My mission is to fulfill the teacher's long-cherished wish: to tamper with history so that Aunt Xingyan, who died in an accident ten years ago, can survive.
Ah, calling her an aunt might be a little mean-spirited. It stands to reason that calling her a sister would be better, but if you are so selfish, please let me go.
After all, I'm still a little jealous of the person who made the teacher worry about him for ten years.
In the past history, the teacher did not take his anger out on our family because of the death of Aunt Xingyan. Instead, he dismantled his final sword for this, and then used the "Pluto holy sword - Vandal Joe" Help their family cut off the half-spirit.
It was probably at that time that my young self began to yearn for him.
Then, because of my unique physique that is not affected by the timeline, I was favored by the teacher and became his disciple. I inherited the Shining Holy Sword and received training in order to go back to the past and change history.
During that time, I gradually realized that I seemed to like this person who was my teacher.
But I never showed my heart, not only because of my cowardly nature, but also because I was afraid that if the teacher refused, even the teacher-student relationship would be affected.
Today, the goal that the teacher and I have worked hard for nearly ten years has finally been achieved.
For that, I should be happy...
"Hey, why are you in a daze all of a sudden?"
The teacher whose head was like a sun visor I put on asked softly.
"Ah, sorry, because the ice cream is so delicious, I accidentally got intoxicated with it."
I quickly licked the double scoop of ice cream that was about to melt in my hand, and then tried to fool it.
The strong vanilla flavor diffused in my mouth, and the cool feeling also dispelled the heat from my body, which made my cranky head return to the tranquility of the past.
"Teacher, do you want to try it?"
"No, I'm not talking about you, even if you like sweets, is it really okay to eat that much at once?"
The teacher's voice sounds weak, but it can be heard that he is only concerned about me, which is exactly the same as the future him.
"Don't worry, don't worry about other things, but you can have as many sweets as you want!"
So I also tried my best to let go of the feeling of boredom in my heart, even if the other party couldn't see it, I responded with a smile on my face.
"Hey, please be more restrained if you can... Whether it's in terms of your health management or the weight of my wallet."
"Hey~ Teacher, you are so mean!" I puffed up my cheeks and said coquettishly like a child.
"It's not stingy, it's careful planning and thrifty housekeeping!" The teacher hit my head with a meat ball, but it didn't hurt at all, but it was still itchy.
People on the road looked at us incredulously, because they couldn't understand what the teacher said, so it seemed strange.
"Okay, okay, teacher, don't forget that we're still on our way to a date! It's going to make a girl feel unhappy if you're so fussy~"
"A date... I always feel something is wrong with this kind of date." The teacher muttered to himself on my head.
"Oh, is it because I borrowed the appearance of my young self in this era, but let me tell you, teacher, don't look at me now, but in the future I will become a 'puff puff'~"
"What's with that weird onomatopoeia?!"
"Although you may not believe it, it is definitely much bigger than Aunt Xingyan now~"
"I don't want to know this kind of strange information! And that's not what I mean. If I have to say it, it's my side that's wrong..."
"By the way, Sister Jasmine's figure is still the same as it is now~"
"Great... Cough, don't forget to say this in front of Jasmine, okay?"
The teacher exhorted pretendingly.
Although Sister Jasmine herself doesn't seem to care about it.
"Understood~" I put my fingers together and made a not-so-standard military salute.
The teacher was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Xinghua, do you have something on your mind..."
"Not at all, teacher, you are too caring!"
Although my heart was beating violently, I still tried my best to look calm on the outside, and replied with a smile: "With the Shining Holy Sword, there are not many people in this world who can hurt me."
"Although it only has the power of one blow."
"Ahhh..."
"And it was clear that he wanted to come back and change history, but in the end, he didn't help at all."
"Ahhhhhh..."
People already cared about this matter a lot, but they even made up for it. It really is the same as the future, teacher, you incomprehensible guy!
