(a)

As the sun set draws to a close, the warm afterglow falls on Shotimaru's body, washing away the smell of blood she brought out of the tunnel. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The warm feeling made her lazy, and the exhaustion accumulated from the previous long journey became heavier and heavier in the sun. Wen can't wait to find a clean place to sit down, and it's best to squint again.

"Hey!"

She picked an old tree stump near the mouth of the tunnel and sat on it. I don't know what kind of tool was used to cut the stump, and the surface was as smooth as wax, and it was like a natural wooden bench.

Wen had never seen a tree stump like this in Gensokyo, but since it was comfortable to sit on, she didn't particularly care.

She planned to sit on this stump and wait for the dog to walk in the dark. Tsubaki is a white wolf tengu, and if you can't flap your wings like Wen, it's 108,000 miles away.

With this moment, she looked around a few times, trying to confirm her position. However, she was disappointed with the results – she had no way of knowing where she was.

She was surrounded by endless woods, evergreen even in the cold and bleak late autumn season. Unlike the Enchanted Forest at the entrance, there are no spores, and the trees are relatively normal in appearance.

The ground was slightly sloping, so it was inferred that she should be on a small hill right now. As for which mountain it was, she couldn't say.

It's also a shame to say that after living in this fantasy village for more than a thousand years, there are still places she doesn't know.

Or is she no longer in that familiar land?

"It's so slow, ...... Tsubaki"

Wen's heart was dominated by an inexplicable anxiety, and his legs shook unconsciously. In her imagination, the person who should have come out of the tunnel a long time ago has not yet appeared. Seeing that the sun is about to go down, no matter how slow it is, it is impossible to slow down to this extent.

Eventually, she decided not to wait any longer, and walked back to the mouth of the tunnel, shouting inside:

"Tsubaki—are you there—"

The words blurted out, like a mud cow into the sea. The only answer to her was her own echo.

"It's broken!"

That vague sense of uneasiness swelled into a real panic. Wen spread her wings, ran as fast as she could, and rushed headlong into the darkness. It took her only a short time to fly to the end of the road that would have taken her a whole day.

She knew it couldn't really be the end, but she really had no way out.

"How could it be...... ...... like this"

Wen slammed his fist into the wall in front of her, and the pain nerves that were stimulated by it clearly told her: What is standing in front of you is indeed a solid, thick wall.

It is this wall that separates Wen and Chun and the world in which they live.

"When you come...... Obviously not...... How could it be ......"

She pressed her head against the wall, hoping that the cold touch would calm her down. Wherever it came from, it is an indisputable fact that the wall is now standing in front of her.

Wen is a smart man who never goes against a fait accompli. Since the road is no longer passable, no matter how much you worry about the puckus on the other end, it will be useless, and it is better to consider the current countermeasures if you have that effort.

There are no forks in the tunnel, and it is not realistic to force the walls open. It wasn't a good idea to stay here, so she planned to retreat out first.

When she returned, she didn't fly as fast as she came, after all, the anxiety in her heart had long since dissipated, and all that was left was a plan that was gradually weaving together. By the time she got back into the woods, it was getting dark.

The sun sank below the horizon and was almost completely invisible. There were only a few rosy sunsets left on the horizon, and it seemed quite lonely. Looking to the west, you can see the crescent moon slowly rising.

At this time, the creatures that only go out at night begin to move in the shadows.

The sound of rustling fluctuated in all directions, passing through the shadows of the trees, and slowly approaching the Shooting Pill Bun. Only then did she realize that she was not alone.

Wen stood in place, set up a posture, no matter who came, she was ready.

There may be dozens of enemies, but her partner is only Autumn Wind.

(b)

Keodis awoke from a long dream.

When his vision became clear, the first thing that caught his eye was a pure white ceiling, followed by an iron frame, a hanging bottle, and the smile of an angel in white.

His first reaction was that he had gone to heaven, and then the severe pain and unbearable discomfort in his body told him: stop dreaming, lie down in your hospital bed!

"Uh...... I'm ......"

He struggled to get up, but couldn't do anything about it. Seeing this, the nurse standing aside quickly pressed him back to the bed.

"Don't move, do you know how badly you've been hurt?"

The nurse looked sweet, and she must have looked very good when she smiled, but now, she was clearly a little angry.

"I suffered...... What hurt?"

"I broke three ribs, a comminuted fracture of my left leg, and I won't list the many punctured places. The nurse snapped her fingers and said, "By the way, there's the one on my back, but I almost hurt my spine!"

"Oh, that's it......"

"You guy, were you hit by a truck before you came here?"

"Pretty much...... Speaking of which, how did I get here?"

"Your girlfriend sent you here!"

"Girlfriend?"

Caiodis touched his head and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of such a number one character who could be called a "girlfriend". If you think about it, it seems that he has never had a girlfriend!

"Yes, it's a girl in a top hat, and I don't know her name. "She's a full two years younger than you, and she can carry you here from the scene of the crash." By the way, she also paid for the medical bills for you. ”

"Really, I owe her a favor...... By the way, how long have I been lying here?"

"If you count today, it's three days in total. ”

"That's been lying for a long time......"

"What's the matter! It's incredible that you can wake up in three days with such an injury!"

"It's been too long for me to accept. ”

Caiodis withdrew his hand from under the quilt, stretched out his hand to the nurse with great effort, and said:

"Can you do me a favor?"

"What's the matter?"

"Help me get this needle out and get me a pair of crutches by the way. ”

"Wait, what are you doing here?"

When the nurse heard him say this, she was immediately stunned, not knowing what to answer him. It's no wonder, after all, from a normal person's point of view, this kind of behavior is crazy.

"Do you need to ask? I'm going to be discharged. Caiodis said calmly.

"Sir, your current physical condition is not ...... at all"

"That's it, with your physical condition, even if you are discharged from the hospital, what can you do?"

At that moment, another man's voice came in through the door. Caiodis and the bewildered little nurse stopped talking, and looked out the door, only to see a girl carrying a bag of fruit, smiling in.

"Usami...... Renzi ......" Caiodis slowly pronounced the man's name.

He remembered the guy's face, and her hat. I'm afraid it was the girl who took him to the hospital, and her motives for doing so are unknown.

You know, she almost died at the hands of the werewolf Caiodis. Just let it go and let him bleed to death, wasn't it the most correct choice for her at that time?

"Sorry......"

Caiodis turned his head away, and no longer looked at Lotus Seed's face, nor did Lotus Seed see his face. When he thought of being saved by the person he almost killed, he was ashamed, and the guilt in his heart was not at all clear in a few words.

"Let the past pass. ”

Lianzi said, walked to the window, opened the curtain, and looked at the mountains in the distance.

"You two ......"

The nurse looked at Caiodis with a solemn expression, and then at Usami Renko, who had his back to him, and with a hammer of his hand, he suddenly said:

"It turned out to be a breakup!"

"Huh?"

The two of them turned their heads in unison, opened their mouths wide, looked at the nurse who had taken off the line, and said in unison:

"What are you talking about?"