Lost Narrative Poetry

Passing through the Great Hakurei Barrier that separates common sense and non-common sense...

The air ripples like a curtain of water...

The scene in front of me is also suddenly enlightened...

The location of the shrine seems to have not changed, the huge Lake of the Wind God is still there, and the afterglow of the sunset is still the same, but... they are two completely different worlds, there is no doubt about it.

It's also on a mountain, by a huge lake, but at the bottom of the mountain you can vaguely see the outline of the city, the neat buildings, the rows of skyscrapers, the tram tracks in the distance... and so on, to name a few. The scenery has disappeared.

Instead, there are vast virgin forests, with ancient villages rising one after another with smoke from cooking stoves. The crops on the fields rise and fall with the evening wind, creating waves, and the uneven field ridges separate pieces of land like country roads... …

There are many, many more farther away——

For example, a vast bamboo forest.

For example, a large lake filled with mist.

For example, I don’t know if it is reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, showing a golden sunflower field, which is so beautiful that it is dazzling.

There is no trace of the red dust and fireworks of a modern city. It seems as if we have traveled directly to some ancient time and space. If it were not for the lively banquet being held in the open space in front of the shrine, the participants were all dressed in bright colors and styles. Fashionable, not retro...

Then maybe it really gives people such an illusion.

"No matter how many times I come here, I always find it so magical..." Yukinoshita Yono looked at the surrounding environment with interest and sighed with interest. "Sure enough, this world must have miracles and magic to be interesting..."

"I thought you were used to this place."

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't look away and said in a calm tone.

Although she was a little reluctant, she had to admit that her sister was really outstanding. She was the kind of person who could shine no matter what the environment, at any time, she was like a superman.

After all, it took her a while to gradually accept this magical world.

But as for Yukinoshita Haruno, except for the day when she was directly faced with the shattering of her worldview, she inevitably showed some sluggish thinking and confusion... After that, it seemed that just one day later, she had directly changed her worldview. The adjustment is in place.

Just like now, maybe Haruno-san knows more about Gensokyo than her sister...

"How could it be? If I really got used to it, you would be unhappy again, Yukino..." Miss Yangno looked at her sister deeply and said this with a hint.

"Why should I be angry?" Yukinoshita-san frowned.

"Who knows, let's go and see--" Yukinoshita Yono chuckled and was about to step forward, but her words stopped abruptly.

"What's wrong?" the girl with long black hair asked in confusion. She subconsciously looked in the direction of her sister's gaze, and then narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Well, how about we..." Miss Haruno turned to look at her sister with a slight hesitation, wanting to say something, but she found that her reaction was a little slower, and Yukinoshita-san had already seen her there. One scene.

"Nothing, we'll just go there."

The eyes flickered slightly, but there was no special change in the girl's expression. She just said something lightly.

Huh? Yukino's reaction seemed a little strange... Miss Yangno blinked her eyes, was this the calm before the storm? But it looks like it doesn't look like it.

Could it be that something happened during his absence and their trust seemed to have increased again?

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"Actually, I also know that this matter is inevitable...but..."

Liu Mengli showed a sad look, her eyes were red, and her eyes were filled with tears. As she said, she actually made up her mind that day to shoulder the responsibility and leave with her mother to find a way out for her people. when.

She already understood that maybe the separation that day would be forever, and they would never see each other again for the rest of their lives...

However, she understood that it was still difficult to accept such a cruel thing emotionally, because she was not mentally prepared at all - who could have known that such a thing that was destined to happen would actually become a reality not long afterward. an established fact.

"I understand, I understand...but Miss Liu, please wipe away your tears first."

Xia Ran nodded repeatedly and comforted her in a low voice.

In fact, he also had a lot of emotions. After all, that was someone he knew and was familiar with. Of course, it was impossible to say that he really had no feelings at all. But the focus now was to appease Liu Qianjin's emotions first... because starting from just now Something wasn't right anymore, and the atmosphere at the banquet had changed.

