Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Yes.

This world is all an illusion, a witch's barrier created by Su Shi in despair. No matter how real it may be, so real that even Su Shi, the creator god, was heartbroken once again and chose to succumb, it is ultimately just a witch's barrier.

I don't need to.

It is a familiar.

sad.

Do you really think they're just a figment of your imagination, Xiangzi? After spending so much time with them, do you really think it doesn't matter what happens to them, even to your precious little queen?

Buzz————

Xiangzi suddenly raised his head.

A beam of light pierced the sky, illuminating the night at sea. When the light faded, the glowing magic circle disappeared, and the Holy Grail floating in the air vanished as well. The figure standing in the center of the magic circle had grown much taller, even taller than Xiangzi. She wore a magnificent white dress that perfectly showcased her stunning figure.

"Did...did it succeed...?" The White Queen stared at the last figure that appeared, her mouth slightly agape.

Successful.

Of course it was successful.

Xiangzi was 100% certain. Because standing before him was someone everyone knew all too well...

"Su Shi." Xiangzi looked at the figure, opened his mouth, and uttered a hoarse voice, "...I've come to save you."

The Flower Witch of Fairy Tale Town, the goddess of this world, Nagasaki Motoyo, has opened her eyes.

"But Xiao Xiang..."

Su Shi's lips moved slightly, and her half-open eyes looked at Xiangzi, her deep blue irises appearing dull and lifeless.

"I don't need you to save me."

The Lost Tale: The Lost Child: Chapter 420 I'm Willing to Do Anything

"Wh...what do you mean?" Xiangzi looked at Su Shi with tired eyes.

The first thing they said to each other after a long separation was, "I don't need you to save me."

It's as if... all the efforts and sacrifices I've made over such a long time have been negated and are meaningless.

Xiangzi couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that Su Shi, who had once said "I can do anything," would say such a thing to him.

She stood there blankly, waiting for Su Shi's next words.

On the other side, the black Er Yi armor covering the lamp turned into a cloud of black mist and dissipated, and the lamp stumbled towards Su Shi.

Deng's original wish was to save Su Shi. Now that Su Shi has returned and is back in front of everyone, she doesn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

The joy of seeing Su Shi again and the pain of losing Xiao Su Shi were mixed together, like mixing colorful paints into a muddy mess, resulting in a murky blackness.

I should be happy...

"Su Shi?" she opened her mouth, calling out tremulously.

"The Su Shi you're talking about, is it me, or the original owner of this body?" Su Shi looked at her.

The lamp's pupils suddenly contracted.

"I......"

"The child you sacrificed for me became my heart, awakening me from my slumber." Su Shi's lips curled into a bitter smile. "Despite suffering such betrayal, this heart has never hated you..."

"Thank you, Xiao Xiang, Deng," Su Shi said, "and everyone else too."

Su Shi raised her head, looked around at the crowd surrounding her on the platform, and smiled gently.

"I am truly grateful for all the efforts they made to wake me up."

Although it was a smile, no one could sense any "happiness" in it.

That was an incredibly bitter smile.

"..."

“But… I’m sorry,” Su Shi said softly, “I don’t want to, and I don’t need to, be saved by you.”

"Then give me a reason."

Xiangzi Yi 0 (7) Ba Siqi clenched his fists, raised his head, and stared intently at Su Shi.

Tell me why.

"Xiao Xiang, do you know how long 'forever' is?" Su Shi asked.

"...There is no such thing as 'forever' in this world; everything is relative," Xiangzi said.

“Yes, there is no such thing as forever. When the chickens have finished pecking at the rice, the dogs have finished munching on the noodles, the fire has burned through the lock, and the diamond mountain has been hollowed out, then that’s probably forever.” Su Shi smiled. “Even if it’s relative, I wish that the good days could last forever.”

“But what’s past is past and can’t be returned to,” Xiangzi said in a hoarse voice. “Crychic is gone.”

“No, it’s still alive.” Su Shi placed her hand on her heart. “It lives in my heart, it lives in my divine kingdom.”

"Including this world, all the dead people, animals, cultures. Everything that has passed away lives in my divine kingdom, 'forever,' living there in the most beautiful form."

"The Divine Kingdom... is this what it's like...?" the White Queen murmured.

Su Shi shrugged, smiled helplessly, and looked at the White Queen who was standing there in a daze.

"I'm sorry, Xiaobai, I didn't tell you about that place. Because... my magic power is running low."

"what?"

“This world is about to collapse,” Su Shi said. “I originally thought that with my almost limitless magic power, I could create a real world, but it is precisely because of its realism that it has consumed too much magic power. Moreover, I also have to maintain the operation of the divine kingdom, which is another drain on my energy.”

Su Shi sighed.

"Xiangzi, as a fellow witch, you should be able to understand, right?"

"..." Xiangzi clenched his fist and nodded.

Only the Flower Witch's almost bottomless magic could maintain such a vast and realistic world. Xiangzi hadn't expected that even with a clever trick and a real-world server as a platform, the magical power sustaining this world would far exceed her expectations.

Even the Flower Witch's magic power can be depleted?

Also.

Although less than a month had passed in the outside world, and they had been inside the barrier for less than a year, this world had already developed on its own for hundreds of years before they entered. In addition, there was the divine kingdom that Su Shi mentioned, which stored all the dead people... It's not surprising that the magic power of Fairy Tale Town would run out.

