At night. The bright moonlight covered up the stars and covered the sparse clouds with a layer of silver light.
At this moment, Haza Paradise has already become quiet. Tourists who had played all day went back to their houses to rest. The cats rubbed their eyes and lay on the branches to take a nap. At first glance, it looked like the street trees had bears fruit.
On the edge of the castle, under the pavilion deep in the courtyard, two figures were standing quietly.
"——So, what did you say you wanted to show me?"
Xiaoye looked at her friend.
Along the way, Xiaotian was so serious that he seemed to be told ten dark childhood histories by Xinghai in the next second. He even came to the courtyard hidden from the public eye, which made Xiaoye become nervous unconsciously, with time bombs, guns and ammunition in his mind. I flashed it over and over again - but what my friend took out was just an ordinary-looking object.
"This is……"
The purple-haired trainer blinked in confusion and looked at the familiar letter in his hand - it was clearly a gift from the fortune teller of the Star Pavilion, and it had nothing to do with dangerous items.
Her fingertips hesitantly touched the opening of the envelope, then pulled back.
"I remember the fortune teller lady said that only you can see?"
Xiaotian shook his head, as if he wanted to explain something, but couldn't. Finally, he simply said: "Sorry, that's just an excuse."
"Can I read it?"
"certainly."
Under the dim moonlight, Xiaoye opened the gift she had never seen before. A look of surprise flashed across his eyes, and then disappeared into the night.
It was not a painting, but a handwritten letter.
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To travelers from afar:
I'm sorry for speaking to you in such a presumptuous way.
Perhaps you already know that although we call ourselves “divination fortune tellers”, we actually do not easily peer into the past and future. Or the power to see through people’s hearts. To me, human memory is too vast and complicated, as if overlooking the vast sea of trees from the top of a mountain, it is impossible to capture the veins and patterns of every leaf. Therefore, all I can do is find the brightest one and sketch its outline.
Over the past ten years, I have seen many forests of memories, but none are as unforgettable as today - the vast land is so empty that it is shocking, and among the wilderness-like hills, only a corner of the valley bottom has sparse growth. trees.
As I write this letter, I try to imagine a person who has experienced a tragic accident or illness and was forced to lose most of the precious memories in her life - perhaps she will regard this as an unspeakable wound and guard against any strangers. spying; or perhaps, it is not the case.
No matter what your mood and determination are, as a traveler, you chose to visit this Star Pavilion and stand calmly in front of me to accept the scrutiny of super powers. So, as the fortune teller of Paradise, I must leave you a gift that is enough to make you happy and full of strength; besides, I also have something I desperately want to convey to you:
Although the sparse trees were far from enough to cover the wilderness, I still saw colorful branches and leaves and gorgeous flowers, which were as vivid and dazzling as any forest I had ever seen. Even if you lose the green shade all over the mountains and plains, your experience will still be wonderful and dazzling. It was like this in the past and it will be like this in the future.
Children who have come from afar, I wish that the wilderness of your heart will eventually be filled with flowers.
——The unknown fortune teller_Written in the place where the stars are scattered
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The silver-haired boy frowned unconsciously and looked at his friend who was reading the letter carefully.
Xiaotian, who is calm by nature, rarely feels so uneasy - not long ago, by the warm campfire, the moment the shocking information came into view, he realized that he had seen something he should never see. .
Past experiences were like midsummer raindrops, hitting him uncontrollably, allowing Xiaotian to connect all the trivial details. The confused expression when asked about my birthday, the unfamiliar attitude towards traditional festivals in my hometown, and the lack of common sense that is only slightly exposed in the smallest details - everything has an answer.
But he didn't want to rashly learn his friend's secrets in this way.
Xiaotian is not a person with super powers who can see through the soul. She cannot discern the thoughts and emotions of the person in front of her like a fortune teller, and she is not sure whether the so-called "calmness" is her own choice. What if such abrupt prying would make her feel embarrassed, at a loss or even hurt...
Just when he was in a state of confusion and almost wanted to kick away the pebbles at his feet, the person reading the letter turned around and rummaged through his bag.
She muttered to herself, "No wonder the background is a bit unfamiliar, so I just said my house doesn't have that much furniture," and handed over the card with Charmander drawn on it.
"Did you get confused when you were fighting with them?" The young trainer looked as usual, and his tone was as brisk and steady as before, "I was in a hurry to pick up the thing and didn't look at it carefully - I'll give it back to you."
"..."
The young man's anxiety was hung in the air with nowhere to settle, and even his movement of reaching out was delayed by two beats. Xiaoye, whose thoughts turned to the Southern Ocean, looked up in confusion in the almost frozen atmosphere. After catching a glimpse of her friend's expression, she finally realized something.
"no."
She waved her hands quickly. This time Xiaotian saw it clearly - his friend's expression did not contain any trace of depression or panic, but instead looked like he had been caught after secretly tracking down the evil spirit in urban legends.
