Section C Chapter 9: Gathering Together (Lucina)
"Hey, mad dog, are you listening?" Lucina slapped the table and exclaimed unpleasantly, "None of us have fallen asleep, are you too embarrassed to sleep first?"
Like a dead body, Selesa lay motionless on the table.
"Don't pretend to be asleep for me, bastard!" Seeing the mad dog's acting skills at a glance, an annoyed Lucina picked up an apple from the fruit bowl and threw it at it.
Ceresya raised her right hand and grabbed the apple with precision. Squinting his eyes and raising his head, the mad dog protested dissatisfiedly: "Cut, what's the point of letting me sleep for a while?
"It's only been six hours. Lucina tugged at her sister's left hand and looked at the time.
"Holy, did you hear me right?' It's only been six hours?" the mad dog snorted, and then threw the apple out of the way. Lucina couldn't dodge and was hit in the forehead.
"Wooh! it hurts......" Lucina rubbed her forehead and glared at Ceresya resentfully.
"What's the matter, are you dissatisfied? Do you have the ability to smash it back?" the mad dog triumphantly poured a glass of fruit wine into his cup and drank it with his neck tilted.
Seeing the gap between his drinks, Lucina quickly threw out the apple. However, he was caught by a mad dog with two fingers in the air and flung back. Before she could dodge, Lucina clutched her head with a whimper.
Seresa laughed maniacally, loudly announcing her victory. Lucina reluctantly grabbed the apple and took a big bite.
"I know why you're called a mad dog. Lucina stared at Mad Dog's blonde hair in resentment: the same color as Geos's hair...... But that guy is simply a noble character compared to this thing.
"That's really long live understanding. Seresa smiled, and deliberately made a sloppy expression to provoke Lucina.
"Speaking of which, who gave you the nickname Mad Dog?" Arnusen asked, leaning up and pouring a glass of milk for Rusa, who couldn't carry the milk jug, before touching her head.
"How do I know?" said Seresa yawning lazily, "the hat that some people like nicknames give me." ”
"It seems like you're only allowing certain people to call you mad dogs. The knight straightened his back slightly and leaned back in his chair: "When I first met you, you still didn't mind if I called you that. Later, I didn't like to call you mad dogs. ”
"Yes, it's your honor to allow you to call me Mad Dog. Seresa snorted, "Did you hear that, Lucina?"
"Hah, and call me thank you?!, do you want to be ashamed!" Lucina exclaimed dissatisfied.
"What's the use of asking for face?" Seresa replied cheekily, "Fools can't pull their faces." ”
"I still think you're going to take Rusa with you. The knight couldn't stand it anymore: "Can't you just say something good?"
Hell-bent on fighting back, Lucina set her sights on the ball in Lusa's arms. Grabbing the ball, Lucina flipped it in her palm and quickly threw it at the mad dog who turned his head to talk to Anusen.
Ceresya obviously didn't expect this and was smashed by the ball. But the mad dog's triumphant words immediately made Lucina's sense of accomplishment in the success of the counterattack zero: "This thing is so soft that it doesn't hurt at all after it is smashed." ”
"Forget it, I won't play with you. Frustrated, Lucina grabbed the dumpling and held it in her arms.
"You two old acquaintances have a good chat. The mad dog's eyes kept wandering between Lusa and Anusen, "I understand that a lot has happened to each of them in the past five years, especially the thing that curses loneliness...... But it doesn't seem like we have to talk about all the interesting things in one go tonight, right? ”
"If you're sleepy, you can go to sleep first. Your room is right next door. The room next to me and Sister Lusa is. Anusen still looked in high spirits.
"I said, I don't know about Lucina's neuropathy. But Miss Rusa looks like a normal Aya, isn't she? It's one o'clock in the middle of the night! It's already past the time for the good baby to go to bed. Cereya helplessly pointed to the wall clock on the wall: "Although Aya doesn't need to stay up late to maintain her skin or something, but after this time, she will still be sleepy, right?"
