Chapter 7 7 strange friendship

Echo returned to the human world, and everything was the same as before she disappeared, as if what happened during this time was just a dream. During the summer vacation, classmates Peiying, Meiling, Weixin, and Yueqian all came to see her, some said they wanted to watch a movie, and some invited her to their home in the countryside... However, no one can pull her away.She lost her mind and wandered from one corner to another in the house, like a walking corpse. Sister Li couldn't stand it anymore, and finally spoke: "Echo! Although it's a holiday, please find something to do! Seeing you wandering around like a ghost, with a sad face all day long, I'm almost like you!" She held Echo's face and asked:

"What's the matter with you? Why do you seem to be a different person? Where did that carefree girl go?" Echo couldn't answer, and she herself didn't know where she left her heart. All she knew was that she envied the other echo, and envied those angels, goblins, and elves. She was just a useless human being. She began to wonder if she was really an angel's child? When she recalled Jayce saying he would send her back, she wanted to cry. If she wasn't human, maybe she could stay by his side as a matter of course, but... She's just human... She didn't tell Sister Li and her classmates about these things, and she didn't let them know that during the past few days, she wandered outside the "Adventure" several times, but there was nothing there, and Jayce wasn't there.

After that, she wandered around the house during the day, and slumped in her room at night. The comics no longer attracted her emotions, the movies she liked in the past no longer attracted her attention, and the books she had previously collected were not even interested in flipping through them again. ... This night——how long since she returned to the human world, she couldn't count; she was complaining about herself again, clinging to her window, resting on her hands, looking at the night with her eyes, thinking of another world. "Mother... Clarimon... tell me what to do?"

The Angel of Light, Clarimon, was silent and did not answer. Her thoughts flew so far into worlds beyond this world that not even granite could hold her heart here. Looking at the night, but her mind is full of Jayce... She will not realize this fact until she recovers.It made her blush herself, she thought, there should be some space to think about other things, right? For example—what time is it?Is sister Li working or going to sleep? Echo's luck was not very good, because she only brought her mind and vision back to reality, and saw the black angel flying slowly in the night sky.

That elegant, beautiful and deep posture... "Ah! It's Hulier!" Like a frightened bird, she reflexively slid down from the window sill and hid behind the wall under the window, praying a hundred times in her heart that the terrible Hulier would not see her. However, she neglected, or never knew, that the angel's eyesight was good, long before she saw Hulier, who saw her one step earlier. How could she think of it?She has been short-sighted for more than two years, and she has already forgotten the feeling of seeing everything clearly in the distance, not to mention that the extraordinary vision of an angel is not her talent in the first place.

A voice honestly and unceremoniously sounded on the window sill where Echo was dormant and hiding, with a "pop", almost forced Echo's heart out of her mouth, causing her to scream. "Hello!" Hulier deliberately used that beautiful voice to say slowly and indifferently, "You...you hide when you see me? What does that mean?" What else could "I..." mean?Just afraid of you! — thought Echo. When she looked up at Hulier, he was sitting on her windowsill with his wings folded. Hulier, who has no wings, looks like a beautiful human youth, with strong childish facial features, but when you see his eyes, you will know: it is not that simple.

Echo knew that Huliel was more than what she saw, any more than he was a dark angel.Echo has no way of knowing why she feels this way, because she doesn't know why she is or isn't afraid of him. Hulier jumped into the room neatly, this move startled Echo again.He looked at the shivering echo with great interest, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said: "Don't worry! We no longer regard you as a target! We have already received an angelic echo, and you..." He deliberately expressed contempt: "You're just a useless human being." This statement hurt Echo deeply.Doesn't he know that this is what she cares most about at the moment?

How could he know?He himself is beauty and immortality, how can he figure out and experience her feeling as a human being?The hateful black angel!annoying! Her eyebrows drooped, her eyes glistened with tears, her mouth was slightly pursed, she looked angry, sad... mixed with many emotions. Seeing her, Hulier didn't say anything, spread his wings, turned around and was about to leave.But suddenly, he remembered something, turned around and said: "By the way! Your angel card is with me." Looking at Echo's dumbfounded expression, he said again, "Before, I became your friend and borrowed the angel card from you..."

"You...you are the one who cheated me of my angel card?!" Echo asked loudly, she was so angry!The angel card was a gift from Jayce to her!This hateful black angel in front of her pretended to be her classmate to trick it away!To actually hurt her trust in her classmates so much—— If Hulier hadn't put on a serious face and put away his smile again, Echo would have already forgotten how much she was afraid of him. Hulier came over, pushed Echo to the corner, and looked down at Echo, which made Echo break out in cold sweat and tremble.His thin nose almost touched hers, but he deftly kept it at a proper distance.He whispered:

"I can return the angel card to you. What is the use of that thing? As long as you do one thing with me—a simple, useless thing that can be achieved by humans, I will return the angel card to you after I finish it." you." Hulier didn't wait for the echo to answer. She was taken into the night sky by him while she was still in a daze. The insecurity that her feet were off the ground made her scream again and again, and she couldn't help but tightly hugged Hulier. neck, with his head pressed against his black-clothed chest. "Easy! Are you trying to strangle me? Didn't Gabriel fly with you?" Hulier condemned.

