Before I knew it, it was half past three in the afternoon.

The afterglow of the sunset at dusk once again reflected obliquely into the teaching building, scattered in the classrooms, and in the corridors layer by layer, Xia Ran was in this warm orange, walking quickly.

From this time on, most of the students either went home directly from the school gate, or went to sit somewhere outside the school with their friends in groups, or participated in club activities.

Then there is the exercise of running in and out of the sports field, sweat and youth, but the latter is a minority among the few.

Xia Ran came to the special building, drove all the way to the fourth floor, and then walked along the corridor on the east side, heading straight to the designated activity room of the ministry department at the end of the corridor. As usual, he opened the door to the activity room.

Because in general, he is often the first to come, so he didn't knock on the door, but this time it seems to be an exception-

It seemed to be an empty classroom that had been put on hold, with various desks and chairs stacked on top of each other in the back half of the classroom, and near the edge of the window, the girl was sitting quietly with her head down and reading, and there was a hint of heat on her fair face dyed red by the setting sun.

This makes her no longer look as cold as white snow, but has a trace of warmth and feeling that belongs to the world.

“……”

“……”

The scenery of this scene was so beautiful and picturesque that Xia Ran subconsciously held his breath, for fear that the slightest movement he made would break this time and space that seemed to have been frozen.

The evening breeze outside the window is blowing gently, and the long black hair like ink jade is also slightly rippling, and the girl is reading quietly like this, as if even if the end of the world comes, it will not change the slightest, and this scene will continue forever.

Beautiful, lonely, and hazy......

There is also a pure white kimono, which makes her look completely free of duality, but the color is indifferent, just like her heart that realistically observes the principles of the world and the way of existence in the world......

Wait, kimono?

Xia Ran suddenly reacted and realized that something seemed to be wrong.

And at this time, the girl who was reading raised her head to look in his direction, and smiled gently, this smile was like the most perfect embodiment of the concept of women, and the clear and clear eyes were both transparent and deep, ethereal and endless.

Feel...... It's like facing God.

In a trance, he felt that the entire huge universe was moving away from him, and that beautiful figure was standing in an indistinguishable place looking at him from afar.

Vaguely, he seemed to see, on a snowy night in silence, a kimono girl stood quietly on the snow, looking up at the distant space, looking at the stars.

……

……

Brush it......

Brush it......

The obvious sound of flipping books came to mind.

"Huh?"

When I opened my eyes, the first thing that caught my eye was the table opposite, and the books placed on it were constantly turning the pages in the light breeze blowing in from the window, and the wind was turning the books.

Xia Ran blinked slightly suspiciously, raised his head from the table lying in front of him, and looked around. In his sight, this empty classroom, which was so familiar that it could be turned into a landscape, was simply the same as before.

It was empty, except for the table and chairs that were set aside, and he was the only one who existed, although he had just fallen asleep on the table.

At this moment, the sunlight outside the window is just right, or rather, it is fierce to the point of being a little scorching, and the air in the distance is distorted, because the difference in temperature causes the air density to be uneven, resulting in different densities, and the light is also refracted there.

Not far from the building, you can see the huge sports field, where students are warming up for physical education classes, and some have already started training to play soccer or tennis.

Several physical education teachers in charge of the class are standing on the edge of the field in different directions, carefully watching the situation of the students, blowing the whistle from time to time, and directing the commander......

Xia Ran frowned, glanced up at the wall clock on the wall, and found that it was just over nine o'clock in the morning, close to ten o'clock, and there was still a long time before the lunch break...... It's just that he is a little afraid to be sure easily, maybe he is still not in the reality dimension?

It's like that-

With the acumen of his inspiration and the strength of his divine will, he was completely unaware of any problems. I really feel like I've spent another day on a solid footing, and I'm preparing to spend the last club time in the ministry as usual......

I forgot that I actually went to Hiratsuka's office in the morning, so I didn't go back to the classroom, but came to the activity room openly, ready to paddle and fish, but fell asleep unconsciously.

- Were you just dreaming?

- Why did you suddenly fall asleep?

These two thoughts flashed in his mind as a matter of course, and he didn't think about it, after all, the answer was obvious. The only thing she needs to care about is, what is her intention? Are you sending any important message to yourself?

As for why I don't know, it's because the initial conversation can only have that once, and after that, Xia Ran himself forgot what he agreed with the other party, but he just knew that it was very important, and he couldn't remember it.

