In the year of June 568 of the Altino calendar, it was otherworldly

It doesn't belong to the world you know in the past, and all you can see around you is pitch black, and you can't see anything else.

Of course, it doesn't always stay that way. In addition to this boundless darkness, there have been many scenes before, sometimes as if you were in a pool of blood, and all you see is bright red, sometimes the whole world becomes a myriad of black and white zebra lines, and sometimes it is colorful, like a palette that has been overturned.

The colors are constantly changing, and the shape of the world suddenly seems to be square, all at once it seems to be flat, and in the end, it becomes an infinite extension, and there is no such thing as a form at all. Bizarre changes don't offer anything to confirm other than letting people know that this isn't the original world.

The temperature, direction, location, or time cannot be confirmed...... What used to be used to judge thinking is completely useless here.

I only know that the surroundings seem to be flowing rapidly, and I feel like I am in some boundless ocean, following the tide, and constantly flowing in one direction.

Compared with this infinite and vast world, it makes people feel insignificant. Even a Heavenly Rank Master with great power, in such an environment, it is difficult to maintain a calm mind, and he inevitably feels anxious.

After being promoted to the position of strong heaven, opening mountains and breaking the earth is just a gesture, but whether it is a mountain, a river, a river, or a land, it is still just a physical existence. Up to this moment, there is no edge in sight in the upper and lower directions, no form can be touched, and apart from the existence of the self, this thing called "world" only has the color of nothingness, and has no form.

Infinite, eternal, eternal...... The words suddenly became clear, and if he was going to drift here so endlessly, Lancelot didn't know how long his reason could last.

The Gate of the Stars is indeed an unbelievable trick, abandoning the enemy in another space like this, although it is not lethal, but it is more terrifying than any killing move. If he had a choice, he would rather suffer a trick and have his body shattered than be in such a predicament.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in this space, you are not the only life. Because of her, the feeling of loneliness can be suppressed, because of her, I can calm down, and I don't want to destroy her will because of my panic, and because of her, I can support it until this moment......

The moment they were sucked into the gate of the stars, the two people who hugged each other were violently spun by the powerful suction force and fainted. The first to regain consciousness was Lancelot, after confirming that Feng'er was okay, he didn't wake her up immediately, after all, in this place, time has no meaning, and it won't help to wake Feng'er up until he is mentally prepared.

Lancelot really felt a little fortunate in the midst of misfortune, but this happiness was quite bitter.

Undoubtedly, having Feng'er by her side is the reason for being able to support herself at this moment, but compared to this, I hope that she will not come in with her, but continue her life in the outside world in a good manner.

"Lan ...... Lord Lancelot......"

Whispering, Feng'er, who was lying on Lancelot's chest, woke up.

"We ...... Where is this?!"

Even a woman like Feng'er, who had been trained in her mind, couldn't help but feel a little flustered when she saw this inexplicable vision in front of her, and Lancelot felt her hands clutching the hem of her clothes tighten.

"I don't know, although I don't know if this is the world of the first yuan, but it's not our world anyway. ”

Speaking of the primeval demon nouns he had learned from Bai Qi, Lancelot smiled bitterly. It's the same world, can't you send yourself to a world with people, flowers, trees, stars and moons?

"This floor outside us is ......"

If the whole world is boundless darkness, then at this moment Lancelot and Feng'er are the only source of light. Before being sucked into the other world, an inexplicable white light enveloped the two of them, and when Lancelot woke up, the faint white light that enveloped the two did not disappear, but instead formed a light shield to protect the two people inside.

Because of this, the two of them did not come into direct contact with this otherworld. Lancelot didn't know what the mask was insulate, but he wasn't optimistic enough to believe that the world outside the mask would be warm and smelly. Perhaps it is because of the existence of this mask that he and Feng'er do not have to face severe temperature differences, high pressure, and poisonous gases...... These are the factors that are not conducive to survival.

Due to the different laws that make up the world, Lancelot vaguely senses that his celestial power has greatly declined, and if he is exposed to a thousand-degree temperature difference and high pressure, then he doesn't even have the leisure to worry about whether he will go crazy, and he has to prepare for the end of the day.

"I don't know. From this mask, I felt the magic fluctuations, as if it was some kind of high-grade magic, it seemed ...... Someone has helped us in secret, and we have received a lot of favors. ”

That was Lancelot's reasoning, but he couldn't think of anyone who would help him in this way. The caster is not nearby, and it is terrifying to be able to cross the distance of space and cast such a high-level protective spell, but on the other hand, even the most clever magister wants to cast a high-level spell at such a long distance, and the magic power consumed is so great that the person concerned must have the consciousness of risking his life.

I have a limited knowledge of magic, but I think that several powerful mages I know, whether it is Mei Lin, Gengoro, Bai Wuji, or Hua Bian Que, are unlikely to risk such a danger to save people, and the most likely candidate is still only the wife Xiaocao who is owed a lot by himself.

If this speculation is true, she must be anxious to try to save her at this moment, alas...... It's a shame that in the end, I still have to rely on my wife to save my life......

The question that Lancelot was thinking about also appeared in Feng'er's heart. It's just that, in addition to Xiaocao, she has one more candidate.

As far as I could see that day, Oda Xiang was also an extremely powerful magister, and it would not be surprising if this shield was cast by her, so could it be that she came to the rescue in a critical situation?

The two of them have their own answers in their hearts, but they are far from the facts, which may be the sadness of the parties.

Through the light emitted by the mask, Kaede noticed a change in Lancelot's countenance. It is no longer the original pig face, but a normal human face.

