This is not the date I wanted.

"Although his body's functions have been restored, that's all. Maybe he thought he was dead, or maybe he wanted to die. There's no sign of his consciousness regaining consciousness."

I pinched Erya's face hard, and just as Mengyue said, Erya seemed to be fast asleep, with no response to any external stimuli.

——Please...kill me.

That was the prayer that Erya uttered at that time.

"If this continues, Erya will most likely spend her life as a vegetable."

Meng Yue's words made Shidao's heart drop to freezing point.

At this moment, Shidao remembered what Mengyue had said.

Just save your life.

"I'll try to wake Erya again."

Meng Yue said in a heavy tone.

"My spiritual power and hers are very similar in nature. By stimulating her spiritual power with my spiritual power... maybe... I can influence her consciousness while stimulating her spiritual power to activate it."

Spiritual power is a type of energy that is easily affected by emotional fluctuations, so conversely, changes in spiritual power may also affect the host's consciousness.

Although it is a hypothesis without any basis, as long as there is a slight possibility, Mengyue has no reason to give up.

As she spoke, a flash of blue and white electric light appeared in her palms, and Mengyue placed her hands on Erya's chest.

——Bang!

The sound like the beating of gongs and drums echoed in the empty ruins.

—Bang! —Bang! —Bang!

If you only look at this scene, it might remind you of using a defibrillator to perform CPR on a patient at an emergency scene. However, in reality, Meng Yue would inject a small amount of her spiritual power into Erya's body every time, constantly stimulating the spiritual power in Erya's body.

With every electric shock, Niya's body would twitch instinctively as an unconditioned reflex, but Shidao and Mengyue saw no signs of Niya waking up.

——Bang!

(Survive!)

There was nothing Shidou could do now, but he still held Niya's hand tightly, closed his eyes tightly, and kept reciting in his heart.

Suddenly, for some reason, Gokawa Shido saw this scene.

It was a darkness so deep that it was invisible. Deep inside it, Erya seemed to be enjoying the tranquility of the world and was sleeping soundly and peacefully.

Because her sleeping face was so happy, people couldn't help but want to let her sleep like that.

At the edge of the darkness, Mengyue was constantly knocking on the wall, trying to make a sound to attract attention.

Hearing the knock on the door, Erya seemed to have had a nightmare. His face was distorted in pain and he covered his ears with his hands.

For some reason, at this moment, Shidou felt a little sympathy for Nia.

If she really didn't want to go out, why not just let her sleep like this? It was very uncomfortable to force someone to wake up from a sweet dream.

Maybe that will be in the very distant future, but if it really doesn't work, Shidao is willing to take care of Niya until the day she chooses to wake up.

"Stay alive! Niya!"

"—!"

The shouting in his ears brought Shidou back to reality abruptly.

At this moment, Tohka was standing beside Shidou, shouting loudly to Nia.

And it's not just Tohka.

"Honjo Niya. I have fought so hard for you, but you are just going to escape and fall into eternal sleep. I will never allow it!!"

"Please. Xixian hopes you can survive."

"Go! Go! Don't stop Mengyue-chan, it's this momentum that pulls the sleepyhead out of the sheets."

"Ms. Niya...please try to wake up..."

"Come on, Honey, I'll sing a song to cheer you up!"

"Ah... I can't adapt to this atmosphere... I'm really bad... Um... please get up quickly..."

Before they knew it, everyone had gathered around Erya.

"Everyone……"

"Shidou."

Origami said in a calm tone while looking at Shidou's face.

"You told me at that time that you hoped I could live well. This time, I hope you can say the same thing to Erya."

"……I see."

He nodded firmly, holding Erya's hand and reinjecting strength.

——Bang!

(Survive!)

Maybe there are people in this world who see death as a way to get rid of the pain. But after spending a few days with Nia, Shidou is sure that Nia is not that kind of person.

——Bang!

(Survive!)

As if to convey the beauty of life and the will to live, Shidou repeated it desperately in his mind.

——Bang!

(Niya! Live!)

"Ah... it's so noisy..."

Suddenly, a voice came from their ears, causing everyone to hold their breath involuntarily.

Erya slowly opened his eyes and crawled up from the ground with a bitter and resentful face.

"Ah... I finally got a good night's sleep... Never mind... Hmm? I remember it was in the park after the comic convention... Bili-chan and the boy, as well as other elves were there too. What happened?"

