Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1407: Chapter 134: The Invisible Abyss Between Truth and Falsehood

The events outside the [Farm] seemed unrelated to this place.

Only the blood slowly flowed from the heart cupped in the girl’s hands… its beating seemed to slow down, as if it would stop at any moment.

“You’ve come, Noble Master of the villa.” The girl seemed unwilling to put down the heart, her face still carrying its usual pure and sweet smile, obediently asking, “Are you planning to designate Mina this time?”

Boss Luo, who had already appeared, naturally did not plan to hide himself again. He casually glanced at Bazby lying on the ground… perhaps, having lost his heart, Bazby could no longer even be considered a corpse.

Everything about the bloodsucker originates from their heart… Bazby actually rested in the hands of the girl.

“Noble Master?” Curiosity sparkled in the girl’s eyes.

She didn’t mind her appearance at all… nor did she intend to put down the heart in her hands.

Luo Qiu slowly said, “If Bazby were dead, would you still continue to use the name ‘Mina’?”

“Noble Master, what are you saying?” The girl laughed lightly, “I am Mina.”

Boss Luo merely smiled slightly… with a silent smile.

The smile on the girl’s face gradually faded… or rather, the appearance of her as [Mina] gradually faded—a kind of transformation of her face.

The girl’s lips began to draw towards the sides of her cheeks, her eyes curving downwards, forming arcs like two true crescents of moonlight… her nose seemingly vanished.

This was not a normal human face… a face unlike anyone’s—finally, her skin turned gray-white.

Indeed, it was frightening.

Amidst the dim room, the girl holding the bleeding heart in her hand, her dress dotted with bloodstains… her face changed.

“What kind of [Persona] does the Noble Master like?” The girl… she giggled, “I can become the appearance you like, and it will be the best [Persona]. Anything is possible!”

Luo Qiu thought for a moment before saying, “I remember you once said while playing the [King’s Game] that your favorite was Brother… second, third, even all, would be Brother.”

On that terrifying face of the girl… that cracked smile suddenly restrained itself somewhat.

Luo Qiu curiously asked, “I thought you couldn’t accept another [Persona].”

She regained her smile beautifully, and even her face began to change continuously… several different girl’s faces surfaced on her face like flowers in a palace carrying fleeting glimpses.

Each was a refined visage, each uniquely exquisite.

Even in this rapid transformation, Boss Luo saw glimpses of the lady with butterfly wings’ form, saw an even younger Long Xiruo… approaching the face she once had when the true dragon was juvenile.

And You Ye’s blue eyes.

Facing this extraordinary performance by the girl, Boss Luo smiled slightly and said, “They… have they all been eaten by you… just like him.”

He was referring to Bazby… which the girl understood.

Ultimately, her face ceased its transformations, returning to the appearance she had as [Mina], speaking in a distressed tone, “It seems of so many, not one is favored by the Noble Master… this is troublesome.”

“Is the original appearance bad?”

The girl fretted, “No one would like the original look, be it humans, Noble Masters, or even… them.”

Boss Luo began to stroll around the room… under the gaze of the girl, he approached the table.

Luo Qiu picked up a scroll of beast hide diary from the table, glanced over it casually, and read out a few lines at random, “Already, cannot find food, nor have the strength to look for it, I think, I should die here with Beaches… they, are [Norman] and [Beaches], right?”

The girl sweetly smiled, “Noble Master is truly clever… they are my parents, you know, I’m the second-born strange child. Since birth with that face, I was immediately despised by them.”

Luo Qiu retorted, “I’ve read the diary wherein [Norman] wrote that Beaches, as a mother, was even willing to feed the second child… how could she despise that?”

“Yes.” The girl’s smile remained pure and beautiful… so pure and beautiful it felt terrifying, she softly said, “It’s just because she saw the face of a sweet child first.”

“Do you resent them?” He slowly rolled the diary, placing it back on the table subsequently.

If what the girl said was true, even though this was [Norman]’s handwritten diary, some parts still seem untrue… so from where did the fiction start?

“No, of course not.” The girl exclaimed joyfully, “How could I! Without a father and mother, I wouldn’t even be born!”

She raised the bloodsucker’s heart in her hand, as joyful as a little bird, spinning her body, laughter echoing, “…and wouldn’t have had the chance to taste so much deliciousness! Human blood tastes so good! Vampires’, too! And, I can also eat away their happiness… so, I’ve always been very happy! Hee hee hee!”

Boss Luo was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, “I’ve met your brother… the very one [Norman] and [Beaches] had before you.”

The girl, who was joyfully spinning her body as if dancing, suddenly stopped, blinking her eyes, slightly taken aback, “So I really have a brother…”

Luo Qiu said, “I’ve already read out the first volume of the diary to everyone initially, it mentioned that.”

The girl shook her head, pitifully saying, “I forgot.”

Luo Qiu laughed and said, “It’s actually because of this, that you became [Mina]. Probably, those others you devoured were also… sisters.”

The girl’s face as [Mina] once again faded, reverting to her original ugly visage, she said softly, “So, the Noble Master still doesn’t plan to designate me?”

Boss Luo shook his head, “But you don’t need me for now.”

The girl raised the heart in her hands a bit higher and once again became [Mina]… she seemed unstable, at this point using an even more pitiful tone, said, “But look, this brother is about to go bad… I’ll be hungry.”

Boss Luo said, “Actually, he truly is grateful to you… from where I stand, it isn’t necessary for you to abandon Bazby now.”

The girl giggled, “Noble Master, you’re so mean! Bazby brother’s blood has changed its flavor! He already found out, so he cannot be eaten anymore!”

