339. Sudden gale 15(2/2)
"I have a map." The girl proudly pulled out the folded parchment from her lapel, "Goodbye, Mr. Devil~"
The devil glanced at the map, quietly watched the girl go away, took off the hat on his head and placed it on his chest.
"I will always be with you." The devil exited.
The curtain slowly closed, the logistics staff quickly began to arrange new props, and Toru Watanabe mentioned the recorded voice-over on the radio.
"The girl leaves the town where she grew up and follows the first instruction on the map: drink the spring water from which she has forgotten her wish. If she can recall everything about herself, she can meet the witch. The witch has the secret to the end of the world."
"After experiencing a complete four seasons, the girl remembered her wish to go to the end of the world."
"At that moment, the witch appeared in front of her."
Toru Watanabe's voice is unhurried and smooth, and pictures naturally appear in the audience's mind, as if they are witnessing the girl's experience during this time.
The curtain opens, and the scene is no longer a house, but a forest full of birdsong.
In the forest, the spring light is bright, the rabbit is grooming the wolf, and the bird is cleaning the snake's teeth.
The witch was sitting on a tree root, holding a thick book in her hand and reading.
"Wow--"
"It's Mr. Koizumi!"
"This witch costume is so suitable! It's just not very sinister!"
People who are familiar with each other suddenly play roles in dramas. The gap between them can be said to be a great pleasure.
There are also Toru Watanabe and Miki Kujo. The two of them usually date each other, and they also act like they are dating on stage, which is also very interesting to the audience.
At this time, the girl who just walked down reappeared on the stage.
"Hello, are you a witch?"
"Yes." The witch looked away from the book and looked at the girl.
After a conversation, the witch disappeared and the girl was left alone in the forest.
"Be considerate of the devil...do people be considerate of each other?"
The girl looked at everything in the forest, with an expression that seemed to understand something, and left the forest, continuing to move forward in the direction guided by her soul.
The scene changed to a shrine, and a shrine maiden was cleaning the shrine.
"What a beautiful miko. Which grade are you in?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it."
"It's Asuka Mai-senpai! It suits the miko uniform so well! It looks so good!"
The girl walked onto the stage, came to the witch, and asked for news about the end of the world.
"I can tell you."
"Eh?" The girl was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a moment. The miko was so happy.
"Are there any conditions?" she asked quickly.
The miko shook her head expressionlessly.
"But," the girl hesitated, "I drank the spring water from which I had forgotten my wish, and recalled everything again. After passing the test, the witch told me the secret she knew. Do I really not need to do anything to you?"
The witch still shook her head.
"Why?" The girl couldn't understand.
"Because she has gotten everything she wanted." The devil appeared again.
When the devil came to the girl's side, Kujo Miki stretched out her hand, changed his collar back to a casual one, and tidied it up again.
There was a burst of laughter below.
Every time they meet, the girl will tidy up the devil's collar. Could it be that she went to the end of the world to stop seeing the devil's collar?
Everyone was talking in high spirits, ignoring the apocalyptic wind outside the house for a while.
"Girl, I like comfort." Toru Watanabe stretched out his hand to stop her.
"Pah!" Miki Kujo opened his hand neatly and continued to adjust the collar of his shirt.
"Hahaha!" Laughter broke out from below.
While the girl was arranging the devil's buttons, she asked: "Did you get everything you wanted?"
"Like the witch, the witch in front of me once made a deal with me."
The girl straightened the devil's shirt, turned around and asked the witch: "Excuse me, what did you gain from the devil, and what did you lose?"
"Emotions. Spirits."
"Emotions? Spirits?"
"All feelings except love. My god."
The girl still didn't understand what the miko was talking about, so she turned to look at the demon standing aside and said in a gentle yet commanding tone:
"Explain it to me."
There was another burst of laughter below.
"Actually, a girl and a devil were married. The girl ran away from home in anger, and the devil came to persuade her to go back?"
"Do Kujo-san and Watanabe-kun usually get along like this? I'm so envious!"
"Watch your tone, girl." The devil warned, and then explained, "She is a witch who loves the gods deeply, but has never seen the gods."
"Then what?"
"Then she made a deal with me, using all her emotions except love to exchange the way of communicating with the gods from me."
"From the devil, exchange the method of communication with the gods." The girl was shocked and murmured to herself, unable to imagine that there were such absurd things in the world.
"Why do you do this?" the girl asked the witch, "If you really love the gods, then you must not make a deal with the devil!"
The miko tilted her head with a dull expression. She lost all emotion and could only express her doubts with such an action.
"......Why?"
"The gods will not fall in love with someone who has made a deal with the devil!"
"......Why?"
"Because demons are bad guys, gods are good guys, and they are enemies!"
"Hey, hey, I'm still here." As he said this, the devil didn't care at all about the girl's comments.
"I don't need the gods to love me," the witch said calmly, "I don't care what the gods think or the gods' joy or anger. I just want to be able to talk to the gods all the time, even if it's an angry rebuke."
The girl looked at the miko in front of her in shock.
"Won't you regret losing your feelings and the favor of the gods?" the girl couldn't help but ask.
The miko tilted her head again and looked at the girl "confusedly" - she couldn't even remember what regret was.
The girl was speechless for a long time. After getting a hint from the miko, she left the shrine in silence.
"Making a deal with the devil, not caring about what the gods think, just wanting to be with the gods...Does this mean you love God, or don't love God?"
With doubts, the girl once again embarked on a journey to find the end of the world.
For the third time, the girl met the female knight. This knight who looked heroic had also made a deal with the devil.
"In order to defend the kingdom that was about to be destroyed, I gained strength from the devil."
"But the kingdom believes in fairies and is it really okay to use the power of demons to guard it?" the girl asked.
"I didn't think so at that time." The young female knight touched her head in embarrassment, "After solving the kingdom's dilemma, I planned to leave here, but everyone forgave me, and it was precisely because of everyone's trust that I was able to
Refuse the temptation to continue making a deal with the devil.”
"By the way," the female knight said, "I don't know the way to the end of the world, but you can ask the fairy."
"Fairy?"
"Yes." The female knight nodded, "But if you want to see fairies, you must meet certain conditions. Only those who meet the requirements can go to fairyland."
"What are the conditions?"
"I don't know. No one in the kingdom has been able to go to Wonderland for a long time. I can take you there to try."
"Thanks."
The girl followed the female knight to the depths of the kingdom.
"In such a sacred and secret place, the kingdom is still open to those who have made deals with the devil." The girl murmured to herself.
"The kingdom that believed in fairies survived by relying on the power of the devil, and the people trusted and accepted her."
In the girl's voice, the two people exited the stage and the curtain slowly opened.
"The witch, the shrine maiden, the knight, and the girl have arrived at the end of the map," Toru Watanabe said in a low and gentle voice, "Can she see the fairy? Can she find the end of the world?"
The narration ended and the curtain slowly opened. Everyone was eagerly waiting to see what would happen next.
Chapter completed!