The world is broken, my Valkyrie is doubled

"Those are just wild flowers and weeds outside... If you want to take pictures, feel free to do so."

Listening to the other party's words of forcing a topic, Yuno sighed helplessly. To be honest, Yumi's behavior of treating her as a friend and forcing a topic has been going on for nearly three months. She has become accustomed to her behavior, so she said unhappily: "But you didn't come here just to take pictures, right? Tell me, what do you want to do today? If you don't tell me, I'll be ready to go home after watering the flowers."

"It's like this... isn't it the Summer Festival now? I want to... I want to know what Yuno's plans are?" Youmei paused and then asked.

"Summer...festival? I don't have any plans." If it were the old me, I might want to experience the excitement of the festival. But now Yuno prefers to stay alone quietly, just like now, watering the flowers and plants by herself. If she goes to a crowded and noisy place, Yuno always feels that there is an inexplicable fire in her heart, wanting to kill all those noisy people...

A hint of murderous intent flashed across her eyes, but Youmei, who had just turned around, didn't see it. Youmei seemed to be making a decision, but was too shy to say it directly to her face, so she had to turn her back to Yuno and said, "Then... Yuno-chan, can you go to the summer festival with me tonight?"

"Huh?" Yuno frowned. To be honest, Yuno wanted to refuse. She just wanted to stay at home and take a good look at the new information to see if there was any way to cheer up Higanbana.

"Well, it's mainly because it always feels a bit lonely visiting a festival alone... So, could you please ask Yuno-chan to come with me?" Youmei clasped her hands together and said with a smile.

"Lonely?" Yuno looked at the word thoughtfully, and then looked at the still listless red spider lily.

"If you can't accept me as your new friend... then what about this?" Yuno looked at the forget-me-not that she always carried with her from a distance. This time, she did not take the forget-me-not away like she did in the past, but placed it next to the red spider lily.

"Okay, what time will we meet tonight?" After the fireworks were over, he thought that he didn't have any forget-me-not flowers on him, so he could go to the celebration, so he looked at Youmei and said.

Chapter 41 Summer Fireworks (Part 1)

"You're so slow... Youmei." Yuno was wearing a kimono that she hadn't worn for a long time, and was waiting for Youmei to arrive at the entrance of the festival. It was clearly the time that Youmei had agreed to meet, but now it has been several minutes and Youmei is nowhere to be seen. I really don't know where she is.

"If you are kidding me." Yuno's negative emotions became active again. She was already very uncomfortable with the lively environment and was in a bad mood. Yumi's late arrival made Yuno even more anxious. Although Yuno was usually annoyed by this classmate who was always around her, she might not even realize that she cared more about this nominal friend than she thought.

"Sorry! Yuno-chan! Here, here!" A hurried voice came from a distance. Yuno looked towards the source of the voice and said with a frown, "How come you are late for an appointment with someone?"

"Sorry... Yuno-chan... I was delayed for some time because of something. I'm really sorry." Youmei ran over, panting and said. After stabilizing her breathing, Youmei took out a brand new camera from her waist bag and said, "Because the new camera arrived today, but when I picked it up, I waited in line for a long time, so it was delayed. I'm really sorry."

"Although I know you have joined the photography club, there is no need to bring a camera to the celebration." Yuno asked.

"It's because it's a celebration that we have to bring a camera. Many wonderful things will happen at the celebration, how can we not record them well?" Youmei shook her head, then raised the camera with a smile and said, "Come on, Yuno-chan, smile."

"Hmm..." Yuno forced a smile and let Youmei take a photo, then followed Youmei into the festival street.

The streets were filled with all kinds of shops, most of which were related to food and games. Yuno and Youmei each took an apple candy and walked slowly, enjoying the excitement of the festival.

"Look Yuno-chan, there are a lot of nice masks here, why not try them on?"

……

"Yuno-chan, Yuno-chan, do you want to try catching fish? I'm really good at this. Here, I'll give you a small net~"

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"Yuno-chan, over here, this looks really cool! The juggling is pretty good, I want to record it."

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For a while, Yuno was dragged by Youmei to run around everywhere, looking around carefully. Yuno always felt that even if she was not with Youmei, she could still have a good time by herself.

"Hey? Why are there so many people there? They seem to be just watching?" Suddenly, Youmei pointed at a stall surrounded by people and said.

Yuno really didn't want to join the crowd, but she still let Youmei drag her to the crowd.

