you turned on the love game

The sun gradually rises, and the position changes from the top of the mountain to the top of the bell tower. From a distance, it looks like the sun is inserted on the sharp corner of the top of the bell tower.

The delicate patterns carved on it are shrouded in a layer of colorful light and shadow by this ray of sunlight, and they surround the top of the bell tower ethereally as if they were alive.

A dark-haired woman sat on the embankment by the lake.

The hair fluttering on the side of her face blocked her face, and the skirt was gently rippling like waves in the water.But her gaze was always looking into the distance, and the light gray shadow lay flat on the grass, motionless.

With the passage of time, her shadow began to change, slowly shortened a little bit, and finally curled up quietly at her feet.

After an unknown amount of time, the loud bell rang again, and after that, residents came out of the bell tower one after another, boarded boats moored on the shore, and paddled across the lake to return to the small town.

They passed the embankment in a small boat and greeted with a smile: "Good afternoon, Lucia!"

"Why are you sitting here alone?"

"Lucia, do you want to come to my house for dinner? My little girl said in the morning that she hasn't seen you for a long time!"

She came back to her senses, responded to the enthusiastic residents one by one with a smile, declined the invitation to lunch, and sat alone on the stone for a while.

Wait until the bell that symbolizes noon rings on the other side.

She walked back slowly.

There is a stone road between the lakeside and the small town. It has just rained, and it is covered with colorful fallen flowers. After stepping on the stone road, the soles of the shoes will have a pleasant fragrance.

Passing through the stone path, the opera ditties sung more and more clearly.

A young man was lying by the window of his sweetheart, holding his chin, and suddenly caught sight of Lucia's figure out of the corner of his eye, the singing stopped abruptly, his face flushed, he jumped over the window and jumped in.

Immediately there was a girl's coquettish whisper from inside.

She couldn't help chuckling, shook her head and continued walking.

Walking into the sea of ​​flowers, you can see from a distance that the lingering flowers entwining the outer walls of the houses have returned to their original shape, and the covered creepers have reappeared, and the spring green is dotted with some beautiful thin red.

The swaying flowers beside her lightly brushed her hand. She just raised her hand to touch it, but suddenly stopped in mid-air, and her fingertips moved slightly.

As if he had noticed something, his eyes were filled with burning surprise.

"Are you awake?"

While saying that, she pressed her palm to her heart.

A secret soul fluctuation surged in her body, she didn't know what she felt from it, a joyful smile appeared on her face, mixed with a bit of gentle pampering.

"Why are you unhappy..."

Before he finished speaking, the soul fluctuation suddenly became active and became a faster frequency, as if to express some dissatisfaction.

"Huh? Did you see what happened just now?"

Lucia's voice sounded a little surprised, and then she curled up her lips, slightly pursing a faint smile.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

She bent her knees slightly, and knelt down among the flowers, and the skirt embroidered with complicated patterns was spread out layer by layer, blooming enthusiastically.

The smooth black hair snaked down the shoulders and arms, and swirled down to the hem of the skirt, blooming the only flower in the world.

"I just saw myself 20 years ago, so I suddenly remembered something from the past..."

Another clear heartbeat suddenly appeared in the depths of her chest. She raised her face and looked at the blue sky that seemed to have been washed by clear water.

She released her mental power, and the lavender mist swirled and intertwined in the open space in front of her, and finally gradually condensed into a young animal-shaped silhouette.

"But I won't be sad anymore."

The breeze carried the long and familiar fragrance of flowers, as if lingering from the end of the world in a trance, breaking up the purple mist.

She watched this scene quietly, her eyes suddenly filled with heat, and the clear tears instantly wet her eyes, like sunlight falling into her pupils.

"Because you will always be by my side."

The moment the illusion formed a real entity, the mist cleared away, revealing a pair of golden beast eyes, staring at her excitedly.

The eyelashes blinked suddenly, and tears rolled down from the edge.

She asked softly, "Is that so, Margot?"

In an instant, the group of fiery little demonic beasts soared into the air, pounced directly on Lucia's lap, snoring non-stop, and making wailing sounds from their mouths.

Because of mental instability, the originally tall and mighty monster was forced to change back to its childhood appearance, like a coquettish puppy, with its tail spinning faster than the propeller.

