“I first met Krevy when I was six years old, and Krevy was twelve years old that year.

The Krewei you see now is less than ten years old, so I don't exist in her memory." Saphir's voice was very light, and Ying could hear a deep sense of loss in it.

This is understandable. Sister Weiwei, who was so kind to me when I was a child, now seems like a stranger to me when we meet again. Anyone would be sad to feel this kind of gap.

After a moment of disappointment, Safir quickly sorted out his feelings and continued, "Sister Weiwei is enthusiastic, cheerful and yearns for freedom. To be honest, when I was a kid, I liked Sister Weiwei a little more than that cold Sister Pepe.

Even if it’s just a normal little cake, the one Sister Weiwei feeds me always tastes sweeter.”

"I was born with a cold temper. I'm really sorry for you." Alechino crossed his arms and looked at Saphir with a squint.

Ying and Paimon looked at each other. At this time, they understood that the so-called Pepe was the servant Arlecino.

Saphir chuckled and waved his hand: "No, you are the best to me."

Without waiting for Alechino to speak, Saphir continued to talk about the past: "Sister Pepe was born different from the others. Even though I am not a child of the same batch as them, I can see that she is stronger than anyone else, so she will definitely be able to hold on to the end in the fight."

“Sapphire and Peruvili are the only two people besides Krevy who have seen through Kugavina’s tricks. However, as Sapphire just said, Peruvili is very confident, so she does not intend to rebel against her mother.

Perhaps it was because of this clarity that the three of them naturally became friends. Krevy said a lot of naive ideas, such as creating a real home without sacrifice.

She also proved her determination with her actions. She escaped many times, sought help many times, tried to disclose the truth many times, and was beaten black and blue every time. But she survived every time with her strong will. "Alechino's eyes flashed with an emotion called nostalgia. It was obvious that it was not easy for her to say these words.

Saphir realized that her emotions were a bit volatile and immediately picked up what Alecino had said: "I still remember today that she would open the window, pull me to sit on her lap, and point to the stars and the moon in the sky.

He told me and Sister Pepe who was sitting quietly beside him about his wishes bit by bit.

I remember when I first met her, there was still light in Sister Pepe's eyes, but... after two or three years, she changed. Although she would still smile at me and still invite me to taste the cake together, her eyes became more and more empty. I should have understood at that time.

She... has lost the light of hope, but it's too late to realize it now. Or rather, I was powerless to stop her from the beginning. She was destined to be missed by me. I couldn't keep her, nor could I save her. "

"I have a bad feeling...what happened?" The worry on Paimon's face was almost overflowing.

Ying did not ask because the answer was already obvious: Krevi was dead.

Alechino said nothing, but lowered her eyes.

Safir rubbed his brows and laughed at himself: "When I was nine years old, Sister Pepe suddenly proposed that we go together to assassinate Kugavina. However, this plan was rejected.

Sister Weiwei disagreed. First of all, it was because Kugavina was an executive officer with unimaginable power. Given their situation at that time, the possibility of a successful assassination was almost zero.

Secondly...even after experiencing so much inhumane torture, Sister Vivi still always regarded Kugavina as her own mother. She was a warrior who was willing to endure countless punishments for the freedom of everyone, but when facing her mother, she lost the courage to raise the blade.

Or rather, it was not that she didn't dare, but that she didn't want to. After all, she was Kugavina's flesh and blood, and as a child, she could not wield a butcher knife against her mother.

She thought she had hidden this idea very well, but like you, she is not the type who is suited to doing bad things. Her lies are full of loopholes, her eyes are evasive, and she can't even find an excuse.

That faint, almost imperceptible attachment to her mother was like a firefly in the night sky, faint but conspicuous. Sister Pepe and I could both see it, so we never thought of forcing her to make a choice.

Unfortunately, the choice cannot be postponed or ignored. In such a hellish fireplace house, I have lost the ability to resist. If I want to be free, I can only walk with my pants. "

"Death..." Ying spoke out the cruel reality.

Saphir felt her vision blurry. She blinked hard, forcing a line of tears to form in the corners of her eyes. She quickly raised her hand to wipe them away: "She is just a fool.

When I was ten years old, that thing finally happened. We had planned to have dinner together in the evening, and then go to the rooftop to watch the stars and imagine a wonderful life.

