"First of all, as you know, the weapons used by the demons are very special. It is said that Majin was originally just an ordinary person who lived an ordinary life, but one day, he traveled to a mysterious place where no one could find him, and found a monster in the mysterious place that no one knew. By this time, we had left the drink shop, and Bluebird walked slowly ahead of me, as if describing the old fantasy tale, "At the same time that he found the monster, the monster also discovered him." Then the monster bewitched his mind and deprived him of all human reason; And in return, the monster gave him a supreme weapon, the 'Siren's Blade'. ”

She continued, "The Siren's Blade has many incredible properties. For example, just holding this weapon can obtain explosive power and staying power far beyond that of mortals; Ordinary blades and bullets could not penetrate his skin, and even if they did damage, they would quickly regenerate and heal in the blink of an eye; What's even more terrifying is that the demon hunter facing this weapon will automatically appear a corresponding wound in his body just by imagining himself being attacked by it in his mind. There was once a demon hunter who was good at future vision who fought with the demons, and he probably thought that as long as he used his special ability to anticipate the enemy, he would be able to gain the upper hand in the battle with the demons, but his fate was also conceivable: before his partner could see him do it, he automatically disintegrated into scattered corpse pieces on the spot. ”

"Is that why you were seriously injured? Because you had your arm cut off in my prophetic dream, ...... "I suddenly got stuck, because there was a serious logical contradiction here.

The one who foresaw the future in my dreams was me, not her. If anyone is going to get hurt, it's me. I've dreamed that I've been killed by demons one after another, and according to this logic, my head shouldn't be around my neck, right?

"Why am I fine, but something happened to you."

"I'm also very confused about the former. Whether it's a prophetic dream or a time rewind, since you have the memory of being killed by the Siren's Blade, you can't be safe. "As for the latter, that's easy to explain...... Do you know sympathetic witchcraft? ”

Is the peculiarity that appeared in me related to the demons' insistence on killing me? As I pondered, I replied, "I don't know, I don't know anything about witchers. ”

"This is not the exclusive knowledge of witchers, but the theory of an anthropologist in secular society, who analyzed the primitive witchcraft thinking of ancient people and divided it into two broad categories: 'imitation' and 'contact'. The latter aside, the basic principle of the former is that assuming that two different objects have similar characteristics means that there is some kind of subtle relationship between the two, and by influencing one of them, it can influence the other in the air. ”

"Like sticking a picture of a cursed object on a small doll woven from grass, and then pricking it with a needle?" I thought of such a 'curse technique' that appears in many fictional stories, and connected it with reality, "Because I knew that the demon in my dream attacked you, I also cursed you in the real world?" ”

"Yes."

"That's unreasonable, isn't it?" I was stunned.

If it was the blue bird himself who dreamed and was framed, it would be fine, and now it is me dreaming and the blue bird suffering, how unfair this is to the blue bird.

"The Siren's Blade is such an unreasonable weapon." "To make matters worse, the siren's blade also has the power to inflict real damage on both flesh and spirits," she said. In other words, the wounds caused by the siren's blade are usually not healable. Even the ability to regenerate at high speed is useless, and even monsters with immortal bodies can be killed. Of course, I'm no exception. ”

"Then you ...... now"

In front of me, she lifted her cuffs to reveal a cross-section of her severed arm, which was cluttered with a white substance like plasticine.

"Stop-loss measures have already been taken, don't worry." She lowered her cuffs again and admonished, "Now you understand the danger of demons, I think you seem to want to get involved...... Don't think so. ”

It turned out that she was trying to make me feel embarrassed and retreat before revealing her wounds. But how can I convince myself to back down when I see this kind of thing? This is an incurable wound she suffered to protect me.

"You mentioned spirits...... Is it the meaning of the soul? Your soul has also been hurt? ”

"It's kind of the soul. But having said that, spirits and spirits are nothing more than other substances and energies, which are not perceptible to those who are discerning. Since it is possible to do the same with the body, it can also be done with the spirit. She explained.

