"Ah, it's troublesome, climbing the mountain at night is really not an activity for me...... Remember that the stairs are around here...... Ah, found ......"

A winding and rugged road looms over the hill like a line, and on one side of the road, a staircase leads to the top of the mountain—scattered traces of the fact that it was once a staircase

"It's not so much a ladder...... It's better to say that it's the way of the beast...... Borei-san, I actually respect you very much. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info“

"Huh? What do you say suddenly? ”

"Even if Bo Li-san, under the pretext of helping me, took me to the deserted mountains and old forests, and unscrupulously vented his desires on me, I will forgive you with a smile, that's how respectful."

"No, I don't need that kind of respect, and I don't plan to do that!"

"Well, that's right, Bo Li-san's virginity."

"Can you stop playing that stalk, won't you get tired of this guy......"

Sighing, Bo Liyu once again applied an enchantment on the two of them to prevent contamination from dust, while walking hard, although it is not that he cannot fly, but there are some special reasons, Bo Liyu can only walk an unknown hill with the battlefield now

"Shrine?"

After a period of climbing, the two finally reached their destination, but after seeing the destination clearly, Battlefield Hara cast a suspicious look at Asahariyu

Of course, after all, it was because of her trust in the cult that Battlefield Hara's mother would make that originally happy family fall apart

"Ha, a cult full of evil spirits has made the belief in gods, which was taken for granted in the past, become abnormal."

Shaking his head helplessly, Bo Liyou smiled bitterly and sighed in a low voice

"However, the original classmate of the battlefield must distinguish the essence of it."

Holding his hand on the torii gate, which symbolizes the realm of man and god, Hakureyu's face was blurred by the darkness of the night, but the boy's voice was very clear because of the silent night

"Belief and superstitious belief in the blessings of the gods are completely different things, but when human beings can be independent, they mistakenly think that they no longer need to believe."

But that's not the case

Even now, humanity has never forgotten faith.

No matter who you are, you must have someone to rely on in your heart.

People who believe in information, people who believe in a particular company's brand, and people who trust deeply in it......

And so on, just changing the object of worship from the gods to the things or people around oneself.

"Yes, Bo Liyou, I think that if I say this, I will immediately feel my stupidity, kneel down and apologize, and sigh at my insignificance."

Battlefield Hara said sarcastically

"I'm sorry, but I didn't even believe half of what Hakurei-san said. It's because I easily believe other people's words, and I don't know how many times I've been deceived until now. “

Although Battlefield Hara may have a certain degree of curiosity about Hakuriyu

But that has nothing to do with trust

Five people

Five people once said the same thing to Battlefield Hara

"Let me help you."

Without exception

It's all liars

It is precisely because of this that Battlefield Hara never really trusted Hakuriyu from the beginning

"Yes, well, but it's okay for Battlefield Hara-san to have a bad attitude towards me, but his attitude towards the gods is better~"

Hakuriyu tilted her head and said with a smile of unknown meaning

"It doesn't matter whether the gods are great or not, after all, in this matter, the battlefield is not a victim."

"I said I was going to help Zhan Yuan, but it's not like that, ah, I didn't find such an excuse to make Zhan Yuan's classmates believe me, and it's too bad to use it as an excuse."

"It's just that the only one who can help the battlefield classmates is the battlefield classmates themselves, I'm just because I'm really unhappy to look at it, so I plan to provide a chance for the battlefield classmates, in fact, I don't plan to do anything."

You can only help yourself

Hakuriyu said to Battlefield Hara

There is no way for others to help

"Ah, does Zhan Yuan-san know such a story? It is a foreign ancient story. At a certain time, there was a young man. It was a kind young man. One day, the young man met an incredible old man on the street. The old man begged the young man to sell him his shadow. ”

"Shadows?"

"Yes, the warm and kind sun shines on us, that shadow that extends from the heels. Want to buy it for ten gold coins. The young man did not hesitate to sell to the old man. At the price of ten gold coins. ”

“…… And then what? ”

"What would you do if you were replaced by Battlefield Hara-san?"

"I don't know if I don't have that kind of situation. May or may not sell. It depends on the price."

"Correct. For example, the question of which is more important, life or money, is ridiculous in itself. Even the value of life varies from person to person. Equality before life is the most vulgar word I hate. Well, anyway—the young man thought that ten gold coins were worth far more than his own shadow. Isn't that so? Even if there is no shadow, there is no real problem. There's nothing unfree about it. ”

Bo Liyu spread out her hands and said very flirtatiously

But what was the result? Young people are persecuted by the residents of the streets where they live and their families. It becomes incompatible with the surrounding environment. Hmm! It's scary to lose your shadow! -- Commented on. Of course, that's right. It's scary indeed. Although there are words like terrible shadows, those who have lost their shadows are even more terrible. The most ordinary things are gone. That is, the young man sold the most natural thing for ten gold coins. ”

“…………”

"The young man searched everywhere to retrieve the shadow, but no matter how long it took, he could not find the incredible old man by all means."

"And what's next?"

The battlefield asked expressionlessly.

"What happened in the end?"

"Huh? Nothing happened. I'm just wondering if the young man who lost weight who is somewhat similar to the young man who betrayed his shadow in the story has some empathy? ”

"I--didn't sell my weight"

"Yes. It's not betrayal. Rather, it is an equivalent exchange. Losing weight is perhaps more inconvenient than losing your shadow – and even then, the sense of incongruity around you is the same. ”

"However, the wayward battlefield classmate was unexpectedly calm at this time, to be honest, it was a little beyond my imagination."

"Huh? Oh, I didn't say this because of the previous violent words of the former classmate of the battlefield, it has nothing to do with that, otherwise I would have used a poisonous tongue to describe the former classmate of the battlefield. ”

As if remembering something, Bo Liyu made a special explanation for this

"Because, most of the people who encounter heavy crabs are like this. That's not something you can see, and usually, that guy isn't a bad god. “

It won't be bad

Doesn't actively attack

It just exists there, and it wouldn't show up if the battlefield didn't want anything.

In other words, its appearance was actually due to the prayer of the battlefield Hara, out of her own expectations

Hope for something

Praying for something

And it is precisely in response to such a desire that it will appear in front of the battlefield Hara

Have only oneself to blame

Self-inflicted

The battlefield did not play the role of a victim in this incident, no matter what was gained, what was lost, how painful it was afterwards, how much regret it was, it was just a choice made by the same will as the young man in the story

"Hawkers, to be honest, I don't really want to care about this kind of boring thing, it's just because I can't stand the existence of the world that has strayed into our side, so I can't help but want to drive the battlefield classmates back, so the battlefield classmates don't have to be grateful or plan to repay me for this, so I will feel unhappy...... After all, I didn't do all this for the sake of the battlefield classmates, but for my own feelings. ”

Not feeling the slightest tenderness, Hakuriyu uttered cruel words

And because of this, it symbolizes truth