But I waited on the rooftop from dusk until nightfall, until the lights came on and the sky was full of stars, but Sister Weiwei didn't come, and Sister Pepe didn't come either. A huge panic took over my heart, and I ran towards the duel arena desperately. I don't know how many people I knocked over and how many people I caused to curse at me.

But I didn't care. When I opened the door, I smelled the familiar smell of blood. I don't know when it started to rain heavily. In the rain, the lifeless sister Weiwei and the sister Peipei who were hugging her tightly were hugged.

Sister Weiwei is dead, she died at the hands of Sister Pepe. The bloody sword was stuck in the ground not far away. I approached unconsciously and saw Sister Weiwei's pale but satisfied smile.

How pitiful! She is just a teenager. In many countries, children of this age are still acting like spoiled brats, being naughty and rebellious towards their parents.

But Sister Weiwei regarded death as her own relief.

That day, Sister Peipei lowered her eyes without shedding a single tear. I was the only one holding the spear that Sister Weiwei had used, crying until I almost suffocated.

Tears flashed in Paimon and Ying's eyes, but those of Arlecchino and Saphir were calm. Although the redness at the corners of Saphir's eyes showed signs of spreading, she concealed it well. As for Arlecchino, she remained silent from beginning to end.

Finally, she spoke: "Peruvian has crossed the last obstacle and became the only king in her mother's heart, just as she had foreseen ten years ago. Now she is on the throne, but she has no joy in her heart. Amid the girl's hoarse cry, she made up her mind.

What do you think this resolution will be?"

Ying knew without even guessing: "You carried out the assassination plan."

"Kill Kugavina? But...but..." Little Paimon still found it a little unbelievable.

Alechino nodded: "Yes, Peruvili killed her best friend, and only a year later, she and Saphir came here and killed their common mother with great difficulty.

Use the spear that Krewei once used to pierce Kujavina's heart."

"When we decided to take action, we were already aware that right and wrong are not important at all. If, in the Hearth House, Kugavina is the sky, then we will break this sky, write new rules, and make the home have new rules." Saphir walked to the side of Alechino, and the two of them looked at Ying and Paimon opposite them side by side.

Several people looked at each other, feeling the solemn atmosphere, and Saphir continued: "As a result, you also know that we won. Kugavina died, and Sister Pepe became the new executive officer, and was named by the Queen: Alechino."

"As expected." Ying breathed a sigh of relief, "I should have thought of it earlier. You are Peruvian, the Pepe that Krevy mentioned."

She looked at Saphir, "This is your story, but Krevy has forgotten you. Are you sad?"

"Sister Weiwei hasn't forgotten me, it's just that she hasn't met me yet." Safir forced a smile, but this smile looked so sad. It was the first time that Ying saw Safir like this, and she felt very uncomfortable.

"After that, I abandoned the name that Kugavina had used: Mother. I abandoned my original name and re-established the Hearth House under the identity of my father, Alechino." Alechino revealed the last secret.

Safire added: "For the Hearth House, the title of mother is a cloud of shadow, which hangs over the hearts of the children of the past, like an indelible shadow, so the new Hearth House does not need a mother, only a father is enough."

"There is also a sister, who is equally important." Alechino added, making Saphir laugh.

Seeing Saphir's smile, Alechino's expression eased a little and asked, "The story ends here. Do you have any questions?"

"Who was the Krevy we saw?" Ying still didn't understand. Since Krevy was dead, then what was that thing they saw?

Paimon was also confused: "Yeah, according to what you just said, when Krevy died, she should have been no longer a child. What is that ghost... or ghost?"

"That is an illusion born in the flames, or rather, the remaining embers." Alechino stretched out her hand, and a ball of pure fire suddenly appeared in her palm. "Because there is a power in my blood that is almost like a curse, things that are devoured by my flames will leave some kind of afterimage in the world.

Of course, it is extremely unlikely that an individual with independent consciousness like Krewei will be formed. Krewei died at the age of sixteen. But after the burning, what was left was her appearance when she was six or seven years old. Not only her appearance, but also her memory, most of which were burned out.

That’s why she couldn’t recognize Safir, because the ten-year-old Krevy had only met Safir, and the six-year-old Krevy…had never seen Safir.”

"Human memory is a magical thing... Losing part of your memory will change your self-perception, and losing all your memories of the past ten years will return to the past when you were not grown up." Saphir sighed. She had this experience too.

