i am your guide

The planet Moriva is located on the edge of the Pine Cloud Galaxy, and its relative position is closest to the broken star belt.In the early years, it was a mining planet for the development of energy crystals. The summer was very short and the winter was long. Later, the industry here gradually withered, and it became a real slum. Many energy miners who were abandoned here built huts to survive.The economy has retreated and retreated, and it has become an abandoned planet, leaving its inhabitants to fend for themselves.

The cold winter of that year was extremely long. A small city in the southern part of the planet was buried by violent winds and blizzards. The refugees traveled all the way from the south to the north, disturbing the peace everywhere.

An orphanage in the northern city of Kisico has more than 30 children under the age of ten. This orphanage was originally supported by the government's public finances, but after the decline of the Moriva star, the government had no time to control it. It shrinks again and again, and children are sent away every once in a while.

The question of where to send it is really unnecessary to ask: on such a decaying planet, reselling people to make money is the default way to make money, good-looking girls are given to dignitaries as playthings, and strong boys are not many mines or sold into slavery, in short, a life has its uses.

The streets of Kisico in the cold winter blizzard were deserted, and the heavy snowflakes swirled and landed in the air. The biting cold wind easily penetrated Sith's thin clothes. The white snow turned into blood and dripped into the snow that was deeper than his thighs.

The body that had lost too much blood had already begun to have hallucinations. For a child, being buried in the snow by a violent storm and dying sadly was an easy thing to do.Sith's chest heaved minimally, and the cold air he sucked in froze his thoughts.

The snow was so thick that it almost buried half of his body, and it was too cold to walk.

His mind was blank, his blurry vision was soaked by the white snow, and the symptoms of snow blindness that he dared not open and kept crying could not be more difficult in this low temperature environment.Stumbling across a street corner, Sith held on to a street lamp for breath, his frozen body could no longer hold on, and fell down.

Blizzard was like a life-swallowing monster, taking away all his physical strength and freezing his consciousness.

After a long time, the fire came.

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The crackling sound of burning firewood was particularly ear-piercing in the dilapidated house, and the warm yellow flames made a blur. Sith seemed to be coughing up his lungs. He got up on his elbows, and the blanket on his body fell off in response.

He looked at the surrounding environment blankly, and the stinging pain inside his eyes was still clearly felt.

It was a not-so-spacious room, and the dry firewood and black power stone dregs were crackling and burning in the simple fireplace made of miscellaneous stones. The very low-purity power stones would emit an unpleasant smell when burned, which was also the reason why Sith The cause of the cough.

There are many sundries piled up in the whole room. Old tables, quilts, and toys are thrown into a ball, and the old ones are covered with a layer of ash. The warm light generated by the flame is the only light source in the room. It illuminates half of the room from the front, and the dim light passes by. Sith's body burned a black shadow on the brick wall behind, like a monster with a stutter.

Looking down, the thin body was covered with a red mud-like plaster, and the whole body exuded an unpleasant smell.Sith frowned, part of the festering flesh on the forearm of his right hand was cut off, and the wound was stitched up with a very poor technique, which barely stopped the bleeding. It seemed that some medicine had been applied, which made people feel uncomfortable.

At this moment, he was lying on a wooden bed covered with only one layer of soft cushions, which was so painful that his bones were seared, and his body was covered with a blanket, which was worn out and out of shape.

He looked away from the blanket, because he heard the sound of something, and his innate alertness made him cast his sharp eyes like a knife to the corner where the sound came from.

The girl was wearing a cotton padded jacket that didn't fit very well, with short gray hair reaching her ears, her small face was hidden in the shadows and she couldn't see her beauty clearly. Only a pair of big eyes stared curiously at the brother who had just woken up. She curled up in a small corner, He held a branch in his hand and twisted it—the sound came from the branch.

She froze for two seconds, then shrank again without saying a word.

Sith frowned and moved his legs, his toes kicked the blanket on the ground, before he could stand still, he heard the side door open.He turned around vigilantly, subconsciously putting on a fighting stance.

The opened doorway was wrapped in fine wind and snow accompanied by a black shadow, and was closed after a while.The man was wrapped in thin clothes, and his strong arms tightly clenched a rag bag wrapped in black fragments. He gasped twice, and a few snowflakes were intertwined in his brown hair.

"Are you awake? How are you feeling?"

Seeing that the person who came was a boy of the same age as him, Sith lowered his arms, opened his mouth and said hoarsely, "Who are you?"

The vocal cords stimulated by the extremely cold air are temporarily unable to produce sound properly, and his voice is as ugly as being pulled by a broken saw.The boy just smiled and didn't care. He dumped a pile of black stones in his arms into the fireplace. Sith saw that the fire inside was getting hotter and the unpleasant smell was more intense. frown.But those two people seemed to be used to it, and their expressions didn't change at all.

