[Complete] Sibyl the Immortal

The girl really couldn't stand up.

Although the legs were still able to move, the feet were completely numb from the ankles down.Not even numbness, but complete loss of any feeling.As if petrified.

She quietly lay on Zhou Fangzun's back, and was carried back to HOMRA by him. The girl buried her face on his shoulder, her long eyelashes brushing against his neck, itching slightly.

"... respect."

She called him dully.

"what?"

"Take me...to Miss Yuko's shop."

"what."

Zhou Fangzun responded in a low voice.After thinking about it, he reached out and patted the girl's head.

"It'll be fine."

Faced with such clumsy comfort, the girl was startled, and then showed a reluctant smile.

"……Um."

If she could, she wanted to believe it too.will be fine.Will be fine.

Why?

When she found out that her feet had lost feeling, her first reaction was to feel strangely relieved.

She even thought calmly, finally came.

Like the prisoner who finally saw the sharp knife fall from the top of her head, the long wait even made her a little impatient.

Finally, it started.

Sybil's fate.

***

"Finally, it's started."

Ichihara Yuko looked at the girl's legs and spoke indifferently.

"What do you mean?"

"It means that the price you have to pay for [those eyes], now, is just the beginning."

"..."

"Hey, do you... really know what ability you have?"

"……I do not understand what you mean."

"You know it very well." Yuko Ichihara sneered, but his eyes were sharp, "When do you still want to turn a blind eye? Do you want to continue to pretend that you don't know anything, even if your destiny has arrived? Are you pretending not to see it in front of you?"

"..."

The pendulum of the clock made a mechanical sound.The girl closed her eyes, and after a long time, she opened them, revealing a smile as if she had given up on something.

"Yeah, I probably...can guess."

She raised her hand and quietly stared at the lines on her palm.The faint lines are almost invisible, engraved on it is the destiny of my life.

It's not that she can't see it, it's not that she doesn't know it.

"The first ability is premonition. This is my own ability. It has been passed down through blood, the ability of our family. This ability is to predict the future by observing information about other people and the surrounding environment. This is This kind of premonition is an unconscious speculation, just an alternative form of divination. So there is no need to pay too much, just a few years of life loss is enough."

"The second ability is foresight. This is the ability that person gave me when we met for the first time. It is the eyes of God. That person gave me the power to directly spy on the world record. At the same time, a restriction has been set—the real name must be revealed by the other party. So as long as I know the real name, I will directly read the life of the other party recorded in the Book of Heaven—or Akasha Records. But that It is the power of the gods, and mortals who exceed their power must pay the price."

Ichihara Yuko took a long breath of the cigarette, and looked at her expressionlessly through the white smoke she exhaled.

"The price is the five senses, right?"

"Correct."

At this point, the girl calmed down instead.She leaned on the back of the chair, her crimson eyes showed a look that was so calm that it was almost meaningless.

"Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch... can't see, can't hear, can't smell, can't taste, can't feel... This is the price I have to pay for these eyes."

"You can't taste the taste now, can you?"

"Yeah. Fortunately, I can cook with my sixth sense, so I won't make too much or too little seasoning. So the food I made can still be eaten."

"The eyes are slowly losing their sight too."

"When I woke up, my eyes couldn't see the color. It must have been paid in the past. There are only shades of gray. But recently, I can't even see the gray lines. The world has become There are gray blocks with clear boundaries. In the future, even the boundaries will probably disappear.”

"One of the five senses has been lost... Vision and touch, are they also lost? Faster than I expected."

"I didn't expect it to deteriorate to such an extent in just a short period of time."

"The loss of feeling in your feet now is the proof that the sense of touch is being lost. In the future, it will gradually spread upward until you lose the sense of touch all over your body."

"Ah."

The girl is still smiling.Like a death row prisoner who finally waited for the sentence, he smiled tiredly and tiredly.

"I understand."

she repeated.

"I understand."

From the first day when she thought about the past, she knew what kind of fate awaited her—or rather, what that person arranged for her—was.

So...it's okay to ignore it.It would be nice if I could stop staring at this fate for a day.Even fake happiness is fine.

"I want to make myself happier in the little time left. Because I know that I have never been happy in the past. I will not be happy when I think of the past."

"Really?"

"real."

An unpredictable smile appeared on Ichihara Yuko's face again.

"If that's the case, unknown lady, how did you survive till now?"

