Walking the Fox

[They were the first to betray, and they were the first to abandon. ]

In the studio, the black-haired boy stood in front of an easel, staring at the incomprehensible colorful painting on the easel.It was drawn by himself. Gao Liruo is a second-year student of Teiko Middle School. He studies well and has a gentle temper, but he doesn't care much about the people or things around him. He shuts himself in his own world and is addicted to drawing with a brush. Fantastic visions of things.

Gao Li, who was completely immersed in his own world, did not notice a person standing at the door of the studio.

Chiba, who swept away the food Kuroko Tetsuya bought, left the basketball club with an excuse. She searched around the teaching building before finding him in the most remote studio in the corridor.If Gao Li hadn't noticed that Qianye was looking at him, all his attention would be on the painting in front of him, following his line of sight, Qianye would also focus on that painting.

It was a magnificent painting of the world view, with snow capped between the sea of ​​clouds, and the majestic palace surrounded by the sea on three sides, extending outward in a triangular shape.The water rolled like clouds, churning towards the shore, all kinds of animals and monsters bustled in mid-air, and they rushed forward in unison.

The world of oil painting is so vivid that Chiba can tell at a glance that the world in this painting is real.

The studio was in a mess, the walls, the floor, and even the table were covered with colored paints. When I stepped into the studio, my eyes swept around the studio, and finally focused on a dusty oil painting in the corner.It was a strange creature between humans and monsters. She had the neck of a fish, the body of a woman, the lower body of a leopard and the tail of a lizard. A few strands of snow-white hair hung down her shoulders, wrapping the red alder Most of Guo's upper body was covered.A strange woman was leaning against a big tree bearing green fruits. Her face looked beautiful and kind, with a pair of beautiful eyes half-drooped, beautiful lips and slightly curled lips, as if she was expecting something to come.

Attracted by the painting, Qianye walked over, and when she came to the painting, she raised her hand and stretched out towards the painting, put her palm on it, and wiped it to the left, a thin layer of dust was wiped off, and the painting The color is also much brighter than what I saw just now. The color of this painting tends to be more elegant. If you look closely, you will find that the expression on the strange woman's face is serene and full of expectation, just like a mother waiting for her child to come.

"Who are you!?" Realizing that there was another person in the studio, Gao Li was about to turn his head when he saw a black-haired girl standing in the corner of the studio. Her long hair was tied into two shiny braids, and with her back to him, she was looking carefully at the painting in the corner that he had long forgotten.

Withdrawing the hand stuck on the painting, Chiba turned her head, turned around, and saw a pair of eyes full of anxiety and hesitation.

"Gao Li wants, right?" He called the black-haired boy by his name, and as expected, the uneasiness in his eyes was even worse, and a trace of fear appeared on his face.

About him, before coming to him, I had learned something from Jun Xun on April [-]st. The target of this mission is the black-haired boy in front of him. He is not an ordinary person. The first person who saw him At that time, Qianye felt it. Although she knew that he was not an ordinary person, she was still taken aback when she learned the identity of the other party.

Qilin, a mythical beast in legend, and Gao Liyao is a rare black unicorn that only appears once in hundreds of years.

"Who are you?" Gao Li was a little nervous, his dark eyes staring at Qianye warily.

"My name is Qianye, just like you, I don't belong to this world." As soon as her words fell, the other party seemed to be frightened, and she backed away abruptly, which knocked down the easel behind him on the ground on the ground.

His face was extremely pale, and his body was trembling slightly. Qianye couldn't understand this phenomenon, and a pair of beautiful eyebrows were tightly knit together. "Do I look so scary? You, be afraid of me." The last three words were said with certainty, and she found that something was wrong with Gao Li.

"Which country are you from?" Gao Li swore that he had never met Qianye at all, and his memory was not so bad that he couldn't even remember the people he had met.

"I don't belong to this world, nor your world." Qianye looked at him with a hint of doubt in his eyes. "As the legendary beast unicorn, with your power, you should be able to freely travel through dimensions and return to your original world. Why...you want to stay here instead of going back?"

Looking at him with his head down and his shoulders drooping, Gao Liyao looked like an abandoned child.

"Is there any use for a unicorn that has lost its horn?" He replied with a trace of sadness in his voice.

Slightly taken aback, Qianye certainly understands what it means for Qilin to lose its horn.

Usually, unicorns will die if their horns are bent, because that is the source of their spiritual power.

"You lost your horn?" she asked tentatively.

The lowered head never raised, but nodded in a small arc.

Qianye raised her forehead, she didn't expect things to be difficult, but... the black eyes glanced at Gao Liyao, and the black-haired girl still admired Gao Liyao a little in her heart, a normal unicorn would die without horns , but he just has no strength.

"Where's your envoy and female monster?" Suddenly thought of a question, Qianye asked again.

Gao Liyao still didn't look up, this time he didn't even appear to nod or shake his head.Qianye sighed slightly, Gao Liyao's reaction already explained many existential problems, as a noble and rare black unicorn, not only his horns were cut off, but even the female monsters and envoys accompanying him were absent. Well, as for the reason for his absence, it needs to be investigated. He only has a general understanding of Gao Li's world.

