Creepy Pharmacist: All my patients are scary!

Chapter 354: This Is a Kind of Redemption Too, Isn’t It?

Then she left.

She fearfully hugged the photo, hiding inside that tree hollow. She could hear the constant, dense sound of footsteps coming from outside.

She heard the distant, soul-piercing scream of her mother.

She heard gunshots.

She heard...

the shattering of flesh and blood.

And by the time she woke up again, it was a very, very long time later.

She fearfully kept hiding inside that tree hollow. She didn't move a muscle, waiting for her mother to come back and get her.

Just like before, she would quietly poke her head into the tree hollow from outside, then reach out a hand to flick her on the head, smiling as she said:

"Miaomiao, time to go home."But no.

That wait felt like a century.

She waited until the trees weathered away, until she could clearly hear the sound of decay by her ears, until she heard the heavy snapping sound of rotten wood breaking beside her.

Finally.

She raised her head and opened her eyes.

She saw the sky that seemed like eternal night, saw the black wind whistling past her cheeks, saw that massive head in the distance that had crashed through the big tree, moving further away.

Then she opened the bulging envelope she had been tightly clutching to her chest.

She saw the family photos of them all together, saw the little cat plushie her mother had sewn for her before, saw those two pieces of small dried fish she loved to eat, now completely dried out.

"It seems... I forgot something, meow..."

"It seems like I was waiting for something..."

"That's right! What is this place, meow! It's already dark, if I don't go home soon, Mommy will worry, meow!"

"Home?"

"Where is home, meow?"

...

Those lost memories froze in that wilderness.

Miaomiao trembled, tears streaming down her face, gripping Lynn's arm tightly, large teardrops plopping down onto the ground.

"Mommy! Mommy!!"

In that instant, she almost went mad, struggling wildly once again.

She had forgotten.

In her deep slumber, she had forgotten the one thing she should never have forgotten!

Because Mommy said she would come back to get her. She should have continued waiting there. One day, Mommy would definitely come back to get Miaomiao!

She shouldn't have run around. She shouldn't have tried to find her own way home!

If Mommy went back and didn't see her there, then Mommy would be so sad!

"Miaomiao wants to go back! Miaomiao wants to go back and wait for Mommy!!"

She screamed, struggling frantically, tears flowing, constantly trying to break free from Lynn's restraint.

"Mommy won't be able to find Miaomiao!"

"Let me go! Let me go!!"

"You bad person!! You bad person!!"

She shrieked through her tears, her sharp claws continuously leaving scratches on Lynn's body.

"She is already dead."

That one sentence from Lynn made her eyes instantly turn completely hollow.

Lynn stared intently at the date on the photo before them, holding her firmly within his arms.

"It has been several centuries already."

"If your mother were still alive, she would have definitely gone to get you."

"And you... have been wandering for a long time..."

Those few sentences were like a giant hammer, heavily pounding into her soul.

She trembled.

Staring straight ahead.

Staring at those blood-soaked photos.

The effect of Echoes of the Past slowly faded, the luster gone. Those photos, like chaotic silhouettes, once again returned to the illusions veiled by the Cursed Arts.

The family smiling as they sat before the camera, the little kitten lazily sprawled across the Female Host's lap.

Just like a sunny afternoon.

Bringing happiness and peace.

Miaomiao leaned limply against Lynn's chest, trembling as she looked at those past scenes in the photos. It was as if all her strength had been suddenly drained away, leaving only boundless emptiness.

At this moment.

It was as if she had suddenly lost everything.

Lynn said softly, "No matter what, you must live on well. Don't betray the hope your mother gave you. Even if this is the Dark World, you will definitely be able to find a group of people willing to be kind to Miaomiao."

Her gaze was hollow, unable to utter a single word.

Even just moving a claw felt like suffering the pain of a thousand cuts.

"But it's not without hope."

Miaomiao trembled.

"Perhaps your family members are all still alive, they just can't remember anymore. Perhaps if you search hard enough, one day, Miaomiao might still be able to find them and reunite."

Miaomiao's mouth trembled slightly, her tear-streaked face trembling as she looked up into Lynn's eyes.

Lynn looked at her seriously, his eyes seeming to be full of stars.

"Really?" Miaomiao trembled.

Lynn nodded seriously, gripping her shoulders, saying, "Of course. Because this is the City of Night beneath the stars, and the Night Doctors willing to help you are spread throughout the entire Dark World!"

"What does Miaomiao have to worry about?"

Miaomiao trembled as she looked at him, tears almost uncontrollably dripping one by one onto the ground.

It was like grasping at a faint glimmer of light in the boundless darkness.

Lynn softly pressed his forehead against hers, saying:

"If it hurts, just cry. No one here will hurt you anymore. If those people dare to come, your brother will kill them all!"

"If you are willing, you don't need to be burdened by this skin anymore either..."

Lynn gently reached out his hand.

And in that very instant, a dazzling white light enveloped their bodies.

Just like the brilliant sunlight.

Instantly dispelling all the surrounding darkness.

It was like returning to that clear, cloudless afternoon of the past, like that Echo of the Past forever hidden deep within the heart.

Within the blinding white light, it was as if she was dreaming a dream of the past.

She saw her own furry paws.

Saw the patterns on her body.

Touched her own soft cheeks.

She stared blankly at her own paws and tail, everything feeling unreal, like an afternoon dream.

She had once again become that lazy little kitten that used to hide in her mother's embrace.

Like waking from a dream that lasted several centuries.

On that afternoon.

She raised her head, and within the blinding white light, she saw that familiar, gentle face.

"Mommy..." she murmured, almost losing control instantly.

Drip, drip, teardrops fell from her face.

"Mmm, feeling better now..." The woman in the white light gently embraced her.

It felt unreal, like a dream.

She could even clearly feel the touch of her mother's fingers.

In that instant.

Miaomiao almost completely lost control, as if all the emotions suppressed for centuries were pouring out in tears at this moment.

She cried loudly, meowing, throwing herself forcefully into her embrace, her throat continuously emitting choked meowing sounds, like a child who had been abandoned for a very, very long time, crying hysterically.

"Mommy! Mommy! Miaomiao missed you, meow! Why didn't you come to get me!"

"Mommy, why didn't you come to take Miaomiao home!"

"Miaomiao waited so hard, so hard..."

That woman closed her eyes, gently holding the sobbing little kitten in her arms, saying:

"It's okay now... it's okay now..."

He knew.

What he brought using Echoes of the Past and Mimicry was also just a kind of deception...

A phantom dream from the past.

But he also understood.

While escape and lies are hard to accept, amidst the cruelty of the truth, this was still the only medicine that could temporarily make one forget the pain.

He also understood the thoughtful intention of that mother, that phantom dream of the Cursed Arts.

Perhaps the future still holds a long journey in the darkness...

But at least at this moment, we hope to bathe in the light...

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the special quest, "Cat" Ear Girl's Abnormality. You have received quest rewards: 2000 Skeleton Coins, 3000 experience, Special Cat Teaser x1, Special Potion Recipe: Catgirl Potion]