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"Yukishita-san, this is the place, come in! This is the room you used before... You did live here for a year."
reached out and pushed open the closed door, which showed a room decorated with a little girlish style. Xia Ran walked into the center of the room, stood there and looked around, very satisfied. head.
Then he turned around and showed the most simple and friendly smile to the girl who seemed to be a little hesitant in the corridor outside: "How is it, do you have any impressions?"
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did not respond, the black long straight girl turned a deaf ear to him, she just stood outside the door, looking at the scene in the room with complicated eyes, just stared at it for a while, and then walked straight in.
And he just passed by the magician as if he didn't see it, as if this person didn't exist at all, he looked around the room on his own.
Yukinoshita looked here and there in the room, the indifferent expression on his face was unconsciously softened a little, and a feeling of indifference surged in his heart. A feeling that is both familiar and unfamiliar.
is familiar because she is really familiar with this room. Basically, it can be said that every piece of furniture and every decoration is personally selected and purchased by her. It is simple, but just right, clean and tidy. With a touch of homely warmth.
is unfamiliar because she always feels that this is the experience she experienced when she was dreaming. No matter how clear the memory is and how real the feeling is, it is still in the form of a dream. It is not as real as reality. There seems to be a Layers of hazy estrangement and awkwardness.
But now, this sense of estrangement and awkwardness is gradually dissolving and disintegrating.
The boundary between reality and dream seems to be confused at this moment, and they are no longer distinguished from each other. The unfamiliar feeling is quickly disappearing, and the only thing left is the familiarity, that is her Experience accumulated in dreams.
This is naturally a very strange feeling, but it is also a matter of course, let alone Yukinoshita Yukino, anyone who comes here will feel this way.
Because the scene in the dream...appeared in reality, it was as if fantasy and reality were interweaving and eroding each other.
The black long straight girl walked to the familiar desk and stared at the surrounding scene quietly, not knowing if she was distracted or what.
After standing for a long time, Yukino slowly stretched out her slender white fingertips and gently stroked the notes and books stacked on the table.
The desk also looks neat and spotless, as if someone was using it not long ago.
And the books and parchment scrolls on the table with a sense of the times, she also has a lot of impressions, not completely unfamiliar.
Because these things are all kinds of reading materials that she used for reading and entertainment on weekdays when she was here before, or studying and studying, most of them are of the esoteric type, including magic, secret rituals, curses, etc. There are also some books or volumes on local customs, local knowledge, biographies, etc.
is very interesting, and it made her live a very fulfilling time during that time. Her understanding of the world has become very detailed, even if most of it is still on paper, but it is also very good. .
Thinking like this, the girl subconsciously stretched out her hand and pulled out the top notebook, opened it and glanced at it, and then pursed her lips slightly, but the wonderful feeling that emerged from the bottom of her heart became stronger because of this. .
This is her book of reading notes. The beautiful fonts written in it are written by her own hand...
Even if there is no way to remember them all, as long as she looks at any page in the notebook, she can remember some of the impressions at that time.
And the handwriting is legible, still with the smell of ink and some faint fragrance, as if this notebook was written not long ago...
——Sure enough, it's not a dream...
—all true...
"I must have an impression now, right? Yukinoshita-san?"
The magician behind the girl spoke again, and said with a smile, "I haven't let anyone move this room since you left, only Charlotte will come to clean it often... Look at it. Is it possible?"
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still did not respond, Yukinoshita just glanced at him calmly, put down the notebook in his hand, and looked away lightly.
Xia Ran's mouth twitched.
In fact, this has been the case since just now. Even though Mordred and Dongfengya Sanae have temporarily left the team, Yukinoshita's attitude and reaction have not changed in any way, and they are still silent. It looks like gold.
Well, it may not be so appropriate to say that silence is golden.
Because to be precise, she completely ignored Xia Ran's existence at all, and looked like she had nothing to do with me... But a certain chill and low air pressure were definitely coming from her. emitted.
"It seems to have triggered some amazing route, it will lead to a BadEnd if it goes on like this..."
