord Nini?"

The past is an illusion, the pain is an illusion, the body is an illusion, and life is also an illusion. Fragmented images and memories are mixed together, and Monica can't tell them apart for a moment.

But she thought about it and smiled with relief.

The warmth that surged in her heart at this moment was not an illusion, and that was enough.

The pollution wailed wildly from her body, squeezed into the air, and quickly fled in all directions, as if there was something extremely terrifying here that made these black pollutions escape at all costs.

The banshees surrounded Monica and Zeus. At this moment, they could feel each other's excitement without the need for a mental connection.

They threw Hughes and Monica high into the air and caught them again, celebrating with tears and laughter.

There was a muffled thunder in the distance, dark clouds gathered, and it started to rain.

Not far away, Connor helped Nora up. She stood up with some difficulty and looked at the banshees celebrating in the distance with a weak smile.

"Castel, fire and light in the storm."

For some reason, this desolate and remote island gave her a different feeling.

The banshees also saw her and gradually surrounded her.

Zeus walked in front of her. His originally exquisite and luxurious clothes were now full of tears and blood, and were stained with mud on the ground.

He held out his hand to Nora.

"I can't sign any contract with you." Nora said with a blank expression. "I didn't save Caster either."

"But your blood was spilled on this land, so this is also your home."

Zeus grasped her hand; the blood and mud did not prevent the two hands from clasping each other.

"A friendship sealed in blood doesn't need a contract to bear witness."

Nora stared at Hughes blankly.

"My name is Hughes Corsica Simons Stuart, the Border Earl of Castel Island in the Saint-Miles Empire. By virtue of the Holy Covenant and the Imperial Letter of Canonization by Her Majesty the Queen, I am the legal lord of this place. I hereby make the following promises:"

"Castel will always be open to the people of the North, and this will be your home."

"You are no longer refugees, you no longer need to wander."

"Welcome home."

The rain fell like a waterfall, washing the stains off her armor and soaking her hair.

The rain fell into Noila Mo's eyes. She wiped them desperately, but she couldn't wipe them away.

(End of this chapter)