[Three Days, One Issue] Little Date's Flower

As if the rainy season in June was sweeping again, there was a thunderstorm in the sky, and the rain began to patter.

One drop, two drops... The sound of water droplets hitting the land is like a mourning song sung to someone by the raindrops.I looked out of the window from the tea room, across the layer of winding water-stained glass panels, the camphor trees in the promenade were blown by the wind.Broken leaves and gravel swept dust and rushed towards pedestrians. Against the gloomy and dim sunlight after layers of dark clouds had stripped away, it was indescribably cold and terrifying.

In such weather, the art exhibition cannot be held.

I set my eyes on Mr. Yi's paintings again.Even if it is not exhibited, it still deserves to be the first creator in the grade.The scenes are magnificent and the characters are three-dimensional and vivid. It is an emotionally intense and breathtaking work like the Venetian School. However, it is different from the chapters that praise hope and vitality. An epic of guilt intertwined with unclear boundaries.

Yes, it was through such a painting that I heard the guilt of Mr. Yiqi.

Call it a confession of regret.In the dusk, the knight holding the shield of the Holy See pierced the devil's chest with a long sword.The blood mist spread vigorously, and what was reflected in the setting sun was an undoubted scene of justice triumphing over evil—however, the grimace exposed under the twisted horns of the ghost, and the expression of calm smile on the ghost face, somehow made the I think it is a bit similar to the appearance of knights gnashing their teeth and fighting.

The title is "Judgment".

The knight judges the devil, the light judges the dark, the good judges the ugly, it seems so.

However, the moment the knight bestowed death on the devil, he was no longer innocent.Even though he made the devil get the punishment he deserved, the knight of justice was eroded by darkness while being baptized with blood-after killing the devil, he became a new devil.

This theme is reflected in many works.However, the one in front of me moved me more than the masterpieces of famous artists - because of the flowers growing at the bottom of the canvas.

There are large expanses of sunset colors blooming at the knight's feet.The pure white petals are soaked in blood, and the flower branches are lowered, as if they are cheering for the light, and they seem to be crying silently in the scarlet raindrops.

I think those flowers should be Mr. I who is struggling in pain.

There were sporadic footsteps outside the door, and I just wanted to admire it before leaving, but looking at the flowers that were shedding blood and tears, I felt guilty for some reason, and felt that I had glimpsed a secret that I shouldn't know, and subconsciously hid behind the canvas .

The studio door slammed shut.

"Now, can we talk?"

The first to speak was Mikazuki-kun.The air was silent for a long time, and Mr. Yiqi took a deep breath, as if he didn't know how to express the backlog of pain, and a sigh of laughter overflowed from his throat.

"How much do you know?"

Sanriyue-kun didn't answer, but after a while, I suddenly realized.He must have told the other party with a smiling expression and eyes as bright as moonlight, I know everything, but I choose to believe you.

Because Mr. Yiqi's voice trembled.

"Father was innocent, but I made him a sinner."

He said so.

He did land on Horn Island that night, as I surmised. ——No, it should be said that Tsunoshima's dinner was originally prepared for him to be a student representative.

The eldest son of the Chinese family always has a lot of helplessness.Carrying the hope of the family, the glory of the blood, the person who will inherit the title in the future must bear heavier expectations than the sons of the common people.

There are four elder brothers above me, so I can be so stubborn.But the eldest brother had to give up literature because of this, and was arranged to enter the military academy.My father said that this is inheritance, because there is the so-called "persistence" passed down from the ancestors, so a kind of "persistence" must be born in order to make the family prosper.

But I think the eldest brother is too pitiful.

Just like the first issue of Mr.

I didn't know that he has worked several times more than others to grow up to this day, so that he was called "Mr." by his classmates.However, the appearance of suppressing his own desires is deeply imprinted in his gestures—the part-time job he has been working on for a long time, as if he is burning himself with fire, saying that the painting is like the person, so the painting is also detailed and depressing, as if Life is invested in the matter at hand, in order to carry out their mission as a Chinese.

Not only as the successor of Master Fujiwara, but also the successor of the Yoshimitsu family.

"Jiguang's name is not in vain!"

It seems to be shouting with action, proving this.

And all this was consumed in that flame.

On that day, Mr. Fujiwara really did not count as a crime.Basically consistent with the reasoning, it was President Inada who caused the tragedy.

