God Judge's Blade

How does it feel to send away your most important person with your own eyes?

Ji Guoyuan had already experienced it early on.

It wasn't until he was old that he met the girl in his memory again as if he had fallen into a dream.

She still has a talking fox with weird patterns, and she is as silent as gold as before.Just that tenderness, as always.

Is that a dream?

Or is it reality?

The fact is, it doesn't really matter anymore.As long as the hands I'm holding now are warm enough, that's enough.

However, regardless of whether it was a dream or not, whether Mina and Foxnosuke really existed, there was only one kind of pain that Enichi didn't want them to feel.

"I'm about to die." The old man who was about to die gently said the cruel truth.

"..." Mina and Foxnosuke were silent together, and after a long time, the black-haired girl held his hand.

"Hmm." She responded in a low voice.

How painful is it to send away important people?

It was a pain that couldn't be described in words, like the invisible soul was cut, and I could only get a blank memory when I recalled it.

"It's time for you to leave." Yuanyi said gently, "Don't look at me...leave with Foxnosuke."

Mina held Yuanyi's hand, her warm cheek pressed against the back of the old hand.

"...I will see you off for the last time."

"No." Obviously next year is already very old, but Yuanyi becomes self-willed, and he can vaguely find the shadow of his youth.

He is very stubborn and will keep silent when he is angry.When he doesn't want to eat food he doesn't like, he will secretly hide it at the bottom of the bowl, trying to trick the little fox who doesn't look for it for a while.

Yuanyi would be angry, just like now, he replied again without refusing.

"I don't want it," he repeated, like a wayward child.

When they first met, Yuanyi was only ten years old.

A small child with obvious crimson markings on his forehead. He looks cute, but he speaks very little, making people think he is dumb for a while.

When he is happy, he will purse his lips and show a subtle smile, and a pink blush will appear on the baby's fat cheeks.

It's only been a few years.

Time is cruel.

For Mina, getting to know Enichi was a few years ago.It was as clear as yesterday's dream.

She can even recall the scene where the child who was not taller than her carefully hugged Foxosuke and held her hand.He carefully pulled the hem of Mina's clothes, only pulling a small piece of clothes, for fear of getting it dirty.

... so sad.

"...I'm sorry." The back of her hand that was no longer smooth rested on Mina's forehead, and she lowered her eyelashes slightly, covering her honey-colored eyes.

I was so sad that I couldn't even shed tears.

My heart seemed to be stuffed with cotton, beating with difficulty, my eyes were sore, but I tried my best not to shed tears.

If she showed sad emotions in front of Yuanyi, it would be too unfair to Yuanyi who had been waiting.

For Mina, it was just a few years.

Just haven't seen it for a few years.

For Yuanyi, it was 60 years of loneliness and 60 years of nostalgia.

She even began to regret, should not have met in the first place.

"Why?!" Compared to Mina, who was so sad and close to himself, Honosuke was more direct. He rushed to Yuanyi's side and asked in a crying voice, "Obviously... there is only so much time left. , why did you drive us away?"

"—Stop talking, Foxnosuke."

"But……"

"--say no more."

She turned her head and continued to stare at her old friend who was breathing unevenly.

"Is this a request?"

"It's my last wish," Yuan Yi smiled gently, "Please."

"…………"

Mina fell into a long silence.

After a long time, she nodded slightly, holding Yuanyi's hand even harder.

The back of the hand in the palm is quite cold no matter how hard you cover it.It had nothing to do with the weather, it was just a drop in body temperature due to insufficient blood supply.

That is an irreversible characteristic of elderly people, even if it is wrapped with spiritual power, it cannot be changed.

"Why?!" Honosuke cried out sadly, he didn't understand why things turned out like this.

Obviously at that time, the God Judge wanted to come and accompany Yuan until the last moment, Fox Nosuke thought he could stay for a longer time.

Seeing the old Enichi, Foxnosuke was both sad and happy.It's not that he doesn't know the concerns of Lord God Judge, but also knows that he is as sad as he is... Even meeting this time was a joyful surprise.

Mina is the judge of the government of time, and she has done many things that should not be done.Until the last moment, it was also violating the regulations set by the Government of Time.

It is obviously a very happy thing to say goodbye to an old friend.

Maybe after tonight, Yuanyi will die.He stubbornly drove away one person and one fox, preventing them from seeing his dead appearance.

Mina agreed to his last request and took Foxanosuke to leave the familiar hut.