"Lord Lancelot, your face?"

"Well, it seems that because of the different relationships in the world, this magic has also lost its effect. ”

In the knowledge of magic, there are some low-level magic, as long as it is illuminated by the moonlight, it will be temporarily lifted, although I don't know if their recovery is permanent, but it is more or less similar to this situation.

Magic and celestial power all use the natural energy and laws in heaven and earth as the basis for activation, and when the laws that make up the world are different, the effect will naturally be affected. It is because of this that he is sure that the spells that make up this layer of light mask are not trivial, otherwise, how can they still operate independently when they cross the world?

About Lancelot's curse and change in appearance, Feng'er didn't fully figure it out, and before because she was worried about overstimulating Lancelot, it was difficult to ask, but now Lancelot recounted what happened that day, and said it thoroughly, and then hated it: "This group of dead old women, specifically looking for trouble with me, first turned me into a pig's head, and then threw me into this hellish place, as soon as I go out, they immediately want them to look good, what a bastard thing......"

Completely unaware of the possibility that she might never be able to get out again, Lancelot began to plan all kinds of revenge plans, which did make her feel relieved in Feng'er's eyes. At least, the master hasn't given up yet, as long as he still maintains the fighting spirit to go out, everything hasn't reached the time of despair.

And after explaining the reason why he "changed his face", Lancelot also mentioned all kinds of abnormalities that happened to Sojiro during this battle, which was really incredible to Feng'er's ears.

Sojiro and Oda Ka, these two siblings are the same person?!

Feng'er had a hard time believing this fact, because the personalities of their two siblings were too different, and she even suspected that these two would be brothers and sisters before, but now the master actually said that they were the same person? How can a body become a man and a woman at the same time? Even if it is a good disguise technique, it can't do this, right? This thing is too ......

However, as far as Lancelot is concerned, instead of thinking about how this person can become male and female at the same time, it is better to think about what kind of creature this person is? He didn't have a good impression of Sojiro, and after discovering this secret, he didn't treat this person as a human at all, but directly treated him as an alien creature.

"I've said it before, I want you not to believe that little ghost too much, look, I'm right, that little banshee...... If it weren't for her, how would we be in this hellish place?"

When it comes to Oda incense, Lancelot's anger is more than one. As long as he can get out, he will definitely not give up with this little banshee, and he will not wreak havoc, and get the blood of Kyoto chickens, cats, and ducks, how can he get this evil breath in his chest? Although there is nothing to do now, he also took the opportunity to add fuel and vinegar in front of Feng'er, and greatly criticized this female monster as worthless.

Listening to it, Feng'er was silent, but she had some other thoughts in her heart.

Lord Lancelot doesn't lie to himself, and even if he does, he doesn't make up such ridiculous lies to deceive people. What he said must be true. However, even this is not enough to prove something.

Even two people who are like brothers and respect each other may fight on the battlefield because of their different positions, in other words, two mortal enemies who have to draw their swords against each other does not mean that there is no friendship between them.

Because of their different positions, they have long been mentally prepared to fight Sojiro one day, so they are not much shocked now. Yes, Sojiro drew his sword against himself, but what about the feeling in his heart? If he also felt helpless, he would not have any resentment towards him.

Feng'er's mood changes, Lancelot saw it all, knowing that she valued her emotional personality, as well as her infinite tolerance for relatives and friends, it was difficult to say anything, and she was in a quiet mood at the moment, continuing this endless drift with her, hoping that there would be a so-called rescue.

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His Royal Highness Sojiro was not there, nor was His Royal Highness Oda Ka, so it was a good opportunity to make a big splash in Kyoto Castle. Izumi Sakura didn't have a deep impression of Oda Ka, but during the period before she recovered from her injuries and served as Sojiro's deputy, the person who was responsible for helping her heal her injuries was Oda Ka.

The memory is not very clear, I only remember that I was inexplicably seriously injured, lying in that cabin, waking up and fainting again, but every time I opened my eyes, I would see the girl who was not as beautiful as a human being, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at herself with clear but not half emotional eyes.

Looking at Princess Oda Xiang like that, what is going on in her heart, I really can't judge this. However, every time I met her eyes, I had a feeling of wanting to escape, and there was an unspeakable ominousness in my heart.

Ah, I remember, at that time, on the shoulders of Princess Oda Ka, there was always a strange-looking black cat, lying there, curled up like a ball of black hair, which was very interesting. One of the striking features of this black cat is the bat wings on its back...... Why do cats have bat wings on their backs? I don't understand why they may be endemic to this part of Japan.

The bat cat, with a pair of very fierce eyes, was obviously just a kitten, but it looked like it was more ferocious and gloomy than a black panther. I don't know if it's influenced by this pet, but its owner, Oda Xiang, is in the curling cigarette, and it makes people feel eerie when they recall it.

Therefore, after recovering from his injury, he was able to follow His Royal Highness Sojiro to do things, instead of following Princess Oda Ka, who treated her injuries and was the most kind, to be honest, I was really relieved.

Running quietly around Kyoto Castle, Izumi Sakura unexpectedly has many memories in her mind. As the memories of those healing periods grew clearer, she suddenly remembered, as if ...... It seems like...... The two highnesses, Sojiro and Oda Ka, are the same person.

Shaking her head, Izumi Sakura used her own reason to shake the thought out of her mind. It was probably dazzling, but when I was recuperating from my injuries, I opened my eyes in a half-dazed sleep, and I did see that dreamlike scene several times: the clothes and hair color did not change, but Sojiro's already thin body became more petite, and his face slowly changed, turning into Oda Xiang's face.

