Neighbors in forbidden land

Eh?

"Azusa... what did you just say?"

I must have heard wrong.

"Princess...you are the first to be exiled to this land."

Azusa's words kept shaking my heart.

"impossible……"

"..."

"How is it possible, Xiao Hei, she obviously, she has been living with me to this day!"

From that day I was picked up by her.

Come and find water and food with us.

She sheltered from the wind and rain together and met Xiao Gu.

How can it be!

After a brief silence.

"So, may I take the liberty to ask a question?"

"what……"

"Professor Holt said that human beings are prone to mental hallucinations in extreme environments, and it is easy to misjudge what they do as—"

"No! I clearly, I clearly—"

I interrupted Azusa.

However, his own words failed to come out.

I clearly—

As if seeing through my thoughts, Azusa continued:

"Then I'm offended, how can the princess prove that there is such a little black?"

"me--"

Obviously it can be said.

But his own tongue faltered uncontrollably.

Because I'm shaking.

Because I'm... scared.

"Has the princess seen what Xiao Hei looks like?"

No.

"How can my eyes see her, but we are separated by a mountain with bones—"

"Then... if you can't see it, the princess should have had physical contact with her, right?"

no……

"She's the same as me...everyone she touches will die, that's why she was exiled!"

I heard Azusa sigh softly.

Just like she once forgave my waywardness.

"There is no physical contact, so princess, if I guess correctly... Her voice also appeared directly in your mind, princess, right?"

"That's right...but that's because she said her voice was ugly so she used her consciousness—"

Heavy sigh.

A heavy sigh, as if to crush my fragile defense.

"Princess, I have worked hard on you for living alone until now. You have suffered too much and suffered too much grievance. This is my negligence. From now on, I will definitely—"

It was a sigh that confirmed that I was hallucinating.

"No! Xiao Hei still gave me something to eat, and she even killed a monster to give it to me. The meat was terrible but it was edible—"

I kept wanting to explain, to prove.

Blackie exists.

"Princess, may I ask... what monster did you kill?"

"That Behemoth, Behemoth, Behemoth...it's that...that's right! Behemoth, it's Behemoth!"

"Princess."

Unlike my panic, Azusa's voice was unusually calm.

"Do you know... what monster Bechymos is?"

"I... know... isn't it a monster stronger than lions and tigers..."

Xiao Hei... told me so.

"Stronger than a lion or a tiger... Did that 'Little Hei' say that?"

Azusa accentuated the pronunciation of "Xiao Hei", which made me uncontrollably afraid.Afraid to hear something different from what I know——

"Bechymos giant beast, its body is like mountains, its body is pitch black, and it feeds on rocks..."

Azusa started talking, words that I couldn't understand at all.

No...Actually...it's because I don't want to understand.

"... Such a monster can easily destroy a country, and it is indeed stronger than lions and tigers."

Such a reality...

"No, won't, won't, I clearly, I clearly—"

"Princess."

Azusa called my name softly and gently.

"Let's go back."

go back--

At this point, the sensation that I had been numb from the shock really returned to my body.

I felt it, the cloak still in my hand.

I want to give Xiao Hei a cloak.

"Wait a minute! Azusa, look!"

I raised the cloak and shook it vigorously, wanting to prove it.

"This is……"

"I made it out of vines and leaves! Clothes for Xiao Hei! In order to give her a surprise, I asked her to come back in three hours! Now the three hours will be up soon! Wait a little longer, if she comes back You will understand!"

This is it!

As long as Xiao Hei comes back, all problems will be solved!

together we can-

"Very unique clothes, princess, your craftsmanship has improved more than before..."

"That's right! I think so too!"

"That means—three hours ago, that 'Xiao Hei' was still by your side, the princess, right?"

"Ah, yes!"

"Princess."

Azusa's voice was extremely calm.

"Here, there are only your footprints, no one else's footprints."

But incomparably, piercing.

"What did you say?"

"There are only your footprints here, extending from the north, nothing else."

"This is impossible!"

"If you don't believe it, you can open your eyes and check for yourself."

When Azusa said these words, I could hear the surrounding knights gasping faintly.

"I don't! What if Xiao Hei comes when I open my eyes!"

Also, Azusa won't lie to me.

won't lie to me.

So--

Do not!

Obviously——

"Apart from your footprints, there are only a lot of huge potholes..." When Azusa said this, her voice became extremely serious, "Do you often feel vibrations near here, or some unusually huge movements? ?”

"Yes...but this—"

In the end, before I could finish speaking, Azusa suddenly stood up and shouted loudly:

"All personnel are ready to evacuate!"

"Understood!" The deafening voice of obedience.

"Eh?"

"Princess, it's not easy for you to escape the calamity alone. While the calamity is not here now, you should leave quickly."

Disaster?

What does this matter have to do with disaster?

shock?

