My mother's love song

The girl named Shiki spoke with the same tone as a man, so Fujino couldn't tell her age.

But this surname probably refers to the Liang Yi?

This makes sense, too, of the high-quality twisted silk garment.

If she was the daughter of the Yomiuri family, it would not be surprising if she had her own exclusive textile master.

"Fujino, do you hate Shiki?" Rod asked as if no one was around.

The girl tried to close her eyes, clutched his arm tightly, and shook her head.

She and I just weren't compatible.

"Okay."

Shi threw a pair of black-framed glasses at Rhodes and sat down on the chair.

Fujino stared at the glasses curiously, and then Rod began to explain to Fujino the reason for her painlessness.

"Fujino, you contracted neuromyelitis optica when you were very young."

"...Neuromyelitis optica?"

Fujino put his hands under his eyes in confusion.

"Neuromyelitis optica, also known as David's disease, is a type of myelitis. This disease can cause sensory paralysis. The general symptoms are motor and sensory paralysis in the lower body, as well as decreased vision in the eyes. It is said that there is even a risk of blindness."

"……Um."

"Usually, neuromyelitis optica requires steroid therapy in the early stages. However, your father did not give you the correct treatment. He found a doctor and made you take a large amount of anti-inflammatory drugs.

It is a drug called indomethacin, which can relieve pain in the body.

Regardless of whether it is peripheral pain or metastatic pain, the so-called pain is a response to external "stimuli that cause abnormal life activities."

After pain-causing substances are produced in the body, they stimulate the nerve endings that control pain and send pain signals to the brain, such as "I will die if I continue like this."

Indomethacin and aspirin can inhibit prostaglandins, which contain pain-causing substances. Taking large amounts of indomethacin can almost make the pain disappear.

That’s how you become pain-free.”

The girl's body shook: "...Father, why would he do such a thing?"

It can be seen that Fujino's expression is very shaken.

No matter who it is, hearing about my father's behavior would be a big shock.

"..."

Rhodes paused.

He thought of his mother who had been fed poison by the queen since childhood, leaving her with a lifelong illness.

In the Type-Moon world, Nero Claudius's [headache] was the sequelae of being fed poison by his mother Agrippina the Younger for a long time.

It's the exact opposite of Fujino who has no pain.

However, Fujino's father probably did this to his daughter out of kindness.

"Because your father wants to suppress the devil in you." Rhodes said.

"Demon nature... are you talking about the bloodline of the Asagami family?"

Fujino was not completely ignorant of the inner workings of his family.

The bloodline of the shallow gods occasionally gives birth to abnormal people like me.

However, she has no idea what her abilities are.

Rhodes saw her confusion.

"Fujino, your eyes are called the [Mystic Eyes of Distortion], and they can distort things through space.

Regardless of whether the other party is inorganic or organic, all "things that exist as matter" can be regarded as a printed image, and by distorting the image, the strength and scale of the other party can be distorted and cut off. "

“…Distorted Mystic Eyes.”

Listening to Rod's description, Fujino's mind flashed the scene in the movie where a superpower twisted a soup spoon.

The boy nodded. "It is the highest-ranked Mystic Eye after the Rainbow, so it is quite valuable. Shiki, what did Orange say?"

Ryougi Shiki took a sip of red bean soup and replied, "Orange said she's willing to pay $300 million."

“…………Three hundred million dollars!?”

Fujino opened his mouth halfway, stunned.

The topic they were talking about was so unreal that the pain in Fujino's chest came back.

If I had 1 million US dollars... no, just 10/ of it would be enough to easily pay off all of Qian Shen's debts.

Rhodes sneered at this.

According to the market price in the Magic Eye Collection Train, he felt that Fujino's eyes were worth at least 10 billion.

Orange obviously thinks that I don’t understand the market and wants to rip me off.

"Um... do you want my eyes?" Fujino asked cautiously.

"Yeah, that's right. Your eyes are mine now. You and I are innocent, I can't possibly save you for nothing, can I?"

"...Yes, you are right."

Fujino lowered her head slightly, her neatly cut bangs covering her eyes filled with disappointment.

Rhodes said again: "Don't you have anything to say?"

"I'm... no problem. If you need these eyes."