Seeing the boy coming back, the girl who was huddled in the corner got up and rushed up to hug the boy's waist. Her swollen face was like an apple, her eyes were round, and she was still looking at Sith on the other side.

"My name is Gawain Talian. I saw you at the corner of East Street and brought you back. She is Selina Cade, and she is my sister. What's your name?"

Gawain walked to Sith and picked up the dusty blanket that fell on the ground, and patted off the dust with his heart, explaining.

When Sith heard the man ask his name, his heart moved, and a man's voice flashed in his mind.

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"Sith... Sith."

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"Sith."

he responded.

"Don't you have a last name?"

Gawain folded the blanket and put it at the end of the bed, he smiled and watched Sith question him.

"No."

The boy named Sith didn't seem to be easy to mess with, and he was very reluctant to answer.Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "You are not from the local area, are you? Where did you come from?"

"I do not know."

Sith frowned. He recalled the past carefully but couldn't remember anything. His brain was blank and there was a tingling pain. He subconsciously pressed his temples tightly, and his tone became cold for a while.

Now, Gawain and Selina both looked at Sith in embarrassment, looking at each other, not knowing what to say.

"When I picked you up, you were covered in blood. Some of the wounds had already healed, but the injury on your right hand was too serious. The nuns in the courtyard knew a little about healing and stitched it up for you... You really don't remember anything. Woke up?"

Gao Wen said cautiously, an unformed guess sprouted in his young mind.

"I really don't remember."

Sith shook his head and responded lightly.

Hearing what Sith said, Gawain was even more certain: the boy in front of him must be a child who was kicked out after a domestic violence. There are many such children on their planet, who died in the deserted snow at the end. The family is too ruthless, beating the child like this.

The kind-hearted Gao Wen concluded the life experience of the boy in front of him based on his own guesswork, and sympathized with him in his heart.Gawain showed a bright smile and stretched out his hand to Sith, saying: "If you have nowhere to go, you can stay here. The nun said you can stay here. I will protect you in the future, and no one will bully you again."

The frostbite and freckles on Gawain's face melted together, and his smile was as warm as the candlelight beside him. Sith's heart moved slightly, and the cold place suddenly warmed up.

The boy who couldn't remember anything paused for two seconds and said, "What are you going to do to protect me?"

Gao Wen: ...

"I heard the nun say that I am a sentinel... Anyway, I am very strong, stronger than ordinary people."

After explaining clumsily and trying to make his words more convincing, with an eager expression on his blushing little face, Gao Wen said loudly.

The word 'sentry' shook Sith all over, and a dark tone emerged from his memory, which was as white as snow. Needle-like pain swept through Sith's heart, and a distant, urgent and firm voice crossed countless The barrier rushed to his ears, and the man's voice kept echoing again.

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"If one day I die, you will leave here and go find that sentinel."

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"sentinel……"

One after another light and shadow flashed in my mind, passing like a breeze in the air, no matter how I stretched out my hand, I couldn't catch it. Sith murmured subconsciously, and the strings in his heart were plucked several times.

"Yes, Sentinel."

Gawain's voice appeared next to his ears, and Sith, who was blank-eyed, raised his head, attracted by the man's smile, and froze on the face that was beating in the dim light of the fire.

"it is good."

Sith opened his chapped lips and responded.

On that snowy winter night, in the dilapidated house on the frontier planet forgotten by the empire, the gears of fate snapped together.

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It has been almost a month since Sith came to this city with a long and cold winter, and the life here is very boring. He gets up at six in the morning, and after eating thin porridge and dry steamed buns, he reads the scriptures and meditates with the nuns, and reads some simple books in the morning. Lunch is the most sumptuous meal. A person can have two steamed buns and a hot dish of stir-fried beans. In the afternoon, he does farm work, and the meal at night is as boring as breakfast. The cycle goes on and on every day.

The children here are very naughty and bad. They don't learn anything and have no one to teach them. They sneak around and fight all day long. The oldest children are ten years old and bully people everywhere.

Gao Wen found that his new brother was very strange. He looked at everyone with a cold and serious gaze all day long. It was sitting alone in a dark corner, not saying a word all day long.

Sith leaned against the cold wall with his back, and the chill flowed down his spine. He lowered his head and stared at his toes, his mind was blank.

He has tried very hard, but can't think of anything.

He didn't know where he came from, and he didn't know why he appeared here, as if he landed here randomly, without any cause and effect, and he recently discovered that he was different from those children.

In the silent snowy night, he would hear distant sounds: the sound of blankets brushing against the foot of the bed, the sharp voice of children coughing in the middle of the night, the heavy sound of heavy snow falling after the branches were crushed, and he could even see himself The black light glowing around him quietly melted into the pitch-black night.

"Sith, go on!"

