Why did you suddenly freeze?

Did I remember it wrong? Today is not her birthday?

Looking at the dazed and distracted red-haired girl in front of him, Xia Zhi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her.

The girl finally came to her senses, let out a small “Ah”, and clutched her clothes tightly with her hands.

Then, as if unable to suppress her curiosity, she raised her head nervously, looked at Xia Zhi timidly and asked:

“You, you know me?”

“Such a lovely child like Xiaoqinli deserves to be known by people all over the world.”

Xia Zhi answered casually while looking her up and down, but didn’t find anything unusual.

…Actually, there’s no need to look carefully, since there’s nowhere on her body to hide anything.

Noticing his gaze, the girl couldn’t help but shrink her body, holding on to her clothes even tighter, with a look of vigilance on her face.

“Mom said to stay away from strangers who say things like that.”

This is a little incomplete. It is a good thing to be vigilant, but you should know that 70% of these cases are committed by acquaintances.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

On the other side, she glanced at the young man secretly and saw that the expression on his face didn’t seem to care much about what she had just said. Xiao Qinli pursed her lips slightly and felt a little relieved.

Then she raised her head again and looked at the scene around her.

Sparks flew and black smoke rose.

The familiar streets and houses had turned into charred ruins. The flames were still raging among the collapsed ruins. The uncontrollable flames turned everything around into a sea of ​​fire. The scorching heat waves that swept over made it almost impossible to breathe.

Are these all caused by myself?

Her body couldn’t help but tremble again.

At this moment, a warm touch came from above again, and the body that gently embraced her blocked her sight, isolating the hellish scene around her.

“Don’t be afraid.”

The boy’s voice came from her ears, soothing her panic-stricken emotions.

This is not the world you are familiar with… This explanation may not be easy for the girl to understand.

Xia Zhi just held her gently, stroking her back to comfort her, until he felt her body no longer trembling and her emotions were a little more stable, then he lowered his head again to look at her in his arms, and asked, diverting his attention:

“I have something I want to ask you, could you please help me?”

Although she wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to ask, looking into his inquiring eyes, the girl still nodded gently and carefully.

“Have you encountered anything strange?” Xia Zhi rubbed her little head as a reward and asked.

weird stuff……?

The girl fixed her eyes on him.

Summer Solstice:…

“Before you met me, I mean.”

Before I met him…

The girl shook her head, tightened her hands on her clothes, and timidly replied, “I don’t understand…what are you talking about…”

Looking at her evasive eyes, Xia Zhi knew. Rather than not knowing, it would be better to say that she was afraid to recall what happened before?

Unlike Nanashi and Rokuko, Kotori at this time is a real child who has not experienced too many things. She is as sensitive and fragile as other children, more similar to the situation of Origami and Natsuori at that time… Accordingly, the strategy of getting along with them should be more biased towards them.

Xia Zhi was not in a hurry. He gently stroked her hair and asked soothingly:

“Don’t worry, think about it carefully?”

With his comfort, the girl gradually calmed down. After pursing her lips, she opened her mouth and replied:

“Someone gave me a…red gem…”

The red gem should be the spiritual crystal, right?

Xia Zhi thought.

Could it be related to that?

“Can you show it to me?” he continued.

The girl showed a hesitant expression when she heard this.

You can, but…

She lowered her head and looked at her body

“It’s in my…body…”

“That’s not a problem.”

As long as she agrees, it’s fine.

Xia Zhi answered while hovering his hand in front of her chest.

Then, in the girl’s surprised gaze, his hand gradually sank into his chest as if without any hindrance.

There was no pain, or even any feeling, as if his hand and herself were not in the same space.

However, as she looked at the boy’s hand reaching into her body, she seemed to realize something, her body trembled slightly, and a blush appeared on her face.

On the other side, without paying attention to the girl’s reaction, Xia Zhi focused his attention on the hard spiritual power crystal in his hand.

This was not the first time he had touched a spiritual crystal on a physical level. Apart from the fact that it seemed to feel a little warm due to the characteristics of its own flame, there was no particular difference in its texture or the spiritual power contained in it compared to other spiritual crystals.

…Although he temporarily does not need to use dream points due to mission limitations, it does not mean that he cannot make use of the power of the dream game at all.

Xia Zhi tried to identify it as the unknown anomaly in his mind, and looked at the task bar, but there was no prompt to complete the goal.

It doesn’t look like it…

“Crack…”

However, at this moment, a crisp sound like something breaking attracted his attention.

Judging from the sound, it seems to come from the girl’s chest?

“…Classic”

“Looking” at the crack that suddenly appeared, Xia Zhi said that this had nothing to do with him…he hadn’t done anything yet.

