【Youtongyou】IF WORLD

Shadow Chapter

7.

"Welcome back."

When I left the "Sword of the Blue Rose", the first thing that appeared before my eyes was Quinella who was sitting next to the sleeping Eugeo in an ambiguous posture.

"Can you please leave Eugeo's side?" Although I used a question sentence, there was no room for negotiation in my tone.

Quinella smiled and bent down, raised her hand to gently stroke Eugeo's cheek: "Are you jealous... or are you angry?"

(Please go for the whole picture: ☆☆☆)

If I were really angry at her behavior one by one, I'm afraid it would only make her happier.And when I think about it carefully, with her young posture, the provocative effect she can play is very limited. Rather, there is a feeling that Eugeo is committing a crime. Thinking of this, I feel calm.Immediately afterwards, I suddenly caught a hidden meaning in her words: "You already knew that I couldn't bring Eugeo's soul out, right?"

Quinella raised her head, and those beautiful eyes full of confusion stared at me: "At first I was just guessing, but fortunately, a reckless fool helped me verify the correctness of my guess."

"Why is this happening?"

"Although I really want to answer you, this child is about to wake up." After saying that, Quinella flew away from the bed, and Eugeo slowly woke up just as she said.

This is too much of a coincidence.

As soon as I left the Blue Rose Sword, Eugeo outside woke up... Could it be that there is actually some kind of connection between Eugeo outside and Eugeo's soul?

"Oh... what is he doing?" Quinella chuckled with an exaggerated tone covering her mouth.

Not long after Eugeo woke up, he began to pack his luggage. He dug out a cloak and some rough cloth, wrapped the two swords, and put the cloak on himself.After doing all this, he went to the end mountain range again.

Why did he want to end the mountains?Could it be that he realized that I was actually assisting him with the "Armed Full Control Technique"?However, my guess was quickly denied. After arriving at the Mountain Range, he did not stop at all, and continued to move towards the interior of the Kingdom of Darkness without hesitation.

"What exactly does your cute doll want to do?" Quinella and I followed him all the way, "Even if you want to commit suicide, there is no need to go through so much trouble, right? Do you want to find a place to die where no one will find you?"

I ignored the part of her words that deliberately wanted to provoke me, and said, "You really can't guess?"

"Guess what?"

Seeing Eugeo heading north without hesitation, I vaguely guessed the reason: "He may have seen what happened in the Blue Rose Sword, so he wants to find the illusion in the Blue Rose Sword. "

"Hahahahahahahahaha... so that child is going to a place far away in the sky, looking for something close at hand?"

"..."

I have to suspect that the reason why Administrator presents herself as a young girl is to gain the privilege of angering others without paying consequences.

I was worried that the current Eugeo would not be able to cope with the complicated situation in the Kingdom of Darkness, but his incomplete soul did not affect his natural calmness and intelligence. He played an arrogant and lonely human race in the Kingdom of Darkness perfectly, even It was exchanged for the currency of the dark country without arousing anyone's suspicion.

The only thing that surprised me was the exaggerated "priority" he showed when scaring off the orcs. It was like a game with a maximum level of 5000 suddenly appeared with an account of more than [-] levels.

Quinella didn't care about this: "My priority was much higher than his during my lifetime."

"Are you the kind of person who would care about such things?"

Quinella squinted at me contemptuously: "At the beginning of the design of this Underworld, it was never considered that there would be fluct lights with a priority exceeding 100, so there were no high-class artifacts. The black wooden strips and Ice cubes look like a child's toy to me."

"Your memory is really bad, High Priestess, you were killed by a child's toy."

"Huh." Quinella was noncommittal to my words, but unexpectedly did not continue to refute me.

……

I soon found out that although I followed Eugeo to the Land of Darkness without thinking about it at the time, I was really sorry for following Eugeo like this without his knowledge.

Just like the guilt I felt when I peeked at a friend's diary out of curiosity and discovered an amazing secret, I gradually discovered that Integrity Knight Eugeo was not as pure as I imagined, just like a blank sheet of paper... ... Rather, it's the opposite, he hides quite complicated thoughts under his indifferent appearance.

He loves to talk to me, or "my body" that is unconscious, and he'll always ask me a bunch of questions, even if he doesn't get any answers at all; if he buys food my body can eat more Some, his expression will also become much softer; he likes to be quiet, and in places where the crowd gathers and there is some noise, he will always frown slightly while raising his hand to cover "my" ears...

And just now, he stared at "me" silently for a long time, and suddenly, in a fleeting moment, he showed an almost imperceptible smile.

"Quinella, he... he laughed!"

"I saw it." Quinella answered me coldly.

"It's not my illusion, he's really smiling! What is this? Is it a gift from God Stacia?"

"Are you stupid?"