The two siblings originally looked very similar, but seriously there was still a difference, especially the expressions, which were simply far apart, and therefore, when looking at Sojiro's smiling expression, it became such a face with no emotions at all, and that strange feeling was extremely strong.

These memories should be just dreams, because how can ordinary people become male and female at the same time? Although I have heard that there are hermaphroditic creatures in the world, it is still very different from being able to change genders freely, well, but it is difficult to say, after all...... This is Japan, and since there are strange cats with bat wings, there may also be weirdos who can freely switch genders, so it's not surprising.

Reaching out and tapping on her head, Izumi Sakura was still secretly laughing at her own ridiculous idea, but she didn't know that this intuitive inference was more accurate than reason.

She was about to escape from the city, but when she heard the news that Shuntaro Furutaka was imprisoned in the city, she turned back and searched everywhere in the city. Some time ago, when she was the deputy head of the new writing team, she had a general impression of the construction institutions in Kyoto Castle, but it is not too difficult to find them now.

Walk through the bamboo grove in the garden, hide aside, wait for the patrolling samurai to pass by, then turn the third stone lantern nearby, turn on the mechanism, and the secret entrance to the dungeon appears, sneaking in.

If it weren't for the fear of Oda Ka, Izumi Sakura wouldn't have had to be so troublesome, but as long as she thought that she might be forced to fight the little princess after alarming the guards, and doing that kind of fight that had no chance of winning, Izumi Sakura thought it would be better to be cautious.

Luckily, Yuyuki was imprisoned in this dungeon, but when Izumi found him, the fat man was already dying. Not because he was tortured or poisoned, but because he was treated in the exact opposite, he was stuffed with a large amount of delicacies, and his stomach was stretched round and big, like a toad about to die, lying on the ground, moaning weakly.

Izumi Sakura saw it, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she hurriedly knocked down the guards and rescued the people. The road out of the city is much easier, hiding their own breath, jumping like flying, a few times out of the city, and for the sake of safety, Izumi Sakura did not dare to stop, just rushed away from Kyoto dozens of miles away, only then did he dare to stop, stop and watch.

"Wow~~ phew!"

Holding on to a tree trunk, he vomited a lot of snow and vomited everything he could in his stomach.

Unable to help, and didn't dare to approach, Izumi Sakura used the small bamboo tube she brought with her to get clean water from a nearby mountain stream and gave it to Youxue to use.

"Alas, Shuntaro, why do you eat so much? Although I heard that the food in the prison here is good, but if you like to eat, I can also make it for you slowly in the future, you don't need to work so hard, look at you, you are dying......

I made Japanese food a life of death, and I vomited until I was dizzy, and I was not angry in my heart, and hearing Izumi Sakura say this was like adding fuel to the fire.

"Go, fuck you...... If I had the strength, I would have raped you tonight. ”

Receiving such an insult, Izumi Sakura was stunned for a moment, but she didn't think it was wrong, and nodded with a smile: "I know, this is called full of lust, right? You eat too much, so you start wanting, wanting...... Well, that's what you men look like. ”

As she spoke, she pushed the snow and said with a smile: "But, no, Shuntaro, although we are good friends, I have seen you before...... But that was before I got married, and now I'm a married woman who can touch me, and my husband is the only one. ”

"Go, to put it so proudly, if your husband is finished, don't you have to be touched by other men?"

One sentence made Izumi Sakura's expression change suddenly, and Yuxue guessed the roughly. When I was squatting in the prison just now, I heard someone say very proudly that the new writing team had exerted great power this time to exterminate the chaotic party, and His Royal Highness Sojiro and Deputy Chief Saito joined forces to kill the chaotic party without leaving a piece of armor, and even the pig's head monster was chopped into meat sauce to calm the anger of the Japanese people.

Lancelot's fighting style has always been either a big win or a big defeat. If it was him who won, it would be absolutely impossible for these warriors to show off their might in front of him, and if it was him, according to this situation, even if he didn't chop people into meat sauce, he might not be able to run away from seventeen or twenty-eight pieces, and even if his ether immortal body was powerful, I am afraid that he would not be able to move for a while.

"It's really troublesome, every time it's because of you...... Hey, let's be honest, are you plotting against my boss again this time?"

Youxue squinted at her eyes and asked sharply, but Izumi Sakura didn't dare to hide it, and said the picture she remembered intermittently.

“...... When I had the impression that my husband had a hole in his chest, as if it was a serious injury, I was stunned, and then he threw himself at me, and kissed me so hard that my face was about to be flattened, and then he hit me with his head again, and I hit it several times in a row, and I bled out, and then, and then I don't remember it again. ”

"Well, the one ahead is roughly understandable, you said that the boss wanted to insult you, but you resisted desperately, and then he kissed you wildly, and then continued...... Huh, let's be clear, which head did he hit you and bleed?"

I couldn't understand Youxue's low-level questioning, and Izumi Sakura spent a lot of effort to roughly explain the matter, but even she was confused about some details.

"Is that really what I did? But why don't I have any impression at all? I—I can't fight him, husband, his chest wound ......"

"Don't doubt it, you must have done it. This is not the first time, there have been similar records before, you shot a hole in my boss's chest, and he died nine times and fled for his life in embarrassment, but last time it was the left chest, this time it was the right chest, but it was the same, from the front chest to the back. ”

Youxue said: "Tell you, there will be retribution for doing this kind of thing, you drill holes in my boss today, he is such a narrow-minded person, he will definitely drill back on you another day, drill in the morning and drill again in the evening, and then you will know that it is powerful." ”

"Husband, he ...... Is it good to drill holes?"

