【Round Flame】Sun Flower Field

The time is now ten o'clock in the evening.

Five or six hours had passed since the tram explosion, Homura was carried away by the ambulance that arrived, and Madoka saw a pool of blood on the concrete floor where she had been lying.

Although it was very painful, Yuan moved around and felt that he should be fine. Under the protection of Yan, he didn't even break his bones. What he suffered was only a slight abrasion. The words of a few documents came out.

Yes, out of the hospital.

Back to the coffee shop...the house where Homura lived together——Thinking of the word 'home', Madoka felt a twinge of pain in her heart.

He also called home, hesitating whether or not to talk about Homura, he couldn't even hear what was said on the other side of the receiver, he wanted to pay attention, but he couldn't concentrate.

"...Yuan? Are you okay?" What did Dad say earlier?

I don't know, it would be weird to ask back, Yuan tried his best to calm down a little so that his voice wouldn't sound so weird.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," she replied.

hang up the phone.

And then, what to do next? …

...Maru saw the cat in the house.

By the way, cat.

She mechanically walked to the cupboard where the cat food bag was placed, took it out, added cat food to the cat food bowl, and filled the water bottle.

Then went to the bathroom.

The blood that does not belong to him has dried up on his hands.I washed my hands repeatedly, but no matter how many times I soaped them, my hands still had that sticky touch. Brown-red foam dripped from my fingers and wrists, and gathered at the drain where the lid was not fully opened.

She stared for a moment at the fine brown foam, which smelled of blood and lemon.

The uncontrollable nausea that seemed to be limited to the limit rolled from his stomach to his throat, Yuan hurriedly lay down next to the toilet, and vomited until his eyes were blurred and he couldn't see clearly, and his nostrils were filled with a pungent sour and bitter taste.

Kneeling on the tile floor and pawing the toilet in a daze for a long time, I felt that all the strength in my body had been drained.

...is there anything else to do?

His dull brain couldn't even bite the gears of thinking, Yuan desperately looked for a reason to get himself up and take the next step.

Is today Thursday?

Yes.

What day is tomorrow?

Friday.

What is it?

working days.

Do you think you can go to work tomorrow?

Yuan looked at his hands that had been trembling for some time.

Probably not.

she said to herself.

Getting up from the ground and rinsing her mouth, Yuan made a phone call to the school leader. When she asked the reason for her leave, Yuan regretted telling the truth. The concern on the other end of the phone made it difficult for her to respond now.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just a mental shock."

Now I can stand still and make a phone call, so how can something happen.

...so stop asking.

I'm fine.

But Homura has something to do.

The things that should be dealt with should be dealt with, Yuan went through it with his rusty brain, and confirmed that there was nothing, probably.He went upstairs and took off his blood-stained coat and changed into another.

Go to the hospital.

People in the tram along the way were talking about the explosion that just happened, and it was also broadcast on the car TV.Several people have died, and the injured have been sent to the hospital, among which three seriously injured are being rescued in the hospital.

Three seriously injured people are being treated in hospital.

Yuan pulled the ring and listened silently, and stopped her suspicions, not thinking about which side Homura was divided into now.

About an hour later, Madoka arrived at Homura's hospital.

Yuan bought a can of coffee from the vending machine downstairs in the hospital, and then sat on a bench in the corridor.

Sayaka called and asked where Yuan was now——Yuan was really exhausted, so she told her truthfully that she was in the hospital.

Kyoko brought a bento, and Sayaka kindly advised her to eat better, Yuan nodded, even though the bento tasted as tasteless as the can of coffee in her hand now.

...Is he too cold-blooded?

She wanted to cry for a while, but found that she couldn't cry.It's hard, but why can't I cry.

Madoka thanked Sayaka and Kyoko for their kindness, but it was unreasonable to let them accompany her all the time, and she wanted to be alone.

There are fewer and fewer people in the hospital as the sky gets darker, and the longer the time goes on, the less there are people. At the end, only another middle-aged man who is a little far away from the other side is sitting on the bench in the corridor. female.

Homura seems to have entered the ICU.But Madoka didn't see it with her own eyes, so she didn't know if she was really there.

Yuan stared blankly at the white wall opposite.

will be all right? ...

It will definitely be... Homura... But she has overcome many difficulties, hasn't she.

Yan, I'm so tired...

----

——I don't know how long it took to realize that someone is calling me.

"Are you crying?"

A girl who looked as delicate as a doll and dressed in a gothic costume spoke to her.

what……

Yes.

I'm crying.

