Stray Chapter 20: There is only one under the snow
"What is a distorted desire... Obviously this is what you asked for."
Xia Ran is absolutely impossible to admit such slander, he calmly shook his head, and pointed out that it was all Yukinoshita's own problems.
Xueshita heard his rebuttal, her beautiful eyes widened: "What? What did I ask for?"
But then, the black long and straight girl immediately denied it, "This is impossible! You must be talking nonsense!"
"Think about it carefully, classmate Yukinoshita, it was a month ago... no, it should have been last night... Forget it, what happened before you woke up..." Xia Ran didn't answer directly, just smiled said so.
It's just a series of revisions that take away his persuasiveness.
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The girl stared at him angrily, thinking and remembering for a while, before finally remembering, it seems that she knows where the other party is going, but still wants to ask Charlotte and Arturia. leave together.
But when she asked, the other party evaded that he didn't know, so in the end he couldn't help but ask to see if he could come and have a look... After all, she was somewhat annoyed. People are going somewhere alone with two beautiful girls in the middle of the night.
The two girls were really asking for anything from him, which made Yukinoshita feel a full sense of crisis——
Charlotte won't talk about it. Don't look at this puppet girl's personality, black-bellied and independent, in fact, it's all an illusion. She will never refuse any request made by Xia Ran, the puppet obeys the master unconditionally, this is the truth.
And there is Arturia, the knight girl who is incompatible with the King Arthur in Yukinoshita's impression——
After all, who could have imagined that King Arthur in ancient British legends was actually such a man with soft, snow-white skin, golden hair with a shawl and emerald green eyes, petite as if he was fifteen or sixteen years old in the Middle Ages A noble girl in a European court?
Knight, queen, dull hair, contrast cute, blonde...
—that's right! Big crisis!
And she and that guy are also in a master-slave relationship, isn't that something to be vigilant about? If you really want to say something and don't care, it must be fake! Anyway, Yukinoshita-san was very concerned, very, very, very concerned.
So making this request is a logical thing to do. After all, she has been working hard to get close to that goal, so how can she be willing to watch herself be pulled away again?
Since there is no problem, she will be back the next morning, so she will follow along to have a look, there should be no problem, right?
Of course, the girl thought she would be rejected, and she was basically prepared for disappointment. But what she didn't expect at all was that after she tentatively expressed her thoughts, Xia Ran agreed without hesitation.
It was very refreshing, definitely not because she was holding a knife or something at the time, but more like she was already prepared for this.
After that...
It's in this place, it's time to wake up.
Pressing her lips hard, the girl looked at the magician in front of her and asked a little unhappy: "So, you promised so readily, did you think like this from the beginning?"
"Yes, after all, I can't let you have no safeguards, just come to a place like this, what should I do if something really happens... I would never dare to take risks like this."
Xia Ran blinked and said quite frankly.
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It seemed that she was thinking carefully, but the girl fell silent. She raised her slender palm to take a look, and subconsciously pressed her heart. It was so real, but... /
The current self...isn't the real self? Just another... a doll that was copied?
Does this mean...
A burst of panic and anxiety surged into my heart, the girl bit her lower lip tightly, her thin body trembling slightly.
"Classmate Yukinoshita?" Xia Ran tilted her head.
"...I'm fine..." Yukinoshita's expression slowly returned to calm, she glanced at him with complicated eyes, and pursed her lips in response.
"But you don't sound like it's okay at all..." Xia Ran sighed, he probably already understood something, of course he couldn't really pretend he didn't know, leaving such a pimple in this girl's heart.
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"You just said it's impossible for me to actually have an accident?"
After being silent for a long time, the girl raised her hair as if to hide her dissatisfaction, and said in a calm tone.
"Yes."
"So... it means that if it's not true, then something can happen?" Yukinoshita said in a cold tone, "Because I'm just a clone now, so you can..."
"Stop, stop! I just used an analogy just now, so that Yukishita-san can easily understand the situation..." Xia Ran twitched the corners of his mouth, "But I never thought about creating a battle between clones and real ones. You are just you from beginning to end, and there is no second you."