"Instead, the ability to create and maintain a barrier at this level has definitely exceeded everyone's expectations," Delete said, squatting down at Xiangzi's feet. "Including the Incubators."

“But—” Xiangzi took a deep breath.

"—But as long as we give up this world, there won't be any problems, right?" Su Shi said without any surprise.

“As long as you do nothing, I can protect you, even if you are a witch,” Xiangzi said. “I am now the Protector of Reed Plains, and I can do anything you want.”

"Give me your magic, okay? You have almost limitless magic like me, right?" Su Shi narrowed her eyes and said, "Even if it's such an unreasonable request, would you agree?"

"That's only almost..."

Moreover, Xiangzi would never agree to that.

“So, it’s impossible.” Su Shi’s eyes grew increasingly sorrowful. “Xiao Hei, Regent, Wolf Knight, you can call him whatever you want. His appearance was to lead an army to invade the real world and seize the soul that could sustain it—for a witch, that is magic. But now he’s dead, and the hope of sustaining this world has been extinguished.”

Su Shi smiled bitterly.

"...Do you want me to give up?"

“Dreams always end. No matter how real this place is, it’s still…” Xiangzi said.

"Xiao Xiang, how long are you going to keep lying to yourself?" Su Shi's voice suddenly rose a few decibels. She clenched her fist and stared directly into Xiangzi's eyes. "Even now, do you still want to say that this world is an illusion and doesn't exist?! If that's the case, why did you shed tears when you sacrificed that child? Why was your gaze so conflicted? Why do you keep repeating the same words over and over again? Are you talking to me, to others, or to yourself?"

Xiangzi suddenly fell silent.

When faced with Su Shi's gaze, she subconsciously looked away.

That is a sign of guilty conscience.

She dared not look into Su Shi's eyes, just as she dared not look into Xiao Su Shi's eyes.

“Now that things have come to this, I can’t give up, Xiao Xiang.”

Boom——

A sound seemed to be heard in the distance.

"I have been running away for too long, and it is because of my running away that the world has become the way it is today."

Su Shi took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and clenched her fist at her chest.

"I will not run away anymore."

"I'm willing to do anything to keep this world going."

The Lost Tale: The Lost Children: Chapter 421 I'm Willing to Be the Cruelest God for Them

"I'm willing to do anything."

How familiar those lines are.

Xiangzi had heard this phrase many times; he had said it himself, and Su Shi had said it too. This was the second time Su Shi had said it to him. The first time, Su Shi had knelt on the ground, holding his hands, her face full of pleading, as if Xiangzi would stay if she said, "I'm willing to do anything."

Last time, Xiangzi said to Su Shi, "Can you bear this for a lifetime? I'm willing to do anything, but those are such heavy words."

At that moment, Su Shi fell silent.

Therefore, Xiangzi believed from the bottom of his heart that Su Shi was just a little girl who was still playing house in her heart and was unwilling to give up Crychic. Her so-called "willing to do anything" was just talk. Even though she was particularly prone to anger last time because of the medication, and regretted saying something that was too much, she never thought she was wrong.

Now Su Shi said the same thing to her again.

"I'm willing to do anything for this world."

This time, Su Shi's expression changed, becoming stronger and more resolute, no longer appearing weak, helpless, and pitiful.

She looked at Xiangzi; they had the same pair of eyes, but the look in their eyes was completely different.

Rumble————

The tremors in the distance became increasingly noticeable.

Meanwhile, on the distant coastline, the battle between the resistance forces of Sanctuary and the Imperial army stationed on the ground continued for an entire day.

Just as the battle reached a stalemate and both sides were considering retreating, an unexpected change occurred.

"Lin Hai! Something's wrong!" Tobacco shouted, pointing at the dark mass in the distance, "Where did the Empire get so many monsters?!"

Monsters appeared from all directions.

Countless monsters, like mountains and seas, surged toward the battlefield.

“Those aren’t Imperial monsters.” Lin Hai shook his head. “The enemy’s position has also been shaken. Those monsters are very likely… to have appeared out of thin air.”

"Appearing out of thin air?"

"Hmm." Lin Hai bit his lip. "I'm afraid something's happened to Xiangzi."

"Eh?!"

......

Out of the corner of his eye, Xiangzi caught a glimpse of a splash of water appearing on the sea. The splash was far from Sky City, so far that it was smaller than a thumbnail. But there was more than one splash; they continued to emerge from the horizon.

One aquatic monster after another appeared on the sea surface, the splashing water even forming mist, creating a long white line on the sea surface.

That was the source of the vibration they had just heard.

"What did you do?!" Xiangzi turned his head and looked at Su Shi.

"The magic required to maintain the operation of the entire world is too much. I will take back all the worlds except the divine kingdom and transfer the magic to the incubation of the present-day body."

"Goddess?!"

"Are you crazy?! Didn't you say you wanted to protect this world?"

"Of course I will protect them—!" Su Shi roared hysterically, "Everyone's consciousness will enter the divine realm after death, and as long as there is a constant supply of magic, they can exist 'forever'!"

“Are they still alive?!” Xiangzi clenched his fists. “I admit that I was wrong to treat this world as a virtual world! It’s real—no, it is a real world. Everyone here is a living being, and the memories of those I sacrificed still exist in my mind.”

After personally sacrificing Xiaosushi, Xiangzi could no longer regard them as mere familiars.

"But now you're going to sacrifice them all to obtain the magic to incubate yourself, to plunder the lives of the living for a bunch of dead people—aren't you destroying everything you've created?!"