The puppets' stage play

"Me? Of course it's okay. It's really surprising that you came here so eagerly and made such a fuss."

The woman in front of him showed an extremely cheerful smile.

The raised eyebrows and the teasing smile together formed that playful expression.

"..." Anli just looked at her quietly, but his heart was trembling.

"We are friends, best friends."

As if she was emphasizing something, Nolen's voice suddenly became louder. She murmured softly, and then, those cold eyes looked here.

"So, leave me alone!"

The expression of resistance and hostility is palpable, an expression that refuses anyone to get close to him.

"Who is it?" Anli raised his face, ignoring the frost-covered face, and asked word by word.

The woman's eyes trembled slightly, but she couldn't help but lower her gaze.

"I'm fine..."

"You are worrying too much..."

"I'm really fine..."

With a tight little face, the woman showed a pretentious and natural smile, but her eyes, which were filled with joy in the past, were now lowered, and there was a certain emotion that could be called hesitation.

The gloomy, irritable, and cold breath surged out of that body, and a fierce edge emerged from the void, pressing against Anri's throat. He took a gentle breath, as if even the air had become cold.

"Listen to me, Nolen."

Nolen slowly raised his head, with confusion and helplessness in his eyes, but the person in front of him showed an extremely sincere smile.

"I have sworn a long time ago." The man said with a smile.

"Your enemy is my enemy. I will always stand with you. This promise will never change."

There was no trace of falsehood in those blue eyes, it was as if they were digging out their sincerity, pointing at the beating heart, and swearing word for word.

"No matter who the other party is, I will be your ally. No matter whether the other party is a human or something else, I have only one choice."

There was some hope in the man's eyes, and his pair of unusually bright eyes looked this way.

"We are friends, but..." He paused subtly for a moment, and then said firmly, "Well, we are best friends forever."

In the end, he did not say the next words. He was worried that if he said those words, the relationship between the two would undergo a huge change. Even if it was only possible, he would not do it.

"...You sometimes show a gravity that surprises me."

The woman's eyes showed awe-inspiring emotions. She pretended to be disdainful, but her words seemed extremely cheerful.

"Presumably, I am the representative of mine-type men." Anri also teased himself casually, with a proud expression on his face.

"I think they are two different things, but your statement is also very cunning, hehe."

Nolen smiled softly, and Anri silently peered at that expression, and the trembling in his heart finally stopped.

"..." The silent atmosphere fell again.

"...Well, where to start?" Nolen showed a thoughtful expression, and hesitation appeared in her eyes. After a moment, her eyes were fixed, as if staring at the ethereal distance, and she whispered softly.

"This is my first time being roasted by fire..."

She began to describe her experience.

Anli listened with a smile, but his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and his heart was gradually infected by a chill. Then, he silently made a decision.

Time passed minute by minute, and as the woman spoke softly, Anri asked questions from time to time, showing a concerned expression.

At the end, Nolen sighed and raised his wrist.

"Actually, I don't care too much about that now, it's just this..."

Anli looked at the white wrist. There was an extremely conspicuous number on the joint.

50/100.

Then, the string of numbers turned into a map, forming a picture similar to an iceberg immersed in the water, surrounded by many tiny ice chips.

"As for me, I seem to be born with this power. Even if I go out just once, I have already gone from more than ten points to the current level... Haha, I am really powerful."

Anli felt a chill in his heart. What was it and what did it represent? Huge doubts and uneasiness arose in his heart. He just felt inexplicably that the pattern was not a very friendly thing.

"Do you still remember those dreams I once told you? In fact, I haven't said anything yet. It seems that in those dreams, there is always a voice calling my name."

Nolen's eyes seemed to be covered with a veil, becoming extremely hazy.

Then, she turned around quietly, with a cold and inhuman expression on her face.

"It says, welcome to sobriety, my countrymen."

"..." Unable to say anything, Anli could only stare at the other person blankly, as if his eyes were being sucked away, and his heart was occupied by emptiness.

The woman suddenly smiled, and the strange temperament immediately dissipated.

"Pfft, that's a funny face." She pointed here with a proud expression.

"...Uh, maybe." Anri shook his head, and the coldness in his heart slowly subsided.

"Anyway, don't worry about me. I just feel sorry for the flowers I planted but didn't bring back. Others...it's nothing." Nolen waved his hands repeatedly, with a smile on his face.

"I won't do it again." She smiled.

"Well, never," she repeated again.

"Of course I believe you." Anri chose to accept.

Then, the two started chatting endlessly again, until a knock on the door sounded, and a woman walking slowly interrupted them. Nolen smiled and got up to go about his daily practice.

Yu Si looked over with a hint of warmth in her eyes.

Anri stood up, and after watching Nolen go away, he suddenly turned around and faced the existence in front of him.

"Tell me, where is that world?"

Low and hateful words sounded. Yu Si looked at the cold-faced man in front of her and asked softly.

"What are you going to do?"

"Of course, kill them all, not even a blade of grass or an animal. If necessary, shoot down the world as well."

There was no trace of falsehood in those eyes. A smile appeared on the man's face, as if he was talking about his hope for tomorrow, but the words in his mouth seemed extremely cold.

"Then, you don't need to worry about it." After hearing what the other party said, Yu Si smiled. She shook her head slightly, with a cold look in her eyes, "I have already finished it."

She spread out a hand, which was still mixed with traces of smoke, and a sound like a wail sounded around.

Jade-like fingers closed together heavily to extinguish the last remaining trace of smoke. Yu Si's face was full of calm, and her eyes were not moved at all.

"We never let the beings who have offended us live. After doing that kind of behavior, they should have the consciousness of death."