Lost Narrative Poetry

night.

Xia Ran was studying the two blessings he had received at home, thinking about what kind of help they could bring to him.

By the way, these two permanent effects appear on his attribute page, which shows that even the benefits obtained in the real world can still be recognized by the space, and there will be no incompatibility issues.

""The protection of mountains and lakes"... Well, can this permanent effect allow me to gain home field advantage in a specific environment? Maybe the effect of walking on water can be used to show off at critical moments..."

""The protection of the indigenous gods"... it should be that of the lolita god, right? But the effect feels a bit vague, increasing the affinity of "spirits" is not limited to undead, elves or even gods..."

Xia Ran thought about it seriously and felt that she probably understood something. After all, according to animism, everything has animism - this is how the country's "eight million gods" came to be.

And according to Sanae, that loli was the pinnacle of the indigenous gods and was once the leader of various "gods". It is not surprising that her protection can have such an effect, just like a real dragon can control hundreds of spirits in the water...

It's just that in this era of the real world, don't expect to rely on this effect to catch Pokémon everywhere. There are not so many spirits for Xia Ran to control. Perhaps what this blessing can currently affect is the owner's body. How good or bad is your health and luck?

Because "spirits" always exist in the environment, the only difference lies in whether they condense into spiritual bodies and whether they have consciousness.

However, this protection should still be able to affect the surrounding animas, making things develop in the owner's favor...

Well, that is to say, if it was in its heyday, perhaps the effect of this protection would be to allow the owner to directly drive some low-level and intermediate spirit bodies, and also have a certain influence on high-level spirit bodies.

But now, due to the limitations of the environment, it is equivalent to being cut by the version, leaving only the ability to affect the surrounding animists... Well, luck value +20? Is this what it looks like?

It doesn’t feel like it’s completely useless, it’s just that the effect is relatively small. Maybe when will the world change, it will be able to shine again?

"Jingle Bell--"

At this moment, the mobile phone next to him suddenly rang, interrupting Xia Ran's thoughts.

He just glanced at the lit screen, and then laughed as expected... But then again, didn't he send an email today? While thinking this, he reached for the phone:

"Good evening, Yukinoshita-san."

"..."

"..."

"...Good evening." After a moment, the calm voice as always came.

"Well, is there anything I can help you with? If you really can't sleep or have nightmares, I can provide you with a bedtime story or sing a lullaby..." Xia Ran asked casually, while quickly thinking about whether it was her own fault in the evening. When he parted with the girl, the soothing technique he released did not have the desired effect.

But this should be unlikely, and he didn't think Yukinoshita would really call him for help because he couldn't sleep or had nightmares.

"Thank you, but this is not necessary. I think I will really have nightmares after hearing this..." Yukinoshita said calmly, completely unmoved, "I just came to tell you as promised before. Just a good night."

"That's it...good night then." Xia Ran was not disappointed, he knew it was like this.

"OK, good night……"

"..."

"..."

Next, normally, the call should be ended. Xia Ran smiled. Just as he took the phone away from his ear, he heard Yukinoshita's subtle voice, which was very low——

"Although now that I think about it, it still feels like I've had a ridiculous dream, but it's interesting enough. If you think about it this way, it's actually not that bad... Thank you for protecting me today, classmate Xia Ran."

Her voice was so low that even someone with sharp hearing could barely hear her.

Xia Ran was slightly stunned and couldn't help but wonder if he heard correctly. However, at this time, there was only a busy signal from the other side of the phone - Yukinoshita had hung up the phone very quickly, so he was a little unsure.

After being silent for a long time, he put down the phone, narrowed his eyes slightly and opened his palm, and a coin appeared on it.

Xia Ran stared at it for a few seconds, then threw it up and caught it again. However, he did not open his palm to see whether it was heads or tails, nor did he interpret it, but simply put the coin away.

Firstly, it is not necessary, and secondly, he has not focused his magic practice on the prophecy system, nor has he mastered any simple divination techniques. Even binary divination is not that simple.

His current behavior is just to find a reason for himself, just like flipping a coin to decide something. He doesn't really rely on coins to make decisions, but relies on coins to understand his own heart.

Because the moment the coin is tossed, my heart is already anticipating which result it will be, and naturally I understand what my true thoughts are.

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…

Time flies by.

Soon, the school's regular exams are coming, which will last for a week. In addition, after the regular examinations, there are workplace internship activities immediately, which makes many students even more nervous than before.

However, Xia Ran still didn't have any real feelings. Anyway, he didn't plan to take regular exams. This kind of thing just depends on his mood, and he has skipped all kinds of exams, big and small, so many times, and this is not the last time.

Therefore, he continued to do what he had to do, paddling leisurely every day.