"Of course, it's okay, otherwise how could we be responsible for helping him grab a new bed all day long?" Seeing Izumi Sakura's expression that seemed to understand whether she understood or not, Youxue felt that she was invincible, and sighed: "Anyway, if you don't want to do something good this time, you will have to atone for your sins, and the next time you see my boss, you will have to suffer." ”

This is also what Izumi Sakura is most worried about, the problem is that she doesn't know what to do to be able to atone for her sins and appease her husband's volcanic anger when they meet next time.

"Well, the boss is coming to Japan this time...... By the way, you can't help conquer Japan, but you must have a way to get the three artifacts of Zhenguo here. Youxue said: "I heard that the three artifacts of Zhenguo here are related to the secret of breaking through the heavens, as long as we can obtain these three artifacts as gifts, the boss will definitely forgive us...... Oh, no, forgive you. ”

I still don't know much about it, but now that such a path has appeared in front of me, Izumi Sakura decides to give it a try.

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The drifting in another space still seems to have no end. Lancelot was also facing the dilemma in front of him with mixed feelings.

Although he couldn't reach the outside, Lancelot knew that there must be a lot of pressure outside, because the layer of light mask that had been guarding him and Feng'er was slowly being squeezed and shrinking, reducing the space inside.

It's not a problem to push it back with the power of the heavenly position, but seeing that the effect of this mask is getting weaker and weaker, if it is subjected to the impact of the power of the heavenly position, and it bursts, it will be very troublesome, who knows if there is any poison outside in addition to high pressure?

But in such a situation, the situation inside the mask is very strange. As the mask was becoming more and more compressed, the already small place now did not even have room to move slightly, Lancelot and Feng'er were tightly pressed together, and there was no gap between the two bodies.

Although the relationship between them is hidden, it is still very embarrassing to suddenly do such a close, and the two even fell into a helpless silence, and in the end it was Lancelot who broke the silence, and before the mask was compressed to the point that it was difficult to even raise his hand, he reached out to wrap his hand around Feng'er's willow waist, hugged her over, and hooked his hands around his neck.

"It's better this way, this is the truth I came up with after the last time I failed to pick up girls in the Ivory White Tower. ”

Lancelot smiled: "That time I only hugged her from behind, I couldn't see her face, I couldn't see her expression, and it turned out that I was talking to myself, it didn't work, and it was in vain that I was so serious, and when I came back, I found that she ran away with another man, which is really sad." ”

Since they parted in the Ivory White Tower that night, the two have not had a chance to talk properly, and now when they hear the master mention this matter again, they don't know how to answer for a while, but they just say in a sneering voice: "You are talking nonsense again, how can you change anything for a person like her?"

Feng'er is not short, but she is still a head shorter than Lancelot, if it was usual, she would have lowered her head a long time ago to hide her expression, but she didn't even have room to bow her head at the moment, and after hooking Lancelot's neck with both hands, she could only look up at him like this, and he could see his expression clearly.

After getting along for a long time, Lancelot has a good understanding of Feng'er's strong inferiority complex. Because of all the things in the past, she always regarded herself as an inferior being, and she didn't take this into account when she was in the Ivory White Tower last time, and it was the main cause of her failure, so now listening to her, she immediately changed her tone.

"Ah, did you see through it? This is actually what I realized after that failed pickle, but for another woman. ”

"Another ......"

Seeing Feng'er's surprised appearance, Lancelot smiled secretly in his heart, put it in her ear, and whispered: "Yes, you know, Xiaocao always says that coming from behind will make her feel insecure, so it is better to come from the front, and seeing her expression will make her feel more at ease." ”

It was hard to imagine that Lancelot would say such a thing, Feng'er's expression suddenly became very complicated, and she wanted to stop going over, but how could she do it? In the end, she just whispered: "This kind of thing...... How do I know?"

"Don't you know? That's weird, I used to see you going in and out all day long, closer than sisters, and I thought you two were having a gay relationship. ”

"How could there be such a thing?" Concerning Xiaocao, Feng'er hurriedly put forward a defense, "I am Miss's bodyguard, and it is my job to follow her, just because two women go in and out together, it is too unfair to Miss to have this kind of worldly prejudice." ”

"I didn't say it's bad, Xiaocao is a beauty, and you are also beautiful, if the two of you are gay, at least it's better than the dead shemale of the cheap third child. ”

After being impacted by Oda incense, Lancelot is now completely disgusted with the word shemale, and it is really disgusting to think about it, and said: "You say this is a worldly prejudice, but I think this is common sense, two women are tired of being together all day long, even if they are sisters and sisters, they may not be so good, not to mention that they are two people who are not related by blood, it is normal for people to think like this." ”

"Between women and women, there can be a very sincere and simple friendship and affection, just like the brotherhood between men and men. Only between a man and a woman, then it is really impossible to have a simple friendship. ”

"Yes, you yourself admit that there will be no simple friendship between a man and a woman, so what is the current relationship between the two of us?"

After going around for a long time, he finally got this sentence out of Feng'er's mouth, and looking at her stunned, Lancelot said: "What about the guards and maids, you are all talking about it alone, and only you think it is like this." Everyone has the right to choose their own way of life, whether good or bad, it is indeed something that outsiders have no right to interfere with, but Feng'er, before me and Xiaocao, you also want to continue to be like this?

