Chapter 80: The Devil
A piece lasts about ten minutes, and I and "Yarn" dance from the beginning to the end, and my movements go from jerky to proficient, and gradually every movement can be completed just right. When the long melody at the end was repeated twice, the "yarn" that guided me stopped, but she didn't seem to have any intention of leaving the dance circle, but just like some people around her, she stood still and waited for the next song to play.
Since she was facing away from me, I couldn't see her expression clearly, so I had to ask in a loud voice, "Do you want to keep jumping?" My feet are already a little numb. β
"Fold it, can you jump again?"
There was a slight tension and strong anticipation in his voice, and the feeling was completely different from what he had just done. I was silent for a few seconds, twisting my numb legs slightly: "Are you...... Yarn? β
"Yes."
She nodded imperceptibly, turned her head sideways, and showed a look of uneasiness and guilt on the side face in front of her: "Just now...... I asked my mom to teach me how to dance, but then I couldn't control it. β
"Miss Liuzhi...... She...... Why? β
I opened my mouth a few times, but I didn't know what to ask so as not to bother Sa, until I finally could only ask an ambiguous "why". The interval did not last long, and in less than a minute, the musicians in charge of playing under the ice palace played another light piece again, and the people who stopped to rest began to whirl and dance to the music again.
"Can you wait a minute?"
Sha shook her head, and the hand on the palm of my right hand clenched a little: "Fold it, I have memorized all the movements clearly, and I won't make any more mistakes." β
"Okay."
It was hard to refuse Shana's eager gaze, and I let out a breath and nodded in agreement. So we followed the prelude to the song again and danced, this time losing the guidance of the experienced "Miss Six Senses", it was inevitable that there would be some bumps and bumps again, and the proficiency just now was naturally incomparable, but compared to being fully guided just now, this time I finally had the real feeling and joy of participating in a grand event.
After jumping around the pillar of fire twice, I passed the run-in period with Sa's movements, although she would still put her back against my chest from time to time, causing a certain impact, but with the cooperation of me and her, there was basically no flaw to see.
With the tacit cooperation, I finally had the leisure to observe the surroundings, and when I looked at it, I couldn't cry or laugh, I don't know when Meijia and the early season also squeezed into the dance circle, holding hands in hand, and pacing forward in pairs.
Among them, Mika and Rina already looked like they were going to fight, and Mika kept twisting her body in front of her, always trying to turn to the back. Whenever this happens, Rina in the back will kick her heel with her toe to make her settle down, so the posture of the two is naturally out of shape and completely unseeable.
Shion Aoyama is guiding her younger brother, and although she seems familiar with the dance steps, her younger brother does not cooperate well and often stumbles.
And the early season and Truth Asia look pretty good, as if they have practiced as they say, and although the movements still look a little strange, they are obviously standard.
As for Jue and Instant, they are a complete pair of zombies, with smiles on their faces on their faces and looking even more uncomfortable than themselves. Mamura and Inaba Liang were in the fire pillar dance circle on the other side, holding hands with some children of the same age in a circle, and dancing together to dance the snow dance that looked somewhat similar to tap dance, kicking the snow on the ground to the pillar of fire with their toes, which looked very festive and not complicated, even children could dance right.
I searched with my eyes again, and found that Jing was holding Suizi's hand and dancing in pairs around the pillar of fire diagonally opposite us, I don't know if it was an illusion, I always felt that she became a little strange after the appearance of the two sisters and brothers of Shiyin Aoyama.
Did the two know each other before?
Glancing at Shion Aoyama and her brother, I dismissed my thoughts and pressed my intention to continue thinking, focusing on what was going onβat least not to give Saa the impression that she had coped with it.
"Ah...... It's snowing. β
There was a momentary dissonance in the movements of the yarn, and I adjusted my pace to avoid stepping on her heels, and then I realized that the cotton-like snow was falling in the sky, and it was only a little at first, so it was melted by the heat emitted by the pillars of fire above before it landed, and when the large snowflakes fell, they finally passed through the layer of heat emitted to the sky, and sprinkled mightily in the square.
