Time: One morning in December 1994.
Location: The Matou family compound in Kanfushi City, Shinji's room.
Scene setting: The door is closed, the curtains are drawn tightly, and the room is extremely dark.
Asagami Fujino fell on the bed, unconscious, and Matou Shinji stood beside the bed with a strange expression on his face.
The combination of bed, man and woman is generally associated with scenes that are not suitable for children. However, when the female protagonist is only 12 years old and the male is only 7 years old, no matter how large the scale is, it can only be rated as a child, and it will not be banned in any country.
In fact, Shinji is doing something very serious and proper—checking Fujino's body... Ahem, don't get the wrong idea, it's a real physical check-up, a neurological check-up.
Shinji was not the one who led the inspection. His skills, talents, and knowledge were all focused on combat. Even if he was given another ten years, he might not be able to do this kind of professional-level targeted inspection. Yusitisa was the one who actually inspected Fujino's body. Shinji was just an assistant.
However, because Yusitisa transformed into a spirit and drilled directly into Fujino's body, it looked like a man and a woman were alone in the same room. The weird expression on his face was purely because he witnessed the abnormal scene of Yusitisa "drilling" into Fujino's body with his own eyes, which slightly distorted his worldview - I've seen many ghosts passing through walls, but I've never seen a ghost drilling directly into a person.
By the way, Yustisa usually only acts in her physical form when there are no outsiders around. If Shinji has to attend some public occasions, she will transform into a spirit and follow Shinji, or run away to other places to wander.
When Shinji finally managed to reshape his outlook and return to normal, Yustisa's head popped out of Fujino's stomach: "Use a magic to enhance perception. I want to observe further."
Thus, Shinji once again heard the voice of his three views collapsing. Of course, he did not forget to use magic according to Yustisa's request.
Perception enhancement magic is a type of physical enhancement that can make a person's specific senses more acute. It is one of Shinji's best magic. He can barely grasp the rhythm of the battle between the servants, relying on this magic to enhance his vision. Last night and now, he used this magic to enhance Fujino's body sensitivity.
Another fifteen minutes passed, and Yusitisa finally ended her torture of Shinji and Sanguan, left Fujino's body, transformed into a physical entity and sat at the head of the bed.
"What's the result?" Shinji's voice seemed a little weak, and he looked even more tired than Yustisa.
"It is just as you said, her painlessness is artificially caused. No, according to the current medical definition, it is not painlessness at all." The so-called painlessness refers to the congenital loss of pain perception. Fujino does not fall into the category of painlessness.
In fact, when Fujino was very young, he had all the normal senses like ordinary people, the only abnormality was his innate supernatural power. The problem was this supernatural power, which was regarded as a taboo by the people of the Asagami family, who called Fujino a "devil's child" and ostracized and even persecuted him until Fujino was 6 years old.
That year, Fujino's ability disappeared, along with her sense of pain. The Asagami family's ban on the "devil" factor was not only a blockade of information, but also a suppression of ability. In order to suppress Fujino's ability, Fujino's father began to give Fujino painkillers. Fujino's loss of pain was not a disease at all, it was just suppressed by drugs.
It was also because of this that Shinji's perception-enhancing magic could make Fujino feel pain temporarily, and Yustisa's examination completely confirmed this.
"As long as she stops taking the medicine, it won't take long for her pain to gradually return."
"What about other aspects of your body? Are there any problems?" Any medicine has side effects, and long-term use can cause damage to the body. This is what Shinji is worried about.
"The rest of the body is fine, except for the eyes—"
"What's wrong with his eyes!!!" No wonder Shinji was so excited. Fujino's special ability lies in his eyes. If there is a problem with his eyes, all Shinji's hard work will be in vain.
"There is an eye lesion, but it is not serious. If treated in time, it will not affect vision."
"That's good, that's good." Shinji let out a long breath, "It's good as long as it can be cured."
The girl lying on the bed opened her eyes and looked at Shinji blankly.
"Why do you care so much about me?"
She had regained consciousness when the perception-enhancing magic was cast upon her, but because she had no sense of reality about her own body, she let Shinji and Yustisa do whatever they wanted.
Shinji was stunned for a moment, then gave a malicious smile.
"Because I like you and want to take you home."
"Rob me? Why? Is there anything about me that's worth stealing?"
Perhaps it was because the look was too hazy, too dim, and too similar to the two pairs of eyes in his memory whose future had been taken away, Shinji lost the desire to tease the girl and spoke softly.
"Of course, you are unique in this world, and I hope to gain your power."
"I, do I have powers? I have no sense of pain, and I am probably not even human."
"Oops, oops, you made three mistakes in just one sentence. Let me correct them one by one."
"First, whether you feel pain or not, the fact that you are human does not change."
"Second, as you just heard, you will be able to regain your pain sensation soon, as long as you don't take those drugs."
"Third, you have power. When you regain your sense of pain, your suppressed power will also be revived. You should have an impression of the ability to distort objects without touching them."
Shinji's words seemed to have magical power, awakening Fujino's long-forgotten memories.
As a child, she accidentally twisted a spoon with her eyes, for which she was scolded and even beaten by her father, and people around her began to reject her.
"Don't you... hate this ability?"
"How could that be? Not only do I not hate it, but I actually like it, as long as you don't use it on me."
As he spoke, Shinji walked to the windowsill and pulled open the curtains.
The bright sunlight shone through the glass onto the bed, illuminating Fujino's face, Fujino's dim eyes, and also Fujino's empty and desolate heart.
I have been hated since I was a child, never needed by anyone, and it is difficult for me to even feel my own existence.
"So-so, this is what it feels like to be needed... So this is what it feels like to exist..."
My eyes regained their clarity and there was hope in my heart.
From now on, Asagami Fujino will no longer walk that tragic path; she will no longer become self-destructive and increasingly twisted because of the loss of her sense of pain; she will no longer encounter bad things like being gang-raped by bad boys.
Although what awaits her may not be a bright future, it is definitely a healthy life where she can cry when she is sad and laugh when she is happy.
That "Asagami Fujino" will never appear again, there will only be "Asagami Fujino" - "Asagami Fujino" belonging to the Matou family.
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