novel bin Chapter 320: The First Encounter with Ryougi Shiki, The Restraining Force of the Moon
Chapter 320: The First Encounter with Ryougi Shiki, The Restraining Force of the Moon
Chapter 320 First Encounter with Ryougi Shiki, The Resistant Force to Return to the Moon
Sakura brought a map, drew the route to Kanbuko City on it with a red pen, and then handed the map to the boy.
"Brother Broly, remember to bring Sister Dahe back for dinner tonight. Grandpa and I will be cooking a big feast for you."
"Okay, sure."
Broly was looking forward to the big dinner that night. He took the map and took off, flying towards Guanbuzi City.
He was very fast. Although he didn't use full speed, he still arrived at the edge of Kanbuko City, more than 500 kilometers away from Fuyuki City, in two minutes.
The figure slowed down in the air, leaving behind contrails like the trails left by an airplane.
However, compared to the contrails left by airplanes, Broly's contrails were not very obvious.
This is because, unlike an airplane, it does not emit large amounts of high-temperature water vapor.
"Let me see where we go next..."
Broly pulled out a map, but he quickly realized the sheer amount of information on the modern city map. The dense street names were overwhelming, and finding the right way in the sky was difficult. He could only find a landmark building to land on first and then find his way on the ground according to the map's route.
"Turn right onto Sanhe Street, walk to the ramen shop directly opposite, then turn into the side street intersection. But there are two forks in the road here, which one should I take?"
Broly was trying to find his way around the city with a map, but he got lost.
Just as he was feeling troubled, an elderly passerby came over and asked him if he needed help.
The elderly passerby's expression was quite strange after learning that the boy was going to find his wife.
But she didn't say anything, took the map from the boy's hand, and started looking at it for him.
"This map is from three years ago. Guanbuzi City has been undergoing reconstruction in recent years, and some routes have changed, so it's normal for you to get lost."
"You're going to this apartment, right? Then the correct route is like this: from here to here, then take the straight mountain path up..."
An elderly passerby seemed to be quite familiar with the city's routes, and he pointed out a new route to Broly with a map.
"Thank you, grandpa."
Broly thanked them politely and set off immediately before forgetting the new route.
"If you get lost again, remember to find a police officer..."
The old man's words were ignored.
Broly's figure moved swiftly through the city, and because of his speed, some passersby who saw him flash by thought they had seen a ghost.
Soon, Broly arrived at a sloping straight road. Worried about missing the turn, he hopped up the road like a rabbit, leaping dozens of meters at a time.
As he was jumping, the sudden message from Crystal Palace abruptly stopped Broly's figure in mid-air.
The boy turned around in mid-air and looked down, his gaze meeting that of the somewhat vacant eyes of the kimono-clad girl who had been staring blankly at the sky on the sloping sidewalk.
[New target discovered: Ryougi Shiki; current happiness level: 0]
The 0 that followed quickly changed, increasing by 1 point.
At the same time, Ryougi Shiki's previously empty eyes suddenly brightened.
The look on her face was one of curiosity, as if she were wondering why the boy could stay suspended in the air.
The kimono-clad girl's focused gaze was just like that of the boy, Mikiya Kurogiri, who was now captivated by her cool and beautiful profile and was also intently gazing at her from below the sloping path.
"Hello, I'm Broly."
Upon encountering the new target of his pursuit, acknowledged by the Crystal Palace, Broly subconsciously performed his habitual action. He descended from the sky and landed directly in front of the girl in the kimono. He raised his head and, looking at the girl whose gaze had followed his movement and was now still fixed on him, introduced himself.
"Yes, I am Ryougi Shiki."
Ryougi Shiki did not ignore Broly. On the contrary, she simply said her name. But that was it. After saying her name, she continued to look at the boy with a curious gaze, as if asking him what he was planning to do by suddenly introducing himself in front of her.
Can I ask you a question?
Broly asked.
"Sure, but I also have a question for you."
Ryougi Shiki nodded.
"no problem."
Broly nodded, paused, and then asked directly, "Would you be my friend if I agreed to become your wife?"
Upon hearing this, Kurohime Kanya, who was not far away, widened his eyes behind his glasses. He felt a flutter in his heart at the girl he had met by chance, and he wanted to take action. However, he quickly realized that he and the girl were also strangers, so he suppressed this sudden impulse.
"You'd become friends with me in exchange for agreeing to become my wife?"
Ryougi Shiki repeated the boy's question and then spoke to him.
"Some covet my identity, some covet my talent, and some covet my physical appearance, thus harboring all sorts of desires for me. But I wonder what it is about you that makes you desire me?"