"Thank you, please move aside, thank you." Youmei held Yuno's hand tightly and squeezed into the innermost part with Yuno. "Is there anything fun here?" After squeezing in, she found that there were only two men with their backs to her in front who were doing shooting entertainment, so she asked the passers-by next to her.

"Well... Actually, the entertainment of this stall is a shooting competition. The store will send someone to shoot objects. After the object is knocked down, there will be a point value. As long as the accumulated points of your shooting reach 60% of the opponent's value, you can get a guaranteed reward. Of course, the higher the points and the closer to the opponent, the richer the gifts you get. If the points are the same as those shot by the person sent by the store, you can also get a reward of 500,000 yen." said the passerby.

"Oh... so there are so many people now. Does that gentleman have already received the guaranteed reward?"

"No... not only that, he didn't make a single mistake from beginning to end, and every shot hit the target. His points now are almost reaching the same level as the person sent by the store." said a passerby nearby.

"This is the pace of getting 50."

"The store employee just now didn't actually knock down all the targets and missed one. Maybe this player's points can now surpass the other one."

Passersby chattered for a while, and Youmei also understood what happened. Then she turned to Yuno and said, "It looks impressive. 50 yen is already a lot of money. The owner of this store is really rich. Yuno, do you think the gentleman sitting there can get the 50 yen?"

"...I guess not." Yuno narrowed her eyes. She had noticed that the shop owner's face had turned pale. He said a few words to the clerk next to him, and then the clerk secretly went around to the studio. It was estimated that there was some mechanism that could affect the objects being shot by the gun so that they would not be knocked down.

Sure enough, when a koala was hit by a gun, the koala did not fall down, so it was not counted as points.

"Ha...Okay, okay, let's play it this way, eh?" The man with the gun suddenly smiled and muttered to himself.

"Hmm? Why does this voice sound so familiar?" Because Yuno and Youmei were standing behind the man, Yuno could hear the other person's loud mumbling.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Kara—"

After the man spoke, he stood up violently and shot four times quickly, knocking down the remaining four standing objects including the koala. However, a very strange cracking sound was heard when they were knocked down.

"Oh! They're all knocked down!"

"Not only did we catch up in points, we also surpassed them. Now we can directly receive 50 yen." Passersby cheered and applauded.

The man turned around and said to the shop owner, whose face was as black as charcoal: "I originally thought that two dolls would be enough. Now, give me the money."

"Huh? Isn't this Teacher Wang Chen?" Youmei exclaimed when she saw the other person turn around.

"Tsk..." Yuno was unhappy. Although this strange teacher helped her in many things, she and him seemed to be born incompatible. Deep down, she always resisted him.

Wang Chen seemed to have heard Youmei's voice, so he turned his head and said, "Youmei? Yuno?"

"It's really Teacher Wang Chen. Are you here to attend the celebration too?" Youmei asked with a smile.

"I have nothing to do, so I came here for a walk." Wang Chen shrugged and said.

"Hehe, teacher, I saw everything just now. Such cool shooting skills, you won 50 yuan in one go. Congratulations on getting rich, teacher." Youmei said.

"Thank you for your congratulations, Youmei. Just for what you said, after you receive the award, the teacher will treat you to a delicious meal and take you to something more fun." Wang Chen smiled, waved his hand, and followed the staff to the store.

"Did you hear that? Yuno-chan, the teacher is treating us! We can have fun to our heart's content during this celebration."

Yuno stared at Yumi for a long time, smiling and happy. It was great to be able to be happy and joyful because of such a simple thing.

"Why can't I be as carefree and happy as Yumi?" Yuno couldn't help but think. The guy who bullied me no longer existed, so what was I still complaining about? Could it be that since the incident with Xiaobai, I have been mentally ill and can never recover?

"Do you think you are worthy? Executioner... hehe." A sudden voice sounded in Yuno's mind.

Chapter 42 Summer Fireworks (Part 2)

"Who?" Yuno frowned, and placed her right hand on the right side of her forehead. A very uncomfortable feeling was echoing in her head. She felt dizzy and heavy, and there were waves of tingling sensations.

"Hehehe... You have become one of us, one of the monsters. Do you still want to indulge in that kind of happiness? Stop daydreaming. Wake up quickly. Let us tear apart this hypocritical and dirty world together." The disgusting and harsh voice kept echoing around him.

“Get out…get out of here! I can do whatever I want! Be it the teacher or my deskmate. Be it destruction or tearing, or just being ordinary! I have the final say! Get out of my mind!” Yuno cursed angrily, and the harsh voice gradually became smaller, but she left behind one sentence: “You will remember everything… I’m waiting for you in the abyss… Yuno.”