"I haven't mentioned it until now. It's not that I want to keep it secret, but... I don't have the chance. It's very embarrassing to suddenly talk about this kind of topic during casual chat, isn't it?"
Xiaoye tried hard to explain in a very personal style, but Xiaotian's thoughts drifted away for a moment - when this person said the same thing last time, was there a blond guy who replied, "We will not repay you for your concealment." The friendship is also very embarrassing"?
"and……"
He heard his friend sigh.
Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, making it impossible for Xiaotian to see clearly the expression of the person opposite, and only the wavering voice could be heard.
"Isn't it the same as lying if I tell you this on purpose?"
The young man's eyes were full of doubts. However, before he hesitated to ask, the other person had already changed the subject with a smile, and the haze in his words disappeared in an instant like a glimpse under the moon.
"In short - it's just a trivial matter. Captain, don't keep a straight face. It's scary as if you want to fire me right away."
"..."
Xiaotian opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know whether to retort first, "How can this be considered a trivial matter?" or "Why am I going to fire you?" In the end, thousands of words were stuck in his throat, and he had to turn into a heavy sigh.
At some point, the moonlight peeked out from behind the clouds again, spreading a veil over the night of Haza Paradise. The two of them sat at the stone table in the pavilion, chatting leisurely while teasing the little dream monster who came to beg for food.
"So, everything written in the letter is true?"
"almost."
Anyway, everything that should be exposed and should not be exposed has been shaken clean. Xiaoye frankly told the beginning of this life in her memory - it was nothing more than waking up one morning at the end of winter in 999 in the Elven Calendar and realizing that she had a house. I live happily alone on the subsistence allowance, and my life is stable and peaceful. Whether or not I have nine years of memories seems to have no impact at all.
"Don't you remember anything about the past?"
Seeing that her friend finally asked the question tentatively instead of showing an anxious and worried cold face, Xiaoye immediately felt relieved and explained frankly: "Yes. But I still remember the words and language, and it will not affect my life... "
The thoughts flowed in the direction of memories along the words, and Xiaoye's expression suddenly froze.
"What's wrong?"
"I still remember the words and language - so I immediately understood the transfer notice in the mailbox. It said that there was less than a month until the exams for the first semester."
Xiao Tian:"……"
Xiaotian: "Uh."
He vaguely realized something, and was hesitating whether he should say a few words of comfort when he saw Xiaoye wearing an expression that was a hundred times sadder than when the secret was exposed and said: "I'm sorry, I really don't want to recall this experience. It's just... The nightmare in my life...I was so close, so close to getting the title of 'The Big Fool of New Town' on the first day of school."
At the beginning of last year, Xiaotian was still traveling around the world with his father, so he was not able to witness this desperate battle for the small test at the beginning of the school year. He endured it again and again, but he still couldn't suppress his curiosity, "What was the final result?"
"Third place in the exam." Xiaoye replied dryly.
The young man recalled how many people were in the same grade at that time, and was immediately shocked without words - the perseverance of the purple-haired amnesiac child to turn the tide and complete four years of elementary school knowledge in one month, and the black-haired child without amnesia who had been sitting at the bottom for many years. The strength of one.
Xiaotian shook his head, temporarily throwing away the out-of-shape admiration in his mind, and looked at his friend with a wooden face again.
Thinking of the commotion caused by Mr. Shoichi Matsunaga, whom he met by chance in the paradise these two days, he felt that something should be confirmed now. He considered the words in his mind for a moment, and finally chose to get straight to the point.
"Do you know what's going on with your parents?"
"I probably know a little bit about it."
Xiaoye answered quickly, her expression suddenly enlightened compared to the way she looked when she recalled the exam at the beginning of school.
She simply told her friends about her life experience that she read in the archives - their family of three originally lived in Changqing City. Their parents died in a traffic accident and they could not contact other relatives, so the surviving youngest son was sent back to his hometown. old house. Fortunately, Xingyuye was nearly nine years old at the time, and was just a hair away from adulthood, and was able to take care of himself. Therefore, he rejected various care support plans proposed by the alliance and chose to live alone until he turned ten.
Xiaotian had heard about some of his friends' family situations from Dr. Omu before, and was not surprised. He could hear that Xiaoye obviously had no memory of his parents, so he hesitated and asked: "Do you think they are who Mr. Matsunaga said..."
Xiaoye's tone was ambiguous when describing her past, but now she shook her head firmly, "It's impossible - the names are all different. My parents are not called Xingyu Kongming and Narukami Hongna at all. Besides..."
She thought for a while, and finally pulled out an awkward yet polite smile.
"I can't imagine myself being weak and timid."
Xiaotian stared at his friend for a while, then silently nodded in agreement.
——Yes, she was convinced that the young girl mentioned by the detective was definitely not her, let alone the body she was inhabiting.
That kid had a normal family and real life experiences. Her past file is not blank, her birthday is not the mechanical first day of the new year, and there is no reason to appear in a spotless suburban wooden house with unopened daily necessities.
Moreover, the will from the depths of my mind has already made my attitude clear.
