Chapter 35: Alone

When Alice opened her eyes again, she found herself sitting on a bench.

Looking around the empty room, Alice finally recalled what happened last night.

She instinctively checked her clothes.

It was very neat and had not been taken off.

After checking, Alice heaved a sigh of relief.

Then, she stood up from her chair and started observing her surroundings.

However, the surroundings were too dark and she could not see anything clearly. Only the spot where the chair was located had some light.

Stomp, stomp!

A series of footsteps sounded, and Alice immediately assumed a defensive posture, her eyes focused in the direction of the sound coming from the darkness.

Soon, Alice saw who it was. It was the person who had collected the blood last night.

“Please take a seat!” The person raised his hands and said to Alice, who was in a defensive posture.

Alice tried to suppress her fear as she carefully moved toward the chair.

“You think I’m going to hurt you?” he asked with a lazy but elegant tone.

Alice shook her head, but it was unconvincing.

Pretending to be puzzled, he says with a soft smile, “Isn’t life hard enough, my dear?” He walked around her: “My child, I’m only here to listen to your life. Why have you become so cold?”

He looked at the chair behind him, then gently motioned to Alice.

Seeing that the person in front of her had no intention of harming her, Alice slowly sat down.

“My home used to be in New York!” Alice replied.

“Oh?” He nodded, expecting Alice to continue.

“The demonic creature took my father away!” Alice tried hard to control her emotions and not reveal her weakness: “So we came to the city. Mom went out to find a job, but four days later, I received news that Mom died under the power of the demonic creature.” She tried hard to control her voice, but it still trembled, “After that, I…”

“You became all alone!” He said softly.

A wave of pain and loss washed over Alice. As she repeated the word ‘alone’, a tear rolled down her cheek.

“Come!” He sighed softly and extended his hand toward Alice. Alice instinctively wanted to resist, but she could not do it no matter what. Helpless, she could only move backward.

“Close your eyes.” His voice made her feel like she was sleeping: “Focus on that feeling. That pain. That feeling was prepared for you by this heartless world. There’s nowhere to hide. You can only seal that feeling in your heart.”

“Feel its surge through your neck and over your nose and ears.”

“It was going to swallow you, but at the height of its power, it retreated. Face it, feel it disintegrate before you. That is power. Let your mind look down on it, let it drain away and dry up.”

Listening to the demon-like whisper and feeling the pain in her heart, Alice could no longer bear it and began to sob.

Suddenly, she felt a cold sensation on her cheek. She looked down and saw a glass bottle pressed against her cheek.

The man said something that did not make sense: “Thank you!”.

“Thank you for sharing!” The man said to Alice as he shook the tears in the glass bottle.

“As thanks, I can answer three of your questions!”

The lazy tone and noble accent brought Alice back to reality.

Alice calmed down and asked, “What did you do to those people?”

The man extended his finger and slowly condensed a blood ball on his fingertip. Then, he looked at Alice and said: “Child, I didn’t do anything to them. I only drew a little blood from their bodies. It’s only about 200cc!”

“Before that, why did the people in this park mysteriously pass out?” Alice asked.

“Oh! That’s what you’re talking about. There’s a great demonic creature, a ghoul, there. It absorbs the vitality of these people every night.”

“You have one more question,” the man said, coming around behind Alice and patting her on the shoulder.

“Are you lonely too?” Alice did not want to waste this question, but she could see something familiar about this noble man. Even if he was elegant and outstanding, it could not be hidden.

It seemed to be the first time the man had been asked such a question. He was stunned.

However, he quickly recovered and replied with a smile, “I’ve already felt the cold and warmth of the world and lived for countless years. Yes, I’ve always been alone!”

After answering, he slowly retreated into the darkness and hid himself.

“Can you tell me your name?” Alice could not help but ask as she watched the man gradually disappear.

“You can call me Warner!” It was still that noble accent, but this time Alice could no longer tell where the voice came from.

Just as Warner left, Alice passed out.

…

The next day, Chu He, who was half-asleep, felt something on him. It swayed back and forth.

Confused, he tried to get up, only to find that one of his arms had gone numb.

When he lifted the blanket, he saw that his body was completely wrapped by Isa’s two whip-like arms.

He turned around to look at Isa, who was hugging his arm and sleeping soundly. He did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Damn it, why is she still bothering him?

Chu He could not understand the demon’s thoughts. He wanted to pull out his arm, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not.

He even used the Superman cells, but it was still useless.

It was as if Isa was not a physical entity and had no physical contact with him.

However, if she did not have a physical body, how did his arm become numb?

Chu He was puzzled.

Out of curiosity, he touched Isa’s arm.

Yes, it was very real. There was indeed a sense of touch.

But when he lifted that numb arm, he could not feel its weight.

This discovery made Chu He click his tongue in wonder.

Soon, under Chu He’s torment, Isa woke up with sleepy eyes.

She rubbed her eyes and said in a daze, “Have you finally discovered my charm?”

“Discovered my ass! Hurry up and let go! I’m going to take a shower!”

“Hurry up. I still have to go to the national cemetery to find monsters later!” Chu He looked at Isa, who did not want to get off him, and said angrily.

“National cemetery? I remember there’s a great demonic creature there,” Isa let go of Chu He and collapsed on the bed as she said charmingly.

“Is that so?!” Chu He’s excited expression was written all over his face.

He was very excited when he heard the news. The great demonic creature could provide him with a lot of mutated cells!

“Isa, can you find the great demonic creature?”

“It should be the same place as before. I remember that he came to snatch territory from me in the past, but I scared him away!” Isa held her head with one hand and said to Chu He with her head tilted.

“That’s great! I love you so much, Isa!”

“Hey, hey, Isa, what are you doing? I didn’t mean it that way!”

“Stop, stop! Don’t come over!”

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