The slender waist in his hand was indeed soft to the touch, but after these words, Lancelot clearly felt that the body that was attached to him became very stiff.

After the previous experience, he learned the lesson, and no longer kept probing into the depths of Feng'er's heart, and said, "Remember, you can also live happily." At that time in Hangzhou, you, me and Xiaocao, weren't the three of us happy all the time?"

Naturally, this sentence caused another low cry. Perhaps because the shock was too much, Feng'er's originally stiff body suddenly collapsed in Lancelot's arms, giving him an urge to not know whether to rejoice or sigh.

It was still a lot of trouble to explain, but according to the explanation of Xiaocao that day, Lancelot explained his current state.

“...... I haven't quite replied yet, and there are probably some things I can't remember, but at least I remember very well how the three of us lived together at that time, and remember the joy we had at that time, and I remember ...... Why did you wear this collar around your neck? ”

Listening to these words, Feng'er, who had been gloomy in expression, suddenly had red eyes, and her tearful eyes touched Lancelot's cheeks, the expression on her face seemed to be infinitely happy, but the tears slipped down uncontrollably.

“...... That's great...... It's really great...... Been waiting for this day...... You've finally remembered us all. ”

Seeing her, who has always been good at controlling her emotions, was so excited that Lancelot only had a wry smile in his heart. It is true that what happened in Hangzhou affected his life and was his precious memory, but seeing Xiaocao and Feng'er knowing that after they regained their memory, they were all like crying mothers-in-law, which really made me feel embarrassed.

Looking at Feng'er's crying appearance with joy, let alone taking the opportunity to hug and hug, I am afraid that even if she begs her, she will not refuse, but in this way, it will be difficult to say what she wants to say, so she chuckled and said: "Yes, I also remember that there was a stinky woman with no conscience, who almost gnawed off my hand in one bite that day." ”

Recalling what had happened at that time, Feng'er's heart was full of tenderness for a while, and she was speechless in a daze, until she noticed that Lancelot's palm on her waist was moving down irregularly, and then she came back to her senses with a red face.

"Maybe it's me who thinks so, but if I'm right, Feng'er actually yearns for life at that time, and hopes that the three of us can continue to be happy like that forever, that's why you keep belittleing yourself like this, right?"

Having achieved the purpose of regaining attention, Lancelot stopped putting his hands up and down, after all, just being close to Feng'er's body and feeling her softness, that taste was enough to remember.

"However, Feng'er, you are now a human being, no longer a cat. Now that you've changed, how can you go back to the way you used to live? Even if you try to deceive yourself, Xiaocao and I can't convince ourselves like this. ”

Feng'er didn't understand these words, but when she said them so directly to her face, she still felt the pain of being slapped from her dream.

"What do you mean...... You want me to stop being you and Miss...... Is it a burden?"

Feng'er is a very strong-willed person, Lancelot has never doubted this, but he now knows that people's rationality is balanced, if there is a certain aspect of the mind is particularly strong, there must be a side that is particularly fragile, because while speaking like this, Feng'er's voice was a little choked, and as soon as the eyelashes blinked, smooth tears flowed down.

"I know that in your eyes, I am useless, a good person, and not a good person, to live such an undignified life...... But even if it's not true, why do I have to wake up when I can find peace and happiness in this life?"

"You, Leah, and my sister have always wanted me to do well, so they have done a lot of things for me, but aren't I doing well now? Why do you have to let me live my life the way you do? Liya can choose to be her little grass, why can't you give me the same opportunity to be my Feng'er quietly?"

Listening to these words, Lancelot didn't have any words to refute, at this moment, he knew that he had entered the deepest part of Feng'er's soul that he had tried every possible way to enter, however, when Feng'er's tone became calmer and calmer, no longer sobbing, no longer talking loudly, and finally even with a cold expression, he said the words of request like an ice river, Lancelot understood what had just happened...... He completely broke Feng'er's heart.

Just now she said "quietly being a maple", not "quietly being a blue moon maple", the two seem to be similar, but there are subtle differences.

Cangyue Feng is the female guard and first confidant of herself and Xiaocao, but Feng'er is the cat woman in the Hangzhou hut.

She had already made a decision before they broke up on the shore of the West Lake, so when they reunited in the Free City, Feng'er would let herself help her put this symbolic thing on again.

She had already made a decision. For such a long time, this decision has never changed, but I have never understood her, and I just want to drag her out and accept my self-righteous happiness.

Would you rather give up your human body and be a female beast than face the entanglements of past love and hatred? If it is really uncomfortable to regain the dignity of being a human being, then curled up in a corner, living a life quietly, and obtaining peace and happiness is also a life choice.

It's not a mistake to not have the courage to face life, and it's not something everyone should have to face bravely. In the past, Feng'er's relatives and friends actively pushed her into the past that she didn't want to face, was this for her good, or so that she could grow in the power of the heavenly position? If it was only for the latter, how was this different from parents who forced their children to study and ignored their pleasures?

Everyone has the opportunity to make their own choices, and there are some things that only the parties are qualified to choose, and no matter how close others are, they will not affect her rights. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, but if you really value her, you should accept it, not just want to change.

"Oh, I'm a stupid monkey...... What you have always understood, I have never understood. ”

Smiling apologetically, Lancelot wanted to reach out to help Feng'er straighten her messy hair as before, but because of the lack of space in the mask, his hand could no longer be raised, so he had to bow his head and blow his breath, but it made the bangs even more messy.

