Lost Narrative Poetry

Summer has come to an end and it's the last day of August.

The scorching summer heat has not completely receded, but the early autumn grasshoppers have already begun to chirp. The breath of autumn must be coming soon.

Sitting on the edge of the Lake of the Wind God, watching the setting sun in the distance, the magician looked calm. His mood was much better now. This was the case sometimes. After all, keeping everything in your heart was actually very unhealthy. of.

You have to vent it out...

So after giving Michael a beating, Xia Ran felt completely comfortable, refreshed and clear in her thoughts.

That archangel is indeed brave and good at fighting, and has an indomitable golden spirit. Or should I say he doesn't know how to give up? Anyway, we had worked together for a while, even though it was an extremely long time ago, but Xia Ran also knew how difficult Michael was.

But it's not a troublesome thing, anyway, all his former mentors were imprisoned by him.

Now throwing one more Archangel into a private prison will make no difference.

There is no movement on the other side of heaven, but it is probably because of the different concepts of time. After all, it has only been a few days, so naturally there will be no response so quickly. If it takes a while, someone should come. Need someone.

He hoped that Gabriel would come over. In his opinion, only this archangel could communicate. If Michael symbolizes "fire", so his temperament is extremely fierce and warlike, then he is in charge of "water" Gabriel has the completely opposite temperament.

"Lord Xia Ran..."

The sound of soft footsteps came from behind, interrupting the magician's thoughts. Sitting by the lake, he glanced behind him and saw a blue suit. Nine huge furry tails behind him were swaying back and forth as he walked. The Nine-Tailed Strategist Walked towards him.

"It's Lan, what's the matter..."

Xia Ran sighed. Zi left decisively and neatly. Since he had left Gensokyo directly, he naturally wouldn't say that he would take Yakumo Ai with him.

It was precisely because of this that he felt even more worried. Can she really take care of herself?

"Master Yuyuko is here again, saying that she is very concerned about Master Murasaki's current situation..." Yakumo Lan pondered for a moment, but chose to speak out directly.

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"I think she just used this reason to eat and drink in an open and honest way. There is no way to care for others that will not fail three meals a day..." The magician sighed, feeling quite headache and helpless. .

Probably because it was too sudden, Saigyouji Yuyuko was unable to prevent Yakumo Murasaki from leaving that day. Afterwards, she decisively came to ask questions. At the same time, she was very concerned about her friend's situation. At that time, this undead princess was indeed sincere. .

But after a few more visits, her friendship deteriorated——

After all, knowing that Xia Ran has been paying close attention to Yakumo Purple's movements, even in the endless distance of time and space, for him, it is always within reach, able to watch at all times, and can reach across The kind that has passed through countless universes to bring it back.

In fact, the safety factor is no different from that in Gensokyo and the magician's world.

As soon as this point was made clear, Yuyuko naturally breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved. After that, her attention naturally noticed other things... As a result, her concern for her friends completely deteriorated, and she still remained the same these days. Insist on coming to the door on time every day for meals, just to see how Zi is doing.

Well, eating is just a casual thing.

The main reason is that every time I come here, I happen to run into her. Lady Yuyuko is just too kind to refuse. After all, she is very approachable and never knows how to refuse invitations from others, so that’s all she can do... There’s really no way around it.

"Lan, go and tell her that nothing happened today...well, it was just a fight, but there's no problem."

Looking away, Xia Ran let out a long sigh. He knew the whereabouts of Yakumo Purple, and of course he knew what the monster in that realm had done today.

"Master Zi, had a fight with someone?" Yakumo Lan became a little nervous.

"Yes, it was actually a one-sided bullying of the children. It cannot be said to be a fight... It was just that the fragments of something fell into her hands, and then the brave team came to recover them. But you also know that Zi's character , she has always been the only one who steals other people’s things..."

The magician said casually.

Of course, there may be something similar to what happened when he attacked Michael before, that is, he was originally in a bad mood, but someone came to provoke him blindly, but the other party couldn't beat him.

What a good punching bag. If you don't seize such a free sandbag and give it a beating, it would be a shame for such a good opportunity.

