Bell Tower, the former residence of the Phoenix King. The wooden attic is built layer by layer, and the dark green bricks on the eaves show a strong historical atmosphere. When the moonlight shines on it, it flows like water waves.
There is also a 100-meter-long bell sound path between Enju Shrine and Bell Tower. Bluestone floor tiles are laid on the ground, surrounded by lush ginkgo trees with lush branches and leaves. As far as the eye can see, there is only gold.
Ginkgo leaves are sprinkled on the bell path like a carpet. When you step on it, you will make a soft crunching sound.
Lillie and Shiori walked forward quickly, having no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery. They crossed the bell path and came to the bell tower.
In front of the paper door of the Bell Tower, there are two stone statues of the Phoenix King, as if they are about to spread their wings and fly.
The two women stepped onto the three wooden stairs, opened the paper door, and entered the bell tower. The Bell Tower has a history of seven hundred years... and since King Ho left it one hundred and fifty years ago, the Alliance has prohibited irrelevant personnel from entering, sealed it off, and placed it under the care of Enju Shrine.
Even though the Bell Tower has not been inhabited for 150 years, the interior is clean and tidy, with a nice fragrance of trees... Apparently the Alliance often sends people to clean and repair it.
"Come with me to the top of the Bell Tower." Shiori held Lillie's wrist and quickly walked out of the hall, came to the corridor, stepped onto the stairs, and came all the way to the top of the Bell Tower.
The top floor of the Bell Tower is a rooftop, with a small wooden table simply placed on it and a futon in front of the table.
This is the place where the Enzhu Priestess met the Phoenix King over the past seven hundred years. The silver moon looked round and huge at the moment. It was located directly in front of the Bell Tower. It seemed that you could reach the moon with just one hand.
The watery moonlight penetrates the clouds and shines faintly on the top of the tower. Lillie looked back at the brightly lit Enzhu City... Compared with Enzhu City, the Bell Tower was like a scroll immersed in history, and it seemed to have an unmistakable sense of the times.
Facing the moonlight, the two women stood on the top of the bell tower, as if they were about to fly up by the moon and hide among the clouds. But they were going to call the Phoenix King, or it could be said that they were calling for a god... a god that had not appeared in the world for a hundred and fifty years.
Shizhi's expression was no longer as casual and frivolous as usual. She raised her head slightly, and the moonlight shone on her delicate and pretty face, which was holy and elegant.
She took a few steps forward and took out a piece of folded silk under the small table... Inside the silk was a bunch of incense.
Shiori took one out and inserted it into the incense burner on the small table. Then he took out the elf ball and tossed it gently.
"The firebeast is seriously injured... It's up to you to light the fire, little one." The fireball rat jumped out of the blue light and lay on the small table. Her young and innocent face showed a bit of confusion, but she still kept calm. A small spark came out of his mouth, lighting the incense.
Shiori reached out and gently hooked the Fire Ball Rat's chin, then took out a red silk ribbon, tied up her black hair hanging behind her waist, and tied it into a low ponytail.
Even though she is wearing a yukata instead of a miko uniform, anyone who looks at her at this moment will only think that she is the most holy and noble shrine miko in the world... and this is indeed the case.
After finishing this, Shiori looked back at Lillie, with a somewhat complicated look in her eyes.
"Are you... ready? Lillie."
"Please start." Lillie stretched out her little hands that were clasped together, spread her fingers... The rainbow feather was lying obediently in Lillie's palm.
Shiori took a deep breath and said again,
"If your method succeeds...then you will completely disappear from this world."
"No need to say more, I have been prepared for these two months." At this point, Lillie's expression became calm, and she said calmly.
Shiori said no more and carefully took the rainbow feather. Buzz. The Rainbow Feather instantly emitted colorful light, illuminating Shiori's fair face... This was the Rainbow Feather's response to the descendants of the Rainbow Hero.
Lillie raised her willow eyebrows slightly, looking down at the rainbow feather in Shiori's hand. In her hands, the rainbow feathers had never seen such an active glow.
Shiori's breathing quickened a bit. The moment she held the rainbow feather, she felt that the rainbow feather seemed to be alive, with its own consciousness and its own heartbeat... accompanied by such colorful With the halo, Shiori's heartbeat seems to be in sync with the Rainbow Feather's heartbeat... This is actually an illusion, it's just that the blood of the Rainbow Hero in Shiori's body is also responding to the Rainbow Feather.