Even the mind has a forbidden area, and she can only make sure that she will not be watched until she succeeds, and she cannot interfere too much.

Although there is no reason, Xia Ran just knows that this is the case, even if he has forgotten the specific details, he only knows that as long as he continues to be strong and accumulate strength, he will naturally continue to get closer to that goal.

Gently stretching out his slender index finger and rubbing his temples, he first picked up the mobile phone that was resting on the edge of the table and took a look, and found that there was no new information or caller ID, and he was somewhat relieved.

Although I don't know how the negotiations between the three princesses went, whether it went well, and whether it had already come to fruition, it shouldn't be the worst case, at least the shrine shouldn't have been demolished.

After relieving himself and refocusing his attention on what had just happened, and after thinking about it for a while, Xia Ran suddenly remembered that not long ago, something like this seemed to have happened in the mission world.

And it seems that the scene is exactly the same, they are all classmates under the snow who are quietly reading the books in their hands under the sunset by the window in the dream, and suddenly become the girl in a pure white kimono.

Well, wait, read......

Xia Ran raised his eyebrows, as if grasping a key place, he looked at the table opposite, it was the seat of Xue Nai under the snow, and there were five or six books stacked on the table.

It seems that she doesn't take her books back every day, but leaves the unfinished books in the activity room. Anyway, after locking the door, you don't have to worry about theft.

Besides, there should be no thieves who are not in the stream, they will be interested in this kind of empty classroom that is simply used to stack tables and chairs, and go to great lengths to pry the door and steal a few worthless books, and the audio-visual classroom on the third floor, the computer club, or something is not fragrant?

Xia Ran stretched out his hand and pulled those books in front of him, picked up a reading book at random and looked at it carefully, under the snow, Xue Nai cherished books, and each book was wrapped with a cover, but the result was that if you only look at the surface, you can't tell which book is which book.

"Huh?"

Flipping through it casually, he was slightly surprised, he originally thought that the readings under the snow should be some literary works with more famous and connotations.

However, it seems that they are all books related to the occult fields such as religion and folklore, myths and legends, from "Lectures on Astrology" to "The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft", and "The Past and Present Hundred Ghosts".

"Am I considered to have taken a crooked classmate under the snow?"

Xia Ran felt a little funny, and at the same time had some complicated feelings, it seemed that his previous decision was correct, and he really needed to pay attention to this aspect, and he couldn't ignore the other party's uneasiness.

After flipping through it carefully, he actually found a copy of "The Tale of Taketori", it seems that it should be together with the book "Hundred Ghosts of the Past and the Present", it is the effort of the classmates under the snow to try to understand the inhuman paradise in Gensokyo?

Xia Ran thought so, and then found something that seemed to be in the book?

Bookmark?

Wrong.

He gently picked up the object sandwiched between the pages, raised his eyebrows, and found that it was a tarot card, and the card depicted a "person" hanging upside down with his hands tied behind his back, and a faint aura of divinity had appeared on his head.

- The Hanged Man.

Xia Ran looked at this tarot card and fell into deep thought, so the key should be this thing?

This card wasn't supposed to be put under the snow, though it was one of the tarot cards he had used before.

He once used tarot cards to try divination, and he drew the tower cards several times in a row, and then, under the snow, he drew a tarot card that was suspected of being a lover's card, and he didn't want to see it, so he took the whole deck of cards directly, and didn't return him at all.

But......

The girl shouldn't use that deck of cards as a bookmark, and the bookmarks in the other books are normal hard bookmarks, but this tarot card is a bit out of place.

However, this card doesn't seem to be special, in his vision and perception, it is ordinary, from the material to the structure, and the spatial identification mechanism is not triggered.

Either it really doesn't have anything special, or it's something special that is hidden, and the space can't break through that limit.

"Hanged upside down...... The card is supposed to refer to Odin's deeds, but the tree represents the infinite power of life, and the golden halo on his head is like the aura of an angel......"

Xia Ran tilted his head, and a pure white signature aura that seemed to have a bloody halo appeared above his head, pulsating and resonating with the great heaven and earth, and pulling the energy with worship.

But it was only for a moment, and then it disappeared without a trace, this is the change brought about by the fruit of life, although he did not become an apostle, but the essence of life did change somehow because of it.

So he wasn't sure if the card had anything to do with it.

"Ah, I've finally found you......"

The beautiful voice is not only as melodious as a movement, but also full of a graceful elegance and nobility, which reminds people of the daughters of the ministers in ancient times.