Chapter 1223: The Disappearance of the Ideal Self

Because Xia Zhi had “taken a leave”, when he took the girl home, it was still far from school time and Kotori had not returned home yet, so he temporarily saved himself from explanations and possible troubles.

Xia Zhi thought to himself as he invited the girl to sit down in his room and closed the door.

Hearing the “click” sound of the door being locked, the girl who had just sat down trembled immediately, looked at him and asked stutteringly:

“Why…why…lock the door?”

Ah, this…

Xia Zhi looked down at the door lock he had locked: “Sorry, I’m used to it-.”

It felt very suspicious, but it seemed that she couldn’t escape. Thinking of this, the girl couldn’t help but tremble in fear.

“Want something to drink?”

Xia Zhi took out a bottle of lactic acid bacteria drink (advertising space for rent) from his snack box, opened it considerately, handed it to her, and asked.

The girl looked at the bottle of drink in front of her with an uneasy and hesitant expression. But thinking that she needed help from someone, she gritted her teeth, picked up the drink and tried to take a sip.

Can you please stop acting like you’re threatened by me?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

On the other side, after tasting the sour and sweet taste, the girl immediately widened her eyes slightly, and her originally nervous mood seemed to relax, and her movements turned into sipping in small sips.

Looks like you like it.

Xia Zhi thought about it, sat down opposite her, looked at her and asked softly: “Can you tell me your name?”

The girl paused for a moment, put down the bottle, and opened her mouth slightly.

“Four…Itono.”

I heard the girl’s timid reply.

“Shion…she’s so cute.” Xia Zhi couldn’t help but sigh.

Faced with his admiration, Yoshino blushed suddenly and pulled down the edge of her cloak hood to cover her entire face.

“what happened?”

Hearing his question, Yoshino let go of the hand that was holding the hood of the cloak, slowly raised her head, and replied shyly with a slightly blushing face: “This is the first time… someone praises my name like this…”

Xia Zhi felt that she might have misunderstood.

“I’m not praising the name, I’m praising you.”

Hearing this, the girl’s face immediately turned redder.

Just when she was so shy that she subconsciously wanted to lower her head again, she saw a hand stretched out in front of her.

“My name is Xia Zhi… This is my name.”

Shiono hesitated for a moment, but still reached out her little hand and held his hand: “Xiazhi…Mr.”

It doesn’t matter if you don’t add Mr.… Forget it, if she wants to call me that, then let her call me that.

Xia Zhi thought to himself and continued, “In this way, we will know each other and be friends from now on.”

Friend?

Yoshino blinked.

Xia Zhi loosened his hand, took a tissue from the side and wiped off the white milk stains left on the corners of the girl’s pink lips. He fixed his eyes on the rabbit puppet on her left hand and continued to ask:

“Its name is Yoshina, right? Is she also your friend?”

Yoshino, who was originally startled by his action, stiffened for a moment after hearing his words, and her mood became depressed. She nodded.

“……Um”

She bowed her head again and whispered back

“Yoshina is…my…friend. And…my…hero.”

She grasped the inner hem of the cloak she was wearing, which was made of a light film, and held it tightly with her small hands.

“Yoshina is… my… ideal… self. Not as weak as me…, not as indecisive as me… but strong and handsome…”

To put it simply, it is another personality she created herself, right?

It’s very similar to the situation with Seven Sins.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart again.

However, Nanashi only shows a different personality when she transforms, and it has not developed to the point where she has two personalities coexisting… Compared to her, Yoshino is even more serious in this regard.

On the other side, the girl lowered her head and continued:

“I am… very weak… and a… coward. I can’t do anything… well… by myself. When I feel pain… and am scared, and don’t know what to do, my mind… becomes a mess… and then I will definitely… do… something… very excessive… to everyone.”

As if she wanted to explain the “patient’s” condition clearly, and as if she wanted to express all her inner anxiety and grievances, the girl spoke all at once, and her voice turned into sobs in the second half.

She sniffed and continued:

“So… that’s why… Yoshina is… my hero… even when I feel… really scared… Yoshina… will tell me… that it’s okay. In this way… it’s really… okay…”

“But…but…I don’t know why…”

“…”

Just as Xia Zhi knew, the puppet named “Yoshina” was not a real living being, but a completely different, independent personality that only appeared when the girl put on the puppet.

It is a strong image that Yoshino created to protect herself, and also based on her gentleness of not wanting to hurt others, to prevent her own fear from causing her power to get out of control. It is also her spiritual support.

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But at this moment, that personality disappeared.

It seemed like it was related to the disappearance of the “angel”, but Xia Zhi felt that it was not the case.

“Yoshina” is just Yoshino’s own personality, and does not have an independent soul or consciousness. It has nothing to do with the “angel”. He also did not feel that there were other souls or spiritual bodies living in the “angel” he absorbed.

In other words, the disappearance of “Yoshina” should be due to the girl’s own reasons.

Xia Zhi couldn’t help but recall that scene.

The giant doll created by the girl’s power was destroying the surrounding things uncontrollably. No matter how she cried and screamed, it could not be stopped and it attacked innocent people.

