Lost Narrative Poetry

"Yukoshita-san, this is it, come in! This is the room you used before... You have indeed lived here for a year."

Reaching out and pushing open the closed door, there was a room decorated in a girlish style. Xia Ran walked into the center of the room, stood there and looked around, nodding with satisfaction.

Then he turned around and faced the girl who seemed to be hesitant in the corridor outside, showing the most simple and friendly smile: "How is it? Do you have an impression?"

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There was no response. The girl with long black hair and straight hair turned a deaf ear to him. She just stood outside the door and looked at the scene in the room with complicated eyes. She just looked at it for a short while, and then walked straight in.

And he still passed by the magician as if he didn't see him, as if he didn't exist at all, and looked around the room to himself.

Yukinoshita looked here and there in the room. The indifferent expression on her face became somewhat softer without even realizing it, and a familiar feeling welled up in her heart unconsciously. A strange feeling.

Familiar because she is so familiar with this room. Basically, it can be said that every piece of furniture and every decoration was personally selected and purchased by her. It is simple, yet just right, clean and tidy with a hint of elegance. A touch of homely warmth.

Strange because she always felt that this was an experience she had experienced when she was dreaming. No matter how clear her memory was and how real her feelings were, it was still in the form of a dream. It was not as real as reality. There seemed to be a hazy layer in the middle. Estrangement and awkwardness.

But now, this sense of estrangement and awkwardness is gradually dissolving.

The boundary line between reality and dream seems to be confused at this moment, and they are no longer distinguishable from each other. The unfamiliarity that was not much in the first place is quickly disappearing, leaving only a sense of familiarity, which is what she was in her dream. The experience accumulated in the past.

This is naturally a very strange feeling, but it is also natural. Let alone Yukinoshita Yukino, anyone will feel this way when they come.

Because the scene in the dream... appeared in reality, it felt like fantasy and reality were intertwined and eroding each other.

The girl with long black hair and straight hair walked to the familiar desk and stared at the scene around her quietly. She didn't know if she was distracted or something.

After standing for a long time, Yukinoshita slowly stretched out her slender white fingertips and gently touched the notes and books stacked on the table.

The desk also looked very neat and spotless, as if it had been used not long ago.

She also had many impressions of the contemporary books and parchments on the table, and they were not completely unfamiliar to her.

Because these things are all kinds of reading materials that she used for reading and entertainment, or for studying and studying when she was here before. Most of them are of the occult type, including knowledge about magic, mysteries, curses, etc. There are also some books or volumes on local customs, local experiences, biographies, etc.

It was very interesting, and it also made her life very fulfilling during that time. Her understanding of the world became very detailed in an invisible way. Even though most of it was only on paper, it was still very good.

Thinking of this, the girl subconsciously reached out and pulled out the top notebook, opened it and took a look, then pursed her lips slightly, and the wonderful feeling emerging from the depths of her heart became even stronger.

This is a book of her reading notes. The beautiful handwriting written in it, every word and every word, is written by her own hand...

Even though she couldn't remember them all, she could still recall some of the impressions from that time as long as she looked at any page in the notebook.

Moreover, the handwriting is clear and legible, and it still carries the smell of ink and a faint fragrance, as if this note was written not long ago...

——Sure enough, it’s not a dream…

——It’s all true…

"You should have an impression by now, right? Yukinoshita-san?"

The magician behind the girl spoke again and said with a smile, "I haven't let anyone touch this room since you left. Only Charlotte comes to clean it often... Can you see if it's okay? "

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There was still no response. Yukinoshita just glanced at him calmly, put down the notebook in her hand, and looked away lightly.

Xia Ran twitched the corner of her mouth.

In fact, this has been the case from just now. Even if Mordred and Sanae Tofugiya have temporarily left the team, Yukinoshita's attitude and reaction have not changed at all. Silence is golden as before. look.

Well, to describe it as silence is golden is probably not that appropriate.

Because to be precise, she completely ignored Xia Ran's existence and acted like she had nothing to do with me... However, a certain kind of chill and low pressure was definitely emanating from her body. .