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The black long straight girl who was interrupted, stared at him quite displeased, but felt a slight sigh of relief in her heart.
"Let's put it this way, do you know the difference between a heroic spirit and a Servant? I said it at the beginning, and I also recorded it in my notebook..." Xia Ran sighed helplessly again, thinking carefully After thinking about it, he gave hints carefully.
"The Heroic Spirit is the main body on the Heroic Spirit Throne, and the Servant is only the clone of the Heroic Spirit's body, which constitutes the information of the Servant. When the Servant ends the summoning, it will return to the main body, and the main body can be recorded like a book. Know the Servant's actions."
“Student Yukinoshita, your current situation is similar. It’s like the relationship between the body and the projection. You only need to look at it this way. Are you in conflict with yourself?"
"You are you from the beginning to the end, you are only one, I can even use the characteristics of the second magic to ensure this fact... Now you are also you, I do not regard you as a substitute, please rest assured Well."
In order to reassure the girl, he explained a series of things in one breath, hoping to make Yukinoshita understand and feel relieved as soon as possible.
"...really?"
Yukinoshita thought about it carefully, and seemed to feel somewhat relieved.
"Of course it's true. In all the fields of mysticism, the concept of "clone" is very advanced, but it does not mean "copy" or "clone". If you don't fight, then it's already a taboo. "
Xia Ran nodded again and again.
"You should think that I let you experience skills such as avatars in advance, or it's like having a dream. In the dream, you have experienced a lot in this world. After you wake up from the dream, you are still you. It's just a little more memory experience."
"More... memory experience?" The girl noticed the key, and it seemed that this was the key point the other party wanted to say.
"Yes, what you have experienced in this world and the updated information will all return to your own body, and they will be aggregated together. After waking up, you will experience another period of time in a dream. life?"
Xia Ran smiled slightly, and at the same time couldn't help but muttered in her heart. In fact, strictly speaking, it is the same for those who have lost their way.
Xueshita glanced at him, turned her face away and closed her eyes slightly, as if she was thinking seriously about something.
"Actually, this situation is not uncommon. High-level mages often master skills such as advanced simulacrum avatars. aspects of the same subject at the same time..."
Thinking it was a girl or she was still struggling, Xia Ran coughed, cleared her throat and said seriously.
"There are also oriental gods, even to a more ferocious level, who can slash an illusionary body with a trace of spirituality, let them walk in the world, cultivate and accumulate, and finally achieve a positive result, shatter the void, pull out Soaring from the ground, returning to the normal body, adding a lifetime of magical powers to oneself..."
"I don't care about that... forget it."
Yukino Yukino took a deep breath, her expression was completely different from just now, she seemed really relieved, she turned her head to look around, and asked, "By the way, where is this place?"
Although it is similar to the previous question, it is obviously not the same meaning. Xia Ran will answer with interest:
"This is my magic workshop, the Mage's Tower that has just been built... ahem, although it's a bit rudimentary, it's mainly due to lack of manpower, and it's too late to set up."
He scratched his cheeks, looked at the rudimentary layout of the room, and felt embarrassed: "You can go to Charlotte later, you can do whatever you want, and then you may want to For a long stay, it is better to be more comfortable.”
"...For a long time?" Yukinoshita Yukino sharply caught the key and stared at him suspiciously, "Didn't you say you'll go back in one night?"
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"Speaking of which, Yukishita-san, are you hungry right now? Would you like something to eat?" Xia Ran blinked and changed the subject casually.
"It's too stiff." Yukinoshita's gaze stayed on him for a moment, then retracted the next moment.
She directly lifted the sheet and stepped on the delicate calves wrapped in black over-the-knee stockings to the ground. Because the shoes were already well worn on the feet, there was no need to wear them any more——
"Then let's eat something first. I just want to see what this tower looks like. By the way, you can also talk about this problem slowly."
"...It's a really good proposal." The magician raised his eyebrows and looked away from the girl's slender feet, "Well, in fact, when I said that I could come back in just one night, I meant reality. An evening in the world's conception of time."