Jet-black hair, deep red eyes.

Su Mingan thought carefully, but couldn't think of anyone related to this characteristic.

While he was thinking, Saya suddenly turned around and dragged Naraku over.

"Rin, look, this is Miss Naraku." She grabbed Naraku's hair and lifted her up. Naraku showed a painful look.

Su Mingan's expression remained unchanged.

"In human form, I am so stupid." Saya said, "...How could I propose that Rin and her get married? Obviously, I can gather all the wealth of the people on us, and there is no need for such a stupid thing as marriage... In human form, I am too cute and too real... So naive that it makes me feel distressed..."

Naraku's body was covered in blood. She seemed to want to struggle, but the soul tribe was much stronger than her. Saya just punched her, and she bent over in pain, unable to struggle for a moment.

"Saya." Su Mingan said, "Don't let the desires of the Soul Clan dominate you. Remember what you just said."

He remembered that Saya had just said clearly that she hated her identity as a member of the Soul Clan and wished she could just be an ordinary, happy human being.

But now, she was holding Naraku, with a brighter red light in her eyes, and she said that she hated her human form.

…Desire and power change a person’s mind.

This transformation happens naturally and affects every aspect of a person, making it difficult for the person to notice it.

After listening to Su Mingan's words, Saya's eyes paused for a moment.

She suddenly loosened her hand, took a few steps back, and stared at her own hand with extreme fear, as if she wanted to cut it off.

"I, why... why would I have such a thought..." Her lips trembled and tears were almost falling from her eyes.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Miss Naraku, I'm so sorry, I..."

She kept apologizing and stepped forward, trying to help Naraku who had fallen to the ground.

At this moment, her behavior was very much like that of a dignified young lady, very much like how Su Mingan looked when he first met her.

...if you ignore the red light in her eyes and the large amount of blood on her body.

Su Mingan watched this absurd scene in silence, as if he was watching a farce unfolding before his eyes.

"Ms. Naraku, I'm so sorry, I, I'll pull you up..."

Saya stretched out her hand, as if wanting to help the girl who had fallen to the ground.

But the next moment, a deeper red light covered her eyes again.

She paused, then suddenly hugged herself, her whole body trembling.

It was as if two thoughts were struggling repeatedly in her body. The heavy rain poured down on her hair and stuck to her body like water weeds. She was extremely quiet for a moment, like a wooden stake stuck in the ground.

After a dead silence, she suddenly raised her head.

"Rin." She spoke, her voice filled with silence: "You will understand me."

Su Mingan looked at her.

"I have no choice. If I want to avoid being hunted by souls, I can only take the initiative." She said: "Rin, death is a very painful thing. Even if it is for stability or justice, I will not take the initiative to die and face it... I just want to live, just want to live..."

"If Grandpa Valen hadn't died, I wouldn't have been so emotional, to the point of remembering my identity as a soul clan member." She said, "The Art... wouldn't have become like this. Everything shouldn't have been like this..."

"Yes, it shouldn't be like this. The Art... The Art, it is the hope of the empire." She was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "During the long voyage, it will surely reach the other side smoothly... It will bring future glory to Art..."

"No one will be in trouble, and no one will die... There is no way that the hateful Soul Clan can sneak onto the ship. We will all be extremely safe..."

As she spoke, she smiled at him as if she was in a self-hypnotic dream.

Blazing white lightning flashed in the sky behind her, completely illuminating the thick dark clouds like a flame. The white light sprinkled on her cheeks, and the water in her eyes was clearly visible.

"【Rin, you don't have to worry.】"

"【The Ater is praised by the Ater Empire as a pearl that never falls. It is the empire's hope for the ocean expedition. It is impossible for it to be overturned by a small storm..."

She said softly.

"..."Su Ming'an quietly watched her say familiar words, watched the scarf on her shoulders fluttering up and down in the sea breeze, watched her say words that were still in a dream.

He saw her standing up in the wind and rain, with the rain on her hair.

…and suddenly she burst into tears.

She once excitedly asked him to go to the lower cabin to dance at night, wearing a cloth dress and moving as quickly as a bird swooping towards freedom.

But now, the girl just opened her bloodshot eyes and looked at him in the heavy rain.

Complex emotions struggled in her eyes, she laughed and cried at the same time, like a mentally ill lunatic.

Suddenly, her expression froze, and the red light in her eyes finally overwhelmed the clear light.

She moved closer to him, her face close to his neck: "You can understand me, Rin."

Su Mingan: “…”

"Rin, you're very strong... You suddenly became very strong. I don't know when Rin became so strong, but I'm really happy, very happy..."

"Rin's family finally doesn't have to worry about decline. Such a powerful Rin will definitely help the family revive, and Rin won't have to marry that unruly woman..."

"Of course, Rin, such a powerful Rin... can definitely help me..."

She whispered, her voice getting lower and lower:

"Just help me this once, okay? Grandpa Valen is dead, and my identity is no longer concealed. If I don't devour the souls of powerful humans, I will easily fall into hunger again..."

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