Genshin Impact: My roommate and I became funny Hilichurls

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"Little White, we can't escape..."

Miss Perfect's voice was filled with despair and guilt.

"I...I'll go and admit my mistake! You should hide while you can! They...they shouldn't hurt me..."

Even now, she still clings to a ridiculous illusion.

"Once a bird has escaped its cage, it will never go back!"

Xiao Bai suddenly turned his head and stared at Miss Perfect with a burning and obsessive gaze.

"I don't care what happens to me! I just want you to live a happy, ordinary life! Leave here! And never come back!"

"Thank you... but... why did you help me to this extent?"

Miss Perfect's tears welled up again; she couldn't understand this protection that was so heavy it was willing to destroy everything.

Xiao Bai's answer was unusually calm, even with a hint of self-deprecation: "It's just that we share the same plight, nothing noble."

Her gaze fell upon the raging inferno, her voice fading.

“Even witches are not omniscient and omnipotent... I have never been able to use this power to save myself... This is probably my fate.”

She paused, a faint longing flashing in her eyes, one that she herself was unaware of: "What does it feel like to be redeemed? I don't know... but I want to know."

She wanted to glimpse a glimmer of hope in the freedom that Miss Perfect might gain.

Miss Perfect felt even more distressed after hearing this. She lowered her head, looking at her red eyes, which were considered an ominous sign: "I'm sorry...it's all my fault...for having these eyes..."

Xiao Bai seemed to be suddenly awakened by this word!

She shuddered, and a terrifying glint suddenly flashed in her emerald eyes!

A crazy, cruel plan, but perhaps the only one that could save Perfection, instantly took shape in her mind!

“Hehe…hahaha…hahahaha…”

Xiao Bai suddenly let out a low, twisted laugh, which sounded particularly eerie amidst the crackling of the fire and the distant sounds of a search party.

"Xiaobai? What happened to you all of a sudden..."

Miss Perfect was startled by the sudden laughter, her hair standing on end and a chill running down her spine.

The next second, Xiaobai suddenly stretched out his finger and pointed it directly at Miss Perfect's eyes with lightning speed!

The deep blue magic at my fingertips surged wildly!

"what--!"

Miss Perfect let out a short gasp, feeling a sharp, tearing pain in her eyes!

She abruptly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she felt a sudden discomfort...

She raised her hand, trembling, wanting to touch her eyes...

The amethyst color in Xiaobai's eyes, which was standing in front of her, was rapidly fading, and in its place were two clusters of burning, eerily dazzling red, like rubies!

"actually……"

Xiao Bai's voice became cold and unfamiliar, carrying a hint of deliberate greed and evil.

"I've always coveted your eyes!"

She stroked her newly acquired eyes, which shimmered with a blood-red light, and a cruel smile curled at the corners of her lips.

"Now, I finally have the chance to make it mine! Hehehe..."

"ah!!!"

The immense shock, the fear of betrayal, and the unfamiliar and terrifying gaze of the person in front of her instantly shattered Miss Perfect's last psychological defenses!

She let out a terrified scream, as if she had seen the most horrible nightmare, and turned around, stumbling and running wildly into the endless darkness outside the village, tears streaming down her face!

They didn't even care about the direction; they just wanted to escape as far away as possible from this place that had swallowed up everything beautiful!

Xiao Bai stood there with a cold face, watching the thin figure in the cloak stagger and finally disappear into the darkness outside the village.

Her fists were clenched tightly at her sides, her nails digging deep into her palms.

"Go now... we don't need you here anymore..."

"Goodbye... 'Miss Perfection'..."

She said goodbye softly, in a voice only she could hear.

The evil that had been displayed earlier was gone from that voice; only endless exhaustion and... a trace of relief remained.

Then, she slowly turned around to face Linda and a large group of villagers who rushed over upon hearing the commotion, carrying torches and weapons.

The corners of her mouth once again revealed that crazy and desperate smile.

Okay, now...

In everyone's eyes.

"Miss Perfect" has fled in terror.

What remained was the wicked witch who had stolen the "perfect" eyes.

"The witch is there! Seize her!"

