Lost Narrative Poetry

The sun is gradually rising higher and higher, and the heat of midsummer is gradually showing its power.

The oil cicadas also began to chirp, and along with the heat wave began a new round of loud chorus today, which disturbed people.

The distant scenery is also obviously distorted and refracted by the steaming heat.

But only on the shore of the Lake of the Wind God, there was a shadow cast. The cloud in the sky seemed to have been motionless for a long time, as if it was nailed to its original position by some force.

But no one could notice this. The streets and roads were filled with the chirping of cicadas and the sound of passing vehicles, making it seem bustling and lively.

But as time goes by, there will definitely be fewer and fewer pedestrians, because if it is really not necessary, no one will choose to go out on foot during the hottest period...

Just like this, on the bank of the shady Lake of the Wind God, facing the cool breeze blowing on the lake, and listening to the chirping of cicadas, Yukinoshita sat by the lake in a daze, listening to the stories of the people around him.

The heat wave and the chirping of cicadas, which were originally annoying, had no impact. They could only quickly recede like the tide and become a pure background. It seemed that only she and the boy beside her were left in the whole world.

Although she had just felt very angry and angry, she did not make a move in the end and tried to push someone into the lake to drown her. After she recovered her mood, she listened carefully to Xia Ran's explanation and learned about her weird... What is the long dream about?

From what the other party told her, she knew that she had indeed had a very long dream last night, and that the dream was created by the other party himself...

This made the girl feel better, because it meant that the experiences in the dream and getting along with this person, whether it was studying, taking risks, or traveling around the country, etc., all happened.

It is a very precious memory, not some unrealistic or false fantasy.

And in the dream, it seemed that a full year had passed...

No matter how you say it, this is a very novel experience, so much so that Yukinoshita Yukino is still a little dazed at this moment, and even has a vague feeling of being separated from the world. She feels a very unreal feeling.

On the real time scale, the real yesterday seems to have been a long time ago, so that when the girl just woke up, she was a little unclear between reality and dreams. After all, it was too lacking in reality.

Dreams are the continuation of reality, and reality is the end of dreams.

This is why she seemed a little flustered in the morning, completely out of calm, and lost her sense of proportion, because she had never encountered such a thing before, and it was really strange.

Until now, Xia Ran personally admitted that the whole thing was his doing, as well as most of the clear memories in her mind...

A lot of occult knowledge that was just memorized by rote, knowing it but not knowing why, seemed to suddenly have a flash of inspiration after just taking a nap, and I have mastered it to the point where I can really understand and apply it...

And some magic tricks that seem to have developed muscle memory and movement habits...

Without exception, all prove this.

It was indeed a dream, but it was also a fact that really happened, not a fantasy.

only……

"But why is it limited to one year?"

Yukinoshita came back from her trance, and the distant chirping of cicadas and the background also returned to her world. She lowered her head and thought seriously for a moment, and finally asked directly, with a look of confusion on her face. color.

Such a dreamy experience is simply an alternative reinterpretation of "Alice in Wonderland". No matter how cold Yukinoshita is, she is still a girl with a girlish heart, so naturally she feels relieved and her mood changes. A lot better...

But even so, the girl still has doubts, that is why this experience is only limited to one year?

If this person can achieve this level, then his experience of "Wandering in Wonderland" should last longer, right? Maybe it's not impossible to participate in the whole process, but why only one year...

Well, this is actually not the point. The real point is that according to the information she currently has, in that weird world where the timeline is the fifth century AD, and it is unknown whether it is a parallel time and space or a historical mirror, Xia Ran is definitely not just It looks like I stayed there for a year or two.

So, who knows how many more hookups he hooked up with during the period of time that she wasn't able to notice... Well, she means who knows what else he did?

Just thinking about it, the girl felt that her mood, which had just improved a moment ago, suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy.

So annoying!

This is not because her suspicion is out of control, but the situation is really not optimistic at all. Let’s not talk about someone’s own thoughts. After all, there are times when Yukinoshita herself is so angry that she feels so angry that her chest hurts. She wonders who is blind enough to fall in love with this guy...

But it just so happens that some girls around this guy do have ideas.

As a blind person, seeing such a scene, Yukinoshita felt really heartbroken. What is so good about this person...

In addition, considering that the strange girl in the palace skirt she saw this morning was no less inferior to the immortal-looking young master of the Huan Meng Realm not long ago, it was actually normal for her to have doubts.

Could it be that after just one year, he was tired of it...

And then you don’t want to hinder him from hooking up with others, so this situation will happen, right?

