Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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The typing prompt lit up for a long time, then disappeared.

Then, a short message was posted by Mu.

【睦】：I long to see you.

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping to Your True Self: Chapter 126 No One Is Wrong

The sun had not yet risen, and the sky was not yet bright, but it shone with a little more light than the ground, making the ground appear even darker in comparison.

Mu opened her eyes, walked to the window, pushed it open, and placed her hands on the edge.

The morning breeze blew in through the window, ruffling Mu's long, light green hair.

She checked her phone and realized that Chu Hua had sent a message late last night that Xiangzi had returned safely.

Mu felt she should breathe a sigh of relief.

But I didn't feel that way.

Instead, there was a sense of emptiness and loss, as if Xiangzi, who turned his back to me and left during last night's live performance, had disappeared long, long ago.

So who exactly was the Xiangzi they saw...?

Mu silently looked out the window, forcing herself to put aside her inner unease.

Whether it's true or not, Xiangzi has indeed returned.

She no longer needs to worry unnecessarily.

drip.

My phone received another private message, from Mutsu's two special followers – Nagasaki Motoyo.

[Su Shi]: Where did you guys go after yesterday's live performance?

【睦】：I have something to do, I'll be leaving now.

[Su Shi]: I saw Xiao Xiang run away on the stage. What happened?

[Su Shi]: I can't find her anywhere.

[Su Shi]: She doesn't reply to the messages I send her.

[Su Shi]: It seems she has blocked me.

[Su Shi]: What should we do?

[Su Shi]: I have tried everything I can.

[Su Shi]: Excuse me, Mu, can we meet?

【素世】：Right now.

Messages kept popping up on my phone.

The time is 6:00 AM.

Su Shi probably didn't sleep all night and must be very anxious now.

Mu held his phone, but remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, he finally replied with an "okay".

Su Shi told her where to meet.

Mu met Su Shi a little later than Su Shi met her.

It was some time after Crychic was formed that she noticed that Su Shi was in the class next to hers.

Proper manners, elegance, and politeness are the requirements that Tsukinomori sets for her students, and also the requirements that Suze sets for herself.

When Mutsu noticed Suze, Suze was already the charming and shrewd Nagasaki Suze, surrounded by classmates.

But Mu could still see the awkwardness and unnaturalness in her every move.

Xiangzi was always surrounded by people.

Ke Xiangzi and Su Shi seem to be two extremes of a Libra.

Xiangzi was never short of people who would actively gather around him; the circle of friends formed around him.

Su Shi, on the other hand, was like a chameleon. Without anyone noticing, she had already blended into their circle, as if she had been there for a long time.

Once, I forget who it was, but someone casually asked what Suze's wish was to become a magical girl.

Su Shi's expression dimmed for a moment, then returned to its usual smile.

"My wish is to cheer up my mother."

That's what Su Shi said at the time.

Her parents divorced, and her mother suffered from depression for a long time. It was Su Shi's wish that made her mother feel better.

Su Shi is an insecure person.

She always tries to please others because she's afraid of not being considered part of the group.

During Crychic, she managed social media accounts, organized events, and often acted as the peacemaker. She worked tirelessly to maintain Crychic so that she could have a place to belong.

After Xiangzi left, Su Shi subtly put pressure on herself, hoping that she could act as a matchmaker for Xiangzi and bring back that place of refuge.

Mu felt that Su Shi hadn't done anything wrong.

Nobody did anything wrong.

......

Early morning, the back garden of Moon Forest.

The sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

Su Shi leaned against a bench by the roadside, head down, fiddling with her fingernails.

Mu walked to her side and stood quietly without sitting down.

There are no students in the Moon Forest in the early morning; only the cold morning wind is blowing.

"Xiao Xiang came yesterday. You brought her, didn't you?"

Su Shi broke the silence with a smile.

"Since Xiao Xiang is here, does that mean she has a positive attitude towards our matter?"

"No."

Mu uttered two words stiffly.

Mu raised his hand and pressed it against his pounding heart.

My heart aches slightly with each beat.

That pain did not come from the body, but from an illusion deep within the soul.

Phantom pain generally refers to the intense pain that patients experience in the area after amputation. It is not actual pain, but rather a hallucination that the brain has not yet processed the loss of the limb.

In her case, the hallucinations are not caused by the brain, but by the soul that has been separated from the body and exists independently since she became a magical girl; it is the true "heart" of a magical girl.

However, Xiangzi was clearly a real person.

But the moment Xiangzi turned his back to her and left, Mu felt as if Xiangzi had been gone for a long time.

Xiangzi now...

Are they really still human?

"Xiao Mu, you're really outspoken."

Su Shi's smile vanished.

"Always doing what I don't want you to do."

She seemed tired of putting on airs in front of Mu; the corners of her upturned mouth drooped, and the shadow of her bangs covered her eyes.

The sky grew brighter, but the ground seemed to grow even darker.

"..."

"You never do the things I ask of you."

"..."

Mu suddenly remembered that he was talking to Su Shi.

This was the first time she had heard Su Shi speak her mind so directly and frankly.

"On the day Xiangzi left, Xiao Mu said the most hurtful things."

"Xiangzi's family had such a big problem, but Xiao Mu kept it to himself until we saw it on the news."

"The same yesterday."

"It's all Xiao Mu's fault that things have turned out this way."

Su Shi stood up and walked to Mu's side, her gray-blue eyes devoid of any spirit.

"Please, just this once, please help me."

Su Shi did nothing wrong.

Xiang didn't do anything wrong.

No one is wrong.

It's my fault.

Mu nodded gently, raised her head, and looked past Su Shi towards the sun rising as usual in the distance.

"Ah."

As she spoke, as if to prove her determination, she took out her phone.

"I will arrange to meet Xiang."

......

【睦】：I long to see you.

[Mu]: I brought her to Chuhua.

Xiangzi put down his phone.

Looking at the message Mu sent, he glanced up at Toyokawa Shoko, who had run from the bedside to the windowsill to enjoy the breeze.

“I’ll force you to make a decision,” Toyokawa Shoko said. “I’ll bring people directly to your door.”

Xiangzi sighed, curled up on the bed, and typed a few words with his hands.

[Xiangzi]: No need, let's go to the pine forest in the evening, I'll come.

The Tale of Nirvana: Maintaining One's True Self: Chapter 127 Red and Blue Pills

What did Xiangzi do after putting down his phone?

She closed her eyes.

As his consciousness slowly faded, Xiangzi seemed to have a dream, a very long dream.

She couldn't remember anything about the dream.

But when she opened her eyes again, it was already evening.

Before I closed my eyes, the sky was just beginning to lighten, with a faint glow appearing. When I opened my eyes again, the sun had already moved from one end to the other, with most of it submerged below the horizon.

A day has already passed.

Xiangzi, clutching his increasingly painful head, got up and sat on the edge of the bed, his head drooping.

I wonder if Yuki has made any moves, or what the situation is with the barrier.

Forget it, it's none of my business anyway.

Xiangzi stood up unsteadily, leaned against the wall, and staggered out of the bedroom.

Did I sleep too long? My head feels swollen and I feel dizzy.