The ignored magician smiled helplessly, stood on the spot, put his hand to his chin, thought very distressedly and seriously, muttering to himself in a low voice, but it was just enough for the girl to listen to to my own words——
"By the way, can I read the file? Would you mind giving me a second chance..."
"..." Yukinoshita didn't say anything, but his face was still calm, as if he didn't hear the person's voice at all.
She walked away from the table and came to the window sill next to her, folded her hands unhappily, and looked into the distance.
Beyond the window, you can see the blue sky, white clouds of different shapes, drifting from one side to the other under the wind blowing, above the sky, the wind is singing like a song.
And under the sky, there is an endless fertile and fertile plain, with a galloping White River coming from afar, rushing around the royal capital in the middle of the plain. The chalk city is very prosperous and huge, even in modern times it is a big city.
All kinds of buildings are neatly arranged and row upon row. It is true that there are no modern skyscrapers and elements of reinforced concrete and concrete, but in a sense, it is more amazing and advanced, because this is the 5th century AD.
Who can imagine——
Those elegant fountains that spew water in wide squares and fragrant gardens, those graceful tall trees that line the broad streets, those flowerbeds and cobblestone roads, those radiant With beautiful onyx palaces and marble towers...
Such scenery and planning would actually appear in this era?
There is no doubt that this is an absolutely exquisite city, as if it is a mysterious kingdom that only exists in fairy tales.
Yukinoshita stared at the city earnestly, carefully distinguishing which ones are familiar to him and which ones are unfamiliar to him.
Because the time spent in the "dream" belongs to an earlier and earlier time period, she almost watched this chalk city build from scratch. Many times, She was sitting at the desk in this room, quietly reading or writing.
Occasionally the girl will look up out the window, watching the roads gradually expand on the plain, watching the city walls and buildings rise bit by bit, watching the golems and engineers like busy ants Running back and forth like a group...
Even she helped out a little bit, but also to practice some simple magic tricks that she just mastered.
is basically like this. Although it’s been a short while, I can’t say that I have any feelings or nostalgic feelings, but Yukinoshita is still very familiar with this exquisite magical city of the gods.
It's just that she also found that it seems that after her dream, the world has passed for a long time, so that the city and her latest impression are still completely incompatible. It can only be said that the general outline still impresses her, but the details of various styles have obviously changed a lot.
The empty rails between the towers, as if the whole city is an amusement park, these are the design of multi-loop roller coasters that surround the whole city...
Hot air balloons and huge airships are under the clouds, not to mention dense, but the number is not small at all, some seem to be patrolling, some are hanging banners or loudly repeating some news...
The huge bipedal dragon is constantly taking off and landing. On the turbulent White River, there are steam ships going back and forth. The sharp whistle makes a sound like a stone, but there is no billowing smoke. As an iconic sight...
On the plains outside the capital, there are also endless stretches of railway tracks. The railways meander out from four different directions, taking the capital as a starting point and heading into the distance, all the way through the plains, forests and The wheat field disappeared from sight.
——Unconsciously, has it become like this?
——So it seems that, considering the construction speed of the city at the beginning, it can be roughly inferred that after he left, this person stayed in this world for at least two years...
Well, more than two years...
Yukinoshita stroked her long black hair, she could feel the presence of the person behind her, and knew that the other party had been trying to ease the atmosphere from the beginning, but she still didn't want to turn her head at all mean.
After all, her mood has never improved... Rather, from just now, her mood has gotten worse and worse.
She just observed very seriously, but not because she was very interested in the chalk city, very curious, or had other feelings, but with a subtle mentality, she was collecting various The information and clues that will help her make judgments, trying to comprehensively restore the "fact" truth.
In simple terms, when many girls have doubts about a man, they will immediately transform into Sherlock Holmes, their IQ has exceeded 200, and they can detect all kinds of the most inconspicuous clues in minutes, so as to make All kinds of reasonable logical reasoning, instant insight into the truth.
- Well, that's probably the state.
It was also because of the very careful observation of the situation, through the changes and development of the chalk city, that he deduced the information he wanted to know, so Yukinoshita became more and more depressed.
