"Mei."
"Well, what's wrong?" Hearing Liu Yun's call, the girl who was washing the dishes put down the dishes in her hands. He looked at the young man who also stopped with a confused look on his face, as if he was wondering why the young man suddenly stopped him.
"Mei Yi, it's time for me to go back."
"Go back, go back...where?" Hearing Liu Yun's answer, the girl couldn't help but clenched her hands that were still stained with water, and her voice trembled.
"Back to the real world."
"Are you drunk too much? You must be still awake from the wine you drank yesterday. I'll help you go back to rest." The girl looked at Liuyun in front of her and hurriedly helped him back to the room to rest.
"I'm not drunk, and I'm not talking nonsense. I'm calm, Hitamaru." He reached out and held the girl's hand in front of him. The girl's hand was cold and trembling. It wasn't until this moment that Liu Yun called out the girl's real name for the first time. However, Hiyokumaru is definitely not the same as Hiyokumaru. If there is a difference, it is the difference between Mei and Herrscher Mei.
"When did you find out?" The girl gently leaned her head on Liu Yun's shoulder, took a greedy deep breath, and then slowly spoke.
"I knew it from the beginning. Although time has passed, I have not forgotten that I entered this space to save Theresa. The birthday party you mentioned for Sister Himeko is actually in June, but Theresa The time of the accident was the end of July.
Secondly, you read my memory to create the environment. The reason why I turned into Mei is because you read my memory and found that it is easiest to get close to me when I become Mei in the illusion. Unfortunately, without special circumstances, the introverted Mei Yi would not be able to be so proactive. " Caressing the girl's back, Liu Yun revealed his findings.
"Really? Since you knew everything from the beginning, why did you act with me!!!" The girl raised her head and looked at Liu Yun stubbornly, pushing Liu Yun's hand away, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Of course it's because you have never felt happiness and warmth." The young man in front of him put his hands on his head again, with a helpless smile on his lips.
Seeing the helpless smile of the other party, Hitamaru's heart was severely hurt. The girl roared hysterically: "Then why do you have to leave now? Isn't it good to stay with me here all the time? Give me warmth and then peel it off hard? Is this what you call happiness?"
The girl's body shone with light, and her glossy black hair turned into long crimson hair, with a wisp of crimson bangs on her forehead. The appearance that was imitating Mei also changed back. It was a picture of a girl who was 80 or 90% similar to Yae Rin. This was her original appearance.
Hitamaru lowered his head, his voice gradually filled with disappointment. For Hitamaru, she really felt the warmth from the boy. She had always thought that Liu Yun's gentleness was reflected in the role she played, but for this warmth...she...enjoyed it.
She thought her transformation was perfect and she transformed into the girl. She experienced this peaceful life in the first person.
She did not read any hatred in the boy's memory. Instead, only warmth can be felt. So she longed for those girls, especially this girl who had the same identity as herself.
After breaking away from Honkai's will, she read the boy's memory and created this illusion. She becomes the person he feels deep in his heart, imitating and playing her role according to his inner wishes.
"This illusion is so real. It's so real that I want to stay here forever. It's indeed my fault for not taking your feelings into consideration, but I still have responsibilities that I should bear and unfinished missions." He reached out to help Hidama Maru. After smoothing the hair around her ears, she hugged Hitamamaru into her arms. Liuyun lay in Hitamamaru's ear and answered her softly.
"Shh." Hitamaru stretched out one of his fingers and pressed it on Liuyun's lips. The girl stood on tiptoes and rested her forehead against the boy's.
Before Liu Yun could respond, the girl in his arms had already kissed Liu Yun on the lips. The girl's lips were very fragrant and soft, probably from the fruit platter just now, but the girl also kissed awkwardly.
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Memories flowed into Liuyun's mind little by little along with Hitamamaru's kiss, and Hitamamaru's memory emerged in Liuyun's mind:
In a dilapidated slum, the people who live here do not live here because of poverty, but because only here can they get shelter from an organization called "Fire Moth".
A girl named Hitamaru and her sister depend on each other here. My life is not very rich, but as long as I can be with my sister, it is very fulfilling. Hitamaru felt that as long as he was with his sister, nothing would matter.
Until that day...
"She just looked like a weak and helpless little girl."
"But she has the power of the Herrscher."
Dozens of Fire Chasing Moth soldiers violently broke open the door to her room, broke into her home, and arrested her in front of her sister. The sister cried and knelt in front of the girl, begging these people not to take her sister away, or to take her away with them.
Hitamaru let out a cry of pain as the soldier roughly put the special handcuffs on him. The older sister stepped forward and hugged her sister distressedly, but Hitamamaru could only watch helplessly as the warrior kicked his beloved sister away.
Before leaving, Hitamaru watched his sister lying on the ground crying through the glass of the car, tears streaking from the corners of Hitamaru's eyes.
In this way, she was forced to undergo dozens of experiments, and then was locked in a cell on the 33rd floor underground of the Fire Chaser base.
"Unlike other Herrschers, although strong Honkai energy was detected in her, no special abilities were detected, and she maintained human consciousness." A woman's voice came to her through the room ears.
"Is everything okay? I beg you to let me go. My sister must be worried to death." The girl lay on the glass of the isolation room and begged the researchers in front of her. But the researcher ignored her, and at most nodded to her apologetically.
Slowly, the researcher disappeared, until he never appeared again. Hitamaru couldn't remember how long she had been imprisoned, but she knew...she was very lonely now...very lonely. In this dark cell, the girl's only hope and concern is her sister. Only by thinking of her sister can she escape this endless loneliness and fear.
Liuyun just watched Hitamamaru's memory in the third-person God mode. This feeling of powerlessness was the same as the last time he had a nightmare.
When he first came to this world, he dreamed of the battle between Himeko and the Herrscher of the Sky, and there was nothing he could do. This time... it was the memory of watching Hitamaru.
Hitamamaru was forced to undergo experiments again and again. She could not get any news from her sister. Hitamamaru could only record the time that had passed by the number of experiments. She thought that as long as she cooperated more with the experiment and allowed the experimenter to get the answer they wanted, they would release her.
But...she thinks too much...