After a pause, Ryougi Shiki added, "I can usually see through people's thoughts at a glance, but you seem different. I can't see through your thoughts, so can you tell me the real reason?"
"There's no particular reason; I'm just pursuing happiness. Pursuing your own happiness will also make you happy."
Broly answered honestly.
"happiness?"
Ryougi Shiki's eyes widened slightly. She could understand the literal meaning of happiness, but she could not personally experience the objective meaning that happiness represented.
"Yes, happiness."
Broly reaffirmed this point.
"I can tell you're not lying, but what are you going to do?"
Ryougi Shiki had never been so curious before.
"We'll become friends, then you'll tell me your wish, and I'll do my best to help you achieve it."
Broly put it succinctly.
Upon hearing this, Ryougi Shiki, or rather, Root Shiki, fell silent.
As an intellectual being who has reached the source and is born from the source, fulfilling desires is merely a basic ability she possessed from the very beginning.
The girl in front of me is a genuine wish-granting princess. If she is willing to grant someone's wish, then as long as the wish is not too outrageous, such as destroying a planet or destroying the entire human world, she can help make it come true.
And now, the lines that should have been spoken to her by her to someone else were said to her by a boy she had just met.
Even she, at this moment, experienced the feeling of being speechless like an ordinary person being tricked.
"What if I have no wish?"
Root cause analysis rarely involves critical thinking, but at this moment, she did indeed consider it before asking the question.
"No wishes?"
Broly scratched his head. He had never met a wife who was so indifferent to desires. After thinking for a moment, he said to the girl in the kimono in front of him, "Then tell me when you have a wish. I will still do my best to help you fulfill it."
Is this considered an answer?
Root-cause curiosity.
"Doesn't that count?"
Broly countered with a question.
"I guess so. But if I had to say what my wish is, I do have one right now."
The root cause suddenly appeared.
"What is your wish?"
Broly pressed for an answer.
"Happiness? I've never experienced that. Can you let me experience it?"
The Root of Tao.
"Huh?"
Broly was stunned.
"If you can't do it, then forget it."
Genyuan seemed to know that he was putting people in a difficult position, so he did not force the boy in front of him to help him fulfill this wish.
"It's not that you can't do it, it's just that you're already experiencing happiness right now, aren't you?"
The happiness level on the Crystal Palace panel doesn't lie. After starting a conversation with this strange wife I met by chance, her happiness level started to rise. Clearly, she was finding pleasure in talking to me.
Am I happy?
Broly's words confused Root, but she gradually came to her senses.
She, who had always been detached from reality, suddenly became interested in what was happening in front of her.
Isn't this kind of interest a feeling you've never experienced before?
"So this is what happiness feels like?"
The root cause was somewhat clear.
When she came to her senses, she reached out her hand to the boy.
"Since you've helped me experience happiness, I'll also help you pursue your own happiness. I'm willing to become your wife."
[Ding! Ryougi Shiki has requested to join the Crystal Palace. Does the host agree?]
The other party's thoughts were entirely true, and even Crystal Palace responded to her words.
But Broly decisively chose no, pressing the kimono-clad girl's hand back and saying seriously, "Not now, you can't be my wife yet."
Why?
The source of the voice asked in a somewhat cold tone, while her happiness level continued to rise.
"Because you don't have enough happiness right now. You'll become my wife when you have enough happiness. That would be better for both of us."
Root cause: "..."
Her emotions fluctuated somewhat. Being rejected by someone she cared about years in advance brought a sense of novelty to her.
"Okay, then I want to be even happier. Can I ask you some questions?"
Genyuan Shi revealed an expression that said, "I'm very curious."
"Okay, go ahead and ask."
Broly, with the strange information about Chitanda popping into his mind, agreed to be questioned by his newly acquainted and friend-like prospective wife.
"My first question is, why are both the Alaya-vijnana and Gaia somewhat afraid of you?"
The two restraining forces were right next to the source. Upon first seeing Broly, the girl in the kimono sensed the almost fearful apprehension the two restraining forces had towards the boy.
"Who are you saying is afraid of me?"
"Alaya-vijnana and Gaia."
"Who is that?"
"Two major inhibitory forces."
"But I don't know him."
Root cause: "..."
Looking at the boy's bewildered expression, she no longer needed his answer.
Seven years ago, in Fuyuki City, the Holy Grail War occurred, and the moon fell...
The historical information recorded by Root is flowing into Root-like consciousness, answering her questions.
The Root Force will gain a general understanding of the boy in front of them, what he did in this world, and how the two major restraints will clean up the mess afterwards.