At this point, I really couldn't convince myself that Eugeo's anomaly was caused by the meeting in Blue Rose.

All the signs in front of me showed that he had been kind to me a long time ago, or...in fact, he liked me very much.

Quinelle shook her hand in front of my eyes, and after successfully attracting my attention, she said, "I really don't understand, what are you wondering about?"

I don't know whether these words should be said to the murderer of Eugeo in front of me, but at the moment I don't have any other creatures to communicate with, so I can only compromise and say: "I always thought that Eugeo, who is an integrity knight, He hates me very much, before I recalled his memory, he attacked me mercilessly."

"Are you really ignorant of people's hearts?" Quinella glanced at me sideways and sighed, "How can there be people in this world who hate using their destiny to maintain their destiny, and are unwilling to live in this world because of his death?" people of the world?"

"But……"

"That kid doesn't think he is "Eugeo". Although he longs for the friendship and love you bring him, he doesn't think he deserves it. Quinella's eyes drifted far away, and a slightly deep voice came out from her immature lips: "Therefore, in front of Little Alice and the others, he will try his best to hide his true feelings. In this place where no one knows you, he dared to indulge himself a little bit, but once he broke through the "boundary" he set for himself, he would immediately restrain himself again. This is the state of that child at the moment. "

I……

Why……

I was so shocked by the Administrator's words that I lost my ability to think, so I could only open my mouth in vain: "So you analyzed his mind like this, and integrated him by taking advantage of the loopholes in his heart?"

"That's right." She answered me frankly: "Why are you angry? Are you angry that I took your treasure, or are you angry at yourself? It is because of your neglect of him that I caught such a Vulnerabilities... Of course, this is not your fault. After all, "you can't leave people who are in trouble in front of you" is the "curse" that will accompany you for life. "

I calmed down as fast as I could.

After all, I can no longer be a child who gets irritated when poked at a sore spot.

She was right, although I have lived with Eugeo for so long, but I have never given my full attention to Eugeo alone like now.

I enjoyed his tenderness and understanding with peace of mind, immersed in the joy of finally gaining my first best friend in my life, and took it for granted that he would not think about things other than "rescue Alice".

But that's impossible.

Although I don't know what is the pain in his heart that has troubled him for so long that he would rather give up himself, but in any case, this is my negligence as a good friend.

If only I had noticed sooner.

If only I could have cared more about him.

Is that "that incident" that is as sad and terrifying as a nightmare, and has left a haunting shadow in my heart to this day, will it never happen?

When Eugeo packed his bags and set off again the next day, I was also in good spirits.Regretting the past won't help, seizing the opportunity in front of me is the most important thing, after all... Eugeo's soul is still waiting for me in "Blue Rose", we have already made an appointment.

8.

Even though I am from RealWorld, I was really shocked when I saw the "Wall of Ending" surrounding the border of the Kingdom of Darkness.I think if the Underworld had a boundary, it would probably look like this.

The ice field Eugeo wanted to find was actually here at this moment, but Eugeo's trip was doomed to be in vain.

I felt his disappointment with empathy, a disappointment I had only just experienced, after all.If I could, I really wanted to get back in my body right away, hug him and tell him, "I'm here, I'm always by your side."

But... now is not the right time.

I looked at Quinella, and asked, "Can you tell me now? Why can't Eugeo leave the "Blue Rose"? "

"That's a pretty long story," Quinella said. "Are you sure you want me to tell it now?"

Of course not!The moment she opened her mouth, I saw "that"—a man wrapped in an ominous black aura that seemed to be solid, and he was gradually approaching Eugeo.

"what is that!"

"Dark God, Vector." Quinella replied.

Dark God... the administrator account, which means that guy is from RealWorld!

I rushed towards Eugeo without hesitation.Although I can't stand in front of him with a sword now, at least I can serve as a medium connecting him with "Sword of the Night Sky", otherwise he has no chance of winning against top accounts!

But I had only advanced a few mels before something even more ominous than the so-called "Dark God" appeared before my eyes again.

The blood-red wall spread in front of me, covered with twisted "ERROR", but this time it was not Eugeo that blocked me, but me.I tried my best to slam into that wall, and I couldn't feel the slightest obstacle, but I couldn't move forward.

"Why? What the hell is this!"

Quinella smiled softly, "I call it the 'Untouchable Wall', and it's the funniest thing in the Shadow World. "

This kind of thing... Cardinal never told me about it, why did this happen?If this is a program error in Underworld, it is too targeted. Almost every time it appears, it prevents me from saving Eugeo. Could it be that recalling the deceased's data will cause such a bug?

"I know what you're thinking, but your thinking is completely wrong." Quinella flew in front of me, and she passed through the wall with ease. Across the blood-red wall, her figure looked a bit creepy : "This wall didn't appear to prevent you from saving Eugeo, it's to save you."

