The next day, the Lake of Mist. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Second Miss, please slow down."

"What, Fran didn't go fast. It's Misuzu, you're walking too slowly, okay? ”

"I'm so sorry. But Second Miss, you'd better slow down, or I won't be able to catch up. ”

Shaking her head with a wry smile, Misuzu quickly sped up and kept up with Fran, who was running in front of her and was dissatisfied with her wrinkled little nose.

"It's annoying to be so slow every time."

Fran muttered and complained, but still stood obediently and waited for Misuzu to catch up. At the same time, don't forget to look around the neighborhood.

"It's strange, I've been looking around the Lake of Fog for a long time, but I still haven't found (9) sauce and sauce."

"Maybe I'm going to play in other areas."

Misuzu, who came to Fran's side, heard Fran's words and gave her thoughts to the point.

"Have you gone somewhere else......" Fran's face puffed out cutely.

"Why? Obviously, when I left two days ago, I said that I wanted to play with her, and I could just come to the Lake of Fog to find her. Actually lied to Fran, (9) sauce that nasty ghost. ”

“…… Well, that should be normal. Even if Qi Luno's home is the Lake of Mist, he will occasionally run to other places, just like the second miss, don't you often go to other places to play. ”

Misuzu touched Fran's bulging hair and comforted her gently.

"Since you can't find Kirunor and the Great Goblin, you might as well go back. Even if there are no people in the Red Devil Pavilion now, Cuixiang, Shadow Wolf, and Heron are still there. And the eldest lady, she must be happy to play with the second lady. ”

"Woo~ I hate it. Fran just wants to play with (9) sauce. Lumia's nasty ghost is too, what to say to investigate the truth, and he doesn't say where he went when he runs away, Fran hates that guy the most. ”

Fran held her lips and looked dejected with tears in her eyes. Seeing this, Misuzu quickly comforted again.

Fran was a child after all, and her mood couldn't last long, and with Misuzu's comfort, she quickly cheered up.

"Well, since I can't find (9)-chan, then Fran will go back to her sister and play with them. …… Misuzu Misuzu, hurry up and keep up. ”

Looking at Fran, who was happily bouncing and running away, and threw herself behind again, Misuzu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Shaking his head, he quickly chased after him.

"—wait a minute."

Just as Misuzu and Fran were about to leave the Lake of Mist and return to the Red Devil Pavilion, a cold, unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared.

Fran stopped, her big eyes blinking, looking strangely left and right.

"Hey, is it a delusion? Fran seems to hear someone shouting about Fran and so on. ”

"It's not a delusion. Because I heard it too. ”

Misuzu looked at the mist in the Lake of Mist, and a black blurry figure gradually became clear in it.

After a while, the figure stepped out of the fog, and looking at the man, Fran sighed with a look of surprise.

"Hey, there's ice wings, are you (9)-chan's sister?"

A delicate and cold face, a ponytail with ice blue hair, a dress the color of snow, three pairs of ice crystal wings floating behind him, and a bear puppet in his arms. This is the general image of the girl who came out of the fog of the Lake of Mist.

The girl nodded, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly, revealing a faint smile as bright as the sun falling on the snow after the first snow.

"It's a bit of a misunderstanding, but I do have a connection with Cirno. She and I are both ice elves. ”

The girl's attitude was a little cold, but Fran sensed a strange kindness in it, and she giggled.

"I don't understand. But I'm good friends with (9)-chan. ”

"Really...... Me too. ”

Fran smiled even more happily, and Misuzu asked inappropriately.

"Ice Elf...... Odd. Isn't there only one goblin? ”

Fairies are manifestations of nature, and although there are many types, there is only one of each type of elves. That's common sense!

"That's right. The reason for all of them is because Kiruno and I are only one Ice Elf combined. ”

The girl explained to Misuzu with a cold expression, and she didn't want to continue the topic. Walking up to Fran, who was looking at her with wide eyes and curiosity, she handed Fran the bear puppet she was holding in her arms, and then bent down and gently stroked Fran's hair.

"Fran, this puppet is for you, do you like it?"

"Wow~ Thank you, big sister, Fran likes the bear puppet the most!"

Pleasantly surprised to take the bear puppet, the innocent and innocent Fran didn't ask the girl why she knew her name and why she gave her this, so she happily fiddled with it.

Misuzu was a little puzzled, and looked at the girl with a very strange look.

"Strange, you seem to know us, but I have never met you. Also, what does it mean for you to give a gift to Miss 2 as soon as you meet? ”

"There is no need to be guarded, but it is entrusted by others."

The girl straightened up, still smiling with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned. Misuzu squinted, and it always seemed familiar to this smile.

Although it gives people a cold feeling, this smile always has some inexplicable familiarity - a familiar, kind and disgusting smile!

