Fantasies That Descend on Collapse

Chapter 33 request

Teresa is afraid of ghosts.

As the S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, the second master chosen by Judah's oath, who can have the record of defeating the emperor-level Honkai beast alone, and has experienced the second Honkai coming to face the Herrscher of the Sky, To be afraid of such illusory things.Ridiculous isn't it?

But the fact is that this child, who has an appearance completely out of her age, has shown her inner fragility to people she knows well.She was terrified of the being called the ghost, so terrified that she lost the sanity she had to deal with it.

As for Teresa's fear of ghosts, the bishop has tried countless strange methods in the past years, trying to use this scientific method to make Teresa get rid of her fear of ghosts. This shortcoming.But the final result can be imagined.

The Bishop failed. He didn't let Theresa overcome her shortcoming of being afraid of ghosts. After an unknown number of attempts, maybe it was because she couldn't bear to see Theresa trembling in fright from those imaginary ghosts. After all, the bishop chose to give up, and then he came to Teresa, bent his waist that was always straight in front of other people, and asked Teresa why she was afraid of this kind of thing. Existence that has not been proven by humans.

Until now, the bishop still remembers what Teresa said at that time, and the expression on Teresa's face that was holding back the tears.

"Those hideous ghosts... Aren't they still human in essence... I don't know how to face these dead humans..."

At this point, the bishop was silent. Since then, he has never mentioned anything about ghosts and stories in front of Teresa, and Teresa's shortcoming of being afraid of ghosts will also gradually fade away in the following time. Slowly, it gradually spread among the A-level and above-level Valkyries in the Destiny Headquarters.

Then, after that incident, Teresa became even more afraid of the existence transformed from the human soul, afraid that at a certain time, she would wrap herself in a thick sheet Because only such a small space can make her feel safe.

After all, she didn't know what kind of expression she should use to face the illusory existence described by humans...

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"...!"

Facing the tombstone that suddenly appeared in front of her and the pink figure floating in front of the tombstone that seemed to be blown away by the wind at any moment, Teresa did not scream loudly in panic, nor ran around in panic because of panic .

Theresa, who saw the ghost for the first time, just stood there with a natural expression, and then stared at the other party without saying a word, waiting for the other party's next words. If you only look at Theresa's expression at this time, maybe no one Will link her to the child who was once terrified of ghosts.

Could it be that Teresa has become less afraid of ghosts?The answer is of course no.

The moment Yae Rin appeared in front of Teresa, the matter of reason in Teresa's mind evaporated with the appearance of Yae Rin.

The extreme panic made Teresa lose the right to control her body, and the loss of sanity made Teresa unable to judge the situation at this time, and her stomach began to twitch unconsciously due to too strong emotions. If Teresa is not Yae Rin but some strange existence, maybe Teresa will spit it out on the spot because of too much fear in the next moment.

Fortunately, Yae Rin seemed to see the panic hidden in Teresa's calmness. She didn't make any drastic moves. She just used her weak but melodious voice to raise her own concerns to Teresa. The request also allowed Teresa, who was in a panic, to regain some of her sanity.

"Please... unknown white-haired lady..."

"Please free my sister... from the curse of this memory..."

"Only you...you who don't belong here...can do this...break this 500-year-old curse..."

The weak voice was mixed with sadness, and the request that could not make people shed tears dilutes Teresa's fear of ghosts. After regaining control of her body, she tried to move her trembling legs that had just shaken off the fear Struggle to walk towards Yae Rin.

At this moment, facing Yae Rin who suddenly appeared in front of the tombstone, Teresa's heart was already haunted by many puzzled questions.From Yae Rin's eyes, she read the sadness accumulated over a long period of time, and from Yae Rin she almost put down all the requests she made, all of which made Teresa's heart of caring for others, I couldn't stop beating and hurting.

"Wait, who are you!"

Teresa, who had many questions in her heart, stretched out her hand to Yae Rin, hoping to touch the other's figure that would disappear with the wind at any time, but when she regained her senses, she realized that it appeared in the The only thing in front of me was the tombstone under the cherry blossom tree, while Teresa's palm touched only a few cherry blossom petals that had just fallen from the cherry blossom tree by the wind.

Those are a few special petals of cherry blossoms, those are moist, the temperature and color are like the petals of cherry blossoms dyed red with the blood of the deceased, and these petals are quietly resting in Theresa's palm at this moment, letting her A strange emotion was felt.

It is the sadness that comes from the depths of the soul when witnessing the endless pain of one's loved ones and being powerless.

"What do you want to ask me to do?"

