poor magician

so cold……

I couldn't help rubbing my hands. I was only wearing a thin hospital gown. The patient by the window was dressed very warmly. You can tell from the fact that he was so hot that he tried his best to blow the cold wind by the window.

The ward is not too noisy, although there are four patients living in me, but everyone has little communication, and it is even more impossible for someone like me who is not good at words to be noisy.

I couldn't help but shrink back into bed.However, the quilt is also very thin, and the cold protection effect is also negligible. It can only be said that it is better than nothing.

"bell……"

It's my phone ringtone.

Reluctantly, I reached out to touch the phone, took it under the quilt and pressed the answer button: "Hello?"

"...Mingyun."

"Crimson River? What's wrong?"

"That...you should be mentally prepared..."

"What's the matter?"

There is a bad feeling.Feihe hesitated like this, probably something big happened.

"...tell me." I took a deep breath.

"Your father..." Fei He paused, "Not here anymore."

The phone slipped out of his hand uncontrollably.It was as if I had been struck by lightning, and my mind became a mess, and my whole body froze in astonishment, not knowing what to do or think.

After a while, I picked up the phone again with trembling hands, saw that Feihe hadn't hung up the phone yet, so I held it to my ear: "...it's a lie."

"it is true."

It's true... ah.

"Mingyun? Mingyun, don't scare me..."

I hung up the phone, curled up in bed and didn't want to say a word, and didn't want to do anything.

If only it could be isolated from the world.I thought so.

But unfortunately, I couldn't stay in the empty bed world all the time. The day when I was discharged from the hospital came soon, and Feihe came to pick me up to the outside world.

I don't want to see the splendor of spring anymore.My father always took me to walk this street since I was a child. I watched it change from season to season, and grew up little by little.

Now it leaves me with nothing but grief.

Later, I planned to leave here. First, I didn’t want to hurt the scene, and second, I wanted to place my hope on magic.

I've also practiced magic in school, but it's just scratching the surface.I thought maybe there was some hope left for me in this field that I didn't fully understand.So I borrowed some books about magic from the library, knowing that after death, the soul will go to the underworld, or remain in the world as a wraith.

At least I want to know the cause of my father's death.I asked Feihe, she shook her head and said she didn't know, and told me not to pursue this matter.But how could I do it.My father who has supported my efforts for so long, I will never let him leave without knowing why.

I have heard of the Demon Race before, so I plan to go there first.Their powers may be able to help me.

The demon territory is far away from here, I can't even remember how many vehicles I have been in, my head is a little dizzy.

I turned on the navigation on my mobile phone, but I didn't know where to go or how to communicate with other people for a while, and I was still at a loss after dragging my luggage for a long time.

I came across a vending machine and couldn't help but stop.Because to be honest, I was indeed a little thirsty after walking for so long, so I took out a few coins from my pocket and planned to stuff them in, but accidentally let one of them slip quietly to the ground.

I was about to pick it up, but another person touched the coin first.

"Here you are!" She put the coin into my hand.

Opposite was a little girl who looked to be in her twenties at most, wearing a dress and a long coat, with a rather cute face.

"Thank you..." It's rare to meet someone who looks easy to talk to, and I quickly seized the opportunity to ask while stuffing coins into the vending machine, "Do you know where there is a hotel or something..."

"I know! Probably just turn a few corners and go this way," the little girl pointed to a certain direction, "Or I will take you there? I happen to have time."

"Can I? Thank you." I took a sip of the Coke that fell out of the vending machine, and then hurriedly bowed to her.

"Don't be so exaggerated..." The little girl seemed a little embarrassed, "Let's go."

I chatted with the little girl casually on the road, and I knew her name was Jinque, and I also told her that my name was Mingyun.Jinque gives people the feeling that they are easy to get close to, and they are the kind of people who are easy to impress others.After a while, she took me to the hotel and said that the boss here had a friendship with her, and she could just ask if there was anything she needed.

I thanked her again.I thought Jinque and I only met once, but I didn't expect that I would meet her again in the hotel on a sunny afternoon.

She seemed to be looking for a chat with the boss, just when I was about to go out, she came over to talk to me.

"Mr. Mingyun!" Jin Que waved at me, "How are you living these few days?"

"Not bad. How have you been lately?"

"I'm very good!"

"Really, that's good." To be honest, I haven't found any useful information here for a few days, so I decided to try to ask Jin Que to see if she knows anything, "Jin Que, do you know anything? Is there a way to find the souls of dead people?"

