"Eh, Lianwen. It's okay. ”

"Huh?"

Her voice seemed to be happy.

"I'll be with you to the end."

It's better to take a detour, at least there is a glimmer of life-

That's when it happened.

[I saw a navy blue light] coming from Sendo East Road.

？！

Is that.

I smiled.

"Hold on! Love Text! ”

"Huh??"

I made a sudden and emergency turn towards Sendo Higashi Road.

"Here...... Isn't it building roads? ”

"yes, but ......"

The god of joy is helping us in disguise.

"Master!"

A petite girl (pseudo) beckoned to me in the front.

"Huh??"

Lianwen had an expression on his face.

"Please! Blue cat! ”

I shouted.

"Hey! Don't call me that! ”

She protested loudly.

She raised her right hand, and a dazzling blue light appeared, and the blue light gathered, and with an order from Lily of the Valley, it shot out towards the broken bridge—

The blue light condensed into blue ice, connecting the two ends of the broken bridge.

I pedaled on a large boulder and made the tram fly and land precisely on the blue ice.

"Wow——————"

Guys, guys--

The wheels rubbed against the blue ice and made a different sound, making me almost think it was slipping.

The extremely black beast was damaged when it passed through the blue ice, and its volume became two-thirds of its original size, and it turned out that this kind of thing was harmful to him.

That being the case! Why doesn't lily of the valley just fix it!

As I thought so, the beast began to slowly swell and grow in size again.

…… It is also unjustifiable to let a kitten deal with such a beast. I turned my head to see that I couldn't see Lily of the Valley anymore, and I guess I had returned to the 'Shadow World'.

Yes, there's also the Shadow World.

Cross the East Road and turn left at the three intersections, and you can already see the top of the hill.

The road surface here is extremely uneven, and it is one of the few places in Sensugi City where there are still dirt roads. There's no way to drive fast on this kind of road.

“……”

The god of joy says I am free to master the world of shadows.

But I don't know how.

I knew that I should ask in detail——

The bumpy road made it difficult for me to control the front of the car well, and Lianwen hugged me tightly, but there was still a danger of throwing out.

I had no choice but to make a desperate bet.

I hope to be able to learn without a teacher——

I kept making wishes in my heart. At the same time, slow down the throttle, release your left hand, and hold Lianwen's hand.

"Love Text—"

"Hmm."

"Maybe something amazing will happen next."

Just maybe, maybe.

If there's anything else magical, let me see——!

“save！”

I call for the advent of the 'Shadow World'.

Suddenly, it was like the moment before the circuit was turned on, the moment before the TV was turned on. I shot a new force field in all directions.

The place covered by the force field has become the 'shadow world' that I am familiar with.

"What, what's going on?!"

Apparently unaware of what was going on, Koiwen cried out in surprise.

The beast behind him has disappeared, of course, after all, this is a mirrored empty world.

It's just me, no, it's the world of me and Lianwen.

"I saved the keyframes and can now slow down until I reach the temple on the mountain."

I said calmly.

"What do you mean?"

"We'll talk about that later."

I pass this dirt road as soon as possible, after all, the time here is the same as the 'present life', and I don't know what 'my consciousness' will do.

When I arrived at the foot of the M-shaped mountain, I drove directly up the mountain.

"Huh? Can you drive it? ”

"Of course you can, it's just a little dangerous."

That's when I show off my skills.

"Put on your hard hat. Don't let it fall—"

I reminded, then I filled up the throttle and the huge acceleration made everything ripple.

The dense forests that grow everywhere on the mountain form a puzzle, so I can't tell where is the end of the road, maybe a little careless, Lianwen and I rolled down the mountain with the car.

The rearview mirror reflected Lianwen's face, and it looked like she wasn't afraid-

Wow!

Focusing slightly on Konowen's face, I didn't notice the large boulder in front of me, and the wheels pressed mercilessly, and my hips stayed in the air for three seconds without surprise.

"Aha-"

Lianwen laughed happily.

She wasn't in a hurry.

"Really."

I'm also a little relieved.

She put her arms around my waist and leaned her face against my back.

I want time to stand still forever.

Can you stay in the 'Shadow World' and never go back?

This is a very constructive idea.

- Although, there are still problems to be solved. Besides, I am also a person who wants to integrate into society. But at least I want to enjoy a few more seconds of my time.

There is no road ahead.

I pulled the car to a slow stop.

"Let's go up, we'll be there soon."

"Huh? Where are you going? ”

Ah, I don't know about Lianwen yet.

"Where we first met."

……

This is halfway up the mountain, and the actual height is less than half of the mountain. From the place where you get off the bus, there is a large stone slab sticking out from the east side, and you can climb on the stone slab with a little effort. I climbed up first, and then reached out and pulled Lianwen up as well. Further up you can see a path. But now it's overgrown with weeds, and it looks like no one has walked there for a long time. I vaguely recognized the road, and took Lianwen's hand and climbed up step by step.

"This road was originally stepped on by people."

I said.

"Huh? How do you know? ”

"Because this is the way my father trodden."

“…… Is it like this? ”

"Before we first met you, my father and I used to come here a lot. The temple where we met was also renovated by my father. ”

A close look at the notebook on the table reveals my father's name.