"call out--"

There was a slight sound of breaking through the air, and Sith, who was in a daze, looked shocked, raised his right hand like lightning, and slashed towards the flying thing with a swift hand knife.

"Clap."

The orange-yellow fruit was slammed into the wall and flew towards the corner of the wall. After smashing hard into the wall, a string of orange-yellow juice splashed out. The fresh scent of orange penetrated into Sith's nostrils. He was slightly taken aback, and looked up at the instigator.

Gawain seemed to be frightened by Sith's action, he was still holding another orange in his left hand, he couldn't hide the astonishment on his face, he looked at the shattered orange with heartache, neither advancing nor retreating.

"You, you don't like to eat oranges, so don't waste them."

Sith's fingers curled up stiffly, and he glanced at the orange in the shadow of the corner in bewilderment. The orange was ripe, and the yellow flesh was plump and bright, extremely attractive.

On a planet with long winters and short summers, where resources are scarce, fruits are rare food.Sith came here for a month and ate freeze-dried vegetables every day. He had never seen fresh fruit.

"I...I don't dislike..."

Sith didn't know what to say.

The two children were relatively speechless. Gao Wen stood in the winter sun, his red face covered by the white mist, and the finger holding the orange was frozen red and stiff.After a long silence, Gawain walked into the dark corner where Sith was.

The air was filled with a stronger smell of fresh juice, and the fresh smell of orange peel made Sith raise his head.

The man stood right in front of him, peeling the orange for him with stiff fingers, the movements were serious and rigorous, the white shreds of meat were connected and torn off, Gawain broke open the orange petals and presented them to Sith.

"Eat it, don't throw it away this time."

Sith hesitated for a long time, then stretched out his hand,

The oranges were delicious, Gao Wen must have rushed to pick the best oranges and brought them to them.

In the end, Gawain didn’t take a bite of the orange. Sith, who was sitting on the side after returning home at night, watched Gawain peel the oranges and tell stories to Selina by the fire. The man gently covered Selina with the blanket, holding Humming a lullaby softly, holding my sister's hand.

It was a very gentle singing, the best lullaby Sith had ever heard. The boy leaned against the wall and fell asleep in a daze.

The next day, Gawain and the nun left early, and a group of boys seemed to be going to work in a distant furnace.Sith always got up very early. When he got up, Selina was still awake. He glanced briefly at the burnt fire and went out.

The orphanage is near the outskirts of the city, with a small three-story building and an open space for a vegetable garden. The house where the three of them lived was originally an old warehouse, which was later converted into a small independent room with a fireplace.It was a warm house that Gao Wen took over by fighting. The rules of the orphanage were easy to understand. The children were ill-bred to bully each other, and it was common for things to be robbed or stolen.

No one cares about them, they can't afford it, and they don't want to. Anyway, they will be sold in the end.

Sith walked around from the first floor to the third floor and back again, with a cold face, ignoring anyone. After walking for about two hours, when he walked into the shadow at the bottom of the wall, he heard a group of noisy shouts, and girls cry.

He frowned, and quietly appeared in the distance, peeping openly with his indifferent eyes.

There were four or five girls, and the leader was an eight or nine-year-old girl. She looked at the shivering little girl in the corner with her hips crossed, and said bitterly, "You little bitch, Hurry up and hand it over!"

His eyes passed through the small crowd and fell on the girl curled up in the corner, his cold gaze fluctuated for a while and then calmed down slowly.

That girl is Selina.

She hugged a piece of calico tightly in her bosom, and would not let go, big tears filled her distorted crying face, sobbing and shaking her head, she kept shrinking into the corner.

"This is, this is for...for brother..."

She sniffled and couldn't even finish her sentence. The leading girl glared at her angrily, and kicked the girl's body. The thin and frail Selina suddenly tilted her head and hit the corner of the wall.

Seeing the bullying scene, Sith had no extra emotion in his heart. He pursed his lips and then let go, silently backed out from the corner, and walked in the light again.The sunlight reflected from the snow melted into Sith's dark eyes, and the screaming and sobbing of the girl's shrill voice gradually moved away, and could no longer be heard in the wind.

This kind of thing happens every day, and those who can't fight are doomed to be bullied, he doesn't care.

It's just that I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, that girl has nothing to do with him.

This matter only stirred up a ripple in that cold heart and was severely suppressed. Sith walked around for a day and didn't go back to eat lunch. After getting familiar with the surrounding environment again, he walked back to their three at night when it was snowing. In a small house where people live, as soon as I walked to the door, I heard the sound of weeping inside, low and thin, like a mosquito buzzing.

Sith pushed open the door, and saw Selina huddled in the corner at a glance, her eyes were swollen from crying like a rabbit.

Why are you still crying.