She bent down suddenly, hugged the fiery red wolf into her arms, then buried her head in the fur, her breath was filled with the smell of sunshine.

"My little wolf."

The salty tears soaked its hair, and the little monster suddenly became flustered, wanting to turn its head to see her expression.But because he didn't want to let go of his embrace, he could only worry about it by himself.

Originally, she couldn't hold back her tears, but she was amused by its performance and burst out laughing, with wet traces remaining on the side of her face.

It looks awkward and funny.

It took the opportunity to get out of her arms, put its two front paws on her shoulders, and its cute little head immediately followed.

Canine's wet nose arched back and forth on her face, licking away the remaining tear stains within a few seconds.

Holding its face with her white hands, Lucia smiled relievedly when she met those shining golden eyes full of trust.

"Come on, let's go home."

She held the chubby little monster in her arms, stood up, and explained the current situation to it softly as she walked.

Margo rested her head on her shoulder, and turned around from time to time to look around, the fluff rubbed her itchy.

"sorry."

She gently caressed the little monster, lowered her eyes slightly, and concealed her guilty expression: "My current strength is very unstable, and I can only keep you at this size..."

It hastily turned its head and rubbed against her neck: "Woooo..."

Then she jumped up on her shoulders, from the left shoulder to the right shoulder, and then from the right shoulder to the top of her head, and sat down with one buttocks, her little tail flicked, proving that she liked this figure very much.

Seeing this, Lucia was slightly taken aback.

This is what Margot used to do when she was a child. She always liked to come and hug her while she was reading, or lie on top of her head, without thinking about how heavy she was.

"I almost forgot."

There was a gentle look in her eyes, and then she reached out and hugged the little monster from her head, and sighed helplessly: "Although you are cute, you are really a little heavy."

Margot who was hugged by the waist: "Oh?"

Back at the house, she noticed a girl with long indigo hair standing outside the gate, her right eye was covered with a dark eyepatch, and her hands were folded nervously in front of her body.

"Culomb?"

Lucia smiled warmly, opened the door, and signaled the girl to go in: "Didn't someone give you the key, why are you still waiting for me outside?"

"Because, because..."

Coulom blushed, and explained in a low voice: "When I approached here, I felt unusual fluctuations in mental power, but I didn't find the enemy, so I was a little worried..."

Hearing this, Lucia turned her head and stroked the girl's hair.

"Thank you Collom."

Then he held up Margot in a showy manner, tilting his head for no apparent reason, his limbs hanging limply in mid-air.

"This is the family I told you about before."

She withdrew her hand, put the little monster on her shoulder, hooked its chin with her fingers, and then gently nodded its nose, with a soft smile in her eyes: "Its name is Margot."

The girl immediately sat upright, pressing her hands nervously on her knees, and her voice became a little stagnant because of the tense body: "Hi, hello! My name is Kurom? Skeleton."

Facing Coulom's solemn self-introduction, Margo blinked and got used to the girl's attitude in minutes. She raised her head proudly, and then stretched out her paw to barely touch her hand.

Coulom said: "Yes, please give me more advice!"

Lucia looked at the interaction between the big and the young, raised the corners of her lips in amused manner, and walked into the kitchen to make a cup of tea for Coulom.

Margo flicked her tail and jumped from her shoulders into her arms.

"Come to see me suddenly, is there anything important?"

Coulom was holding the tea, but before he had time to drink it, he froze in place after hearing her question: "Ah, that, that..."

After struggling for a few seconds, she finally opened her mouth in a muffled voice, "Master Muk said that Miss Lucia made a wish to the Dimensional Witch... But the wish requires a price, is there anything I can do to help..."

Before Colum could finish speaking, Lucia stretched out her index finger and gently poked her forehead, and said softly, "Thank you Colum for your kindness, but I will pay her the price at that time."

Withdrawing her hand, her fine eyelashes closed slightly, the expression in her pupils was unclear, only a calm smile remained at the corner of her lips.But there seemed to be some inexplicable emotions mixed in his tone.

"It just happens to be something that is no longer needed."

Margot was nestled quietly at first, but suddenly sensed her emotions keenly, and acted coquettishly, her two front paws tightly hugged her arm, and she wanted to jump on her shoulders with her hind legs kicking .

Lucia recovered.