"Wait! Who are you talking about?!" it took several seconds for Lucina to react, and an angry Lucina smacked to her feet. Minia let out a panicked cry and jumped into Lusa's arms.
"Don't get so excited. Ceresya shook her head: "You've been discussing it for so long, but you haven't figured out this problem—what did the hooded man want to do when he threw us here from Jiuquan Town?"
"I don't know. Anusen shook her head, and suddenly asked again, "Lusa, are you sure that hooded man is the same one you saw before?"
"Hmm. Lusa, who had pulled down her hood and revealed her long snow-white hair, nodded: "My sister and I returned to the room after the dinner, and as soon as we opened the door, we saw the man in the cloak standing in front of the bed. I've met him many times, absolutely. ”
"yes, and you two fainted like we did...... As soon as the cloaked man disappeared, he woke up. Ceresya frowned, "Speaking of which, you two sleep in the same single bed?"
"Because Aya has little space, and Lusha and I are lovers. Lucina proudly patted her slightly blushing sister's back: "Hey every night for a long time." ”
"Well, I've actually heard that Aya is bisexual because she's almost exclusively female. The mad dog chirped, "Lusa, show me the letter he threw down again." ”
"How many times have you read it?" Lucina looked at the mad dog who took the letter boredly, "Isn't that just a few inexplicable sentences! Attached are three rings that will protect the wearer from the curse of loneliness. ”
"Yo, I'm pretty familiar with my back. Mad Dog snorted and looked at the black ring on his finger, "Knight, Lucina—that's not fair! Why don't you two wear this?"
"I am a Templar and will not be affected by Amrea's Lock. ”
"I'm the undead, and I won't. Lucina continued to nibble on the apple triumphantly.
"Cut!" Ceresya frowned dissatisfiedly, "Speaking of which, why didn't you want to tell me until you met the two of them that you were once a Templar of the Heavenly Wing Sect and from the Fifteenth World?" I remember I asked you many times about your past experiences, but you didn't want to mention a word. ”
"I don't quite remember why I didn't want to mention it to you......" The knight shook his head, covering his head in confusion: "Is it too late...... How a terrible headache. ”
"So we'll go and rest in a moment. Ceresa suddenly changed her words: "Wait, Lucina—you haven't told the full contents of the letter yet." Let me ask you, who is the sender on the back?"
"The dead. Do you need to ask?" Lucina said without even thinking about it, "The seal and the letter are both from last time. ”
Sooner or later, the terrible habitual thinking will paralyze your mind. Cereya proudly folded the letter and flew back to Lucina: "Take a good look, it's the guide." ”
"Huh?" Lucina paused for a moment, and looked at the back: it was indeed written in red ink with tiny words: noaessder (the guide)
"Hmm...... I always feel that my head hurts terribly at this moment. Mad Dog knocked on his skull and frowned: "I said, I felt disobedient from just now...... Knight, why did I know you?"
"Hey?" Anusen paused for a moment: "You go to my house to deliver a letter, tell me to run away quickly......"
"That's right...... But why did we come here from the Sixteenth World?" the mad dog asked, puzzled, "Who do you seem to be looking for...... It's family, right?"
"Family? I don't have a family! I've spent all these years alone. Anusen shook his head and asked suspiciously, "It's strange, I can't think of why I rushed to the Thirteenth World...... Probably really looking for someone. ”
"Isn't it just probably?" said Celesya, tapping her knuckles on the table, "You go everywhere you go to find someone." And, ah, Lusa...... You used to go to the Thirteen Worlds once a year just to see Anusen? What day did you say you would go to his house every year?"
Lusha shook her head blankly, "I can't remember." But in my impression, Arnusen was the only one in their family. ”
The girl in the wheelchair took off her illusory mask and slowly opened her eyes.
The warm flame of memory behind him has gradually been extinguished. In its place, there was only the cold and cruel dark frost called fate.
No one will remember...... The girl put on her mask again and sealed her thoughts in her heart: I am the one destined to be forgotten.
At the end of the world, there are still seventeen years and two hundred and nine days.