"That's good……"

Yakumo Lan let out a long sigh of relief. She was worried that Master Zi would have an accident if she wasn't around. Now that Master Xia Ran said this, she felt relieved.

Well, I don’t really feel reassured, because maybe for a magician, his vision is far-reaching and all-seeing. Viewing three thousand worlds is like viewing three thousand dusts, and things that are infinitely distant seem to be happening right next to him. Former general.

But Yakumo Lan didn't know. She only knew that Master Zi had left this world, and she didn't know where he went. In short, it was an extremely far distance in time and space, and she even feared whether we would ever see each other again in this life.

These were all things that made her panic and extremely uneasy.

After all, I care about a person very much, but I don’t know what the other person’s current situation is. All the news is learned through other people’s reports... It’s not that I am suspicious, but I still feel uneasy after all. Yakumo Lan hesitated and cautiously He opened his mouth and asked:

"Master Xia Ran, do you plan to continue like this?"

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"No plan." Xia Ran stood up and patted the non-existent dust on his body, "Don't worry, there will be no problem. Lan, you will see Zi again soon..."

"Can I ask, Sir Xia Ran, what are you going to do?" Yakumolan asked seriously.

"Ahem, this is being kept secret for the time being, but don't worry Lan, leave this matter to me, just don't worry about me doing the work..." The magician coughed lightly, vaguely detailing the details, and at the same time using his sincere eyes. He looked at Yakumo Blue.

Yakumo Lan suddenly fell silent, and the expression on his face froze slightly.

I can trust you to do things?

No, no, no, I don’t feel at ease even if I leave it to you. Why is it like this now? Don’t you have a little bit of Hercules in your heart?

But after a moment, the fox demon girl seemed to realize that this was not good, and she quickly forced out an awkward yet polite smile.

"Okay, okay, it's getting late. Let's go back to eat. Let's talk about anything tomorrow..." She probably didn't expect that her credibility had been overdrawn to this extent in Lan's mind. Xia Ran could only Be able to decisively change the topic that is not good for you.

Of course he knew what he had to do, but he had no good solution for the time being. He could only take it one step at a time.

But it's not easy to say this to Yakumo Blue.

Although it is said or not, there seems to be no difference.

"Tomorrow..." Yakumo Lan twitched her lips. She also looked up at the setting sun in the distance, "The sun hasn't set yet. Sir Xia Ran, it's not time to have dinner so soon..."

"Is that so?" Xia Ran blinked, stretched out her hand and gently pressed in the direction of the slanting sun.

Then.

Under the stars and moon, the magician's long hair was flying in the night wind blowing from the lakeside. He waved his hand and turned around and walked back in the direction of the shrine: "Okay, let's go, go back, lakeside It will be windy at night, be careful to catch a cold..."

"?"

A question mark slowly appeared on Yakumo Lan's head, is there such an operation?

Returning to the living room of the shrine, Xia Ran found that the Fengzhu girl with long green hair was also sitting there. For a moment, she thought she had gone to the wrong door and did not turn from Gensokyo on the inside to the outside. The world - after all, he lives on the outside, and Sanae lives on the inside.

"Xia Ran, school starts tomorrow. Do you want to go to school together..."

I don’t know if it’s because of these days of recovery that Dongfeng Gu Sanae’s attitude has become natural again, or if she is still pretending to be calm and speaking with a smile in a pretentious and generous manner. It seems that she no longer has the same attitude as in the first two days. Embarrassment.

Or both, with the latter accounting for more of it.

After all, strictly speaking, she also took advantage of the opportunity of "the law does not blame everyone" to express her hazy girlish feelings. Although she was not like those girls with deep bonds, her speech time was not even Less than half a minute.

Even if I mustered up the courage to go on stage, stammered a long sentence in one breath, and ran away without expecting a response.

But this kind of thing has made the pure Sanae-san feel embarrassed for a long time. She is probably slowly recovering now. At the same time, she also feels that continuing like this is not an option. If she keeps avoiding it, it will only become more deliberate and deliberate. Awkward.

So I just came over and extended the invitation on the last night of summer vacation.

Pretend like nothing happened before.

"sure……"

Xia Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

It’s not like we have never gone to school together before. Although both sides go to different schools, we can still walk together on the road ahead.

