Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

Deep inside the altar, in a dim basement.

The young Xue Ji stood on tiptoe to reach the top of a wooden stick, which was a white "pearl".

The little hand that had not yet grown claws tried hard to take off the thing it had never seen before, but her height limited her. Even if she jumped up with all her strength, she could only move the object, which bumped against the top of the column and shook with a slight rattling sound.

Obviously, it wasn't a pearl.

"Xueji, what are you doing here?"

The snow child, whose name was suddenly called, immediately withdrew his hand, shrank his neck and trembled slightly, not daring to turn around.

"Hello, clan leader."

The tall figure completely blocked the light coming from the hall, and light blue spiritual fire began to appear around, adding to the fear in the Snow Girl's heart.

"Clan... Clan leader, nothing else, I'm leaving first..."

With her hands folded in front of her chest and her eyes closed, the Snow Girl lowered her head and tried to slip past the patriarch.

"return."

"what!"

We were only a little bit away from the door...

The Snow Girl hung her hands in frustration and walked step by step to the front of the clan leader.

"I'm...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come here by myself."

The Snow Girl shyly tugged at the hem of her skirt, her eyes red as she only dared to look at the ground.

"Why are you apologizing?"

The words that faded away from the mysticism fell into the ears of the Snow Girl, causing her to look up at the person in front of her in disbelief.

As the name suggests, the patriarch is the one who manages and presides over all affairs of the entire clan. He is the most honorable and prestigious person.

Before today, the Snow Girl had only heard her words, which contained mystical intimidation, during tribal sacrifices. Such a terrifying power made him dare not look directly at this woman during his own conferment ceremony afterwards.

But at this moment, when she heard gentle words that she had never heard before and that did not contain any mystical power, the Snow Girl was so shocked that she could not speak at all. She could only stare straight at the patriarch's gentle face and smile.

"Xueji, you are the youngest of our group, and you are the Lusarji who showed abnormal changes."

Her dark purple hair fluttered softly as she spoke. The patriarch reached out and touched the age-old "pearl" on the wooden shelf. The Snow Girl's gaze followed her hand and fell on the object.

"Are you interested in this?"

Gently removing it, the clan leader placed it in front of the Snow Girl. The Snow Girl curiously stroked its smooth surface, carefully feeling the seams with her fingers, then retracted her small paws, folded her hands, and observed it, and then...

"what!"

The malicious clan leader suddenly turned the skull in her hand and brought the two deep black holes in front of the Snow Girl.

A pale blue spiritual fire flickered in the middle, startling the Snow Girl.

"Ah! The clan leader's grandmother is evil!"

"Hahaha, that's because our Xueji is so cute. I accidentally wanted to play a little joke."

"Xueji won't blame Grandma, right?"

Without the identity of the tribe leader, she is just an ordinary Lusarji old woman, kind, enthusiastic, and likes the little children in the tribe.

"Humph!"

The Snow Girl pouted angrily and turned her head away.

"Grandma is annoying!"

The Snow Girl didn't appreciate it and continued to pretend to be angry, but her eyes blinked and her gaze fell on the "little thing" in the grandmother's hand.

"Unless... Grandma can let Xueji take a look at what she has in her hand!"

Unable to pretend any longer, the Snow Girl put her hands behind her back, lightly raised the heel of her left foot, swayed it with a hint of anticipation, and looked eagerly at the expression on her grandmother's face.

"Okay, okay~ If Xueji wants to see it, then let her see it~"

As he handed over the skull with a smile, the embarrassment and loss on the grandmother's face disappeared.

"Hold it steady, be careful not to drop it."

"Good~"

Responding sweetly, the Snow Girl began to examine the item in her hand with shining eyes.

The Snow Girl admired the skull, the Grandmother admired her, and then...

"Grandma, what on earth is this?"

"Ok?"

She was slightly taken aback by being called out suddenly, but she quickly continued to answer the Snow Girl's questions with a smile:

"This is a human skull."

"A human skull?"

The Snow Girl looked at the bones in her hand in confusion.

"Yes, a human skull..."

For some reason, the grandmother's tone became heavy and sad, which made the Snow Girl feel a little scared.

"Grandma, are you okay?"

"I'll give you this bone. I won't look at it anymore."

Instead of touching the hand extended by the Snow Girl, the chief embraced her in his arms.

"Do you want to hear the story of this skull..."

The Snow Maiden trembled as she watched the emotion thick in the clan leader's eyes, nearly dripping with tears. Light blue spiritual flames appeared one after another in this dim corner, adding another touch of tragic grandeur to the story that was about to unfold...

