northernbook Chapter 213 Bitter Summer
Chapter 213 Bitter Summer
During the summer vacation, Miyin was surprised to find that Geto Suguru was not in a good mood. He shifted his gaze to Gojo Satoru next to him and asked silently.
"What happened to Jay?"
"He said it was the bitter summer..." Gojo Satoru scratched his head and leaned over to answer softly, "But I don't believe it. There must be another reason."
The dark circles under his eyes were much heavier and he looked very decadent. One could feel his fatigue just by leaning against the wall.
For some reason, Miyin suddenly thought of the Geto Suguru whom he met in the future, and the words that the other party had asked him to bring over and had told him in person.
"If you encounter difficulties, talk to your friends more often. They will give you the best answers."
Miyin took a few steps forward, stood on tiptoe, patted his shoulder, and smiled at him: "So, what bad things have happened to our Pokémon Master? Do you mind chatting with us?"
"Can you please not call me by that name on weekdays..." Xia Yujie, who was originally in deep thought, suddenly came to his senses and raised his hand to cover half of his face helplessly, "I always feel a little embarrassed."
"Then come and talk to us~" Miyin pulled up his arm, and with the other hand, she grabbed Gojo Satoru and led them both into the sunlight. "Let's go to our old place."
The summer temperature had not yet dissipated, and they did not feel anything when standing in the shade. However, once they were under the sun, the temperature rose by minutes. Gojo Satoru could not stand it after only ten seconds, so he decisively grabbed the two of them and teleported to the alley near Luna, and rushed to the second floor in a 100-meter sprint.
When the remaining special-grade sorcerer, Yuki Kujuku, came to the technical high school to visit the other three classmates, he was told by Nozomi, who was watching the whole thing in the corridor while chewing a popsicle, that the three of them had skipped class and gone out to play.
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On the second floor of Luna, there are familiar rooms, familiar members, and two non-humans.
Miyin went to the kitchen downstairs to get something and came in with Xiaoye, carrying tea and snacks, followed by the cat chef. It was almost noon now and the morning's work had basically been done, so it was okay for Mia to come up and rest for a while.
"Are you still adapting to your new body, Ayi?" Miyin asked with a smile as she placed the items on the tray one by one on the low table in the middle.
"I wasn't used to it at first, but now I've adapted a lot." The little paper man standing on the table waved his arms, and Ina Tsubasa's voice came. A pendant inlaid with a red gem hung around his neck, emitting a faint red light.
Miyin has been running to Hongye this summer just to find a way to get the other party to leave the store briefly. After several experiments, she found that the little paper man consumes the least energy and has the longest action time. It's a pity that in this state, someone must lead it to move, otherwise it will be blown away by the wind.
After attaching his consciousness to the red pendant, Ina Tsubasa's body fell asleep in Hongye's shop. The little paper man wearing the pendant can move around outside for about four hours. If the distance is far, the time will be halved, but no matter what, he can temporarily leave that place and see the outside world.
Therefore, this summer, Ina Tsubasa didn't talk much with Geto Suguru, so when he saw him again, he was also shocked by his haggard face.
"Jie, what happened?" The little paper man walked up to Xia Yujie on his short legs, stretched out his short hands and patted his hands on the table, his tone as gentle as ever, "Tell us about it."
Xia Yujie, who was a little curious about this appearance, stretched out his finger and tapped the head of the little paper man. The soft touch made him tap it several times until the little paper man fell to the table. Then he laughed softly twice.
"Thank you." Xia Yujie's eyebrows softened, and he picked up the little paper figurine and placed it in his palm. He looked around at his companions and said with determination, "I... seem to be confused now. If you don't mind, I would like you to give me some advice."
"Don't worry, no one in this room is normal." Miyin handed over the poured Coke and successfully attracted Qi Mu's angry glare.
'Speak nicely.'
"Pfft... In a sense, what Xiao Mi said is indeed right." Ah Qing covered her face and laughed softly, still looking gentle in the kimono with purple flowers.
"It seems that I really can't be considered a human being now." Inai Yi looked at his light body. At least he looked like a human being before, but now... forget it, let's not talk about it.
"Meow?" Mia, who was curled up behind her little master and had her paws pinched by a fellow cat, called out in confusion.
"..." Xiaoye, who was kneeling beside Mia and petting the cat, remained silent.
Gojo Satoru, who was leaning on Yayin and quietly pinching the cat's paw, exuded a joyful aura, and his sky-colored eyes, which were blocked by sunglasses, were slightly shining.
"Well, that's true..." Looking at this group of people, Geto Suguru had to agree with this statement. They were indeed not normal people.
Shinsengumi, sorcerer, psychic, Aoandon, special-grade cursed spirit, mutated big cat, and...Tsukumogami.
"Come on, Lord Jie, please tell me your story." Miyin picked up an octopus ball with a skewer and handed it to the other party as a microphone, saying with a smile.
Amused once again, Geto Xia Yu took the skewer and twisted it between his fingers, but didn't eat it. After looking at it for a while, he heard him slowly speak...
"I've been thinking recently... about whether it's true that sorcerers must protect non-sorcerers."
"Although I really want to say this is right, but... perhaps after so many missions recently and seeing too much of the ugliness of human nature, I'm starting to waver on this idea."
"Those with special abilities should protect ordinary people without them... Is this a sorcerer's responsibility... or is it a shackle?"
"Exorcise... absorb... exorcise... absorb... does this repetitive cycle really... make sense?"
"Are the humans we should protect...really such ugly ones?"
After he finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. After waiting for a while without receiving any reply, Geto Xia Yu looked up blankly, and saw that Miyin opposite him suddenly made a furious sound, and then laughed louder and louder.
"What? So you're thinking about this kind of thing." After laughing for a while, Miyin wiped the corners of her eyes and continued, "Why do you set such a dead end for yourself?"
"Your abilities are innate, and your current strength is earned through your own hard work. You don't need to set rules for yourself to protect ordinary people because of this. No one will force you to do so. Just act according to your own heart."
"There's no need to distinguish between sorcerers and ordinary people. This planet can still rotate without anyone, and society can still function without one person. No one is indispensable. Even a Shinsengumi like me was fine for hundreds of years before I showed up~"
Taking herself as an example, Miyin held her cheek with one hand, pointed at herself with the other, and smiled.
"Selfishness, greed, laziness, jealousy, suspicion, ignorance, stupidity... bullying the weak, oppressing the good and fearing the evil, taking advantage of the strong to bully the weak... these are indeed human nature."
"But human nature also has a beautiful side: love, kindness, honesty, integrity, tolerance, optimism, gentleness, humility... and so on. It's hard to describe it in words."
“You can use the most vicious words in the world to describe it, or you can use the most beautiful words to embellish it, because human beings themselves are a contradiction.”
"Who can tell right from wrong, good from evil? You just need to be yourself and don't worry about the outside world's opinions, because you are the only one in the world~"