Proposed by the most beautiful you in the world [Comprehensive]

Alice walked for a long, long time, she was very tired, but for some reason, she couldn't get to the end.

Her feet were bare, and she had no shoes, so she could only let her rough and dirty soles step on the garbage pile that was not much cleaner than her own.

This place is... weird.

It is the appearance of the invisible sea of ​​garbage on the periphery of Meteor Street, which has not changed in the slightest.After struggling to climb over the mountain of rubbish, she stopped for a while and looked up to the sky. Her face hidden under the smudges was pretty, but her eyes were extremely confused and lifeless.

This is not "Meteor Street", at least, not the one she lived in...

Because, Alice who stayed on Meteor Street couldn't see it.

She hadn't seen the light for a long time, and even the dim, dirty garbage made her feel kind when she saw it.

Moreover, she still remembered—should not long ago, before she passed out with severe pain, her legs could not move.She suffered a very serious injury. Before that, her foot was still hurting, but now, not only does it not hurt, she can still walk and even run.

Therefore, Alice, who can see and walk, must be in the "Meteor Street" in the dream.

After thinking for a long time, the little girl named Alice finally realized that she was in a dream.

No loss, no fear, unexpectedly——she was extremely happy.

Run in the middle of the rubbish mountain with your legs that can't move in reality, and don't dislike the environment here at all.While running, she looked around curiously with eyes that were invisible in reality. She jumped up and down, and then ran into the depths of the endless garbage sea.

I don't know how long it took, she stopped and took a few breaths, she was tired from running.

Finding the top of a garbage mountain, Alice happily sat on the broken TV set planted on the top as a stool.

"Ah... so quiet..."

Holding his chin, he sighed with emotion.

"It's too quiet..."

The bright eyes blinked slowly, and she suddenly hugged her legs.

Seen from a distance, the girl is sitting alone on the top of the rubbish mountain. Whether she looks to the left or right, she is the only fresh life in this sea of ​​rubbish.

So quiet, so lonely.

"anyone there?"

The elongated shout had just left her lips when Alice suddenly remembered.This is her own dream. In Alice's dream, which has been alone for a long time, no one else will appear.Even if there is, it is a blurry phantom.

Yes.The lonely girl rested her chin on her knees, her expression gloomy.

Even if you call, there will be no one...

"—I found it, I found it, so it's here."

Alice: "?!"

Just when she was depressed, there was an abrupt voice that definitely did not belong to "here".

"This broken place is too big. Even in a dream, it's a little troublesome to find someone... Okay, okay, Al, you have to believe me, I didn't make excuses to delay time."

The voice appeared again, and the distance seemed to be much closer.

Alice hadn't fully digested the unimaginable surprise, she was so surprised that she even forgot to blink.

In the girl's light-colored eyes, there was a touch of white mixed with a little other colors, soft... something that seemed incompatible with Meteor Street.

——Ah, it turned out that it was the corner of a big brother's clothes that he had never seen before.

The big white-haired brother with a gentle smile and wearing a cumbersome robe appeared magically in front of Alice.

"Hello, sweet little lady."

This big white brother also has a gentle voice.But Alice stared at him blankly, but somehow felt like she didn't want to talk to him.

With Alice's current age, combined with her experience, it is probably difficult to accurately describe why she has this strange feeling——

"Frivolity", that's right, what makes the perceptive girl can't help but be vigilant is the unscrupulous frivolity that seems to be shining all the time on the flower magician named Merlin.

Although the magus himself had absolutely no other intentions other than talking to the girl.

Well, after saying hello, he also made his debut, but why...the person he greeted didn't respond at all?

"........."

Alice's blank eyes only stayed on the face of the white-haired magician for a short while, and then, ignoring the extremely shocked expression of the person concerned, she silently looked away.

To be precise, look down.

As I mentioned in advance, Alice sat on the top of this garbage mountain, and the only thing that could let her down again was a slightly sloping steep slope.

Appearing suddenly—no, the magician who appeared here lightly was not down-to-earth. This cunning man repeated his old tricks and abducted the same innocent person with almost the same reason.

He just let this person carry it with no psychological burden, and the soles of his shoes did not touch the ground at all.