Along the way, Foxnosuke cried and wanted to go back, and even complained.

"I knew this earlier, I knew it earlier... Then why did we come back?" The little fox cried until the fur around his eyes was soaked, and he hiccupped sadly, "My lord judge...why did you let the fate Mess up?"

"Because he will be sad."

"I don't understand," Foxnosuke shook his head, "Isn't it good to have someone to accompany you?"

The little fox really didn't understand.

His sadness and happiness are quite simple, engraved inside his body like a pattern.When Minagi designed it at the time, he didn't create too many complicated programs for Honosuke. It's normal for Honosuke not to understand.

Mina gently stroked Fox's fur.

Human emotions are so complicated that even Mina fully understands them.Most of the time, she acted according to her intuition, and she only learned a lot of precious feelings in the past few years of travelling.

"It's not necessarily a good thing to have someone to accompany you." Mina replied.

Enichi didn't want to make Mina and Foxnosuke feel bad, he used his own way clumsily, and wanted to protect them until the end.

It is precisely because she understands Yuanyi's feelings that Mina will agree.

"So are we really leaving?"

Miina shook her head.

"Wait a little longer," she said.

There is always someone who wants to deal with Yuan Yi's funeral.

The familiar little house is still the same as before, but the traces of time are engraved on it.Mina has carefully observed that there is no trace of another person living in the house, and even retains some habits when Mina and Foxanosuke were still there.

If Yuan Yi passed away, it would be difficult for people to find out in a short time.

No matter what Yuanyi thinks, Mina feels that at least let him leave quietly instead of staying there alone.

Mina's idea was very simple, but she was absolutely unreasonable. That night, an uninvited guest came to Yuanyi's small house.

——It is one of the top strings, Black Death Mou.

Yuanyi's older brother Ji Guoyansheng who turned into a ghost.

Enichi, who had only one breath left, took out the Japanese sword bravely, and felt sad for his brother's attitude at this time.

What an unsightly gesture that was, losing human emotion, throwing away everything, trampling the dignity of the past underfoot.

"...how sad, my lord brother."

Foxosuke, who was hiding in the dark, almost couldn't hold back and rushed out. He pulled the god judge's clothes, and said pleadingly: "Master god judge, go out and help Yuanyi... he is so old now, You must not be able to beat one of the top strings!"

"...There is no need."

"what?"

"……he's gone."

Foxosuke's almost mushy head struggled to understand the meaning of "he's gone". He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Yuanyi who took out his sword and stood there without moving, opening and closing his kisses.

He couldn't even make a full sound, he could only scream "ahh".

"...What..." The little fox's pupils rolled down beads of tears, "Why so fast..."

Kamizuru sat quietly next to Enichi's body all night, and Foxanosuke and Mina also hid in the dark for a day.

It wasn't until dawn that the six-eyed ghost moved his body, walked up to Yuan Yi's body, and picked up the broken flute that was split in two.

He hid the flute in his body, glanced at Yuanyi again, and disappeared into the forest.

Enichi was buried by Minagi and Foxanosuke in the courtyard of the small house.

One person and one fox sat there for a long time, so long that they could not feel tired or hungry.

Two days later, Foxnosuke pulled out a lot of things full of fate in the leftover hut.He seemed to want to take them away, but after sorting them out, he put them back into the distance one by one.

"Aren't you taking it?" Mina asked.

"...No," Honosuke said in a low voice, "Let them stay here and stay with Yuanyi."

"……Um."

Before leaving, Mina sent a letter to the old address of Mio's family far away on the border of Daigo country. No matter who finally received the letter, it was always someone related to Mio.

They will definitely remember Yuanyi.

After doing these things, Minai sent a return application to the government of time.

The golden gate of time and space appeared in front of his eyes, and Mina stepped into the void with Fox's help in his arms.

At the last moment, she turned her head.

In a trance, it seems to see the young Yuanyi sitting on the corridor, with crimson eyes crooked, smiling gently at her.

"Master God Judge?" Seeing that Mina hadn't taken another step for a long time, Honosuke asked hesitantly.

Before Nagi came back to her senses, there was no sign of her old friend on the corridor.

"Sorry, let's go."

"it is good."

She stepped into the golden gate of time and space, and her figure disappeared.

The little house that had a little popularity now lost its sound, it was completely silent, lonely and cold.

Perhaps after waiting for a few years, new residents will be ushered in.

The memories belonging to people from different time and space, together with those who have passed away, are buried in the dust and mud.