Author: This chapter is a bit brain-burning, I can't write the second chapter after thinking about it for a long time, it's still a 3000-word chapter, no irrigation, and I saw someone in the comment area asking the protagonist men and women, let's look confused......

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"Miss, there will be a party recently, and the head of the house asked me to ask about your intentions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Boring, didn't you say you shouldn't ask me about this kind of thing?"

"It's just that this time the Night Phoenix family is the host, and the head of the family asked me to remind you. ”

Xue Nai let out a boring breath, the so-called nobles must also bear the same amount of responsibilities and obligations when enjoying a superior life, no matter how much they don't want to face it, these still can't get rid of after all.

"Here is a list of some families, please take a look, Miss. ”

Yukina casually flipped through the lists, filled in the heads of some families and their representative families, most of them the names she heard occasionally.

"Fujioka Misaki...... It sounds familiar...... Misaki ......"

Yukina blinked, "Fujioka, who is this family?"

"It's the son of a big local force, probably because she has only recently inherited the family business, so her name appears on the list. ”

"Does she have a picture?" (Note: The Japanese pronunciation is different from his.) ）

"The eldest lady of the Fujioka family usually lives in a simple house, and if it weren't for the fact that the heir to the family business has been announced this time, no one would have known that there was such a person. ”

“…… Forget it, I know what is in charge of receiving guests, and if you have nothing to do, you can go down first. ”

Maybe it's because I'm too careful, maybe it's the same name......

"Yes. ”

"Wait a minute......" Yukina pursed her lips, her voice with an imperceptible trill, "Kiritura, have you heard of the surname Mizaki in the local area?"

Unlike not long after he came here, Night Phoenix City was originally a nobleman here, and Kiritura, who had almost dedicated his life to the Night Phoenix City family, must know more than himself.

"It seems that a few years ago, the surname of a big entrepreneur was Misaki, and the specific name has been too long to remember, and now I can remember it because the collapse of that man's business caused a great sensation at the time, after all, he is quite an influential figure. ”

"Going out of business?"

"Yes, the head of the family died suddenly, and the company fell into chaos, although someone later came forward to preside, but the situation was already chaotic, and those major shareholders wanted to take the company as their own, using some shady means, but the entire management order has collapsed, and the company has finally collapsed. ”

"Wait, isn't it because of the malicious suppression of competitors? What about the violent death of the head of the family? And as far as I know, didn't the wife of the head of the family come forward to save the company, and in the end, didn't it because the man swept away all the company's funds and caused a financial void that caused the company to go bankrupt?"

"Those are all external statements, and the facts I know are limited to these, and no one knows what the specific estimate is, after all, it has been a few years, and there are few people who know about it. ”

Yukina nodded and was a tacit acquiescence to Kiritura's statement, and if it was calculated from the fact that Minasaki Naru was about to enter high school, it could be said that it had been almost ten years, and this time was enough time to destroy any clues.

"It's okay, Kiritura, you go get busy. ”

"Yes. ”

Isn't it like Naruto said? Is she deceiving herself? This possibility is not ruled out, she has no resentment against anyone, so this matter does not need to be involved by anyone anymore, forming a kind of inviolable precept of the dead, for her to live like this is enough, but the thing is not only that, Naruto became a "non-existent person" must have something to do with this matter, otherwise why did she come to this school for the first time, but everyone began to ignore it, this unreasonable status quo is too weird.

But......

Yukina gritted her teeth, and there was nothing she could do.

Seeing that Naru Saki is so resistant to herself, rejecting herself, in what capacity does she interfere in her life?

Is power really absolute?

Yukina, who used to be the supremacy of strength, had doubts about this sentence for the first time.

……

After school, Yukina once again came to the doll shop where she had been with Mina Saki, and in order to avoid the embarrassment of Mina Saki, she chose a late time.

The puppet shop is still open at night, and Yukina, who is standing at the door, quietly looks at the puppet shop in the dusk.

I didn't come to this puppet shop for anything, it was just a whim.

I haven't experienced such a mood for a long time, and it seems that I have forgotten some feelings at some point, what it is, this kind of question has not been carefully studied, because it is boring, too boring.

When Yukina's thoughts diverged somewhere, the lights of the doll shop were also extinguished, probably to close for business, Yukina looked at the sky, the sky was full of stars, and before you knew it, it was already so late?

Just as Yukina was about to leave, the lights of the doll shop turned on again, and in front of the window, the owner of the doll shop waved to Yukina with an inexplicable smile......

……

"You haven't been with Naruto kid lately, aren't you here?"