"Her eyes have changed! She really is an evil witch!"

"Kill her! Avenge the village!"

Linda's screams and the villagers' roars came rushing in.

Little White slowly opened its arms, as if to embrace its final destiny.

Whether it's the innocent and kind-hearted perfect lady, or me, the cursed witch...

After tonight, none of it will exist anymore.

She silently recited the words in her heart, her gaze seemingly piercing through the crowd, following the fleeing figure.

Run away, my only friend... run to the ends of the earth, to the corners of the world, never come back, forget me, forget 'Miss Perfect,' forget everything here...

To be hated, scorned, and burned by the world... this is the fate of a witch...

I don't ask for your understanding...

I just hope that you... will live well...

Flames shot up behind her, tinging her lonely figure with a magnificent yet poignant golden edge.

She smiled, a smile that conveyed the relief of giving up everything and the ultimate "perfect" ending of exchanging her own freedom for another's.

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"Little White... Little White..."

Miss Perfect collapsed helplessly to her knees on the cold grass, far from the village's firelight, yet unable to escape the excruciating pain in her heart.

Tears streamed down silently, mingling with the dust on his face, leaving behind a disheveled look.

She couldn't understand why her best friend would suddenly look at her with such greedy and unfamiliar eyes, or why that protectiveness would instantly turn into a blade of betrayal.

She clutched the cold silver key in her hand, the only keepsake from Xiaobai's mother, and the last connection between them.

The world seemed to have lost all color, and the will to live was extinguished.

Just then, a steady yet strange sound of footsteps came from behind—it wasn't the light, quick steps of a human, but rather the sound of heavy, armored hooves treading on the grass.

Miss Perfection remained unresponsive, still immersed in immense grief, numb to everything around her.

A clearly inhuman foot stepped into her lowered line of sight, trampling down several blades of grass covered in night dew.

A strange voice rang out, deep and hoarse, as if a mixture of a wild beast's roar and the scraping of metal: "Are you just giving up like this? Giving up the second life your dearest friend bought for you with 'betrayal' and sacrifice?"

Miss Perfect suddenly raised her head, and through her teary eyes, she saw a tall figure.

He wore a wooden mask, beneath which the skin was covered with fine blue patterns, and he exuded a faint aura of moisture and imposing presence.

It was Er Kang, but at this moment, he was completely devoid of his usual carefree and immature nature. Instead, he exuded a calm and powerful aura, like the deep sea.

He extended his armored hand to Miss Perfection: "Your dearest friend gave everything for you, even letting you misunderstand her and hate her... just so you could live."

His gaze fell on the silver key that Miss Perfect was still clutching tightly in her hand even in her breakdown, and his tone softened: "But deep down, you never truly believed in that 'betrayal,' did you?"

Miss Perfect was as if struck by lightning, instantly waking up from the mire of despair!

Her best friend's last, crazed, and unfamiliar gaze, and her cold words, clashed wildly in her mind along with her previous desperate attempt to save her!

She suddenly knelt down before Erkang, grabbing his cold nail guards as if they were her last lifeline, her voice broken with sobs: "Please! My lord! Please save Xiaobai! No matter the cost! Please!"

"Of course I will save them."

Er Kang's voice is beyond question.

"And you will also have to pay the corresponding price."

"Whatever the price, I'll agree to it! As long as Xiaobai survives!"

Miss Perfect shouted without hesitation, her eyes filled with determination.

"You'll find out then..."

Er Kang's voice carried a hint of mystery.

Meanwhile, in the center of the village square.

Little White was tightly bound to a tall wooden stake with rough hemp rope, and his feet were piled high with dry firewood.

Linda held a torch, a cruel yet excited smile on her face, surrounded by villagers driven by anger and fear.

"Burn the witch!"

"Eliminate this scourge for the village!"

"Make her pay for the fire!"

Shouts came and went.

Xiao Bai calmly closed her eyes, accepting this inevitable ending.

She didn't regret it; as long as Xiaomei could leave safely... that was enough.

Just as Linda was grinning maliciously and about to throw the torch at the pile of wood—