Shiori took a deep breath, calmed down, recalled some of the teachings of the previous generation Enzhu Miko, then turned around and knelt down on the futon.
She untied the bandage on her forearm and lightly scratched the wound, and a few drops of blood seeped out. Shizhi stretched out his hand and placed it on the incense. The scarlet blood dripped on the incense and evaporated directly. The white clouds of birds turned into light gold. A sense of nobility and holiness arose spontaneously along with the light golden clouds.
Shizhi put on a bandage, then held the rainbow feather in both hands and placed it in front of her chest. The colorful light emerged from Shizhi's fingers. At a glance, it looked like Shizhi's second heart.
The evening breeze blew along the watery moonlight, gently lifting Shizhi's black hair hanging down her waist. Lillie stretched out her hand to press the blond hair that was dancing in the wind by her ears, staring at Shiori's back.
Shizhi closed her eyes and raised her face slightly, the moonlight filtering through the clouds and shining on her fair skin.
Lillie clasped her hands together, placed them in front of her belly, and tightened them. To communicate with Phoenix King, you don't need to speak.
At this moment, Shizhi had already felt something, using the rainbow feathers as a bridge to connect her thoughts to the ears of King Feng.
Being able to communicate with Phoenix King, being able to communicate with Phoenix King... it really is possible! This feat, which had never been accomplished in one hundred and fifty years, did not make Shiori feel any excitement or pride.
She only felt great sadness and sadness at this moment. She said in her heart.
"Phoenix King, if you are really Phoenix King, please help us..."
"Let both Rongyue and Lillie survive." Phew! It was like a gust of wind blowing gently. The shadows that covered the sky blocked the moonlight.
Shiori and Lillie were startled slightly, and looked up. A Pokémon with a length of four meters and a wingspan of six meters, which was taller than the steel-armored crow, appeared in front of them. Its back was facing a silver moon, blocking the Live by moonlight.
The feathers are mainly red and gold, resembling a phoenix, with a calm expression, but it shows unexplainable majesty and holiness.
Phoenix King. Yes, she is the Phoenix King. She just appeared suddenly, like an ordinary Pokémon, with no gorgeous special effects, no grand power, and even no colorful light... She just followed Shiori's call and appeared in front of the two women.
But she was the Ho-Oh...Shiori's bloodline made her extremely convinced.
"Phoenix King..." The two girls looked at Phoenix King and murmured to themselves. After a while, Shiori suddenly reacted.
She stood up holding the futon with one hand, raised her face, looked into King Feng's eyes, and begged,
"Pho-King... have you heard my call? Can you help us?" Shiori, who was fearless, asked Ho-King for help in this humble tone.
Feng Wang did not speak, she looked at the two women silently. Phoenix King's silence made Lillie feel extremely uneasy.
She couldn't help but took a few steps forward, looked up at Feng Wang, clasped her hands together, placed them on her heart, and said sincerely in a dry voice,
"Feng Wang, you must understand our affairs...I beg you here to let her live...even if it is exchanged for my life, even if no one will remember me anymore...she has been there since she was a child. Da, I have never encountered a good thing...at least, let her have a sweet dream."
"Lilia!" Before Lillie could finish her words, a breathless voice came from the stairs.
Phoenix King slowly moved his eyes away from Lillie's body and looked down. Lillie's delicate body trembled, and she slowly looked back in disbelief, looking behind her.
Rong Yue's hair was messy and she was panting. She held one hand on the door frame and looked straight at Lillie with her autumn eyes.
Her forehead was covered with fine sweat, and the wooden shoes under her feet disappeared, leaving her bare feet standing on the floor.
Rong Yue rushed over with all her strength. The evening breeze blew by, lifting their identical light blond hair.
Exactly the same face, exactly the same voice, the same body, souls separated by thousands of years... Rongyue and Lillie met each other in a real sense at the top of the Bell Tower, under the gaze of King Phoenix.
"Why...why...you...appeared here..." Lillie looked at Rongyue's face and couldn't help but take a step back, thinking.
Panting, Rongyue slowly stepped forward, then stretched out her hand and slapped Lillie. Snapped!
