Ice melting

I got out of the car and stared blankly. My hair was very messy because of the wind of Andreas. I bet I look stupid right now.

I sighed and tidied myself up before opening the door for eli.

"We're going to see Catherine"

"Sister, you didn't tell her, right! We'll surprise her."

"Hmmmm."

Her voice was very loud and a smile crossed her face as she got out of the car. She didn't even give me a single Look and turned around, running fast.

The ends of the winter skirt shook and her night violet hair swung in a ponytail. She's five years old, Why is she so short.?

I raised my eyebrows and looked at the man leaning on the car with his arms crossed at his chest.

If he comes with us, he will bring down all the Piura animals sitting flat on the ground and lowering their heads.

Well maybe not everyone there are a lot of animals that have not seen what this man looks like before, like me...

I swallowed a little and tilted my head politely asking him.

"Will you come!"

His eyelashes covered half of his silver eyes and the sunlight reflected on them, making them more visible.

Silence for a while staring at the forest that separates the bus stop from the village of Piura.

He couldn't get in his car so we have to walk.

Slowly he parted his lips and his usual dry voice came out but this time there was a tone of doubt.

"Do you live here?""

Suddenly my body stiffened and my lips pressed hard, I inhaled several aromas of the Piura pheromone.

Perhaps they are children, but the king will surely know that it is a village for animals only, even if he does not realize that they are Piura.

Why would a human being live in a village that only contains animals, doesn't that make me suspect?'

I raised my eyes to him and laughed stupidly. My heart was beating out of my control and I felt it moving in my throat right now.

"oh, hhh.. When we were little my sister and I wandered in. We met an old grandmother, she helped us and took us here, she raised US and then she died."

When her tense voice flowed, he moved his eyes to the corner and stared at her. Her lips were trembling and there was a drop of sweat sliding down the side of her face, very tense and scared.

She's always scared anyway, as he's not interested in hearing a human story but this is the place.....

He looked back at the forest and stared at the black spectra that stood still, they were just dark shadows like Cursed spirits.

It looked like a fog with no clear shape so he couldn't recognize any of them.

The forest was full of them as if it were a cemetery. Otherwise, pay attention to the sparkle that those jewels hanging in the branches of the tree send.

They swayed with the wind and reflected their colors by the action of the sun. The scene was fantastical and beautiful but also terrifying and gloomy that made his silver eyes narrow and interspersed with a brutal golden color.

Andreas didn't say anything and his silver eyes seemed to suddenly become wild. What's wrong, did he find out about my lie when he was angry

My heart trembled when I thought about it and my hands clenched tightly. Do I apologize now for my rudeness Or did he admit everything, then he is the king of monsters and does not need any Piura animal.

We only hide our identity from greedy and greedy monsters, however.... Our jewels are rare and sacred stones.

I heard from my mother that there is a whole book about magic related to these jewels and mentioned in one of the pages of the book a way to revive a person from death by means of a stone.

My mother said that the book had already been attended by King Andreas and locked somewhere that no one else could access.

Perhaps he will tell his sons in the future... And I hope he doesn't, maybe an evil king will come and my faction's life will end after that.

I sighed and looked into the forest, the colors of the hanging jewels brightened and I suddenly felt that my heart had a deep hole and unstable emotions.

When I die.

The berries hit my fingers hard and filled my chest with a suffocating and unbearable sensation.

When I die the stone will be hung there.

Like everyone else who died, the first chief of our village hung his wife's stone here and put a talisman so that no beast, animal or even human could see this rent and steal it.

After that, everyone who dies gets their jewel hung here. It's really a beautiful sight when the picture is filled with colorful lights.

Although the trees are barren and have only just begun to grow their shoots, but this did not break their beauty.

But.... She's definitely not happy... It is not a sight that any Piura can like and admire to see.

Here.. Where our lost loved ones gather.

And that's where I'll end up.

My emotions flooded again and for a moment my eyes stung, I shouldn't cry, it's a normal scene that I used to see every day. What's wrong now

Is it because my death is near

I bit my lower lip and lowered my head while taking a breath to calm down.

Meanwhile, Andreas turned around and spoke before getting into his car.

"I'll wait here."

"....."

I looked at him sitting in his seat and resting his elbow quietly on the window while supporting his head with his fingers.

The black hair was scattered over half of his forehead while the other half was lifted back.

A coldness gathered under his eyes and he suddenly seemed upset.

He didn't say anything about me, so it's not because of me, is it?' . He's an annoying guy all the time anyway.

I shook my eyebrows and went into the forest.

Andreas watched alice's character walk away and the dark purple hair splashed with cold air.

Although she walks away, the pink mist that floats in the air gathers and comes straight to him inside the car.

He can't smell any smells, but why alice's smell tickles all the cells of his senses and gives a taste with his tongue!

He held his eyebrows resentfully and the wind blew sweeping him away from him.

Elizabeth must have arrived at Catherine's house by now.

I closed my eyes and exhaled while patting my chest, I have to be strong.... If I feel scared and confused, I won't blame eli if she can't get over my death.

I opened my eyes and clenched my hands tightly, it's just death and it won't be a big deal, you don't have to worry. Now or later everyone dies, and time does not matter.

When I pulled myself together, I smiled and continued walking through the forest, it's been a week since I saw Catherine, I wonder if I found a job.

In the midst of these thoughts, I listened to a loud voice and seemed very tearful and scared.

"No, I don't want to die... Please a little later"

I stopped walking and turned my head to my right. There was a young man running fast and his tear-stained face was frowning and panicked.

His feet were slowly fading and disappearing, leaving behind a light spray.

At one point, he could no longer run since his feet disappeared and he fell right on his stomach..

"I don't want to.... I .. "

He gasped between tears and crawled desperately. I didn't know when I walked towards him and stood in front of him so he raised his misty eyes to me. He raised his hand and cried loudly.

His voice made my heart contract and there was an indescribable pain. I slowly squatted down and took his trembling hand in my hands.

His body was fading further and all that was left was his head and arms.

He no longer had the ability to move and left his head in surrender on the grass

"I haven't even seen my baby.... I wanted to touch her.she's coming today.... I ..... i love.... her."

"....".

With the disappearance of his body, his voice faded with the wind and a suffocating silence came.

The light spray scattered in the air for a while and disappeared after that.

All that beckons from a man is a beautiful red gem that shimmers with a faint luster.

I sat there staring at the stone for a long time before parting my lips and whispering a voice with a quiet hoarseness in it.

"She knows."

Surely she will know if she has a father who loves her. Although he knew that he would die on the same day as the birth of his daughter, he waited for him and tried to catch up with her to see her.

"This... Cruel."

I felt pain in my eyes and the view became blurry. Emotions that I had barely suppressed burst out and tears slipped uncontrollably.

It's unfair, why are we like this?' Why should the time of our death be written in the jewel.. Why can't we live normally without knowing when we will leave our loved ones behind.

It's scary, so scary that in my childhood I stopped the clock several times, thinking that this might make me live longer.

I wish we were normal people.... I hate that I'm a Piura.

The cold winter wind blew and the hanging stones swayed with faint sounds of colliding with each other.

It sounded like a farewell note to the young man who had just died.