"……what?"

"If there is really no joy. How did you live until——when you met Zhou Fangzun?"

"——!!!"

"The past destroyed you. There's nothing wrong with it. But, again, it's the past that kept you alive until you met him. You can't be happy if you forget that."

"..."

"After all." The coquettish store manager chuckled and exhaled a long puff of white smoke, "Human beings cannot get rid of their past. They cannot get rid of their 'causes'."

Causality is something that cannot be controlled by anyone.

***

Before leaving, Zhou Fangzun asked Ichihara Yuko if there was any way to save her.

"If you want to solve all this, there is no way."

Ichihara Yuko's expression was so calm that it was almost cruel.

"Except for the person who gave her those eyes, there is no way to take away her ability. If you take it away forcibly, you will only be killed by the power of that person rooted in her spiritual power. Gouging out the eyes is also useless , that ability will still allow her to keep [seeing]. As long as she can still [see], she must pay the price for it."

"In other words, can you only watch her die?"

"There are ways to not let her die. Just tell her to 'don't see anyone again'." Ichihara Yuko smiled with an inexplicable meaning, "However, in this case, it is impossible to do it Right? Living in a place where no one can see, such a situation is more miserable than death. If it really falls to that point, even if the situation does not get worse, she will not be able to survive—because human beings are A creature that cannot survive alone."

Yuko's eyes seemed to be watching from the outside of the world.

"Well, I was wrong about something before."

"She won't die."

"Even if she loses all her senses, she won't die. No matter what happens, even if she turns into a walking dead, she won't die—as long as her soul is still there, she is 'undead'."

"Hey, Mr. Zhou Fang, don't you think that kind of situation is more miserable than death? At that time, maybe you will try your best like her, hoping that she will die."

"If there is such a day, I hope you can remember what I said before - the only way to kill that child is to kill her soul together."

In that situation, killing her would be the only kindness.

"Saving her..."

Yuko smiled bitterly.

"I can not do it."

——This is a wish-fulfilling store, as long as it is a wish that I can realize, and I pay enough price, I will make it come true for you.

——As for the wish of 'saving her', I... have no ability to realize it.

***

The girl who had been sentenced to death lay on Zhou Fangzun's back, and was carried towards HOMRA by him.

"I will save you."

he said suddenly.The girl couldn't see the expression on Zhou Fangzun's face, but only heard his voice, which was steady and firm, as if it was something insignificant.

"Don't think about it, I will find a way to save you."

The girl who was about to be sacrificed to fate like Andromeda showed a small smile when she heard this.

"Ah."

A drop of tear slid down her smiling cheek, she hurriedly raised her hand to wipe it, before Zhou Fangzun turned his head, she tightly hugged his neck, and gently pressed against his cheek.

"It's okay, this sentence is enough, I'm not afraid anymore."

As long as you are by my side, no matter how dangerous the future is, I will not be afraid anymore.

and so……

"it does not matter."

Even if it can't be saved, it doesn't matter.

With this sentence, it is enough.

She never wanted much, a little warmth was enough to face the endless darkness.

The numbness in her ankle was still slowly creeping up, but she was no longer afraid.

"Thank you, sir."

***

"Kusanagi."

"What's wrong, sir?"

"Why does my chest feel tight when she cries?"

“……………………”

"The glass is broken."

"Aha, ahahaha... I'm a little scared by you... Well, Zun, let's make sure first, do you only feel tightness in your chest when you see her crying?"

"what."

"... Ah, that's it. Because, you like her."

Kusanagi Izumo, who did not understand the truth, gave his most intuitive answer.

The large beast with few tendons by nature showed a thoughtful look.

"……yes."

Kusanagi Izumo suddenly felt ominous.

He thought carefully about what he had said.

—Because you like her.

Because of you like her.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, what did he say? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

"Respect, respect, do you like the unknown lady?!"

The large beast destined to be alone for a lifetime was stunned and had an epiphany.

"Oh, so I like her?"

Kusanagi Izumo is not feeling well.

The author has something to say: I can finally fucking come up! ! ! ! ! ! !

My computer is broken and the network is disconnected! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Beat the ground! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

It has been repaired for several days, but it can be regarded as a life-saving...! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

_(:з」∠)_

Even God can't save a lucky E.

Next, I will prepare for the fourth level, and I will return on June 6th... Please don't abandon me.