To Echo's surprise, Huliier took her to a house, and he asked her to take an angel music box to the child in the house. Although he told her not to talk to or touch the child, Echo didn't follow suit, and as soon as she entered the room, she hugged the little girl who rushed forward, and yelled "Wow". The little girl's eyes were bandaged and she seemed to have undergone surgery. Echo was surprised because the little girl said: "Angel! You haven't come to see me for a long time, I thought you didn't want me anymore. As soon as I heard the sound of wings vibrating, I knew it was you..." It sounds like, could it be that Hulier used to come to accompany this little girl? Echo had long forgotten Hulier's advice, and talked to the little girl a lot, until the little girl said to her, "Angel! So you are a female angel? Why didn't you talk to me before?" She remembered Hulier's explanation beforehand. She is so useless that she can't even do such a simple thing well! Hulier, of course, did not return the angel card to her, and accused her of being ridiculously stupid and incompetent.He was so angry that he stomped his feet regardless of his image, and even wanted to kick her, so scared that Echo flew away half of his soul, but in the end he did nothing, sent her home, and flew away with wings . No matter how upset Ren Huisheng was, she would not call him back, she thought—the chance to get back the angel card was lost—— Originally, she really thought so, but a few days later, Hulier appeared in her room again. This time it was even more extreme. I saw her lying on the bed ready to go to bed by the window, but she broke in like this, sat directly next to her pillow, pushed down the book she placed by the bed, and ignored her as if deliberately bullying her. Her protest, she just lifted her quilt completely, making her scream again and again - she was only wearing a thin light-colored shirt, and everything was seen under the light... In this way, Echo was forced to sacrifice sleep for several days to be a babysitter, although she did not hate taking care of children, especially with this cute little girl-this child really thought Echo was an angel! Such a development actually made her want to cry!Her mother was an angel, but she wasn't... What makes Echo wonder is why Hulier guards a "useless human child" like this?Although Echo was curious about this matter, he didn't have the guts to ask for clarification.But this day she finally asked another question, she said: "Hulier! Why don't you go and see her yourself? Her bandages can be undone!" "It's none of your business!" Hulier replied harshly without looking at her. "The little girl thinks I'm you! Is that okay?" Echo felt angry in his heart, so it's none of my business?How dare you say that!Isn't it me who is helping you babysit these days?She said sternly: "You have taken care of her silently for so long, and now she is about to take off the bandage, why don't you go and see her? That child loves you very much..." Before Echo could finish speaking, Huliyer spread out the pair of black wings with a "swish", his expression and that forceful aura pushed Echo to the wall again.Echo couldn't help trembling. Although these days, she was no longer as afraid of the black angel Hulier as before, but his frozen expression at this moment made Echo's heart really cold. "Look at this pair of black wings!" Hulier looked at her with a cold face and said: "Is there any human being who wouldn't mind? You humans would rather believe in things that are glamorous on the outside, but evil on the inside, don't you? I know you won't accept dark things, and you don't even want to try to understand..." Looking at Echo, he lowered his head Without answering, he said shallowly: "I've long been used to the superficial eyes of humans... If the little girl finds out that the one who has been guarding her is a terrifying black angel, what will happen to her?" Echo didn't speak anymore, because from the very beginning, a sob came from deep in her throat, and tears plundered her eyes. She pursed her lips and cried, but forced herself not to make a sound. Hulier's frowning eyebrows suddenly relaxed. He took a deep look at the human girl who was cornered by him, and asked softly: "Why are you crying? Am I really... so terrible?" "...No..." Echo shook her head, the tears on her face were shaken off by her movement, she said, "Because...because you looked like you were going to cry...that's why I..." Echo didn't finish her sentence, her eyes blurred, and Hulier had already flown out of the window. "Hulier?" She stared out of the window in a daze, and it took a while to notice the angel card on the bed. "Huh? Hulier...give me back the cards?" Echo picks up the angel card in disbelief, she slowly opens the box, the seal is opened, and a light will shine out at this moment, taking shape in the real world.A sweet voice sounded, it was a voice she was familiar with: "Echo! Why are you weeping?" Gabriel's beautiful figure appeared in front of her eyes, equally light and charming, and most importantly, he made Echo feel instantly supported in his heart. "Gabriel!" Without any explanation, Echo jumped into Gabriel's arms and said, "Why... people are afraid of dark things?" "This..." Gabriel smiled slightly, with a touch of sadness or other emotions in that smile, he hugged Echo to his chest, stroked her hair and said: "That can't be helped! When you look at the darkness in the light, you will