"It's not impossible to let me go by myself, but in that case, the clothes will get dirty. What, you said this was in a dream? Hahaha I didn't hear you clearly?"

All in all, he was actually being carried by someone, and then he talked to the frightened Alice as usual.

But now, the girl who ignored the magician moved her gaze down, finally stopped, and the person who looked straight at it was the one who was bullied by the flower magician.

"blue……"

From the girl's mouth, these two abrupt words were spit out gently.

This is the "other" color she saw just now, mixed with white. It turned out to be someone's long hair hanging in front of him.

"According to the time in reality, it is still night. So, good evening, master."

The man with an exceptionally soft color finally spoke, blue hair scattered around his face, unable to cover a smile that was softer than hair color, softer than anything Alice had ever seen, although only at the corners of his lips. A faint touch of it.

Alice was completely stunned.

After a long time.

"I... I heard your voice!"

She yelled suddenly.

Unbelievable excitement flooded her heart, the girl almost jumped up, threw herself in front of that man, and hugged him driven by an unexplained strong sense of intimacy.

She was so thin that she could barely wrap her arms around this man's waist, but she didn't need to worry about it.

"I've... seen you too! No, I haven't, but—"

She couldn't help but speak incoherently, but everyone present could roughly guess what she wanted to express.

"Yes, from that moment on, I have been waiting by your side, Master."

The man spoke again, speaking in what Alice thought was the best voice in the world: "With the help of Merlin, we have our second meeting now."

"I'm extremely sorry! Master, not only did I do a wrong thing, but I also tarnished your pure wish..."

Alice asked: "What's wrong? Big brother, why do you have to apologize to me?"

Sure enough, this apology was too sudden for the girl, because she knew nothing about what happened outside.

But for Ellie, the person who asked Mr. Merlin for help and took a lot of effort to get here, he couldn't put his mistake on hold because of the master's ignorance, procrastinate, or take it as a matter of time. never happened.

If you made a mistake, even if you didn't realize it in advance, you should apologize as soon as you realize it, and at the same time take measures to make up for the mistake as soon as possible.It is a very simple and simple truth, and he has always insisted on it and practiced it.

"Then, let's start from the beginning."

"In order to fulfill Master's wish, I planted flower seeds at the place where I met you..."

The sown flowers bloomed as expected.

Beautiful, pure, exuding life and hope.

However, this is only the surface.

The sea of ​​flowers, which deceived everyone with its appearance, continued to expand, and when it was finally discovered, it had swallowed nearly half of the area of ​​the sea of ​​garbage.

Meteor Street is not just a street, on the contrary, its actual scope is quite wide, comparable to an independent country.Even if only half of the sea of ​​garbage is swallowed by the sea of ​​flowers...but that half is already quite terrifying.

The rhizomes extending from the sea of ​​flowers are still spreading outwards. According to this trend, after a while, all the sea of ​​garbage will be swallowed up by this strange sea of ​​flowers.If it continues, the scope is likely to expand to the interior of Meteor Street, and even, as time goes by, it will expand even more——

The flower of hope is actually a flower of evil in a beautiful shell, which only produces evil results.

All the lives close to the sea of ​​flowers will be swallowed by the flowers of evil, even those with powerful mind abilities in this world will not be spared.If it is not controlled, it will cause disastrous consequences.

"That's the way it is, and I feel very guilty."

"Ah...it sounds really bad. Although the environment of Meteor Street is not good at all, it is dirty and smelly, but if it is swallowed up all of a sudden - garbage, as well as the people living here .I'm like, I'm not going to be happy."

Alice murmured half-understanding.

"Then, what is Big Brother going to do?"

"This is the purpose of my coming here today. It's a bit difficult to say, but I must get your permission, Master..."

silence.

silence.

Then, he spoke with an extremely heavy heart:

"I want to burn all the flowers I planted."

"Not at all?"

"...Yes, the magic flower that does not belong to this world cannot stay here."

"Okay, big brother, let's do it like this."

Alice said: "It's a pity that I couldn't see the flowers growing on Meteor Street, but when I think of such a terrible thing, I won't feel regret immediately. Big brother, don't be sad."

The master I met this time was undoubtedly a kind girl.

