"I haven't seen the sea, not once."

Lying on the ground and looking up at the sky, the unprecedented loftiness does not bring the broadening of vision but the heaviness of the heart that is finally relieved, and the girl's self-report is not to change anything, just a small hope.

"On the other side of the sea, there is an island, I have always thought so, that is the end of the world, the sun rises in the east, sets in the west, and the last place I arrive at is that island, then I may have had the greatest wish in my life——"

The girl stretched out her hand to the sky, trying to get closer to the unreachable distance: "One day I will find a hundred fellows who are idle, like me, and go together to find the island where the sun sets." ”

"A hundred?" After listening to the girl's words, the boy joked: "Will it be a little too much?" ”

"It's not much, as the saying goes, it's enough to make a hundred friends," said the girl, the girl slowly closed her eyes, there was no loneliness or sadness on her face, there was just a calm of dust and dust: "Well, if there is really no way, only one is not impossible." ”

“......”

Probably, that's the one-

When I saw hope and was ready to do a big job, I suddenly poured a basin of cold water on my head, and after calming down, I found that the dawn had long been replaced by this piece of ruin, and that feeling was not disappointment, but despair.

Now, all Takeya could feel, the pain in his heart as if it had been broken, perhaps the taste of despair.

He didn't understand why so many things had happened in such a short period of time, and when he handed over the problem of the Moon Capital to Yakumo Purple and returned to Kyoto, he was blocked by the huge double ending.

And after that, that's what happened in front of me.

On the ruined earth, there is a clear distinction between monsters and humans, and I am afraid that only Qingming is the only one who is still conscious, but among them, only Qingming is about to die.

That's a fact that can be seen at a glance, Qingming is like a porcelain doll that has been broken and barely glued together, and the pieces of her body that are peeling off like glass are her little bit of lost vitality.

Little by little, little by little, life that floated into the sky like fireflies, Qingmei just quietly waited for this to happen.

In the silence, Qingming suddenly spoke: "Actually, if you want to talk about it, I'm still a little sorry, Lingmeng, that guy, I still haven't told her." ”

“...... What is it? Takeya stepped forward and sat down beside her, and no one could see the expression under the mask.

Qingming closed her eyes and said softly: "Lingmeng - I have always regarded her as a friend, isn't there a saying that 'happiness and hardship are shared together', I will be betrayed by my best friend, then, as a friend, she will definitely be the same, sooner or later she will also be betrayed by her best friend." ”

said the most cruel curse in the warmest tone, and at the last moment, Qingming's warmth without a trace of coldness was three points colder than ice hell.

"Yes," Takeya raised his head and looked at the sky, "I didn't expect such a weird guy as Lingmeng to be your best friend, your taste is really special." ”

The corners of Qingming's mouth couldn't help but hook, and she opened her eyes to look at Wu Ye: "You think too much, although I can talk to Lingmeng, it's just because we are all weirdos in the eyes of others...... Hehe. ”

An inexplicable chuckle came out of his mouth, and in the next second, like a tide, the warmth on Qingming's face quickly faded: "I'm talking about you, Ah Long." ”

“......”

Hearing Harumi's words, Takeya's pupils contracted little by little, and he twisted his slightly stiff neck to meet Haruka's bright eyes.

At first, there was a feeling of suffocation that bound Takeya's throat and made him breathless, but the feeling quickly faded away, and he felt as if something had finally been put down by him.

"So you already know." Takeya's tone smacked of relief.

"I'm not stupid, so many coincidences can't happen at the same time, it's just that I didn't dare to confirm it from beginning to end," the smile on the corner of Qingming's mouth narrowed slightly: "Ah Long, you are the escort of the daughter of the west, that is to say, Miss Yuko, she is also ...... Really, really, disaster. ”

"When did you start becoming suspicious?" Wu was also a little uncomfortable, even though he knew that this was an inevitable fact, Qingming's tone of rejection still made him very disappointed.

"When you were taken captive from Kyoto by that youkai." Harumi's answer was beyond Takeya's expectations.

"Don't understand?" Qingming glanced at Wu Ye and said lightly: "No matter how powerful the monster is, it is irrational to break into Kyoto and rob people, that guy is not like a scheming fool, besides...... She didn't have to do anything to you, that was too deliberate. ”

“...... Hey, that's terrible for you. Wu also smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that Yakumo Zi's actions in order to eliminate suspicion would instead become the basis for Qingming's suspicions, which was probably a real miscalculation.

"I don't understand."

Harumi's tone was filled with deep incomprehension: "As the successor of the Westbound Mage, Miss Yuko's status is unmatched in Kyoto except for Her Majesty Hime, why did she choose to go the same way with the youkai?" ”

"Yuko, she...... It is to create a future where everyone can be happy. "This is the only fact that Wu can also puff up his chest and tell him bluntly.

"Even if this future is going to be based on the corpses of countless people?" Qingming said sarcastically.