Yuan wiped her tears with her sleeve, but soon her vision was blurred again, it was so embarrassing, the tears couldn't stop.

"Do you want to eat tomatoes?"

The girl handed over a bright red tomato, why a tomato?Yuan was puzzled.

Then, more than one girl ran over and formed a circle, laughing and dancing beside her.

Yuan's arms were stuffed with tomatoes.

Because the scene was so strange, she gradually forgot to cry.

"Gottist tot—Gottist tot—Gottist tot—"

The children circled around her, shouting this in unison, Yuan didn't quite understand what they were talking about...

"Didn't you say that, that sentence is forbidden."

——A familiar voice.

Yuan, who was holding the tomato, turned around, and a person came from the other side of the white corridor.

... Homura? …

That should be Homura, right? ...

But what about that outfit, and the...wings on the back.

That face was clearly Homura, but his aura was completely different from the Homura he was familiar with, so Madoka was a little suspicious.

"...Homo?" Madoka asked hesitantly.

The man didn't answer, and looked at her with a very ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Is it Homura?" she asked again.

"...No." She finally answered the second time.

Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough not.The Homura I know doesn't look like this, it should be just two people who look alike.

flame…

By the way... Homme...

Yuan bit her lips tightly.

"Well, who are you, please?..."

"Me? I'm a devil."

"Really?"

"If it's a fake replacement."

The person who was very similar to Homura was smiling playfully from beginning to end, maybe... it was really a demon.

It doesn't matter, whether it's a demon or an angel.

"Evil, Miss Demon, can I ask you one thing?"

Yuan clenched her fists and mustered up the courage to ask the person in front of her.

"what?"

"I have a friend... no, not a friend."

"..."

"It's someone I love. She is dying. Can you save her?"

"..."

Is it an illusion?The demon looked a little dazed.

Afraid she didn't hear clearly, Yuan repeated it.

"Can you save her? Please."

A few seconds later, the other party's expression returned to the original one.

"It's ok.... But it's not free from my side... What are you going to exchange for it?"

In exchange for what...

Madoka was stunned, if he wanted to save Yan's life, it must be something equally precious...

Equally precious…

Only my own life.

"...in exchange for my life."

Yuan did not immediately hear the demon's response.

"Stupid", she laughed after a while, "...wouldn't that be meaningless."

So what should I use——

Before Yuan could speak, the index finger of the demon who was taller than her pressed her lips, stopping her words.

"…I'm just kidding."

The demon reached out and ruffled her hair.

"She'll be fine."

"Hey, let's go."

The demon clapped his hands, and the group of children gathered around Yuan, giggling and taking away the tomatoes from her bosom again.

Yuan stared blankly at those strange children and that demon.

...Is the devil such a gentle guy...?

"Hey."

"what…"

Someone was pulling the corner of her clothes, Yuan lowered her head, a girl with brown hair and bun-style hair looked at her coyly, and then stuffed her own tomato into Yuan's hands.

"This is for you."

"Hey, what are you doing, you have to go."

"Yes--"

The girl at the head of the dumpling smiled at Yuan, and ran to catch up with the team in front.

----

……

"Hey?…"

——Yuan opened his eyes.

She raised her head, facing a pure white wall, and she was sitting on a somewhat uncomfortable bench.

Here is the hospital.

……Dream?

She frowned suspiciously... There seemed to be something in her hand, in terms of shape, it didn't seem to be a coffee can.

He lowered his head, holding a tomato in his right hand.

——How could I let Madoka feel unbearable pain?

--to be happy.

round.

Note:

5-4's "□□□□□□□." is not a coding problem.

Er Zhou Muyan said to Yuan

"I will definitely save you."

"No matter how many times you reincarnate."

"I will definitely protect you."

... Of course, it doesn't matter if you understand it as another sentence :)

The closest thing should be the wormhole in the parallel world that atj said.

"No matter which world you are in, I hope you will be happy"

In terms of ability, the Flame Demon must be the flame who has completely abused this world, but this is not the one Madoka here knows after all.

When I say this, I think of rebellion... At the beginning, Homura appeared as a black twist.

Hei Changzhi/Flame Demon will give Yuan a great sense of depression, and it is the same in Samsara. Samsara Flame is always "scary" in Yuan's eyes, such an impression.

Flame Demon does not belong to this world.

"Is it Homura?"

"…no…"

It's Homura, but not the Homura you know.

So according to the premise of this question, no.

Personally... I feel sorry for the flame of the flame demon.

She will go by herself.

So please don't try to drive her away if you can :)