"Teacher..."
Out of politeness, Hitzfeld also poured a cup of tea for the puppet.
"You all came here in a group today. Is it because something happened to Sarah that requires my intervention to solve it..."
She couldn't help but think so, this attitude was really too weird.
"No." Pusiangsi said to her through the puppet, "I personally have something to ask you... I have made new research based on the mystical knowledge points you wrote to me, and I am in urgent need of some herbs recently. I hope you can help me find them."
"? But can't this kind of thing be bought with money?"
At worst, we can just go to the black market. In fact, the black market is something that cannot be banned. Where there is demand, there will be a market.
"Oh, this research has a requirement, that is, only herbs picked by the user himself can be used."
HITZFEIL: ?
I've never heard of such a request.
She doesn’t remember… The knowledge points given to the teacher include these…
"Anyway, this is the list of materials." Grester pulled out a roll of parchment from his sleeve. "If you feel bored on the road, you can take Ashley with you. And the dog, you can take them with you to entertain yourself on the road."
The third guest left, and Hitzfeld looked at the list and began to question his life.
Scorpiontail flower... Spider grass... The living pupa of the demon eye moth... Aren't these some very common materials for the evil spirits...
Of course, some of them grow in extreme locations and require deep into the wild to be collected, but overall the risk is not too great and anyone with some common sense in the wild can do it.
Is this medicine prepared for me?
But many of the materials’ properties are in conflict with each other… Did the teacher really just ask me to pick herbs instead of letting me go out and play?
Hitzfeld said he was just feeling dizzy and was not stupid.
But before she could sit down on the bench, the fourth guest rang the doorbell.
It was Alwin in disguise.
Hitzfeld felt numb from his body to his heart.
……
A few hours later, it was getting dark.
After taking care of all the guests and making sure there would be no new guests knocking on the door, Hitzfeld finally breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to pack up and go to bed.
It’s not about taking a rest, but about going to Dream City to give lectures.
…The course went well.
She thought she had amnesia and would be stage fright when she was on stage. But the truth was... everyone was staring at her enthusiastically, which gave her a lot of confidence. As she spoke, she found that everyone was listening carefully, so she became more and more confident, and the course ended perfectly.
After class, she packed up and prepared to go back to the office, planning to go back to sleep after grading the homework.
She didn't know that there were many people hiding around and watching her.
"Is there anything wrong with her?"
"No."
"everything is normal?"
"everything is normal."
"Did the Baimu tree react?"
"No."
"…Switch hands, I'll take over next."
After touching the hidden line, Xia Yibing turned up his collar and hid in the corridor, following the girl all the way to the auditorium.
She was surprised to find that Hitzfeld changed his route. Instead of going up the stairs as usual, he walked through the corridor to the inside. Was he planning to take a shortcut?
There are indeed stairs leading up to the backyard... but there is a—
Before she had time to think too much, Xia Yibing vaguely heard someone arguing in front of her.
"...At the beginning, you only had Heldim in your eyes. Now that Barish is in trouble, if you come back to me, I won't give you another chance."
"Please Bane... I swear I'm just confused..."
"No way, we're done."
"I told you at the beginning, you will regret it."
Is this... the love and hate of young people?
The corner of Xia Yibing's mouth twitched, and she stuck out half of her head, wanting to see where Hitzfeld had gone.
Then she found that Hitzfeld didn't move.
She seemed to have just passed by the tree and stood under it, maintaining the posture of being about to take a step, as if she was cast under a spell and could not move.
"Damn it!"
The woman's pupils contracted rapidly.
"Let them come over!"
"That tree..."
"She's in trouble again!!!"
……
At this moment, the girl's consciousness went blank.
regret……
They said they regretted...
A ray of light flashed through the bottom of my heart, illuminating the dark and gloomy lake surface, and also illuminating a scene in retrospect.
"You want to destroy me."
"Yes, because you shouldn't exist."
"Why do you deny the meaning of a life's struggle for survival? Maybe I have done a lot of things that you think are bad, but am I wrong? I just want a better survival, I just want to live!"
"I do not care."
"What you do is no different than what I do!"
"I do not care."
"…Are you sure you want to do this!"
"I'm sure."
"Heh... Then I bet you'll regret it."
"I won't."
"You certainly will."
"You talk too much nonsense... maybe it would be merciful to let you go sooner rather than later."
What's this……
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
What exactly is this……
"Your spirit is very strong... It's hard to imagine that a spirit that grows from an object can be so strong. Even the will of three evil gods combined can't break you."
"You will... regret it..."
"I won't regret it. Don't use this ridiculous excuse of me being too cruel to beg for mercy. Call it cruelty or personal grudges. I'm just avenging Alfred and all the people who were fooled and manipulated by you and died tragically."
"Revenge... Do humans need revenge to survive?"
“…This is not something you should be concerned about.”
"I won't answer... But I know... It's not entirely about revenge... It should be said to be hope... People rely on hope to survive... Whether it is the hope of life or the hope of revenge... It is always a goal... It is always a hope..."
"..."
"You know what? In fact, I lied to you far more than that. The time limit is not 27 years at all... It should be 27 months. Even considering the intentions of those lunatics... It will be shorter..."
"Then I need the power of this crown even more. You just gave me a better reason to get rid of you."
“Hehehe… Is that so? Cruel fellow… You seem to think you are mature like this…”
"...So much nonsense."
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——”
Both eyes, pupil.
Zoom in and out.
There was only a pair of figures in front of me, mixed with conversations and shrill screams.
Hitzfeld was incredulous.
Is this... a memory of mine?
Why would I do this to another shadow...
So cold... so heartless...
It's like enjoying pleasure from torture...
"You will regret this……"
"Shut up!"
"You will regret it..."
"I told you to shut up!"
"I'm dying……"
"you deserve it."
"If you still want to live well, I advise you... hehehe... I advise you not to touch my corpse..."
"Do you think I will listen to you?"
"It's a rare piece of advice..."
"It's time for you to hit the road."
With a final whimper and scream, the tortured shadow completely dissipated.
There was only a single reflection of the girl left in the projection screen. Looking closely, three huge spherical shadows rose up and revolved around her, getting smaller and smaller... and finally merged with her reflection and disappeared into it, becoming indistinguishable from each other.
Hitzfeld saw her bend down and pick up the shadow of a crown from somewhere.
"… a corpse?"
"What the hell is that guy talking about?"
【Flashback】
The scene in front of my eyes flashed for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal.
What on earth is this——
too fast……
I didn't see anything clearly...
【Flashback】
The picture flashed again, and this time the girl saw clearly. She saw a vast expanse of sea surface... The water was as smooth as a mirror, projecting the blue sky and white clouds and the starry universe above, as well as the outline of a giant tree.
puff.
【Flashback】
puff.
【Flashback】
The frequency of this flashing seemed to match her heartbeat. The faster her heartbeat, the higher the frequency of the flashbacks.