Luo Qiu casually said, “Is that really so?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” The girl tilted her head and said, “Bazby brother has already learned the truth, that I’m not the real [Mina] so he probably doesn’t love me anymore.”

“Perhaps.” Luo Qiu lightly said, “Compared to the real Mina, he might actually prefer you… even love you more.”

The girl slightly parted her lips.

Luo Qiu said, “Because after losing something, he found again… his sister, which is why, in the end, he returned here, to your side, willing to once more fall into that kind of fictional relationship.”

“Liar!” The girl puffed up her cheeks immediately, “The taste has obviously become so strange! Different from what I used to eat before! It must be spoiled!”

“Then why drink it?” Luo Qiu softly asked.

The girl was taken aback, as if she hadn’t comprehended it yet.

Boss Luo said, “If we humans eat something unpleasant, or spoiled, or moldy food, our first reaction is to vomit it out… So, why did you drink so much of it earlier?”

“I just…” The girl seemed lost, then suddenly smiled and said, “Because I was hungry, I didn’t want to waste it. Besides, I couldn’t immediately find another brother at that moment either!”

“Isn’t it because it’s the first time you’ve tasted this kind of flavor?”

Luo Qiu said slowly, “When we first arrive in this world, we don’t even know what tastes good or bad… We just habitually define the things we often eat as delicacies, our taste buds are guided from birth, so sometimes with unfamiliar flavors, we can’t distinguish good from bad. Perhaps just like you now.”

The girl suddenly became alert, squinting her eyes, “I really don’t know what the Noble Master is talking about!”

“Then…” Luo Qiu suddenly said, “After you figure it out, I’ll come again… By the way, someone is waiting for you. It seems like they followed because they saw Bazby on the way.”

“Huh?”

The girl was a bit startled, but the Noble Master before her was already gone… Her attention was entirely on this Noble Master, making it extremely hard to focus on anything else.

She suddenly turned around and saw someone indeed standing dumbly at the entrance.

“T-Tony?”

The girl exclaimed in surprise, calling out the other’s name.

…

…

Facing Tony who appeared at the entrance, a trace of panic swiftly flashed across the girl’s face… but she quickly regained her composure, smiling with her usual smile, “Tony, why are you here? It’s so late. If you don’t go to sleep, the Supervisor will scold you!”

She didn’t put down the heart in her hand.

But Tony didn’t mind that… Tony just slowly walked into the room. The carpet left pale red footprints as she walked over it.

She had come barefoot, stepping on many stones along the way, her soles had long been cut.

“Tony, what’s wrong with you?” The girl took a step forward.

Tony looked at her dazedly, her lips slightly moving, “Mina… Daddy Popoqi, he’s dead, I saw Daddy die… Mina, I’m in so much pain, so much pain… It feels like I can’t breathe.”

“Don’t be afraid, Tony.” The girl said softly, “Your father isn’t dead, he’s still alive! Look, who am I?”

The girl’s face began to change.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tony suddenly clutched her head and started screaming. She let out a hysterical scream… Suddenly, in the girl’s shock, Tony quickly picked up the Tang Sword on the ground… and stabbed forward with both hands.

The Tang Sword pierced into the girl’s body at once… penetrating through.

“T-Tony?”

“I saw it! I saw you! He killed my father… it’s you, it’s all your fault… your fault!! Give my father back to me!!”

At this moment, she used all her strength, pushing the hilt of the sword, driving the blade deeper into the girl’s body… even pushing the girl’s body against the wall.

“It’s not real, it’s not real! All lies!! Lies!!” She kept saying madly, staring fixedly at the girl’s face that looked like “Mina”, “You aren’t Mina! You’re not Mina!”

The girl coughed up a mouthful of blood… She didn’t know how the instrument piercing her would cause such a wound — she even heard some other sounds.

Sounds not supposed to be in this room, but coming from outside… echoing throughout the entire Farm.

Listening closely.

“…So-called nobles just treat you all as food! The notion that the outside world is dangerous and needs protection is all a lie! This Farm is set up by bloodsuckers to extract our blood!”

“…Look at these people! They’re all taken away from the Farm after coming of age! Look at these faces! Are any familiar to you?!”

“…Does anyone still remember me! I used to live in Dormitory 3! I’m only twenty years old!! My name is Amanda… Does anyone remember me!”

“…Do you know what’s beyond this high wall? It’s Hell! It’s a slaughterhouse! It’s the origin of all pain!!”

“…I’m Amanda! The most loyal follower of Goddess Ann…”

…

Repeating again and again, the woman named Amanda continued to echo the same words to the entire Farm… The girl’s gaze returned from the window.

She looked down at Tony, who held fast to the sword hilt without letting go, and suddenly understood.

“So, it’s like this…”

The stirring of the blade once again damaged the girl’s insides, causing her to vomit a large pool of dark red blood. Her face gradually faded, bit by bit returning to a visage resembling no one, “It’s already collapsed long ago…”

“I don’t want to know these things! I only want my father… Give him back to me, give him back!!”

She screamed, pulling the Tang Sword out.

“It’s fake!!”

Stabbing the Tang Sword back in.

“Lies!! All lies! Lies!!”

Pulling out.

“All fake!! All fake!! I don’t believe it!!”

Wildly slashing.

“Give me my father back!! Give him back!!! Give… Mina back to me!!! Die, die, die, die, die, die!!!!!”

Madly slashing.

“Ah——!!”

Tony screamed at this moment, her hands trembling, and the Tang Sword fell directly to the ground… She covered her face and screamed in terror, then fled the room in fear.

Finally, the girl, covered in knife wounds, slowly slid down the wall… The heart she held also slipped from her hand… rolling out beside her.

A fingertip distance.

But she seemed to have no strength left to close this fingertip distance.