There was no reluctance or grief in her eyes.
It was bone-chilling calm.
She no longer had any hope for that disastrous past because it was this... jealous heart in her hands that had ruined everything for her.
The pig-headed butcher looked at her, gently moved his finger, and the heart was grasped in his hand.
He sniffed it and said faintly,
"Very good quality."
And Bloodsaw also immediately felt that the heart-stopping aura that had shrouded the surroundings slowly disappeared.
He couldn't help but secretly let out a sigh of relief, but the expression on his face was still solemn.
"Alice..." Ryan frowned and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.
Alice shook her head and looked into the distance, saying, "There's nothing to be nostalgic about... She's my biological mother, but also the source of my hatred. I won't have any lingering feelings for her anymore."
Whoosh—
In the hands of the pig-headed butcher, a stretched, pitch-black, and illusory human face was shriekingly pulled out from the heart.
For a moment, the painful wails echoed around.
"Alice!! Alice!! My daughter! You can't trade me away! You can't! No!!"
The shrill and sharp voice kept ringing from that distorted virtual image.
Ryan and Alice both turned their heads and watched that scene.
But there was no change in Alice's eyes.
In the midst of the shrill screams, the human face pulled out from the heart slowly gathered in the pig-headed butcher's hands and finally turned into a pitch-black bead.
He casually held the marble, sniffed it, then reached out and put it into a cloth bag on his waist, and the clear sound of the beads colliding with each other came.
Then he looked down at Ryan deeply, shouldered the butcher's knife, and turned around and walked into the darkness.
"We'll meet again."
The surroundings fell into silence.
But before he had walked a few steps, Bloodsaw suddenly stretched out his hand and said solemnly,
"Wait a minute. I have a question I want to ask you."
Ryan was surprised.
But the pig-headed butcher didn't stop, as if he hadn't heard his voice, and just walked forward on his own.
Bloodsaw immediately stepped forward and asked loudly,
"I want to ask, were you in the Wandering Soul Lane two years ago? Was it you who put my apprentice in front of my shop door at that time?!"
Buzz—
In an instant, Ryan's expression changed greatly.
And the pig-headed butcher also stopped in his tracks.
Almost instantly, a storm of shock surged in Ryan's heart. He looked at his teacher in disbelief and said,
"Teacher, why would you ask that? Didn't you adopt me?!"
Bloodsaw's whole body tensed up, and he said deeply, "Yes, and I did tell you that I picked you up outside when you were unconscious. But there's one more thing I didn't tell you."
"You were deliberately placed in front of my shop door. I heard the noise and went out to check. And the creature I saw at that time..."
"It's him!"
Buzz—
The surroundings instantly fell into silence, and only Ryan's gradually rapid breathing could be heard.
He suddenly looked at the back of the pig-headed butcher, and his eyes were beating rapidly.
How could this be?
Didn't he fall into this world by himself?
Were there some other hidden circumstances in this?!
In the flow of silence.
The pig-headed butcher didn't turn around. He was carrying the blood-stained butcher's knife, and finally his voice came.
"Yes."
He gave an answer.
Ryan's whole body's hairs stood on end instantly.
"Why did you send me here?!" Ryan stared at him tightly.
The pig-headed butcher didn't turn around, and his voice came faintly,
"A certain... existence made a very risky deal with me, and I agreed."
Ryan was shocked.
And when he wanted to continue asking something.
The pig-headed butcher's body disappeared out of thin air like a ghost, as if he had never appeared before.
Ryan quickly rushed over, his eyes urgent.
But even with the Evil Spirit Vision, he couldn't capture any trace of the other party.
How could this be?
A deal?
What kind of deal?
And with whom?!
Before falling into this Dark World, he was just an ordinary young man on Earth. What was so special about him that he would be targeted?!
Ryan frowned tightly, but the calmness he had developed in the past two years still allowed him to quickly regain his reason and calmness.
Bloodsaw walked over, patted his shoulder solemnly, and said,
"You don't need to think too much about it."
"If that monster doesn't want to say it, it's very difficult for us to get the answer from him. But since he said we'll meet again, maybe we can get some more information from him when that time comes."
Ryan looked at the teacher's comforting eyes, nodded, and took a deep look in the direction where the pig-headed butcher disappeared.
He clenched his fist.
"Alice, how did you hire this butcher?"
Ryan turned around and asked Alice.
Alice was startled, thought hard, and then shook her head.
She frowned slightly.
"It's... My thoughts seem to have been interfered with. I know he exists in the castle... But every time I think about that butcher, I'll naturally not delve deeper into it..."
There was a trace of confusion in her eyes.
"I did hire him... But I can't remember the relevant details..."
Ryan's gaze was solemn.
Because the greatest fear comes from the unknown.
And if it's really like what the teacher said, then there was obviously some kind of cause and effect between him and the pig-headed butcher.
And the pig-headed butcher's level of existence was obviously far higher than that of all the creatures here.
Ryan rubbed his temples and decided to put this matter aside for the time being because even if he racked his brains now, he definitely wouldn't be able to figure it out.
Then he turned his head, looked at Bloodsaw seriously, and said, "Teacher, can you tell me the details of the situation at that time when we go back?"
Bloodsaw naturally agreed, and then a trace of relief appeared in his eyes. He patted Ryan's shoulder and said,
"I'll tell you in detail when we go back. However, you did a great job in this task. The teacher didn't expect that you not only completed this task excellently but also unexpectedly gained some unexpected surprises."
Alice turned her head and looked at Bloodsaw with deep eyes, which made Bloodsaw's hairs stand on end.
He coughed and said, "Well... If there's nothing else, we can go back first. After all, this isn't a place to stay for long. What do you think?"
Ryan nodded, but his mind was still heavy.
"Okay."
And taking this opportunity, he could also take this newly recognized little sister out for a stroll.
Alice reached out and grabbed two of Ryan's fingers, just like an obedient little sister, quietly following beside Ryan.
"Alice, do you want to go to the place where I live and take a look?"
Ryan smiled.
Alice nodded.
She didn't refuse. But after walking for a while with Ryan, she seemed to suddenly remember something, was startled, and then turned her head to look in the direction of the ancient castle.
"Brother Ryan... Did you forget something..."
"No, I don't think so. What's the matter?"
Alice thought for a while and said blankly, "Nothing."
Several people walked towards the direction of the Wandering Soul Lane in big strides and soon disappeared into the rolling black fog.
However, what no one noticed was that in the direction of the high altitude of the ancient castle, there seemed to be some creature shouting eagerly.
"Big brother! Big brother!!"
On the tall flagpole.
Bai Yi was tightly hugging the pole, shouting loudly with an o (╥﹏╥) o expression.
"I'm afraid of heights! I have acrophobia!!"
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