About becoming a magical girl

"Huh? I've never been here before..."

"I came here when I was a child."

"Yes, is that so... I don't even remember..."

"At that time, you were still very young, and you clamored to come here to play every few days."

Evenier pursed her lips and smiled, Xue Nai looked at the deserted night around her, her face flushed.

It turned out that she had been here when she was a child, and she couldn't recall the memory of that time, which surprised Xue Nai. She couldn't imagine what she looked like when she was playing here when she was a child. When, is there anyone else besides herself and Naoko? She could only vaguely recall the warm palm of someone touching her fingertips at that time.

That person must be Naoko, she thought.

"follow me."

Efnir went straight to the side of the dilapidated shrine, where there was a pool that was so dry that only green moss remained, and then went to the back, and Xue Nai saw a tree that was two people tall.

That tree was very different from the surrounding trees, standing there alone, dotted with white petals falling on the ground and dotted in front of the treetops, like light snow in winter, piled fluffy on the branches.

"Remember it?"

Shino shook her head hesitantly.

"Could it be that Naoko planted it?"

"It's the two of us."

Evenier lowered his gaze.

"When I first got it from your aunt, it was just a seed... It is said to be a variety from the north, but it turned out to be able to bloom well here... It is more tenacious than expected. However, the next flowering period will come soon."

Xue Nai raised her eyes and looked at the lonely and blooming little flower, as if she was looking at the distant sky.

"Winter...is the season I'm looking forward to..."

"Me too."

Efnir let go of Xue Nai's hand, and walked to the front to have a look.

"Actually, I came here to find something...I should have brought you here long ago, but now...it's probably not too late, right?"

"what is it?"

"You'll know it when you look at it, but there's no guarantee you'll find it."

Evenier just smiled, lightly tapped the ground, and a gust of wind and waves swayed the fallen leaves away.

The silver glow surged, and the spear appeared in her hand. She walked around Xia Chun, then carefully raised the spear and stabbed it into the ground and then pulled it out, repeating this several times.

Then there was a muffled sound, and Evnil paused slightly in his hand, and flicked lightly, the soil was turned over, revealing something under the shallow soil.

"Sure enough, it's still here..."

Evenier squatted down, carefully picked up the item, and took out a piece of paper to wipe it.

After roughly cleaning it, Xue Nai saw that it was a small square box.

The surface looks like it is made of metal, but perhaps because it has been buried in the ground for too long, the box has been deformed, and the paint surface has peeled off a lot, exposing the rusty bottom layer.

She couldn't help being a little curious.

"what is this……"

"Want to see it?"

Avenier handed the box to Xue Nai and motioned for her to open it. Xue Nai raised her eyes to look at Ave Neil, and took the box carefully.

After being wiped, the surface of the square box still has some traces of soil stuck to it, with a faint smell of wet grass. The buckle of the box has already been rusted so that it is tightly stuck to the box cover, making it difficult to disassemble. Xue Nai frowned. , with a little force, but accidentally broke off together with the buckle and the cover.

Xue Nai was taken aback by the box that was suddenly broken and opened, she let out a soft cry, and then her eyes were attracted by the items inside.

Unlike the corroded exterior, the inside of the box still looks very clean, with neat sealing lines on the edges, and the inside looks like a multi-layer sealing structure made of alloy. In the middle, there are two clean glass bottle.

The glass bottles are opaque, and on one glass bottle is the name "Shiomi Yukina", with crooked handwriting that is almost too faint to be seen, while the other is in neat and beautiful handwriting, which says "Naoto Yanase".

"Is this... buried when we were young?"

"Yes."

"This is, is it that!?—Write down the wish you want to realize, bury it in the soil like a seed, and wait for it to germinate—is this kind of game?"

Xue Nai opened her eyes wide, as if stars were floating in her eyes.

"Naoko, can I open it and have a look?"

"It was originally agreed to wait until your 15th birthday to open it, but now it has been several months... But it shouldn't be too late, right?"

"Does Naoko remember such things so clearly..."

"My memory is the only thing I can boast about."

Evenier giggled.

"Open it."

"Um……"

What kind of feeling does it feel to open up the wishes buried in childhood and pick up the forgotten wishes?