After the sixth period, he wandered towards the special building. As he climbed to the fourth floor, he took a look at the afternoon sky outside. He saw the boundless clear sky, which made people feel The taste of summer is fully fermented.

Today is another hot day.

Yukinoshita Yukino was sitting deep in the activity room as usual, with an unchanging cold expression on her face. However, when Xia Ran opened the door and came in, she still looked over expectantly, then quickly sighed, and her eyes fell back to the book in her hand.

"...Xia Ran, good afternoon."

Although compared to the beginning, she could not even say a few words to each other, and now she has begun to take the initiative to say hello, but Xia Ran can still hear the disappointment in the other party's tone at this moment.

Of course, he knew the reason: "Is Yuigahama-san still not here?"

"No." Yukinoshita shook her head and turned another page of the book in her hand, "The day before yesterday she took her pet to the hospital for a check-up. Yesterday she had something to do at home. Today... it seems that she has made up her mind not to come here again. "

"That's it..."

Xia Ran also knew what happened between Hikigaya Hachiman and Yuigahama Yui on the day of the book club, and it could even be said that even Yukinoshita was related.

The three people were connected by a car accident before they met. It was Yuigahama's dog that was involved in the accident, and it was Hikigaya who rescued the dog. As a result, he ended up in the hospital and lay down for a while, while the person responsible for the accident was the Yukinoshita family. chartered car.

There was originally no problem, it could even be said to be fate, but Hikigaya Hachiman's personality and thoughts were rather... awkward. He never knew that the dog he rescued was Yuigahama's dog, because he was sent directly to the hospital at that time.

I didn't know until that day, and then I felt that Yuigahama was just thanking him for saving her dog, and she was doing this to him out of guilt and gratitude, and she felt that this girl's tenderness towards him only stopped there.

So he told Yuigahama-san directly that the relationship between the two was even, and there was no need to care about him, sympathize with him, or feel indebted...

Then, it became the current situation - Yuigahama-san basically stopped coming to the activity room. Although Hikigaya Hachiman still checked in every day, he only left school after showing up at the last moment.

The service club, which seemed to have just improved, returned to its original path directly because of the first formal internal club activity, and became a literary club with only Xia Ran and Yukinoshita.

"Wait until after the regular exams, if it still doesn't work, then think of a way..." Yukinoshita felt that this was the only thing that could be done now. At least the two people had decided to form a team in the workplace internship before, and they probably didn't have a dedicated team now. It’s absolutely impossible to cancel the registered team list.

This may be an opportunity, let's see if the two of them will seize this opportunity to reconcile.

Xia Ran didn't say anything, just sat down opposite the girl. Fortunately, Yukinoshita didn't have any psychological shadow because of what happened that day, although I don't know if her world view has been adjusted in place.

But after that day, Yukinoshita did not show any special alienation or rejection of Xia Ran. Instead, everything went as usual, as if he had forgotten what happened that day.

But that's fine, if she doesn't say it, Xia Ran won't take the initiative to mention it.

The service department was quiet, no one spoke anymore, there was only the ticking of the clock on the wall, and the sound of two people turning the pages of books. Time passed by quietly, and nothing special happened on the last day of this adjustment period.

Of course, this is a good thing. Xia Ran feels that there have been enough accidents during this adjustment period, and now he doesn't want any more surprises.

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On this night.

On the huge platform, Xia Ran appeared under the illumination of the white light ball. He took a look at the familiar scenery around him, but still had no idea of ​​changing the theme wallpaper. It's too much trouble and a waste of points.

It's good just like that, and with such a unique theme space, you can feel immersed in the scene as soon as you enter, and understand that you have once again stood in front of the magnificent, difficult and treacherous infinite world copy, and quickly adjust mentality...

In short, it is from "on vacation" to "on work".

Walking quickly to the lone wooden door on the huge platform, Xia Ran reached out to hold the door handle and applied for access to the public area. Then an inexplicable thought flashed through her heart -

Could this door actually have become the Whispering Door? Maybe Mephala is waiting for him behind the door?

Of course, this is impossible. Behind the door is the huge square. Although the magnificent stone pillar in the center and the majestic thunder-like energy flash in the gloomy dark clouds have disappeared at this moment, indicating that the previous The space mainline copy has ended.

However, the square is still very lively, and the number of vendors is much more than usual, not to mention the crowds of people flowing around the square.

For a moment, Xia Ran felt as if he had returned to the city center of Chiba City, in front of that large shopping mall... He shook his head, tried to dispel the strange associations in his mind, and then looked towards own inventory.

Including those two demon artifacts, as well as those alchemical potions that Mephala had tampered with...

Should I take advantage of this moment and sell them all? After all, even after the space has been disinfected, he is still afraid that the magic teacher will use his power to harm him... Because his intuition is very certain in this aspect, and there is absolutely no reason to think that Mephala has definitely succeeded.