He picked it up and kissed its head, indicating that he was fine.

Coulom looked at her hesitantly: "What is the price?"

The only remaining purple eye is watery, like a pure and well-behaved deer in the forest: "I, may I know?"

Lucia raised her eyes, put aside the brief trance just now, thought for a few seconds and nodded in agreement: "I can tell you."

After showing a happy expression on Coulom's face, she added: "But you can't tell others yet."

Kurom immediately opened his eyes round and round, with a blank expression and a little at a loss: "Master Lian, can't you?"

Then she kept stirring her fingers and said in distress: "He is also very concerned about what price Miss Lucia paid..."

Lucia thought that Liudaoku said that there were other ways, but in fact, she could only travel through the dreamland to contact herself 20 years ago, and she exhausted her mental energy too much, and the smile on her face was faint.

"Then let Xiaokui ask me."

"But……"

She leaned back in the chair leisurely, caressing Margo's soft hair casually, and said with a light smile: "But I know, Xiaokui will definitely not ask me about this on his own initiative."

"..." Colum opened his mouth hesitantly, as if he wanted to explain to Mukuro, because in her heart, Mr. Mukuro is a very gentle person.

But thinking about his character again, there is no way to resolutely refute Miss Lucia's statement that he would not take the initiative to speak, so he can only acquiesce with guilt.

I'm sorry, Master Mukuro.Callum whispered inwardly.

"In this case."

Lucia lowered her eyes calmly and gently touched the little monster's ear.Until seeing it rubbing its paws against its ears so itchy that it couldn't stop, the corners of its lips curled up, and it laughed lazily, with no emotion in its voice.

"Then it's normal not to tell him..."

Before the words were finished, the sound of boots stepping on the wooden floor suddenly sounded outside the door, and then the door was pushed open from the outside, and one blue and one red eyes of different colors looked at the people in the room.

"KUFUFU, Collom is here too."

"Master Mukuro!" Kurom greeted excitedly.

Liudao Mukuro's eyes glanced at the wolf-like animal in Lucia's arms, an inexplicable smile curled up on the corner of his lips, his five fingers wrapped in dark gloves clasped the edge of the door, and he closed the door with his backhand.

"Lucia, I want to ask you something."

The black-haired woman looked at him curiously.

"Do you want to ask me something?"

She thought about it seriously, and guessed that it might be something related to illusion, after all, he would occasionally discuss these things with her before.

So Lucia said, "Okay, what's up?"

The man walked up to her side, folded his hands around his chest, then leaned back, leaning his back against the wall carelessly, his eyelids drooping slightly, and a deep and gloomy expression faintly flowed deep in his pupils.

"You were..."

He raised his eyelids abruptly, the curve of the corners of his lips disappeared abruptly, his voice rose slightly, but then suddenly dropped at the end.

"What price did you pay to the Dimensional Witch?"

Colum's eyes widened immediately: "!!"

Clasping his hands tightly together, he turned his head in the next second and looked at Lucia, who was just sure that Liudaokuo would never ask.

"Eh?"

The latter just froze in place.

The dense branches and leaves outside the window were blown upside down, a piece of green leaf was crumbling, and was suddenly swept up to the sky, accompanied by flowing clouds and warm sunshine, it rode the wind to dozens of kilometers away, and finally wobbled and fell on the square.

"pat..."

A shoe stepped on this fallen leaf.

Looking up, several well-dressed young people walked over talking and laughing, surrounded by four semi-curved Baroque buildings.

This is a bustling city that is completely different from a small town.

20 years ago.

Southern Italian city, Palermo.

Leaving that research institute, you are walking on a bustling street, and suddenly you find a Japanese-style building that is completely different from the surrounding style, and it is strange that no one around notices it.

You hesitated inexplicably, and suddenly remembered what you said 20 years later, and turned around and walked into that building in a strange way.

As soon as he stepped into the yard, the exit behind him immediately disappeared, turning into a mess.And outside the front door stood two lovely girls, covering their lips with their palms and laughing.

"Master, a guest is here."

They trot forward and hold your hand at the same time, and you immediately feel an irresistible force driving your legs, driving you to actively follow their footsteps.

Push open the camphor door.

There was a puff of smoke in the room.