"Although I thought about your feelings, I still insisted on going my own way, and I am really sorry for you for ...... trouble" Lancelot said: "Are you willing to forgive me? There is not only one way to be happy, I have understood this, and in the future, I will try to compensate you and give you happiness." ”

"There is no forgiveness or unforgiveness, I entrust the rest of my life, and the remaining hopes, to you and Miss, hoping to share a future with you, as long as it is your command, I am happy to do it, but please reserve this little freedom for me, let me continue to live so selflessly, this is how I can achieve happiness. If I had to pay more...... That's all I can give you. ”

Feng'er finished speaking lightly, and suddenly smiled. Since he knew her, Lancelot had never seen her look like this, unlike the listless coldness of the past, this smile was full of life, and while witnessing this smile, Lancelot felt that what he was holding in his arms was not a slave girl, but a real woman with flesh and blood and a soul of her own.

However, it's not a big smile.

At the moment of contact with Feng'er's soul, this smile was saddened, although when I saw Feng'er crying bitterly on her chest when she lost her sister, it was ......

Looking at this smile, Lancelot understood one thing: true sadness does not need to be expressed by crying and screaming, and many times, even a faint smile will make others want to cry when they see it, and the whole heart trembles.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry......" Unconsciously, Lancelot's voice choked, remembering that at the grave of Feng'er's sister, he had made a wish to take good care of her for the rest of his life as compensation, but now he made things so bad......

"It doesn't matter, your order is my home, and I don't have any grudge against you...... When hell freezes over. ”

It's that kind of voiceless again, but listening to it, Lancelot knows that Feng'er has completed the "switching" work and reburied the woman with the surname Dongfang to the bottom of the heart lake.

"It's just that I'm going to ask Lord Lancelot to take care of me in the future. Miss and I, please leave it to you. ”

"Leave it to me, your life and happiness are all left to me, and I will find a way to make all three of us happy. ”

Excited, Lancelot hugged the person in his arms tightly and rubbed gently. Seeing the faint smile on her face, although it is not happy, there is a kind of bland comfort, and my heart is infinitely happy.

The protective light shield suddenly dimmed, and shrank an inch inward, making the inner space even tighter, but the two people who were full of tenderness in their hearts ignored it.

Holding Feng'er, Lancelot thought about a lot of things. In the past, I have always been curious, wondering what kind of heart Feng'er hides under the mask of this slave girl, I want to know Feng'er's sincerity, and I want to bring this heart to the sun.

However, not everything is suitable for exposure to the sun, and the fish in the deep sea have a suitable place for their lives, and the consequences of snow and ice being exposed to the sun are to disappear. In order to put all the past behind, she did her best to bury her soul, leaving a life without self.

Although it is not healthy, it is the only way to survive, if you insist on digging up that scarred soul again, giving her so-called dignity, giving her a new life, then she has no reason to continue to live, and she can only die completely to get eternal peace.

Of course, Lancelot doesn't think that Feng'er is the right attitude towards life, but the problem is that the definition of "best" often does not exist in the exact life, and he can only make "better" choices in reality.

Thinking about it backwards, it's like a sadist and a masochist, although this is completely contrary to the word normal, but as long as they are like-minded with each other, there is nothing wrong in this world.

(As a result, I went around in a big circle and went back to the same place, I really don't know what to say.) I knew that it would be solved like this in the end, and I hugged her directly on the ivory white tower that day, so there were not so many things later, and now I am going to come to another space for a honeymoon trip, why bother...... ）

Hugging Feng'er, Lancelot laughed at himself like this. Although he said it beautifully, he promised to give Feng'er a happy future, but the mask is getting narrower and narrower, and it is getting more and more dim, obviously it can't last for a while, and he and Feng'er may not even have "in the future", how can they be qualified to talk about the future?

This fact, the two of them saw in their eyes, and their hearts were very clear, but they didn't say anything superfluous, immersed in the atmosphere of this moment, watching the shield gradually lose its brilliance and turn into inky black, quietly waiting for what was to come.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

When the light of the shield faded, there was no light source in the entire space, and the two of them should not have seen anything, however, at the moment when the entire heaven and earth turned into a pitch-black world, Lancelot and Feng'er invariably saw a foreign object.

I couldn't tell what it was, but I saw a small white dot that slowly floated down from above. The speed is very slow, and the size is also very small, and it is absolutely impossible to see unless the two of them have extraordinary eyesight.

Since being trapped in this alien space, they have not seen half of the entity except for their own existence, and now just seeing this small white dot moving makes both of them excited.

"That's ...... What is it?" At the same time, the question was spoken, with the same doubt, and a little bit of trepidation.

I saw that there were more and more white spots, floating down from the position that should be above, little by little, shining with crystal white light, adding color to the dark world.

"Huh, how could it be? That's ......."

"Lord Lancelot, do you see something?"

"Feng'er, look, doesn't that look like snow? It's snowing in this world!"

After Lancelot said this, Feng'er also confirmed that those crystal white dots slowly fell from above, sprinkling a piece of white, which really looked like snowflakes in the harsh winter. The question is, how can it snow in this alien space?

Fang Zi was puzzled, and suddenly a snowflake fell on the already dim shield, and the two of them only felt an extremely strong vibration, and the light shield that had been guarding them had been silently shattered and disappeared without a trace.

(Oops!)

Having been waiting for this moment to come, Lancelot was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly urged the power of the Heavenly Position, wanting to resist all kinds of unfavorable factors from the outside. It's just that maybe you can temporarily withstand high pressure, high temperature, and poison...... But you can't create air out of nothing, in a place where there is no air.