"It seems like something extraordinary has been triggered. If this continues, it will be a Bad End..."

The ignored magician smiled helplessly, stood there with his hand on his chin, and began to think very distressedly and seriously, muttering to himself in a low voice, but just enough for the girl to hear him. Talking to yourself——

"By the way, can I read the file? Can you give me a chance..."

"..." Yukinoshita didn't say anything, her face was still calm, as if she hadn't heard this person's voice at all.

She walked away from the table and came to the window sill next to her, folding her hands unhappily and looking into the distance.

Outside the window, one can see the blue sky, with white clouds of different shapes floating leisurely from one side to the other, blown by the wind. Above the sky, the wind is singing like a song.

Under the sky, there is an endless and fertile plain, with the rushing White River coming from afar and flowing around the royal capital in the center of the plain. The Chalk City was very prosperous and huge, even in modern times it was a large city.

Various buildings are neatly lined up in rows and rows. Although there are no modern skyscrapers or reinforced concrete elements, it is in a sense even more amazing and advanced because this is the 5th century AD.

Who could imagine--

The graceful fountains that gushed in the broad squares and fragrant gardens, the graceful trees that lined the wide streets, the flowerbeds and cobbled streets, those radiant and beautiful places. Onyx palaces and marble towers...

How could such scenery and planning appear in this era?

There is no doubt that this is an exquisite city, as if it is a mysterious kingdom that can only exist in fairy tales. It is the favor of the gods, and it is an otherworldly miracle that the gods will be moved by.

Yukinoshita stared at the city seriously, carefully distinguishing which scenery was familiar to him and which scenery was unfamiliar to him.

Because the time she spent in the "dream" was relatively early, she almost watched this chalk city being built from scratch. Many times, she was sitting there. In front of the desk in this room, read or write quietly.

Occasionally, the girl would raise her head and look out the window, watching the roads gradually expand and extend on the plain, watching the city walls and buildings rise little by little, watching the golems and engineers coming and going like a busy ant colony. run……

Even she helped out a bit, also to practice some simple magic tricks that she had just mastered.

That's basically it. Although they are separated not long ago, and there is no feeling of affection or nostalgia, Yukinoshita is still very familiar with this exquisite Magic City of the Age of Gods.

But she also found that it seemed that a long time had passed since her dream, so that the city and her latest impression were still completely inconsistent. It can only be said that the general outline still left some impression on her, but the various style details have obviously changed a lot.

The empty rails between the towers are like the whole city being an amusement park. These are the designs of multi-ring roller coasters that surround the whole city...

Hot air balloons and huge airships are under the clouds. They are not densely packed, but their numbers are not small at all. Some seem to be patrolling, and some are hanging banners or loudly announcing certain messages...

Huge bipedal flying dragons are constantly taking off and landing. On the turbulent White River, there are steamships going back and forth. The sharp whistle makes a sound that penetrates gold and stone, but there is no billowing smoke as a symbol. The scene...

On the plains outside the royal capital, there are also many endless railway tracks. The railways snake out from four different directions. Using the royal capital as a starting point, they run into the distance, passing through plains, forests and wheat fields, and disappear. At the end of sight.

——Has it become like this without realizing it?

——It seems that, combined with the initial construction speed of this city, 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...enough for a lot of things to happen...this, that, all kinds of things...

Yukinoshita smoothed her long black hair. She could feel the presence of the person behind her and knew that the other person had been trying to ease the atmosphere from just now, but she still had no intention of turning around.

After all, her mood has never improved... It would be better to say that from just now, her mood has become worse and worse.

She had just observed very seriously, but it was not because she was very interested in, curious about, or had any other feelings about the Chalk City. Instead, she had a subtle mentality and was collecting all kinds of things that would be helpful for her to do. Provide information and clues for judgment and try to comprehensively restore the "facts".

To put it simply, when many girls have doubts about a man, they will immediately transform into Sherlock Holmes. Their IQs have exceeded 200, and they can detect all kinds of the most inconspicuous clues in minutes, and thus make all kinds of reasonable decisions. logical reasoning and instant insight into the truth.