feel that the darkness is so obvious and so abrupt, and vice versa. Creatures are always attracted by relative characteristics-love and resent them..." "Are dark things... really scary?" Echo asked. "It's not so scary, it's better to say..." Gabriel closed his eyes, his voice became ethereal, "Darkness is the color of sadness." Gabriel is back to her, which is one of the things that Echo is comforted with, at least, her guardian angel is back to her, which fills some of the holes in her chest that have been created since returning from the Demon World hole in the heart. But the wound has already formed, and it is not so easy to recover. She knows that it is impossible to return to the carefree days before. Then, finally, the unlucky, low clouds that had dominated the sky for over a week faded away, replaced by bright, hot weather. People yearn for the sun in a gloomy, stuffy day, and when the weather turns back as they wish, they think about the mold again, thinking that as long as the weather is not so hot, everything will be fine. No matter what situation and situation people in the human world are in, they still have many unrealistic expectations in their hearts. Wouldn't it be the happiest for human beings if they could live like this forever?Echo suddenly thought of the years when she didn't know bitterness, the screen window in front of her separated her from the outside world. "The days in the human world... every day I feel... like years." She said in a low voice. She asked herself a hundred times what to do?She has lost her identity with herself!Because she could only let another echo be captured by those fallen angels in order to save her and Sossit... Thinking about it, she suddenly felt a burning pain coming from her back.She gave a soft cry, as if someone had whipped a whip from behind her. In the past two days...she often has some inexplicable wounds on her body, sometimes on her chest, most often on her back, most of which are covered with blood.She wondered: Was it... what happened to Angel Echo?As long as she thinks of Angel Echo... She often feels flustered... A sharp pain hit her again, more than she could bear.She screamed and called Gabriel's name. Echo was passed out on her bed when Gabriel emerged from a patch of water-colored light.In the dream, Echo seemed to remember something... something important but forced to forget. There's one thing... Mom wants you to forget! She heard a voice as sweet as an angel speaking to her like some kind of spell with bewitching power. ... completely forget! Mother! —she heard herself calling. forget it!Never forget it!forget it!forever and ever…… Mother? ...Echo never met her mother...no...maybe she didn't really miss her...just...she forgot her, completely, as if she never existed. A long, long time ago... there was a very beautiful god in the sky! —the sweet voice went on— God has the most beautiful and noble face in the universe, and is a gentle yet powerful existence.He created a lot of lovely little angels like Echo, and he gave all the best of himself to these little angels... Mom, really?That echo wants to see him so much! ——she heard her childish voice asking. It's a pity...not all angels can see him, and he never walks out of the curtain... God never walks out of that seat... the curtain that reveals His beautiful figure indistinctly... Why didn't he step out of the curtain?So everyone can't get close to him? — she asked. Yes, so...he is very lonely...because he is very lonely, so the angels he created are all in pairs! ...But he didn't realize that this was the real reason for the loneliness of the angels... The voice gradually faded away, becoming nothingness like a dream. Echo didn't stop thinking in the drowsiness. She wondered if these memories really existed?Was that her conversation with her mother?Why doesn't she have any impression? That beautiful mother she had never seen before... "... Is it okay?" Suddenly, a rough voice came in - she opened her eyes slightly, and saw a group of goblins talking around Gabriel. "The drunk Isaiah has no way to go, and Marcia is not reliable - because he will run away quickly when he encounters a terrifying monster, and he will not even be able to catch up with his shadow. So..." the goblin What he said didn't make Marcia blush, because he was looking elsewhere absently. "Is that okay? Gabriel is here, we would like to ask you to go to the sealed realm to save Angel Echo." The elves discussed each other sentence by sentence. "I'll go!" said Gabriel: "Satan Ye used all means to torture the angel Echo for the secret of creation. Today I saw the scars on Echo's body and I understood what was going on. The hearts and perceptions of the two Echoes are connected. If this continues, the girl Echo will not be able to survive. of." "Are you... going to save Angel Echo?" Echo, who was gradually sober after hearing their conversation, got up from the bed, and Gabriel immediately leaned over to support her. "Echo!" Marcia, who was holding Sossett, hurriedly said, "Your injury will be healed by Gabriel, so don't move around." "If you are going, can you take me with you?" Seeing Gabriel's expression of disapproval, Echo hurriedly continued, "Instead of complaining and worrying here... it is better to participate directly. Okay? Gabriel PLEASE TAKE ME! I'm tired of being left out all the time!" "It's too dangerous, no! This is not a question of whether to rule it out or not!" Gabriel naturally