"Because of some things, each other has each other's insistence. ”

Taking the coffee handed over by the shopkeeper, Xue Nai responded indifferently, she didn't want to mention too much about this matter.

"Ah, Naruto is a good boy, and if the two of them have a good conversation, they will definitely understand each other. ”

Sitting on her warm mat as usual.

"Don't use this kind of voice, sometimes language is quite weak, and the matter between me and her is something that language can't solve. Speaking of which, the handiwork of these dolls is really exquisite. ”

The puppet feels even more unlucky, and if I have to explain it, the yin owl is like a beast that has broken out of its cage.

"It's delicate and feels like a living thing. ”

"Thanks for the compliment, these dolls are all my work. ”

Yukina's smile was very charming, "It's really interesting, before I was born? I looked away, and the first time I met you, I didn't even realize it, is it an existence like a groundbound spirit?"

"Pretty much, because I used to like making dolls, so I want to be with these children all the time after I die, although there are a lot of restrictions, but that's enough. ”

"So, Naruto's affairs have more or less something to do with you?"

The shopkeeper's expression had not changed from beginning to end, and she was smiling despite the folds on her face.

"Want to hear a story?"

"I refuse. To make a long story short, don't look at me like this, my temper is still very short-tempered, and the person who died at my hands can't even recognize me. ”

"Oh, hey, do you deliberately use these words to distance yourself from others? I'm a dead man. ”

"Do you think I can't do anything about you if I die?

"Okay, okay, I'm going to say that it's better to see these dolls less, of course, people like you can ignore them. ”

Yukina took a sip of coffee and looked at the delicately shaped doll in her hand, "Why do you say that?"

"Naruto should have told you, right? The emptiness of the puppet can even be passed through 'death', but whatever is empty, it must be filled with something, so the person who looks at the puppet always feels like something will be sucked in, but the effect of my puppet is more significant, but even so, it is not something that ordinary people can watch, I think it is a certain emotion of her that other puppets can't bear, so I came back here. ”

"Do you miss your sister? No, not only that, but there should be resentment......

"The resentment that is sucked away, then this feeling is blank, so she will not resent others, after all, she often comes here. But the 'emptiness' it left behind also caused her some trouble. The so-called "emptiness" can be understood as "nothing" to some extent.

But—

"No, even if that's the case, why aren't some of the younger students affected?"

"'Emptiness' will be filled sooner or later, so it's not as serious as imagined, and as for Naruto's affairs at school, it should be said that 'emptiness' only played a driving role, and the real reason is unknown. ”

“…… It's getting late, and it's time for me to take my leave. ”

I got an unexpected harvest tonight, and I came here on a whim, and there was no point in staying so late now.

Yukina stood up, but when she reached the door, Yukina's footsteps stopped.

"Actually, the old woman has always wanted to ask, where are you?"

Looking at the old man sitting on the warm mat, Yukina frowned inexplicably.

"Although I have been dead for a few years, I can always envy you who are alive, especially a more special existence like you. ”

"So, do you want to do something?"

Yukina responded with a dangerous smile.

"Don't be kidding, although it's a little more advanced than a ghost and can be materialized, but it doesn't have any ability, the old woman just envy you, and the life force that can be squandered is very enviable for those who are eager to complete but can't complete their dreams. ”

Walking under the lamp and holding up a princess-like doll, Yukina fiddled with her body and said loudly, "I have had countless glories, I have been subjugated by all people, and I have been worshiped by all people, and no one can disobey my will, not even the gods of heaven have no rights. ”

The shopkeeper didn't speak, and looked at Yukina with an unchanged smile.

"But...... So what...... So what......"

Heavy sighs, this former pride can no longer give birth to any kind of pride after all these years of baptism, only helplessness and sighs.

"Immortality and immortality are such things, one day they will be bored, and life is precious. ”

"So...... Where are you who have escaped from the level of ordinary people? Although the old woman is a dead person, she still chooses to classify herself as a 'human', and you ...... The old woman can't see you......"

"So, I'm not human. ”

It's not a difference in appearance, but a difference in heart.

There is no need to abide by human morality

There is no need to follow human guidelines

There is no need to obey the human order

"When exactly did you start straying?"

This is not a deviation, but a predestination, and the king does not need to obey but to build. ”

Fulfill the royal way of self-reliance

I follow the royal road of solitude

Wind chimes sounded, and Yukina walked out of the doll shop.

"I hope that one day someone will correct you, no, it should be said, I hope that someone will appear who can correct you, and now you are wandering at the junction of the royal road and the demon road, and I hope that person can bring you back to the right trajectory as soon as possible. Naruto, will you be that person?"