[Charles IX] The magic hour

Disappeared in a piece of blue, Ying Yu turned around.

The old housekeeper who accompanied her handed her the relevant information about the ghost shadow trace that had been investigated.

Ying Yu took the file which was obviously more than twice as thick as the one she had shown to her friends, and was not in a hurry to open it, instead she called her old father.

"Yes... I want to investigate the ghost shadow... um... okay..."

"Thank you dad."

The gentle male voice on the phone was a bit distorted, but he still replied reliably: "Leave it to Dad."

Ying Yu hung up the phone and blinked hard.

I will definitely settle this account.

Please watch carefully, Igor...

Wait for No.15 days

flower.

Flowers all over the mountains.

That was the most eye-catching flower field Tang Xiaoyi had ever seen in his life.

Some of the fresh and delicate petals are covered with dew that has not had time to be evaporated by the hot sun in the morning, and they are moist and vigorously blooming.

And the girl in Huali fell asleep peacefully, with pale fingertips that used to fly on the keyboard resting beside her.The bright eyes are hidden under the thin eyelids, and the face is still soft and rosy, like the delicate petals under the dew, fluffy, very, very fragile and beautiful.

But Tang Xiaoyi could only stumble and run towards the sleeping man, his eyes widened and he ran towards the sleeping man in a panic, Hua'er followed his rough movements and swayed.Soon, one after another, waves of confusion spread in the flower field.

The girl's face gradually withered, and her soft body gradually became cold and stiff.Tang Xiaoyi stopped beside her a long time ago, and the lively flower waves also slowly stopped, as if mourning for the girl, and lowered her head under the gradually blazing sun.

She is dead.

The chirping birds were tireless, and the cheerful and clear voice became farther and farther away in Tang Xiaoyi's ears, becoming distant and weak.

Then there's the pale background.

The blurred flower fields and the girl gradually went away, leaving only the melody of birdsong that became sad at some point. Tang Xiaoyi wanted to keep him but could only make a broken sound like crying, just like a girl A pale, stiff child appeared before him.

The background is blurry and pure white.

can not see clearly.

Just a distinct pale child.

dead children.

His sun visor was put on squarely on his head, and his eyes, which had been active in the past, were closed, and he could no longer see the light inside.The rosy lips no longer showed a light color of blood, and they were tightly pressed, refusing to confide a little regret to death.

Tang Xiaoyi slowly stretched out his hand to reach him, but the scene of this child gradually began to shatter when he stretched out his hand, and with his blurred background, it fell into a panic-stricken darkness.

Tang Xiaoyi watched all this dully.

For a moment, as if he had a sudden reaction, a severe tearing sensation came from his heart, and he was enveloped by a deep cold loneliness.

"...and Ah Yu..." He muttered these words, and then let out a moaning and sobbing like a trapped animal in the darkness.

"... Ah Yu..."

Tang Xiaoyi woke up with a start.

The bright sunlight came in, and was covered by the gauze curtains, turning into a soft halo, shining on him, warming his cold body.

The fishing nets hung loosely from the ceiling, and the hanging feathers and small bells shook slightly, but there was no sound.

Tang Xiaoyi curled up his body.

"I still want...I still want...to see senior sister again," the girl who had fallen down and was losing strength was lying among the flowers all over the mountains and plains. She tried her best to breathe, tears shattered on the On the wet soil, "I envy you..."

Her voice was already very weak, but Tang Xiaoyi held her hand tightly, trembling and choking loudly, as if to pass on her hope: "Envy me and live! Live... live to see Ah Yu ..."

"You have to comfort me... Ah Yu... ah..."

Then there was the weak hand that slipped down.

The young boy silently looked at Tang Xiaoyi whose expression was not quite right, and said succinctly: "Don't cry..."

"You're the captain," he smiled the same cute smile as before, "Sister Ying Yu will be sad."

it hurts.

It was as if a big hole had been opened in his heart, and the whistling cold wind poured in from the outside, making him shiver all over his body, and the numb pain spread to his limbs and internal organs little by little.

Death is so close to them.

Tang Xiaoyi thought he had awakened a long time ago.

Everyone tried their best to live and bloom with all their strength. They once joined hands to break the limit predicted by the doctor and received everyone's sincere envy and blessings.

what a beautiful day...

Nice...even a little too much.

So good that it blinds everyone's senses and deceives them that they can perform miracles and survive year after year.

But... But, this kind of beauty ended with successive deaths.

For a moment, Tang Xiaoyi even gritted his teeth and resented.

But he calmed down the next moment.

