Ah Li became even more panicked when she heard Li Ke's words. She didn't dare to look at Li Ke because she took the bell from a woodcutter.

A long time ago, she couldn't bear her hunger and frantically tried to devour her memory and vitality, so much so that her mind began to blur and she wandered around like a zombie.

When she regained consciousness, she found herself standing next to a middle-aged man who had gone through vicissitudes of life, and the other man was seriously injured - of course not by her hand, but by a wild beast.

When Ahri discovered the other party, the middle-aged man was actually about to die.

She looked at the other person, hesitated for a long time, and still resisted her hunger, wanting to leave here to prevent herself from gradually turning into a monster. But the other person held her hand while she was confused, calling the names of the two women.

Ahri turned her head and tried to break away, but the man said how much she missed these two people, and Ahri's body, which had not been nourished by life force and memory for a long time, began to absorb it without the control of her consciousness.

As a result, Ah Li saw the other person's life.

When he was young, the woodcutter was very happy. He had his own farmland and his childhood sweetheart wife. They lived happily together and had a daughter.

However, one day, a group of bandits attacked their village when he went out to the market. When he came back, what he saw was the samurai who had killed the bandits, and the miserable corpses of his wife and daughter.

Without an enemy or a relative, the woodcutter left that sad place and found a place where he wanted to die. He pawned everything he could to buy wine, even during the Spring Festival.

Went to attend.

It wasn't until he was left with only the bell that he had given to his wife when he was a child and his wife had given it to his daughter that he came to his senses and randomly found a job to do so that he would not starve to death.

Then, one day he lost the bell, and while searching frantically, he also found a baby wrapped in strange clothes.

He thought this was a revelation from his wife and daughter, so he adopted Li Ke and wanted to start a new life.

But he still dreams about the tragic death of his wife and daughter every night, so he decides to go to the legendary Garden of Forgetfulness to forget about the tragic death of his wife and daughter.

So he said goodbye to the child and came to Shangzan to look for the Garden of Forgetfulness.

Then, he failed.

He couldn't convince himself to forget the memory of his wife and daughter, even a little bit of it, so he wandered around the Garden of Forgetfulness for a long time before giving up.

But when he finally wanted to leave, he was attacked by a hungry beast.

After that, it was her arrival.

The woodcutter was in great pain. He was in pain that he could not protect his wife and daughter, he was in pain that he was not able to die with his wife and daughter, he was in pain that he was not able to fulfill his promise, and he was in pain that he just wanted to understand it now.

This pain made him feel more torment than death. In the seconds of his remaining life, he was left with only pain.

So Ah Li gave him a sweet dream.

At the end of his life, he was still the farmer who lived a happy life. His wife and daughter were still by his side, and his son was also very sensible and obedient, and could become a shrewd, wealthy, and compassionate businessman.

His life will only get better and better.

So with this expectation, the woodcutter died laughing.

Because of his love for his wife and daughter, Ahri put away the bells scattered beside him to remind himself that he had eaten another human soul.

The dead woodcutter will never think of the tragic death of his wife and daughter again, but she still remembers it. So as long as she still remembers the happy life between the woodcutter and his wife and daughter, the woodcutter's feelings will still exist.

Still exists.

Resisting the urge to run away, Ah Li didn't want to be misunderstood, so she stopped and faced Li Ke's sword.

"A few years ago I met a woodcutter... He was seriously injured by a wild beast near the Garden of Forgetfulness. Before he died, he told me his story, so I took his bell as a souvenir... A few years ago they

story."

Ah Li inexplicably didn't want Li Ke to know that she was a man-eating beast.

No, the beast is better than her, because although the beast can eat people, it will not let the person stop being herself, but what about her? She eats memories and emotions, she is a real monster.

But Li Ke knew that the story would not be that simple. His hand still did not fall from the hilt of the sword, and his eyes were still staring at Ahri.

"You can swallow people's memories and vitality, right? I've heard of your legend, the memory-devouring demon fox."

He didn't know why he didn't pay attention to this in the simulator, and he didn't know if he didn't notice it in the simulator.

But for him, he will not pretend not to see it.

The old woodcutter was so kind to him. If he didn't even know how to repay his kindness, then what was the difference between him and an animal?

Ah Li's body trembled, and Li Ke's eyes made her uncomfortable. She didn't know how to answer Li Ke, because even though she didn't want to, she still absorbed the remaining memories of the woodcutter.

Although even if she didn't do this, the old woodcutter would die within seconds, but this is the fact.

Maybe a monster like me shouldn't live?

Looking at Li Ke's eyes, Ah Li had the urge to give up on herself. Before she gained human rationality, she never felt that there was anything wrong with what she did.

But after gaining human memories and tasting human emotions, she realized how despicable it was for her to do so, and her sense of shame continued to haunt her.

So she wanted to run away.

He didn't intend to give Li Ke an answer, but ran away like a coward.

But at this time, Li Ke also calmed down. He looked at Ah Li and asked word for word.

"So I want to know, was it painful when he died?"

Is it painful?

Ah Li raised her head. She didn't know if the old woodcutter was happy. Although the old woodcutter passed away with a smile, it was just a false illusion.

"It's very painful. He has been unable to let go of the boy he adopted and his wife and daughter who were killed. So, I weaved a beautiful dream for him, but..."

Ah Li pursed her lips and planned to tell the truth.

"...I did absorb his memory, so I know all this."

"…………"

Li Ke wanted to pull out his sword for a moment, but after a long silence, he put the sword back.

"Is there any evidence?"

Ahri pursed her lips again.

"No."

No one can prove that she did not kill the old woodcutter, and Ah Li also recognized that Li Ke was the child adopted by the old woodcutter.

Maybe, I should die here?

In this way, there will be one less monster in the world.
Chapter completed!