"Tsk..." Yuno finally felt relieved after the pain began to fade away.

"Yuno... Yuno-chan... Yuno-chan, are you awake? Are you okay? Are you still feeling unwell?" Youmei's caring voice reached her ears, and only then did Yuno realize that she was sitting on a long wooden chair.

"Where is this place?" Yuno looked around in confusion and asked.

"This is a rest area nearby. Just now, you suddenly touched your forehead and then fainted. So I dragged you to this place to have a good rest. Then I sent a message to the teacher. After the teacher came to see Yuno's condition, he said that Yuno might have heatstroke, so he went to the pharmacy to buy medicine." Youmei said, then clasped her hands together, bowed her head and said:

"I'm sorry Yuno-chan, I was so immersed in my own world that I didn't pay any attention to Yuno-chan's physical condition. I was playing so hard that I didn't pay attention to letting Yuno-chan rest for a while."

"It's not your problem, and it's not heatstroke." Looking at Yumi apologizing to her, Yuno shook her head and said, "These are some of my own problems. You don't need to keep them in mind. There's nothing wrong now."

"Really? Yuno, don't force yourself." Youmei looked at Yuno worriedly, afraid that she said that on purpose to avoid making her worry and feel guilty.

"Are you awake?" A voice sounded from a distance, and Wang Chen came over with a bag of things and said.

"Oh, sorry to bother you, teacher." After seeing Teacher Wang Chen coming back, Youmei quickly helped take the bag and said, "Yuno-chan said she is fine now."

"Well, it should be just a mild case. Have a good rest and drink some cool food and you should be able to recover soon." Wang Chen took out a small brown bottle of medicine from the bag, opened the lid and motioned for Yuno to drink it.

"I'm fine, and I didn't have heatstroke." Yuno knew that she didn't faint due to heatstroke, so she didn't really want to drink this kind of thing.

"Don't worry, this is just something to calm your mind and relax your spirit. After drinking it, you will definitely feel better." Wang Chen said.

There was no other way. Yuno had to pinch her nose and drink it in order to avoid being noticed. It was not as bitter as she had imagined. It was slightly bitter with the sweetness of licorice. After drinking it, Yuno did feel a little more energetic and her state had changed for the better. "Then I'll bring you two some more drinks. You should rest for a while. Youmei, take good care of Yuno." After Wang Chen finished speaking, he turned and walked in a certain direction.

"Okay, teacher." Youmei nodded, then sat next to Yuno and started chatting with her, hoping to make Yuno relax a little.

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Wang Chen came to a remote place and slightly scratched his fingers. A space crack appeared in front of him. Inside the crack was a woman locked in chains. Upon closer inspection, the other person looked surprisingly similar to Yuno... No, it should be said that they were exactly the same.

"Were you the one who was playing tricks just now? Herrscher Yuno?" Wang Chen asked coldly, his attitude completely different from his previous attitude towards Yuno.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Wang Chen who likes playing house? You're so busy, how can you still find time to come visit me?" Herrscher Yuno mocked without hesitation, "As for the trick you mentioned... weren't you confident enough to temporarily separate me from that guy? Why are you coming to ask me now? Hehehe."

"So it wasn't you who did it?" Wang Chen ignored the other party's ridicule. He heard the other party's hidden meaning.

"Yes, I didn't do anything. After all, I'm still locked here. Haha, hahahaha." Yuno, the Herrscher, showed a crazy smile and said, "It's just that I sealed the wrong person after all. The one who turned into a monster was never me, but Yuno... Don't you understand? This illusion of yours is nothing but a trick of playing house to deceive yourself."

"It's like a dream. That was her dream, and here is reality... Hahahaha, like I said at the beginning, she is already a monster. She will remember all this!"

Wang Chen frowned and closed the crack again, preventing the other party's laughter from seeping in.

Then Wang Chen looked at his illusion settings... there was still some time... and some more... he would definitely be able to reawaken Yuno's original humanity and kindness.

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"What? The teacher didn't get the 50 yen in the end?"

"Yes, I heard that the boss said that the rules state that if the score is the same as the points won by the staff they sent out, they can get 50 yuan. But the teacher's points exceeded, not equal, so he used this as an excuse to not give anything. How can you do business like this?" Youmei said angrily.

"What was the result?"