Are the shocks caused by disasters?

But doesn't this just mean that Xiao Hei has been leading me to avoid disaster?

"Wait a minute, I'm not leaving!" Just as I yelled these words, a gust of wind blew by, blowing my cloak and my hair.I couldn't help but grabbed the cloak I was going to give to Xiao Hei.

The next moment, I can feel it.

Azusa held me in her arms and helped me resist the strong wind.

"Excuse me, is there any other request for the princess?"

Hearing this voice, I couldn't help squeezing out the last bit of strength.

Say what I want.

"I want to stay here...wait for Xiao Hei, she will be back soon..."

"..."

"Xiao Hei...she will never disobey my request..."

"..."

"So... she will definitely come back."

Another brief silence.

"The rest of the people will go back to the ship and wait for orders! Be ready to meet me and the princess at any time!"

"Knight Commander! What if—"

"Excuting an order!"

"Yes!"

So, I heard the sound of uniform footsteps going away.

A drop of cold rain fell from the sky and landed on my face.

Drop by drop.

However, in the next moment, there was nothing.

There is only the sound of the increasingly heavy rain hitting the land.

I have gradually become accustomed to the pattering sound every night.

Azusa must have deployed the magic barrier, which is one of the magics she is good at.

"If the princess has to wait, then I will accompany the princess."

Different from Xiao Hei's tenderness, with a maturity that Xiao Hei does not have.

"This is an oath made by the Knight Commander of the Guards who is the princess below me."

"thanks……"

Azusa let go of my body without making any sound, but I could feel her standing behind me.

The next step is to wait for Xiao Hei to come back.

Wait for Xiao Hei to come back.

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Boom!

Huge icicles fell from the sky, lifted the ground around me, and combined with the snow that filled the sky, formed bitter ice crystals.

Then the huge body jumped down from the air, its two claws firmly grasped my arm, and the huge mouth showed sharp fangs, biting directly on my neck.

Then I was pressed against the ice wall behind me, and there was a vibration enough to shake the ground. The shattered ice wall fell from the air, hit me and her body, and shattered into countless ice dust.

"Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho! (You bastard!)"

The roaring sound exploded directly next to my head, golden lightning roared from the sharp horns on the top of her head, and dazzling lightning exploded all over my body. Numerous cracks extending in all directions, hundreds of meters long.

Even if there is lightning and thunder, even if the ice is as sharp as a sword, these will have no effect on me.

Her claws and fangs tried to tear my body apart, but couldn't.

"Roar—(let go——)"

"Ho Ho Ho Ho! (Unless you die!)"

I pressed my claws against the surface of her body, those hard scales emitting a blue glow.

hard!I pushed her back who was holding me against the ice wall, and I grabbed her body with one paw, and then pushed her back to the ground forcefully, smashing the ice crystals that had formed.

"Ho Ho Ho! (Let go of me!)"

She kept struggling, and the ground kept shaking.The claws cut sparks one after another on my arms and body, blowing up the surrounding ground and dust all over the sky, the tail kept whipping my head, and the flashing lightning kept exploding on me, The scattered ice crystals formed one after another ice cones that were almost the same size as my body and pierced towards me.

These are useless.

I raised my other paw and stabbed hard.

It pierced the ground around her, and the sharp claws that I didn't need at all just sank into the ground easily.

"Ho Ho Ho Ho. (I have to go back, there are still people waiting for me.)"

"Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho! (Yeah, there are still people waiting for you! But no one is waiting for me anymore!)"

After she yelled like this, she stopped struggling.

Most of her red pupils that were originally burning like flames were extinguished at this moment, like small flames swaying in the wind.

A huge gust of wind blew past, and the ice and dust all dissipated at this moment, but the dark clouds did not decrease, but continued to gather, as if it was going to rain.

I looked in the direction of the strong wind, and saw a dragon that was bigger than her under its claws flew over from a distant mountain rock. Its golden scales were shining brightly even if there was no sunlight. It was as hot as the sun. The ordinary eyes are staring at this side quietly, and the wind and waves caused by the huge wings can be directly felt from here.

It's not... is there.

I let go of her who was no longer struggling, turned around and spread my wings, and flew towards Yimi without looking back.

The strong wind descended on the cloud-covered sky again, the dark gray clouds slowly sank, and dense raindrops fell from the sky.

then.

there.

What I saw was—

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The wind is getting stronger and stronger.

I can't feel it anymore.

The rain is getting heavier.

I can't feel it anymore.

Azusa and I have been standing here for a long, long time.

How long has it been.

I no longer know.

I didn't speak, and Azusa didn't speak either.

Just listening to the howling of the wind, just listening to the raindrops falling to the ground.

I don't want to hear that, what I want to hear is—

"Little Black..."

"..."

"Little Black..."

"..."

There was no response, only Azusa's calm breathing.