She couldn't go back, couldn't find the path to that bright yellow memory full of hope and as precious as gold.

Xiao Pai nodded in confusion: "No wonder we always feel weird when we talk to her."

"Let me put it this way. She's like a person trapped in time. She lives in her past, not the 'present' we are in." Alechino made an analogy to make it easier for Ying and Paimon to understand.

Little Paimon also understood at this time that the whole thing was actually under the control of Saphir and Alechino: "So, you knew she was hiding in the Hearth House?"

“Yes, her presence was not stabilizing, she would take care of the children and even saved some of their lives.

At the same time, she would hide from me and constantly tell the truth in her eyes to everyone she saw. "Alechino's eyes were full of regret," Afterimage has no ability to learn and grow. Even if it is exposed to new information, it will quickly forget it over time.

You tried to get her into the sun, but it didn't work, did you? It's simple. She can't break out of her own perception that home is a place she can't escape from.

But it doesn't matter, I will kill her again soon and make the ember disappear completely."

Alechino has prepared herself mentally. Rather than letting her friend live in such a muddle, it is better to let her be free. This has nothing to do with good or evil, even if it is for the stability of the Hearth House...

"Wait a minute!" Little Paimon interrupted quickly, as if Krevy would disappear completely if she was a second late. "I can understand why you want her to disappear, but is this really necessary?

Even though she is still about six or seven years old, she was your sister's best friend! At least stop and talk to her, right?"

Paimon naively thought that this would solve the problem.

But Alechino just shook his head slowly and said nothing.

Saphir answered the question for her: "We have tried everything you can think of. Embers are incapable of learning. No matter how many times we try, when a new day comes, everything will return to the starting point. Krevie... is still the same Krevie. Nothing will change."

"How could this happen..." Paimon was hit by the cruel reality.

"Not only Krevi, but also Fjöll and Nantei who were influenced by her... They all have to be punished." Alechino turned away and could not see her expression. "I hope you understand that the difference between Kugavina and I is that we have different rules.

But we all share the same principles of respecting the rules, which is the foundation of a family.”

"Sister Lei... Actually, I have an idea." Saphir suddenly thought of something and looked at Alechino with a verifying expression.

Alechino turned to look at Saphir with a puzzled look on his face.

Saphir clenched his right fist tightly, then loosened it and clenched it again, repeating it many times: "Punishment is of course necessary, but no matter what, I want the living Krevi to be punished. Although I know it is difficult, but... I want to try."

"How are you going to try? Without a body, a complete soul, or even soul fragments, how are you going to resurrect a person who has been dead for many years?" Alechino did not object, but asked an objective question.

Saphir frowned and whispered, "Memory and soul. Is it strongly related?"

"What?" Ying, Paimon and Alechino asked in unison.

Saphir took a deep breath and said, "It may not be appropriate to say this, but I want to know, if a person has all of Krevy's memories before she was six years old, then can we treat her as Krevy?"

"Chenxi has all your previous memories. Is she you? She is even a slice of you, but is she... you?" Alechino asked back.

Saphir was silent. It was impossible to resurrect Krevi, but it was possible to transplant the memory of Embers into a new individual.

However, can the person who obtained Krevy's memory be regarded as Krevy? This is an ethical issue.

Following Alecino's question, everyone fell silent.

After a long time, it was Ying who broke the silence: "I don't understand those things, but I can see that you miss her very much. In this case, at least you should say goodbye properly, right?"

"Whether you're a killer or a father, there are two taboos. The first is anger, and the second is sadness. Anger brings impulse, and sadness makes people hesitate." Alechino kept looking at Saphir when he said this, "So I never thought you were a qualified killer.

I don't recommend you always use that side of your power. In my opinion, you are more suitable for the Seraph, which symbolizes light and hope, rather than the Nether, which symbolizes darkness and despair."

After saying that, she placed her hand on Saphir's shoulder and said, "Your path shouldn't be filled with thorns."

"But I made it through and I survived." Saphir looked up and met Arlechino's gaze.

After the two looked at each other for several seconds, Alechino was the first to look away: “Even if it’s your luck.

Well, it's almost time. When I came here, I notified some good kids to bring the bad kids here at dusk.

I kept my promise and gave them more time. Now, let’s wait and see.”

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How to deal with Krevi, I hope my friends can give me some suggestions. Thanks!