Originally, the personality of “Yoshina” was created by her to prevent herself from hurting others. However, at that time, not only did it fail to prevent such a thing, but it also caused that power to attack the girl herself who was trying to control it all.

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Perhaps at that time, the girl was unwilling to believe that fact, and her subconscious escape and denial had already caused the “Yoshina” in her heart to fall asleep?

but now……

Looking at the girl in front of him who was sobbing with tears streaming down her face, Xia Zhi sighed slightly, stood up, walked around the table and sat next to her.

“It’s all right.”

He reached out his hand, wiped away the tears on Shionai’s face again, touched her head and said:

“How about we rescue Yoshina together?”

Shion raised her head, sniffed, looked at him with tearful eyes, and asked in a low voice with expectation: “Can you really…save Shion?”

“Okay, I promised you.”

Xia Zhi said as he gently hugged her body.

“Instead… don’t be anxious or afraid… I won’t leave you alone…”

He continued to stroke the girl’s head, lowered his head and whispered in her ear:

“During this time, let me be the hero who accompanies you and protects you.”

“…”

Yoshino opened her eyes slightly. As she listened to the boy’s words, she couldn’t help but recall the scene of him standing in front of her… That glittering figure gradually overlapped with the boy who was gently holding her in his arms.

“……Um”

After several seconds, she nodded slightly, hugged the boy slightly in response, and said

“Thank you… thank you…”

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With Xia Zhi’s comfort, Yoshino gradually regained her composure.

Although her expression was still a little lonely, it was at least much better than at the beginning when she looked like she was about to cry at any time.

After a brief inquiry, Xia Zhi also grasped some basic information about the girl.

Unlike Kotori and the others, according to Yoshino herself, she suddenly appeared in this world and did not have any clear memories of her past or how she came here.

She didn’t even realize that she had come to another world… After all, in her opinion, every time she “woke up”, she appeared in an unfamiliar environment, which seemed to be not much different.

As for why her “angel” lost control, she also didn’t know. Since Yoshino’s mood became depressed and unstable again when “920” discussed this matter, Xia Zhi had to choose to suppress this topic temporarily and ask in detail later.

Regarding what he promised the girl about how to help her save Yoshina, now that he knew the reason, he knew roughly what he needed to do. The key point was how to help her get rid of the psychological shadow and fear… Having said that, Xia Zhi still had no idea what to do specifically, so he would put it aside for later.

In comparison, he now has another more urgent problem to solve…find a place for Yoshino to sleep.

After all, he just said he would protect the person, but then he let the person go out and sleep on the street. That’s not a good idea, right?

After thinking about it, Xia Zhi came to the utility room and used this room as the bedroom of Hubie and Eluke in advance, and cleared out all the debris inside.

“Cough cough…”

After moving all the things to the attic, Xia Zhi returned to the utility room and looked at the blue-haired girl who was sweeping the room with a broom and coughing due to the dust. He said:

“It’s okay if you don’t need help.”

“but I……”

After hearing the boy’s words, Yoshino stood aside awkwardly with a broom in her hand, a look of worry and uneasiness on her face.

Xia Zhi quickly saw what she was worried about.

Living under someone else’s roof is already very troublesome to others. If you have to just watch others help you with your affairs without doing anything, it would be something that would make Yoshino, who is kind-hearted and introverted, feel guilty and uneasy.

…Forget it, if she wants to help, then let her help. If that will make her feel more at ease.

Xia Zhi thought about it, and tidied the room with the girl. Then he went back to his room and took out a bottle of milk and handed it to her as a thank you.

“You’ve worked hard. Go take a shower later.”

After all, not to mention what happened before, now he is covered in dust.

…But before that, we should find her a change of clothes, right?

Xia Zhi looked up and down at the petite girl in front of him and thought to himself.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously wanted to go to Xia Zhi’s room to find clothes for the girl, but thinking that it was Kotori who lived there now, he gave up the idea after hesitating for a moment.

Fortunately, there are still many girls’ clothes in his personal universe, and it is not difficult to find one or two that will fit Yoshino… It just so happens that Nanashi’s height looks about the same as hers.

“By the way…”

Xia Zhi looked at the elf girl who was wearing a large cloak and a white dress underneath, and felt a little curious.

He knew that the outer cloak was Yoshino’s spirit outfit, but was the inner dress also?

“for this I……”

Yoshino, who was taking a sip of milk and resting on the side, noticed the gaze next to her. She saw Xia Zhi looking at her with a thoughtful expression. When she heard him want to say something, the girl felt inexplicably panicked and subconsciously took a half step back, but accidentally tripped over the broom behind her and fell to the ground with a “ah”.

At the same time, the milk in her hand spilled all over herself, and even the floor that had just been cleaned was wet.

Ah, I have to clean again, Xia Zhi thought.

“Yes…I’m sorry…”

Realizing that she had made a mistake again, Yoshino lowered her head guiltily, tears reappearing in her eyes.

“No, it’s okay…”

Xia Zhi sighed slightly, walked forward, squatted down, helped the girl up from the ground, touched her head and asked softly: