Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

"...I abandoned 6 (o-4) mountain^er two verses| two groups..."

Xiangzi watched her gradually disappear at the end of the tram car, then lowered his head and buried it in his arms.

She immediately understood how Oblivionis felt when he first learned he was a familiar.

Nothingness, despair, coldness.

The air seemed to clump together, blocking the trachea.

"Oblivionis is not wrong."

Deng sat quietly beside Xiangzi and said.

"You're not running away, you're punishing yourself. It's too painful and won't lead to anything good."

"......lamp."

Do you think so too?

Xiangzi's eyes grew even more desolate, his nose stung with tears, and his feelings of grievance rose within him.

Deng turned around and put his arm around Xiangzi's shoulder.

"If you want to cry, then cry. No one here but me can see you."

"Woo..."

Xiangzi huddled in the lamp's arms, his tear ducts could no longer hold back, and tears streamed down his face.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I... really... don't want to die... don't want to become like that... don't want to be ruined... don't want to..."

Xiangzi's cries grew louder and louder, and his words became increasingly broken.

"Wouldn't so many terrible things have been avoided if I hadn't made a wish...?"

"If I hadn't made that wish, would my parents still be alive...?"

"Would those people in the church not have died if I hadn't made a wish...?"

"What if I had never existed—"

Xiangzi's mouth was gagged again, this time by a different person.

No, strictly speaking, they are all the same person.

In those long thirty seconds, Xiangzi's grievances completely turned into astonishment and bewilderment.

"As expected, Oblivionis was right. This is the only way to shut you up."

The lamp was breathing softly, its cheeks appearing exceptionally red in the golden sunlight.

"Xiao Xiang, you underestimate yourself."

She pinched her sleeve, fiddled with her fingers, and whispered.

"You're good-looking, a great pianist, a composer, and a very talented magical girl and leader. Everyone in Crychic admires you, including me."

“You have all the good qualities that Oblivionis has; you are not as bad as you think.”

“It hurts me to see you punishing yourself like this, and it hurts Oblivionis too.” Deng gently leaned against Xiangzi’s shoulder, resting her head on her shoulder. “We are a part of you. We probably know what you think better than you do.”

"So what should I do...?"

"Don't think too much about it, just relax."

"Woo..."

Perhaps he was tired from crying, Xiangzi's voice grew softer and softer until it became even breathing. He tilted his head and leaned against the lamp.

Deng carefully lifted Xiangzi's head and placed it on his shoulder, then adjusted his position to make her more comfortable.

"I'll just be gone for a bit, what are you doing?"

Oblivionis raised an eyebrow, looking at the two people snuggling together in front of him.

"Shh..."

The lamp raised its index finger, signaling to Oblivionis to be quiet.

"Let her rest for a while."

Oblivionis sighed, glanced at what was in his hand, turned around and sat down on the other side of Xiangzi's empty space, putting his hand on Xiangzi's shoulder.

"It's almost over," she said. "Let's take a break."

It's strange. If it were the tram inside the barrier, it would have stopped at several stations by now, but it never stops and keeps going forward as if there is no end.

The three of them huddled together on the tram, which led nowhere, waiting for their stop.

I don’t know how long it took.

Xiangzi felt the tremors beneath his feet stop.

She slowly opened her eyes.

The train seemed to have arrived at the station, and the setting sun was mostly blocked by the platform's canopy.

"I am..."

“We’ve arrived at our stop,” Oblivionis said. “We should get off.”

"Who?" Xiangzi asked, confused.

“I am Shan Si Ling Qi Er Er Si Ba Si Jun, sheep, me and the lamp.” Oblivionis stood up, patted Xiangzi’s head, and said, “Take care of yourself.”

"Wait, wait, wait! What do you mean?! What do you mean you're getting off?!" Xiangzi suddenly snapped out of his daze and jumped up from his seat. "Wasn't I already going to die? Why didn't you take me with you?!"

"Who said you were going to die?"

Oblivionis stood at the car door and tossed something over.

Xiangzi hurriedly caught it.

"..."

Xiangzi opened his palm.

It was a ring engraved with a string of letters.

"What's this."

"The ring that stores the Soul Gem, have you forgotten it since you haven't been a magical girl in so long?"

Xiangzi picked up the ring and looked through it in the sunlight to see the inscription. Unlike the usual inscriptions in witch's script, it was a string of elegant English words.

Come As You Are

Stay true to yourself...

"But what's the use of this thing?"

"You'll know when you remember."

"Remember what?"

"We're about to leave, we have to go." It was Deng who spoke, pointing behind Xiangzi, "There are still people waiting for you in the real world."

Xiangzi turned around.

Behind him was a group of furry little animals.

A golden retriever, a German Shepherd, a stray cat that had been shaved, a small Pomeranian, and a waddling penguin... They all looked at Xiangzi with their adorable eyes from behind.

"Goodbye, Xiaoxiang."

The lamp stood outside the car door and waved to Xiangzi.

"Don't let them down."

The car door slammed shut, shutting Oblivionis and the lights out.

"Wait a minute! What have you done? What do you mean I don't have to die?! Explain yourself!"

As the tram slowly pulled away from the station, Xiangzi pounded on the door, trying to make them hear him.

But she could only watch helplessly as the lamp stood on the platform waving goodbye to her, while Oblivionis crossed her arms and looked away.

The lamp patted Oblivionis on the head, and Oblivionis, wincing in pain, reluctantly waved to Xiangzi.

Their shadows grew smaller and smaller, becoming increasingly difficult to see.

Finally, the train emerged from the deepest part of the dream and headed towards its end.

All the memories belonging to Oblivionis, all the memories belonging to the lamp, suddenly flooded into Xiangzi's mind.

......

“My wish is that my Soul Stone will be restored in thirty minutes, when the countdown ends,” Oblivionis and Cupid said.

"...What kind of wish is this? Are you so certain that your Soul Gem will shatter?"

"Is that not possible? Can't the Soul Gem be restored with a wish?"

“It’s not impossible… but no one has ever made such a strange wish before, and it is, after all, a Soul Gem. Even if you reduce the requirements by limiting the time, your karma might not be enough to repair it.”

"Never mind, it'll be fine as long as it's good enough."

"I don't care about the consequences."

"Ah."

......

"Although I didn't think that much when I made the wish, Deng, do you think this wish can help Xiangzi return to the real world smoothly?"

“When we are divided into three, there will be three ‘me’s’ when the wish is fulfilled, and the wish may not be able to be fulfilled smoothly... I didn’t expect that this situation would still occur even though I had already limited the conditions to ‘me’.”

"Then we can only..."

"That's the only way. We'll stay here and die as witches."

"Then let Xiangzi return to the real world as a magical girl."

"This time it's really going to disappear. Are you scared, Xiao Xiang?"

"I'm not......"

"To me, you are all Xiao Xiang."

"...maybe a little."

"Ok?"

"I'm a little scared, I don't want to die either."

"We won't die, Xiao Xiang."

“We were born when Xiaoxiang felt there was a void in her heart. When Xiaoxiang feels she has become whole, we will return to her whole heart.”

"We are one, and we will never be separated again."

The lamp raised its head, gazing at the afterglow on the horizon.

The sea breeze blew through her hair in gusts.

She raised her hand, tidied the stray hairs on her forehead, and revealed a heartwarming smile.

"After all, we are born one."

The Tale of Nirvana: Keeping My True Self: Chapter 149 Whe Is My Mind (Part 2)

Chihaya Aine leaped forward, her body completely sideways in mid-air, narrowly dodging the swung whip blade. Upon landing, she immediately dissipated the force and rolled, charging towards the witch's true form, which resembled a tree.

He swung his sword horizontally to test the distance, then turned his waist, raised his hand, and slashed downwards with the blade above his head. The tip of the blade drew a semi-circular arc in the air, cutting through the whip-like vines blocking the witch's way. Finally, as the blade approached the ground, it turned 180 degrees and flicked upwards against the original arc, splitting the tree trunk in two.

An amber-colored liquid, resembling both blood and tree sap, gushed from the center of the tree trunk. A few seconds later, the witch exploded with magical power, and a Seed of Sorrow landed in Aine's hand.

"I think I really can!!!"

Ai Yin grasped the Seed of Sorrow with some excitement.

"You can do it alone!"

"That's just a Save-level witch... Anyone with a little experience could handle it on their own."

Lixi stood to the side, carrying her greatsword and with her hands on her hips.