"...The newly ascended demon king came from our world. He couldn't understand that world, so he destroyed that "wall", and the worlds on both sides became chaotic at once...but our side has long been used to it. Survive the monsters, but her world suffers."

"..." Seeing her pale face, Heizi asked hesitantly, "...is she dead?"

"No," Nana quickly denied, she frowned and said slowly, "She didn't die at that time, I protected her, but... she died in the end."

Not only did she die, but she died in a very strange way. The only clue left was the bloody Magic Academy leaflet that she stuffed into herself before she died. After that, her body was taken away by the demon king's subordinates. .

Nana was still young at that time, even though her death was full of doubts, she didn't think much about it, but was immersed in the sadness of losing her friend. After a while, she recalled more and more unreasonable things, so she began to try Went to investigate, but found nothing.

It was as if all the evidence had been artificially destroyed.

Until that day, Nana happened to see her only friend walking into the castle of the Demon Realm as if alive.

How could it be possible that she was still alive after watching her heartbeat stop with her own eyes?But Nana is very familiar with that person's side face. When the "wall" was still there, she used her eyes to trace the arc of that person's side face in the warm sunlight every day.

So she stood guard at the gate of the castle in the Demon Realm, and after waiting like a rabbit for half a month, she finally saw that person walking out of the castle again. His appearance was indeed exactly the same as hers, but there was no smile on his face. Eyes with dazzling brilliance, but at the moment are lifeless, without the feeling of "alive" at all.

...It's almost like the self who was separated by the "wall" back then.

Nana was a little unbelievable, but couldn't restrain her joy and rushed towards her: "Rin!"

Rin stopped stiffly, and turned his head to look at her as if in slow motion. There was no brilliance in his eyes, and he could even be said to be lifeless. Then he greeted stiffly like a machine: "Hello, I'm Rin."

"Eh?" Nana was taken aback, and then said with a forced smile, "What are you talking about? I'm Nana."

Rin still didn't change any expression: "Hello, Nana."

"...Rin?" Nana took a step back with a strange expression, and looked her up and down carefully. It was indeed the Rin she was familiar with, but inside...it was completely different.

She bit her lower lip and asked with a smile, "Rin, are you still alive? Why are you in the castle?"

"..." Rin looked at her as if looking at a stranger, and then said a few words slowly and mechanically, "I'm sorry, Rin can't answer your question."

"...Rin, what's wrong with you?" Nana tried to grab her hand, but gasped when she touched her fingertips. Her hand was cold and stiff, without any warmth at all.

"Rin, what are you doing?"

A man's voice suddenly sounded behind him, Rin turned his head slowly, and then nodded to the frowning tall blond man: "I'm very sorry, sir, Rin is going to buy ingredients now."

"..." Nana stared blankly at the back of her leaving, the man beside her squinted at her, then raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "It's really a wonderful thing to be alive, isn't it?"

Nana's heart shrank suddenly, she clenched her fingertips into the palm of her hand, gritted her teeth, stared at him and asked, "What did you do to her!"

"Oh, what a rude guy," the blond man looked at her mockingly, "Rin died a long time ago, you can still see her now, shouldn't you be grateful to Lord Demon King for your mercy?"

"...Dead?" Nana subconsciously looked at the direction Rin left, her back had disappeared into the crowd, recalling the extremely cold fingertips just now, Nana's confused head suddenly calmed down, as if Like saving Rin countless times from ferocious monsters, she narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "Did that demon king use puppetry on her? That's a forbidden technique."

"Forbidden technique?" As if hearing some funny joke, the blond man laughed strangely, "As long as it is created magic, it is used to be used by people. There is no such thing as forbidden technique or forbidden technique. Even the "wall" that has existed for thousands of years can disappear, and a mere puppet technique is nothing."

"Then why is it Rin?" Nana recalled the doubts of Rin's death bit by bit in her mind, her eyes sank, "To use puppetry, you need to implant soul fragments into the target's body. It took so much Is it too much to pay a high price to drive a person who has little fighting ability?"

"Oh? I didn't expect you to know a lot. Are you a resident over there?" The blond man stretched out his hand and touched her head lightly, then laughed softly, "If you want to know the answer, come to the Castle of the Demon Realm , Ah, I almost forgot..."

His hands slid down from the top of his head along his cheeks, then lifted her chin vigorously, bent down and approached her, his golden eyes were filled with a contemptuous smile: "It's a pity, you are not even a magician."

