--------------------- [Otohime's Diary] - Part 1--------------------

I hate that man. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But his sister liked him very much, greeted him kindly, and soon fell in love with his rhetoric.

Maybe it's too lonely, but the appearance of this human also brings laughter to the Dragon Palace. My sister's smile blooms all the time, and she will be by his side all the time, taking him to every place in the Dragon Palace, introducing him to the treasures that have been submerged in time.

I could see that this man's eyes were full of greed and longing, and he wanted to hold all those cold treasures in his arms, but when I mentioned it to my sister, she said that I was too careful.

"He's a very good man, he's brave, he's wise, he's full of love!" when I mentioned it to my sister, she would praise him with those beautiful words, as if he had gathered all the sparkles, and was a man of incomparably noble qualities and very trustworthy.

But I know it's not like this, I'm anxious to defend myself, I don't know why such a smart sister has become so... Stupid?

Forgive me for using such words to describe my sister...

"I just saw greed in his eyes..."

"What do you say!?"

My sister crossed her waist, and there was anger and doubt on her beautiful face, which was exactly like me carved out of the same mold.

"You're my sister, you know, I like him, why are you slandering him like that?"

"I hope you can bless me and Taro in love... And not like this..."

Yes... That man's name is Taro, a man who seems to be brave, wise, and loving, but in fact he is greedy.

"Mr. Kameda was all saved by him, can't this be proven?"

Every time I get beaten by such a sentence.

Yes, yes, it was he who saved Mr. Kameda. But... He is human, this is different from us, no matter how many years have passed, we will not change, the passage of time has no meaning for us.

But... People are different, people will change...

But looking at my sister's appearance, I didn't know how to talk about it, so I could only bully Kameda with a stomach full of anger.

It's all to blame on this guy, otherwise how could that Taro come to Ryugu and take away my sister!

Later, Kameda didn't dare to appear in front of me.

Eventually, I couldn't help but confide my opinion to Kameda, hoping that he would give me an answer.

"This is love, an intoxicating poison..."

He looked at the sunshine and sighed, and said faintly: "Women in love have extremely low IQs..."

--------------------- [Otohime's Diary] - Part 2--------------------

The day has finally arrived!

That man had lived a drunken life in the Dragon Palace for so long, and finally remembered his former hometown!

When Kameda heard the news, he sighed faintly: "Wealth does not return to his hometown, just like a brocade at night..."

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have brought him to the Dragon Palace..."

I didn't want to know what the reason was, but I was almost cheering when I finally sent this annoying man away, but I tried to hide my joy in my heart to see my sister and his goodbye.

―"I dreamed of the village where I live..."

"Everyone is worried about me, I want to go back and report safety..."

But I knew he was lying, and as he said that, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the jewels, gold and silver scattered haphazardly.

Hypocritical men...

―"That... Will you ever come back?"

―"I'll be back, I'll live here!"

Hearing this, I almost couldn't help but shudder, and secretly prayed in my heart: never come back, never come back...

―"What is this?"

―"You must not open this shell until you return to the Dragon Palace..."

She held Taro's hand, and between the two hands, she held the Shell of Time. The sharp thorns on the shells pierced deep into their palms, and blood dripped to the ground, leaving two indelible circular scars on their palms.

I watched in amazement at everything in front of me as my sister gave her life to Taro.

For us, the shell of time is everything, and what is locked in it is our time.

The concept of time does not exist for us, our time is controllable, and through a strange energy, we can freely appear on different timelines in this world.

It can even be seen that we live in a tunnel of time, and our real time is bound to the shell of time.

My sister has one such shell, and I have one.

My sister once told me not to open the shell of time in real space, otherwise our own time will be disordered, and we may disappear into the time tunnel.

I opened my mouth to speak, but my sister glared at me, and I was a little dumbfounded.

Such... Is it worth it?

Kameda sent him away, and I couldn't help but shout a reminder of him as I said goodbye.

"Don't open that shell!"

"Good~~~"

The man's voice came from afar, and I don't know if he really took it to heart.

I can only expect...

--------------------- [Otohime's Diary] - Part 3--------------------

"Why? Why did you give him something that would be a matter of life or death to you like that?"

After the man left, I couldn't help but ask my sister, "You said it was dangerous!"

"Taro has come to the Dragon Palace, his own time has already begun to be disordered, if it weren't for the Shell of Time, maybe he would go back to..."

My sister touched the round scar on her palm, and said without the slightest sadness:

"The shell of time is stained with his blood, and the tachyon energy condensed in the shell will adjust his own disordered time back. For him, all this is just a few days of time. ”

"But..."

"Alright, alright... My sister—" My sister smiled and hugged me, expectantly:

"As long as the Shell of Time is not opened, then there will be no problem!"

While saying this, my sister just looked in the direction that the man left, looking at it stupidly.

I don't know what to say anymore...

That's right... As long as it is not opened, then there is no problem...

It must not be opened...

--------------------- [Otohime's Diary] - Chapter 4--------------------

The stupid, greedy, disgusting man still opened the shell...

I shrank alone in a corner of the Dragon Palace, looking at this dream-like palace, but I was crying and trembling.

My sister, who has been in front of me since I was born, and who has accompanied me, died like this.

Easily, because the man died.

There was no more laughter from my sister, and I could never find her warm embrace again.

The exquisite Dragon Palace, the magnificent Dragon Palace, the Dragon Palace with countless treasures... Suddenly it became a lonely castle, which was once filled with our laughter and kept everything we had...

I lost my sister, what's the use of me asking for this?

We are called twin princesses...

But without my sister, none of this makes sense...

Looking at the empty Dragon Palace, I felt loneliness for the first time, loneliness from the depths of my soul.

My smile may never be shown to anyone again.

My heart may always be closed to my sister.

I wore the same white pleated dress as my sister and spoke to myself to the glass.

We had the same looks, which gave me the illusion that for a moment, I seemed to see my sister.

"Sister... Come back..."

"I'm not going to be naughty anymore, I won't make you angry anymore..."

"Let's go to the ancient times and take a walk in the future together..."

As I spoke, my tears flowed uncontrollably, falling to the ground, shattering into crystalline pearls.

No one answered... No one ever replied...

I kicked the glass and turned around and walked out of the Dragon Palace.

Kameda looked at me from afar, he didn't dare to approach, I knew he must not be feeling good, and his eyes were full of sadness. He was the one who raised us sisters and took us through different timelines in this world, meeting many, many interesting people.

"Princess—" he looked at me timidly, his eyes full of guilt.

"Where does Taro live?"

Kameda hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "That's a small fishing village called Ryugu..."

"Is a fishing village called the Dragon Palace?" I sneered and said indifferently:

"Then let this fishing village called Ryugu often come to the country when typhoons and tsunamis come in. Let the fishermen there never catch any fish, and let them fall into poverty forever!"

"Princess... This..."

"Don't call me princess... There are no more twin princesses..."

"Now it's only Otohime... Vengeful Otohime..."

I looked at him coldly, and my words revealed the coldness that I was afraid of.