Airlie thanked her for her understanding, but couldn't forgive herself for the mistake.Burning the sea of ​​flowers is just the beginning, after that, there is more important follow-up work to be done.

However, he came here for another purpose.

In a dream far away from reality, Ellie made a solemn promise with the girl master.

"I will return to Meteor Street after the follow-up matters have been dealt with."

"At that time, we have to plant normal flowers of hope that can really grow on Meteor Street for Master. Please wait here for a while, when you wake up from your dream in the future, I guarantee that there will be the most beautiful flowers Surrounded by your side."

"That's right, Miss, just wait here and look forward to it slowly. Al has basically never failed in the things that Al pulls himself together and wants to accomplish seriously."

At the end of the conversation, Merlin, who had been listening for so long, interrupted with a smile.

"It just so happens that I have nothing to do, so I can stay and sit with you for a while and tell you a story or something. But before you sit down and tell a story—" The flower magician finally stood on the ground, and the bottom of the staff gently Tapped the litter they were standing on.

In an instant, whether it was Ellie, who had become accustomed to it, or Alice, whose eyes widened involuntarily, their eyes were dyed with a layer of colorful and changing colors.

The first brilliant flower clings to the feet, and then, the second, and the third - countless flowers scramble to break through the ground, bloom to the extreme, and spread out mightily, like undulating gorgeous flowers. blanket.

The miraculous magic released by the flower magician himself is the real flower sea that meets people's expectations.

"Come on, sit down, Al has gone back. Miss, how about I tell you the story of the king?"

"Hey, I don't want to hear the story of the king, I want to hear the story of the big brother. Which big brother?"

"...Okay, that's okay. The protagonist of the story is switched from the king who is never picky eater to the idol of the new generation who is loved by everyone, our cute and beautiful Magic☆Ellie——"

……

—Burn it up, all of it.

When he said this to the servants, there was still no strong tone of command.

The flames danced in the depths of the unwavering eyes, at first there were only sporadic spots, but soon, sparks jumped into the seemingly endless sea of ​​flowers that could constitute fuel, and it was like a fish in water.

The piercing and noisy endless creaking sounds gathered from near and far are the screams of the flames.

"Understood, master. Your heart has been firm, without the slightest bit of reluctance or hesitation, and thus proved that our previous worries were all..."

extra.

The young sage who lives as an adjudicator is waiting by the Master's side. If you listen carefully, you can find that in addition to the most easily found comfort to others, there is also a mixture of surprise and joy in his voice.

What a surprise, more "perfect" than the fantasy extended from the poem.

In Amakusa's heart, that's how she thought over and over again.

Just like the inner monologue before the boy said: the name "Airlie", for everyone who reads that love poem, without exception, has become a distant and strange "symbol" that can't help but yearn for .

Intellectually, I do not want to believe that in a complex and filthy human group, there will be such a unique individual of beauty and purity.

Emotionally and eager to believe, because the young man who loves and loathes human beings has witnessed countless wars caused by the dark nature of human beings in just a few decades due to accidents. He has to deepen his disgust and feel desperate ——Because of his inability to redeem human beings who have been judged to be incurable.

So, in such a desperate and painful transition period, because of an absolutely unexpected accident, he saw that "symbol" that he couldn't believe would really exist.

——master, can you prove it to me?Yes, this cannot be called a test, but a proof of my uncontrollable desire. After all, as a follower, I have not tested your qualifications.

——Prove to me that you are a real person, not a symbol or phantom piled up by the beauty that I can't find but want to get.

"Yes, that's right, it's really great. I absolutely agree with the master's decision."

Amakusa felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

Finally determined. "He" is a living life that really existed, and it is indeed the wonderful treasure that King Solomon praised with affection.

To meet this standard, it is obviously not enough to have a beautiful but extraordinarily hollow shell...

"Oh, such a large area, thousands of kilometers—maybe more than that, when will it burn."

Ellie sighed. Even if they, as Heroic Spirits, took care of everything by themselves, they would probably be exhausted due to the serious lack of magic power.

But then again, he wasn't discouraged at all.When he thought of the very exciting steps, he couldn't help but patted Berserker's stiff arm. Of course, he avoided the thorn——in view of the fact that the wheelchair was to be transferred to Alice who was still asleep, he just He was held by Cu Chulainn.

