Lost Narrative Poetry

"Speaking of which, why is no one talking?"

Yukinoshita Yono looked around and still felt a little strange. She had never participated in a special banquet in Gensokyo before, so she naturally knew that such an occasion meant noisy, noisy, and noisy...

Even those mature and stable "elderly people" who know what's appropriate can't stand the tossing of the ice fairy with an IQ of ⑨, the young vampire who is only 495 years old, and other little lolita. They all have their share.

Why now...

Twitching her lips, Miss Yangno glanced at the Sao Ling Band not far away. Listening to the sad music that was more lethal than the suona, torturing her ears, she couldn't help but shudder.

"I don't know either……"

Yukinoshita shook her head in confusion. She didn't know what was going on because she couldn't feel the substantive low pressure. No matter how depressing and negative the demonic energy and magic power fluctuations around her are, she seems to be unaffected, and not even the few people around her are affected.

It is precisely because I can't feel it that I can't understand why so many people around me are so silent. Even the most noisy group of kids in the past and the trouble-making activists who just watch the excitement and don't take it too seriously are like this at this moment. Well-behaved and sensible.

"Forget it, it doesn't look like the situation is too good anyway..."

Picking up a piece of pastry gracefully, Miss Yangno glanced at her silent sister, as if she was talking to herself.

Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at her sister lightly, without saying anything, just sitting there with a calm expression. She raised her phone to look at the time, then put it down again, and continued to wait quietly. .

"Well, Xiao Xueno is actually so calm? Let me see..."

Miss Yangno was slightly different. She threw the pastry into her mouth, muttered vaguely, and reached out to pinch her sister's delicate face.

"What are you doing..." Yukinoshita slapped her sister's greasy hand away with some disgust, leaned back slightly, and stared at the latter with displeasure.

"No, I just want to see if my lovely sister has been impersonated by others." Miss Yangno said with a smile, "I don't feel too much like you, Xiaoyukino, the change is so big, I don't know what else happened. Something?"

"This has nothing to do with you, sister, right? Just eat your food..."

Yukinoshita said calmly.

Although she said that, her thoughts inevitably followed this topic and immersed herself in her heart.

Speaking of which, she had been dreaming for the past two nights and had a long dream——

But it was not a simple dream, but a "memory" shared from the other side of the timeline of time, space and dimensions. It was just because I had had a similar experience before. It was in the parallel earth of the fifth century AD, studying in Camelot in the Age of Gods. thing, so she quickly understood and accepted it.

The new dream is much longer than the one year in Camelot, so long that it seems like life on the other side. That was a period of life from the second year of high school to the third year of high school, to graduation from college, and after that, several years passed...

There is confusion and confusion...

We have faced difficulties and avoided challenges, we have understood each other and we have argued...

I also have doubts about my own creed, fearing that everything is my own self-righteousness, and pursue the so-called real thing almost pathologically...

Her thoughts seemed to turn into various scenes, constantly flying in front of her eyes. The girl who was disturbed by her own emotions and thoughts couldn't help but feel a little distracted. She didn't know the details, nor did she know that this was actually the folded part of the original timeline——

After all, the experience of the main world and the task world are two-way synchronization. The interval period between tasks is based on the main world. Since Xia Ran has experienced hundreds of worlds, it is naturally impossible that the main world has only passed this less than one year. year time.

The current state is that he is compiling his own cause and effect, tampering with the experience of a single timeline, so certain records and traces are folded, and only specific people are allowed to know.

"Well, Yukino, are you trying to hold on? In fact, you are extremely scared on the inside, but on the surface, you are still a tough talker?"

At this time, Yukinoshita Harano was also thinking seriously, and then stared at his sister very suspiciously, thinking that this might be the only explanation.

My sister is good at everything, but she is too strong. No matter how bad the situation is, no matter how stressed she is, she will always hold on by herself.

"...I'm too lazy to care about you."

In her daze, Yukinoshita returned to reality. She took a breath and turned her head away, not wanting to talk to her sister anymore.

Now that she has reached this point, nothing can stop her anymore. She also has a premonition that there will be a storm today, but she is also mentally prepared - she will bear it head-on, no matter how those girls attack. good.

"That's weird..." Although Miss Yangno still felt confused, she felt somewhat reassured.

It's better to be calm than to panic, and she won't be too passive next time. Although she is on her sister's side, in a Shura field of this level, it really has no effect, because after all, she is not the protagonist, or It depends on Yukino herself.