Once the Qilin loses its power, the female monster will be fine. As for the order...she is not sure, whether she will kill people everywhere because of the loss of the contract.

"You... are really troubled." After a long time, Qianye choked out such a sentence.

It would be too difficult to send him back to the original world. After returning, what should he do?How can Qilin who has lost his power survive in his original world?And... if she remembers correctly, Jun Xun mentioned on April [-] that the nature of unicorns is "benevolence". They hate bloodshed, hate fighting, and see bloody things become weak, so they have their own. Envoys and female monsters.

"Where's your king?" Gao Li wanted to keep silent, but Qianye still had to ask some questions clearly, otherwise how would he deal with his situation.

At the mention of the word Wang, Gao Li raised his head suddenly, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

"..." Qianye was speechless. It is estimated that if Jun Xun saw Gao Li's reaction on April [-]st, he would react the same way as Qianye. Qilin was afraid of his Wang Xin. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"Aren't you planning to go back?" Until now, apart from the first three sentences, Gao Liya fell into silence, as if he didn't really want to answer Chiba's question.

The cheeks on both cheeks were slightly bulging, it was the first time Chiba met someone like Gao Liyao, and she didn't answer any questions, how would she complete the task that had to be done in this way?

Falling into distress, Chiba bowed her head and stopped asking Gao Li any questions.

Gao Li wanted to put away the fear on his face little by little. He stared at the black-haired girl, not quite clear about the other party's intention.He has no way to trust human beings again. That betrayal made him lose all his strength, and it is not bad to be able to avoid life and death.

The disappearance of Xiaozong, the betrayal of his cronies, he was tired, and finally chose to escape.

"Why do you want me to go back?" Gao Li wanted to bite his lip and asked in a low voice.

Seeing his voice, Qianye puffed her cheeks, frowned and said: "You don't belong to this world, even if you don't want to leave now, one day you will still be forcibly expelled from this world. As a unicorn, you should compare I know better, your stay in this world is only temporary, just like me."

"I'm not going back," he said, and his voice became agitated. "I don't want to go back!!" It was a cry of almost despair. "You don't understand, you don't understand anything, what's it like to be betrayed!!" Gao Liyao looked very excited, he kept backing away, and stepped on the easel that fell to the ground without realizing it. "That kind of country, it doesn't matter, they betrayed their king and me! What should I do when I go back to such a country?" He spoke incoherently, Qianye couldn't understand, but he understood roughly, Gao If Li is like this, it's all because he himself was betrayed by humans.

Looking calmly at Kaori who was in agitation, Qianye clearly knew that it would be better for her to shut up now, she turned around, turned herself to the dusty words again, took the painting off the easel, She took the window, facing the window, looking at the beautiful painting through the sunlight.

"It's beautiful, but it's a pity that it's placed in the corner and covered with too much dust." She said, successfully calming down Gao Li who was in agitation.

"That's Shanzi, my female monster." The woman in that painting was drawn by Gao Li from memory. When he was in Thailand, Shanzi especially protected him, just like his mother, but now... how could she Yes, he doesn't know either.

"What about her?" Qianye asked curiously.

"I don't know." The voice was very soft, and he half-cast his eyes, which were filled with tears.

Although he didn't want to go back, he still missed Xiaozong and Shanzi very much. In that world, he had friends, but...that country...Dai Guo brought him too many bad memories, and he has no way to go back , facing the country that fought for him again and again, and even betrayed him in the end.

"She looks like your mother." Chiba said.

"Well, the existence of Shanzi is my mother." When it comes to Shanzi, Gao Li seems to want more, obviously he likes his female monster very much.

"Then you appear here? Doesn't she know?" Puzzled, but still asked.

"I don't know, since I left that world, I have cut off all contact with Shanzi, not only her, but also my envoy, Ao Lan, and I can't get in touch either." Ao Lan is a legendary beast gluttonous. , there are very few unicorns who can subdue Taotie, it is really remarkable that Gao Li can subdue Aolan as a command.Unfortunately, now... There is no one around him, except himself. "I don't worry about Shanzi. If I live, Shanzi will live, but Aolan... I have no strength. Whether Aolan will listen to him is already a matter of time. It is estimated that after a long time, he will follow him." I will unilaterally terminate the contract."

Qianye put down the painting in his hand, carefully put it back on the easel, and said, "Gaoli Yaojun, if you figure it out, come to me, I don't think I will stay in this world for too long, but I I still hope that you can return to the original world."

"Why do you want me to go back?" Gao Li asked puzzled.

"Because I want to change the future, and I want to live a good life." When she said this, she just turned around, and a pair of dark eyes were looking directly at Gao Li.

"Change the future? Live?" I don't understand, I don't understand, my eyes are full of doubts.

"If you want to find me, go to Kuroko Tetsuya-kun, he knows where I am."

After leaving this sentence, Qianye ran out of the studio, she had to rush back to the basketball club, otherwise it would be a tragedy if Hei Zizhe could not find her after training.

She didn't know where Kuroko Tetsuya's house was.

--to be continued--

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