"The result? As for the result... the teacher had secretly recorded it and posted it on social media. I guess we won't see this store again during the next summer festival." Youmei said with a smile, "Haha, the teacher is sometimes more malicious than you think."

"It's not strange." Yuno never thought that the strange teacher was a glorious and upright person.

"Ah, the drinks that the teacher brought have arrived." Wang Chen's figure appeared in the crowd. Youmei saw him the first time and said.

"Let's go then. I've rested enough." Yuno said, letting out a breath.

The two girls stood up and walked towards Wang Chen, meeting him. After handing over the drinks, the three of them simply walked around the summer celebration together. Although he didn't win the 50 yuan prize, Wang Chen still fulfilled his promise and took them to play, eat and drink, and enjoy the celebration.

"3, 2, 1~" One after another, the beautiful camera successfully recorded the photos of the celebration. There are photos of individuals and groups, and from the order of the photos, one person's expression is gradually softening, and he begins to devote himself to the celebration.

That was Yuno. Ever since she drank the medicine in the bottle given to her by Teacher Wang Chen, Yuno had never felt depressed again. She was able to gradually focus her attention on the celebration, and sometimes she would inadvertently reveal a tiny, barely perceptible smile.

The prelude to this celebration finally captured Yuno's heart and allowed her to immerse herself in it.

"Ah, we're almost at the end. There's a shrine on the mountain where we can pray. And if we go up there, it'll be the best place to watch the fireworks at the end. How about going up there, Yuno-chan?" Youmei asked Yuno with a smile, pointing upwards.

Chapter 43 Summer Fireworks (Part 2)

"Since you recommend it so much, let's go." Yuno was already used to being led by Youmei to experience the summer festival. Wang Chen followed the two students silently, watching them relax themselves to their heart's content in this festival.

We climbed the steps and followed the crowd to the shrine on the mountain. Unlike the Fox Shrine that Yae Rin was in charge of, the shrine here was much more majestic in both scale and architectural style. And the surrounding area was very lively.

The prayer column was filled with wishes written by people passing by. Youmei, Yuno, and Wang Chen each received a prayer board from the shrine staff and prepared to write down their wishes and hang them on the prayer wall.

Wang Chen and Youmei finished writing their wishes quickly and hung them on the red string on the wishing column. But Yuno was still not done. Yuno was a little unsure of what she wanted.

"Anything that bothers you or anything you want to accomplish can be written on the wish board." Wang Chen reminded.

So Yuno nodded slightly and wrote down something she wanted to accomplish recently: "I hope Higanbana can cheer up with Xiaoyou's help."

The little worry here refers to the forget-me-not that Yuno placed next to the red spider lily today.

"Maybe this will cheer up the red spider lily?" Yuno thought to herself after hanging up the sign.

"Let's go, let's go to the shrine to pray, and then we can go to the observation deck and wait for the fireworks." Youmei took Yuno's hand and walked towards the main hall of the shrine.

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After queuing up and taking turns to pray, the three finally arrived at the observation deck. However, the scene before them made them feel very complicated.

There were just too many people! To watch the fireworks, everyone knew to go to the viewing platform, but it was already crowded, and the good spots were already occupied, so I could only stand at the outermost edge to watch. It would be better to go down to watch the fireworks, at least the view would not be blocked by the sea of ​​people.

"Ah, I see a lot of people going straight downstairs." Youmei noticed that many passers-by who arrived late like the three of them had to regretfully choose to go back downstairs to watch the fireworks.

"We finally wanted to come up to watch the fireworks, and now we have to walk back like this. It's such a pity." Youmei lowered her head and sighed.

"Look, it seems like someone is going in another direction." Yuno suddenly noticed that some passers-by not only did not go down the mountain, but instead walked into the woods and went up the mountain.

"Yes! You can also climb higher on the mountain to watch it! Maybe there will be a better place to watch the fireworks than here on the observation deck." Youmei said immediately after being reminded.

"Ah... they were driven back by the staff." But when Yuno and the others wanted to go over, they found that some of the people who had climbed the mountain before were driven back by the staff patrolling around.

"After all, the mountain is an undeveloped area, and the roads are rugged or even non-existent. There are certain risks. In order to maintain safety, the staff drove them all back." Wang Chen explained, "But some people still sneaked up."

"Should we still go up?" Yuno asked.

"Well... if that's the case, let's not cause trouble to others." After a lot of effort, she came up with a new idea. However, after hearing that the road ahead was risky and that there were staff members driving them away, she did not insist on going forward out of the idea of ​​not causing trouble to others.