I had to save the world to support my family

Sakata Gintoki sat on the roof of the main house, stepping on layers of blue and black bricks and tiles under his feet.

He didn't go to the backyard, but just stayed here blindly, looking at the moon, blowing the cold wind—it seemed that he ran here in the middle of the night with the strength of alcohol, just to monopolize this excellent position for watching the moon.

The dojo shrouded in night was quiet, covered with residual snow, and there was not even a sound of insects in the grass.Yin Sang, who was hot-blooded, sat blankly for a while, only feeling back pain, and even those charming thoughts catalyzed by alcohol dissipated a lot.

Forget it, go home and sleep.

He jumped down from the high ridge and patted his cold butt with a grin.

Although the trip was hasty, he has been careful not to make any noise. He was fully sure that he would never be discovered by those difficult sword shikigami, but he heard a small cry when he landed.

"Mr. Sakata?"

"...Don't be so alien, we can be regarded as comrades-in-arms after all."

The young man whose name was called scratched his head and turned around, looked at Novia who was holding a lantern... no, it was Novia who was holding a small glowing stick, and laughed dryly twice.

"It's so late, you haven't slept yet?"

"I was going to sleep, but since you came to visit suddenly, wouldn't there be a reason to stay up late?"

Noviya, who cultivates immortals reasonably, is very excited now.

She was stuffed into the bed early by the candlestick, and counted sheep over and over until she was bald, so the system screamed with a "beep" and informed her [that white hair is here again, he must have a secret heart for you, but I don't agree with this door. Marriage! ! ! ], the energetic girl turned over and sat up, full of excitement like a rebellious child who sneaked up after his mother fell asleep.

He even praised Eun-sang in his heart for the timing of his visit.

Speaking of this, she couldn't help looking around: she thought that the movement of her going out would be discovered by the swords soon, and she even prepared her speech in advance...Why did the nanny and the control department still disappear after so long?

You must not love me anymore, huh.

The curtain of the inner theater quickly ended, Novia tilted her head, and moved closer to Yinshi who was at least three meters away from her.

"So you came here specially, maybe just to sit on the roof and enjoy the wind."

"Yeah, yeah, you just moved here. I didn't know it, but the roof of A Miao's house has a really nice view. You can see the entire Edo city, and you can even see the moon—huh?!"

Yinsang was just halfway through the nonsense, when she heard a "pop" sound that seemed to pop a bag of layer cakes, and the black-haired girl who was still listening to his speech with a full face on the opposite side disappeared out of thin air, and then appeared on the roof.

Novia staggered and stabilized her figure, crossed her hips and looked into the distance: "Oh, the view is good, I can see the end of the universe! But it is too exaggerated to say that I can see Edo all over, it would be better if it is higher!"

Immediately after another snap, she Apparated back to her original position and bumped into Sakata Gintoki who was about to jump onto the roof.

After all, the latter is a powerful samurai known as White Yaksha. Although he is not in good shape on weekdays, he is unambiguous in the face of emergencies.The hard work on the battlefield has solidified into a muscular reaction. He subconsciously leaned back and backed up—half of the dodge was pulled back by reason, but it was too late to reach out to catch the person, so he could only watch himself being knocked to the ground, aroused A cloud of dust.

The dizzy Novia threw herself on the elastic pad, and before she could realize what happened, she heard the sound of orderly gasps coming from the shadow of the corner of the courtyard.

"..."

She slowly moved down from the body of the large-character young man, and she was relieved after confirming that the arms and legs of the two were not connected together due to the transmission accident, or one or two were missing.

Then he glared at the corner: "Come out!"

After a brief silence, Wu Ji Zhenzong walked out quickly with his hands behind his back, his head bowed, and stood pitifully in front of her in a posture of being forced to stand.

"I, I heard movement, so I came out to have a look..."

Oh, it's the new cute wakizashi, it's okay.

Novia changed his face in a second, and waved his hands in a friendly manner: "It's okay, it's okay, Xiao Wuji, go back and rest, and don't eavesdrop next time~"

Seeing that Fu Sangshen hesitated to speak and walked away, she jumped back to the unmoving Sakata Yinshi with a bang, and poked his face nervously with her wand.

"Don't pretend to be dead, hey! You are injecting a heavy sense of guilt into the heart of an innocent girl. If you don't open your eyes, I will - destroy the corpse!"

"...Shouldn't there be a show of crying in shame and then kissing the Sleeping Beauty to wake up at this time! What the hell is destroying corpses and destroying traces? Is this really your true face?!"

Yinshi sat up while complaining, crossed his legs and looked in the direction where Fu Sangshen was leaving.

"Speaking of which, they probably care too much about you, don't they?"

Novia was thinking about the complaint about Sleeping Beauty, and she always felt that there seemed to be a little bit of subtlety... Hearing the other party's question, she immediately shifted her attention and said "uh" in a clear way.

"If the object is a human being, it is indeed difficult to accept excessive love beyond the rules. But Hasebe and the others are different, they—"

She thought about it carefully, looking for words that ordinary people could understand.

