Clow is perfect

The sky is intertwined with black and blue, in which the occasional, shining stars are like gems within reach, exuding a quiet beauty at will.

Jing doesn't know where this is. Logically speaking, he has never seen such a magnificent and dreamy scene, and he rarely fantasizes about the scene where the entire starry sky surrounds him.

But it was strange, he felt the familiarity from the soul from this future place.

This may be a dream.

Thinking this way, he subconsciously walked up the spiral staircase under his feet.

Roughly speaking, this is not a rigorous staircase, it is more like an exquisite artwork outlined by countless rays of light, extending towards the end of the endless starlight.

Slight footsteps sounded with the movement, Jing stepped on these light steps, and slowly climbed to a high place, and the stars that were already close, seemed to dance around him in a crowd for a moment.

As the place gets higher and higher, there is the faint sound of turning the pages of the book. It seems that someone is reading leisurely at the highest place accompanied by the intoxicating starlight.

A certain kind of premonition that I have had since the beginning of my birth clearly foreshadows something.

The mirror didn't stop or speed up, maintaining the same regular and leisurely pace as before, moving forward step by step firmly and focusedly.

He'd never get that wrong, and he'd never forget that guy, so he knew.

The light green-haired boy stepped steadily on the last step, and the first time he raised his head, he saw a man in a floor-length black robe sitting there with his back turned to him.

He knew that the man wore a pair of round-rimmed glasses, had a pattern of stars in the center of his robe, and liked to put the ends of his hair in a bunch on his chest.

That man was a mischievous person, who sometimes did capricious things, but always had a smile on them and was always gentle.

That person is the most powerful and most powerful magician in countless worlds. He is an omnipotent person who can distort the world with a single thought and see the future at a glance. He is also the creator, eternal master and submissive of these magical creatures.

So why, why does such a person have to die?

"It's a rare goodbye, why are you crying again?" As he thought, with his back turned to him, the man still chuckled, and slowly turned his head, revealing that handsome and gentle face, looking unconsciously With tears in his eyes, he said, "Come here, my child."

Jing always feels that he is not good at dealing with this person, because no matter what he thinks before, as soon as he sees him, except for a small helplessness, there is only overflowing joy in his heart.

Having lived as a human being for so long, he finally understood how he felt every time he saw Clow Rido in the past.

The light-green-haired boy wiped away his tears uncomfortably, approached, and stood in front of Crow Lido before answering in a slightly hoarse voice: "I was just thinking, the Master Crow Lido I saw was real. Is it?"

Crowrido looked at the clumsy child lovingly, and did not answer directly, but said a strange thing: "Mirror, do you know that the starlight we see at this moment is not actually the light it emits now? Stars If it is 500 light-years away from the earth, it means that it takes 500 years for its light to reach the earth. The starlight we see now is just the remnant of it 500 years ago."

He didn't give the answer Jing wanted, but he clearly expressed that the self at this moment is not real, but something like starlight that has long been preserved.For a magician who can see through the future, this is not difficult to do.

After saying this, the magician put down the book he had been reading before, stood up, and rubbed the boy's hair: "But no matter when I am, I will be happy to meet you at this moment. "

Looking at him, Jing felt reluctance and sadness from the bottom of his heart, but he understood what it would mean if Clowrido himself was not here, so he suppressed the surging sourness and responded in a low voice: "I am also very happy."

"Silly boy." Culolido saw his thoughts, did not point out, nor did he say the purpose of letting the mirror come here, but started to ask some small things, "So, have you seen the sky? mirror."

"Hmm. It's a bright and vast sky with pattering rain, smudged by the setting sun, and fine snowflakes."

"Have you eaten anything delicious?"

"Yeah. Sweet bread, spicy senbei, salty biscuits, and bitter chocolate, all delicious."

"Do you know many people?"

"Well. There are friends who are very good to me, elders who always worry about me, and people who are like younger brothers, and there are many, many people."