Hearing this, I don't know whether to relax or worry. But what she says about the soul always makes me feel indescribably wrong. In the past, there were some science fiction stories where authors described the soul and tried to scientifically explain it as matter and energy like electromagnetic waves, and I had a similar feeling about it, but it was really hard to put into words what was wrong.

I waved away this ill-fashioned thought, and then persuaded, "Since you're already hurt...... Then call in for help, and don't fight alone this time. ”

"It's a pity that there is no foreign aid in the area that can replace me or help me." She said.

"Demon hunters are so understaffed?"

"It's true that there is a shortage of manpower, but more importantly...... I don't know if you heard me say last time, I'm a national first-class witcher. "What that title means I'm already the highest-ranking witcher in the country." ”

Although I also felt very strong when I first heard the term "national level", it was the highest level...... It's the first time I've heard of her as such an amazing character.

"Isn't there another character who's as powerful as you?" I asked.

"Yes...... However, some of them are good at being aware. If you let them see you, the precognitive dream phenomenon that happened to you may also be exposed. She said earnestly, "The Witcher Department is a pretty cold place, and if they find an example like yours, they might force you to join and use you like a tool." ”

Without hesitation, I said, "Then let them take advantage of it." ”

"What?" She was stunned.

"That demon is a very evil guy, so you can't ignore it." I hope I can be brave in front of her, and I really mean what I mean, "I didn't go to a great university, and I couldn't find any great jobs after graduation anyway, and I still have to work for people in the end, isn't this also a tool to be used?" It's okay to expose the fact that I have prophetic dreams to the witcher department, and I think I have found the iron rice bowl in advance. The Witcher Department won't even give me a salary and let me work for a day job, right? ”

"You ......" she looked at me stunned, "Is it ......"

I silently waited for her next text, but what she said made me speechless, "Could it be that your front table really wrote you a love letter by hand, but she was accidentally discovered by a classmate, and she was too shy, so she lied and said that it was a fake love letter fabricated by someone else?" ”

"Huh?" I was so interrupted by her, and I didn't know how to place the determination that I had been brewing so hard.

She smiled, "Alright, I just said it casually. ”

It turned out to be just casually.

"Because even if you call for foreign help, it's too late, and it's not so easy to summon witchers of my level."

Does "casually" actually refer to this part? I opened my mouth. And she continued, "All I know is that the demons will appear on the Nameless Mountain at ten o'clock in the evening, and that's it. If you miss this point in time, you will most likely lose the trace of the Majin. If he wanders into the barren mountains or blends in with the crowd, it will not be easy. ”

"It shouldn't be easy for him to blend in with the crowd like that." I added in my heart: And he's a madman without reason.

"What's not easy, he just walks into the crowd......" she stopped abruptly, "I'm sorry, I was stupid." ”

I was a little concerned about her attitude, and she changed the subject, "I don't want you to be involved in this, and there is an important reason. If nothing happens, as soon as you get close to the Majin, he will immediately lock to your specific location. ”

"Why?" I asked right away.

This reasoning is fairly straightforward. The Majin's awareness is more partial, and although it is sensitive in combat, it is not so powerful in addition to it. And the last time you just glanced at him from a few dozen meters away, he immediately locked onto where you were, especially since he should have been engrossed in fighting me...... This is suspicious to think about. "And you also said that when you first noticed that I was fighting him, the battlefield was about two or three hundred meters away from you, and then you immediately turned and fled, but the battlefield quickly caught up with you...... I don't think it's your bad luck, it's probably because the demons were able to sense your presence, so they deliberately moved the battlefield over. ”

"That's all because of that?" I don't think that's enough to be based on.

"It's just reasoning. So, I'll give this to you. She pulled out a cyan amulet from her body and showed it to me.

Then, she pressed the amulet on herself.

- She's gone.

No, she was still standing there, but my consciousness strangely came to the conclusion that she was gone. I stared hard at the bluebird standing in front of me, distracted by the contradiction between vision and consciousness.