Without giving Misuzu more time to think, the girl had already come to her. Stretch out her right hand, which she has been holding, to Misuzu, and spread her hands. A red knot that shone red, exactly the same as the Thousand Heart Knot that Misuzu had once made, was displayed in front of her.

Misuzu's eyes widened in surprise, "-Thousand Thousand Heart Knots!?" Then I'm not ...... No, it's not. It's not that knot of mine. ”

Although it looks very similar, it can still be recognized by the thousand heart knot Misuzu made by herself. After all, no matter how you say it, that Qianqian Heart Knot is also made of her blood.

The girl looked at Misuzu calmly.

"Fran's gift has been given to her, it's yours."

Although there was some hesitation, out of curiosity and an inexplicable feeling, Misuzu finally took over the knot in the girl's hand. Looking at this Qianqian Heart Knot carefully, Misuzu found that except for the difference in breath, the others were almost exactly the same as the Qianqian Heart Knot she had originally made, as if the two were made together.

The more she looked at the knots, the more strange Misuzu felt. Finally unable to hold back her curiosity, she asked.

“…… Why did you give me this, and where did you get this knot of hearts? ”

"It's just a matter of being trusted."

The girl turned her face sideways to look at the sky, avoiding Misuzu's inquiring gaze.

“…… Trusted? ”

"yes, a nasty guy forced me to agree to a deal."

"Very nasty guy ......"

Misuzu tilted her head, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she almost didn't twist her neck.

"-You mean that guy!?"

"That guy, do you mean him? Ah, guessed it. ”

Seeing the girl nodding, Misuzu looked down at the Qianqian Heart Knot in her hand and threw it away without hesitation. She clapped her hands in disgust.

"Hmph, no wonder it's so similar, it turned out that guy did it. Hmph, I don't want what he sent. ”

"Did you lose it......?"

The girl regained her gaze on Misuzu. The smile on his face disappeared for some reason, and he tried to raise the corners of his mouth, but he found that he couldn't do it when he looked at Misuzu who was clapping his hands in disgust.

If you can't do it, forget it, it's not your own smile anyway.

With this thought, the girl's expression turned cold.

"Second Miss, don't pick up garbage."

Misuzu didn't notice the girl's change, and asked casually at Fran, who was curiously squatting on the ground and poking her fingers at the thousand knots that she had thrown away.

"By the way, since that nasty guy can let you send something, does that mean he's still alive? Tsk, good people don't live long, and the old saying that disasters are left behind for a thousand years is really ......"

"He's dead."

Before the exact two words were finished, they were brutally shattered by the girl's cold three words. Misuzu was shocked and looked at the girl in shock.

"-What did you say!?"

"I said, he's dead."

The girl did not smile, and her cold voice tended to be cold.

"Last night, he died at the gate of the Red Devil Pavilion."

"How, how...... He has obviously been driven away, how can he still appear in the Red Devil Pavilion...... No, no. It should be said that how could it be possible to go back to the Red Devil Pavilion and die there...... What about the little girl, the little girl who took him away? ”

"—give it a gift."

Glancing at Misuzu, who was shocked to the point of speech, the girl turned coldly.

"I've only seen him alone, I don't know, and I haven't seen the little girl you are talking about."

The girl said in a low voice: "It is said that he promised in the past, and he only went back to the Red Devil Pavilion to deliver gifts." …… By the way, I almost forgot to tell you, there are a few words in that nasty guy's last words before he died, for me to pass on to you. ”

“——！？”

I didn't see Misuzu's stunned expression behind her, but the girl guessed that she must be surprised now. Without delay, she said:

"He said he had promised you, that the gift of real heart had been delivered. It's worth exchanging one of his sadness for one of your sadness. And also...... I'm sorry.

Okay, the things are given, the words are said, and I'm leaving. ”

After the girl finished speaking, she finally turned her head to look at Misuzu, who was stunned in place, and left without looking back.

“…… Are you sorry when you are dying...... Hmph, what's the point of saying such things at this time, and letting others say that it's really hypocritical. ”

Holding back the tears that wanted to flow from her eyes, Misuzu raised her face and closed her eyes and hummed disdainfully.

"It's also a real heart, it's obviously an ordinary knot of thousands of hearts, and the things made by shedding a little dirty blood want to please me...... Heh, do you think I'm a coaxing little girl? I was sad again and again, and I was the only one who was sad. Hypocrisy disgusting guy! ”

I said these words vigorously in my heart, so as to eliminate the inexplicable emotions that suddenly appeared in my heart and fought against hatred. Suddenly, Misuzu felt someone tugging at her clothes.

"Misuzu, Misuzu."

