[Digimon 06] Purple

Zi walked up the spiral steps in the castle.

From the last time she walked into this castle, more than 300 days have passed according to the calculation method of the human world. If it is converted into the time lapse speed of the digital world, it is obviously a longer period of time.But now that she set foot here again, she found that not only the exterior of the castle she had just seen, but even the interior hadn't changed or been eroded by the years.If she is not careful, she will step from reality into the illusion that belongs to her memory.

Zi quickly reached the door leading to the room on the second floor.

After all, the original function of the castle was to serve as a base for the opposing sides, so the internal structure was extremely simple. At that time, Yu even mentioned it to her jokingly, saying that "the arrangement of the inner room is far less thoughtful than when he conceived the exterior".

If it weren't for this situation and this scene, similar memories would have made her curl her lips.It's just that when she made the facial movement of "laughing", her heart was also tightened together with the corners of her mouth, as if an invisible tie was tied between these two seemingly unrelated organs. The silk thread reminded her that the memories that made her smile involuntarily may eventually become the source of her pain.

but--

"If you don't confirm it yourself, how will you know what the result will be!"

The flower's voice sounded in her mind, like an invisible boost, pushing her waist again.

Zi raised her trembling hands and pushed open the only door that stood in front of her eyes.

Hiding behind the door, what greeted her was a salty sea breeze, which broke into the room rudely through the open semi-circular terrace, blowing her long hair and skirt messy again.But Zi seemed unaware of this. The moment the door was opened, her eyes were unconsciously attracted by the touch of gold in the room—a warm and bright color like the sun, and it was held in the palm of her hand all the time. The shell of the XorsLoader is exactly the same - so that she can no longer look away.

The young man was curled up on the throne that was also carved and polished from black jade in the center of the room.His eyes were closed, and his peaceful expression seemed to be trapped in a good dream.

After a second of trance, Zi Ben thought his heart, which had been completely dead still, beat violently again.It hit her chest hard, and the echo echoed through the eardrum, as if trying to convey all the overwhelming joy it received and felt at this moment.

He's not dead... as Faramon said - he's not dead!

"Yu!" She couldn't wait to take a step forward, rushing to his side eagerly.

But before he got close to him, Zi's footsteps hesitated again.It was only at this moment that she realized that the cheeks of the young man on the throne were completely devoid of blood, and his complexion showed an unnatural paleness against the backdrop of the pure black surroundings.

"Yu...?" Her timid voice reverberated in the castle, and soon disappeared without leaving a trace.

His eyes were still closed, and his eyelashes never trembled—one couldn’t help but wonder what kind of dream it was, which would make him so addicted to it that he didn’t want to wake up, and whether it would make him...never wake up Come.

Zi suppressed the terrible thoughts in her head by a little luck, and forced herself to show a smile, "What are you doing here, Your Highness Princess?" While deliberately using a joking tone, she stretched out her hand cautiously, He tentatively touched his cheek with his fingertips, "Hurry up and open your eyes, and then go back together?"

However, from the fingers, there is only stiffness and coldness.She seems to be touching an exquisite sculpture, no matter how realistic the shape is, it will not have any warmth that life should have.

See, the malice of reality is so sharp and sharp, just a seemingly inadvertent poke of it can completely burst the soap bubble called joy that filled her chest cavity.Except for the remnant touch, there was only a puddle of inconspicuous soapy water left, and a trail of tears flowed coldly along the heart.

"how come……"

Sadness turned into a pair of invisible palms, clasping Zi's shoulders heavily.She didn't even make any resistance, just following the force exerted by those hands, she was pressed to sit on the cold ground bit by bit.

"how so……?"

Before being completely engulfed by despair and helplessness, Zi unconsciously held the hand that fell beside Youhang, trying to get back some of the warmth he once gave her in memory.But immediately, the coolness from that hand made her realize very quickly that the gentle power that could support and tolerate her that she once got from him may no longer exist.

This terrible fact forced Zi to bend down slowly, and buried her face in the boy's palm as if to escape.The cool finger bones grazed her eyelashes, but before that, her vision had long been blurred into a haze—just like that night that completely changed the trajectory of her life, she dared to hide behind the quilt. Crying secretly——deceiving myself that as long as I cover my eyes, I will not realize how fragile I am.

"So," Zi tried his best to suppress the choking in his voice, and asked, "You won't wake up again?"

The water droplets that fell in the blink of an eye silently penetrated into the lines of the palm and moistened the skin.The slightly trembling fingers seemed to want to contain this pearl that was about to disappear.

Zi didn't realize it, "So..." She continued to hide in his palm, her whole body trembling from crying, "Are you going to choose to abandon me too?"

Obviously she had already begun to let herself rely on his tenderness, but he still chose to withdraw on his own initiative, leaving her alone in this world to experience the pain of being abandoned again.

Suddenly at this moment——

"No, it's not like that..."

At the same time as the weak voice sounded, Zi felt a hand gently running through her hair.She slowly raised her hazy teary eyes, in a trance, she was facing the tenderness revealed from the depths of the eyes when the young man smiled.

"I won't leave you behind." Because Xu Shi hasn't fully recovered, Yu's voice was hoarse and almost inaudible when he spoke, but it's inconceivable that every pronunciation of his came to her ears so clearly "If it's possible," he struggled to cover her clenched fingers, "I also hope that I can hold this hand forever and never let it go..."

