"I don't know. ”

The old man shrugged helplessly: "I can't quite understand the specific mechanism, but the things you take out will definitely be able to help you, if you don't understand, you can take it, I believe it will be used soon." ”

“...... Okay. ”

Huai Shi put away her things and said with some trepidation: "Actually, my main purpose is not to come for this. ”

"Yesterday's phantom, right?"

The old man bowed his head clearly, obviously having already penetrated the mountain ghost scars on Huai Shi's body, which made Huai Shi breathe a sigh of relief, and his eyes looked forward to it.

"It's really troublesome, when the original ideal country was still there, it should be able to be done directly through the rainbow bridge."

The old man scratched his head, muttered for a long time, and suddenly snapped his fingers.

The scenery outside the window suddenly changed, as if it had come to the snow-capped mountains.

"Alright, you go out. She said, "You should be able to see it when you go out." ”

Huai Shi got up suspiciously, pushed the door in, but saw the familiar snow mountain outside, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he soon reacted, isn't this the snow mountain he came to when he just entered the witch's night?

When he turned back, he found that the hut behind him was gone.

So he walked forward, treading the narrow path, past the cave where he had awakened, past the place where he had fought the hyenas.

Eventually, they stopped at the edge of the river.

When he looked down at the waves in the water, he saw his own reflection. It is no longer the appearance of the husky, but the appearance of himself.

It's just that it was so strange that it was hard for him to discern.

In the reflection, the boy's face does not change, but ...... The meaning between the eyebrows is different from before.

It feels like a new life.

As if with a faint firelight, the black pupils are quiet and deep, sweeping away the immaturity revealed by age.

Even if it's the same face, the same look, no one can treat him as a child.

Before he knew it, he seemed to have changed, but he didn't.

It's just not the same as it used to be.

Maybe it's just growth.

Slightly, slightly, a little bit more mature.

When a ripple slowly drifted by, Huai Shi's reflection slowly changed, revealing his former silhouette, making him stunned in place.

This is the phantom of yesterday.

It's very different from today.

What made him even more stunned was that there seemed to be a sound of blisters bursting from his consciousness. Then, in a trance, those fragments of broken memories in the memory resurfaced from the darkness, re-bridged, and filled every inch of the gap.

Those childhood memories that have been lost for a long time have been recovered, and not only that, but they are even moving forward and continuing to excavate and extend.

Until the end, everything is vivid from birth to the present.

The child who once walked alone on the streets with a cello seems to have become completely different now, but it is still the same thing, which has lasted for his short seventeen years, and will continue to be returned......

There was a past, there is a present, and there will be a future.

He's alive.

For a long time, for a long time, Huai Shi couldn't help but let out a long breath.

He didn't exhale plasma sparks and devastating breaths, but he felt the anxiety and depression in his chest drain from his heart along with the exhalation.

A refreshing coolness spread through his breath in his lungs, and he couldn't help but stretch his body and hear the sound of crackling in his body.

It was as if he had finally matured from the long seedling stage, and the sigma of the mountain ghost was growing rapidly, and at last, a heavy dark green color overlapped the cracks in his chest, as if it was about to bloom.

"Isn't that a little bit more present?"

Huai Shi lowered her head, stared at her former self in the reflection, couldn't help grinning, and gave a thumbs up to her former self:

"Keep it up, Huaishi!"

So, the young man in the reflection smiled and raised his thumb to encourage his future self.

In the hidden hut, the girl who had been leaning against the window all the time couldn't help but shake her head and sigh as she watched someone laugh silly at the reflection.

"In the end, I didn't have any presence. ”

Fu Yi shrugged helplessly, "It feels quite in line with my personality." ”

"Evolution always has side effects, and it should be fine when you get out of here. ”

Compared to this, the old man beside her was quite surprised by another thing: "Isn't there even a sublimation?"

"Could it be that I miscalculated?" she mused, "presiding over the operation of the Silver Sea, even if it is just an experience, it should be enough to complete the sublimation." ”

"Hmm, that feeling like it's going to float up?" Fu Yi was stunned: "I thought I had a cold...... Isn't it a result? Ah, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of money!"

“...... If it were not for your own conscious rejection of change, the sublimation would not have stopped. ”

The old man saw through Fu Yi's disguise at a glance, and he was not unhappy about this, but he was just curious: "For your identity as an ordinary person to insist to this extent, I have to say, it is really rare, are you the kind that hates sublimation?"

"No, I'm still envious. ”

Fu Yi thought for a moment and said seriously: "But that's the kind of ...... It's a superficial envy, you can understand it? I think it's more convenient to be an ordinary person than a sublimator. ”

Envy, longing, desire.

Such emotions have indeed existed, but at best they are only the kind of emotion that is sighed across the TV, just like admiring handsome explorers, respecting people who become heroes, and envying handsome characters who are active in the rain of bullets and can still light a cigarette in a chic manner.