"Second Miss, what's the matter...... Hey, how did you pick this thing up? ”

With a thousand knots on her forehead that Misuzu had lost, Fran, who was holding a bear puppet, looked up at Misuzu. She smiled and showed two cute tiger teeth, and at the same time her eyes widened, looking very expectant.

"Misuzu, Misuzu. Can this red knot be given to Fran? ”

"Huh? Doesn't Miss Two hate that person very much? This knot is made by him, and the blood stained on the knot is all the smell you hate the most. ”

"That's not right."

Fran blinked wide-eyed, took off the knot on her forehead and placed it in front of her nose, sniffing her little nose like a puppy while whining and shaking her head.

"Woo, although it does smell of the nasty ghost who has been bullying my sister. But this knot tastes different. It's completely different from the blood that my sister asked Sakiya to throw away some time ago. ”

"-What!?"

I don't know what to think, Misuzu suddenly clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and a strong anger appeared on her face.

"Apologize and fool ...... with other people's blood"

"—super fragrant."

“…… Ha!? ”

Misuzu bowed her head in astonishment, "What's fragrant?" ”

"It's exactly the same nasty smell, but it feels super fragrant~~"

Fran smiled brightly, her big eyes narrowed, she grabbed the bear puppet in one hand, and held the Qianqian Heart Knot in the other hand and waved it excitedly.

"Except for once a long time ago, Fran never smelled anything like it again. How's that, how about it, if Misuzu doesn't want it, is it okay to give this knot to Fran? ”

In the end, Fran suddenly grabbed the cute coquettish hem of Misuzu's clothes. Obviously, she really wanted Misuzu to give her the Thousand Heart Knot.

"Long time ago......"

Tilting her head strangely, thinking for a moment, I don't know what came to mind, Misuzu's face turned pale.

"Second, Second Miss, should you be, shouldn't you say that you injured Sakuya and escaped from the Red Devil Pavilion and then ran to Youkai Mountain, right?"

"Misuzu is so smart, if you hadn't said it, Fran wouldn't have remembered it just now."

Fran looked at Misuzu, who was paler, with a pale face, tilting her head and biting her fingers cutely.

"I can't remember it, but it seems to be that time."

- Levadin penetrated his chest.

- 'He said that he had promised you a gift of real heart. ’

- 'One of his sorrows for one of yours.' ’

Chest ...... Painstaking effort...... Sad...... Chest ...... Painstaking effort...... Sad......

Shouldn't sadness be an adjective?

A terrified gaze fell on the thousand knots in Fran's hand, and Misuzu closed her eyes in pain.

- 'He's dead.' ’

The cruel and cold three words suddenly echoed in my ears. Pain, excruciating pain, desperate pain, indescribable pain.

Pain is like a knife that cuts off the heart that has been filled with hatred and become ignorant.

All the hatred that fills the heart is cut, crushed, and finally reshaped.

"Misuzu...... Misuzu ...... Misuzu ......"

Fran's anxious cries turned a deaf ear, drowning in the past, and everything that had felt disgust and hatred was reversed by the waves of regret in his heart.

Suddenly raised his head, and his eyes blurred by tears fell on the thousands of knots in Fulan's hand, and the past was quietly recalled.

She remembered the embarrassed smile of the misunderstood man she had met when she first met;

She remembered the day when she had finished telling her bloody past, and the man had pretended to behave badly. The unserious smile gives people a gentle touch;

She remembered the Phantom's angry questioning of why she had forgotten him, and the man's shocked look on his face when he said goodbye. It seems that the past has been forgotten, there is no questioning, there is no dissatisfaction, there is only the gentleness that is hidden under the appearance of impropriety as always;

She remembered the slap and the last glance of the night, the former whose indifference still hid tenderness, and the slap had no strength. The latter's own eyes were hateful and cruel, abandoning his lover who was frozen in ice and snow and was about to die.

At the same time, she remembered that he had been hurt by herself, his impassioned remarks when he complained of ruthlessness and injustice, his unresisting demeanor, and the time when he was accidentally injured, he left as if nothing had happened, and then slept alone under a tree in the rain. The rain was dripping that day, as if the sky was weeping;

In the end, she seemed to see him rip out his heart for himself, dye that heart knot with a warm blood, and then die of despair at the door of the Red Devil Pavilion alone.

There was once a fool who stabbed herself for a man. Later, she felt that it was not worth it, so she regretted it.

There was once a fool who stabbed himself for an unworthy person. Didn't feel unworthy, because his heart never changed.

And that knife, the former was cut in the body, and the latter was cut in the heart.

Now, those who regret their own life live, and those who do not regret their hearting die.

He's dead, he's dead, he's dead......

Unable to sit on the ground and let out a desperate cry, Misuzu raised her head to the sky and screamed.

"-Xianggong !!!!!"

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