[Prank of the Gods] Memory countdown

into the night.

After searching for a day, Sawai Morixia found no more clues.

After rehearsing his role, Loki also joined in the search for the prisoner, but unfortunately the effect was not good, and no additional clues were found.

After exchanging today's progress, the two parted ways and went back separately, but Sawai Morixia saw Yui Kusanagi in the courtyard.

Unlike usual, although sister Yuyi came here today with a sword as if she was preparing to practice swords, she was obviously absent-minded and just sat on the steps in a daze.

"Yiyi."

Kusanagi Yui was a little scared at first, and after recovering, she forced a smile at Sawai Morinaka: "Morika-chan, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?"

"I should ask you this question," Sawai Morixia said while sitting next to Kusanagi Yui, "Recently there has been a lot of murders in the academy, most people dare not leave the dormitory at night, even if Yui, you know how to do it, so you shouldn't take it lightly."

——A person is here foolishly in a daze, isn't this clearly an opportunity for the murderer to take advantage of?

"Feel sorry."

Seeing that sister Yui subconsciously said sorry to herself, Sawai Morixia couldn't help but sighed: "It's not me that you should apologize." I am responsible for my own life safety, even if I apologize, I should be responsible to myself yes.

Kusanagi Yui almost said "sorry" again, and when he met Kamisai Morinaka's gaze, he took it back in time, lowered his head with a sad expression, and did not speak again.

At this moment, Sawai Morixia, who originally thought the girl was just in a bad mood, saw something was wrong: "Did something happen?"

Kusanagi Yui shook his head, but did not make a sound.

Sawai Morixia simply guessed: "Is it the matter of Baldr during the day? Are you still worried? Well, although I have never been in a relationship, I can't help you, but if you really don't have feelings for him, you should do it as soon as possible. It's good to be clear, and if you feel that you have a feeling for him, don't hesitate, book it as soon as possible to avoid being abducted, you must know that Badr's popularity in our school can be regarded as—"

"No." Kusanagi Yui interrupted Sakai Morinaka, bit her lips and forced a smile, but that smile obviously didn't play a soothing role, "It's not Mr. Bader's business."

If it wasn't about Baldr... then the only thing the girl participated in today is——

"Did something happen during the play rehearsal?"

Kusanagi Yui's expression froze, and she lowered her head by default.

"Who bullied you?! Tell me I'll settle the score with him!"

"Morika-chan!" Yui Kusanagi's voice suddenly rose, and after calling Sawai Morika to stop, he lowered the decibel again, and said with a serious face, "It's none of other people's business, it's my fault."

"Yuyi..."

"It's true. It's my fault. I shouldn't have had unreasonable expectations. I feel sad now. It has nothing to do with others."

After talking about it, Kusanagi Yui's face was filled with sadness again, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled into a bitter smile that made people feel distressed.

Sawai Morixia's heart moved, and he was slightly stunned.Although she still doesn't know what happened, she also knows that she shouldn't ask about deeper topics.

——What Yui needs now is not to find someone to settle accounts for her, nor is it necessary to ask for comfort.

Yui Kusanagi is not a cowardly and uninitiated girl. On the contrary, she is more stubborn and stronger than anyone else in her bones. When she makes up her mind, all she has to do is support her decision.

——And now, all she can do is to stay quietly by her side, and wait for her to figure it out.

******

The next day is the cultural festival.

Yui sister will be in charge of the drama performance in the afternoon, and busy with taking care of the booth in the class in the morning.

I don't know if it was because he was too busy to get out. When Sawai Morixia rushed to the auditorium in the afternoon to watch the rehearsal of Yui sister, she hadn't been able to arrive at the scene.

The play is the finale project, and there is still a lot of time to leave the stage. The rest of the people seized the time to rehearse intensively. However, Yui is the leading role after all. Without her, although others can continue to rehearse, they always feel that there is a little taste. .

She has been busy catching the murderer for the past few days, and she hardly rested. She just took the last sedative, that is to say, if the murderer cannot be caught within the next 30 hours, Her life can only be confessed.

Tsk, thinking about it, I don't want to be willing, this kind of ending of losing my wife and losing my army.

Sawai Morixia took the time to think about the uncertain future during the rehearsal interval, but no matter how he thought about it, his stomach hurt, so he simply turned over and lay down directly to sleep.

Well, it's not too late to wake up when Yui arrives, meow...

——Sawai Morixia originally planned this way, but unfortunately, what woke her up was this sentence: "What should I do? I can't find Yui Kusanagi anywhere!"

With a shiver, Sakai Morixia was awakened by the shock.

"Seeing that it will be our turn in two more shows, where will Ms. Yui go?" Dionysus asked anxiously, looking away from the stage.

"Anyway, let's disperse and search for it first!" Although he only joined yesterday, the beauty store manager who had unexpectedly merged into the atmosphere of the gods put down the magic wand in his hand and suggested to everyone.