disapproved, shaking his head. "I also object!" After Marcia finished speaking, she smiled sweetly: "Echo! Don't worry, we have already asked Gabriel to ride out. What else can we do? Your strength has not recovered yet, so stay home and wait for our good news!" Without waiting for Echo to protest, Marcia held forward the cat-shaped Sosit that he had been holding in his arms, and gently placed it in Echo's hand.He said: "Sosit hasn't woken up all this time, can you take care of it?" Looking at the sleeping Sosit, Echo's guilt welled up in his heart.It was also at that time that Sossett became like this...to save her...He has never woken up. Could it be that he was really injured so badly? Marcia said something to comfort her, but she couldn't listen anymore, until the goblins and angels disappeared from her room, her feeling of being excluded came back again! "...and I'm left alone..." she was annoyed. She is a veritable outsider, she will never be able to join their world, what can she do as a human being to become one of them? Don't talk about going to save Angel Echo, she will only be a burden, because she has no ability, why should she intervene in the war between these gods and fallen angels? Suddenly, she thought of Hulier. "Yes! I can negotiate with Hulier." There was a sudden flash of hope in her face—the hope that she could help.But, almost every second, she immediately lowered her shoulders, because she thought that she was still afraid of him, as long as his eyes glared at her, she felt that she was almost on her knees and begging for mercy, which tried repeatedly. Although Echo was still as afraid of him as she was afraid of the night, she also knew in her heart that Hulier didn't seem to be as terrifying as the devil in the storybook.In his indifference, Echo vaguely saw some unexplained deep feelings, those feelings that were hidden without even a trace of clues, which might be the reason why she wanted to try to believe him. "What's more...he seems to have regarded my place as his backyard...he can come whenever he wants." Echo murmured.Then, a light appeared behind her, and Hulier appeared as if she had heard her call. "Hey! Human!" he said. Looking at this fallen angel as dark as night, Echo thought to himself, fallen angels are also angels, and Hulier is indeed like an angel, with a spirit and beauty that cannot be seen in the world. As Echo thought, Hulier really seemed to regard this room as his own backyard, sitting here and exploring there as soon as he came.Except for the blind little girl whom Hulier didn't mention anymore, what is the reason why he keeps running here? Of course he didn't want to spy on her—as he said, Echo is just a useless human being, so what's the point of spying on a useless human being? But... why?Is it fun? Echo looked at Hulier, thinking of some "useless things" in her head, but when Hulier walked to the cushion where Sossett was lying on, she was so nervous that her heart twitched, and her mind suddenly pull back. "Oh... this is... the replacement of the Elemental Elf King! Haven't you woken up yet?" Hulier bent over to look at the sleeping Sosit, and said: "It seems... that ancient summoning spell is really powerful!" "What are you going to do? Don't touch Sosit!" Echo rushed over to pick Sossit up, making a defensive gesture. "Don't worry!" Hulier smiled, and sat on the edge of Echo's bed and said, "Our troops are sufficient for the time being, and there is no need to create spirit crystal water for elves." "Spirit crystal water?" "Yes!" Hulier also felt a little unbelievable about what he was going to say next. Why did he tell this girl these things?He went on to say: "A liquid based on the vitality and magic power of goblins or elves. If humans drink it, it can change their life forms. Our greatest combat power comes from these special life forms." Echo seemed to understand, and was about to ask a question, but a sharp pain came from behind her. She knelt down and wailed, startling Hulier. "What's the matter? Echo! What's the matter with you?" Seeing her in such pain, Hulier's chest felt tight, and he approached her, asking questions. "Hmm...Gabriel has helped me...set up a barrier seal, but...the angel Echo...the wound on my body seems...will still be conveyed." Echo explained with difficulty. "Injury? What injury? Angel Echo?" Hulier walked forward, reached out and grabbed Echo's shoulder, and said, "Let me see!" "You... what are you going to do? Don't!" Seeing Huliier reaching out to take off her clothes, Echo panicked and resisted the pain. "Let me see!" Needless to say, Hulier easily pushed Echo down on the bed and took off her clothes from her back.Under Echo's shirt, he saw scars. "What are these injuries... What's going on?" Hulier's face changed drastically. He was different from the angels of Isaiah and Marcia. He knew what kind of pain these injuries would cause on humans. "Gabriel said...it's because of your relationship with Angel Echo's torture..." Echo was about to shed tears because of the pain and embarrassment. Hulier let go of Echo, with a serious expression on his face.Echo put on her clothes tremblingly, and asked: "Hullier, you...have you really punished Angel Echo?" "...It's the good deeds of those guys from the Sealed Realm!" Hulier replied indifferently, with anger revealed in his tone, and disappeared from the echoing room as soon as he spread his wings.Echo lay on his side on the bed, frowning from the pain in his back.