Well, the moon was almost shot down by the enemy. The two restraining forces urgently contacted the Second Magician, Kishua Zelrich, and then contacted Princess Arcueid Brunestud. They kept their promise and devoted their power to put the enemy into an American lunar rocket and launched them to the moon. This restored the moon's restraining force, allowing it to begin self-repairing itself and thus resolving the moon crash incident from years ago.
After that, the construction of the outer walls of the world was strengthened to prevent another planet-destroying entity from entering.
As a result, despite all the precautions, the guy who almost knocked the moon down has inexplicably reappeared in this world.
After processing this information, even Root's usually cool expression faltered: "Then can you tell me how you came back to this world?"
This is the most perplexing aspect of the two major inhibitory forces, yet it is precisely this that urges the root cause to help clarify the matter.
"Yes, that's fine. I spent 1 Happiness Points to come here via the interdimensional portal."
Broly answered honestly.
"1 Happiness Points, a cross-dimensional teleportation portal?"
After thinking for a moment, Genyuanshi helped to ask further questions.
"Can that interdimensional portal bypass the isolation wall on the outside of this world?"
"What is that?"
Neither of them explained the meaning of the terms they were using, but the root cause theory was able to draw a conclusion simply from their reactions.
Let alone the other party being blocked from the outside of the world, it's possible that the other party didn't encounter any obstacles when they came to this world.
Alaya-vijnana, Gaia: "..."
"Broly, I have one last question for you."
"you say."
"If I let you destroy this planet beneath your feet..."
"I won't do that."
Why?
"Because on this planet, there are wives like you."
Broly answered seriously.
"If you didn't have a wife like me, could you really destroy this planet with your power?"
The root cause questioning was something that both of the two restraining forces wanted to know, but she was also somewhat curious about it.
"I could do it, but would it be meaningful? Would it make you happy?"
Broly asked the question.
"No, it's not possible."
She shook her head gently. Although she was indifferent to the world, she did not want to see it destroyed.
Only when the world exists can one have the opportunity to prove whether one's own existence is meaningful.
Of course, it seems to have some meaning now.
At least, she felt happy.
This feeling is wonderful, and to continue it, we must ensure that this world and the planet we stand on continue to exist.
"Ryougi Shiki, do you have any other questions?"
At this point, seeing that she had stopped talking and that her happiness level had stopped increasing, Broly asked her a question.
That's all for now.
The girl in the kimono shook her head.
"Then leave me your contact information. I'm going to visit my other wives now. I'll come find you and chat with you when I have some free time later."
"it is good."
Genyuan did not refuse. Looking at the paper map in the boy's hand, she stretched out her slender, fair hand and touched it with her fingertips.
The map's appearance changed, seemingly transforming into a magical artifact, with two small dots of different colors lighting up on it.
"The green dot is you, and the red dot is me. If you want to find me later, just look at the map. But sometimes I sleep in this body, and the two personalities I created are the ones who usually control this body."
One is named Shiki, and the other is named Iori. Shiki is feminine and leans towards a female personality, while Iori is masculine and leans towards a male personality.
The two combined become me, Ryougi Shiki, you can also call me Root Style. I will leave them with a part of your impression of me, and it will be the same when you talk to them.
Ryougi Shiki is a person with multiple personalities born from the Ryougi family bloodline. Due to the original personality's very vague understanding of its own gender.
When creating the other personality, it was not entirely based on the female personality, but a male personality was also created.
However, her body is that of a genuine woman.
"Okay, Ryougi Shiki, I'm leaving now. I'll come find you later, or play with your other two personalities."
Broly waved goodbye to the girl in the kimono, and Ryougi Shiki smiled and waved back, watching the boy skip away again.
"Hello……"
But when Mikiya Kokutou stepped forward to try and strike up a conversation, the girl in the kimono suddenly changed her attitude.
"Who are you?"
The girl's speech became more masculine and seemed to carry an inexplicable sense of displeasure.
Clearly, the real Ryougi Shiki has already gone into hiding.
The one currently in control of this body is Zhi, who possesses a male self-awareness personality.
She had no specific memory of what had just happened.
However, she felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Don't casually talk to 'o re' (Japanese for male self-reference), understand?"
This displeasure also made Orito treat Kokutou Mikiya, who had suddenly started talking to her, very badly.
Kurogiri Kan was also persuaded to leave.
If I had to describe his feelings at this moment in one sentence, it would probably be:
[I finally felt a spark, but before anything even started, I lost so badly!?]
(End of this chapter)