The surging emotions had made it difficult for the Snow Girl to utter a single word, but her eyes still conveyed her thoughts:

Tell me the history of Rusarji.

|That was when I was about your age, I saw the first human being.

He is shorter than the adults in the tribe, smarter, and more... hypocritical and cunning!

We treated his injuries and treated that human being warmly and kindly to the best of our ability.

Until he recovered from his injuries and left, he always had a kind smile on his face...

I thought that would be the last time I would see that human being. |

Having spoken here, the patriarch paused.

The Snow Girl didn't understand her expression, but instinctively reached out her hands and caressed the tribe leader's cheeks, rubbing away the sadness on her face and the pain in her eyes...

The patriarch once again became the grandmother.

|It was the miserable cries of my tribesmen that woke me from my sleep.

I pushed open the door in a daze, but saw a fire brighter than daylight.

People, so many people...

A few of them held staffs, but most of them held machetes and sharp blades in their hands.

I didn't understand why this happened. I just stood there in fear, not daring to move a step, until...

"Hey! Boss, there's a little kid here!"

He pulled the wreath off my head and stomped it into the ground along with my veil.

"Hey, he looks pretty handsome~"

I didn't understand the frivolous tone in his voice, but I saw the man he called "boss" slowly turn around.

That moment seemed to be stretched infinitely, so long that I forgot to breathe, so long that I stopped thinking, so long that I almost forgot who he was.

The man next to me grabbed my hair and lifted me in front of him, his sadistic eyes constantly wandering over me.

"Hey, boss, this little bastard is really handsome. Can you put him in your brother's room for the night?"

The man just took out a white handkerchief, covered his nose, and said in disgust:

"You must be really hungry to kill such a beast."

"Take it away quickly. It's been disgusting enough to endure their smell during the few days I've been here."

"But be careful not to damage them. These are important commodities after all."

"Don't worry, boss, I know my limits!"

I don't understand what they are saying. What is an animal and what is a commodity?

All I knew was that I was in so much pain, the pain on my scalp that felt like it was tearing apart was simply unbearable.

But soon, I knew what real pain was.

I was in his hands, being taken away, shaking. I gradually got used to it and didn't say a word.

As a result, the sudden and violent shaking made me grit my teeth and tears came out of the corners of my eyes.

It was another tall man who suddenly put his arm around his shoulders.

But logically speaking, even if such a huge body crashed into me, it wouldn't cause the man holding me to shake so violently.

I soon found out the answer...

"Hey~ Osirief, where did you find such a juicy piece of meat~"

"Go, go, this is mine! I remember you stole a pretty animal before. Where is it?"

“Here~!”

As the words fell, a tall, slender body appeared.

Her messy hair covered her eyebrows and eyes, so I couldn't recognize who she was at first.

"Tsk! This beast is so weak. It died after just one round."

He kicked the body again, and when it fell on its back, I finally recognized who she was.

She is my mother...

"The only thing it's useful for is that it leaves behind quite a lot of dust, alas~"

"what!!!"

I began to shout desperately, my mother's soul, my father's soul, and the souls of my people.

That night, the souls of all the dead members of my tribe swam towards me together.

Then I opened my eyes to inspiration.

I tore apart the souls of all the humans present, and then, with my own hands, cut off the head of that ungrateful man.

Let him forever be a part of our ancestral worship.

After that, this happened twice more. It wasn't until I grew up and was able to fully master my abilities that the tribe, under my leadership, moved into the depths of the altar.

"The story is over, Xueji...are you satisfied?"

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, the grandmother was about to look down at the snow girl in her arms, but she saw something completely beyond her imagination.

It was a handful of crystal water drops.

"Grandma, don't cry. Xueji is here. Xueji gives this to you."

"These are the tears shed by my great-grandmother. Xueji collected them all without missing a single drop."

The Snow Girl, who was still just a child, could not understand the turbulent emotions in her grandmother's story.

The deep bitterness and hatred condensed in the ice crystals and did not melt into the soil; just like the hatred in it, it did not flow into the blood of the next generation.

The Snow Girl did not pay attention to this story. After the first tear of her grandmother fell, she was concentrating on catching the passing souls.

Put them one by one into beautiful ice crystals, giving them a wonderful home.

When he saw clearly what was in the Snow Girl's hand, his already exhausted tear glands couldn't help but break down again.

Holding the angel tightly in her arms, the grandmother repeated in the snow girl's ear over and over again:

"Stay away from humans, stay away from humans, you must stay away from humans!"

"You are the hope of our entire tribe, the embodiment of all that is good, so...promise me that you will stay away from humans and protect yourself."

The Snow Girl patted her grandmother's back in a daze, but she didn't know how much of what she said had entered her mind...