角色故事•二（解鎖條件：角色等級40）
棺材的另一側，一名白衣判官盯著她，目不稍瞬。那張熟悉的臉因為不再有笑容而顯得分外陌生。判官伸手，遞來的掌中托著一盞金爵。
爵中盛著一汪碧如翡翠的酒液，在因果殿幽暗的殿宇中如同一隻碧眼，怔怔瞧著她。
「又到了飲酒的時間了？我差點忘了。」她從棺中起身。「怎麼不是夜魄來為我送酒，而是你親自前來，姐姐？」
「夜魄…看來汝不記得了，是不是？」姐姐半閉眼簾，這是她表達自己擔心時的表情——可惜塑成她身軀的機巧仍不夠精緻，讓這幅表情顯得猶如瞌睡。「她追擊藥王秘傳的妖人，不幸傷勢沉重，十王已恩准她入滅了。」
她急忙轉開話題，「你今天對付的目標棘手麼？」
「棘手。一照面就被廢了一隻手，髕骨也被劈碎了。那廝很熟悉機巧的構造，證實了他就是當年朱明仙舟上的那位能工巧匠。他的招式吾已錄下了，反覆觀摩，總能破解的。」
她看著姐姐談論起自己險死還生的過程，仿佛在說一件無關器物的損壞。「又要麻煩藿藿修理你了。」
「藿藿…已升任判官了，約莫是一旬前的事。如今負責整備機巧的是守靈。」
姐姐將金爵擺在棺材邊沿她伸手夠不到的地方，動作流暢精準，爵中酒液毫無波瀾。
「忘川之酒，一飲成空。小妹，不必做到這一步的。吾的罪過，應當由吾親手補贖。」像夢中一樣，姐姐將手放在她的腦袋上，輕輕摩挲，但她感受不到一絲暖意。
「只是飲下忘川酒的小小副作用罷了。如果我當真記不得你了，那時候你我都可以安然入滅。蒙十王盛恩，這樁約定已被記錄在了因果殿深處。」
「那是我們放下一切，永遠入睡的時候。」她向前坐了一點，握住沒有溫度的手貼在自己臉頰一側。
她從棺沿上取過酒爵，艱難地將濃稠的液體一點點喝下。雖名為酒，從中卻嘗不出半點辛辣刺激的味道，倒像是注入金人軀體的油液。
「在此之前，就讓我為你、為十王、還有那位將軍再多做一些吧。」
Character Story: Part II
• Unlocked at Character Level 40
On the opposite side of the coffin, a white-robed judge stared at her with an unwavering gaze. In the absence of smiles, that once familiar face now looked particularly alien. The judge extended their hand, and a golden jug sat in their palm.
Enclosed within the jug is a liquor as green as jade, an emerald eye that glares unblinkingly at her within the dark vaults of the Hall of Karma.
"Is it time to drink again? I almost forgot." She rose from the coffin. "Why are you bringing me the wine instead of Yepo, sister?"
"Yepo... You don't remember, do you?" Her sister's eyelids close halfway. That is how her sister expresses concern — However, the ingenium forming her sister's body lacks the finesse to convey this expression, rendering it instead akin to a gesture of drowsiness."Yepo pursued the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and suffered fatal injuries. The Ten Lords have granted her permission for demise."
She hurriedly changed the subject."How was the target you pursued today? Were they difficult to deal with?"
"Very difficult. He broke one of my hands and shattered my patella as soon as we met. The scoundrel seems to have knowledge over the composition of ingenia, indicating that he is indeed the skilled craftsman from the Zhuming all those years ago. I have recorded his moves. Through studies and contemplation, I will one day find a way to counter him."
She watched her sister recount that narrow escape from death with apparent indifference, as if discussing the breaking of an inanimate object. "We will have to bother Huohuo again to repair you."
"Well, Huohuo... She was promoted to judge about a dozen days ago. Currently, Shouling is in charge of maintaining the ingenia."
With a smooth and precise motion, her sister placed the golden jug on the edge of the coffin beyond her reach. The wine within the jug sat still, without a ripple.
"Drink this Wine of Oblivion, and you'll forget everything. You don't have to go this far, my dear sister. I should atone for my faults through my own efforts alone." Just like how it is in her dream, her sister's hands were placed on her head in a gentle caress, but she cannot feel even the faintest trace of warmth.
"It's only a minor side effect of drinking the Wine of Oblivion. If I end up forgetting everything about you, then both of us can finally embrace our demise without any burdens. By the benevolence of the Ten Lords, this promise has been recorded in the depths of the Hall of Karma."
"And at that moment, we shall relinquish all and enter eternal slumber." She leans forward slightly, pressing her sister's cold hand against her cheek.
She takes the wine jug from the edge of the coffin and, with effort, consumes the viscous liquid sip by sip. Though called "wine", it lacks all pungent and invigorating flavor. Instead, it tastes like oil drained into the body of an aurumaton.
"But before that fateful moment, please allow me to carry out a few more tasks for you, for the Ten Lords, and for that general."