"Impossible." Jin Que said, "Normal death is going to the underworld. The underworld is not accessible to ordinary people, and resentful spirits can't be formed casually... Has Mr. Mingyun lost anyone?"

"...It was my father. He passed away suddenly, and the cause of death is unknown..." I couldn't help feeling a pain in my chest.

"Did you die in an accident? Then call the police." Jin Que sighed, "Are you sad...I'm sorry, I asked you to say..."

"It doesn't matter... In short, the power of the demons can't help me..."

"Mr. Mingyun... There is nothing anyone can do about birth, old age, sickness and death."

"……thank you, I know now."

Looks like I should go back too.But it's rare to come here, and it seems to be a good idea to take a look at the scenery here and adjust your mood.But no matter where I go, the face of my father's death still haunts my mind.

I leaned against the railing, looking at the sea under the blue sky.

"Mr. Mingyun also likes the sea?"

I couldn't help being startled.I didn't expect Jinque to be here.

"well enough."

In fact, during these days, Jinque and I have often met in the hotel, and we would chat a few words when we met, basically talking about our current life and the like. She said she was the daughter of the devil, which surprised me a bit .

"I like it too." Jinque held the railing, "I heard from my father that my mother also liked to come here before she was alive."

Suddenly she turned to look at me.

"Mr. Mingyun."

"What?" I turned to look at her.

"What would you do if I said I liked you?" She laughed.

"Impossible, right? You're so young, and I'm an uncle in my 30s." I was a little surprised by her statement, but I still took it as a joke.

"Hey——you don't look like that at all. You feel about my age. I don't think age is a problem."

"Yes. But anyway, I must go tomorrow."

"Where are you going?" Jin Que's expression always felt a little lost, and he didn't know why.

"Go home. In L city."

"If there is a chance, I will find you."

"I will come to you again when I have the chance. Goodbye, Jinque."

Afterwards, I returned to L City where my home was, and by chance, I joined the research institute to work.I am beside a researcher named Linxue, as his assistant.

There are a lot of archives in his bookcase, but the room where the bookcase is placed is locked with a code, and I managed to peek at the code before I opened the room and went in to read those materials.

In the end, I found a piece of yellowed paper in a box, which actually said the way to enter the underworld.But my magic power is too weak, I'm afraid I can't cast the spell successfully.

Then I met a girl outside the institute.She claimed to be Linxue's younger sister and asked me how I could get in.I thought it was the genius sister, maybe she could cast the spell successfully, so I covered up the part of the paper and tricked her into casting the spell.

However, after she finished chanting the mantra, she lay motionless on the ground.

She is dead.

I killed people.

I'm scared.With trembling hands, I hid her body first, and then I managed to contact her parents anonymously and left quickly.

I successfully entered the underworld under an unexpected situation.

Linxue sat at the desk and asked me while processing the data: "How is the situation in L City recently?"

"According to statistics, there seems to be an increase in the number of evil ghosts and spirits."

Lin Xue frowned when she heard this: "I know."

After that, I never thought that he would use that magic to enter the underworld, and I took the opportunity to follow in, even if I was hurt by evil spirits and the like, I would not hesitate.As long as there is a chance to meet my father, it doesn't matter.

But unfortunately, I didn't see my father. Instead, I felt something bump into my body, but I couldn't tell what it was. I only knew that disaster might be imminent.In the end, Linxue held my shoulders and led me out.

It was soon discovered that Linxue had entered the underworld, and he was robbed of his voice and fired.I knew that someone from a magic academy wanted him to go there, where my father worked, so I decided to go there with Linxue.

I know the truth because I secretly went to the laboratory to search while Linxue was away.

It is a piece of yellow paper that is the same as the method of entering the underworld that was written before, and the method of bringing people back from the dead is written on it.

My father worked here, my heart stopped beating but I survived miraculously, Feihe asked me not to pursue the cause of death...

...Is that so?

I wanted to tear up this torn piece of paper, but found that it couldn't be torn.Later, I thought that Jinque was the daughter of the devil, if I could give this piece of paper to the devil, probably no one would touch it and die because of it.

I wrapped the paper thickly and sent it to Jin Que, telling her not to read the contents, but to hand it directly to her father.She always mentioned her mother, and it would be bad if she revived her mother this way.

Although I always feel that this arrangement is not very appropriate, but this is the only thing I can think of.

Now I just have to wait for the day of my death to come.