"However," just as I was slandering in my heart, the teacher's voice was a little softer: "Thank you, if it weren't for you, I would definitely follow the old path in your timeline."
"Well, uh..."
Damn it, you have become a cat, and your age is not the future uncle model, why is your voice still so dull, sir! Talking at such a close distance made my feet a little unsteady.
"What's the matter?" The teacher asked with concern, maybe feeling that my footsteps were a little wobbly.
"No, it's nothing, I just want to go to the bathroom a little bit."
"As for the toilet, I remember there is one around the corner."
Then moved to the toilet.
"Teacher, no peeping~" I took off the teacher on my head and put it in a flower bed beside me.
"What kind of eyes do you use to see me!"
"If you want to peep, you must only peep at me~"
"I don't know how to look at you anymore!"
…
What a fool I am!
What "be sure to only peep at me~"! It's like something an idiot would say! Judging from the teacher's expression, he was definitely frightened!
Because I didn't really have to go to the toilet, I just turned the toilet lid down, sat like a chair, covered my face with my hands, and wanted to die in embarrassment because of what I said just now when my head was hot.
It took a while for the heat on my face to drop to a normal level.
"Oh, it's not okay to go on like this... It's a rare date with the teacher..."
With a long sigh, I summoned the Brilliant Holy Sword and raised it high towards the lamp above the compartment.
The silvery blade of the sword was already vaguely transparent at this time.
"My time...is running out..."
After sorting out my mood, I went out to meet the teacher, and then started the second round of dating.
After abandoning the weird distracting thoughts, even if it is just wandering around in various stores, the date becomes very enjoyable.
When the last movie in the cinema ended (the teacher sneaked in because pets were not allowed), it was almost time.
When I walked out of the cinema, the sky was already orange-red, the setting sun was about to disappear on the horizon, and the bright red and magnificent Huoshaoyun painted the most beautiful stroke of the sky on the horizon.
The teacher's Sakura apartment is located on the outskirts of the city, and there will be a suburban park on the way.
At this time, the artificial lake in the suburban park is also dyed in the color of the sunset, and the sparkling looks very beautiful.
I put the teacher on the rockery beside the artificial lake, and then I took two steps back to the lake to face the teacher.
He seemed to realize something, looked at me seriously, and waited for me to speak.
"Teacher, I have to go."
"It's so sudden, I thought you would stay a little longer."
The teacher shook his head and said, it seems a pity.
"I was able to stay in this timeline because of the power of the Brilliant Holy Sword, but this power is limited," I bit my lower lip, trying to calm my voice a bit: "And, if I don't leave, The 'I' of this timeline will never be able to wake up."
"Although I have already said it, I still want to thank you again." The teacher lowered his eyes and said softly, "Although we have known each other for a short time, I think you are a good person."
But I have known you for ten years.
"It's disgusting, teacher, you still send me a good person card at this time."
You can't cry, absolutely can't cry in this kind of place.
Otherwise, wouldn't the teacher be worried
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but I'm telling the truth. It's a pleasure to be with you."
me too! Being able to be with the teacher and have a final date... Really, very special joy!
"Huh, the teachers in this era are really too young, and the uncle version of the teacher who is more mature in ten years' time is more my appetite~"
"Wow, what I said is really sad~" The teacher rolled on the rockery.
No, no matter which teacher, I like it the most!
"..."
"..."
After a moment of silence, I looked up at the teacher.
"Teacher, actually..."
"?"
Actually I like you.
I like you the most.
"Actually, today is my birthday."
In the end, he still couldn't say it, and could only show the same cowardly smirk as before.
"Hey, didn't you say it earlier!" The teacher immediately became flustered: "Isn't there no time to prepare birthday presents?"
No time to
I looked up and saw that my body was fading away from my fingertips.
Ah... has it come to this time...
Finally, the helpless teacher gave me the cat bell around his neck.