"You've ruined yourself so much!" Rong Yue angrily lectured. Lillie was stunned. She only came back to her senses when she felt pain on the side of her face. Her clear green eyes looked at Rong Yue's angry face, a face that was exactly the same as her own... Lillie felt huge in her heart. She was aggrieved, and there were many unsatisfactory words in her heart, things she had wanted to say for a long time.
"Destroy yourself? In the final analysis, I did this for Xu Qiansu... I think this is meaningful! What's wrong with this!?" Lillie's voice was a little louder, and she continued,
"Furthermore, if this can help you survive, what's wrong with that!? Since the ultimate beneficiary is you, then accept my kindness honestly, use my body to live with him, and be happy together. Enough!"
"Nonsense!" Rong Yue raised her eyebrows and scolded loudly, saying angrily,
"No one will be happy with what you do!" Shiori's delicate body trembled slightly... It was the first time she saw Rong Yue angry... She could be so angry...
"I just want to live a good life, with a healthy body, new things, cute Pokémon... and people I like..." After her words fell, Rong Yue's voice softened again, and she whispered,
"But so do you..." Lillie was slightly startled,
"What?"
"I hope you can live, no matter what, you must live... You are only fifteen years old this year, and your future life is still very long... But I can't..." Rong Yue took a deep breath, and then said,
"Use your life to keep me alive. No matter what, I won't be happy... nor will he... that's all." Lillie stared straight at Rong Yue, tears starting to flow down.
She twitched her red nose,
"Do you know what will happen in the future?" Lillie continued before Rongyue could answer,
"In the future, you won't even live to be sixteen. The only years you have will be like a rootless tree, erratic. Even the place you have always wanted to go will not be able to go. The wish you want to fulfill, None of it was as expected..." Vulpix climbed up the stairs and was slightly startled when he heard Lillie's words.
She stopped where she was, lying in front of the door, silently looking at the backs of Rong Yue and Lillie.
"how do you know?"
"I just know. It's just because I know that I came here and chose this method." Vulpix looked away from the two women and looked up at Ho-Oh.
From Phoenix King's body, she felt the aura of the same origin...the power in her body came from her.
The Phoenix King glanced at the Six-Tails, then narrowed his eyes slightly, and then the Phoenix King spoke quietly. Phoenix King's voice is very neutral, but his tone is very soft.
She said,
"I am neither omnipotent nor omnipotent..." Lillie's heart suddenly trembled, and she looked at Phoenix King in disbelief.
"You can't even do anything?" Feng Wang didn't answer directly. She looked away from everyone in the field and looked at the brightly lit Yuanzhu City in the distance. Her tone was calm,
"If you use your method, wouldn't her body from two thousand years ago become an empty shell?" Yes, Rong Yue's original body cannot exist without consciousness... That body is Rong Yue's original body. month.
The final outcome can only be borne by Rong Yue herself. This is fate and common sense. Even the Phoenix King cannot transcend it.
Is it possible that King Feng wants to tear apart time and space, pull Rong Yue's body to the present day, and then cure her body?
First of all, Phoenix King is not a god who controls time and space...she can't do this. Secondly... if you do this, then what does Vulpix mean?
She herself... is a part of Rong Yue. Lillie swayed slightly and almost collapsed to the ground... If even Phoenix King couldn't do anything, what could she do?
King Feng didn't say anything more. She just silently moved her gaze to Rongyue's face. After a moment of silence, she asked in a low voice,
"What... do you wish for? Although I think that as early as a thousand years ago, I took it upon myself to help you fulfill your wish... but at this moment, it is also a part of cause and effect... so it doesn't matter if you just say so." Rong Yue was stunned for a moment, raised her head and looked at Feng Wang.
Phoenix King left. She failed to fulfill Lillie's wish...she only fulfilled Rongyue's wish.
The appearance of the Phoenix King did not attract anyone's attention... Except for a few people, no one knew that the Phoenix King had come to this city after an absence of 150 years, and once again came to the Bell Tower at the call of the Enzhu Witch. Show up.
But the Rainbow Feather, King Phoenix did not take it back... so it fell into Lillie's hands again. The girls walked down the bell tower and walked silently on the bell path.
The evening breeze blew gently, and large tracts of ginkgo leaves fell, swirling, floating, and falling around the girls.
