In the evening, dark clouds blocked the setting sun, and the village soon became dark.
It is very quiet here, and there are not many people around. Because of the rain, the villagers come back from the fields very early and go to bed as soon as it gets dark, so the village is almost dark with very little light.
There is a brightly lit house behind the temple at the entrance of the village. There is a small fenced yard with a small rectangular house inside. This used to be the residence of a certain believer, but he has long since passed away.
The only priest in the village, an old woman, lives in it now. Few people know her name, and most people in the village call her sir. There is a lamp burning in the dark room, which is placed on the wooden table, with only a little light.
A small flame.
The old man was sitting on a chair with his eyes half closed, as if in a daze.
At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the wooden door. She slowly turned her head, stood up, walked slowly to the door, and opened it.
Outside the dark door, a tall woman with white hair stood outside. She was the traveler who came to the village today. Everyone thought she was gone, but now she appeared in front of the old man's door.
"I thought you left."
The old man said calmly.
"I also thought your ears were not very sensitive."
Reina also replied in that nonchalant tone. The old man looked at her silently, then turned around and entered the house.
"Come in, I know you won't leave like this."
She was right. Reina entered the house and closed the door. She looked at the old man's figure and narrowed her eyes slightly.
After the old man sat down, she raised her head, looked at Reina, and asked, "Aren't you going to sit down?"
Reina shook her head and said, "No, I won't stay too long."
After saying that, she leaned against the door frame, crossed her hands, and looked at the old man.
"It's about that boy, right."
The old man suddenly asked.
"you know."
"Everyone in the village knew it. By the time it reached my ears, it was already too late."
The old woman sighed, but Reina still looked at her coldly.
"Are you trying to say that this has nothing to do with you?"
"Um……"
The old man fell silent, and Reina could only see her profile. She was motionless, as if she was dead.
"Want to pretend not to hear?"
"No, I just remembered the past."
"Can you answer my question now?"
"What do you want to know?"
Reina sighed softly, she didn't want to make things complicated.
"In your study hall, there is a boy named Feng Ma."
"I know him, he is the smartest and the most pitiful one."
"Did you know his mother was missing?"
"I heard about it."
"Did you do it?"
Reina asked directly. She looked into the other person's eyes, and the other person turned her head and looked at Reina with eyes hidden in wrinkles.
"No, how could I do such a thing?"
Her tone was strange.
"Then I don't understand why you pretend to be a human being and pretend to be deaf and mute. I don't think anyone would suspect an old man who has limited mobility and is somewhat deaf."
The old man suddenly fell silent and sat motionless on his chair. The room suddenly became dead silent.
The wind outside blew against the wooden door, making a slight sound.
The old man's mouth was half-opened, and her eyes opened a little wider. But soon, she seemed to have lost sight of it, and the wrinkles on her face returned.
"How do you know I'm not human?"
She admitted that in fact, Reina was not sure, but she had a guess. The reason why she had such an idea was because... she could sense the water on the other person's body. Although she could not control it, she could judge the other person's body by this.
age, height, health and whether there is malicious intent.
In battle, she can even read the opponent's blood flow to determine the opponent's attack direction.
As for the old man in front of her, she had a completely different body structure from the old man or human beings, and the direction of blood circulation was so strange that Reina had to doubt her.
"This is my personal ability."
There will always be some weird people.
The old man took a breath and said, "Are you going to kill me?"
"That depends on your answer."
Reina narrowed her eyes slightly, so that she could more easily concentrate the blood around her eyes. The blood flow she saw was clearer, and she could use this to determine whether the other person was lying.
"My answer is that you have found the wrong person. I have never killed anyone."
Hearing this, Reina felt a little suspicious, but the other party behaved very naturally and did not seem to be lying.
"When did you come here and pretend to be like this?"
"About three years ago."
"But I heard someone say that the old man who teaches lived here more than ten years ago."
"Yes."
"Even so, you still insist that you did not kill anyone?"
Reina came prepared.
"Yes, as you can see, I am good at disguise, especially pretending to be a human. I have lived in human form for most of my life. What is different from other creatures is that if I want to disguise myself as a human,
It's not enough just to look similar, you also need to understand your thinking."
As she said that, the old man stood up, and something strange happened. Her face suddenly became rounded, and her eyes turned blue, just like Reina. It was a strange feeling to see herself standing in front of her.
.
"I am observing and learning the language, demeanor, and movements all the time. Over time, I slowly got used to living in human form and integrated into your society, just like one of you. Many times, I will forget
My own identity, I thought I was a human being." She imitated Reina's cold expression, and she had to admire her. She imitated it so well that Reina herself felt threatened.
She finally understood why humans hate other people pretending to be themselves. They might use their appearance to do bad things, and then blame them on themselves.
At this moment, she returned to her old appearance, her straight waist slowly bent, and her body shrank back.
"Until three years ago, for some reason, I had to leave my original place and come here."
"Why?"
"Because I'm deaf and can't hear the sound. For us shapeshifters, if we can't respond to the sound, we will be regarded as a traitor to the group, and I will be treated as a traitor."
Hearing this, Reina frowned and wondered how many of these shapeshifters were lurking in human society.
"I turned into a cat and climbed into a carriage that was going somewhere. By chance, I came here and was picked up by an old man. She was an old man with some hearing loss and some physical problems. She had no relatives and no relatives.
She was helpless, even having trouble carrying water, but she wanted those children to learn to read and get out of this mountain. Until one day, she slept in the bed as usual, but the difference was that she did not wake up the next morning