[The cause and effect between us is never simply 'equal'. ]
After the biggest confusion was resolved, the topic wandered all the way to discussing the degree of similarity based on the Joey family. When the moonlight gradually faded, the dream monster began to urge the trainer to return to the castle to rest. Xiaotian asked casually: "What are you going to do with Xiaojie and Xiaoling?"
After chatting for so long, he was completely sure that the loss of his life experience and memory had not left a dark cloud in his friend's heart - at least it was definitely not as big as the cloud in the school entrance examination, so he asked questions more casually.
Xiao Ye was about to get up and leave the pavilion, but her steps suddenly stopped after hearing this.
Seeing that she had a thoughtful look on her face and was obviously brainstorming something like "Although I have nothing to hide, it's weird to say it on purpose. I should find the right time to confess, so what is the time?" Xiaotian blinked.
"Maybe you could try this-"
By the time the two returned to the room, it was almost eleven o'clock at night.
The drowsy golden retriever brother and sister were shocked and both jumped up from the bed.
"Why did you two come back so late? It's already eleven o'clock."
"Is there anything good out there?"
Xiaoling opened the curtains curiously, only to see the dark and silent night sky, as usual. Xiaoye also smiled and said that nothing happened, it was just that they chatted for a long time.
On the pretext that they had to get up early tomorrow, they hurriedly washed and went to bed, leaving the brother and sister looking at each other with confusion on their faces.
While the lights were still on, the two of them looked around the room.
——Finally, his eyes fell on the envelope that Xiaoye held in her hand when she entered the room and placed it on the table before going to bed.
The next day.
The clear chirping of the Gugu woke up the sleeping trainer.
The two-day trip to the paradise was over. After breakfast, the four of them got on the deer cart leaving the city and headed for the exit amid flying bubbles of seven colors.
Perhaps the playful golden retrievers should have been reluctant to leave - but unfortunately, the news they learned the night before was so explosive that they couldn't even sleep well, let alone miss Hassa Paradise.
Xiaoye adapted well to their dumbfounded looks and calmly distributed drinks to her friends without even asking why. Until the end of the colorful sky was in sight, Xiaojie finally couldn't help but hesitantly spoke.
"Um, Xiaoye... is everything written in the letter true?"
He originally expected to receive a burst of anger, such as "You actually peeked at my things and I will never play with you again" - to his surprise, the person involved nodded calmly and said:
"right."
Xiaojie: "..."
Xiaoling: "..."
The brother and sister watched the other two companions packing their backpacks smoothly without any signs of surprise, and their minds finally came to their senses.
Their complexions turned from red to black to green, and their emotions fluctuated several times, and finally turned into two bulging fists.
“Forget it for today—next time we meet, we’ll have a two-person battle, just wait!”
"well."
Xiaoye smiled and stuffed their bags into their arms, "It's settled - doesn't it matter if you don't hurry up and take the bus?"
Trainers who are full of mobility have already arranged their schedules to a full schedule. Xiaojie and Xiaoling had already booked their boat tickets to leave the island at noon, and if they immediately boarded the return bus, they would only have time for lunch.
"I know, I know, I won't be late -"
"Well, probably not!"
"Have a safe trip. And happy birthday."
"It's fun, it's been two days of fun-"
"Bye, I'll take some pictures for you to see when I get on the boat!"
After saying goodbye to the noisy brother and sister, Xiaoye turned to her quiet friend and smiled.
"Then I'll leave first."
"Well, see you another day."
The silver-haired boy took off on the fire-breathing dragon and soon disappeared into the clouds. Xiao Ye walked straight along the lush jungle to another bus stop.
However, before she reached her destination, she heard the sound of wheels crushing branches behind her.
"Night."
Shoichi Matsunaga, a middle-aged man in a wheelchair, caught up to him at some point.
He no longer wore the attire of an ancient soldier, but instead put on an old dark blue uniform. The police badge has been washed and faded, and the lines are difficult to see clearly in the sunlight.
"I proposed before that we can have a cup of tea together in two days. What do you think?"
Xiaoye turned around. She couldn't help but laugh as she looked at the Poké Ball spinning between the retired detective's fingers and the bright-eyed Cady Dog.
"Mr. Matsunaga——"
"You don't look like you're here to have tea with me."
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small theater:
Fortune Teller: (Excited) As a traveler, you chose to visit this astrology pavilion and stand calmly in front of me to accept the scrutiny of superpowers - yes, I understand that as a brave southerner, you must be You want to face your past and turn your grief into strength for the future, right?
Xiaoye: (hesitating) Well, actually...at that time, I didn’t think much about it.
Fortune teller:...
Fortune teller: (excited) You are right, how can a brave southern boy stick to details? Not thinking about it is the proof of courage!
Xiaoye: (more hesitant) Well, actually... I'm from Kanto.
Fortune teller:...
Xiaoye: (Three times hesitation) Also, actually, I am not young...
Fortune teller: (turning over the table) Stop talking! ! !