It can't be said that all kinds of laughter and laughter have disappeared, but it has obviously become much weaker.

It seemed that the air had become quiet unconsciously.

From all directions and even from the sky, all kinds of strange gazes were cast towards Xia Ran, converging on Xia Ran, as if they were going to burn him through. The emotions contained in them were meaningful, very different, or curious, Either excited, disdainful, or thoughtful.

At this moment, probably only those girls who are indifferent to this and immersed in their own world, or those who know nothing, are ignorant, and innocent Loli girls, are still not paying attention or not noticing the atmosphere of the scene. Subtle changes.

The former is like Feng Jian Youxiang. The Queen was just drinking wine by herself, looking at the scenery between the mountains from a distance. Everything within a diameter of three meters around her seemed to be covered by her usual low pressure. There, no one dared to come near.

The latter are a group of little lolita headed by the strongest people in Gensokyo like Cirno. They are ignorant of the world and naive. They are also only immersed in their own world and only focus on their own affairs, so they are still talking about it. Phew, chasing and playing with a smile.

It can be said that most of the laughter at the current banquet scene comes from the roar of these young loli girls.

but……

This did not effectively make up for the stiff atmosphere of the scene, but made it even more bizarre!

The magician's scalp was a little numb. He was actually worried about such a thing just now. Now it seems that it's not that he is worrying too much, but that it is really necessary! Facts have proven that humans are not the only ones who have the desire to gossip or watch the excitement.

"Miss Liu..."

While taking the tissue from Charlotte, he carefully handed it to the sad-looking girl.

However, Liu Mengli did not raise her head. She just lowered her head and cried silently. This incident really hit her a bit hard, or rather, it was ridiculously big.

Suddenly, like a dream, in the blink of an eye, it is a thousand years old. The voices and smiles of my former friends are still vivid in my mind. It was obviously not long ago... But now, in fact, it has changed. Things have changed, people have changed, and everything has ceased. , like a nightmare...

"Miss Liu, let me tell you, please don't cry first. If others don't know, they might think I'm bullying you..."

The magician sighed, he had never encountered such a troublesome thing before.

He doesn't dare to turn his head and look around now, because he can know without even thinking that there are countless people looking at him at this moment, with different expressions and eyes. The only thing in common is that they look at scum. The contemptuous gaze...

Well, of course, it's possible that I'm suspicious and nervous, or maybe they're just waiting and watching out of curiosity? He only uses himself to save others, so he feels that he is receiving strong onlookers and being despised by everyone at this time...

Xia Ran thought this with a guilty conscience, comforting herself that the situation was not particularly bad.

He naturally understood that this was a normal situation. After all, it was hard not to think of the current scene. After all, a girl looked sad and shed tears, while the man beside her spoke carefully. But the more he said it, the more the girl cried miserably...

Why can’t people relate to such a scene?

If things go wrong, there may even be many people who have already begun to perform the drama in their minds in the direction of the bloody drama at 8 o'clock!

You are really such a scumbag, you must be bullying people! That must be the case!

With such random thoughts, Xia Ran couldn't help but twitch his lips. He looked at Liu Mengli who was in a state of despair. He had never seen this girl who was always calm, calm and generous could be so sad.

Sighing helplessly, he raised the tissue in his hand and put it against the girl's crystal clear cheek——

"what happened?"

At this time, a calm voice came from the side.

The magician turned around and saw that a straight-black girl in casual clothes had come to the long table. Next to her was Miss Haruno, who had a smile so cheerful that it was like a mask solidifying her smile on her face. She was just like her. The name seems to radiate light and warmth like the sun wherever you go.

Although it is a protective color, although it is a mask for disguise, if the mask is worn for a long time, it is actually a real face.

"Well, there are actually very complicated reasons for this..."

Xia Ran hesitated for a moment and replied.

"Oh, let's wait and see..."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded in understanding. She took a step forward, stretched out a white and slender hand, spread her palm flat upward, and said in a calm tone:

"Give me the tissues."