"However, to make a decision by myself, it is still such an imposing decision... It feels very novel, and I am a little inexplicably happy."

His current state is indeed a bit abnormal. Putting aside the constant guilt and looking at it alone, it is a bit exaggerated, and it can also be described as "a little excitement hidden under a serious face".

This should be regarded as a decision he made resolutely out of his own will, without being forced or struggling.

Although he had reported it to the master beforehand, he vaguely felt that this was still not exactly the same as what he had encountered before.

There is a feeling of relief... I don't know why.

"That's right, Ruler." Backed by the strong and powerful Berserker, Ellie turned around to talk to Amakusa, as if he didn't hear the gritted teeth, "I'll throw you to the ground if you mess around again."

"Those people who were swallowed and spit out by our flowers, do you know where they are now? Before you leave, you still have to apologize to them."

He didn't notice that when the words fell, the man who held him up glanced at Ruler with a cold and mocking gaze.

The white-haired boy was still smiling, his brows soft.

"I don't know exactly where it is, but I should have already left. Regarding this, please rest assured that Berserker and I have already apologized to them before."

Ellie was slightly incredulous.

The skeptical part, of course, is that Berserker is going to apologize - get that out of the way, and he doesn't question the rest of what Ruler said.

"That's right... But, let's wait."

Although he would not question it, his stubborn characteristics inevitably emerged again.

The flowers and leaves are still being burned, and thick black smoke is rising in front of them without stopping.Airlie waited expectantly while clearing away the seemingly delicate flowers that had grown because of him.

There is so much movement here, and people nearby will definitely come over to investigate the situation when they see it.At that time, I could always talk to them, apologize, and discuss how to make up for it.

That's what Ellie thinks.

However, after waiting for several days, most of the vast sea of ​​flowers was burned by them, but no one showed up.

Ellie was very surprised, and he just didn't believe in evil, and searched the area closest to the people on Meteor Street beyond the sea of ​​garbage, but the result was still the same.

There is really no one here, and it may have moved to a more inward place.

Only then did he regretfully give up the idea of ​​continuing to wait.But then he thought, after they get rid of the magic flowers that forced the aborigines to leave, those people will definitely come back if there is no threat. If they want to apologize, there is always a chance.

That's why he put all his energy into cleaning up the sea of ​​flowers.

a.

The flower field in front of them turned into scorched earth amidst the creaking screams, and where Ellie was, the magic flower lost the ability to fight ferociously, and only melted into the blazing fire in front of their eyes.

Cu Chulainn picked up Ellie, and Ruler pushed Alice's wheelchair.

"Next, go and recycle the sold magic flowers, and then destroy them. We still have a lot to do."

Before leaving, Ellie looked back at the endless scorched earth.

"Come back when it's all done—"

They walked forward, leaving the dark and scorched earth behind, and in the depths of the distant scorched earth, the "Elysee" that once lived was getting farther and farther away.

However, it wasn't just pitch-black scorched earth underfoot.

There are also greedy people who have been concealed until now, and who can never let "him" know, come here with great malice...the ashes of their bones.

*****

Elysee has not been open for half a month.

Half a month, a full fifteen days-enough to cause a great shock in society.

disturbed.

noisy.

Although all unstable emotions can only be posted on the Internet, judging from the amount of posts and replies that almost paralyze the exchange forum, the turmoil is not far from developing into reality...

However, this is the time.

The online store homepage of Elysee Flower Shop, which had been silent for many days, changed in an instant.

The "fans" all over the world connected by the Internet also got the news at the first time.

It turned out that there was a new announcement on the interface of the main site.

On the announcement, it was written——

"Our store will hold a formal meeting for the outside world. Specific time: January [-]th, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm. Location: Kent City, xx Hotel."

"Customers who have spent in our store can use the flowers they bought in the past as admission tickets to enter the venue, and the owner himself will definitely be there."

meeting?

A flower shop wants to hold a meet and greet?

This is really unbelievable... If this is just an ordinary flower shop.

—The shopkeeper himself will definitely be there.

All eyes were focused on this sentence.

After a long silence, the world fell into madness.