She knew she would never be able to be like that, she didn't have that kind of talent, and she didn't have the dreams that she had to be able to achieve.

Although there are occasional little impulses, in the end, it is just like that.

"What's wrong with today's children? One or two are either scary or intellectual. The old man raised his eyebrows: "I originally thought it was ......"

She was silent for a moment and said seriously, "You're going to need some changes. ”

"I actually think so, too. ”

The girl sighed softly, "But it wasn't long ago that I realized that in fact, the last thing I wanted was to change. ”

She doesn't need to change.

Even if the relationship between the father and the mother is broken, and the two are divorced, even if the mother plans to remarry and have a child......

Even if her efforts have not been rewarded many times, they have made the reality farther and farther away from the scene she was looking forward to.

Things don't go as they should.

But she understands that.

This reality that belongs to her is perfect enough, all cause and effect are predestined, everything is actually logical a long time ago, and she doesn't need to add to it.

No matter how difficult it is to accept, it is not an excuse to resist and deceive yourself.

She just needed some time, a little bit of space to herself, a place where she could escape everything for a while.

And a friend who can help her get out of it all.

It's like running away from home, and one day you have to look back at the way back. She knew that and didn't plan to delay the day too far.

Just for a while.

With just a short night of freedom, she can go back and face what she needs to face.

Like a child who has left home, he plays willfully, wanders in the streets, runs, tries everything that his parents do not allow.

It was her night of freedom.

Now, the Night of the Witches is over.

It's time for her to go home.

Even if the world outside is magnificent and huge.

"I see. ”

The old man chuckled softly and touched her hair lovingly: "You are stronger than I thought...... Are you sure, though, that you really don't need my help?"

As she spoke, she glanced out the window, the smirking boy by the river, shook her head and sighed: "When you meet this kind of person who doesn't know if it's a strange brain circuit or a natural scumbag, you won't understand it even if it's the end of the world, right?"

"No need. ”

Fu Yi withdrew his gaze from the back: "I changed my mind." ”

"Huh?"

"He's really a good friend, better than I expected......" She was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Unfortunately I'm not." ”

It's too easy to deceive such people.

Fu Yi has a deep understanding of this.

As long as you smile at him, he will smile at you, and as long as you are his friend, he will not have any defense against you...... As long as you ask, He will give.

Do what you can.

Never disappoints.

Because of this, she didn't want to say her most embarrassing request.

Will he agree? No, I should ask, will he refuse? And then, will he be loyal to that feeling? No, will he betray?

And then what?

Will you be happy?

And most importantly, will he be happy?

Isn't that right?

Isn't love mutual?

Isn't it like a beggar if you take and rely on it unilaterally?

If you think about it, she seems to be constantly trying to rely on others.

Rely on your father's doting, rely on your mother's support, rely on your own appearance to get loved, rely on your own authority to ignore the rules, and then, rely on your own clever words to get friends...... When you're at your loneliest.

Maybe she's good at this, or maybe no one will say anything even if she relies on others.

But for some reason, she didn't want to rely on those things anymore.

Just looking at the back outside the window, as long as you compare each other, you can know that there is no happiness in living like a parasite like that.

It's just begging......

In the silence, as if sensing the girl's loss, the old man raised the box in his hand and handed it over: "Do you smoke?"

Fu Yi stretched out his hand, but the box was withdrawn.

"Don't give. ”

The old man grinned, like a child had succeeded in a prank, and patted her on the head: "You're still a child, drink tea." ”

The teacup with fragrant and warm fragrance came to Fu Yi's hand.

"Evelyn. ”

The old man said suddenly.

"Huh?"

"My name is Evelyn, Evelyn of the Chascher family. ”

The old man smiled and told her, "The registered name is called [Period]. Although I introduced myself a little late, I hope to be able to be your friend. ”

"I, I ......"

Fu Yi was stunned for a long time, for a long time, lowered his head, his eyes were fumigated by water vapor, as if he was a little red: "My name is Fu Yi, and I rely on ......."

"Fu Yi, I see. ”

The old man reached out strongly, held her palm, shook it, and nodded happily: "Then we are friends, please rest assured to rely on me, even if we have been together for such a short time." ”

She paused, her expression became solemn, serious and dignified, and asked in a deep voice: "Then, at the end, I have a question for you"

In the uneasy brief silence, the corners of her mouth suddenly hooked up, revealing a gentle smile:

"Have fun?"

Fu Yi froze in place for a long time, nodding vigorously.

"Hmm!"

Then, the smile becomes relieved, full of joy and satisfaction.

The old man stretched out his hand and gently hugged the girl in front of him.

"Then smile, my friend. ”

She kissed the girl on the forehead and said softly, "I hope we can meet again after a long time."

You're going to embark on your own journey, and I'm going to return to where I belong.

But until then......"

She squeezed her eyes, like a child preparing to play a prank, smiled and told her, "I have a surprise for you"