He frowned, and Selina, who saw him entering the door, immediately covered her mouth, forced her crying into her chest, swelled like a hiccup, and wrinkled her small face and curled up to peek at the snow-covered body. brother.

"Where's Gawain?"

Sith looked around, but found no sign of Gawain's return: the blankets on the bed were still piled up, the energy stones in the fireplace hadn't been filled, and the room was cold and dark.

"Brother... didn't come back."

Her voice was hoarse, and she couldn't stop sobbing once she opened her mouth.

Sure enough, he didn't come back. I came back a little late today, Sith thought.

Sith glanced at the snow-covered window at the end, sighed inwardly, and took a pile of energy slag from the door and threw it into the fireplace to start a fire.The flames quickly ignited, and Sith's face was reflected by the flames, and the indifferent expression on his face was also melted a bit. After he finished all this, he turned his head to look at Selina who was huddled in the corner.

He didn't like being alone with Selina, the child would just stare at him timidly, bored and unwilling to talk.

Silence is always embarrassing and uncomfortable. He glanced at Selina, turned around and was about to go out. As soon as he lifted his feet and left, he heard a rustle behind him, and someone hugged his waist.

Sith, who was tensed all over, subconsciously wanted to throw that person out, but at this moment, his thoughts were rarely faster than his body's reaction. He realized that the person behind him was Selina, and tried hard to suppress the tension and irritability in his heart, frowning Look at the girl.

The clean and clear eyes were like a pool of clear water, and the water with tears shimmered and attracted people's attention. The small palm-sized face looked up at Sith with fear and nervousness, and hugged him tightly to prevent him from leaving.

"Second brother."

That soft cry was like a hammer hitting Sith's heart hard, and he froze for a moment, with extremely complicated emotions in his eyes.

No one had ever called him that before, and it felt strange, like a lonely life that was suddenly connected to something else through those two words, lit by a fire.

"Let go."

Sith's voice was cold, he didn't like such an intimate gesture.

"Second brother... I, I have something for you."

Selina took a step back and hugged tightly again as if mustering courage, she took out something from behind.

Sith froze when he saw that thing.

It was an ugly doll, the stitches were poorly made and ugly, the key problem was that the doll had only one head, and the face was crookedly painted with cool expressions, and the patterned cloth on the surface of the doll was very familiar... Sith thought about it seriously, and found that He has seen it.

In the dark corner of the wall in the morning, the floral cloth that Selina defended tightly but was finally taken away was exactly the same as that of this doll.

When he took the ugly doll, Sith's pupils shrank like needles, and his fingers were trembling faintly. He patted the dust on the doll's head, and turned his gaze to Selina.

"You did it?"

"What I did...not finished."

Selina hesitated.

There is no need to ask why Sith didn't finish it, he has already seen the reason.

"Thank you."

With the heavy words, Sith felt that the thing in his hand was very hot, and he almost lost his grip.In the morning, he watched coldly, being nailed in front of Sarina and being severely whipped by the clear eyes. Sith didn't know what was wrong with him, and his life that was blank gradually became turbulent.

"It's okay..." Selina smiled, as sweet as honey, she took a step back, shy and didn't know what to say.

In her heart, she was actually very afraid of this second brother who was cold all day long, but Gao Wen told her that they would be a family in the future and they should get along well. It's still a mess.

The second brother looks like this... don't you like it very much?

"You..." Sith took a step forward and stretched out his hand. Before he could say anything, Selina took a trembling step back.

Frowning, Sith asked, "Are you afraid of me?"

"No...no...not afraid." Wei Nuo Nuo stammered.

Don't be afraid there will be ghosts.

Sith sneered, seeing that the girl in front of him didn't know what to say, he was a little annoyed, finally had no choice but to squat down slowly, his hands were different from his appearance, soft and warm like a small stove, his fingers gently held Take Selina's hand.

"It's late now, time to go to bed."

He wanted to end this topic as soon as possible, so he subconsciously softened his gaze and lowered his voice.

"But... I want to hear a story..."

Selina lowered her head and said in a low voice.

It wasn't her intention, it's just that Gao Wen would tell her stories every night to lull her to sleep, and it had basically become a habit.

"I'll tell you."

By accident, Sith said.

That story was naive and boring, and the pages of the book that were about to be torn were too soft.Sith carried Selina to the bed and covered her with a blanket. He sat on the side of the bed with his arms up and used the shadow to block the light for Selina. His voice had never been so gentle.

The light and shadow swayed and swayed, and from time to time the sound of sparks bursting mixed with the young man's soft voice swirled in the small room.The little girl's cub-like body was buried in the blanket. After an unknown period of time, Selina was already asleep when Sith put down the storybook, and the sound of her soft breathing was infinitely amplified in the silence.

The snow outside the window was still falling, Sith looked back from the moonlight, and remained silent for a long time.