“...... Yuko won't let everyone die for no reason. ”

"In that case, wouldn't it be better to just retreat all the monsters?" Qingming said with burning eyes: "If we can work together, we can definitely take the monster back completely." ”

"......" This time Wu didn't speak again, and chose Gensokyo, which was indeed to create a paradise where everyone could be happy, but this paradise essentially belonged to youkai.

If anything, it's only because of Yuko's best friend, whose name is Yakumo Murasaki.

"Aaron...... Hehe, what a disaster, I didn't expect that I would be retiring from monsters all my life, but my best friend is actually a monster. ”

Wu Ye was silent for a long time, and said abruptly: "What if I say, I am a human being? ”

“...... It was so disgusting that I wanted to throw up. ”

This is probably the heaviest sentence that Qingming said to Wu Ye, at this moment, her eyes did not hide the deep disgust: "From the moment you choose to attack humans, you are already a monster, so, please stop using Ah Long's appearance to find such a ridiculous excuse." ”

"Hmm...... That's right. "That's a fact that I haven't wanted to admit all along, even if my strength, body, and mind all tend to be on the side of the youkai, Takeya is also firm in his heart about the fact that he is a human being.

But at this moment, when this layer of hypocritical self-control was ruthlessly peeled off by Qingming, Wu Ye was surprised to find that it turned out that under this human skin, there had always been the flesh and blood of monsters.

Qingming may just want to deceive herself, and in the end, she is not willing to give up the beautiful image of "Ah Long" in her heart, and Wu Ye probably has the same idea.

But it's all self-deception.

"That's right, Qingming."

As he spoke, Wu also took the initiative to take off the mask on his face, and his eyes were red not from the bloodthirsty killing intent of the monster, but as a tear that could not be left as a human being.

The mask was put down, no longer running away, and the boy said, "This is the first time I have introduced myself like this...... Miss Harumi, when we first met, I was Takeya Takaban, and I was a monster. ”

"Huh."

It seems that the previous heaviness was all an illusion, Qingming's face smiled again, looking at Takeya after taking off the mask, she finally smiled: "Takama Takeya, is it...... Sure enough, you bastard youkai. ”

"Even if everything was a lie, create a future where everyone can be happy - that's the only thing that is true, so trust me." Wu also said seriously as he looked at Qingming's eyes.

"It's obviously a monster, what do you say to make everyone happy." Qingming sneered, as if he was not interested in the topic, and slowly looked away.

Wu Ye was silent, no longer "Ah Long", but "Wu Ye", he had nothing to say to Qing Ming, and the atmosphere fell into an unnatural silence for a while, only the sound of Qing Ming's broken body sounded in his ears little by little.

"Why ......"

Qingming, who didn't turn his head, suddenly asked, "Why did you save me at that time?" ”

Wu also lowered his eyes, he knew that Qingming was asking about his own attack when Yakumo Zi attacked her before, I'm afraid she had already identified her identity at that time, right?

"Didn't you say you thought you treated me like your best friend?" Wu also closed his eyes, as if he didn't dare to look at Qingming's eyes: "I'm probably the same, I treat you as a friend, that's why I saved you." ”

Qingming was stunned, and then sarcastically said without hesitation: "..... It's obviously a monster.,Actually treat humans.,Or onmyoji, I as a friend? Ha ha. ”

Seeing such a clear light, the heaviness in Takeya's heart seemed to be lighter, and he joked: "Youkai can treat witches as friends, why can't Onmyoji?" ”

"Shrine maiden? Oh, that's right. ”

"So, if I apologize, will you be able to forgive me?" Although his face was full of jokes, Takeya's expression was extremely serious.

"Forgiveness? What do you mean? Harumi smiled and looked at Takeya.

"It should be, all of it, all the time."

"It's really shameless, you," Qingming stared slightly, and said word by word: "I will never forgive, whether it is you, Yuko, or Lingmeng, I will not forgive." ”

"......" Takeya's breath suffocated, and the smile on his face gradually stiffened.

"I curse you, curse you, that when you die you will surely fall into the boundless purgatory, and pay the penalty for the sins you have committed in pain and suffering." Qingming smiled and uttered the most vicious curse.

"......" Takeya looked gloomy.

"Huh-"

Looking at Wu Ye's appearance, Qingming laughed, and changed his words: "However, when it comes to sin, I am the same, and I who did not choose to directly treat you is also guilty of the same crime." ”

"Qingming ......," Takeya looked at the broken palm that the girl had stretched out to him in surprise.

At this time, Qingming, the gaze of her eyes has lost focus, and her life has burned to the end at this moment, all she can do is to leave the last comfort in the world of the living before her body is completely broken-

"So don't worry, I'll also fall into purgatory, after endless reincarnation, if, if there's still a chance, let's go look for it together, the island where the sun sets, na, do you say okay, Wu Ye?"