When Zi handed the XrosLoader in front of Yu, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then lowered his eyes unnaturally, "Sorry." It's like showing guilt.

"You do need to apologize to me." Zi Hard replied - in stark contrast to her blunt attitude, her eyes were full of water, "If you encounter a similar situation next time, I hope you can do it the same way. Tell me everything without reservation, instead of being self-righteous..." But before she finished speaking, her tone softened again, "No, it's better not to have a 'next time'."

The pain of loss was so vividly lingering in her heart that just imagining such a possibility immediately made her nose sore, as if she was about to shed tears the next moment.

"Please, please don't abandon me again." She murmured helplessly, not hiding her fragility at all.

Suddenly, she was pulled back into Yuu's arms again.The young man gently patted her shoulder, as if comforting her sadness.

"I have always thought that Xiao Zi is a much stronger person than me. She has clearly had such a bad experience, but she can still become such an excellent person." Yu pretended not to hear the constant denials from the person in her arms, and continued Leaning against her ear and whispering, "So I think, you will soon come out of the pain I caused you and have a better new life."

At the moment before dissipating with the Crystal World Beast, he just stared at Zi's back like this, thinking that maybe she would continue to move forward in a straight line in her life, while he stayed in this place that belonged to the past and became a memory. Point, silently watching her drift away.All the regrets and unwillingness, only he knows.

"I thought so..."

He thought that his understanding of Zi was enough for him to imagine her future path, but he didn't expect that when his chaotic consciousness gradually returned, the first thing that greeted him was the temperature of the girl's tears, hot and cold.And her questioning in a crying voice made his heart feel like it was being pulled into a ball.

It turned out that her own departure would make her so sad.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Zi." Yuu's voice trembled, "I... don't want you to cry."

"You understand now," Zi lightly thumped on Yu's shoulder, "Yu, I'm not as strong as you imagined, and please remember..." Then she opened her arms, more She hugged him tightly back, "In a world without you, I wouldn't have any 'new and beautiful life'."

Maybe what Yu said was right, if she lost him, the almighty time would heal all the pain sooner or later.But the healing of the wound does not mean that it will disappear. There will be traces of damage on the flesh, not to mention that the wound was directly cut on her heart.

"So," she repeated solemnly, as if asking him to promise an oath, "please don't leave me again."

"This...how is it in your hands?"

Zi stared at Yu's palm in disbelief, where lay a string of golden pendants that seemed familiar to her.

Perhaps it is not entirely accurate to describe this jewelry as gold, because in the part of the pendant, the golden shell is more like an embellishment, while the real protagonist is the light gray inlaid in the center of the pendant.She remembered that the last time she saw this thing, it was like an ordinary accessory, fitting on the pure black cloth on the girl's chest.

"It should be a coincidence." You shook your wrist, even though the surrounding environment was dimly lit, you could still vaguely see the water-like sparkle swaying from the gray in the center of the pendant, "Xiao Zi, is this just a metal ring?" The 'badge' mentioned by the Phantom Beast?" It was this thing that led him to regroup the fragments of data that had drifted to nowhere, so it was not difficult to recall the behavior of the strange baseball cap boy he met before. Thinking that he should have done it on purpose.

Although Yuu used interrogative sentences, Zi didn't feel too much confusion from his tone, obviously he already had an affirmative answer in his heart, so she had no intention of hiding it.

Just when she was about to open her mouth to explain everything she knew to Yu, she suddenly heard a slight sound from the wall behind the throne.After hearing the movement, Zi and You got up and turned around at the same time, and found that the secret passage hidden in the wall had been opened, and the steps in the narrow and long passage meandered all the way down until they disappeared into the deep darkness.

But—if Zi’s memory is not wrong—the other end of this secret passage specially set up to invite the king into the urn is connected to the crown of the king’s chess piece adorning the outside of the castle, which is the top platform of the castle.In other words, the steps inside the secret passage should have gone up.

Yu, who also discovered the abnormality at the first time, subconsciously stood in front of Zi, "Be careful, it seems a little strange."

Although at the same time he also has doubts, after all, this castle is completely owned by Zi, even a Digimon that is good at wisdom like Sagemon, it is impossible to make any changes to the internal procedures of the castle without authorization, Not to mention forcibly changing the direction of the secret passage.

"Wait," at this moment, Zi pulled Yu from behind, "I think I know where this road will lead." She took two steps forward as if feeling something, and looked solemnly at the unreachable At the end of the steps, "This opened door may be here to welcome me."

The author has something to say:

Speaking of it, I also realized through Yuzai that recently I like the kind of soft little boy who is easy to cry but is reliable and strong at critical moments~ This is so cute and cute~

So I really can’t accept that the character’s gender is changed to a girl in the latest film made by some foreign company... Although I always thought he was a girl when I was a child, but no It means I really want him to become a girl_(:з」∠)_

In fact, this was news a few weeks ago, but it has nothing to do with DM, so I won't specifically say which movie it is from...

As far as the new news of DM is concerned, the characters in the new theater for the 20th anniversary of DA are very good-looking, especially takeru (⁠“⁄) secretly hope that the seiyuu of tri can continue to be used. Relationship!