42. Paranoia

Uesugi Alice had this nightmare again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

I've tried whipping my body, I've tried to bite off my tongue. Yes, she knew very well that it was a dream, but she couldn't get out of it, just repeating the brief scene again and again, as if watching a movie.

It should be said that everyone who experienced that incident but was extremely lucky enough to survive will never forget that day.

That happened four years ago, when I was five years old.

The barrier that protects the city is destroyed from the inside, and the floating battleship, which was supposed to be the most powerful weapon for mankind against D monsters except for powerful professionals, falls from the sky.

People wailed, cried, and ran away - and then were killed by monsters equally.

That monster.

Alice will never forget what she looks like.

The body of metal and flesh, the wings like birds, and the screeching noises under the flesh wings, the innumerable vertical pupils that make people evil.

To the average person, that kind of voice is probably just meaningless, crazy mental pollution, but Alice is different.

At that time, fortunately or unfortunately, she survived, and beside that monster, Alice, who heard the monster's voice, knew-

She's crying.

It resembles a tentacled bird's head, and in the flesh on its forehead, there is a monster inlaid with a huge six-diamond-shaped body crystal.

Thousands of eyes met Alice's eye at that moment.

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Four years ago, on her fifth birthday, Alice Uesugi suffered from 'paranoia'.

At least, that's what the doctor in charge of treating her told Alice.

"The first is the daily questioning session...... Excuse me, Miss Alice, why were you admitted to this psychiatric hospital four years ago? ”

The male doctor, who looked exceptionally young, asked.

"If you're sent to a place like this even if I say so, you won't be released, right? Dr. Chen Jun. ”

"This weird inverted sentence is also one of the reasons, but ......"

The young male physician flipped through the medical diary in his hand, and while looking at the patient in front of him, who had been with him for four years, began his daily - and final psychological consultation.

"Anyway, let's start with the usual routine, first of all, ask: What is the 'abyss'?"

"It's the calamity of the unknown body, the curse that made the legendary god empire disappear and let the D species appear in this world, and the reason why it is named the abyss is only because of the human being's ignorance of the nature of the calamity, so it is called so generally."

"Yes, next question: What happens if you stare into the abyss?"

"......'Gaze into the abyss, and the abyss will surely gaze back', this is the conclusion given by the great sage Hongjun after his research on the abyss."

"Why is there such a conclusion?"

"Quite simply, if you use an electronic program as an analogy, the abyss is a malicious virus, and the result of rash contact with the abyss will only be mentally affected by it."

"What's the impact? Please be specific. ”

"Generally speaking, there are three. 1. Die directly, 2. Go crazy, 3. The body and will have been corrupted and mutated, becoming a low-level D monster, this kind of subordinate D species formed by human mutation, has great malice towards human beings, and will take the initiative to attack human beings. ”

"Now that you know all of this, why are you okay with Uesugi Alice?"

"I wouldn't be here, if it's really okay."

"Ha," the young male physician chuckled, "as far as the results are concerned, apart from this strange habit of inverted sentences, you don't have much in mind other than maturity." ”

“......”

Uesugi Alice sighed.

The young man's words sounded like he was comforting himself, but I can't remember how many times I had repeated such a conversation in the past four years.

“...... Is that really good? As a doctor, treat your patients frivolously like this. ”

"Look, you're here again, that inexplicable inverted sentence habit."

“......”

The trajectory of Uesugi Alice's life changed four years ago.

As the princess of the 'Uesugi family', an ancient family in Chushu, she was supposed to enjoy a stable life of glory and wealth, but everything changed four years ago.

Four years ago, the incident that happened was the only one so far, the barrier was destroyed, and the invasion of the outside world, resulting in the near total extinction of the human race in the enchantment city.

Alice was the only lucky one in that incident.

Others, people who survived like her, because of too close contact with D monsters, even if they survived, they all became crazy because of the infection of the abyss, or committed suicide, or were euthanized by their families, or...... Caught in some labs to study the abyss.

Even if Alice has the status of the princess of the Uesugi family, it is not much better.

To put it simply, her normal, seemingly completely uninfected state was also seen as part of the anomaly.

"Our judgment of you is 'paranoia.'"

"......," Alice listened silently to the young male doctor's words, which were too familiar to be more familiar.

"Over the years, you must have also learned something about 'paranoia', yes, 'paranoia' is characterized by 'being extremely logical', and the patient who is terminally blind, she can't even perceive her own changes, that is, we think that the real girl named 'Uesugi Alice' died the moment she stared into the abyss, and now you are very likely, but the will of the abyss is just the residue of personality imagined after suffering from 'paranoia' after the will of the abyss devoured the memory of the girl Alice."

"It's really a dark setting like a bad novel, the guy who came up with this kind of setting, could it be that he was cuckolded in real life, so he maliciously poisoned the book to take revenge on society."

The young male physician smiled bitterly.