Because there is really nothing to complain about.Tang Xiaoyi didn't even want to hate such an abstract thing like Destiny and Health that even resentment is useless.

He curled up and gritted his teeth, tears streaming down his buried cheeks.

Tang Xiaoyi refused to continue taking risks.

He settled down in the hut at the base, and at the same time stuffed the full stuff into the ashes of the dormitory.

On the other side, Ying Yu's face was so calm that it was even scary.

The departure of Xiyan, Yu Feifei and Igor dealt a heavy blow to the little girl, and the disappearance of Windsor made the situation worse.She herself didn't care about it, insisted on living as usual, and even decided to hide the news from Tang Xiaoyi that Windsor had disappeared with Mayi.

However, the two-way radiant eyes turned gray and cold, and there was a distant and formulaic smile on the upward-curved lips. The face that was originally looking bright was now lifeless, and only the mechanical behavior like a doll remained.

Such Ying Yu was arrested by the old father.

The head of the family, who was busy with important matters in the past, suddenly became idle, and invited Ying Yu to have family conversations one after another.The tireless persuasion and comfort gradually took effect, and the old father's attentive company also made the light in Ying Yu's eyes brighten.

One month, one and a half months, two months.

The old father's work gradually returned to normal, and Ying Yu's situation improved a lot.She gradually returned to her former self, except that she stopped talking about her friends.

When the third month came, Ying Yu, who was basically back to normal, knocked on Tang Xiaoyi's door.

"I hear you're not taking any chances."

Tang Xiaoyi dodged Ying Yu's calm eyes, ashamed of her cowardice, and refused to answer.

"I also heard that you have become a nerd."

Tang Xiaoyi still refused to look at Ying Yu, but nodded.

Ying Yu looked at her boyfriend who had completely lost his youthful spirit, her eyes were burning, but the words in her mouth were cold: "Aren't you willing to go out?"

Tang Xiaoyi was taken aback by her suddenly cold tone, and shook her head slowly.

"Windsor left." Ying Yu said slowly, seeing Tang Xiaoyi's shoulders tremble again.

"I'm going back to school, can you come and help me with something?" Ying Yu turned her back and tried her best to maintain her calm tone.

Tang Xiaoyi only responded in a low voice.

Ying Yu returned to St. Stephen's College with Tang Xiaoyi.

There were a total of three people who applied for leave of absence with him that year.

A total of four became his friends.

He's the only one coming back now.

Tang Xiaoyi took over all the trivial work from Ying Yutui.He was not good at this at all, he was so busy that his feet barely touched the ground, he was dizzy, there was no time to have nightmares, and there was no time to miss his friends.

Ying Yu refuses to help.

Or that's what she meant.

"Excessive sorrow is not beneficial, it is useless." The little girl sitting in front of the table lowered her eyes, and gently stroked the edge of the photo frame with her fingers.

The teenagers and girls frozen inside smiled carefreely.

"Are you right?" She squinted her eyes, her lips curved slightly, and her tone was gentle and firm, revealing a kind of determination that would not give up.

No matter what Ying Yu does or thinks, Tang Xiaoyi is still the same, except that his personality is gradually becoming lively and returning to his original appearance, and his resistance to adventure is quite a bit——

He didn't reject the monthly bulletin of the World Adventure Association ordered by Ying Yu, but he could always change the subject when Ying Yu wanted to read it to him or talk about it.

It is tactful but firm resistance.

Ying Yu has a desk in the office of the student union, although it is organized in an orderly manner, it is almost full of various materials.

Tang Xiaoyi, who happened to be free, cleaned up slowly.

Then a small sheet of paper flew out from under the pile of papers he had just picked up.

A series of strange symbols were smeared on the envelope like graffiti, and a simple collage was made with the characters cut from the newspaper. The messy letters were all over the small and narrow strips. It also takes some concentration to stabilize the mind.

Out of an adventurer's instinct, Tang Xiaoyi roughly understood the deciphering method of the words on the envelope with a quick scan.

In fact, he's really gifted as a puzzle-breaker.This talent is especially manifested today in the curiosity that he should have been smashed by himself.Even so, he still adhered to the principle of refusing to take risks and did not touch this seemingly adventurous letter.

At this time, he saw the logo of the Feather Adventure Team in a corner of the letter.

Tang Xiaoyi had to admit that he was aroused.

The Feather Adventures are different from me alone, he thought.

So he scanned down silently, and his eyes flicked across the familiar name, which made him feel nostalgic for a long time.

Maybe it was because the contents of the letter were attractive enough, or maybe the name of the Yuzhi adventure team partner completely tore up his self-defense.