However, the two soon discovered that there were no harmful factors in the world outside. They didn't continue to flow, but after the light mask broke, they had a sense of groundedness, although looking down was still nothing, and the snowflakes were falling endlessly, but the two of them could stabilize their bodies as if they were floating in the air with the power of the Heavenly Position in normal times.

Breathe the same air, the ice is not so cold that the temperature is unbearable, and when the snowflakes fall on the skin, the damp and cold feeling is no different from the winter in the normal world.

"Why is this happening?"

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that the world changed when the mask broke. ”

Lancelot had just finished speaking, when he suddenly heard a very strange sound, like some kind of singing, and like some kind of music, from far and near, and after a while, even Feng'er heard it.

Whatever it was, it meant that there were other beings in this space, and the two of them looked at each other, and their hearts were filled with strange feelings.

"Do you hear that? Feng'er, that jingling, jingling, jingling......"

"I heard it, it was familiar, I thought I had heard it before. When I was training in Qinglou Music, I listened to a lot of tunes, and this song seems to be ...... It seems to be a festive ballad of the Holy Church of Jerusalem. ”

Hearing Jerusalem's hymns in such a place, Lancelot smiled bitterly in dismay, "What do you mean? Are you trying to tell me that Amakusa Shiro is here to save us?"

The situation was peculiar, and Feng'er couldn't explain it, only listening to the "jingling" music getting closer and closer, and after a while, not only the sound, but even the figure gradually became clear.

It was a strange sight, at least not the same monster the two had expected. Eight fat brown elk, with saddles and bells hanging from their bodies, four hooves like flying, and a large black sleigh dragged behind them, with a large cloth bag full of cloth on them.

Driving the sleigh was a fat-looking bearded old man, wearing a red coat and snow boots, with a long silver-white beard, which looked particularly bright in the snowflakes in the sky.

"Feng'er, do you know who this guy is?"

"Well, I've seen it in the illustrated book before, and he's ......."

"I've felt it for a long time, well, we'll be quiet, I'll deal with this old ghost, and you'll take the opportunity to grab his deer, and we'll leave in a sleigh." ”

"Uh, no, don't you, you dare to fight him, we're going to be the enemy of the world. ”

"W-This guy is so big?"

"Definitely bigger than Master Lancelot and all of my backstage combined. ”

The two talked for a while, and the white-bearded old man in red had come to them on a sleigh, laughed loudly, and with very clumsy movements, took out two gifts from the big cloth bag behind his back, and threw them to Lancelot and Feng'er respectively.

"You ......"

Lancelot and Feng'er glanced at each other, both of them were a little confused, and they were about to ask, but they saw the old man smile slightly, and said softly, "Be happy." ”

An old man who is unfamiliar, but has a female voice that both of them are familiar with. They were shocked in their hearts, and before they could say anything, the gift in their hands suddenly shone with a heroic light, and everything around them became blurred, like the moon in the water, and it became no longer clear.

In a trance, the old man's appearance changed. The red robe slowly turned into an elegant white robe, the wrinkled old face became smooth and soft, the long black hair hung down, a pair of eyes full of wisdom and brilliance, faintly flashing tears of joy, just standing in the void, like a beautiful goddess, ten fingers overlapping like lotus flowers, knotted with holy handprints, to the two people who gradually disappeared, offering parting blessings.

"You two ~~ want to be lucky, blessed!"

※※※

In order to investigate the three Japanese artifacts, Izumi Sakura and Yuyuki have no choice but to lurk back to Kyoto again.

The Ikedaya incident caused a lot of noise throughout Kyoto, and several checkpoints along the road were extremely strict, but naturally there was no obstacle to the two men.

The problem of returning to Kyoto can be solved by changing her disguise, Izumi Sakura is not good at this, but Yuki is a good player, and he will take care of all the work. The Shetters are ostracized all over the mainland, and if they don't have a few tricks to change their clothes, they can't move an inch at all.

After entering Kyoto, even if you are recognized, it is not a big deal, and with the strength of Izumi Sakura, you can fight your way out of the encirclement. The most scrupulous thing is that there are still the two strong men in Kyoto, Amakusa Shiro and Oda Xiang, if they meet them head-on, Izumi Sakura may still have a chance to escape, and he has Uncle Snow as a prisoner.

Yuyuki did not approve of sneaking back to Kyoto at this time, because Izumi Sakura herself had been badly injured in the Battle of Ikedaya, not to mention internal injuries everywhere, and her palms were almost twisted and deformed, making it difficult to even hold a gun.

"Hey, is there any mistake, can you still move like this? We're all hurt like this, if we want to do it with someone, won't we definitely die?"

After confirming Izumi Sakura's injury, the Shet turned white with fright and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse the mortal trip, but Izumi Sakura, who had already made up her mind, refused to accept it and insisted on returning to Kyoto to investigate the secrets of the three artifacts.

"There's no rush to go, wait until you're well......"

"Uh......h But if I can't find it before my husband returns, I'm afraid he will pull out my teeth one by one......

"What's there to be afraid of? just put on dentures, and if you're afraid, I can introduce you to a good doctor." My master, she is like a god, and she has only a pair of dentures, which is difficult for her. ”

The conversation between the two did not intersect, and in the end, Yuxue was almost forced on the road by Izumi Sakura. Izumi Sakura was not unaware of the impact of her own injuries, and it was because of this that she was in a hurry to set off.