"I think Miss Goblin probably doesn't want to come to the show."

Apollo, who was so caring for Yui in the past, suddenly spoke out and put forward a surprising opinion.

Sawai Morixia raised objections on the spot: "How is it possible!" Yui is not such an irresponsible girl!

But what made her dumbfounded was that other than her, after listening to Apollo's words, the expressions of the others showed more or less agreement.

"You..." Why do you have such strange expressions, as if there is something unspeakable, what is there that she doesn't know?etc!Could it be-

"My actions yesterday must have made Miss Goblin think it was too much. It's normal for her not to want to see me."

――Something must have happened in yesterday's rehearsal!It still has something to do with Apollo!It was serious enough to make sister Yui stop acting. As the party involved, Yui must have felt extremely uncomfortable!

"You guys rehearse first, I'll go find Yui!"

"Wait a minute, Miss Senxia!"

Sawai Morixia, who was just about to turn around and go out, was grabbed by the arm in the next second: "Since Miss Goblin can't come to the show, the only one who can save the show now is you."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about!"

"We don't have much time to leave the show. We can't find another girl to act as a substitute. Ms. Senxia, ​​please familiarize yourself with the script as soon as possible and help us save the scene!"

******

Although worried, but the drama is indeed the top priority at the moment. Sawai Morixia scribbled through the script, and stepped in to replace Yui Kusanagi, who was absent, as the leading role this time.

"Father, you must recover soon!"

"Cough, cough, my lovely daughter, father, I can't do it anymore, you have to get along well with your stepsisters."

"Father!"

At the beginning, the dialogue between Sakai Morixia and Dionysus was completed in her stiffness.

Anyone who changes so suddenly will not be used to acting with others!She doesn't have time to transition at all, hey!

——But it’s okay, because the opening scene is with the audience facing away, Sawai Morixia’s maladaptation didn’t last long.

The next scene Sakai Morixia was also very busy, not only had to think about the script, but also distracted from the details of the position and so on.

——Ah, by the way, one more important point is to always refrain from laughing because of the appearance of the gods.

In short, Sakai Morixia can hardly find a third adjective for his performance other than mechanical and stiff.

Fortunately, after all, Cinderella is a fairy tale that I have been familiar with since I was a child, and I am familiar with the plot and so on. Finally, Sawai Morixia gradually became handy. Therefore, after waltzing on Apollo's countless feet, Sawai Morixia was in Linyi. When I watched Apollo say the line "Please wait, please don't go, you are destined to be the other half of my life" before leaving the scene, I also had time to pay attention to his expression.

The clear green pupils are covered with hazy mist, and the expression of sadness and longing on the face is so vividly portrayed that Sawai Morixia almost wants to give Apollo's acting skills 32 praises!

——If she hadn't noticed that the focus of Apollo's eyes was not on her.

The sad expression can't be faked, it can be seen that it should be his sincere feeling, but right now, the object of his grief is obviously not her who is present.

After thinking about it like this, Sawai Morixia also found out that although Apollo was looking at the person he was looking at, his eyes were too empty, apparently he was only looking at another person through her.

What is he sad about?

Who is the person who can make him miss him even during the performance?

Is it Yui?or someone else?

******

The next period of time has nothing to do with Sawai Morixia.

The prince led his entourage from house to house looking for the girl who could wear the glass slipper. When they found Cinderella's home, Cinderella's stepmother arranged for Cinderella's two step-sisters to get away with it.

——When the two step-sisters were trying on shoes on the stage, Sawai Morixia couldn't help but wander.

Last night, the person who made Yui sad confirmed that Apollo was correct, but what happened is still unclear for the time being.

However, since the incident was serious enough to make Yui absent from the performance, it can be seen that the incident must have caused great harm to her.

Yui now, I don't know where to hide alone and feel sad.

...Wait a minute, Yui, is she the kind of person who will be sad twice for one thing?

Sawai Morixia has always felt that Yui should be the kind of girl who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Since her weakness was left to last night, she shouldn't be secretly sad for the same thing today.It's been a night, and she believes that Yui should have adjusted her mood and is ready to face everything again.

Moreover, if you think about it more carefully, Yui is definitely not the kind of person who will leave his responsibilities without saying a word for no reason.

Therefore, the reason for Yui's absence is likely to be - wait, wait, wait!She shouldn't guess here alone, the more she thinks, the more flustered she becomes!She reorganizes the case first!

The first victim was the boy who confessed to sister Yui, and later Bader was accidentally attacked... Speaking of which, Bader mentioned yesterday that he had asked for further contact with sister Yui... This is what Baldr once did Did you mean to confess to the girl once?The time to confess could not be after he was injured, so it should be before he was attacked.Well, so the murderer picked two targets who were once Xiang Yui...

grunt.

Sawai Morixia swallowed.

Ha, haha, how could such a thing be possible, it must be too coincidental!

The futile consolation failed to make Sawai Morixia give up the absurd guesses that had just been sorted out in her mind. Instead, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she felt.

