My mother's love song

""

Youzhu wordlessly approached the boy, gently raised her boot and kicked him in the calf.

"…Ah, it hurts! What are you doing, Youzhu?"

"Who told Luo Dejun to say something weird?"

Youzhu muttered, avoiding Rhodes' gaze.

"Ah, I can see the mansion now."

Rhodes failed to read the witch's pink girlish heart, and instead focused his attention on the dim lights on the mountain.

"Are you used to living here, Mr. Luo?"

"Well, it's quite comfortable."

"That's good."

Rhodes: "..."

Youzhu: “…”

The environment returned to silence, leaving only the alternating sounds of the two people's footsteps.

"Youzhu, let's talk about something to kill some time."

"…When you have nothing to say, there is no need to find something to say."

The girl's voice was very cold, but Rhodes didn't care.

"What are Yuzhu's measurements?"

“No comment.”

"What kind of boy does Youzhu like?"

""

"Can't you tell me this?"

"It's not that I can't say it."

Youzhu held his chin to his hand and thought seriously for a few seconds.

"Well, I like honest, steady boys who are older than me."

Rhodes complained, "What? That has nothing to do with me."

"That's right."

"By the way, Yuzu. Do you know what kind of man Aoko likes?"

At this moment, Rhodes' vision went dark and the front was covered by a shadow.

Youzhu, who was walking beside him, suddenly bent down slightly towards him.

A soft hand rested on his chest.

Then, the girl's lips gently pressed against Rhodes' lips.

"!?"

Youzhu's lips were soft and cold, but Rhodes could feel the real warmth from her lips.

Time passed silently, and two pairs of black eyes stared at each other.

Youzhu raised her head expressionlessly.

Rhodes finally came to his senses and stared at her in a daze.

Was I just kissed?

And... mouth to mouth?

"Um, Youzhu?" Rhodes spoke to her cautiously.

"……sorry."

Kuonji Yuzu tilted her blushing cheeks and murmured softly.

"I'm a witch, but I don't seem to be very good at lying."

……

……

……

In the Kuonji Residence, Yuju's room.

After returning home, Youzhu did not change into home clothes immediately as usual.

Just like her roommate Aoko would do, she simply lay down on the bed with her coat on.

The neat mattress was crumpled into a mess. In the middle of the bed, Youzhu was curled up with her petite body.

She reached out and stroked her cherry-colored lips.

Kissed.

They kissed without even confessing their love.

Even I didn't expect that I would act like that impulsively at that time.

Is it because Luo Dejun mentioned Qingzi's name?

Or is he actually taking this opportunity to vent his inner depression?

Youzhu actually had a vague feeling in her heart that she had fallen in love at first sight with a boy who was much younger than her.

Tonight, that naive spring love was finally proven true.

"I really like him."

The girl muttered to herself as she circled her fingers on the mattress.

"Qingzi, you haven't kissed Luo Dejun yet..."

……

……

……

"...Hi, murderer."

This was the first sentence Rhodes heard after entering the dream that night.

The girl standing in front of him raised her lips, an arrogant smile appearing on her decent face.

"So it's you, the boy who spoke to me in the Daihi Hinata style. Are you the master of this white death god who killed me?"

"Wait, you are."

The petite body is dressed in a dead leaf-colored kimono and a red leather jacket, with slightly messy black hair and big, Caroline-like eyes set in the small face, all of which have an elegant outline.

The person who talked to Rod in his dream was Ryougi Shiki's second personality, "Orori".

""

Rhodes narrowed his eyes slightly.

He wasn't surprised at where he was.

This was a dream, he knew it very clearly.

This is exactly the treasure held by the Pale Knight "Plague"

Come, underworld, come [Doom's day Come].

The Pale Rider can create a world that simulates the "Underworld" and pull his enemies into it.

Unlike the "Inherent Barrier", this treasure has almost no time limit.

There is also no limit to the size of enemies that the Pale Knight can swallow.

As long as conditions permit, it is possible to bring in "an entire army" or "all participants in the Holy Grail War."

Ignoring the corrections from the world, the "Underworld" created by the Pale Knight erodes reality unreasonably.

Therefore, the specifications of this Noble Phantasm are not [Barrier Noble Phantasm], but [Anti-Boundary Noble Phantasm].

The level is [EX].

The Zhi who was talking to Rod in his dream was obviously the one the Pale Knight had brought in when he was chasing the Slit Man last night.

"That idiot Plague...what kind of weird thing did he pull in here?" Rhodes muttered.

"What's your name? Never mind, it's a nice sight. I like it here."

Zhi looked curiously at the world of death where he stood.

The scenery inside the underworld created by the Pale Knight will be influenced by the Master's impression.

So, this underworld could be a typical hell or heaven-like scene, or it could be a completely empty space that crushes the soul.

And Rhodes's situation is

The endless barren land covered with human bones and skulls, and the volcano in the distance that is breeding disaster.

"Ohhh... the volcano is emitting black smoke. Is it an active volcano? It feels like a dragon could crawl out of it.

It's really interesting. Being able to see this kind of scenery after death is worthwhile. "

Zhi spoke in a masculine tone and in a very natural manner.

"After death?" Rhodes frowned.

"Yeah, don't you know?"

Zhi stared at Rhodes with her dark eyes.

"I was killed by the Grim Reaper you released, very easily, like crushing a bug.

But you don't need to feel guilty or blame him. He was planning to let me go, but I was the one who provoked him.

He is so strong! It is the first time that I feel the powerlessness of being unable to do anything against that God of Death.

Well, I am beginning to worry about the future of oranges. "

From the beginning, he had been speaking in a nonchalant tone.

"..."

Now Rhodes understood the current situation.

The Pale Knight killed Ryougi Shiki, but not completely.

Similar to the development in "Kara no Kyoukai", the weaving died instead.

Because Zhi is very special, he has no body of his own, so after being killed by the Pale Knight, he turned into a vengeful spirit.

While Rhodes was thinking, Zhi kept talking.

Maybe it's because it's a rare opportunity to chat with people, so I'm excited.

"For some special reasons, I know your identity, Liang Yi Zhi." Rhodes said.

""

Zhi opened her eyes wide in disbelief and said while staring at the boy.

"How surprising... No, it's not because you know the inside story of the Yogi family. It's because you recognized me as Ori and not Shiki at first sight."

"Well, so I only knew about this for some special reasons." Rhodes smiled bitterly.

Because you always want protection.

If one person died first, it would definitely be Ori and not Shiki.

"Liang Yi Zhi, do you want to be resurrected? You should have no reason to die."

After hearing his words, Zhi sneered: "If I say I don't want to die, can you resurrect me?"

“Man is a trinity of soul, spirit and body.

Now your soul and spirit are still alive, you just need to find a way to put them back into your body [Ryougi Shiki].