Youxue only sees the surface of things, not the whole picture. After the battle, he fainted, and the injuries on his body were so severe that they could be fatal at any time, but when he woke up in Kyoto City, he found that although some of his muscles and bones were severely injured, they were already very different from the fatal injuries, and now, he did not even dare to open the bandages that wrapped his hands.

The bandage that was still flushed with red seemed to be oozing blood, but he knew very well that the bleeding had long since stopped, and most of the flesh had healed, and while the pain gradually disappeared, all the muscles and bones were no longer in serious trouble.

And now it is less than forty-eight hours before that night's battle......

This wasn't the healing speed that a normal creature should have, and Izumi didn't know what was wrong with her body. She felt deeply uneasy about this, and remembering that she might suddenly lose consciousness and do something she did not want to do, she felt compelled to complete the task at hand as soon as possible, lest she lose her mind again.

The two of them changed their guils and entered Kyoto, because the soldiers of the Bai family stationed here were either arrested and killed, or they had already fled from the city, and there was no longer the cover of the past, everything had to come by themselves, and they had to act step by step.

Unlike the many checkpoints outside, Kyoto itself is relatively peaceful, and there are no security restrictions. It is conceivable that the Japanese authorities did not want to allow the bloody atmosphere of that night to continue to spread and cause unrest among the people, so they allowed all shops to open as usual the next day.

With the only Japanese currency they have, Izumi Sakura and Yuyuki eat two bowls of ramen at the noodle stall and discuss how to find out the information.

Secrets like this should only be known to the top of Japan, so they have to go to Kyoto City anyway, and Yuxue is even more out of funds for the event, and tries to instigate Izumi Sakura to take some valuables out of Kyoto City.

"By the way, it's not safe to find anyone else, and we don't know who knows these secrets, so in my opinion, let's just ask the head of the enemy. ”

"Toutou?"

"It's Toyotomi Hideyoshi, others don't know where the three artifacts are, the dignified shogun won't not know, right? Even if he doesn't know, we can use him as a hostage to force those who know to tell it. ”

Probably following Lancelot for a long time, the idea of having snow can only be described as bold. However, this is also a fairly practical method, and although Izumi Sakura feels that it is inappropriate, she has no choice but to do it for a while.

When he actually wanted to enter Kyoto City, Yuxue was reluctant to follow him, so as not to be caught by mistake, and he was once again entertained by a sushi feast, and Izumi Sakura had to go alone.

Izumi Sakura was already familiar with the environment in Kyoto City, so she easily avoided all the guards and went straight to Nijo-in, where Hideyoshi was recuperating.

Regarding the matter of asking Hideyoshi where the three artifacts were, Izumi Sakura was reluctant to do so. No matter how you say it, it is very unreasonable to ask a seriously ill old man, she intends to ask politely, or even plead, if the other party insists on not saying it, then she has to give up, she must not be rude and offended, at most take a few bags of gold coins back, and you can make Shuntaro have no opinion.

Entering Nijo-in, it is very likely to meet Oda incense, Izumi Sakura is very jealous of this, and cautiously hides closer, but knows that the other party's Tianxin consciousness is better than his own, and the meaning of this pretentiousness is really not much.

When she arrived at Nijo-in, she didn't dare to get too close, just avoided peeping from a distance, and sure enough, after some efforts, it was confirmed that there was a strong heavenly master hiding inside, but it was not Oda Ka, but Amakusa Shiro, who was the shogunate master.

Surprised, after waiting for a while, Izumi Sakura decided to take a risk and quietly moved over. I heard that among the current strong heavenly masters, Amakusa Shiro's Tianxin consciousness is extremely inferior, and it is easier to eavesdrop on him than to eavesdrop on others, so you can give it a go.

Peering into the inner situation from a secret angle, he found that Amakusa Shiro was working on his own to help Hideyoshi regulate the meridian qi and blood and suppress the condition.

The two of them practiced and talked at the same time, and it sounded that they had a pretty good relationship with each other, and this was not the first time that such treatment had been treated, as early as ten years ago, if it weren't for Amakusa Shiro's secret move, the shogun would have been a dead man.

Rao is like this, Amakusa Shiro can only postpone the time of death, and he can't do further treatment, laughing at himself for being useless.

"The power of the heavenly position is not a panacea after all, at least the strong heavenly position can't do it. To cure your disease, unless it is implanted with a demonic blood soul, or...... Hey, let's see if there are any masters who are willing to help you and help you heal with that level of power. ”

Hideyoshi just smiled, as if he didn't care about his life or death, but talked about his worries about Yi'er, hoping that Amakusa Shiro would take care of him. It sounded like something had happened to Sojiro.

"This bastard apprentice, I don't know how many times I told her before, asking her to be careful with her body. Her blood world is hard to find, and she still donates everywhere like a big auction, and now she has finally collapsed. ”

Amakusa Shiro's tone was not good, but he could hear the concern inside, and finally he comforted his friend that he already had a clue, even if there was no suitable candidate in Japan, he could still find a candidate on the Continent of Wind.

The two talked for a while, but they never talked about the three artifacts, and seeing that Amakusa Shiro was about to leave, Izumi Sakura didn't dare to stay long, and left before being discovered.

Halfway through, I suddenly felt a shock in my heart. Looking up at the sky, I saw a magnificent aurora flashing in the sky, and little by little white snow, slowly falling from the June night sky, covering the entire sky with a crystal white.

Izumi Sakura looked south in disbelief, where she felt Lancelot's breath intensely, her heart stirred, and tears of comfort could not help but slide down her face.