"Ah, no, no, no, I have the nerve to trouble you, Yukinoshita-san..." The magician reflexively raised his other hand and waved it, and said modestly.

"You really don't need to trouble me?" Yukinoshita stared at him calmly, her tone and voice unchanged, as calm as before.

"..."

"..."

"Oh, actually I just said a few polite words, but I still want to trouble you, Yukinoshita-san, please..."

Xia Ran coughed lightly. He finally reacted in time and found that his behavior seemed a bit inappropriate, so he gently placed the tissue he was holding on the girl's still flat palm.

Then, he looked in the direction of Miss Yangno next to him, and found that the sister's smile suddenly seemed to become brighter and brighter. After paying attention to his gaze, he also tilted his head and gave him a gentle smile. Blinked one eye.

It seems that the relationship between these two people is as stable as ever, and Xiao Yukino is also extremely stable. In fact, she really doesn't have anything to worry about.

Miss Yangno breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but at the same time she also felt a little uncomfortable. In this case, wouldn't her role as a sister become smaller and smaller? The younger sister began to trust and rely on another person.

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quickly.

Liu Mengli's mood improved a lot, although the smile on her face was still too sad, and her eyes were still a little red, which did not go away so quickly.

The two Yukinoshita sisters also knew what was going on, but at the same time they didn't know what to say. This is indeed a very sad thing. No wonder this girl is so sad.

"Miss Liu, you'd better look away..." Yukinoshita Harano hesitated for a moment before speaking to comfort her. Even she was at a loss for words, mainly because such a matter itself is a very heavy topic. With.

If it doesn't concern you, you won't be able to empathize with it.

Therefore, no matter what outsiders say, it has no meaning. If they talk too much and are too flowery, there will be a suspicion that standing up and talking is not a pain in the back... In addition, she is not familiar with the other party, so she can only say this Dry words.

"Thank you, Miss Yukinoshita...Actually, I knew what I knew when I left that world."

Liu Mengli gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and showed a sad smile.

"Perhaps the fate between people is destined... When God wants to take it back, he will not wait even a day or a moment... No matter how deep the feelings are, no matter how sincere the concern, there will still be a day when we are separated... In the end, how can we survive the separation of life and death..."

"this……"

Yukinoshita Yono opened his mouth and suddenly smiled helplessly. Is this really the huge gap between himself as an ordinary person and these inhuman beings?

It seems that there is not much age difference between them, but why does the other person have such a deep understanding of life? Miss Harano is indeed far more mature and steady than most of her peers, but she is only "stable".

——But the other party’s perception is simply “heavy”!

——How can this compare? !

"I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have said this..." Liu Mengli seemed to have reacted. She shook her head with a smile and said softly.

"This is nothing..."

Miss Yangno shook her head repeatedly. She was moved for a moment. This beautiful girl with a fairy-like appearance was really amazingly beautiful. Especially at this moment, her red eyes and sad eyes made her smile... It's very beautiful, but it's also really distressing.

Even though she was also a girl, she couldn't help but feel a pounding heart at that moment.

It’s really too foul!

"Speaking of which, is there anything that can be done about this matter?" Yukinoshita Yukino, who opened her mouth several times but said nothing in the end, finally couldn't help but ask such a question.

Her clear dark eyes stared at Xia Ran.

She didn't know when or why she formed this inexplicable concept, which made her subconsciously feel that this person seemed to be omnipotent. No matter what the problem was, he had a way to solve it.

"This is something that happened in another world, and thousands of years have passed..." Xia Ran spread his hands, saying that this was indeed beyond his ability. "Resurrection from the dead is not difficult, but There are certain restrictions.”

"Isn't it difficult to come back from the dead...?" Miss Yangno's mouth twitched slightly.

Although she had long known that the non-human world corresponded to various non-common sense things, various non-scientific examples, and even illogical phenomena were possible, she still couldn't help but feel that this person It's too perverted.

