Your lunch is mine

What does it feel like to die?

Jianren Qihai only knew that in the almost numb pain in his body, it was only a moment, before he even had time to feel more, he had already lost consciousness.

Everything becomes nothing.

But since it has become nothing, what...is it possible to "feel" it again?

I don't know if there is a fragment of consciousness floating up, and the consciousness slowly returns to the body, but there is no original pain, coolness rushing from the back, and...impossible heartbeat.

thump - thump -

Again and again, beating vigorously, it is a sign of the existence of life.

is it possible?

Jianren Qihai thought vaguely.

Could it be... that he was rescued?That super curse spirit didn't actually kill him?

More thoughts were awakened, perceptions became clearer, and the bloody smell that kept pouring into the nasal cavity was also distinguished.

Should not be.

With his own injuries, the only one who can save him is a doctor who can reverse the spell, but if it is the other party, he will definitely not be placed in a place where the smell of blood is so strong.

and so--

Jianren Qihai, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes, sat up suddenly, and quickly looked around with sharp eyes, and the wreckage of the reformed people around him came into view.

The next second, he was stunned.

This is... where he was before he fell, but his body...

He lowered his head and his body, which was mostly scorched, has now returned to its original appearance. If it weren't for the missing clothes and the burn marks left on the pants, he almost thought he was dreaming.

the most important is--

The walls are gray, and those grotesque reformers are also gray. Even the blood on the ground, which should be red, is also gray.

All kinds of gray, dark and light, just constitute the whole world, like a sketch with only a pencil.

He raised his hand, frowning.

In his palm, a familiar blue marble shone brightly, and besides that, even the hand holding this marble was not a flesh-colored skin.

Jianren Qihai's heart sank suddenly, and anxiety suddenly rose in his heart.But the extra strange part in his body kept urging him to do one thing.

Must do.

Slowly, like Sanyuankui did, he raised the only colored marble in his hand, put it in front of his eyes, and looked through it.

The next second, Jianren Qihai's pupils constricted.

In the Shibuya incident, Qihai Jianren suddenly emerged.Even after the incident ended, together with Ye Mo Zhengdao, they did many things that would delay the upper echelons even if Gojo Satoru was sealed.

Even the night moth Zhengdao himself, who was originally wanted by the upper echelon to kill the donkey, did not die.

Until Gojo Satoru came out from the prison gate and killed the upper class to end everything, Jianren Qihai seemed to have completed his mission. In the afternoon after finishing the chores, he submitted the application to leave the world of magicians again.

"Is this your choice?"

Night Moth sighed righteously.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, the other party hasn't changed much, but only those who are familiar with Jianren Qihai know how... abnormal he is.

Everyone knows how good the relationship between the other party and Aoi is, and now, when that child... "disappears", no one can tell Nanami Jianren that name.

Qihai Jianren has not changed, but it has indeed changed again.

He held the blue marble that once belonged to Aoi, or saw or felt many things that only he could explain clearly, and cast more eyes on blue.

Knotweed Youruhito was still secretly worried about it, not only Sanyuankui, but also Jianren Qihai.

He once witnessed how the real person killed Jianren Qihai. The entire upper body was turned into blood, and only the lower body fell to the ground.

It is absolutely impossible to be rescued by the other party.

But now, the opponent is intact, but Aoi has disappeared.

Whether it is "perceiving" or "seeing", these are Aoi's abilities, but Jianren Qihai possesses them.

So, Aoi must have done something.From the very beginning, that child's ability was not exposed to other people's eyes much, and even the former Qihai Jianren didn't know much about it.

The price of a complete "resurrection" that has never been realized...

"Yes, I have no reason to stay here."

Jianren Qihai's expression was exceptionally calm. He stared at Noctua Zhengdao, but his eyes seemed to pass over the other party and stared at something more profound, which brought out a bit of emptiness for no reason.

"I have other more important things to do."

Night Moth said rightly: "..."

But your current state is really worrying!

"Seven seas."

Ye Mozheng wanted to persuade the other party in a deep voice, not because he didn't want the other party to leave the magic world, but at least to change his mentality to normal first.

But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Jianren Qihai, who had expected it for a long time.

"Sorry principal, I have already decided on this matter."

As he spoke, he looked down at the watch on his left wrist, and nodded to the night moth.

"Then, I'll leave first if I have nothing to do. I need to go home early."

Ye Mo Zhengdao silently watched Jianren Qihai leave, with deep helplessness in his eyes under the sunglasses.

Self-deception, is this really good?

come home early.But where is Aoi waiting for you to go back?

Jianren Qihai ignored the eyes behind him and strode away from the principal's office.As soon as he walked out of the house and closed the door, a voice suddenly sounded from the left.

"Seven seas."

He turned his head and saw Gojo Satoru leaning against the wall.

The other party played with the sunglasses with his fingers, and his unobstructed blue eyes were exposed in his field of vision. He said a word in a firm voice.

"You can already see the colors."

Jianren Qihai stopped in his footsteps, he was still holding the doorknob tightly, stared at the other party with unemotional eyes, and did not speak.

What the other party said was correct, he... Indeed, he was gradually losing the ability bestowed by Aoi.

I don't know what to say, but for him, this is definitely not lucky.

In the beginning, apart from black, white and gray, only blue can be seen. The blue of the world has never been like this time. It is so eye-catching that as long as it appears in the field of vision, it can be noticed immediately.

The clear blue of the sky, the azure blue of the sea, the mixed blue on the roadside signs, can be seen everywhere in life, even in shops separated by windows.

If you haven't experienced it, you can never truly experience it.