…Wait, it doesn’t seem to appear on the spirit crystal?

As Xia Zhi was thinking this, he heard a series of cracking sounds, and the crack quickly expanded, soon occupying the entire field of vision…

…….

Chapter 1209: “Christmas” That Is Not Christmas

When the vision in front of him was restored, the hellish scene that was originally burning in flames had disappeared, and was replaced by a quiet and dim room.

The room was furnished with ordinary tables, chairs and sofas, and on one side was the kitchen area with a refrigerator and cabinets. It looked like just an ordinary living room.

The sky outside the window was pitch black, and it seemed to be night. Except for the ticking of the alarm clock and the sound of the breeze blowing through the branches, there was silence all around. This dim and quiet atmosphere formed a sharp contrast with the blazing fire just now, giving people a strong contrast as if traveling through time and space.

When it comes to traveling through worlds, Xia Zhi is already quite experienced, whether it’s traveling between different worlds, going to different time and space in the same world, or simply going outside the world.

Therefore, he easily judged that although the form was very similar, he did not travel through the world at that moment… but the world itself changed.

Xia Zhi couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Since the previous world was created based on the girl’s memories, that means… a new world is being created now…

But why did this change happen? Or, what are the triggering conditions?

Just as Xia Zhi was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from the stairs behind him.

“Uh…sister?”

Along with a vague childish voice, the light above my head was turned on with a “click”, and the soft white light illuminated the entire room.

“You, who are you?”

After seeing the figure 903 in the living room, the girl’s voice became much clearer, and a hint of nervousness and fear could be heard in her voice.

Xia Zhi turned around and saw a petite girl with long red hair standing at the stairs, looking at him nervously. After noticing his gaze, she tightened her nightgown with her hands and took a step back, looking like she was ready to run away at any time.

Long red hair and eyes, identical appearance… There was no doubt that the person in front of him was the “Gokawa Kotori” he had just met.

However, looking at the figure in front of her that seemed even more childish and petite than in her memory, and seeing that they had just met each other “just now”, but now she acted as if she didn’t recognize her… Was this her memory from an earlier time?

“Could it be a thief?” Seeing that he didn’t answer, the girl asked stutteringly.

“Not.”

Being pulled back to his senses by her words, Xia Zhi shook his head, paused for a moment, thought about it and then replied: “Actually, I am Santa Claus.”

The girl had a puzzled look on her face and timidly corrected, “But… today is not Christmas.”

And… he doesn’t look very old…

Xia Zhi ignored the girl’s suspicion and continued:

“Did you know there is such a thing as jet lag?”

“Stone…fork?” The girl tilted her head, her little face full of confusion, and it was obvious that she didn’t understand.

“To put it simply, there is a time difference between the two regions. It is possible that you are celebrating the 1st, while people on the other side are celebrating the 31st.” Xia Zhi explained as he came in front of her.

Hearing this new and strange thing she had never heard of before, the girl couldn’t help but slightly widen her eyes: “How amazing!”

Then, she looked at the boy curiously and asked, “Is it Christmas where you are now?”

“No.”

Xia Zhi said, took out a lollipop and handed it to her, then thought for a moment and replied, “I’m just working overtime.”

work overtime?

Before the girl could ask the question in her mind, she felt something hard being stuffed into her mouth.

Then, the sweet taste of the lollipop spread in my mouth.

“Is it delicious?” Xia Zhi asked.

“So sweet!”

Her eyes curved into beautiful crescents and she looked very happy. She had obviously forgotten that the person in front of her was an “intruder” who broke into a private house.

As expected, children are easy to deceive… and coax.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart, and then he saw the originally happy girl hesitated for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on her face.

“what happened?”

The girl glanced at him secretly and said worriedly, “My mother doesn’t allow me to eat candy at night…”

Despite saying this, her little hand still held the lollipop tightly, and she was obviously reluctant to let go.

“In that case…”

Xia Zhi winked at her and whispered:

“Today is a special day, so just eat it secretly… Don’t worry, I won’t tell your mother.”

The girl heard this and a light of expectation appeared in her eyes: “Is it really possible?”

“Just keep it as a little secret between the two of us.”

“Thank you, Uncle Santa Claus!” The girl smiled happily again.

Xia Zhi’s face darkened: “Call me brother.”

…Although the name is a little unsatisfactory, at least I have re-established the basic level of goodwill, right?

As he was thinking this, he saw the girl looking around as if she was looking for something.

“Brother Santa Claus, where are your reindeers?”

Now even this has been corrected… He is willing to respect other people’s opinions. He’s a good kid.

“They don’t want to work overtime, so they don’t come.”