I heard Ichigo mutter a few words in his deep sleep, and I decided that I had to end it.
'The person from Four Maple Court is already dead.'
He didn't expect that Ichigo's body would tremble just by receiving such a hint.
His brown eyes suddenly opened, and his dazed gaze shifted from the ceiling to the bedside.
She was worried that she would scare him, but there was nothing she could do now. She could only say gently,"Good night, Ichigo."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ichigo jumped up from the bed.
I turned on the ceiling light in the room. After my eyes adapted to the light, I glared at him. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak.
"Sorry to disturb you." "Because Lucia has been here with you," I said quietly,"and I've come to call her home.”
Ichigo reached out his right hand and clenched it into a fist. Then he looked up at me and said,"Did you say anything just now?”
" I just got here. I'm not sure what Lucia told you earlier…She's already gone home. If you have any questions, you can tell her at school tomorrow."”
Ichigo nodded. Seeing that he was still standing on the bed, ready to beat up the thief, I smiled and said,"You'll catch a cold. Hurry up and cover it.”Then, she poured a glass of water and placed it on the bedside table. "I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow."
Ichigo stopped me." Wait." I turned around in confusion and saw him waving at me."I have something to ask you. Come here."
"The guy who has a cold needs to sleep well…"
" I slept too much just now," Ichigo said half-heartedly." I'll sleep after I rest."”Seeing that I was standing still, he patted the bed loudly and gestured for me to sit over. "Don't abuse the patient! I can't sleep if I don't figure it out!"
Facing Ichigo, who was acting like a spoiled child, his mind completely stopped working. By the time she regained her thoughts, she was already sitting by his bedside.
"Aya Hara, do you know a Grim Reaper called Shiren of the Four Maple Court?”
"Compared to that, lie down first. I'll tell you slowly.”
But Ichigo insisted on sitting down, forcing me to tie him up with the wind and stuff him under the blanket. When he shouted at me with a red face, I made a shushing gesture to remind him not to disturb his sisters. Ichigo suddenly silenced his voice and glared at me with his triangular eyes. At this time, I whispered," She was from Four Maple Court, your first teacher. She…"
Sacrifice, death in the line of duty, in short, it is similar to this concept, I told him.
Ichigo's eyes instantly expanded to the maximum. His throat squirmed as if he was having difficulty breathing. His dry throat could not make a sound.
"…My condolences."
The room fell into a long silence.
I quietly put my hand on his, but Ichigo, who was in a stiff state, did not notice.
I received the painful feelings and transmitted the soothing feelings. Although I couldn't use my newly-recovered ability very smoothly, I did feel a sharp pain in my heart. That was what Ichigo was feeling right now.
Even if she didn't know if it had alleviated his pain, she felt very calm because she could share this pain with him.
" She…Why…" After a long time, she said through her chattering teeth," When…"
During a mission, they encountered a very powerful opponent. In order to protect their teammates, they stayed behind and fought until the last moment. When they died, they did not let go of any of the enemies.
"Liar!" I could feel Ichigo's strong doubt erupting like a volcano." She said she was strong. She told me not to worry about her!”I shook my head silently. At this moment, Ichigo shook off my hand and narrowed his eyes at me with hostility."What's your relationship with her? How do you know so much?”
"I used to be a Grim Reaper." I looked at him quietly." She was also my teacher at Sifeng Yard. She was the teacher of many people. After hearing the news of her death, no one was willing to believe it."
"Is that so? Where…was she? I can't believe it if I don't see it!"
"The body of the Grim Reaper is a soul. It will not leave any traces after death. The spiritual droplets that formed the spirit body would disappear into the air and return to the cycle of the world. Therefore, there was no such thing as a grave.”
Ichigo gripped the blanket tightly." I don't believe it.”She lowered her head and mumbled, then looked up at me." I don't believe it! I can't believe what you're saying!”
Looking at his eyes full of distrust, my face darkened. "What are you acting like a spoiled child for? No matter how unwilling you were, how unwilling you were to see, hear, think, or admit it, what had already happened would not change.”
It was the same for his mother, Ichigo. You have to mature, learn to bear pain, and accept loss. I believe that you are strong enough to overcome the past and despise the pain. I will always be by your side. I won't let you get hurt again in the future. Absolutely.
I took a deep breath and continued,"Only the weak will dwell on the past that has already been decided! If you're a man, then look forward and think about what you can do and what you must do!”
Ichigo stared at me with his eyes wide open."…You heartless woman! Didn't you say that she was your teacher? How could you say such things so calmly?”
I stared into his eyes, and a sense of sorrow welled up in my heart. "I was abandoned by her too." I had to love that woman who disappeared without a reason, and therefore, I hated her.
She took a deep breath and said," As for those irresponsible people…" She told him the correct way to do things," I have no choice but to live according to her teachings. Just thinking about it makes me feel so annoyed. It's as if she survived in my body." But…" Yūichigo smiled." Isn't this good?"”
