[Spell Return] Beast of Despair

Kore seems to be dreaming.

She couldn't remember exactly how she fell into the dreamland.This is not as absurd and unbelievable as ordinary dreams, she can even control her own body.

look around.She stood in the clear shallow sea, the waves lapped gently at her ankles, and the mountains were wrapped by the pale sky.Somewhere not far from the surface of the sea stood a strangely shaped black reef.A girl in black sits on this rock.

The girl had long fluffy golden hair, the tips of which almost touched the edge of the reef. She looked very young, probably only a few years older than Shi Zhi, and she carried a knife wrapped in a black cloth on her back.

She dresses very strangely.The upper body is a black dress with a stand-up collar, which looks like a Western style, and a golden round nail engraved with a swirl shape is adorned on the neckline.The lower body is a short skirt with many folds, revealing her slender legs unreservedly.

She swayed her calf slightly, and looked at Shi Zhi with a smile.

She looks exactly like Shi Zhi, just like another her.Looking at her was like looking at yourself in a mirror.

For some reason, Kore didn't feel any fear—she thought she would, but now she didn't seem to feel anything special.

Doesn't the child feel cold in such a short skirt?

I don't know why Zhi is thinking about this all over his head.

The girl beckoned to her.As if bewitched by something, Shi Zhi walked towards her.

"good afternoon."

She spoke, her voice soft and light.

"It's great to see you here. I don't seem to have seen you like this."

"Oh... nice to meet you."

Shizhi nodded blankly, not understanding what she meant at all.

Had they seen each other before?But why did Shizhi have no impression at all?

She couldn't feel her emotions at all, and the girl's hazy and invisible mood reminded Shizhi of Wujojue.Is it because she is in a dream at this moment, so it is impossible to know her emotions, or is it due to other unspeakable reasons?

Yes Koe has no answer.She just felt empty in her head, which was not a pleasant feeling.

"That... I would like to ask." She took a step forward and walked towards the girl, "May I ask you...? What is this place?"

The girl seemed lost in thought.

"Here... This is a place where time cannot touch us, so you can see me. As for me..." She blinked and suddenly laughed, "You can call me Yae."

"Yae..." Shizhi murmured, "Is this your name?"

"It's a surname."

"Are you from the Yae family too?"

"In conclusion, yes."

"……in conclusion?"

I always feel that I am getting more and more incomprehensible, and the girl is not going to explain to her in detail.

She jumped off the rocks, kicking the water lightly under her feet.The white shoes were completely soaked and turned a grayish hue.A few drops of water splashed onto the hem of Yaske's kimono, leaving an oval mark.

"Oh, it's Zhi."

The girl named Yae suddenly called her.

"Make a good choice, and feel his heart well. I know, you can't see his emotions. But it's okay, just take your time. You will know what he is thinking. Then today ...let's stop here. See you next time."

The mountains surrounding the sea spread out in all directions, as if they disappeared from the boundary of the field of vision in the blink of an eye.The girl's figure became hazy and distant, and Kore could no longer see her face clearly.Behind her was a higher tide than her, and the soaring sea swallowed her swiftly.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a familiar voice calling her.

"Hey--!"

It was a sunny boy's voice.

"Quickly answer me! Are you okay!"

Is branch woke up.

At this moment, she was standing in the dry well, stepping on the tangled thorn branches.

Looking up, the gloomy sky is a small circle, far away and untouchable.Gojojue stood on the edge of the well with a nervous expression, blushing with anxiety, but Zhibu didn't hear him approaching.

It seems that Shizhi has never seen him so anxious.Wu Tiaojue in her impression is always calm and calm, and he is also humble, looking like a young man.But at the moment, it seems more like a qualified 13-year-old kid, and he even looks a little angry.

It was a big deal that Liuyan got angry by accident.Shizhi quickly raised an embarrassed smile, and said "hehe" several times awkwardly.

"I've called you several times, why are you only reacting now?"

"Sorry, sorry, I accidentally dreamed..."

Wujojue frowned: "Can I fall asleep standing up?"

Shizhi didn't know how to answer, so he could only continue to smile, so that Wujojue by the well just wanted to sigh.He pulled the rope hanging by the well, and the other part of the thick hemp rope was tied around Shi Zhi's waist.

"Okay, I'll pull you up."

"Thank you!"

It was Zhi who tied the knot at his waist a little tighter.It was then that she noticed something hidden among the thorn bushes.She hastily stopped Wutiaojue's movements, bent down, and leaned towards the small silver object.

That thing was hidden too deep.As the fingertips penetrated further, more sharp thorns slid across her hand.The fragile skin was cut several times, and the tips of the thorns were dyed a wet color.

But she got it—a silver ring.

Why is there a ring at the bottom of the well?Yesede couldn't answer at all.After all, she didn't even know the reason why the thorns grew at the bottom of the well.

"Maybe someone threw it in. I don't think anyone would accidentally leave something so important in such a remote place."