The rain is getting heavier and the wind is getting stronger.

It didn't blow on me, but my body kept shaking.

It didn't hit me, but my body was extremely cold.

"Xiaohei... where are you..."

It's been three hours...

"Xiao Hei...you promise..."

That gentle and silly voice did not sound as promised.

why?

why?

why?

This is my hallucination?Impossible, that day, that day I clearly, clearly felt it through that bone frame.

Through that bone shelf?

I can't find the shell that Xiao Hei gave me.

Everything is gone.

I didn't touch her at all.

I didn't hear her at all.

I didn't see her at all.

But I firmly believe that she must be there, and she must be by my side.

Because I have her voice in my head.

but.

Now, no more.

The last glimmer of hope was also drowned by the heavy rain.

Azusa didn't say anything, just quietly waited by my side.

How could this be?

Is all that fake?

When we met, we worked hard together for food, clothing, housing and use.

When we meet, we are happy, angry, sad and happy together.

The clothes we weave.

The current we found.

We grilled fish.

Potatoes that we have grown.

The words we used to say.

The promise we made to the sky full of stars in the long night.

Are they all fake?

"Little black!"

Uncontrollable emotions rose in the strong wind and tossed in the torrential rain.

"Come out! Xiao Hei!"

If not fake.

"why do not you answer me!"

So why haven't you shown up yet.

"Speak up! Blackie!"

Are you in danger?

"Speak up... Xiao Hei!"

If so.

"Answer me...Xiao Hei..."

Did I send her somewhere else?Is this punishment?

"Come out...answer me...Xiao Hei..."

Because of my waywardness?

Because I... didn't say it properly?

"Xiaohei... where are you..."

Not that good.

"Obviously...it's clearly agreed..."

what you want to do.

"I give an order..."

is to stay by my side.

"Are you on call!"

Are they all fake?Are they all lying to me!

"Little black!"

The heart-piercing roar, the last hoarseness of the untouched throat.

"You fool! You liar! You big liar!"

The voice turned into a low sob in the whistling, and the tears mixed with the raindrops, telling the ground the unreachable mourning.

"Little Black..."

My head hurts.

"Where are you……"

I'm wrong.

I shouldn't be willful.

you come back...

awareness.

interrupted.

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Where, what I saw was—

"Come out...answer me...Xiao Hei..."

Weeping incessantly.

"Xiaohei... where are you..."

He kept yelling.

"Obviously...it's clearly agreed..."

Yimi, who was already in great pain.

"I give an order..."

And around her, women I don't know.

"Are you on call!"

And the ships on the distant sea.

"Xiao Hei!" and the large group of people.

"You fool! You liar! You big liar!"

Keep calling my name.

"Little Black..."

The sound is getting smaller and smaller.

"Where are you……"

Yimi, who finally fainted, was embraced by the woman beside her, and then ran towards the boat by the sea.

I hid behind the low pressure clouds on the hillside of the mountain where I usually keep my diary, and relied on flying to fix myself at this altitude.

The rain washes over my body, streaming down my broken wings.

I didn't go out.

Yimi can accept me because Yimi can't see me.

But those human beings will not.

Because of the mistakes I made.

Find my dragon.

The words I once carved on the mountain wall.

It has reached those who came to pick up Yimi.

They are reminding me repeatedly.

Humans will not forgive me.

My mistake.

Here I am, overwhelmed.

He could only watch the woman hug the fainted Yimi onto the boat surrounded by a group of humans.

is this okay?

I do not know.

Would it be better to go back?

I do not know.

The boat had already started to move, turned around and left towards the south.

I couldn't move.

——Yes, there are still people waiting for you!But no one is waiting for me anymore!

The roar of the dragon seemed to be right next to him.

There are many more such things.

very many.

Because of my mistakes, the mistakes I made.

"There are monsters attacking the ship!"

Eh?

I heard the cries of those humans.

I saw the surface of the sea churning in the torrential rain.

That blue-black figure.

"Gululululu! (Bring Yi back!)"

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Yi was taken away.

By someone who has never seen it.

Black is not there.

She's at.

She didn't come.

So here I come.

I hit the wood.

I dodged the attack.

Collide.

Head hurts.

Make waves.

No effect.

Collide.

Head hurts.

Collide.

Wood is moving away.

pain.

Collide.

Yi wants to be taken away.

People are hitting me.

Collide.

it hurts.

Blood floats in the sea...

Collide……

it hurts……

Head hurts……

body hurts...

bleeding……

Collide……

wood... no... change...

Collide……

well...heavy...

Can't swim... move...

Collide……

Blood……

Wood...far away...

sinking in...

light...blood...

Shen...

according to……

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"Yimi is gone, Xiaogu is gone, Yimi is gone. No.40 thirty-five thousand"

My mistake.

I will never forget.