Ichigo looked at me for a long time before his brows slowly relaxed and he grinned.
" What…" He rubbed my head." So you're just trying to be stubborn…I say, do you often say that you want to reach the realm, but in fact, you can't do it yourself!”
It was a very rough action, and it was actually a little rough. However, when I touched the temperature of his palm, I felt as if I was struck by an electric current and couldn't move.
" Hey, I'm not laughing at you." Ichigo waved his hand in front of my eyes." I do this all the time." Saying that she couldn't reach the standard…it felt like she could make up her mind to do it just by saying it.”She thought of something and nodded before adding," Yeah, it's like shouting a slogan.”
I felt breathless and quickly lowered my head."You should sleep. If he really couldn't let go of the dead…then he should think about what he could do to comfort the dead. If you let yourself live well, that would be the greatest memory of your teacher.”
"Can you tell me more about Miss Four Maple? Why is your name the same as hers?”
I told him that I had used the same name as her ever since I was adopted by her. "There's nothing else to say. There's no need for you to know about the Corpse Soul World.”After saying that, I quickly stood up.
" Although I don't know anything about your world, but…" Ichigo reached out and grabbed me." I want to know all kinds of things about Miss Shijin. I want to know what kind of person she is usually because the time I spent with her was really short…"
"Since we haven't been together for a few days, why do you keep remembering?”I interrupted him irritably." I've been with her for hundreds of years, but I haven't…Aren't you tired of mentioning a dead person over and over again?”
When I was in Sifeng Yard, my wish was to ask you to grow up and forget her! I roared in my heart. You can't even be considered my first love. That's just a child's blind dream! Empty your heart and let a more reliable girl move in. Lucia will be fine-
" Although it was very short, but…" Ichigo was silent for a moment before he said," When I first met her…I thought she was a very strange person. Seven years ago, I was only eight years old…It should be autumn. I thought I saw a ghost, so I rushed out of the house without thinking much…"
He couldn't stop talking. It was like opening the floodgates to store water, and memories poured out.
I didn't know where to start interrupting, and accidentally missed the opportunity to stop the flow.
After stepping out of the house, he regretted it very quickly. Surrounded by the darkness and the shadows of the trees, he was so scared that he almost wet his pants. In the end, he even fell on the ground and thought that he couldn't take it anymore and was about to be killed by the spirit.
He looked up and saw that it was not a ghost, but her.
It was as if an angel had descended. Although it was a little exaggerated, it was so dazzling that it gave people the illusion.
Ichigo was slightly stunned as he began to talk about the memories that he had never told anyone for many years. From the beginning, he began to translate them into words and told me about them. From time to time, he would even smile.
Very bad, very bad.
My breathing became more and more difficult, and my vision gradually blurred.
At that time, when Toshiro told me about the past, it was the same. It turned out that because of his high emotional perception, he could resonate with other people's feelings. Therefore, by "listening" to his own past, he would have a sense of personal experience that could not be obtained by "seeing" the past.
As Ichigo narrated the story, I was overwhelmed by the emotions that kept pouring out of my heart. The feelings I had for Ichigo back then weren't anything special. It was just that the feelings I had for Ichigo now…because I heard about Ichigo's feelings for me, something in my heart kept expanding. I tried desperately to suppress it, to prick it, but it still grew bigger and bigger.
"After that, I went to see her every day.”
Ichigo's voice became smoother and more energetic.
She taught me all kinds of things. Her smile was very beautiful and gentle. She liked to tease people and often rubbed my head.
No, stop talking! He was just a child. It was impossible for him to be in a serious mood. Definitely…it was just a longing, a pure and foolish longing.
"At that time, I really wished that I could grow up quickly. My old man told me that he married my mother when he was twenty, so I hoped that he would be around that age…Anyway, I wanted to grow up to an age where she wouldn't treat me like a child.”
The simple and direct dream of his childhood was still fresh in his mind.
Although she had not appeared since five years ago, she had never forgotten her promise to him.
"I have to train myself to become someone who won't lose to anyone, and then protect her.”
No, I clenched my chest. Tell yourself-no way-don't even think about it. Let him be the child's joke. There's no possibility of him being with you.
"I have made up my mind to become a man who will protect everything. To obtain happiness, he must also make Miss Shiren happy. I wanted to wait until I was taller than her to say this to her, but I couldn't say it out loud…"
I felt dizzy.
An unusually heavy sense of fatigue emerged from the depths of his body. The power that had been driving me all this time seemed to have suddenly disappeared without a trace. I felt myself fall to my knees, and my vision slanted. Although my knees suddenly hit the hard floor, I didn't feel any pain.
Ichigo realized something was wrong and called my name. And that voice gradually faded away from me.
My memory ends here.
His consciousness was completely cut off with a crack.
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