Now, he finally truly understands his little girl's love for blue.

That's a really pretty color, isn't it?

But now, this ability that does not belong to him is disappearing bit by bit.

It's like the disappearance of...

Quite out of the blue, one day, he found he could see faint colors.On the contrary, the ability is gradually weakened.

Until now, the world he sees is no different from before, and the ability that brings him closer to Aoi can no longer be felt.

Qihai Jianren even wondered whether a colorful world is better, or a world with only gray and blue is better.

Even the last trace of connection...

He thought silently, and spoke in a low voice.

"I can see it a long time ago."

Yes, the way to see the colorful world, he had already discovered it when he first observed the world through marbles when he woke up.

It is clearly a gray and blue world, but through the blue marble, what is shown in front of the eyes is the original colorful appearance of the world.

——It is a colorful world.

It was also because of this that he understood what he had done when he didn't let Aoi use her abilities casually, and didn't let the other party use marbles to observe casually.

He personally blocked the passage through which the other party could see the colorful world.

And Aoi never refused.

The world has always been like this, the more you know, the more you will understand your own stupidity, and the more you will understand how powerless you are.

He should pay more attention to Aoi's words, pay more attention to the abnormality of the other party, and should not relax his vigilance.

can be realistic...

"Seven seas."

Gojo Satoru's voice interrupted Nanami Jianren's thoughts.

"Going for a drink?"

Adults have their own way of venting their pain, unlike teenagers, most of the time, their emotions are not so rich.

Gojo Satoru believes that the other party will always come out.

"……Next time."

Jianren Qihai took a deep breath, and said a word for the second time with his usual calm voice.

"I have to go home early."

He said, nodded to Gojo Satoru, took another step, and left here.

Gojo Satoru watched the tall but inexplicably lonely figure leave step by step, until he disappeared, then looked away, put the sunglasses on his face again, and there was no smile on his lips anymore.

Very bad.

he thinks.

The time it takes for the other party to "come out"... probably won't be short.

Jianren Qihai doesn't want to know what others think of him, and he never lives in the evaluation of others.

Leave, ride, go home.

He opened the door with a key, and the same sound echoed between the empty living room and the equally empty corridor outside.

—the tinkling of metal keys.

Other than that, there was no other sound, and it was unbearably quiet.

Jianren Qihai entered the room and closed the door with a bang. He glanced at the living room as usual, and said a few words that had already formed a habit in his mouth.

"I am back."

There was no response.

The answer that should have been there, even during the Cold War, has not been lacking, and it has not sounded for a long time.

Obviously he has already gone home early this time, as long as he thinks about it, there will be no overtime work in the future, and he can even transfer future time at will.

Jianren Qihai changed into his slippers, walked into the room, and sat on the sofa.

Then, it stopped moving.

Now, what should be done?

he thinks.

As long as he thinks about it, he should be able to officially retire. After all, the money he saved is definitely enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

Speaking of which, what did he think before?

Jianren Qihai lowered his eyes, and things that he had thought about countless times appeared in his mind.

It seems to be... buy a house near the sea, preferably with a garden, and then you can be with Aoi...

With Aoi...together...

No, can't leave yet.

If they left, wouldn't the last trace of living together disappear?

Subconsciously, he took out the blue marble from his breast pocket.

Blue, smooth and round as always, even shimmering in the sunlight.

But after the endowed ability disappeared, this special marble could only become an ordinary marble in his hands.

Who would have thought that it was formed by tears?

Like the little mermaid in fairy tales, if she cries, her tears will turn into pearls.

He thought about it, but he also forgot one thing.

The Little Mermaid only has...

Is this his luck?

It was clearly the misfortune of the other party.

"It shouldn't be like this."

In the room with only one person, Jianren Qihai murmured, but did not continue.

He stood up again, took a bottle of wine, returned to the sofa, poured it into a glass, and drank it alone.

Alcohol is a good drink that can help many people.

It's a pity that Jianren Qihai can drink very well.

In the golden liquid, there are tiny bubbles rising, and many hang on the wall of the cup, stubbornly not wanting to shake.

I don't know how long it's been, maybe it's the removal of all the burdens, or just the alcohol, or just can't bear the suffocating silence now.

He swallowed a sip of wine, and opened his mouth slowly, as if he was talking to someone, or just talking about his future plans to himself.

"Before, I thought about taking some photos."

Because children grow up very fast.

"After thinking about it, it would be nice to buy a camera and go out and shoot."

More convenient and more suitable.

"But the idea came a bit late."

Even he himself didn't have a photo of the other party when he arrived late.If it wasn't for the school's ID photo when he entered school, then he wouldn't even have the slightest trace of it.

"Maybe it would be nice to take some landscape shots."

No one... it can only be the scenery, right?

"Speaking of which, I wanted to travel in the past, but I haven't really been there until now."

When I was on a business trip, I thought about going to Hokkaido together, but I never got it done.

"If you really travel, it will take a long time, and you can think about it later."

He... is not suitable for going to far places, he has to go home early.

"It's okay to have an animal."

He had seen Aoi getting close to stray cats, so he probably liked cats very much.It's just that he needs to go to work, and Aoi also needs to go to school, and the family is not suitable for keeping pets, so he didn't mention it.

"A few more fish, blue ones."

Although probably Aoi would prefer jellyfish.

……

He spoke without saying a word, but the sun outside had already set, only the thin setting sun remained in the sky, gradually dimming the living room that lost its light.

Until the light disappeared and the darkness occupied everything, Jianren Qihai poured the last sip of wine in the glass, and made the last voice to the room where only he was alone.

That is a query.

"What do you think?"

sunflower.