——Well, that’s probably the situation.

Precisely because he observed the situation very carefully and deduced the information he wanted to know through the changes and development of the chalk city, Yukinoshita became more and more depressed.

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The atmosphere in the room solidified unknowingly. He noticed that the low pressure on the girl with her back turned became more and more serious. It was like a snowstorm blowing from the far north, both cold and stinging. Xia Ran felt that things were really in trouble. .

Sure enough, it's not good. Although Yukinoshita-san said before, "Why should I be angry? It's obviously all your fault" and acted very coldly, but now it seems that it was just a lie. Well……

She was simply angry, and 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. Instead, she reacted extremely quickly, thought calmly, and relied on her own insight to deduce the truth in advance.

But this doesn't mean that she accepts it, nor does it mean that she really has no idea at all.

I am still too naive...

Just now, he specifically hinted to Sanae that the miko lady had a sudden idea to investigate the prospects of the faith market in this world, so she took Mordred away, leaving the space and opportunity for the two of them to be alone.

I originally thought that this crisis could be solved relatively easily, but until now, Yukinoshita-san has not said a word to me again.

It's not good, it's very bad, this is the worst case scenario. After all, it would be much better if Yukinoshita-san was angry with him than being so stiff now...

Xia Ran knew that he had to take action now and could not delay it any longer, but the problem was... what should he do? Although this matter seems to be caused by the "daughter" Mordred, the essence should not be superficial.

Are you just trying to explain what you haven't done?

To reiterate that Mordred really has no real relationship with him?

Or will you sever ties with this cheap daughter after making a solemn promise?

Forget it, these are definitely not the right choices, or they simply add fuel to the fire.

It started because of this incident, but actually it was not because of this incident. Although it is strange to say this, it is indeed the case. The problem is not at all about the relationship between Mordred and himself, but what is caused by this... …

The girl's uneasiness and sense of crisis.

After quickly sorting out his thoughts, the magician coughed and spoke again: "Yukishita-san, we need to have a serious talk..."

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Of course, it's not that easy.

"Yukoshita-kun... please don't ignore me. Can't you hear me?"

A black line appeared on Xia Ran's forehead. Such uncooperative behavior was very troublesome. "Just so that the plot can continue, can you give me a small arrow to continue the conversation?"

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"Yukikinoshita... uh, Yukino?" After thinking about what happened not long ago, he tentatively called the girl's name directly, but Xia Ran found that this time the girl didn't seem to be touched at all, and the other party seemed to be resistant. .

Well, you forced me to do this... Xia Ran took a deep breath, and then——

"Yukino?"

"Yukino?"

"Yukino?"

"Snow……"

Next, the same voice echoed in the room. Over and over again, he was repeating 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 reacted. Her thin shoulders were shaking slightly, and her hands hanging by her sides were clenched into fists unconsciously. Her knuckles turned white when she squeezed them hard, as if she was struggling to endure it. What mood.

Generally speaking, if this person is not moved to the point of uncontrollable excitement, then he should be suppressing some anger.

The magician carefully observed the girl's changes, and suddenly felt that he had seen the light of day. It must be because of the former that she was finally moved by him... So he became more energetic and continued to repeat in a low voice, harassing the other party tirelessly.

finally--

"Enough, enough! Shut up!"

Yukinoshita tried very hard to endure it, but she couldn't bear 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 almost mad to death. Was this the only way this guy could think of? So, how did this piece of wood attract so many girls? Are all those girls blind? !

"Thank God, I knew that sincerity leads to gold and stone..." Xia Ran let out a long sigh of relief, and a confident smile appeared on his face. At this time, he had to fight hard, and decisively pretending to be stupid is the way to go. .

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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 hard to calm down her emotions, but her chest was rising and falling rapidly. After a while, she tried her best to maintain her usual cold expression, and glanced at him with a cold look, without any fluctuation in her voice. said.

But there was still a hint of gritted teeth.

"...Why 12,756 kilometers?" Xia Ran frowned.

"Because the diameter of the earth is only so much!"