Then, she removed the amulet and placed it in the palm of my hand, explaining, "This is a secret amulet, the effect is that the consciousness of others cannot catch you, and it should also allow you to temporarily hide yourself from the demon's senses. That way, if he goes down, he won't be able to lock your position right away. ”

My consciousness returned to normal. Then, looking at the amulet in my hand, I was not polite and put it in my pants pocket. Then he asked the blue bird, "What are you going to do with the demons?" He's immortal, and you're wounded like this......"

"If you can't kill it, seal it, use traps if you don't have enough strength, and there are many ways to solve the problem." She said.

"Is there anything I can do to help? Since the demons can sense me and hate me so much, maybe I can use it as a bait...... "What the hell am I talking about, becoming a bait, I actually have the courage to say this kind of thing, because I think I will wake up in the day when I die, so I have the guts to get fat?" Taking advantage of the fact that my courage had not yet ebbed, I continued, "Moreover, I will sleepwalk to the Nameless Mountain at night, and even if I don't want to go up the mountain, I will eventually go up the mountain, right?" ”

"You're sleepwalking up the mountain, and you're going to go up the mountain, that's two different things, right?" She said.

"Why do you say that?" I wondered.

She looked at me twice more and sighed, "Looks like you really want to help me." ”

After saying that, a large amount of tiny cyan electricity erupted from her hand. These currents were woven into ropes that bound me tightly. Amazingly, the electricity didn't hurt me at all, it didn't emit the slightest heat, it felt like an extremely strong cable tie. I lost my balance in a subconscious struggle and sat down in the grass on the side of the road. I wanted to stand up, but my strength seemed to be sucked away by the current, and I couldn't support my body.

"It is my mission to defeat the demons. And you are a person who lives in the ordinary world, live cautiously, it doesn't matter if you deceive yourself a little, it is better to run away when you encounter something from the fear of your heart, that is the way of life of smart people. And you're trying to be honest with your fears, really, there's nothing more stupid than that. She walked up to me, stared at me intently, and suddenly smiled again, "But I also admit that you were a little handsome just now." ”

She pressed her index finger to her lips, poked it into my cheek again, and smiled away from my view.

I looked at where she had disappeared, and then at the rope of electricity on my body. The way to stop yourself from sleepwalking to the Nameless Mountain turned out to be so simple, just tie yourself up. How could I not have thought of such a simple method?

After a little thought, I understand that I can't think of it, but I don't think about it. Because I really wanted to fight alongside her, I consciously only pushed things in this direction. If it's inevitable that you'll be up the mountain, it's only natural to fight alongside her – it's really a very good reason. That's why she said, "It seems that you really want to help me."

No...... It's just that she thinks so, even I think so, is it too brave to think of yourself? Maybe I just made a fool of myself and didn't think of it? Don't take yourself too seriously, Lido.

But if I really have a little bit of a heroic inner being, and even she has this sense of identity with me......

When I think about it, I feel very happy.

- But then again, am I going to sit in the grass by the side of the road with electricity tied up for the night?

I went back to the cold reality and realized that I was in a very helpless situation.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and it was the bluebird that had returned.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was careless." She smiled wkwardly. The last time I showed the Thunderbolt Sword, too, couldn't this person be handsome to the end?

"Untie me first." I say.

"Not really, I'll move you somewhere else. But even so, it's not good to keep you waiting all night, so you can go to bed first. As soon as she finished speaking, she stretched out her right hand and covered my eyes.

A strong sense of sleepiness flooded into my consciousness.

Her gentle words came to her ears:

"When you wake up, it's over. You will be back on your own, normal track in life. ”

Darkness took over all of my consciousness......

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I snapped awoke.

The moment I woke up, I noticed my situation. There was a shadowy darkness in front of you, and when you looked up, you could see the full silver moon hanging in the night. The bluebird's restraint was useless, and I went back to the forest.

Feel the familiar intuition guide again, and the Majin is far ahead.

Suddenly, there was the sound of bushes shaking behind him. Looking back, the bluebird appeared in front of my eyes. She had just walked through the middle of the trees and bushes, and when she saw me, her mouth opened involuntarily.

I thought about it for a while, and then I recited in front of her, "When you wake up, it's all over." You will be back on your own, normal track in life. ”

The blue bird shook and said, "I didn't say that! ”