The vacation is finally over, and he feels that this should be a new starting point, and something must be done to clean up all this mess...

——Let’s start from tomorrow.

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The next morning.

As she walked into the long-lost school gate, the girl with long black hair and straight eyes asked, "What are you going to do? Are you going to pretend that nothing happened?"

She didn't say much during the whole journey, and she looked obviously preoccupied. On the tram, she kept replying to each other, so as not to let the scene go cold, but she was obviously distracted. .

Only now did he suddenly speak.

"I would like to pretend that nothing happened, but the problem is not what I think, but what they think, and..." The magician sighed, then took a serious look at the girl's expression, and then paused after looking away. Come down and say nothing.

Yukinoshita tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't understand what he meant. After a while, she showed a faint smile and stared straight at him with her beautiful eyes.

"I...you..."

The girl murmured softly. She seemed to want to formulate words, but she didn't know how to express what she meant. She hesitated for a moment, and finally raised her eyes to look over, observing his reaction while reaching out her hand.

Um?

Xia Ran raised her eyebrows and glanced at the girl walking side by side.

She deliberately looked away and looked straight ahead. Her cheeks were dyed a light pink, but she pretended to be nonchalant and walked forward with a somewhat stiff pace.

"I know."

She said so.

"Is this a declaration of sovereignty?"

Xia Ran glanced at the holding hands in a funny way, and then looked around. Although it was still early in the morning, many students had already entered the campus one after another. After all, the long summer vacation was over, and today was the first day of school. one day.

Ordinary people would not rush to campus at the last moment just in time for the class bell to ring.

At this moment, I don’t know how many people looked over in astonishment. Although they had always thought that it should be like this before, but...but...

Such a high-profile public announcement still makes many people feel a sense of shock.

There was no response until she walked to the front of the teaching building. The girl with long black hair let go of her hand, hugged her schoolbag tightly, and flew away as if running away, leaving only the magician's lovely back. , making the latter laugh dumbly.

He looked at his palms, then ignored the gazes of everyone around him looking for the truth, and Shi Shiran also walked into the teaching building.

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Returning to the familiar yet unfamiliar classroom, Xia Ran sat down in her long-lost seat, looking at everything around her, feeling as if she was in another world.

"Classmate Xia Ran...are you okay?"

An Yilun, who had arrived in the classroom early, had a complicated look on his face. He hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but turned around, looked at the magician, and asked cautiously.

"No problem, what's wrong?" Xia Ran looked at Ito-san and showed a sunny smile, "Speaking of Ito-san, why did you just leave shortly after you arrived a few days ago? It's so disrespectful. Didn’t even eat much…”

"Hahaha, that..."

An Yilun also smiled dryly. Who could bear the atmosphere at that time? When it comes later, the air will freeze, okay?

He was still a little uneasy, and carefully observed the other person's expression: "As long as it's okay, it's okay, classmate Xia Ran, I think... well, this... the point is the love of life, there are no obstacles that can't be overcome... …”

He tried hard to talk about some chicken soup for the soul, but he really didn’t have this experience, so what he said was a little stumbling.

"Yes, yes, I am full of love for life now. I am going to work hard and polish as many works as possible this year..." The magician nodded repeatedly.

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"Yes, is that so..." An Yilun also tilted his mouth. This does not seem to be something that a person who is full of love for life can say. Why does it feel like he has an antisocial personality online and is ready to take revenge on society? ?

"Good morning, classmate Xia Ran, ah, and classmate An Yi."

At this time, the girl who walked in from outside the classroom greeted the two of them in a normal way, and came to her seat and sat down.

"Ah, good morning, Kato..."

"Good morning, Kato-san..."

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"What's wrong?" Kato Kei tilted her head in confusion, looking at the two boys who fell silent at the same time.

"It's nothing, it's just Kato, your attitude has not changed at all compared to before..." Xia Ran twitched the corner of his mouth. "Obviously something like that happened before, don't you even remember it?"

"Remember." The girl nodded matter-of-factly.

"So why don't you act a little shaken?"

"Well, this... because if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a big deal." Kato Megumi showed a slightly less pale look, and seemed to think about it seriously, and then she said so calmly.