Akutagawa's Life as a Savior

After coaxing Gin, Akutagawa returned to his bedroom. The room he hadn't seen for a long time was already very strange.There were a few decorations scattered around the room. He picked them up and looked at them with great interest, and found that they should be antiques, and the style should be a product of the Taisho era.This made him a little surprised and nostalgic. Is this fate? It turns out that he also liked this era before.

Continuing to walk in, there is an oil painting hanging on the wall. In the painting is a common river sunset, facing the head of the bed.

Akutagawa always appreciates classical works, whether they are antiques or calligraphy and painting, but the style of this painting is obviously a modern work, and the painting method is only generally proficient, which is not consistent with the overall style of the bedroom.

He remembered the scene of buying the painting.It was at an art exhibition. Akutagawa, who was on a mission at that time, stopped by to visit the art exhibition after assassinating the mission object.

Although he is doing murder and arson, Akutagawa really likes literature and art.

At that time, this painting was placed in a remote corner, it was really inconspicuous, and it was a make-up work.Akutagawa, who passed by unintentionally, stayed for a long time, and then he bought the painting.

The author of the painting is an unknown painter, in his forties, bald, with mediocre appearance and temperament. After learning that Akutagawa bought the painting, he came here to express his gratitude and talked about the origin of the painting with great interest.

The content of the painting is the scene when he and his deceased wife went out for a walk for the last time. When he told the story, there was no trace of sadness, but a happy glow on his face, "The scene at that time was so beautiful that I don't want to forget it anyway, so I picked up the painting that I learned when I was young."

The unattractive and unsatisfactory painter was talking endlessly in high spirits, Akutagawa was rarely impatient, and just silently listened to the painter's memories.

After returning home, Akutagawa hung it on the wall of the bedroom. It hung on the wall quietly, as if the sound of the river echoed lonely in the room.

At night he dreamed of a meeting with Mr. Dazai before the mutiny.

That meeting was also by the river, there was also a sunset, and there was also a person.

He was ordered to find Mr. Dazai, and went down the river, and saw Mr. Dazai standing quietly on the embankment.The sunset is always so beautiful, and the water is constantly reflecting the waves.

He stopped in his tracks, unable to bear to disturb this scene, because he looked so lonely, so melancholy, and so beautiful.Thinking about it now, his feeling for beauty probably recovered at that time.

The heart that was numb to this frozen world miraculously revived, Akutagawa thought to himself, probably because Mr. Dazai was here.

Because Mr. Dazai is a miracle, he pulled Akutagawa Ryunosuke out of a world that was worse than hell, and gave him a brand new world with pursuits, hope and future.

He and Mr. Dazai stood at the same spot without moving, perhaps waiting for the incredible experience of being pulled into another world at the moment of encountering a demon.

In the dream, he was soberly aware of the existence of the dream, because Mr. Dazai was no longer there, but he still stood there silently, and accompanied Mr. Dazai to watch a poignant and heroic sunset.

He still thinks so, Dazai-san is a miracle.He is the only existence in this world that gives meaning to his life, and is also the one that saves him from the hell of life.

But Mr. Dazai disagreed, he thought bitterly, after all, until now, I am still just a kid who doesn't understand anything and can only go on a rampage.Mr. Dazai expected more than that from the beginning, and then he hoped that I would become a person who embraces the light and a person who is not bound by the past.

Mr. Dazai has entered the world of light, and he wants to pull me in too.But a person like me cannot go to the side of purely saving lives like Mr. Dazai.

It turns out that a person like Mr. Dazai is only a human being, he will change, he will regret his previous decision, he will also want to show me another way, and he will also want to make up for the mistakes he made before.

But the road that Mr. Dazai pointed out to me is already the road I chose. I am destined not to be a person who laughs and relaxes in the sun. The end of the road is the way I want to go.

Akutagawa walked to the desk, pulled out the chair and sat down.This is a closed balcony connected to the bedroom. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the brightly lit night view of the city. Looking back, you can see the bedroom inside the glass door. The view is extremely wide, and there is no blind spot to avoid observation.

He took out a book from nowhere, it was thick and old, it looked unremarkable, but it was so strange that people couldn't remember the style.

"Is it you? The culprit who made me travel to another time and space?"

The old book floated up strangely, and the whole body emitted golden light. After trembling twice, the windless page turned automatically, and a line of big characters appeared on the page: "Yes, it is me. I am the "book you have been looking for" ", is also the core of this world."

Akutagawa was too lazy to be surprised by the true identity of the book, and he was too lazy to argue that he had never pursued the legendary book that could grant wishes, "What is your purpose? What do you want me to do for you?"

The book continues to display large characters: "I need you to collect as many rules as possible for me in another world, such as fate, karma, and so on. You don't need to do anything special, just live, according to your heart Just do it."

"Why did you choose Zai Xia? I don't think there is anyone more suitable than Zai Xia."

"Actually not. You are the most suitable person in this world. According to my calculations, your chances of survival and return are the highest in this world." The writing appeared line by line in the book.

"I don't want to leave my own world. I have a younger sister to take care of. I hope you can find someone else."

"No, you are the most suitable candidate. It is impossible for me to give up on you and make up for others." Shu paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about his words, "In order to increase your survival rate as much as possible, I also deliberately put the first The world is arranged in the world of Demon Slayer: Blade."

"But I don't want to."

"No, you will be willing. Letting you travel through the world is not for me, but for the needs of this world." The book seemed to confirm his choice.

"I can realize my wish because as long as someone makes a wish, I can create a parallel world in their ideal. However, due to some reasons, I accidentally created too many parallel worlds. This caused the energy of the world There are already many parallel worlds that are fragile and ready to break."

"And the destruction of the parallel world will sooner or later affect the main world. So, you go to other worlds to save our world."

Akutagawa fell silent.He has always hated other people's arrangements, and only wants to do things according to his own wishes, but now he can't refuse, he can't put the safety of himself and the people he values ​​in the hands of others.

The book continued to write smoothly: "This is my mistake, so I will give you a reward. No matter how long you can live in the future, the people you value, such as Akutagawa Yin, Dazai Osamu, and Higuchi Ichiyo, will be safe and secure live to the end of life."

"Even if you do well enough, I can grant you a wish, which is a real miracle that can be realized in this world."

The bewitching tone of the book kept Akutagawa silent for a long time, and then he asked: "What about the other worlds? The worlds you have collected."

The book turned a page and read: "It will not be affected in any way. What I collect is the debris generated during the operation of the world. It doesn't matter. And you can only enter the world with permission, that is to say, the world you enter, It’s all negotiated worlds.”

"Of course I will tell you the rest later. Let's sign the contract now. I won't let you suffer. After all, you are mine."

Akutagawa remained silent, and wrote his name on the golden contract that appeared in front of him.