The only difference from the truth is Miss Adian.

When President Inada slashed at the shocked old man with a knife, for some reason, she stepped forward to block the knife.It was this pause that gave Master Fujiwara the opportunity to fight back.At the moment of life and death, either kill the devil or be killed by the devil. In the fight between the two, the old man finally turned into a manslaughter evil ghost.

When Mr. Phase I caught up to the shore, the fire was already burning faintly.Wearing his uniform and holding the freshmen representative's sash in his hand, he was caught off guard by a fire.

"I am my father's son, so it is my duty to preserve the glory he desires."

Mr. One said so.That day, he violated his conscience for the first time, and after rescuing Mr. Fujiwara, he didn't put out the fire immediately. Instead, out of the desire to bury the evidence, he watched the fire from the top of the calabash slope until dawn.

Originally, the incident on Jiaojima was like knights and demons, caused and covered by intertwined evil thoughts, no one is completely innocent, even the butler is the silent culprit who condones the existence of adultery.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Mr. Yiqi.

But in his eyes, because he didn't call the police immediately, Xiao Rihe died completely in the fire just like that.

I try to look at this from an ethical standpoint.

Does Mr. Yiqi know about the existence of reporters?The answer is undoubtedly no.

Is he innocent?The answer is not in the affirmative.

This overly mature student at the same level will not be able to get out of the sense of guilt. He has imposed the malice of the Fujiwara mansion on himself, forbearing and self-blame.But if he doesn't let himself go, no one can do anything about it.

"Perhaps, only oblivion is happiness. I even hoped to be killed by Ms. Fengzi when I passed by the river valley house countless times, but if this is the case, she will also enter the wrong reincarnation. So it is better to let this reincarnation end Here, I will bear it, and I will atone for it."

Why?You are the most innocent benefactor in the incident, the one who saved the last flower in the fire.

I really want to pass this sentence out, but I don't even have the courage to step out of the canvas.At this moment, I suddenly realized that it is precisely because of the responsibility entrusted by Mr. Fujiwara to give him pain, so only the person who symbolizes Mrs. Fujiwara and lives under the same honor can forgive him and bring him redemption .

"Sure enough, it hasn't changed."

Sanriyue-kun laughed softly with a nostalgic voice.It was the voice that narrated the past as usual.

"Do you remember what we said in the first episode when we first met?"

"... Please be my wife."

"That's right. The half-human-tall little devil suddenly came out of the courtyard. You said that in this life, I will not marry you. I will become the best heir of Jiguang Huadao. I will never let go of your hand. If you don't want to, marry me Go to my house. Thinking about it now, you were so confident and proud at that time, fully trusting yourself to be able to bear everything."

The slow and elegant tone is not commensurate with what he said, and Mr. Yiqi seems to be even more lost.

"……Feel sorry."

"Haha, what is there to feel guilty about? The arrogance based on self-confidence is not disgusting—one issue, now I am going to take that seriously, so even if you let go first, I will still hold that hand .”

It is undeniably unreasonable.I covered my mouth, but Mr. Yiqi didn't smile because of this, but refused with a more eager speaking speed.

"I'll just drag you to hell."

"No, we will escape from hell."

"I can't escape. Reincarnation cannot be broken. I have already been convicted and cannot be forgiven by the world."

"No, you can."

Mikayue-kun's words were slow but determined, and there was the sound of fabric rubbing in the silent air, as if someone had taken out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"The opposite of good is not sin, but evil. So the opposite of sin is not good. What do you think it is?"

The opposite of sin, innocence?

"...is a punishment."

Mr. Yiqi murmured, the tone was very light, as if he was talking to himself.Whispering with him, Sanriyue-kun unfolded the paper.

"That's right. I'm a policeman. I'm the one who punishes all sins, but will not be tainted by the trial. The reincarnation of this tragedy should be attributed to nothing. If it makes Yiqi suffer, then transfer this pain to Me, let me cut it off."

"No! You have nothing to do with this incident."

Sanriyue-kun smiled lightly.

"On the contrary, I have been a participant in this tragedy from the very beginning."

...why?

I think of Sanriyue-jun's previous confession.

——I am also the adopted son of the Fujiwara family. I abandoned my master and went to Kyoto with my wife. I entrusted everything to Yiqi, and said to such a young boy, "I will entrust you to you, master."

Yet he said.

"Phase one, you are my little husband."