"Have you learned how to feel?"

"Well. Joy, sadness, anger and reluctance, and a few other emotions that I can't count."

"Is that so." Crowrido bent down, looked at the mirror tenderly, and asked the last question, "That mirror, is it not lonely anymore?"

"..." Jing didn't know how to answer for a moment, he vaguely felt that this question was really important, so important that he couldn't speak easily.

But Clowrido was not such a foolish character, he still looked at him, waiting patiently.

"If, if I say lonely." Jing still couldn't help but want to ask, "Would you..."

The most powerful magician didn't say anything, just curled up his mouth and showed a helpless smile, which gave him the answer.

This person has always been like this, he will not say things that cannot be done, let alone promise things that cannot be done.

"Jing, don't show such an expression, I didn't come to see you to make you so sad." Culolido's voice was as gentle as ever, with a bit of comfort, "This world is very vast, and there are many things you have never known. And there are many people in the world outside the world. Your world should not be bound by me alone in the card, you have become a human being, and you have more and greater possibilities."

"You can go to see the sky, eat delicious food, meet different people, and get all kinds of feelings, but you can't stop because of nostalgia."

"With so many Clow cards, only you have the desire to 'become a human' hidden in your heart, so only you can do this."

"Lord Crowrido, have you thought it through from the beginning? You want me to be a human being, and you want me to live here." Jing didn't know how many moods he was in at the moment, but felt that his chest was stuffy, like a variety of emotions. The pigments were mixed and turned into a mass of pitch black, and it was impossible to distinguish each other.

"No, these are still up to you to decide." Culolido shook his head, denying the guess, "If you hadn't always harbored such hope, it wouldn't be you who appeared in front of me at this moment."

"Is there any opportunity for such a wish to be born in your heart, and it has been preserved." He picked up the book he had read before and showed it. Surprisingly, it was a blank book, "The world's The 'book' echoed your wish, and when you entered here, it gave you a human body."

Was that... the book he'd been trying to find?

If he got it, would he be able to go back?Back to everyone...

"Do you want to go back?" As if seeing through his thoughts, Culolido was not surprised, but asked him, "Are you going to leave everything in this world and go back there? You should know now, Where did the remaining Clow cards go, and what will become of you when you go back."

...he did know.

If he goes back, he will probably lose his human appearance, and become an unconscious magical creature again, and sleep again.

And everything here... Subconsciously, he thought of those people he knew, those people with different personalities, but they all treated him very well.

Mr. Shibusawa said to let him wait for him, Aton said to take him with him, Mr. Gojo made him owe the promise, Mr. Xia You also made an appointment to meet next time, Mr. Ranpo said to go to the aquarium together, Mr. Nakaya also agreed to spend the next vacation together, and Ganga also said to invite him to seafood...

If he could see it, he must be bound by the dense "fate" of these people.These invisible threads firmly connected him to this strange world, and he suddenly discovered at this moment that this place had...become his world.

However, he lost this opportunity and could no longer leave.

"Click, click".

The light green-haired boy tried his best to keep his face serious, but he couldn't control the tears from falling down, which made his delicate face a little dirty, and then he apologized in a low voice: "No. I can't go back. I have already... and this world A connection has been established, sorry, Lord Clowrido. I cannot return to your side."

Of course he knows that there will be no one when he goes back, and he will lose what he got here.But he also knew that going back was the only way to stay by Clow Rido's side.

Lord Crowrido promised that even death would sleep beside them.The Clow cards were supposed to guard him, waiting for the next one to come.

However, he gave up on Master Crowrido, his creator, his vision and beginning, and wanted to stay in this world that was bound by fetters.

This is his fault.

Clowrido didn't look angry, but just patted the mirror that was crying silently, and said with comfort: "It's okay, don't be sad. At the end of time, you will meet me again. At that time, introduce your friend Get to know me."