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The atmosphere in the room froze unknowingly, and she noticed that the low pressure on the girl with her back to her became more and more serious, like a blizzard blowing from the extreme north, both cold and thorny, Xia Ran felt that it was true trouble.
is really not very good. Although Yukishita-san said "why am I angry, it's all your business" before, and he acted very cold, but now it seems that it is simply wrong. The words of the heart...
She was just angry, and still very, very angry.
Although it was different from what he expected, Yukinoshita Yukino seemed very calm, and did not make a fuss out of proportion, but reacted extremely quickly, thinking calmly, and relying on his own insight to infer in advance the truth.
But that doesn't mean she accepts it, and it doesn't mean that she really doesn't have any thoughts in her heart.
I'm still too naive...
also specifically hinted at Sanae just now, which made Miss Miko have a whim, and wanted to investigate the prospects of the faith market in this world, and asked her to take Mordred away, leaving the space and opportunity for the two of them to be alone.
I thought it would be easier to solve this crisis in the future, but until now, Yukinoshita-san hasn't said a word to him.
is not good, very bad, this is the worst case. After all, if Yukinoshita-san gets mad at him, it would be much better than the current stiffness...
Xia Ran knew that she had to take action now and absolutely couldn't delay it, but the question was... what should I do? Although this incident seems to be a turmoil caused by Mordred's "daughter", the essence should never be superficial.
Blindly explain what he didn't do?
to reiterate that Mordred really has nothing to do with himself?
Or cut off relations with this cheap daughter after making a promise?
Forget it, these are definitely not the right choices, or simply add fuel to the fire.
Because of this incident, it is not because of this incident. Although it is strange to say that, it is true. The problem is not about Mordred’s relationship with himself, but caused by it. out of...
The girl's anxiety and sense of crisis.
quickly sorted out his thoughts, the magician coughed, and said again: "Student Yukinoshita, we need to have a good talk..."
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Of course, it's not that easy.
"Yukishita-san... Please don't ignore me, can't you hear me?"
A black line appeared on Xia Ran's forehead. This kind of uncooperative performance is very annoying. "Just so that the plot can continue, can you give me a small arrow to continue the conversation?"
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"Xueshita... uh, Yukino?" After thinking about what happened not long ago, he tentatively called out the girl's name directly, but Xia Ran found that this time, she didn't seem to be touched by the girl, and the other party seemed to have resistance.
Well, you forced me... Xia Ran took a deep breath, and then——
"Yue Nao?"
"Yue Nao?"
"Yue Nao?"
"Snow..."
Next, the same voice echoed in the room, over and over again, he repeated Yukinoshita's name, as if he had understood the essence of human beings, as if he had become a repeater.
I don't know how long it took, but the girl finally had a reaction. Her thin shoulders trembled slightly, her hands hanging down beside her unconsciously clenched into fists, and her knuckles were pinched so hard that they turned white, as if they were Difficult to endure what emotions.
Generally speaking, if this is not emotionally moved, then it should be suppressing some anger.
The magician carefully looked at the girl's changes, and suddenly felt that he had seen the light of day. It must be because of the former. She was finally moved by him... So he became more enthusiastic, and continued to repeat in a low voice, harassing the other party without hesitation.
Finally——
"Enough, enough! Shut me up!"
Yukinoshita endured very hard, but she couldn't help it no matter what, her anger broke through her threshold little by little, and she finally turned around angrily and said through gritted teeth.
She felt like she was going to die of madness, is this the only way this guy can think of? So, how did this piece of wood provoke so many girls? Are those girls blind? !
"Thank goodness, I know that sincerity is the best way to do it..." Xia Ran breathed a long sigh of relief, a confident smile appeared on his face. is the kingly way.
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"I don't want to talk to you! Can you respect my personal space and keep a distance of at least 12,756 kilometers from me!"
The girl tried her best to restrain her emotions, but her chest was rising and falling sharply. After a while, she managed to maintain her usual somewhat icy expression as much as possible, and glanced at him icy coldly, with no tone of voice. He said with a slight hesitation.
but with a hint of gnashing of teeth.
"...Why is it 12,756 kilometers?" Xia Ran frowned.
"Because the diameter of the earth is only so much!"