End of ten days

"Yes." Sister Sisi nodded, "When you mentioned the crown and the sword, I first thought of the Happy Prince."

Although I have heard many stories, I have never heard of this one.

"Can you tell me about it?"

My sister said that a long time ago, a swallow flew south to spend the winter, but accidentally fell behind.

It fell on a statue in the middle of the city, and that statue was the "Happy Prince". The statue's eyes were made of gems and its body was covered with gold foil.

He stood in the middle of the city, watching his suffering subjects every day. The swallow originally wanted to leave for the winter, but the Happy Prince begged the swallow to take out his two jewel eyes and give them to the poor, and then the gold foil on his body.

They helped a lot of poor people this winter.

I was very happy when I heard this. Yes, I just want to be such a prince. He will help everyone and be everyone's "hero".

Even if he is just a stone, even if he can't do anything, he can give everything he has.

I thought I had finally found my direction, but the end of this story made me look disappointed.

My sister said that because of the delay, the swallows froze to death in this cold winter because they did not fly to the south.

The "Happy Prince" also became extremely ugly because it lost all its decorations, and was dismantled soon after.

In other words, after the "Happy Prince" and Yanzi helped the poor in the city, they were sent to hell by their own hands.

After Sister Sisi finished telling the story, she asked with a sad face: "Brother Hero... do you want to be the "Happy Prince"?"

"Sister..." I slowly lowered my head, "I want to be the Happy Prince, but I only want to be myself."

"Be it yourself...?"

"Swallows can fly away, right?"

"Um?"

"The swallow can fly away with every song." I said with tears in my eyes. "She doesn't need to follow "The Happy Prince" every song, and there is no need to save those poor people. If the swallow leaves this cold winter early, she won't so cold."

"Ha." Sister Si Si was amused by me, "But without the help of swallows, the Happy Prince alone can't help those poor people. So where there is the Happy Prince, there are swallows, and they sing together of."

Although my sister said so, I was really scared.

I want to be the "Happy Prince", but I don't need swallows around me.

I was scared that the ending in the story would happen to me.

"Brother Hero..." Sister Si Si said, "Did you know? The Happy Prince is doing what he likes, and so is the swallow."

"I..." I nodded, but my expression was very sad.

The "Happy Prince" is just a statue. It cannot move or go far.

Sister Sisi smiled and held up her chin, "How about this? Because sister, I am more knowledgeable, so you can wait for me downstairs tomorrow morning and I will tell you where to find the crown and the sword. How about that?"

"Um."

The next day, I finished "judging" everyone's smell and came to the gate to wait for Sister Sisi. She disappeared for a day after chatting with me yesterday morning. Does she know where to find the crown and sword?

After I came here, only the "executive officer" not far away was staring at me. It was my first time to observe the "executive officer" so closely. She had a thin, dark brown face and two small horns on the top of her head.

"Hello..." I smiled.

This "criminal" sister gave me a very strange feeling... The smell on her body was very complex.

She has both a pleasant fragrance and a stinky smell that belongs to the "zodiac".

"Hello." "Xing Guan" sister said coldly.

Seeing her saying hello to me, I suddenly felt a little curious about her.

The "executive officer" stands here motionless every day. Where does she come from and where does she go to rest? What does she eat and drink?

She can obviously have a conversation with us, but she never takes the initiative to talk to us. What is she thinking?

"Sister "Xing Guan"..." I slowly walked towards her.

"What?" She looked down at me.

"Do you stand here every day?" I asked.

"Yes." She nodded, "But I am not a "criminal officer", I am a "zodiac sign"."

"I'm not a "hero", I'm a "Ying Xiong"..." I whispered.

"What?"

"It's nothing..." I smiled, "Sister "Zodiac", you said... "Who are we?" Is it up to us to decide, or is it decided by others?"

"I do not understand."

"I mean... others call you "criminal", but you think you are "zodiac"... but others call me "hero", then I..."

"Then you are the real "hero"?" Sister "Zodiac" asked, "Don't you know who you are?"

"I...I don't know..." I whispered, "No one has ever told me who I am. Before, I only knew what I should and shouldn't do, but I didn't know who I was. But now... …I don’t even know what to do or what not to do.”

Sister "Zodiac" pondered for a while, then said: "The first thing you should do now is to stay away from me. After all, in the eyes of others, I am a "criminal" and you are a "hero". Talking to me in private is not for you." A good thing.”

"ah……?"

"Secondly, you should find a way to kill everyone in the city...at least twice in a row." She said, "This is what you should do."

"Why...?" I looked at her with some confusion.

"In this way, we can actively reshuffle the city. Not only will you be safe, but the city's "disease" will also be cured."

Only then did I realize that I had made a serious mistake. Why didn't I talk to the "criminal officer" earlier?

She is from here and must know it better than we do.

"But if they don't produce a "scent"... they will have no memory after death."

"Isn't that the purpose?" Sister "Zodiac" looked around, and after confirming that there was no one in the Western Zhou Dynasty, she said seriously, "Child, it is their "memory" that destroyed them. Even if there is no such surname in this place, Of course, not many people can stay awake while preserving their memories for a long time. As the number of reincarnations increases, you will become more and more dangerous. "

I seem to understand the meaning of "Zodiac" sister.

"Don't think that you are safe now that you are a 'hero'." She continued, "These people can kill you just as they can kill Wan. After all, there is no price for killing people here. I don't recommend that you continue to test your humanity. , otherwise you will really die."