He bent down and hugged the immature child: "I came to see you this time because of the selfishness of the instigator. After all, I am still reluctant. My child is chasing the hopeless sun and losing everything now."

"I've always wanted to tell you this sentence—Jing, congratulations on growing up."

"Don't be afraid, go to the future with courage."

A subtle sense of repulsion spread in the space after he finished speaking, and Jing knew that this was the end.

He hugged Culolido back hard: "Thank you, and goodbye...Father."

The last tear fell on the sea of ​​stars.

The boy's figure disappeared.

"Goodbye, Mirror."

Clow Rido did not dissipate immediately as the mirror thought.He put down the book, took a step slowly, and reached a pure white space from the bright space of the sea of ​​stars in an instant.

The space is not too big, and there is only a man with black hair and white clothes lying down, covering his eyes weakly, with no expression on his face.

"Knowing that someone is coming, don't you plan to meet him?" Clowrido spoke first, sitting in mid-air casually.

"Why, could it be that some kind of big shot has come and I have to wait for a guy to meet him?" The people on the ground sneered as soon as they opened their mouths, but their voices were still nice.

"It's not really a big person." Crowley smiled, "It's just an ordinary person who is going to give you a gift."

"I don't remember doing anything worthy of others' gratitude." The man was unmoved, "If you want to take me to the Paradise of Elysium, you are welcome, but is your lord really the god of death?"

"I am not the god of death. I gave you a gift to thank you for taking care of my child. That child is very clumsy. It should have caused you trouble in the first place, Dazai-kun."

"...Akutagawa's family? Eh, it's really strange." Dazai Osamu seemed to be intentional, but also unintentional, directly skipping someone, and sighed in pretended surprise.

"My name is Crow Lido, and my child is called Mirror." Crow Lido didn't give him a chance to make jokes, "It's the child who left after chatting with you just now."

"...What do you want to do?" The black-haired, kite-eyed young man put down his hands, showing emptiness and malice in his eyes, "At this time, come to accuse me of what I have done, and want to show him off? If it is a parent, First of all, tell me about your own sin of abandoning your child."

"No, I didn't mean that, I just came to give a gift." The man with a gentle appearance smiled, "I can let you keep your memory, and I can also help you avoid the rules of the world and become able to meet each other."

Osamu Dazai stared at the uninvited person sitting in mid-air, and was silent for a moment: "...What about the conditions?"

"You must never talk about anything you have known before in front of the mirror." The wickedness in Culolido's bones seems to be about to move, "Once you say it, this gift from me will become invalid, and you will return to the previous state , can no longer meet easily."

This is a pretty good deal for him.

Osamu Dazai knew about this, but he didn't understand why the man who claimed to be Kagami's father gave such a condition.

"Don't worry about whether I'm malicious or not. I am indeed the father of the mirror, and his creator." Culolido seemed to have guessed Osamu Dazai's mind, and gave the answer calmly, "As I said before, this It's a gift. And..."

"No matter how old you get, it's lonely not being able to be with the people you love. Right?"

"The child may not need you anymore, but you need him."

"But for that child, there are many important people. If you want to get something, it's all up to you, Dazai-kun."

Saying this, the mysterious man suddenly left the space just like when he came.

Osamu Dazai wasn't sure if the man who called himself Clowrido was lying to him.But there is no doubt that when he left the space, fell with Zhongya Nakahara, and was picked up by Atsushi Nakajima, he did not forget everything he had done.

What he was sure of was that the man named Clowrido was a very powerful figure, even interfering with the rules of the world.

Because of this, he is not going to try to break the agreement and tell the past.

So he lay on Nakajima Atsushi's back, pretending that he was still unconscious, pretending that he didn't know that the person next to him was Kagami.

He heard the mirror ask him—"Who is this man on your shoulder?"

I also heard Atsushi Nakajima's answer - "Dazai, Osamu Dazai."

"It's such a rare name." The child who had called him affectionately said so in confusion, and then became excited, "Look, A-Dun!"

