[Complete] Sibyl the Immortal

You have to know that the human heart is very big, and we can let go of everything we like.

——José Mauro de Vasconcelos: "My Dear Sweet Orange Tree"

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Inside HOMRA.

Hatta Misaki was holding a kitchen knife, staring at the chopping board with a serious expression.

"Then, I'm on!"

Toshio Kamamoto cheered him on.

"Come on! Brother Hatta!"

"..."

Xiyang, who had been watching for a long time but didn't see Mingtang, turned his gaze to Anna Kushina.

"What are they doing?"

"Fried rice..." With a loud hiss from the kitchen, Anna's tone became uncertain, "...Is it?"

"If it's oily, it's here, right?"

"Eh?! Are you using that, Brother Hatta?!"

"what happened?"

"It's better to use lard for fried rice."

"It doesn't matter, whatever."

"Ah, well...it's not impossible...ah! If the pot is not heated and then heated..."

"So it's all up to you!"

"Then the rice tastes better when it's dehydrated."

"That's the trouble! The more you talk, the more proud you are! Stop talking!"

"……Yes."

"cut!"

"Ugh! Put the rice in first?!"

"You bastard, you are really annoying!"

"...Well, because in that case, it's cooking, right?"

"Cooking rice and fried rice are the same, right?!"

"It's different, hey!!!"

……

In the noisy background, Anna sat next to Xiyang, and leaned over to look at the picture book in her hand.

"...Is the fried rice made by Misaki really edible?"

"……I do not know."

The two little lolis were silent for a while, and looked at the kitchen as if they were watching a disaster movie.

"Forget it, even if you fail, let Lifu try it."

"That's right."

After reaching a consensus, the two lolis looked away from the kitchen without hesitation, and screamed at Kamamoto ("Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what did you put?!") and Hathi Annoyed retort ("Do you have any objection to putting jackfruit in our fried rice?!") and looked at the picture book on the lap together in the voice.

"Read this story, Young."

("Fried rice with jackfruit isn't fried rice at all, is it?!")

"it is good."

("It's long-winded! How about treating it like cooking rice?!!!")

The two men almost quarreled in the kitchen, but the atmosphere around the two lolis was peaceful.

"A long time ago, somewhere there was a monster with no name. The monster wanted a name very, very much, so the monster went on a journey to find a name. But, because the world is big..."

Xiyang's voice is soft and quiet, with a gentle tone, just listening to it will make my heart feel at peace.Anna leaned against her, quietly listening to the story of this nameless monster.

In the story, the monster splits into two, one goes east and the other goes west.

The monsters going east got the names of Otto the blacksmith, Hans the shoemaker, and Thomas the hunter, but in the end they all ate the host from the inside because they couldn't bear the hunger, and turned back into monsters without names again and again.

Finally, the monster came to a small kingdom and made an exchange with the little prince who had been ill for a long time.The monster liked the little prince's name very much, and also liked the life in the castle, so no matter how hungry he was, he endured it.But in the end, the hungry little boy ate everyone and started wandering again.

During the journey, the little boy met the monster going west.

"The westward monster said, 'I don't need a name, I'm happy without one. Because we're monsters without names.'

"The little boy ate the monster that went west. He got the name with great difficulty, but there is no one who can call him.

"John, what a nice name."

Xi Yang closed the picture book in her hand, on the back cover was a lonely figure of a little boy standing at the end of the road.She lowered her eyes slightly, staring at the words "Monster Without a Name" on the back cover.

Holding her cold fingers gently with one hand, Anna looked at her and shook her head slightly.

"Yang... is not a monster without a name. Even if the name is taken away, it is not."

As an excellent sensory ability user, Kushina Anna can touch the hearts of others.It was probably the moment when her emotions fluctuated just now, which made her feel something.The little girl holds Xi Yang's hand, and her crimson eyes are fixed on her.

"And the monster finally got the name John, didn't he? Now he's a little boy named John, not a monster without a name."

Xiyang responded very lightly.

"……Um."

Yeah, already, no more monsters with no names.

But why...

"Come here, Anna and Xiaoyang should try this too, Hatta's special fried rice! Although it looks unreliable, it is actually delicious!"

Kamamoto handed a small plate of fried rice to the two girls and strongly recommended it.He couldn't see the upside-down quarrel with Hatta Misaki before.Hatta blushed and yelled, "What do you mean by looking unreliable, you bastard!"

Xi Yang and Anna looked at each other, picked up the spoons and scooped up the fried rice one by one and brought them to their mouths.

"Unexpected……"

"...It's delicious."

"Y-It's not that good..." Hatta scratched his cheek and turned his head away, even the roots of his ears were burning red, "Anyway, it's fine if you like it, haha, hahahaha..."

Anna: "Misaki, you're blushing."

Xi Yang: "You're blushing, Misaki."

"Hey, long-winded!!!"

Riko Kamamoto couldn't help laughing out loud, but Misaki Hatta punched him hard, and Hatta himself couldn't help laughing after the punch.Infected by this happy atmosphere, even Anna showed a small smile.

And Xiyang just watched quietly.

--why?

——Even though it was such a happy moment, my heart felt more and more painful.

"You know, it's all going to go away. 』

***

A very fine pink was slowly withdrawn to the convenience store diagonally opposite HOMRA.

Elucie took back the hagoromo that had turned into a receiver, and looked at Katsuragi Katsura.

"Master God (ω`)?"

"I see."

The boy pushed down his glasses, and a clear look flashed in his eyes.

"All the fragments have been collected, and I have found the reason for the gap in the child's mind."

***

"Don't cry."

Kumina Anna suddenly raised her hand to touch the corner of Xiyang's eyes.Faced with the prophet's puzzled expression, she just repeated the sentence softly.

"Don't cry."

"Xiyang didn't cry."

"But..." Anna's fingers gently clasped her heart, "Here, I've been crying all the time."

Xi Yang's eyelashes trembled slightly.

***

"That child, suffers from the happiness he has received."

In this way, the god of strategy made an assertion to the prophet.