Yukinoshita's mood became more and more complicated. Her eyes were fixed on the boy opposite, waiting for his answer.

"It's very simple, because human beings have limits. Yukinoshita-san, think about it. In reality, you just slept for a while, but you gained a whole year's worth of memories out of thin air. This actually puts a huge load on your brain. It’s very important, it’s such a truth…”

Xia Ran sat cross-legged on the edge of the lake, staring at the blue lake surface where the gentle ripples were set off by the breeze, and the ripples spread in circles, and she seemed to be very comfortable and said leisurely.

"The human brain is not a computer after all. Unlike a computer that can remember all data information and copy every byte exactly, people will only remember some important features and keys, and the rest Unimportant information will be gradually forgotten..."

People's brains can continue to function for nearly a hundred years because the brain can continuously organize memories and forget "useless memories". So the average person shouldn’t remember what they had for dinner a week ago. This is because everyone is organizing their brains unconsciously.

The leaves of every street tree, the faces of every person in the crowd, the shape of every raindrop falling from the sky...

If we remember everything thoroughly, down to the smallest detail, and without distinction of importance, then human beings will not be able to survive.

"This is your current situation. According to my calculations, one year should be the most suitable time..."

The magician turned to look at the frowning girl and smiled softly, "Because as long as the unimportant information is filtered out in general, the remaining memory is just enough for you to sleep and have a dream. The extent of it..."

Therefore, according to his precise calculation, one year is the most appropriate time.

"Is that so..." Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly. She did not rush to refute, but thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.

She remembered that she had spent a year in the world in her dream, but it was not three hundred and sixty-five days, every minute and every second of every day, and all the records from beginning to end were clearly remembered. Just like my past life——

I clearly remember how much time I spent, but those are the only specific memories I can recall, no more, no less.

"I see……"

She said this calmly, but her frown did not relax. It was obvious that although this reason was reasonable, it was not enough to convince her.

To be precise, this was not what Yukinoshita wanted to ask at the beginning.

"Classmate Xia Ran!"

At this time, a clear voice came from behind the two people.

The magician turned around and saw a girl wearing a blue and white miko uniform walking from the main hall of the shrine opposite the Lake of the Wind God.

There are white patterns on her skirt and a black tie. She has long, smooth, green hair with snake and frog hair accessories. Her hair is twisted into a strand with a white snake on the left side. Both are from Moriya Shrine. A symbol of the gods enshrined in it.

"It's Sanae, why are you free to come here today?"

He waved his hand and responded with a hearty smile: "By the way, haven't you been preaching during this time?"

Well, he specifically checked the reference points of his memory to confirm the time progress in the real world. Although it is indeed still during the summer vacation, Dongfeng Valley Sanae seems to have been busy this summer vacation.

Because the two gods have not yet seen the prospect of faith feedback in the dream game plan, they are based on the thoughts of "no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat", "a little more is a little", and "everything comes" Guidance, but still unwilling to give up the belief market in Gensokyo.

Not only do you have to grasp it with both hands, but you also need both hands to be strong. At least you can't put all your eggs in one basket, right?

If the dream game plan fails, then at least we have to ensure that there is Gensokyo, the last private land, which can provide the two gods with not only enough faith, but at least enough faith to maintain their livelihood...

Although Suwako is the only one who really needs faith, her situation is really not optimistic——

Because her faith is gradually lost, until she can no longer acquire any new faith, she can continue to exist now, but she is only resting on her previous gains.

However, there will always be a day when the old man has nothing but nothing left to eat. According to the current situation, she can no longer support it for much longer.

——It will take about a hundred years at most. If there is no improvement, Suwako will really disappear. The situation is extremely urgent!

Therefore, Kanako, who knew that time was tight, never gave up the idea of ​​preaching in Gensokyo and then collecting faiths. Ever since Moriya Shrine moved in, she has been carrying out missionary work, but the effect is really not good.

The main reason is that Sanae Tofudani, a high-ranking shrine maiden and the spokesperson of the gods, is in a sense even less dedicated than Reimu Hakurei——

She was still a freshman in high school and spent most of her time at school. When she came back in the evening, it was often already evening. In Gensokyo, even electricity has not yet been widely spread, and the kappas' desperate efforts to sell it have not been able to change the social ideology of the human world...

Working at sunrise and resting at sunset, this is the life pattern of most people in Gensokyo.

Sanae's time was almost perfectly timed with theirs, so naturally she couldn't make much progress. It wasn't until her summer vacation not long ago that she finally got busy, running around Gensokyo all day long. .