"Yes, it's snowing."
I looked up at the sky, and my eyesight became more and more out of common sense, and I could easily see the changes in the clouds in the sky, as if there was an invisible force piling up the thin clouds together, and when it reached a certain level, the ice crystals inside broke away from the clouds and turned into snowflakes - it was clear that this burst of snow was not normal snowfall, but artificial snowfall created by someone through mana.
The sudden snowflakes caused many people to stop and look up at the sky, and the cheerful song was disturbed by the sound of conversation, and the staff standing under the ice palace frowned a little in confusion, as if they had not expected this situationβit seemed that this was not the part they had arranged.
Soon, the town shaki Urukei stood in front of the stage again, and he coughed lightly to draw everyone's attention: "Although this snow is not arranged by our town office, it has made the Ice and Fire Dance more worthy of its name. However, this unplanned behavior may cause harm to other people present, so please be careful if you use mana, and it is best to stop using mana right now. β
The song stopped, and everyone who was enthusiastic about dancing stopped to listen to Sukura's words, and the scene fell silent for a while. Saya and I had to stop dancing and look up at the terrace of the Ice Palace.
I thought that the snow would stop soon after Yukiura's words, but instead of stopping, it was getting heavier and heavier. The initial bits of snowflakes turned into visible snow in less than a minute, and the cold wind that became fierce hit the face.
"Something seems wrong."
I frowned and whispered in Sa's ear, "Let's go find Mika and bring everyone together." β
"En......"
Sa's voice was a little reluctant, she turned her head and nodded beyond me, and pulled the soft hat on her head with her hand, covering her forehead, as a way to ward off the sudden cold wind.
Just as we were about to walk towards Mika, I suddenly felt a chill on my scalp, so I subconsciously pulled Sa's arm and hid with her. In the next moment, a fist-sized piece of ice, which could already be called hail, slammed into the position where I had just stood with a loud "snap" with the sound of the howling wind.
At the same time, there were many exclamations and moans from the crowd that had been gathered for dancing, and the sudden hail obviously hurt many people.
"Everyone, please use your spell to protect the others around you! Beware of interfering with other people's mana! β
Jing Pu on the Ice Palace quickly reacted, shouting loudly with a megaphone, and at the same time setting an example; His mouth trembled, and he uttered a mantra that seemed to be connected into a single sound, and then an invisible "cover" enveloped the area above the ice palace, holding the falling hail and snowflakes, and then bounced out into the distance.
After being reminded, many people in the crowd recited the mantra at the same time, using mana to protect the top of their heads, and for a while, there were a lot of colorful lights on their heads, as if fireworks were blooming - although Seiura reminded him to be careful of the interference between mana, but in a hurry, many people's mantras still collided.
Fortunately, everyone has experience in dealing with mana interference, and with the cooperation of each other, the rainbow phenomenon caused by mana interference quickly disappears, and snowflakes and hailstones are blocked from many mana.
When the scene was slightly under control, Kei Seiura raised the megaphone again: "The current situation is no longer suitable for continuing the celebration, so on behalf of the town office, I announce that the snow festival is over, and the staff of the safety and security meeting at the meeting will ask the injured and children in charge of the event to gather and prepare for battle." Adults with mana power should be trained in previous emergencies to form a team of five and patrol the square around - the snow only shrouded above the ice city, so the person who used the mana must also find him in the ice city...... Then send a signal to the others not to try to confront him, and leave the rest to the Board of Education and the members of the Security Council. β
"In the worst-case scenario, the enemy we face may be...... Devil! β
With the appearance of the term "demon", panic spread like a cold wave through the silent crowd, and the adults and I looked at each other, and the faces under the hats all turned pale. The children were full of confusion and anxiety, and a few cried out, shouting "Mom and Dad".
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