Chapter 12: The "Tree" That Foresees the Future
"I'm the one who cut off this branch." Sciaka admits dryly.
I was silent for a moment, but decided to continue listening to her. After all, if she wanted to harm me with her strength, she wouldn't have to go through such a lot of trouble.
Seeing that I didn't respond, she went on to explain:
"You saved my pet cat four years ago, and in order to repay you, I peeked into your fate and found that whatever you choose in your current direction, even the longest branch will terminate at a certain date."
"As I said, you should have died today." She repeated the words of today, "That date is today, but I prevented you from being struck by lightning. "
"Nothing in this world can change the future, so the shape of this tree is fixed from the moment you are born. I intervened and destroyed the tree with the power of another world. "
Shaka stretched out his finger and pointed to what looked like a broken wound, and then explained: "Your future and lifespan have regrown from the moment you lived, but the shape of the tree is no longer fixed, and the future has become uncontrollable. "
"So to make sure you don't encounter other accidents, I will continue to protect you to the end of your life." She turned her face and said solemnly, "That's why I came here and stayed." "
Nani? Accompany me to the end of my life? Sounds a little romantic, am I being confessed by a girl? But it's the first time I've been in love, so I'm going to be mentally prepared......
"You...... What are you thinking? Less self-inflicted and more sentimental! Noticing the slightly lewd expression on my face, Xiaka suddenly blushed and hurriedly clarified, "It's a pet!" Pet! I've got hundreds of years to live, what's wrong with having a pet like you?"
"Oh...... Okay......" I sighed a little disappointed, and then asked, "And what did you just say "underestimate me"? What does that mean? "
Hearing this, Xiaka's expression suddenly became a little solemn.
She didn't answer my question, but just reached out and gently touched the branch of the lower light tree that was not passed by the blue dot.
The branch shook slightly, and then condensed a dewy point of light at the end, which impartially dripped onto the fluorescent blue crystal directly below, causing ripples to ripple on its surface.
Then the crystal gradually brightened in my incredulous gaze, and a picture appeared on its surface that seemed familiar to me:
A man who looked like me was standing in front of my house, talking to Uncle Zhang.
Huh? This person seems to be me...... Isn't that what just happened in the hallway?
I said, how can there be a second creature on this earth that looks as handsome as I am?
"As you can see, this tree can foresee the future." Shaka stared intently at the picture and said to me, "At the same time, it also includes the future that has not happened, you are optimistic."
After talking to Uncle Zhang in the picture, I didn't show any intention of staying to save people like I just did, but followed him directly downstairs through the safety exit.
"It doesn't seem like there's a difference......" I asked with some confusion as I watched the crystal slowly return to its original state, "If I had known that you didn't need me to save me, I would definitely not have gone back to the basement to take refuge like this." "
"No, there's a big difference." Sciaka shook his head in denial, "If you had chosen the other path, I might never have been seen again." "
"What?" I asked with a look of disbelief on my face, "If I don't come, will you still be burned to death?"
"No, it won't." She resolutely denied it, and then explained:
"I've already laid out the 'Dream Enchantment' on this floor, and as soon as those humans just now, including you, step out of this floor, all the memories of today will be erased."
"In other words, you won't have any impression of me in the future, and I will never be in your life again after this place is restored."
Sciaka's expression was more serious than ever, and it didn't look like he was joking at all.
"Selfish people don't deserve my continued protection, if you are really this kind of person, it is better to let you fend for yourself, anyway, I have already paid off your favor."
"No way, who told me to do what I said." She looked up at the ceiling and whispered, "Since you're not that kind of person, even if I'm planted in your hands." "
"Okay, so you're done, huh?" After listening to her, I seemed to suddenly remember something, and then I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart, and roared loudly:
"It doesn't matter if it's planted in my hands or not, it's a mess for you to make my house like this!"
"Uh......h I was wrong, why are you so fierce......" Xiaka immediately put on a pitiful look, trying to get by.
"Didn't you just say you could restore my house to its original state?" I remembered what she had just said, and immediately urged, "Then you should change me back quickly!"
"Good horn...... Looks like I'm going to find time to go back and collect mana again, harm. Sciaka muttered quietly and walked out of the kitchen with some reluctance.
After a while, the smoke outside the kitchen gradually cleared, and the temperature returned to normal room temperature, as if nothing had happened.
It's broken, and suddenly remembered that Uncle Zhang didn't ask someone to go downstairs to report the fire, wouldn't that make the firefighters run for nothing? Now that it's all back to the way it was, I can't seem to explain the current situation at all......
"Hey, Shaka." I asked the little girl on the couch nibbling on the raw potatoes I had just bought, "Is that enchantment of yours reliable?" Can you really erase memories?"
"Nonsense, of course it's reliable!" She licked the dirt from the corner of her mouth and said with some smugness, "This is my housekeeping skill to hide my address in that world!" "
That's okay, what Uncle Zhang just said was "tell someone to go out and report the fire first", if this enchantment is really according to the effect she said, then it can be regarded as nothing happens tonight.
"That ......," Sciaka muttered in a very small voice, "the floor in the next room seems to have burned a hole in me, and I can't fix it." "
"……"
"What the hell did you do to my room......" I grabbed my forehead a little helplessly, feeling like my head was getting bigger.
"Actually, I didn't mean to set fire to you." The girl said with some embarrassment, "At first, I was just so hungry that I wanted to make a fire in the house and bake something to eat, but I didn't expect to set the ground on fire." "
"What??? In the house...... Firing?! "I was really scared by her tiger and wolf words.
I'd be glad she didn't practice magic in my house, or she would have had to tear down the whole building. It seems that I still have to find some time to teach her how to use these household appliances......
"Okay, okay, you don't have to sneak around and nibble on that potato anymore." Looking at her somewhat funny eating appearance, I reminded with tears and laughter: "You can't eat raw potatoes directly, and you don't want to bury them."
Alas, how did I end up with such a little ancestor......
"Okay, you wait, I'll go cook for you now."