"Xiu is a star, and I am the moon. The sun seems so very, very far away from us. That is probably why we yearn for it so much."
Stars are lonely and brilliant; moonlight is desolate and gentle.
Lin Xiu had always carried a sun in his heart.
Though he didn't know when it had slowly risen.
Though he didn't know why it existed or what purpose it served.
"Perhaps tomorrow will be the very last day of my blindness. I've made up my mind: even if I remain blind for the rest of my life, I will fight the Demon Cleaner with every last ounce of my strength. Dying in battle is better than being driven to death by the Pupil Curse."
The boy's lusterless purple pupils seemed to regain a glimmer of light.
Before him lay utter darkness, yet his heart grew much brighter.
The very center of it was now occupied by an unwavering resolve to resist and by a Witch named Li Wei.
Eleven days of adaptation.
Lin Xiu's talent was terrifying; he had gone from being completely unable to judge directions accurately to mastering the most basic magical magnetic-induction training of the "Mirror Lotus" bracelet to its absolute limit.
Discounting the days spent in self-abandonment, it had taken less than a single week of self-imposed discipline and training.
Even with the sole natural Magic Crest of a Pupil Master disabled, he could still execute the first technique of the Ran Family Demon Eye—"Blind Pupil"—with breathtaking skill.
Take walking down the stairs, for instance: provided his condition was good, h…
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