**

After quietly listening to Nana's words, Heizi gently stroked her head on his shoulder: "So...you want to become a magician, and then enter the castle of the Demon Realm to find the truth?"

"...Well." Nana replied sullenly, her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

"Does Akashi-kun know about this?" Kuroko asked seriously.

"No..." Nana unconsciously grabbed Heizi's clothes, and said in a vague voice, "I can't tell him about this."

"why?"

Nana froze for a moment, raised her head from his embrace, and met Kuroko's serious water-blue eyes. He looked at himself fixedly, and then repeated: "Why can't you tell Akashi-kun? Why...you can tell I?"

"Eh?" As if afraid of being seen through by him, Nana subconsciously avoided the gaze of the two of them, and turned her head to stare at the props of the drama department on the table, "Because... Tetsuya is different from Xiaozheng."

huh?

Nana's eyes changed slightly, isn't it the same?No, the two of them are the same to me, right? They are both mission targets...they are obviously the same, aren't they?

Why do I think Akashi and Kuroko are different?

"Nana," Kuroko sighed inaudibly, then gently patted her head, "You're in love with Akashi-kun, right?"

"..." Nana felt that something that had been hidden for a long time in her heart gradually became clear. She took a step back slowly, and then slightly bent the corners of her mouth, showing a perfect smile, "Tetsuya, what are you talking about, I can't Fall in love with anyone."

Heizi was stunned for a moment, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Nana put two furry wolf claws on his hands, then raised her head and looked at him with a smile: "Zheye, you should go, the competition It has already begun."

As if to confirm her words, the mobile phone in Heizi's pocket suddenly rang.

The school festival is over, and after that, everyone's campus life seems to have returned to the same study and club activities, but in the seemingly stable environment, things began to change little by little, until... completely disintegrated.

Time has entered the third semester, and winter has come quietly. Everyone seems to be changing gradually, but I can't tell what the change is, especially after the supervision is admitted to the hospital, the daily practice in the basketball club is also full of solemn atmosphere. The atmosphere, like a balloon filled with air, barely maintained on the verge of explosion.

Kise nimbly poured the ball into the basket, and looked at Akashi after landing, "Why didn't Xiao Qihai come today?"

"I don't know," Akashi wiped the sweat from his brow with a towel, "Besides, she's not from the basketball club."

Although this is true, but... Kise glanced at Akashi's expressionless face, and swallowed the words silently, why did he feel that Akashi's reaction was weird, did he quarrel with Xiao Qihai?

Kuroko glanced at Akashi from a distance, then silently looked away.

I have to say that Kise didn't care about the truth.

After the school festival ended, Akashi thought that he and Nana would return to the previous state, but unexpectedly Nana took the initiative to distance himself from him.

It was then that Akashi remembered that Nana was a magician, and if she deliberately kept away from him, he would really be unable to go any further. The previous intimate relationship was just her indulging herself in contact with her.

As a result, the two communicated less and less.

Except for Nana's routine question before going to bed every day: "Xiao Zheng, do you want to make a wish to me?"

And Akashi's answer was the same as always: "I don't have a wish."

It's still the same today. After hearing that eternal answer, Nana just smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll ask tomorrow."

Akashi looked at the book spread out on the table, but couldn't read a single word. He propped his chin and asked calmly, "How long are you going to continue this question?"

"Until Xiaozheng agreed to me," Nana smiled lightly, "The current state of the basketball team has already made Xiaozheng feel uneasy, right?"

"..." Akashi's eyes changed slightly, then he closed the book and looked at her, "Why do you say that?"

Nana did not answer directly, but bent the corner of her mouth: "Because Xiaozheng wants to make a wish to me, I feel it."

"No, you're wrong," Akashi said in a deep voice, "I don't have a wish."

"Really?" Nana didn't say any more, but turned around to leave.

When she walked to the door and was holding the doorknob to open the door, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps behind her. Just as the door opened a crack, a hand crossed her shoulder and pressed directly on the door, forcing the door to close again. It slammed shut.

Nana froze for a moment, then turned around subconsciously, only to realize that he was surrounded by Akashi in a narrow range, he looked down at him condescendingly, his red eyes flickered, and after a while, he bent down and laid his hands on him lightly. She said in her ear, "I lost."

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