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"As expected, I am favored..."

Othinus, who was not far away, glanced at the girl's shadow thoughtfully, and then withdrew his gaze. No one else noticed, but she could clearly see that in the seemingly ordinary shadow, What an amazing secret it hides.

It seems that the opposite side of the space-time chain is connected there, containing an extremely huge, dark and lightless multi-dimensional time and space. On that great and profound other side, there are thousands of dark universes rolling in ultimate entropy and chaos.

That is the huge shadow cast by the spirit of the hidden Creator running in the universe, the concrete existence of this concept.

——Shadow of God...

No wonder she was not cared for deliberately, nor was she protected by the magic of the alchemy doll maid. There was no problem at all. Ganqing had already received all-round ultimate protection... It was a pity that she only passively received the protection of this power. , but don’t know how to use it actively, otherwise, the current situation would not be a problem at all.

It's just that that guy probably doesn't want to see this scene. Now it's enough to give him a headache. He definitely doesn't want the situation to develop into a real hands-on martial arts club.

The one-eyed girl curled her lips and suppressed the long-awaited schadenfreude in her heart. After thinking about it, she turned back to the only people she knew present and said:

"Guess what happens next?"

"..."

"..."

Everyone looked at each other. No matter how slow their reaction was, they had certainly noticed something was wrong at this time.

"Well... I feel like the atmosphere is a little strange..." Saten Ruiko swallowed hard and said with a careful smile, "It doesn't look like a party, it feels more like preparing for a public trial and execution. Maybe it's mine. Illusion?"

"Illusion... Be more confident. This is not an illusion." Othinus showed a rare smile. She, who had always been cold and cold, could actually smile, which shocked a few people for a moment.

"Will the director be okay?"

Kamijou Touma hesitated for a moment, then asked with some worry while feeding a snack to the silver-haired little nun who was deaf to what was going on around her.

"It depends on how you define trouble. If it's strictly life-threatening, then it's not." Othinus replied noncommittally.

"That sounds really reassuring..." Misaka Mikoto breathed out.

"Ah, here we come - senior." Saten Ruiko whispered. At this moment, she felt like she was dreaming back to her childhood, watching those childlike cartoons or special effects films where the protagonist was in crisis and she herself I could only watch helplessly, feeling eager to help but unable to do so.

"..."

"..."

For a moment, the air became quiet.

In fact, it was already very quiet, but before there were some people whispering, and their voices were very low, but now it is completely silent, and you can hear a pin drop.

Under the gaze of everyone, countless eyes were focused on the young man who had walked to the middle of the venue.

Wearing simple clothes and long black hair swinging back and forth behind her, Xia Ran walked towards the eyes one after another. Suddenly she felt a little palpitated and a little guilty, because the memories were like a revolving lantern, and the scenes were unfolding in his mind. flash by

Not only the past and present, but also the future.

The past will not change, but the future will change from today on, weaving a brand new destiny, which is unknown even he has not determined yet.

Is it... really unfair? This thought flashed through his mind. In the blink of an eye, he suppressed all distracting thoughts and cut off inappropriate associations.

Pretending to be nonchalant, he stood in the middle of the venue, took a deep breath, and gave a simple and cordial greeting to everyone around him:

"Everyone has a good time eating and drinking."

"..."

"..."

No one spoke.

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, and probably only Reimu Hakurei and Yuyuko, those who were active in eating, really listened to this sentence.

Xia Ran let out a long sigh. He knew it would be like this and hoped he wouldn't be slapped in the face later... After a moment of pondering, he quickly became firm. Since this was already the case, he might as well be more direct.

His eyes became indifferent, he coughed lightly, brewed his emotions for a while, and then said seriously and calmly:

"I invite you here today because I want you to accompany me to witness something..."

"Objection!"

"Ahem...I, I haven't finished speaking yet! Why do you object!"

Xia Ran was choked for a moment, and looked helplessly at the monster girl in front of her who raised her hands high and interrupted her words. He knew that the other party had gathered a large group of people and formed an alliance of troublemakers. In order not to make yourself feel better, but you shouldn't be so anxious, right?

"What does it matter if I don't finish my words?" Yakumo Purple said calmly, her face was calm, so calm that she was indifferent. "Is there anyone who doesn't know what you want to say? Since you already know it, is there any need to formally announce it once for the sake of ceremony?"