"Why were you alone in the temple that night? It's already that late. ”

"Something didn't go well. Anyway, it's a terrible thing, and I'm in a bad mood, so I took a walk here and wanted to see what was written in my notebook. ”

The notebook in front of the stage, every once in a while, I would write down something.

In addition to the records of the donations, some of the notebook's page numbers also have idioms written in the iconic yellow, or some short sentences.

"Every time I get some inspiration from it, the day I met you, I was in a low mood, and it was because I saw that it said 'Be kind to others' that I mustered up the courage to speak to you."

"I see—"

I don't know who left the yellow letter, but I really thank him (her) from the bottom of my heart.

In about ten minutes, we finally came to the temple.

Standing here, it feels like everything around you is still. Only the flowing wind allows me to feel the passage of time.

It's time to go back.

I thought to myself, I can't drag on too long.

"In the end...... What happened. ”

Lianwen looked at me trying to concentrate and asked puzzled.

"The god of wrath is trying to deceive you, and here is the proof. This is the uninhabited world that I have been staying in all this time, that is, the mirrored world created by another god, the God of Joy. It's not a world after the destruction. ”

“……”

Suddenly hearing me say that, Lianwen didn't understand very much, but she didn't continue to ask.

"Just now I set a keyframe on the road and entered this 'shadow world', and now I'm here and set another keyframe to go back to the 'present world'. In the course of the history of the world, we completed the operation from the G-750 to this place during this time. ”

"If we go back now, will we also be in the mountains?"

"Hmm. Because this is the place in the 'world' that we will definitely reach, no matter how unlikely it may be. Anyway, the result is that we have arrived here, and this result will be directly reflected in the 'present world'. ”

"I don't understand it, but we're done with teleportation, right?"

Although it is not so, because the time of the 'present world' is the same as here. But I don't have time to explain it to her in detail right now. Leave these things to the back.

I grabbed her hand and noticed that her palms were sweating. She was nervous, though she didn't know why.

Then I should too-

“load！”

I want to go back to this world, I just think so, or rather, think very hard.

The landscape in front of me began to distort.

But only for a moment.

The root of the twist struck.

It was a black beast with red eyes, and on closer inspection, it was indeed a cloud of smoke in nature.

"Roar————

Like a tiger's roar, like a wolf's howl, slightly like a lion's roar, like a bear's roar. The sudden roar of the beast made every pore of my body tremble, and I held Lianwen's hand tightly and stared straight at what was happening in front of me.

I just believe this is the gateway to the world switch. But where the conviction came from, I don't know. This is not the result of reasoning, nor is it the result that logic can derive. It could even be said that it was simply my crankiness.

What if I'm wrong, I didn't think about it until now, why didn't I think about it earlier.

What's more, I can't do it any other way.

If there is any other way, it is to return to the 'Shadow World' and stay in the 'Shadow World' forever.

The beast opened its jaws and tried to engulf us from the front.

This is indeed a good way, anyway, you can't escape, it is better to stay in the 'shadow world' forever.

Qianshan City in the 'Shadow World', does it have enough food for me to live with Lianwen for a lifetime? It should be enough, it's a big deal to find a few pieces of farmland and be self-sufficient. In addition, the industrial facilities are still there, and it is not a good thing to spend a lifetime learning how to build and repair the city, and to work for the city, and the salary is the material that the city has.

“s……”

I want to go back to the 'Shadow World'.

It's terrible to live there alone.

But two people are a pure land.

I knew I needed to make a quick decision, and the distractions caused by hesitation were making it impossible for me to move forward.

Am I such a person? I am obviously an extreme ego and always insist on self-assertiveness, why do I hesitate at this time, what am I worried about?

I......

I gritted my teeth.

That's when it happened.

Light.

I saw the light.

This is indeed the light.

Shot straight from behind the beast.

This light is not special, it is not particularly in relation to the light of 'navy blue' and 'black'.

It's just that the white light that can be seen everywhere on the roadside is similar to the light emitted by street lights.

As soon as the white light flashed, the beast's body began to crack.

Hmm————

The sound of the beast's roar changed, from menacing to painful.

Mmmm————mm

Zizi Zizizi————

I heard what sounded like a plastic bag burning.

The beast's body was blurred and scattered in all directions.

Bang——!

There was a loud bang, and it sounded like steel hitting the ground.

If you throw a ton of reinforced concrete from the top floor of the Chisugi Building, it will probably be the sound when it hits the ground.

The remnants of the beast vanished in an instant. In a matter of seconds, it was as if it had never existed.

“……”

"Did you succeed?"

Lianwen had palpitations and said flag-like words, which made me very nervous.

We froze in place for a few seconds.

Nothing happened.

It's amazing that Flag didn't take effect.

After a while, we climbed to a higher platform and looked out into the beautiful night view of Qianshan City: the flickering neon lights, the light from the spotlights on the top of the high-rise buildings, due to the Tyndall effect, formed a beam of light, periodically surrounding the sky of the city, as if telling the heavens the beauty of Qianshan City.

Everything, back to normal.

Lianwen grabbed my arm.

The two of us just stood in the deserted mountains, enjoying the life of the two of us.

Fortunately, there is also M-shaped mountain.

See the romantic city of Qianshan with her, from memories, to see the future.

Far beyond is the end of darkness.