"Do you want to tell Xu Qiansu about this?" Shizhi walked at the front, pursed her pink lips, and then asked.
Rongyue and Lillie walked side by side behind Shiori. Hearing this, Rong Yue immediately raised her face and said firmly: "No, you can't tell him!"
"Mr. Xu has been thinking of ways and never gave up..." Lillie added,
"If I tell him about Phoenix King, he will definitely find it hard to accept...it will be a big blow to him."
"Alas..." Shizhi sighed quietly and said no more.
"You can't tell him either, you know?" Rongyue told Liuwei,
"You don't want him to be sad, right?" Vulpix raised his head and looked at Rong Yue's little face. He was silent for a while and then nodded his head.
After a while, Shiori asked again,
"Where's Lillie? What are you going to do?"
"I...I don't know."
"How did you leave Alola?"
"He sneaked out without telling mother."
"Then stay with me at Enju Shrine first." Shiori suggested.
"Eh? Is it okay?" Lillie was stunned for a moment. Shizhi kicked the ginkgo leaves on the Lingyin Trail, causing large golden ripples, and then explained: "I must not tell Xu Qiansu about your existence, otherwise he will probably guess everything... ...You will hide in Enzhu Shrine, and I will live here with you on the pretext of recuperating... Then I will let Xu Qiansu and Rongyue run my coffee shop, and will not even let him visit the sick, and will keep him safe no matter what I can’t find you no matter what.”
"Um...thank you."
"It's a small thing... ugh." Shiori sighed again. By the time the girls returned to the shrine, Miss Qiao Yin had packed the medicine box and left with her auspicious eggs.
There were many battles tonight, and many Pokémon were seriously injured... Ms. Qiao Yin was able to leave Yuanzhu Shrine to come to see Shiori specifically for Xu Qiansu's sake... Naturally, she couldn't delay at this moment, and she needed to get back as soon as possible. Pokémon Center.
They walked into the room and just a few minutes after sitting down, they heard footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door.
Vulpix turned back abruptly, staring straight at the paper door. When Rongyue saw Liuwei's reaction, her almond-shaped eyes widened a little.
"Xu Qiansu is here!" Shiori and Lillie were stunned for a moment...so fast! ?
"Quick, Lillie... you hide in the cubicle! Don't worry about Xu Qiansu using the power of the waveguide to detect... I just said that is my room, and it is full of underwear... He won't find you!" Lillie hurriedly said Climbing up from the tatami, he hurriedly opened the paper door of the compartment and went straight in.
After a few seconds, Xu Qiansu opened the paper door with a "click" sound. His clean white shirt was now dirty. It was obvious that he came to Enzhu Shrine without even having time to change his clothes.
"You, why did you come here so quickly!?" Shizhi asked, sitting at the small table with a look of astonishment on his face.
But there was a sudden thought in her heart... It was bad, she had forgotten about Miss Qiao Yin... Could it be that Miss Qiao Yin told Xu Qiansu everything?
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"Is it fast?" Xu Qiansu frowned slightly.
"Maybe." Xu Qiansu didn't say much on this topic. He asked,
"Have there been any enemies?" Rong Yue hugged Liuwei, stood up, walked slowly to Xu Qiansu, walked around him and looked up and down a few times to make sure that Xu Qiansu was not injured, then she slowly shook her head and answered calmly. ,
"There are no enemies... but why did you come here suddenly? Did you meet Miss Qiao Yin?" Rongyue guessed that Miss Qiao Yin might tell the truth, so she asked tentatively.
"Miss Qiao Yin? What is the causal connection between meeting her and me coming here?" Xu Qiansu shook her head gently, walked into the room, reached out to pull the paper door shut, sat down at the small table, picked up the kettle and poured herself a glass of water. After finishing the drink, he said: "After Sakaki was dealt with, the Pokémon were seriously injured, so we all stayed at the Pokémon Center... But I was worried about you, so I hurried over to take a look..."
"Then have you met Miss Qiao Yin?" Shizhi asked closely. Xu Qiansu frowned,
"I haven't met...so what's wrong with Miss Qiao Yin? I keep mentioning her." As he said that, Xu Qiansu looked around.