"Yeah, I'm really tired during this time..." The blue and white miko came over, her little head nodded repeatedly, and at the same time she looked at the two people alone by the lake with some curiosity, "But today Kanako-sama said it's okay rest for a day……"

Sure enough, here comes another one.

Yukinoshita stood up, sighing silently in her heart, and at the same time glared hatefully at someone next to her. However, she still showed a polite smile to Sanae-san, but it was very light.

But it also fits her usual character, because just like her name, the girl is like cold snow.

Sanae has long been used to it and knows that this girl has such a personality, so she doesn't suspect anything.

"Oh, really? You can take a day off..." Xia Ran said a little carelessly. He also stood up, reached out and patted the non-existent dust on his clothes, as if he wasn't surprised at all. , "Is it because there is another banquet today?"

"Eh? Classmate Xia Ran, do you know?" The blue and white witch was stunned for a moment.

"I know, after all, Zi is peeping today..." the magician said calmly, "I must know about the newcomers, and according to the tradition of Gensokyo, this matter must be treated grandly, with a banquet or something..."

Well, every time someone joins the card pool...oh, no, it's a new character who appears in Gensokyo. In order to show the solemn treatment and acceptance of the new person, there will always be a banquet.

But I don't know if it's because there were too many banquets. I always feel that this kind of treatment doesn't express grandeur at all, but seems very perfunctory... Xia Ran thought about it and felt that maybe it wasn't her illusion. .

But no matter how perfunctory it was, it was still necessary, so after thinking about it, he felt that this cutscene was indispensable.

After all, he is his disciple, no matter how cheap he is, he is the only true one...

"Well, has someone joined Gensokyo again?" Sanae Tofudani seemed a little shocked. She just knew that there was another party today, but she didn't know the specific reason, and she didn't ask... Mainly because she felt it was unnecessary -

Although her time was short-lived, she also withstood the baptismal bombardment of the banquet frenzy every now and then, and subconsciously believed that there was no need for a reason at all to hold banquets.

"Yes, one of my students..."

Xia Ran nodded, looked around and found that the shrine was empty, and then remembered that they were all still in their own inner universe.

"Then I'll go and inform them now... Yukinoshita-san, do you want to come together?" Xia Ran turned her head and looked at the long, straight black girl, and extended an invitation enthusiastically.

"Well, let's go together. I'll call her sister later..." Yukinoshita Yukino's expression was as plain as usual, and there was nothing special about it.

Then she seemed to remember something, hesitated for a moment, then cleared her throat and said: "But if possible, can you take me to that world to see it? I want to... see that tower in reality. , and that world..."

As she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller, while she shifted her gaze to one side.

"Of course." The magician responded without thinking.

"What world? What are you talking about?" The blue-and-white miko lady beside her was a little curious, looking back and forth between the two of them, with obvious eagerness to try in her eyes.

"Hey, this..." Xia Ran blinked and looked at Miss Yukinoshita. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to say anything at this time.

"..."

"..."

"Then let's go together..." After the long and straight black girl was silent for a while, she said calmly, as if she didn't care.

In fact, she subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she hesitated, and in the end she was too thin-skinned and had no choice... After all, if she really wanted to do this, wouldn't it be equivalent to indirectly admitting to Sanae that she and the person next to her really had nothing to do with each other? ?

Perhaps with this thought in mind and feeling that the miko lady might notice that something was wrong because he had been silent for too long, Yukinoshita's eyes wandered and he continued to add in a very calm tone:

"It's nothing shameful anyway..."

"puff!"

This is simply superfluous.

Xia Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then saw the girl's eyes that wanted to kill someone, so she quickly stopped her smile, nodded her head seriously, and said in agreement: "That's right, there's nothing shameful anyway. Things..."

Even though he said this, the smile on his face could not be stopped.

Yukinoshita-san is really cute.

Next to her, Dongfeng Gu Sanae's expression was a little strange, and her eyes looking at the two of them became more subtle.

"Okay, okay, ready - let's go!"

The magician raised his hand with a smile, snapped his fingers, and the three people disappeared into the air by the lake at the same time, as if they had never appeared before.

…

…

The towering Tower of Glory stands deep in the land of Britain, reaching into the sky and overlooking the surrounding area.

In the space on the top platform of the topmost tower, the figures of three people appeared at the same time.

"Okay, here it is..."

Xia Ran said, and the next moment, he saw a familiar figure with blond hair and blue eyes pushing the door open and coming in.

"Father...Father? You, are you back?"

Mordred was stunned at first, then filled with joy and anticipation——

"Father...oh no, where is mother?"