"Actually, there is no need to do this, Mr. Xia..." Liu Mengli shook her head, smiling with red eyes, "The rise and fall of all spirits is common sense, and matters of life and death are also natural. You don't need to do this, I'm just …It’s just that I suddenly heard the bad news about my old friend, and I had mixed feelings in my heart…”

"Is that so?" The magician looked at her deeply and nodded gently.

In fact, people are irrational. Although they know this is the truth, there are still many people who cannot accept it. If there is a chance to redeem it, then they will definitely follow their own hearts willfully instead of staying rational.

Arturia knew that Britain would perish from the day she drew her sword, and she thought she accepted it.

Finally, when that day came, the king of reason, the king of perfection, burst into tears and refused his own salvation. He was determined to use the power of miracles to change history and reverse the tragedy, and he was absolutely unwilling to accept such destruction.

That's basically it.

The same was true for Liu Mengli, but she knew very well that the matter was indeed irreversible and did not want to embarrass herself, so she said this.

After being looked at so deeply by the magician, Liu Mengli smiled bitterly and said softly: "I'm sorry... I... I may be really not in the mood right now, so I'll go back first... Miss Ouyang, there's no way I can help you." , but I am still very happy to see you again..."

"Yes, I understand, Miss Liu."

Ouyang Mingzhu, who had been silent all this time, nodded gently. Of course she could understand, so she would not be displeased.

After nodding goodbye to everyone, the girl with a clear and dreamy temperament turned and left the venue with a bitter look, her back looking lonely and desolate.

"..."

"..."

The atmosphere was slightly silent.

"Aren't you going to see her off?" Yukinoshita Yukino looked away and asked in a low voice.

"No, what she needs most now is to be left alone..." Xia Ran shook her head, then looked around at the venue, and found that the atmosphere was still a bit strange, silence occupied most of the air, but at least it was not as stiff as before. .

None of the girls at the scene were ordinary people. As long as they were careful, they could hear it clearly from nine streets away, let alone such a small distance.

So naturally everyone understood what was going on, and no one looked at Xia Ran like a scumbag anymore.

It was as if the frozen air was slowly thawing again. Although the banquet scene did not become lively immediately, it did become normal again, not as weird as before——

Think about it, night falls, the evening breeze blows, and in the open space in front of the shrine, a large group of people are silent, just staring at the long table in the middle, listening to the grief of a girl... What do you think of this scene? How weird, it can really make people's scalp numb.

"By the way, shouldn't I tell her this news..." The magician breathed out and withdrew his gaze.

"This kind of thing...it's actually better not to hide it." Miss Yangno shook her head, but her view was completely different.

"Maybe..." Xia Ran sighed again, and then saw a somewhat uneasy Mordred, walking towards the direction of himself and others.

"Father..." Mordred had been extremely uneasy and fearful from just now, because as the sun set, the night gradually deepened, and the person she wanted to see the most still did not show up, which made her inevitable became more and more panicked.

If Xia Ran didn't have something else going on here, she would probably have been unable to hold herself back and would have come over to ask what was going on.

Does his father hate him?

Did she not want to see herself and deliberately refused to appear?

Is it, is it, is it...

Of course, she couldn't hold back now either. As soon as she saw Xia Ran had some free time, she came over immediately. There was inevitably a trace of panic in her voice trying to be calm, as if she had been abandoned by her parents. Like a little girl.

"F-Father, father, father--?!"

The pupils shrank suddenly, and Miss Yangno felt that her heart almost skipped a beat.

She subconsciously turned her head to look at the sister next to her, but found that the girl was biting her lower lip tightly, but it didn't look like she expected, for example, she couldn't believe it, couldn't accept it, and so on. It's more like I'm a little annoyed that this happened, but there's nothing I can do about it.

wait wait wait! No way!

Because the sky was too dark and the candlelight was not very clear, Yukinoshita Yono could not see Mordred's iconic blond hair and blue eyes walking towards her from a little distance away. She took a breath of air, and her mind almost instantly A terrible thought occurred to me.

Could it be Yukino's...