Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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In the darkness, there was a blurry figure. It seemed to be human, but several tentacles extending from the darkness invisibly denied that she was human.

"Are you really planning to...?"

"Of course," Mio said softly. "After all, I've been suspected... My acting skills are still too bad. If it were Hatsuka instead, it would be much better. No one would have noticed."

"Don't you think so, Aunt Lin?" She turned her head to look at the darkness behind her. "After all, she inherited your genes."

"..."

The woman in the darkness did not answer Mio's question.

She avoided the topic.

Mio ignored the woman and instead looked up at the huge moon that occupied half of the sky.

"Tonight, after the ceremony, I will..."

She raised her hand and placed it in the moonlight.

Through the moonlight, Mio seemed to see something.

what is that?

For her.

That is......

"...I'm free."

The Lost Tale: A Young Man's Spirit: Chapter 228 I'll Be Sad If You Die

Shiina Riki sat on the railing at the very front of the bow, his gaze fixed on the dark, ink-like sea ahead.

She is the kind of person who gets passionate about fighting, and not just fighting, but anything she starts doing, she will put in considerable enthusiasm.

To be more precise, Li Xi is the kind of person who will devote himself wholeheartedly to the cause he is engaged in.

But now she has no mood to face the challenges ahead. She hides away alone in this deserted corner facing the sea, wasting her time.

Lixi lowered her eyes, recalling those bright golden eyes that were so different from before.

Powerful, proud, and confident.

These are things that Lixi has never had.

When they gathered together, and when they converged on an individual named "Toyokawa Shoko," an invisible pressure loomed over Riki like a mountain.

She looked up at the sky, but could only see that the sky was obscured by the shadow of the mountains.

When did Xiangzi become so capable?

Has the gap between me and her widened again?

Or perhaps she had stagnated for too long before being left behind.

Countless questions, like venomous snakes, coiled in Lixi's mind, their gaping maws revealing sharp fangs.

"What is a person doing here all by themselves?"

Snapped.

Lixi felt something being placed above her head.

"Now is not the time to wallow in self-pity." Hailing climbed over the railing, found a place to sit down, tore open the wrapper of the straw, and stuck it into the chocolate-flavored milk jelly box.

He's just feeling sorry for himself.

Upon hearing this word, Li Xi chuckled self-deprecatingly, then looked up and turned to look at Hai Ling.

"...Why is it you?"

The bow of the boat is pointed, and the railings are naturally divided into a cone-shaped layout. Lixi sat on one side of the cone, and Hailing sat on the other side. The two of them were almost back to back.

Hailing and she stood back to back, watching the sea together.

"What do you think?" Hailing replied calmly.

It seemed to be implying that Lixi had asked a very stupid question.

Lixi realized that he had indeed asked a stupid question.

She dared not ask anything of the lamp. Her relationship with Aine hadn't been as strained as before, but she couldn't expect Aine's carefree and silly personality to find her. Rakuna... was the wildcat even human? That was still a mystery.

Thinking about it carefully, I don't have any other friends. At this time, who else but Hailing could find this place?

On the contrary, she was overjoyed that someone was looking for her.

Ugh......

Lixi lowered his head and sighed.

How can you be so pathetic, Shiina Tatsuki? You're so happy just because someone's here to keep you company? You're planning to throw reality to the back of your mind?

"Are you getting stuck on this again?" Hailing asked.

"What do you mean 'again'?" Li Xi rolled her eyes. "Do I look like the kind of person who would be at odds with myself all the time?"

Hailing blinked.

"Isn't that so?"

"How come even you are like this? Sigh." Li Xi's shoulders went limp, she deflated, took the orange-flavored milk jelly off her head, and sullenly put the straw in her mouth.

Is it that obvious? Anyone can see it.

Lixi lowered her head and looked at the sea beneath her feet.

"Thank you for your concern anyway," she said.

"Hmm," Hailing replied casually.

You can't hear any emotion in it.

Fortunately, Li Xi got used to it.

But she's already Xiangzi's teammate, right? He and Xiangzi had such a falling out, what did she mean by coming to him now? Lixi didn't quite understand.

However, she didn't intend to ask any more questions.

Let that inexplicable sour feeling swirl in my mind.

The waves splashed and lapped at their feet, making a splashing sound. There was a brief silence between them, and neither of them spoke.