"Where are you going? You'll be here soon."

"Shop Manager Beauty, I suddenly thought of something urgent to confirm—"

"No matter how urgent things are, let me finish the drama before leaving." Thinking that Sawai Morinatsu was stage fright and wanted to retreat, the beauty store manager kicked Sawai Morixia's ass neatly—

"what!"

——By complementing each other, they created an image of Cinderella who was not valued at home and was not loved, so she was kicked out by her stepmother even when she appeared on the stage.

"Miss Senxia, ​​are you okay?"

Taking advantage of the gap between performances, Apollo whispered about Sawai Morixia.He happened to see that kick just now, the strength and speed, he felt very painful just looking at it!

"Apollo, if I say—"

Just at the right moment, the cough of the beautiful store manager threatening to act seriously came from behind, and it happened that Loki handed the crystal slipper to Sawai Morixia. Firstly, he was really not convinced of his guess, and secondly, he did not believe that Yui would be so unlucky Selected by the murderer, she took it and put it on in a compromise, but she was afraid of what might happen, Sawai Morixia whispered her conjecture to Apollo when she was dressed and stood up straight: "I suspect that Yui is not in the play." Maybe it's not that she doesn't want to see you, but because—"

"The only person who can wear this crystal slipper is you, you are the girl I am looking for, I want to be with you—"

"—She was kidnapped by the murderer!"

The word "marriage" that Apollo should have said was twisted into: "What did you say?!"

Sawai Morixia herself was taken aback by Apollo's reaction. She explained in a low voice: "I don't have conclusive evidence. I just suspect that Yui might have been kidnapped by the murderer."

Unexpectedly, Sawai Morixia's explanation did not play a role in appeasing Apollo. Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Apollo turned around and ran off the stage, and ran out of the auditorium without stopping.

"Eh? Ah—" No, "Your Highness, where are you going?!"

Just now, he acted as if he didn't care about Yui, even when he was absent, he just pulled her as a substitute, but now he just heard her doubts and ran out in a hurry. This Apollo, how dare he say that he doesn't like Yui? !

On the other side, Loki, who heard her skepticism carefully because he was close at hand, rolled his eyes, shouted "Your Highness", and ran out to catch the murderer.

******

It was supposed to be a happy ending with a happy reunion, but there was such a sudden turn of events on the stage, not only the audience was dumbfounded, even everyone on the stage was full of surprise.

Takashi Totsuka coughed lightly and walked behind Sawai Morixia, and asked with concern, "What happened?"

Sawai Morixia was about to explain, when he turned his head and saw the unfriendly expression of the beauty store manager, he turned around and hugged Totsuka Takara as soon as he had an idea, and began to sob: "Sister, sister... Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Totsuka was hugged unexpectedly, although Monk Joji couldn't figure it out, but seeing Sawai Morinaka sobbing, he subconsciously took over and comforted her.

So, taking advantage of the process of being comforted, Sawai Morixia secretly dragged Takato Totsuka all the way from the stage to the backstage.

"Something happened to the beauty store manager, and I will leave it to you!"

――After speaking, he grabbed Totsuka Takashi and ran away.

"asshole!"

For the first time in his life, he was so angry that he went crazy. The beauty store manager took several deep breaths before adjusting his state, cleared his throat and walked to the center of the stage.

"As the saying goes, a friend in adversity sees the truth. In ordinary times, people's feelings are always confused by various illusions. His Royal Highness thought that the person he loved deeply was Cinderella, but when he got the news that another girl was coming When he was in a dangerous situation, he really realized that the girl was the love of his life. Therefore, His Royal Highness gave up Cinderella, whom he had found so hard to find, and went to find his true love without hesitation."

"Coincidentally, Cinderella's step-sister also thought she hated Cinderella, but when she saw Cinderella was cruelly abandoned by the prince, she realized that what she wanted was never wealth, gold, silver and jewels, but what she really wanted. Yes, but only to be able to live with Cinderella forever. So later, Cinderella finally got together happily with her second sister under the care and tenderness of her stepsister."

"This story aims to tell everyone that even if there are ups and downs on the way, lovers will eventually get married."

"That's all, thank you for watching."

"Together, together, together..."

"Stop, stop! You've been repeating this sentence since you heard the broadcast just now, are you a repeater?"

Sawai Morika directly covered Totsuka Takashi's mouth with his hands, with a puzzled expression on his face.She thinks that the manager of the beauty store has done a good job, but why does this brat have such a big opinion?Isn't he tired of repeating this sentence in her ear from the very beginning?

"No matter how big your opinion is, let it go first, and talk about it after finding Yui."

Hearing this, Totsuka Takara pulled off Sawai Morinaka's hand and asked, "Is something wrong with the weeds?"

"It's not sure yet," Sawai Morinaka said with a solemn expression, and met Uetotsuka's gaze, "We won't know until we find Yui."

——However, her premonition was not good.