Episode ①② Compensating for Deficiency by Depleting Surpluses Part 3
“Here we go again, another choice…”
Perhaps one cannot avoid choices as long as they are alive.
But I have trouble making decisions.
My choices could potentially decide the fate of the world. How many times has this happened now?
Spare me…
Just a few hours ago, I was in the awkward position of needing to choose a principal wife. Now, I have to choose whether the world lives or dies?
What a leap in difficulty! Does the choice have to be this big?
Facing a choice is the most painful thing, but one cannot avoid choices again and again throughout life. Only those who have made two choices can gain a moment of peace and happiness.
“Yes, it’s a choice.”
“Is it a choice between two, or three, or even four? Though I don’t think there would be that many solutions.”
“No, this time there are no options. You decide what to choose.”
“What?”
There are no options? I have to decide myself?
What kind of test is this?
Is it a life-or-death question?
“Then this isn’t a choice at all…”
“Even without options, it’s still a choice. It’s just that you can set the options yourself. Well, for example—”
The girl tapped her chin and suggested.
“The simplest option is to return the world to how it was. Just discard the excess parts.”
…This won’t do.
Only this one is not acceptable.
Like I said before,
Although, in essence, that part was redundant to the original world.
But I refuse to acknowledge it.
SF Oyster Snack.
It’s my stubbornness, my prejudice. I don’t want to think about that kind of ending.
“Why not? This is actually the most correct answer, and the optimal solution. Dust to dust, let everything return to its origin. The world can then continue to cycle.”
“But if that happens… you and Ling would both ‘die’.”
“…Heh, indeed, death. Losing oneself is no different from dying.”
“I knew you wouldn’t choose to sacrifice your ‘one,’ so I’m getting a free ride, aren’t I?”
“You knew from the beginning that I wouldn’t choose this option, didn’t you?”
“Naturally. When we first met, you already had your answer.”
…So that’s why it pretended to be Xuan’er to deceive me? It was actually testing me.
“Then, if this option won’t work, let’s move on to the next one? You don’t want to sacrifice Lou Ling, so you’re unwilling to choose the previous option. Then, what if… it’s just ‘me’ that is sacrificed?”
“What? ….”
She spread her arms, as if to embrace me, or perhaps the world. She herself was the world.
“Two complete worlds have merged, and that’s why they repel each other. So, ‘destroying one of the worlds’ should suffice.”
Hearing her words,
I frowned, a little surprised.
I wasn’t surprised by the option of destroying one world, but rather that she would propose it herself.
“You and I are not related, and today is the first time we’ve met. You don’t need to worry about me, do you?”
“Don’t pretend to be benevolent. I know you’re kind, but you’re not— Well, someone must have told you that before, right?”
“You know everything about me?”
When I was in the Mirror World, I faced a similar problem.
I am not a saint, just a pushover.
Saving everyone is not my ideal, nor is it something a mere human like me can do.
They taught me ‘selfishness,’ which is why I was able to maintain my ‘self’ during the long wait.
So, if I could abandon the she who is before me, I wouldn’t hesitate.
But the key is… would she really choose to sacrifice herself willingly?
Moreover, she is currently residing in Xuan’er’s body. If she disappears along with Xuan’er…
It would be a lose-lose situation, which is something I wish to avoid.
“Oh~ Could it be that you’re worried about—” she asked innocently, as if just discovering it.
I think my expression conveyed my thoughts even without me answering.
She naturally understood what I meant and continued her monologue.
“Heh, that’s right. It wouldn’t make sense if you weren’t worried. Then, I’ll return it to you.”
“Huh?”
I didn’t react in time, but she had already stood up and walked up to me.
Closing her eyes, she stood on her tiptoes and hugged my neck.
Then she kissed my lips.
As our lips met, I felt ‘something’ slip into my body.
But it was only for an instant, and the sensation vanished.
The girl before me had changed.
Immediately afterward, the girl opened her eyes again. Although I hadn’t asked yet, I instinctively felt that the person before my eyes…
was the Xuan’er I was familiar with.
“…Xuan’er!”
“Xuan’er?! Are you alright, Xuan’er!”
“I’m so hungry~”
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“Uh!”
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It was just hunger.
I was dizzy. Seeing Xuan’er look so uncomfortable, I thought she had done something to her. Turns out…
Xuan’er rubbed her eyes and said.
“Haa~ I feel like I slept for a very long time… Juncheng, where is this?”
“…The basement?”
“Why would you come up with such a perverted answer— It’s completely wrong!”
“What are you doing? I’m still—”
“And you brought me to the basement after making me sleep? Juncheng, I was actually looking forward to it a little.”
“You were looking forward to it? How did even you become so perverted, Xuan’er?”
“Hehe, this is what they call ‘birds of a feather flock together’.”
Heilong maintained her pose, wrapping her arms around me, and licked my ear with her small, pink tongue.
“?”
“Since you haven’t done anything yet, Juncheng, it means you’re planning to do something to me now, right? I guessed correctly, didn’t I?”
“Don’t try to seduce me right after waking up. Aren’t you hungry?”
“Yes, hungry in both senses of the word, hehe~”
My body. How could this be?
“I thought I would have a curvy figure, but I didn’t expect to still be so underdeveloped? Since I’m human now, I should continue to grow.”
“This…”
Has Xuan’er forgotten what happened when she was possessed?
She must have been in a deep sleep the whole time.
She mumbled. Or rather…
“Never mind. Anyway, Juncheng, you’re a pervert who likes lolis, so you probably won’t mind this.”
“Lolis are more to your taste. Anyway, as a commemoration of arriving in a new world, let’s have one first.”
“When did you become so seductive?”
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Damn loli, she’s so sweet— CG Jiu You
I am an existence from the underworld.
“Hehe, when you first saw me, didn’t you already know my true nature? I’m a ghost.”
I need human yang energy.
“You are human now…”
“Is~ that~ so~?”
She sold her cuteness.
Mmm, wait. What is this feeling? It feels like my yang energy is being drained.
My head feels…
Terrible, I’m going to faint….
I woke up abruptly.
No, I haven’t woken up yet.
…This is…
Ah, I didn’t expect to have ‘returned’ here again.
Where is this place?
I’ll describe it and you’ll know.
There is no up or down, no inside or outside, just emptiness.
The entire world is pure white, stretching endlessly, like an infinitely large blank sheet of paper.
This is a dream, a mental space, and the surface of my consciousness.
It’s just that the Yata no Kagami is gone, and Zi’ai is also gone.
It has truly returned to pure white.
Since the Yata no Kagami was smashed,
and Zi’ai left my body, I haven’t entered this space.
Now that I’m here, it must be because of ‘its’ summoning.
Xuan’er’s recovery means it has left Xuan’er.
And entered my body.
“Yo, Juncheng An, good morning~”
The world greets me.