Teresa looked at these unique cherry blossoms, and then she spread her palms, allowing the petals to be carried up to the sky by the breeze in the mountains, and she bowed her head only when she was sure that the petals had completely disappeared from her field of vision. He looked at the tombstone under the cherry blossom tree.

Carefully brushing off the dust on the tombstone with her hand, looking at the name carefully carved on it, Teresa's face showed an unspeakable expression that could not be restrained.

"So...Yae Sakura's younger sister...is you..."

"I promise you, I will help your sister get rid of this curse that has bound her for a long time."

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"Yae Rin..."

Walking on the path back to the Yae Shrine, Teresa chanted Yae Rin's name in a low voice. After meeting each other in front of the tombstone, Teresa's heart has been haunted by an indescribable emotion .

She remembered the scene when the two met for the first time. Although she was extremely scared at that time, her eyes still engraved the incredible scene in detail and deeply in the object used to store memories.

Yae Rin's illusory figure, which should not exist in this world, resides on the tombstone because of an obsession.

She half-opened her eyes, blue gem-like eyes revealing emotions that cannot be ignored, like water flowing through the ice, while blooming beauty to the world, it also conveys its meaning to the world.

And the emotion in Yae Rin's eyes is like the daunting ice spring, although it is beautiful, people dare not approach it.After all, the loneliness entangled in Yae Rin is not something that ordinary people can touch and adapt to.

Watching her relatives suffering and being helpless, she may have become a kind of existence similar to the earth-bound spirit at a certain time, but it is not Yae Village who bound her, but her sister Yae cherry.

"In this space... have so many people been involved..."

Suddenly, Teresa seemed to think of something, and then reached out to support her chin, and she fell into a brief thought with a solemn expression.

Counting the original people and two outsiders in this space, Teresa was a little surprised to find that the number of people connected with this space has exceeded the number of people unknowingly. Most importantly, These people in this space are inextricably linked to each other.

At this moment, the fates of the people in this space may have been entangled with each other without them realizing it, and one is indispensable.

But apart from that, Teresa thought of another thing, another thing out of her own selfishness.

"However... since Yae Rin's soul will be attached to this space because of obsession... then is it..."

Thinking of this, Teresa clenched her palm tightly, with such great force that her nails even pierced the skin of her palm, causing the bright red blood to flow down the gap between her fingers and drip onto the ground bit by bit. .

She thought of a possibility, a possibility so bold that she suspected that she had gone crazy, but along with this thought, there was another thing engraved deep in her memory.

Those were a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that could make Teresa give up all hope and walk towards death alone...

"No...it must be a coincidence...it's just a coincidence, yes...it must be a coincidence!"

Shaking her head in confusion because of recalling those golden eyes, Teresa realized that during this period of time when she was thinking wildly, she was still walking on the mountain path At this moment, she has returned to the shrine.

"Eh? Is this room?"

Now she was standing in front of a room with the door slightly open. Through the gap of the door, Teresa saw the villagers in plain clothes kneeling in the room.

And the person on the main seat in this room is none other than the Yae Sakura whom Teresa has been looking for for a long time...

Chapter 34 Maybe this chapter... should be called Miko?

In the room with the door ajar, a meeting with a strange atmosphere was going on.

A normal meeting should be organized, led, and purposeful, but a meeting in a room should be extremely weird in the eyes of outsiders, but in the eyes of the villagers of Yae Village, this...is Yae The birth of the village has come and is a routine activity.

There is no organization, no discipline, and the not-so-spacious room is filled with the noisy conversations of the villagers, like a vendor at the stall bargaining with others, which is annoying.

As participants in this meeting, these villagers did not fulfill their due obligations at all. The villagers sitting around on the ground all did the same thing to Yae Sakura on the main seat.

They are complaining, venting their negative emotions to the priestess who guards them, and let the priestess who did not have to bear this responsibility bear the mess left by their incompetence and ignorance.

Facing the villagers who were venting their dissatisfaction because of their own incompetence, Yae Sakura just sat on the head seat of the room, half-opened her eyes, and watched these crazy actors performing the performances that only they could do. understandable farce.

There is no need to understand or listen, anyway, these villagers will find those stupid solutions on their own after complaining, and as a witch, I only need to implement the method they proposed That's it.

After all, protect the village.Isn't that the duty that an outstanding miko should fulfill?

No...it's not like that...that's not what a good shrine maiden should do, but...

Rin's wish...isn't it this?

Seeing the scene that happened on the altar that night again, Yae Sakura, who was sitting on the main seat, slowly lowered her head, and then pressed her hands on her chest that had become a little depressed.