"There's no way, your existence - staring into the abyss and kicking it away, still going your own way, in addition to becoming mature, still maintaining your original optimism and vitality of your spiritual will, for the people of this world, it is a miraculous victory against the abyss."

"The result? My miracle was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for four years? Although I think that when I first encountered that monster...... I was just lucky. ”

"Uh...... Let's not mention the heavy and troublesome questions, but I have good news for you today. In a word...... Miss Alice, although you are limited in your range of activities, you just can't go out, and if you use the Internet, you can communicate with the outside world, so do you have any complaints about us? ”

Who knows, when the young male doctor finished saying this, the girl's eyes widened, her hands clenched into fists, and she slammed it on the table fiercely, letting out a hysterical roar.

"Nope! Yes! Woman! Child! Child! ”

“...... Clams? The young male physician was stunned.

Alice continued to babble and complain, "Girls, girls! I'm nine years old now! Do you know what that means? As long as there are girls of my age, and then grow up together from now on, then we will be childhood sweethearts! Childhood sweethearts! Put it in the galgame, this is the royal girl! But if it goes on like this, won't I miss the great opportunity to raise my childhood sweetheart?! ”

In the face of Alice's death-like ♂ speech, the young male doctor left a cold sweat.

"Uh, I see, you mean want playmates, right? Aren't there two more children here? Pandora and Visk, they can be friends with you, why don't you try to get in touch with them? ”

"Huh? Those two one-meter-two peew twins? Although I like girls, I don't have a beast to the point of shooting at kindergarten children, and besides, they are always playing on their own, grabbing food by themselves, and arguing with themselves, and I feel uncomfortable just being around them, as if I am trying to divide their sisterhood. ”

"No, uh, well, I say, Miss Alice, you're nine years old now, and you're a girl, aren't you?"

"We have always had a lily tradition in our family, and you should know that, Dr. Chen Jun."

"Ahem," the young male doctor twitched at the corner of his mouth, "Just, even so, what about Dr. Sandora?" There is an age gap, but why don't you try to talk to her? I've always thought you'd get along. ”

"Dr. Sandora is Dr. Chen Jun's wife, right? There are some things I actually wanted to say a long time ago.,The attribute of the big stomach king is indeed quite a classic 'cute point' in galgame.,But in reality.,Seeing women eat food that exceeds their own volume.,It's really hard to accept.。 Ah yes, by the way, my favorite is the kind of girl who has the attribute of 'mouth and body'! It's the kind of 'tsundere' that I like very much.,But because they're all girls, they're too shy to say it'.,It's even better if it's still a childhood sweetheart! Poor breasts tsundere childhood sweethearts are the best to raise! ”

Looking at the chatter, just like when the dead house found a topic of interest to her, Alice, who was supposed to be a wealthy princess, the young male doctor felt regret for the first time.

Isn't it ...... Shouldn't you teach her to surf the Internet early to relieve her boredom, and at the same time give her some of her favorite animated games?

Looks like I accidentally got a terrible housegirl.。

But-

The young male physician sighed silently.

Although they have been living together and taking care of this child for four years, this is the end of it.

The young male physician took out the document bag that had been prepared in the cabinet and placed it in front of Alice.

“...... What? This is. ”

"It's better to change your habit of inverting sentences. Also, congratulations, you've been discharged from the hospital. ”

“...... What the? You just said? ”

"To put it simply, our fate has come to an end for the time being, your mother and her friends have prepared a new identity for you, and you are about to leave this Zhongzhou and take a night flight tonight to the enchantment city of Tianqi in the far east

There will be new people to take care of you over there, and I heard that the Oda family has prepared a suitable cohabitant for you, and I hope that you can get rid of the shadow of the abyss and start a new life as optimistic as ever. ”

“...... Cohabitants? Girls, right? It's a girl, right? Since I'm also a girl, I must be a girl who takes care of me, right?! Childhood! Nurturance! Train! Shame play! White hole! A white tomorrow awaits me!"

"......" The young male doctor looked at the girl who suddenly became high.

Just as he shook his head, ready to take his family and leave from here, and end the trip, Alice suddenly said to him:

"Thank you! Dr. Chen Jun! ”

The young male doctor's body paused, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and he was about to say something.

"Thank you for recommending me those interesting pieces!"

“......”

For some reason, he suddenly became a little worried about the child who was about to live with Alice.

So-

The time goes back to August 25, 392 in the new calendar.

Uesugi Alice wakes up in the soft seats of the airliner.

The soothing singing voice of the girl idol 'Athena', which has recently been very popular in the Far East, echoes in my ears.

“...... Waiting for someone to be able to gently tap my atrium ......" (Note 1)

The distance from the girl's arrival at the Far East Continent, the Enchantment City, and the Tianqi International Airport -

It took less than two hours.

What kind of girl would that cohabitant be?

Alice's heart is also looking forward to it more and more.

――Remarks――

Note 1: This lyric is from "The Last Singer".