As if he had not yet woken up, Erya scratched his hair in confusion and asked blankly at everyone.

— Tick.

Unable to hold back, two crystal tears flowed from Mengyue's eyes.

"Bili-chan, why are you crying? Eh? Wait——"

Without waiting for Erya to speak, Mengyue hugged him tightly.

Then, like a row of dominoes, tears filled everyone's faces.

"It's so tight! Too tight! Young man, quickly pull Bilijiang off me - Oh my god, why are you hugging me too! Wait, don't all hug me at once, someone explain this weird harem situation to me!"

What is going on? Erya raised his head and sighed for a long time, then said softly.

"Really...thank you."

PS: There have been a lot of changes, I’m so panicked.

34 Alive, First Day

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Ratatoskr's underground facility in Tiangong City.

"Yeah... no problem."

After confirming the medical report in her hand, Ling Yin nodded slightly towards Erya in the wheelchair and said,

"Thanks to Meng Yue and Zhen's timely first aid... your body is not seriously injured, and the circulation of your spiritual energy channel is quite stable. Maybe because of the blood loss... you feel weak now. But as long as you rest well, you will recover in a while."

“Ah…Is this the difference between people?”

Erya ignored Lingyin's advice and stared closely at Lingyin's proud breasts that could easily hold the teddy bear doll. He then patted the flat plain under his hospital suit and felt a sense of desolation in his heart.

Obviously, they are all members of society.

"...?"

She tilted her head in confusion. After a while, Ling Yin seemed to understand what Er Ya was talking about and said slowly,

"...It doesn't matter. I really... don't care about the size..."

(Shidao: "Yawn!")

"Can I take this as consolation..."

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, Erya sighed, shook his fingers and said seriously,

"No, no - Miss Lingyin, you should follow the customary saying here, 'Ah - big breasts are not a good thing, your shoulders will be very sore', and mentally mock me."

"what……"

Lingyin nodded, not quite understanding.

"I'm still energetic enough to joke. Looks like nothing's wrong with me."

Qin Li, who was sitting nearby, spoke while holding a lollipop in her mouth.

"Sister-chan, my compatriots!"

The veins on Kotori's forehead bulged slightly when she heard what Niya said. If the person in front of her was not a patient who had just walked out of the gates of hell, Kotori would have used the ladies' fighting skills to pin her to the ground and rub her like crazy.

After suppressing the karmic fire rising in her heart, Kotori sighed and asked.

"And how do you feel about yourself?"

"Didn't Miss Lingyin say that just now? There is absolutely no problem."

"I'm not talking about physically, I'm talking about mentally."

Kotori shook her head, thought about it for a moment, and asked vaguely,

"That's... about memory. I heard from Sister Mengyue that you have recovered your memory of being imprisoned by DEM for the past five years... so..."

"Ah, this is it."

Seeing Kotori's hesitant attitude, Niya immediately understood what she meant.

During the past five years, Erya, who was detained in DEM Society, has suffered all kinds of inhumane abuse.

People who have experienced a fire may develop a fear of fire; people who have been stabbed by a knife may faint when holding the knife.

Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of straw ropes for ten years.

The trauma in one's heart is often harder to heal than the wound in one's body. Moreover, with what Erya has experienced in the past few years, if it happened to someone else, even if they had a mental breakdown, it would not be strange to choose to bite their tongue to commit suicide.

In fact, she did break down when she recalled those memories.

"It's fine."

Erya shook his head slightly.

"Really? You didn't force yourself."

"really."

Erya nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said while scratching his hair.

"How should I put it... Although those memories are still there, they don't feel real... Even if I recall them, it's just like reading someone else's diary."

"Recognize the obstacles?"

Lingyin tried to summarize what Erya said.

"Ah——don't do this. Please don't do this. If I am sick now, then let me stay sick. If you really feel the reality of those memories, please forgive me."

As he spoke, Erya sighed softly and replied in a calm tone,

"Don't worry. I feel like I'm fine now."

This is not false.

The breathing in his chest was more comfortable than ever before, his shoulders were free of any burden, and his body was as light as a feather. If he had not been asked to rest, Erya might have found a balcony and jumped into the blue sky.

If memories are always accompanied by "painful" monsters, then now, these monsters must have been defeated by the heroes.