"this……"

Xia Ran opened her mouth, then smiled helplessly: "What do you think we should do, Zi?"

He was mentally prepared to face the coming storm.

"I think..." Yakumo Zi closed the folding fan in her hand and changed the topic. She smiled half-smilingly and said softly: "Since everyone already knows what you want to tell us, there is no need to say it anymore. Well, why don’t we tell you something you don’t know?”

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"..."

The atmosphere became tense for a moment, and the two looked at each other for a while. The monster sage's eyes were calm and complicated.

"What's wrong? Do you have any doubts? If it really doesn't work, forget it, we won't force it..." After a moment, she slightly narrowed her narrow eyes and re-opened the folding fan in her hand to cover half of the beauty. He said with a smile on his face.

So easy to talk to?

"...No." Xia Ran hesitated slightly. He was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed, with a helpless smile in his eyes, and shook his head.

"What do you want to say?" After calming down, he asked seriously.

"Who comes first?" The monster sage looked around and said indifferently.

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"..."

"Hey, then let me do it..." Yakumo Zi calmly retracted her gaze and stared straight at the person in front of her, "Before I say it, about what you just wanted to announce, you haven't said it yet, really. Have you made up your mind? You won’t change it again?”

"Yes." Xia Ran answered firmly without any hesitation on this question.

"Ha, that's really heartless." As if she had known such an answer for a long time, Yakumo Purple didn't look surprised. She just nodded and smiled, tilting her head and looking at him like a little girl. That way, if it weren't for the complicated look in his eyes.

The calm before the storm?

There seems to be something wrong with this reaction...

Xia Ran began to feel uneasy. He carefully observed the expression of the monster girl and asked cautiously: "Zi, are you... angry?"

The monster girl had an incomprehensible look on her face. She subconsciously avoided his gaze, took a step back, and her eyes flickered slightly.

"A year ago, I never thought that there would be such a thing, completely exchanging memories with a human being, experiencing each other's life, and so on. I also never thought that after Yuyuko, I would make friends with another person. Intimate human friends..."

After a slight silence, without answering the question, she changed her tone and started speaking calmly.

The magician was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that time in the past, when he was exhausted from traveling through many reincarnations of the world. As soon as he got better, he discovered that there was something unusual about the real world, and then he met this big monster.

At that time, I was indeed very wary of her and very defensive. At that time, who would have thought of this moment today...

The world fell into a brief distortion, and a familiar female voice spoke unfinished words.

Xia Ran seemed to be unable to hear anything clearly. He was a little absent-minded. His memory seemed to be stretched along with the afternoon sunshine in those days, as if it overlapped with the midsummer in front of him at this moment, making everything a little hazy. .

"...It's really interesting. Those experiences you had, it's a pity that this exchange was an accident after all, and it should be over."

"...You always say that I attach too much importance to Gensokyo, so I lose myself. Maybe it's not unreasonable."

Yakumo Zi had reached the end and raised her head to look at him.

She smiled, raised her hand and waved, stepped back step by step, keeping distance from him, and at the same time spoke in an absolutely calm tone.

"So from now on, I will leave my treasure to you, my best friend! Maybe I will never come back again, so I will leave everything to you..."

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"..."

"Zi...are you kidding?" Xia Ran tried hard to keep his tone calm. He rarely didn't know what to say.

It shouldn't be like this.

Denial, anger, rage, rage, whatever was fine, he felt he could accept it, but... it shouldn't be like this.

The monster sage looked at him deeply, then looked at a girl next to him, smiled and sighed, and a dark crack opened behind her.

The magician subconsciously reached out his hand, but in the end he didn't hold it.

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"..."

The air at the banquet was frozen.

But soon, the brief silence was broken again.

"Master."

Hearing this familiar name, Xia Ran slowly turned around.

"I will be next..." Artoria looked at him with a smile. It was a very gentle and gentle smile. Her cheeks were neither red nor shy like a girl. "Thank you for taking care of me all the time. No matter what, It’s the fact that you are by my side, and the years you have been with me..."

She just expressed her feelings so far, with the deepest gratitude she could express, and said it sincerely.

Just like the last farewell between King Arthur and Merlin——

When the final conversation is over.

The king then boarded the ship and sailed toward the golden sea.

The magician just watched her last appearance.