This is Wujojue's guess.It sounded reasonable, but she didn't dare to agree with it.

She looked at the ring carefully.In the dim daylight, she saw the strange words engraved on the inside of the ring.She thought it should be in foreign language, but unfortunately she didn't know foreign language at all, so she had to ask the owner of the imported goods shop who had studied abroad for help.

The words engraved into the ring read "Satoru & Koreyuki," which appeared to be the names of two individuals, he said.

For "satoru", written in Chinese characters, it can be "jue" or "wu".If split into more syllables, it can become a variety of names. What kind of name "koreyuki" can be written is a little hard to imagine.

"Maybe it's a wedding ring or something."

When Shizhi mentioned this matter, Wujojue said so.

He carried a half-bucket of water and sprinkled the hydrangeas planted in the corner of the courtyard one by one.These few hydrangeas were planted together by them when they were young. After careful calculation, it seems that it has been seven or eight years. It is a rare and vivid memory in the busy childhood.Taking care of flowers and plants should be the job of domestic servants, but this clump of hydrangeas has always been taken care of by Wu Tiaojue.

Shi Zhi watched him carefully cut off the dead leaves under the slender stems, and didn't care if his fingertips were stained with dirt.The buds of the hydrangea have already revealed a little bright color, and it will be fully bloomed in a few days.

"Why a wedding ring? Uh... what is a wedding ring?"

"It's something that represents a marriage contract. It's a Western custom." He buried the dead leaves in the soil, "You said that there are two names engraved on the ring, and I couldn't help but think of the wedding ring. Think about it , isn't 'koreyuki' very similar to a female name?"

"Is that so-"

Shizhi suddenly realized and nodded, thinking that what Wutiaojue said was quite reasonable.

"Then who do you think this ring belongs to? Apart from this family, no one else should be able to go to the dry well, isn't it? And ah, when I picked up this ring, it was already very clean Yes. If it fell into the well a long time ago, it must have been covered with dust."

She stroked the Western characters on the inside of the ring.

"Is there anyone in our family with that name?"

"As far as I know, no."

"That is to say..."

Shizhi sighed heavily.If possible, she really hopes to find the owner of this ring, and also wants to know the reason why that person threw the ring in the well, but now she has no clue, even Wujojue, who knows everything, can't give any feasible suggestions ——Although she is reluctant to admit it, in Shizhi's heart, she has always believed that Wujojue is omniscient.

So, can I only keep this ring by myself temporarily?

Shizhi pouted helplessly, and tightened the hand holding the ring.This cold ring was stuck to her palm, for some reason Shizhi didn't find it strange.

Standing by the flower garden for too long, the branches are a little tired.She looked left and right, but there was no one around, so she simply sat on a landscape stone for a while.If the old lady saw her doing this, she would definitely say that she was too ignorant of etiquette, and she did not look like the heir of the head of the family and the eldest daughter.

But now the old lady is not here.Besides, Wu Tiaojue, who is most bound by ethics and righteousness, has no opinion on her behavior, so she has nothing to worry about.

She rested her elbows on her lap and rested her chin on her palm.Seeing her actions at the moment, Wujojue just smiled, and was still tinkering with the hydrangea cluster, but Zhi could no longer understand what he was doing.

"Do you like flowers and plants very much?" She asked suddenly, "Six eyes of the dignified Gojo family care so much about a pile of grass, if other people know about it, they will laugh at you, right?"

"This is not a bunch of grass, it's a hydrangea." Wujojue corrected her seriously, speaking softly, "I don't like flowers and plants, I just like this bunch of hydrangeas."

"Really? Well...Actually, I don't know what kind of emotion liking is. You told me what 'happy' is before, can you tell me a little more, for example, what is 'like'? "

"like……"

Wujojue's movements slowed down bit by bit.He squatted under the hydrangea, the shadows of the branches and leaves reflected on his already broad back.The white clothes hanging on the ground were stained with dust, but he didn't seem to care much.

He raised the corner of his mouth, as if smiling.

"I like it... I like it. Whenever I want to see that person, her every move will fall into my eyes; I will worry about her at any time, and care about everything related to her, even if it is just planted with her. ..."

He suddenly stopped talking, and his smile disappeared, only his ears were silently burning red.

It was Zhizheng who listened seriously, but he didn't expect to stop here.She lowered her hand and urged in a low voice: "And then?"

Wujojue stood up, but lowered his head even lower.The blush from the pinna spread to his cheeks, he pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.From the beginning of "like" until now, he has not looked at Shi Zhi.

After a while, he dropped the blunt sentence:

"You are so stupid!"

After speaking, he ran away with the bucket in his hand, and the chaotic footsteps of stepping on the bluestone bricks echoed far away.

Seeing his back in a hurry, Shi Zhi felt a little wronged.

"Why are you scolding me all of a sudden..."

The author has something to say: the last chapter said that it would be over after writing two more chapters, but now it seems that there are still a few more chapters to be written (

I'm sorry I've been writing too late