She raised her head, looking as if she were about to die heroically.

"Please take away these eyes. Um... I think I should be fine and can endure the pain."

"Huh? Why did you pick it out?"

Rhodes said.

“Although I own these eyes, I have no intention of taking them away.

It would be too troublesome to prepare a special petri dish, so you can just keep it as the container of the magic eye."

Rhodes continued.

"Besides, keeping it with you is also an investment. If the eyes awaken new abilities one day, those new abilities will also belong to me."

At the end of "Kara no Kyoukai/Residual Pain", Fujino awakened his [Clairvoyance].

The Distorted Mystic Eyes and Clairvoyance are a Beast Match, which gives her a vision beyond that of humans.

Ultra-long-distance physical collapse technology that distorts objects from a god's bird's-eye view.

Therefore, even from an investment perspective, Rhodes would not take Fujino's eyes now.

"……I see."

The girl showed neither joy nor sadness about Rhodes' decision not to remove her eyeballs. She just stared blankly at the boy in front of her.

"Hold this."

Rod stuffed the glasses into the dazed Fujino's hands.

"This is the Demon Eye Killer. It can suppress your superpowers. Wear it until you get used to those eyes."

Fujino put on her glasses obediently, and Rod began to remind her of the precautions.

“But remember not to wear it all the time, because your physique is rather special, and if you wear it for too long it will have the opposite effect like medicine.

For example, if a person suppresses negative emotions in his heart because he cares too much about what others think of him, he might suddenly explode one day and do something irreparable. "

"..."

No matter how you look at it, Rhode is using her as an example, and the sharp-minded girl noticed it immediately.

In the past, Fujino had never opened her heart to anyone.

She didn't want to face the problems of people with normal perception.

Are you not afraid of pain? People always downplay her experience as a joke.

People who can feel pain cannot understand her feelings, so the girl closes her heart.

Mother, father, teacher, friends... Fujino didn't let anyone know that she couldn't feel pain.

At least she needs to be treated as an ordinary person by people around her, otherwise she will definitely collapse.

Fujino finally understood. Although Rhodes said that he let her keep these eyes from an investment perspective, it was not the case at all.

He is different from everyone else he has met before.

“Don’t I need to be patient?”

Fujino raised her head and asked in a tone that seemed to be asking for permission.

"Well, no need."

The boy asserted, "Fujino, you may not be an ordinary person, but you are not a monster either."

"I understand... because I am your valuable commodity."

Fujino smiled faintly.

The beautiful face coupled with the pure girlish smile made Rhodes feel dazed.

"No, there were only eyes before..." He turned his head away, "Well, as long as you... understand."

"Rod, why are you blushing?"

He crossed his legs with a mocking expression.

"I'm not blushing, don't be silly!"

He glared at Shiki behind him and changed the subject, “Fujino, why don’t you be friends with Shiki.

This guy has a pair of eyes that can see disgusting black lines. You two will definitely have a lot of common topics. "

Style: “Absolutely not.”

Fujino: “Absolutely not.”

"........."

It would have been fine if it was just Shiki, but I didn't expect that the good girl Fujino would reject me so harshly.

Rhodes scratched the back of his head, he really couldn't understand girls' hearts.

……

……

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"…Construction of Kuonji Temple."

Asagami Fujino silently read the business card in her hand, then looked up.

"this is?"

"I want to buy your family's land in Nagano."

Rhodes told Fujino his thoughts straight away.

Rather than letting the Asagami family’s land flow into the Asagami family, it would be better for me to take it all myself.

Now is the mid-90s when the bubble economy has just ended, which is the best time to buy at the bottom.

And it's not just the land, Rhodes is also interested in Fujino's mother... No, he is also very interested in the secret techniques of the Asagami family.

Rhode decided to include the Asagami family into his sphere of influence after the Einzbern family.

As for funds, he had kept the huge sum of money he had seized from the Matou family in Fuyuki in the investment fund of Kuonji, so he was not short of money.

“In return, I will pay off all debts of the Asagami family.

The ownership of the land will be transferred to my name, and I will then hand it over to the Kuonji Group for management.

Anyway, Fujino, tell your mother about this.

That is to say, even if I acquire the land, the Qian Shen family can continue to exist."