Involuntarily, Osamu Dazai secretly opened his eyes and glanced in that direction.

It was a rising sun, appearing from the horizon, illuminating everything slowly and firmly, and together with the light green-haired boy, became brilliant.

Jing seemed a little preoccupied, and he said solemnly as if announcing the end of the incident: "The punishment for walking through the long night alone is to be the first to see the dawn."

it's not like that.

Osamu Dazai denied this sentence - after the long night passed, the first thing he saw was you.

………………

After having the dream of meeting Mrs. Clowrido that day, Kagami's life returned to the usual routine. Except for raising an extra Siberian hamster and meeting a detective agency member named Osamu Dazai, there were not many changes in daily life.

Oh no, probably still a little troublesome.

He was sitting in the house where Mr. Shibusawa left behind, holding a pen, facing the schedule and having trouble.

On Monday and Tuesday, I will go out to work with Mr. Ranpo. On Wednesday, I will meet Mr. Xia You who built a new temple. On Thursday, I will go to the water amusement park with Agang. On Friday, I have an appointment with Mr. Nakaya to see the new magic. For performances, I have to go shopping with Aton on Saturday, and Mr. Gojo made an appointment with Kagami and Utae on Sunday...

These plans were all good, but the problem is that he got an unexpected job, and now he has to arrange one or two of them elsewhere or give up.

Mr. Ranpo is here for work, so you can't change it randomly.It was the first day Mr. Xia You opened, so it would be too bad not to go.

Ah Gang has been very busy, and it is rare to find time. If he misses it, he will have to work overtime for a long time to get rid of his teacher.Mr. Nakaya is the same, it is difficult to come out as a busy person.

A-Dun would agree with what he said, but he was actually very afraid of being alone, and since he hadn't seen him for such a long time, he would put unnecessary psychological burden on A-Dun.

Mr. Wujo is very troublesome. If he refuses, he will be chased to his house and stalked to death.

After all, it seems that there is no room for change.

Just reject them all?But maybe he will be questioned directly to death.

Is there any good way to free up his time?

This distress of the mirror lasted until he went to work in the detective agency. Although he didn't express it deliberately, the sharp-eyed Mr. Detective understood it at a glance.

"So, isn't it all your fault for agreeing to it?" Edogawa Ranpo unceremoniously pulled the boy's face, "If Kagami had said that he had something to do from the beginning, wouldn't he have received so many invitations?" , won't you be in trouble now?"

"But, I, I didn't know it would happen." Jing retorted vaguely, "And why didn't you agree, we are obviously good friends..."

"Ah~ Jing is such a fool." The green-eyed detective complained, "You will be caught one day without knowing it, and no matter what, you need to have your own time, how can you be caught? People lead them away."

"Yes, I'm sorry." Jing bowed her head obediently.He didn't quite understand what Luanbu meant, but he knew that he had to apologize at this time.

"Hmph." Of course, Luanbu understood that this guy didn't understand at all, and he was furious for a while, and gave an interesting idea, "Master Luanbu can help you, do you want to try?"

"As expected of Mr. Ranpo, please tell me the solution!" Jing instantly believed that this was a good solution for him.

Luanbu made him bend down, then leaned over and whispered the method to him.

"So that's how it is." The light green-haired boy suddenly realized, and nodded again and again, "I understand Mr. Ranbu, I'll go right away."

"Remember to keep it a secret from now on!" Luanbu lay back on the chair leisurely, beckoning to Jing who hurried away.

"Ok!"

After 10 minutes, everyone who had an appointment with Jing received a text message——

[Sorry, I can't go to the agreement I made earlier.

I fell in love with someone at first sight today, I decided to pursue my happiness, I will tell you when I succeed, goodbye! 】

On that day, it was said that the sound of mobile phones being broken came from all over the place, and the detective agency even heard such sounds twice.

At this moment, Jing still doesn't know what kind of Shura field he is about to meet.