There is a woman lying on the couch directly in front of you, wearing a gorgeous improved kimono, with a large piece of white camellia blooming on it, holding a long pipe, staring at you with deep red pupils, deep eyes.

"Welcome, guest."

You can feel the powerful force just standing in this house. You stood still, met her gaze, and asked, "I'm sorry to disturb you without authorization. What is this place?"

"This is a store..." She took a puff of cigarette, then let it out, and smiled meaningfully, "A store that can make wishes come true."

Wish come true?

You look around thoughtfully.

If she is telling the truth, then normally, there is a price to be paid to realize the wish, just like certain pre-rules need to be fulfilled when using the ability to read.

In this case--

Fits exactly what you call "swapping" 20 years later.

To understand this point, you walk into the room, kneel down and sit opposite the woman, and get straight to the point: "The store manager, is it me who will ask you to come to the world 20 years ago to wait for me 20 years from now?"

"The store manager?"

The woman was lying on her side, resting her face with one hand, as if she felt a little novel about this name, she shook out the ashes in the pipe with a smile, then slowly sat up straight, and her posture became dignified.

"That's right..."

She pulled up the open neckline of her kimono, her long eyelashes were slightly closed, and her crimson eyes gave her a vague and oppressive look. Coupled with the vaguely mysterious aura around her body, she was particularly attractive.

"Although I came here at her request, if you don't have a wish to fulfill, you can't see this store."

She leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and the dark purple sleeping blanket under her body slid from the cushion to the ground: "So, what is your wish?"

Hearing her words, you looked slightly stunned: "Do you wish..."

After pondering for a moment with downcast eyes, he asked, "In this case... can another soul in my body have a body?"

"Eh--"

She elongated her voice and looked at you with interest: "Should I say that they are really the same person? Your wishes are exactly the same."

Wish exactly the same?

You immediately realize that after returning to another world 20 years later, you also took Margot's soul away.

At the same time, she raised her hand to bring the pipe to her mouth, and then exhaled a wisp of misty smoke, with indifferent emotion in her voice: "It's a pity that even if it's the same river, it will flow to different branches on the way."

"When the gears of the past change, as the party that has lost the past, in the end, it can only let fate fix the ending."

She said calmly: "This is "inevitable""

and so……

The ending of the other you can no longer be changed.

You lowered your gaze and didn't speak.

The woman with crimson eyes stared at you calmly, then tapped the long-stemmed pipe lightly to shake off the ash inside, curled her lips and said, "If you want to realize your wish, you have to pay a corresponding price."

"You can't give too much and you can't get too much. That is, the two ends of the scale must be equal and equal."

She slowly rubbed the long pipe in her hand, and put it on the small table next to her. The metal part at the end of the pipe collided with the table, making a very light knock.

"So, what price can you give?"

"..." You stared at your white right wrist silently, after a while, you raised your other hand to touch it, feeling the smooth touch.

20 years later your arms are covered with horrific scars.

After closing your eyes, you raised your eyes again to look at the woman with black hair and red eyes sitting opposite, and said, "Miss Store Manager..."

"Yuko Ichihara."

She interrupted you suddenly, her body leaned forward slightly, her black hair wrapped around her arms and fell to the ground, her dark red eyes looked like demons.

"my name."

You put your palms on your knees: "Miss Yuko."

Straightening his back, he stared at her seriously with blue-purple eyes, "I want to know... what price will I pay in 20 years' time?"

After hearing your question, Yuko Ichihara didn't show any surprise emotion, she just raised her arms to support her head, slightly curved her lips, closed her eyes and smiled softly.

"Well...it's really a difficult question. After all, according to the regulations, I can't disclose the privacy of the guests without permission."

Just when you thought you would be rejected, she lazily opened her eyes, raised her index finger to her lips, and vivid slyness flowed from her eyes.

"However, since "I" is asking me, then it's okay. "

After finding a loophole, she lit the fire in a good mood, leaned closer to the pipe, and waited for the tobacco inside to be completely ignited, then extinguished the flame with her hands, and the gray smoke rose slowly, lingering in the air.

"The price "you" paid..."

In this cloud of smoke, Ichihara Yuko's face was slightly blurred, but her eyes, which were as red as frozen blood, were extremely clear, as if she could overcome countless obstacles and reach the end of her destiny.

"It's the ability to travel through the world."