Who are you?

  "Then, you die, and I won't have any weaknesses, no one will be able to threaten me..." She burst into a mad, maniacal laughter, her smile empty and entranced, like a puppet laughing, making people's scalps tingle with fear...

  Koumura Seiichi suddenly felt something was off.

  "Kill you and I won't have any weaknesses... No one will be able to use you to threaten me..."

  She muttered to herself in a trance-like state, holding a dagger that had appeared out of nowhere in her hand, step by step approaching him...

  Kōmura no Sei's pupils constricted, he strained to move his body, but his feet seemed stuck to the floor and couldn't be lifted. As he watched the short knife get closer and closer, his heart almost stopped beating.

  This guy, is he really going to kill him?

  He swallowed hard with some difficulty, his body trembling slightly, the dagger was already close at hand, stopping at a distance of five centimeters from his eyes...

  "No, no......" Shaking her head, she suddenly threw the dagger and grabbed his face, scrutinizing him closely while shouting "No" and shaking her head, clearly in an abnormal state of mind.

  "No, no...... you're not Lain, Lain's hair is golden, unlike yours...... who are you? Where's Lain? Where's Lain? Where did Lain go?"

  She suddenly let go of him, frantically searching for something everywhere, under the pillow, inside the wardrobe, under the bed... The large room instantly became chaotic, but she was still searching, even starting to tear off the sheets...

  Kōmura stood by and watched her search, but didn't dare go forward to stop her.

  Her current mental state is obviously abnormal, somewhat crazy, and seems to be trapped in some kind of memory.

  He raised his hand and patted his heart a few times, blinking his eyes. The dagger had almost stabbed into his eyes just now. It stopped there, as if it would cut off his head in the next second, making him think of what had just happened, and he felt a chill down his spine.

  What's wrong with her, why did she suddenly become like this...

  "There's nothing, nothing at all... Waaahhh!!" Her body trembling slightly, she suddenly burst into tears, sitting on the bed, her hands rubbing her eyes, large teardrops streaming from them as she cried like a child, innocent and vulnerable. So even though he knew it was dangerous, seeing her cry so sorrowfully still made Sugimura start to feel some pity.

  "Uh... are you okay?" He took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand, hesitating whether to help her wipe away tears.

  What he said to her was actually incomplete and there were some things left unsaid.

  Taking care of this child has already become a habit for him. Even though he knows that the child doesn't need to be taken care of, he still can't control that feeling in his heart. Although several times, the child had made him feel a faint fear of 'dying', but only he himself was clear, deep down, there was also a confidence that she wouldn't really hurt him...

  Otherwise, once is enough, there won't be a second or third time. Who would be so careless with their own life?

  He reached out his hand and gently wiped away the tears from her eyes. The girl looked up at him with sparkling eyes, a hint of questioning in them, but she didn't refuse his action.

  "Who are you......" She blinked and asked with a slightly nasal tone.

  Koumura's movements paused, and he lowered his eyes to look at hers. Those eyes were clean and clear, like crystal, completely transparent and bright, without any pretence or artificiality.

  He was momentarily at a loss for what to do.