"Goodbye... Finally, thank you again. My only student." The teacher sat on the rockery with a smile and looked at me with gentle eyes.
Because cats have less facial muscles, they generally have no expression, but the teacher is different. The cat will show a very humane expression on its face.
His expression at this moment coincided with that of his teacher ten years later.
"Goodbye, teacher."
…
It hurts.
Traveling through time and space can cause damage to the soul. I learned this as early as ten years ago when I went back.
But compared with the pain in my heart now, the pain in my soul is nothing.
After changing the history, Aunt Xingyan will not die, not only will the teacher not dismantle her final sword, but also there will be no reason to return to the past.
That way, after the teacher helped our family separate the half-spirits, there would be no more entanglements.
... I am naturally no longer a student of the teacher, and the time I had with the teacher will never happen again.
From now on, my teacher and I will be completely irrelevant strangers.
"Woo..."
If I had a body, I would definitely be crying by now.
I knew that this kind of thing would happen, and the teacher told me that it would happen, but in order to make the teacher no longer suffer from the past, I chose to change history for him.
"Why is it me..."
I thought I was mentally prepared, but I didn't expect that when I lost my teacher and all the bonds I had built over the past ten years, I would feel so much pain.
Why only me, the singularity, retains all the memories of the previous timeline
If I had known earlier, I should have confessed desperately just now, at least I would not have to bring such painful thoughts back to the cold future without a teacher.
"teacher… "
"teacher… "
"teacher… "
Calling him over and over again, but the heart-wrenching pain couldn't be suppressed.
In the next moment, the surrounding environment, including my body, returned.
I was in a grassy clearing.
Judging from the time displayed on the roadside holographic billboard, I should have returned to the day in the past ten years later.
"here is… "
I have an impression of the surrounding buildings.
No, it should be said to be very familiar.
"Are you kidding...?"
In this original era, the current wasteland should be rented by the teacher for the purpose of researching the cut-off timeline, and with the help of the super management office, he built a dojo.
This is also the place where I spend the longest time with my teacher.
But now, everything is gone.
I spread out my palm, and I was holding the brightly colored cat bell and the collar that still had the teacher's body temperature in my hand.
Then, because of the baptism of the time gap, the bell and collar decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a handful of ashes.
"Ugh..."
The last line of defense in my heart collapsed.
I fell to my knees in the grass, holding the ashes of my last connection with my teacher, and burst into tears.
It was as if his heart was being held by invisible hands, and he was so painful that he couldn't breathe.
Then I understood, after ten years of first love, until just now, I was officially broken.
Everything is gone.
If I had known that it was such a painful thing, I would have never known the teacher at all—
— No, sure enough, even if it is so painful, I can't forget the teacher... I have never known this kind of self-deception, I will never admit it...
I wiped away my tears and sniffed.
The teacher must still be somewhere in this world... I'm going to find him. Then build a new bond.
Just give up like this, I am not reconciled!
Absolutely not reconciled!
"Let me tell you, it's too exaggerated to cry like this just because I said a few words to such a grown-up person?"
At this time, an unbelievable voice came from beside me.
It was a familiar, reassuring voice.
"… teacher?"
Turning around, I saw, as usual, the uncle version of the teacher in a white coat standing there helplessly.
"How old is he, still crying like a kitten." The other party handed me a handkerchief and said angrily and funny.
"Why are you here..."
I took the handkerchief and asked in a daze.
"Don't you forget, today is your birthday, everyone is waiting for you at Sakura Apartment." He touched my head, the temperature in his palm was still the same as usual, so warm that I was intoxicated: "You But my proud student."
With that said, he turned around and walked towards Sakura's apartment.
"..."
Although something has changed, there is still something that hasn't changed.
The impulse welling up in my heart made me grab the corner of his clothes.
"Well, what's wrong?"
The teacher turned around blankly.
"Teacher, actually..."
this time.
Definitely say it!