"Where is Miss Qiao Yin?" After she finished speaking, Xu Qiansu saw the three cups on the small table and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Miss Qiao Yin just left... I was wondering if you would meet on the road..." Shizhi's heart skipped a beat as she poured out the water in a cup and rinsed it with clean water.
"This is the cup she just used." In fact, this is the cup Lillie just used. Xu Qiansu looked away from the cup and looked at Shizhi a few more times.
"How's the injury?"
"Miss Qiao Yin's medical skills are very good... But I estimate that I will need to stay here at the shrine for a while to recover from my injury... During this time, the coffee shop will take care of you~" Shizhi reached out and gently stroked the bandage on her forearm. Then he smiled at Xu Qiansu and said please.
"It's all trivial in coffee shops..." Xu Qiansu shook her head slightly, then reached out to pull down her sleeves, unbuttoned her shirt from the top, and asked,
"Do you have a clean shirt here? My body is smelling of blood and sweat mixed with it... I'd better change my clothes."
"Let's take a bath..." Rongyue put down the Vulpix in her arms and stood up.
"The bathroom is here."
"That's fine." Xu Qiansu put down the water glass, stood up holding the small table with both hands, followed behind Rong Yue, and said,
"After I take a shower, let's go to the Pokémon Center... The Pokémon are seriously injured, and it's impossible for me to spend the night at Enju Shrine."
"Yes." Rong Yue nodded gently and led Xu Qiansu. It's just... When he stepped into the corridor and walked towards the bathroom, he passed by the room where Lillie was hiding. Xu Qiansu turned her head and glanced at the paper door of the room.
Shizhi's heart trembled violently and she said quickly,
"What do you want to do? That's my room... Do you want to casually visit the boudoir of a girl who has not yet left the court? Could it be that the power of the wave guide is used by you to peek?" Xu Qiansu looked back helplessly. Shizhi glanced at it,
"I'm just taking a look. Besides, the power of the waveguide requires my full concentration to use...so I usually don't use it in my daily life." Xu Qiansu shook his head gently and said no more. He followed Rong Yue across the compartment, and then Go through the corner and you'll reach the bathroom.
...After the sound of gurgling water sounded, Rongyue and Shizhi hurriedly came to the compartment and opened the paper door.
Lillie was hiding in the corner of the cubicle. When she saw the two girls, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I thought I was going to be discovered..."
"Me too... That guy is incredibly sharp... Fortunately, he couldn't have known that you would appear here anyway, so he must not have thought in this direction at all." Shiori reached out and caressed her chest. .
She took a few steps back, stretched out her hand to hold the door handle of the paper door, and then said to Lillie,
"You continue to hide here. When Xu Qiansu finishes taking a bath, he will take Rong Yue away from Yuanzhu Shrine... Then you don't have to worry about him finding you." Rong Yue nodded lightly.
After saying that, Shiori was about to close the paper door. But Lillie stood up, walked quickly to Rong Yue, and then stretched out her hand to hug Rong Yue.
Lillie whispered,
"I'm sorry, Rong Yue... I'm really sorry... what I said on the bell tower just now were all angry words, don't take it to heart..." Rong Yue was startled for a moment, then reached out and patted Lillie's back gently, saying softly ,
"I am the one who shouldn't have hit you no matter what I did just now..." Lillie suddenly felt a bit of sourness in her heart.
She sniffed and hugged Rongyue tightly for a while, then let go and took a few steps back. Lillie's eyes were red and the corners of her eyes were moist. She put one hand behind her back and raised the other hand gently, waving towards Rongyue. She slightly curled the corner of her mouth and pulled out a smile.
"Rongyue."
"Um?"
"Don't worry, you will be fine." Lillie encouraged with red eyes. Rong Yue was slightly stunned and looked at Lillie.
Lillie smiled, suppressed her smile, and then couldn't help but take another step forward.
"Come on, Rong Yue." Rong Yue looked at Lillie expressionlessly, her eyes a little red. She looked at Lillie for a moment, then nodded,
"Well, I'll do my best!" Lillie laughed, but in the end, she still cried. She cried and stretched out her hand to Rongyue,
"Goodbye, Rong Yue." Rong Yue also stretched out her hand and shook hands with Lillie.
"Goodbye, Lillie." Under the intertwining fate, the two girls who were inexplicably involved together shook hands and said goodbye.
Card. The paper door is closed.