The chain that binds her soul to the Miko seems to be a little looser at this moment, and it seems... to become a little stronger...

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"Master Miko!"

The abrupt shout brought Yae Sakura back to her senses, then she raised her head and saw the villagers who had stopped discussing and seemed to have come to a conclusion.

"Master Miko, she must have attracted monsters to the village! With white hair, she must be a disaster. Only in this way can we explain why her arrival attracts so many monsters. !"

"My husband... was killed by those monsters who broke into the village! It must be the good thing that the white-haired witch did! Miko-sama, you must let us decide!"

"Miko-sama..."

The villagers who had finished the discussion seemed to have thought of it by coincidence, and they kept telling Yae Sakura who was sitting on the main seat the conclusions they had reached during the short discussion.

Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, they just put these unnecessary crimes one after another on the outsider they said, and the reason they did this was because the other party appeared at an inappropriate time. In the wrong place, and with the wrong hair color.

Perhaps in their eyes, there is a person with a hair color that does not match the Shinano people, that is, the legendary witch with the ability to bring disaster, or... that is just a reason for them to deny their incompetence.

Whether it is true or not, as long as the opponent is defeated, all these right and wrong will lose their original meaning.Even if the other party is really not a witch, what does it matter?After all, things like the truth are only in the hands of two kinds of people, one is the winner, and the other... is the living...

Facing these villagers who were in a panic because of being bound by the feudal ideology, Yae Sakura just bowed her body as usual, and denied the extremely absurd idea put forward by these villagers with a calm voice.

"At present, there is no evidence to prove that the girl is related to the monster that recently appeared in the village. So please give me some time, and I will investigate all this in detail as soon as possible."

Yae Sakura didn't use her position to force these villagers to accept her suggestions. Even if she was facing these ignorant villagers with a peaceful nature, she really couldn't bring up any intention of arguing with them... Or, it was because she really didn't want to put too much energy on these stubborn villagers.

After all, her current status is the contemporary maiden of the Yae Shrine. In view of her status, these villagers may have to compromise.

"What else do we need to investigate! Isn't it the duty of a witch to protect the village! The truth of the matter will be revealed soon, right? It was the white-haired witch who brought the disaster! As long as she is killed, the village will be restored to peace!"

But this time, the actions of these villagers seemed to confirm their guess, without the slightest concession or compromise, they just shouted and asked Yae Sakura to get rid of the name that in their eyes would bring trouble. Disaster girl.And Yae Sakura, who was the most persecuted, just sat down on her seat with her head down in the end, and some didn't know how to deal with these villagers who had fallen into a bewilderment.

"Enough, what's the point of being noisy during the meeting?"

Just when the situation was about to get out of hand, sitting next to Yae Sakura, her father, who was born as the man who fell into the God Lord of Yae Village, finally spoke.

The man's voice is very soft, but it has a different kind of majesty. The slightly serious words are conveyed to the ears of the whole person through the man's mouth. In an instant, the room that was still like a disturbance suddenly became audible. .

"Have you calmed down yet?"

Looking at the people who had returned to calm, the man who was the god master sat on the second seat of the meeting and glanced at the ordinary villagers who participated in the meeting with his indifferent eyes.

Those not-so-remarkable eyes, under the blessing of the man's position as a god master, turned into a tool to see through the hearts of others.Facing the divine master's gaze that seemed to be able to pry into his own heart, these villagers who were still noisy at first were all sitting in place, with their heads lowered, not daring to look directly at their already decayed hearts.

"Lord Miko."

Finally, the man stopped looking at his surroundings, he fixed his eyes on Yae Sakura, and then said words that made Yae Sakura pale.

"Even if that girl has nothing to do with what happened in the village recently, don't forget that the day of the next sacrifice is getting closer and closer."

"Father... no, my lord, what do you mean by that!"

Although the other party didn't fully speak clearly, Yae Sakura had guessed what her father wanted to convey to her from the content of these few short sentences.

Sacrifice, time, plus the foreign girl mentioned by his father, and even the day when the sacrifice is approaching, all of these things do not all indicate that his father wants to use this foreign girl as a sacrifice for the next sacrifice Do you want to dedicate it to the gods enshrined in Yae Village?

"My lord, I don't think this is appropriate. The other party is just an innocent girl who strayed into this place. Since the other party has nothing to do with our lives, why should we let her be the sacrificial offering!"

Right after the Divine Master made this suggestion, Yae Sakura voiced her objection without hesitation, opposing this suggestion that was so ridiculous in her eyes.