"They're part of me."

... Gan, I didn't realize it was right until I said it, why does it sound so like the teasing words of a peerless scumbag!

Novia quickly coughed twice, and hurriedly patched the Neptune's speech.

"I don't hate this feeling. Every time this happens, I feel like 'ah, someone still cares about me', and I feel that I am needed."

"Occasionally feeling tired, those thoughts can become very, very courageous."

"Can Ah Yin understand? It is precisely because they know that I need them that they will act like this; it is not that they care too much about me, but me——I cannot do without them."

The youth under the moonlight is silent, acting as the perfect listener.

After she finished a long paragraph of ramblings and was lost in thought, he raised his hand hesitantly, trying to touch the girl's trembling eyelashes.

Those green eyes like a deep lake in the forest raised up, reflecting his own shadow.Sakata Gintoki immediately regained his senses, and after a moment of stiffness, he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Sorry. Just for a moment, you looked very...sad."

That look, that look, seemed to be remembering something important and lost that couldn't be recovered, and he was about to cry in the next second.

Did you remember someone?

That's what he thought, and that's what he asked.

The girl pursed her lips and did not speak, and the drunk Ah Yin laughed at her for being coy and hypocritical, holding back the invisible wound in her heart and not being exposed to the sun, it would never heal for the rest of her life.

Maybe it's because he thinks that ugly expression is not suitable for this face, of course, the bigger reason is that he is too drunk, who can stop a drunk from reminiscing about his youth - he messed up the girl's satin-like black hair in a wicked way , telling her lightly how the child was picked up by the teacher in the past, told her about her best friends and happy childhood, and told her how everything that was so precious was lost in front of her eyes.

Tell her about her short life.

【The dead are dead, the living are still alive. 】

"Standing still is an idiot's behavior. There is still a great life waiting for us!" He smelled of alcohol and slapped the girl's thin shoulder vigorously. better--but, hey, the past is the past!"

[Could it be better to change someone? 】

Novia was swayed by him, and with both hands, he grabbed the sleeve of Sakata Gintoki's kimono.

"Wouldn't it be painful to uncover the scars and comfort others?"

"I have a way to forget all this pain. But, just like strawberry milk, dead fish eyes, and natural curly silver hair, after removing it, I will definitely become another person, a completely different stranger."

"So I have another suggestion: Ah Yin, do you want to see that 'teacher' again?"

The most important person, who was hastily snatched away by fate and didn't have time to say goodbye, do you want to see him again?

"Is it an illusion?"

Something itchy was vibrating in the chest cavity.He asked in a low voice, and got a wordless nod.

……Knew it.

Bai Yasha, who couldn't bear the strength of alcohol, was finally overwhelmed by drunkenness and drowsiness, and lay on his back on the ground where the winter grass was rustling.

"Ha, that kind of thing..."

Didn't you say you have to look forward?

But the negative answer could not be uttered after all. After a long wait, Novia only heard bursts of loud snoring.

It's not surprising that he would run away.

Although it is absolutely impossible to say that I don’t want to see each other, for the survivors who have struggled to escape from the old quagmire and still have traces of them, this kind of meeting will only make the original powerless after a short-term swaying. The feeling flooded him again, no less than another stab in the chest.

Blindly telling myself to look away and forget, just because it is too clear that "that is already an irretrievable person".

But Novia is different.

Making this suggestion may be a moment of enthusiasm and a little bit of anxiety.But after Yinshi refused, the idea that sprouted after the contemplation was not so easy to dispel.

She had never done this before...but now, with inexplicable anxiety and expectation, she raised her hand to the dark night on the lawn beside the house.

There was a rustling sound.

From the night that she couldn't see, the creation constructed by illusion stepped on the dry grass covered with residual snow, and rushed out with the short steps unique to girls, as if they had just left for a while, and they were about to come back—— Come back to Novia.

The petite girl with short pink hair and half-covered eyes had a happy expression, and the corners of her white lab coat were billowing up.The glasses on the bridge of the nose slipped a bit due to the fast running, but I didn't seem to care about it, I just quickened my pace towards the Master who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of me.

"senior--!"

She was in a trance, and responded softly with a smile.

"Here. No need to get any closer... that's it."

The deer-like short-haired girl seemed to have been pressed the freeze button suddenly, and stopped in place without inertia, with a slightly shy and sweet smile on her face.Novia looked up at her for a while, then raised her hand to gently cover her swollen eyes.

"Really, really...! If it was completely impossible, of course I wouldn't try it at all!! But there is a slight possibility of salvation, and I may be able to do it——this may be a curse? But , Matthew, I am really very happy to see this slim possibility."

[Compared with ordinary people who are unable to restore the past, there is no doubt that they are too lucky. 】

Facing the girl's silent and gentle gaze, Novia lowered her head deeply, and dispelled the illusion in her dark vision.

"I will still look for you, I will definitely find you. Wait for me in the past!"