"help me?"

Quinella nodded: "The super account Dark God Vector has a special authority, which is "interference with fluctlights".If you appear before him, he will surely find you, and this event will result in your death. "

"Little guy, this world exists for you."

I didn't have time to be surprised by her words, because the man had already started confronting Eugeo, and I could only watch helplessly.When my rushing thoughts disappear, the "untouchable wall" will also disappear, but as soon as I try to move forward, it will appear again on time, blocking me from Eugeo's world.

The man who manipulated the "Dark God Vector" account did not shy away from his identity as a RealWorld person, and kept pouring various information into Eugeo's mind who knew nothing about the world.

He didn't try to attack, but told Eugeo the truth of the Underworld in the shortest possible way.I immediately understood what he meant, he was just experimenting with Eugeo.

He wondered how the natives of the Underworld would react when they learned that the world they were in was just a program used by people from another world for experimental testing.

I have been careful to conceal this matter, and Cardinal also deliberately dismissed Eugeo when he told me the truth about the Underworld. We are all trying to prevent him from being exposed to this cruel fact too early.

I originally planned to let him gradually digest this information when all the dust settled and I could take him to the real world, but at this moment, the truth was being filled with such a kindness by a person who had no respect for artificial fluctlights. Unraveled in a malicious way...

I'm angry, I've never been so angry.

Angry at this man's indifference, but also at his own powerlessness.

Why do I always just watch from the sidelines?If I'm really a hero, why can't I always use the sword in my hand to protect the people I hold dear?

"How do you feel? Boy." Vector looked at him with an almost cruel calmness in his eyes.

"If I had memory, I might be shaken, but unfortunately I don't have that luxury." Eugeo replied coldly, "If what you said is true, I might thank you, it's the first time for me To understand so well... my friend."

"As expected of someone who crossed the land of darkness and reached the "Wall of the End" alone, you are indeed very interesting. "

Eugeo frowned slightly: "Please correct your wording, I am not alone."

Vector looked at "I", hiding the contempt in his eyes, but he was not polite at all in his words: "Oh, I was wrong, it is even more remarkable to be able to do all this with that "burden" It's over. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Eugeo drew the sword of the night sky and used the "Aincrad style" one-handed slashing sword technique to slash forward.

"Bang!" The piercing sound of sword clashing accompanied by sparks erupted suddenly, and Vector raised his sword to block Eugeo's attack.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to attack you, and I advise you not to provoke me." Vector's eyes showed a stern light: "Of course, you can also go all out to fight me, if you If you don’t mind the life and death of that empty shell.”

Eugeo took a big step backwards, still maintaining the posture of raising the sword: "Why?"

"We RealWorld people don't talk about chivalry." Beikuta said, "We will fight only if there is benefit, otherwise we will only bring meaningless pain to ourselves."

Eugeo's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

And Vector stared at Eugeo for a moment: "You are a doll without a soul, and hunting souls is my interest. When you—and that person over there find their souls, I will appear before you again, and when that time comes, I will go all out to harvest my prey."

"If there is such a day, it will only be that we try our best to defeat you." Eugeo raised the sword of the night sky and pointed at him, as if making an oath to something.

"Okay!" Vector revealed a little appreciation in his voice, "But if you are willing to submit to me, I can also leave you a place where you logged out."

"Please allow me to decline." Eugeo replied without hesitation.

"Are you going to the "Gate of the East"?Even if you already know that the so-called Underworld people are just some useless data? "

Eugeo looked at him with disgust in his eyes, this was the first time I saw such emotion in Eugeo's eyes, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "He is just to protect what you said, the so-called "useless" data" to risk their lives to fight.I have already understood that just as there are righteous good people and despicable villains in the Underworld, it must be the same in the so-called RealWorld.There is no difference between you and us. "

"This innocence is proof that you are "useless data"! "Bekuta said: "And the person next to you is just a brat who hasn't woken up from his dream of being a hero."

Eugeo put the sword of the night sky back into "I"'s arms: "Then, I hope you don't get frustrated when he loses your destiny, after all... this is just a "game", right? "

Fortunately, although the person who manipulated the "Dark God Vector" account is not a good person, he will keep his promise for the time being.Eugeo retaliated with such sharp words, but he still didn't attack. Maybe it was true as he said, he hated unnecessary pain.

When both Vector and Eugeo left, Quinella and I didn't follow.

We stood facing each other under the "Wall of Ending", I adjusted my emotions a little, and then said: "Miss Quinella, I will not be disturbed this time, please tell me what you know... ...the whole truth."

"Of course." Quinella smiled, "I hope you won't be too surprised, as long as you can maintain the concentration of that child just now."

"Of course." I replied.

TBC