Chapter 51 Back on Track?

The fireworks at night are unusually beautiful, and the trip to another dimension is indeed unforgettable, but when you return to the original place and live the original life, then - life, still goes on.

Without those spirits that will suddenly jump out and scare you, and without those corpses that will get up from the ground, such an ordinary life is exactly the life that ordinary people spend day and day, and it is the life that should be.

As Zhao Mian said: "Time is meaningless." After spending two months in another dimension, returning to this warm and familiar town, Tomoyo was stunned to find that he had only been away for less than two hours, if it weren't for the pair of boots she was still wearing, telling herself that nothing was a dream, and those deep and unforgettable memories were still clear, she would even think that the two months spent were actually just a pillow of yellow sorghum for herself - but no.

The holiday ended quickly, after all, it was just a short holiday for some folk festivals, and Tomoyo, who had returned to his original life, soon integrated into his past life again. She would get up early every day, make some simple home-cooked breakfasts with the ingredients she bought after school the day before, and then knock on Yingwen's door, and then call Zhao Mian, who was exercising in the outdoor courtyard, to come over for dinner. At school, she still actively participates in various school activities, and I heard that she has joined the Discipline Committee, and is moving towards her goal step by step - and her friendship with her friends has not changed in any way, she still talks happily with them, eats lunch together, and occasionally beats Haruhara. After school, she will patrol the campus on a voluntary basis, but this usually does not last long, because she will inevitably arrive at the market before the good ingredients are sold out, and bring back the next day's ingredients, but this is not the end of the day, helping in the café is still one of her unchanged daily routines, but after finishing her homework and going to bed, she has some more work that she did not have in the past, which may be said to be exercise, or it can be said to be familiar with strength, if it is in a specific form of expression, then it is probably so-- Night Tour -- right?

Yes, night tours. To be precise, it should be to use the new power he has obtained to leap quickly in the night town, and those powers come from the shadows, the boots made by the great mages that Zhao Mian has called.

Once you accept these powers, then your world will be turned upside down and you will never be able to go back. - Zhao Mian once told him so, and the reality is indeed what Zhidai told him. As she gradually came into contact with more information about the other side of the world, while she continued to refine the power she had gained, Tomoyo also found that her world was changing little by little - some things that she had never noticed in the past began to attract her attention, and some lives that she had never seen before appeared in her eyes one by one. The first of these is the ghosts.

Hanako in the women's bathroom, the human figure in the laboratory, the mirror with blood and tears, these kinds of things are the first to come into her sight. According to the knowledge that Zhao Mian taught her, these are just strange things that have a body, but only instinctive, although some of them have a human form, but in fact, they are only harmless because someone believes in their existence. These things are weak because of a little bit of weirdness, and some people believe in them, and they can dissipate at any time.

Then what appeared in her field of vision began to make her gradually turn from surprise to blandness, and accept the unknown - it was the gods, the various gods that had been worshipped in this land since ancient times. Some of them are fierce, some are weak, some are just ordinary creatures, and some are fairy--but no matter what kind of appearance they are, no matter how majestic their legends are, they still come to Zhao Mian's café to talk cautiously like courteous guests. "These are gods born because of human beliefs, no matter how similar they are to the legendary guys you know, but in fact they have nothing to do with it, they are only created because of human beings, if one day human beings no longer believe in their existence and stop worshipping them, then they will disappear between heaven and earth. Pointing to a guy who is said to be Amaterasu, Zhao Mian explained to Tomoyo.

But that wasn't the end of it, something more fantastical didn't end until the end, like a shy child, poking out half of its head from the wall and looking timidly at Tomoyo - those were elves. The first time I saw those little things was on a quiet night. Zhidai, who got up to go to the toilet, found Zhao Mian sitting alone on a chair on the balcony, holding a pot of old wine, looking at the starry night sky and not knowing what he was thinking. With some indescribable emotion, she quietly approached Zhao Mian who was sitting there little by little, and through the floor-to-ceiling window of the balcony, she saw that the man who was basking in the moonlight and carrying a pot of old wine had actually fallen asleep quietly. So she turned around and took a thin quilt, but when she came back with the quilt, she was stunned to find that the sheet she had been hanging in the courtyard had been firmly covered by Zhao Mian. Who did it? However, she didn't plan to delve deeper at this time, because the weather had gradually cooled, and a sheet was obviously not enough, so she held the quilt and pushed open the floor-to-ceiling window - and then, she saw that on Zhao Mian's head, there was a circle of light floating. Angel Jesus suddenly saw such a picture, Zhidai was startled, but her first reaction was to cover her mouth with a free hand, to prevent herself from making any noise to disturb Zhao Mian's dream - because while seeing the circle of light, she also found that Zhao Mian's face was now showing a smile that she had never seen before. It was also at this time that the aperture on Zhao Mian's head suddenly broke, and a point of light slowly floated in front of Zhidai, and Zhidai at this time could distinguish that what was constantly winding around Zhao Mian's head was not a seamless aperture, but some dense points of light, and they gathered together, as if they were guarding Zhao Mian, guarding him with their own not strong strength. Ran out of the light point in that circle alone, and slowly stopped on the quilt that Zhiyo was holding, like a child looking at a stranger curiously, opened his eyes wide, and looked up at the girl who was much taller than himself - and then as if he felt some kind of familiar breath in her, the light floated up gracefully, and slowly flew around Zhiyo twice in a circle, and then stopped on her shoulder. Tomoyo turned his head to look, and at the place where the light point landed, a warm and reassuring feeling spread little by little, just like a lazy cat stretching its waist, the light point trembled a few times, and then stayed there quietly.

"Cute little guys, aren't they?" Zhao Mian's voice came, and Zhidai turned his head to look, Zhao Mian, who had woken up from his dream at some point, looked at her with a smile. Tomoyo carefully touched the small dot of light that was still on her shoulder with her finger, and the warm feeling that came back from the dot of light spread, and she nodded. Zhao Mian took out a hand from the sheet, took the wine bottle that was supported by a few points of light in front of him and floated in the air, then took a sip, and then said, "These are elves, but they are not beautiful intelligent creatures with long ears in fantasy stories, they are just some fragile and tiny beings that need human support to exist. They live in the fantasy of human beings, born because of human emotions, but they do not disappear because of the passing of human beings, ordinary human beings cannot see them, but can feel them, these magical little creatures take care of your spiritual world, take care of your dreams, and never ask for anything in return - because as long as we feel happy, they are happy. ”

"Alright, let's go to bed. You're tomorrow - oh no, it's already today. Zhao Mian clapped his hands, and those small points of light left his side, then circled around him a few times in the air, and then disappeared into thin air. He rolled up the sheets on his body and said to Tomoyo, "Go to bed, leave these things to me, after all, tomorrow is not the weekend." ”

Life is still going on little by little. Many people have entered your life from yours, and many people have left your life, and Tomoyo looks at the past world where everything has become different, and then spends his daily life with peace of mind that is not much different from the past.