“I’m with her because of a promise, just like the promise I made to you,” Hailing said abruptly.

As if she could read minds, she answered the question that Lixi wanted to ask but hadn't.

“Uh…” Lixi scratched his cheek, “I haven’t asked yet.”

"You'll ask sooner or later, so I'll answer now." Hailing took a sip of milk jelly.

"What was the promise I made to you? I don't remember having such a thing." Li Xi turned around.

"Don't you remember?" Hailing turned around as well.

"Should I remember?"

"Hmm... It's okay if you don't remember." Hailing nodded mysteriously, then turned her head back. "As long as I remember."

"What is it... so mysterious."

“It’s nothing important,” Hailing said. “Instead of that, let me tell you a story.”

"So sudden? You didn't come here just to give me a pep talk, did you?"

“I used to have a good friend,” Hailing continued, ignoring Lixi’s teasing. “She…”

That was one of Hailing's friends at the welfare home.

She was actually very popular at the orphanage and had many friends, but she chose to leave on her own.

That friend was just one of the friends Hailing met at the orphanage, and their relationship was far less close than that with Mary. In fact, Hailing had never paid much attention to her.

They became familiar with each other simply because their beds happened to be next to each other.

That friend wasn't a magical girl; she was just an ordinary person, incredibly ordinary, much older than Hailin and about the same age as Mary. They had all lost their families in the earthquake and were adopted by an orphanage.

After spending a year together, Hai Ling remembered that friend, whose face she could no longer recall, was someone who liked to overthink and get stuck on trivial matters.

She has low self-esteem and always feels that she hasn't done well enough, which puts a lot of pressure on herself.

However, she had great dreams and studied very hard, but her grades were always poor. Her teachers advised her that it was best not to consider going to university, as it would be a thankless task.

She would complain about this problem to Hailing every night.

Little Hailing, of course, couldn't understand, but she consciously took on the role of a listener.

And so, they spent 365 days and nights.

After Hailing chose to start her life as a wanderer, that friend gradually faded from her memory.

When they met again, she was about to graduate from a very ordinary university, and Hailing was also planning to stay in Luweiyuan to attend high school.

They merely exchanged greetings and a few pleasantries before passing each other again.

Hailing had thought that it was probably the last time they would ever meet.

After all, there are just too many passersby in life, and it's perfectly normal for them to disappear silently from each other's worlds.

But Hailing never imagined that this would be the last time they would meet.

Shortly after reuniting with Mary, while helping out at church, Mary suddenly asked her if so-and-so was the person who slept in the bed next to hers.

Hailing nodded and said yes.

“Well, this week is her funeral, are you coming?” That was Mary’s next question.

It was only then that Hailing learned that the friend who had always held a place in her memory, though not a deep one, had jumped off a building. No one knew the specific reason.

At the funeral, Mary told me that she suffered from depression.

Hailing wasn't surprised at all.

A person with low self-esteem, prone to overthinking, lacking any special talents, just an ordinary person who would blend into a crowd...

If you keep adding straws, you'll eventually break her down.

"Why are you telling me all this?"

Li Xi interrupted Hai Ling's narration with mixed feelings.

"...When I attended her funeral, I didn't feel sad, at most I felt a little sentimental," Hai Ling said calmly. "After all, we've been apart for so long that I can't even remember what she looks like anymore."

Hailing looked up at the moon, then suddenly changed the subject.

"But seeing you makes me afraid."

"Why?" Li Xi raised her eyebrows in confusion.

Even if you believe you are strong and can persevere, you are not an ordinary person. Even if you don't have the thought of ending your own life, this kind of stubborn personality can easily cause the Soul Gem to collapse, and you will eventually fall into becoming a witch.

Hailing thinks so.

But she didn't, and she couldn't.

Therefore, she condensed her thoughts into a single sentence.

"Because you're still by my side."

The implied meaning is...

We haven't been apart long enough; I would be heartbroken if you died.

A Tale of the Lost: The Spirit of Youth - Chapter 229 Find Your One Way

"But seeing you makes me afraid."

"why?"

“Because you’re still by my side.” Hailing’s gaze shifted from the moon to Lixi.

"Huh? Why are you suddenly saying such mushy things?" Li Xi shrugged and smoothed the goosebumps on her arms.

Hailing secretly rolled her eyes at him.