What was your wish at that time.

Does it take root and sprout and bloom beautiful flowers like this tree?

She carefully uncorked the bottle little by little, and pulled out a piece of yellowed and crumpled paper.

She spread the paper out.

It was a painting. Although the color of the paper had changed after a long time, and the pen, ink and paint on it had faded, the crooked and immature lines could still be vaguely seen.

There are sun, blades of grass, flowers, and balloons. Two people hold hands and hold a bouquet of flowers together.

Xue Nai looked at the drawing paper in her hand and suddenly laughed.

When and in what mood she drew this picture, she can't remember clearly, but there is no doubt that she must be smiling at that time.

"Can I open Naoko's wishing bottle?"

"Okay, just watch it."

Evenier just smiled, and Xue Nai couldn't wait to hold the bottle with "Naoto Yanase" in her hand.

Feeling the cold touch coming from the bottle, she suddenly became nervous.

Pursing her lips slightly, Xue Nai uncorked the bottle and turned the bottle upside down.

but……

"babble?"

Xue Nai tried pouring it again, then turned her head suspiciously to look into the bottle.

"No?"

In her first reaction, Xue Nai felt that she must have been teased by Naoko again.

But Evenier also put on a suspicious look, knelt down beside her, took the bottle and took a closer look inside.

"Why not?"

Like Xue Nai, Evenier also showed a puzzled expression.

That expression didn't look like it was teasing.

"and many more……"

Snapped--

Eveniel smashed the bottle, but there was still nothing between the shards of glass.

"How could there be no..."

Eveniel frowned seriously.

And Xue Nai blinked her eyes, and gave Evenier a strange look.

"Sister, did you forget to put it in?"

"I... I remember that I put it in... It's not something that will be completely oxidized..."

But if this is not the case, why is there nothing in this "wish box" that has not been touched for more than ten years?

Evenier doesn't really believe that she will really forget, but after many years, she can't say the words "it is absolutely impossible to forget" with certainty.

At this time, a drop of coldness bloomed on the tip of Xue Nai's nose.

Soon, the sound of drizzling gradually rose, flapping among the forest leaves.

Xue Nai raised her chin slightly and looked towards the sky.

— At night, it rained.

……

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160. Drizzle

The shrine is not too big.

Except for the surrounding buildings, the inside is an empty worship hall, which has long been dilapidated because no one has repaired it all year round.

"Speaking of which, wouldn't it be a bad idea to just take away things from the shrine?"

"Probably...it doesn't matter, right? My lord will forgive me."

Evenier held up an oil-paper umbrella with a big hole in it, and twitched the corner of her mouth.

"That being said, these umbrellas don't look like they're going to be used..."

The rain outside is not considered heavy, but if it gets wet because of it, it is really not worth it.

Evenier turned on the light on her mobile phone, while Xue Nai walked away to the side.

Compared to Evenier who was not in the same tune, Xue Nai didn't need lights to see things in the dark. She looked around, stood still in front of the charity box, stretched out her hand, and touched the hemp rope.

Jingle Bell--

The crisp rattle echoed in the rainy night.

"Want to make a wish?"

When she looked away, Evenier had already come to Xue Nai with the broken umbrella, and took out a few coins.

It was exchanged when the photo was taken and has not been spent yet.

"Is it possible? This place has already become like this..."

"It doesn't matter...as long as someone sincerely makes a wish, I believe my lord God will definitely hear it."

Evenier smiled, put down her umbrella, and wiped her hands in the rain.

The rattle swayed a few times and made a crisp sound.

Evenier closed her eyes lightly, and opened them after a while.

"What did Naoko promise?"

"Isn't it going to work if you can't say it?"

Evenier tilted her head and smiled.

"Would you like to promise one too?"

"Um……"

Xue Nai took the coin from Avenier, and shook the hemp rope accordingly.

("I hope Naoko and I can live happily together forever...")

She murmured silently in her heart, then opened her eyes.

The night wind blew, and the wind chimes swayed gently. Xue Nai took a step back and took Evenier's hand. Their ten fingers naturally searched for the distance between them, and then clasped tightly.

"What did Xue Nai promise?"

"If you don't tell me, I won't tell you either!"