Legend of the Three Madnesses (5)

- Omnia fert aetas (Time destroys all).

　　Ryota remembered this sentence after seeing a fragment Kurumi's memory planning to go back in time and save her parents.

　　This was Kurumi's chuunibyou spell when she started the domain. After experiencing so many memories, he could already recite them backwards.

　　Ryota let out a light sigh.

　　Why this world line had disappeared, he could almost guess the reason.

　　The idea was the same as Ryota in this worldline – even if Kurumi had the ability to go back in time, she couldn't try that easily. Because no one can guarantee that the behavior of traveling to the past will not destroy the present.

　　Deceiving history... Is it true that history can be deceived?

　　If it's exaggerated, it's very possible that just being in the past for a second caused some material particles to deviate, then the future will completely change.

　　After all, the world does not work with human nature.

People who play with time are most likely to be played with time.

　　Kurumi's stubborn behavior caused all of her most important things to perish in the ruins of time.

　　Of course, Ryota also knew that he was purely standing and speaking without pain. Don't look at his current refusal to change his past behavior.

　　Once the death of his relative happened to him, and he just got his chance. At that time, he might have another face.

　　It is human nature to have double standards.

　　(Because Kurumi changed the past, did the world line jump to my side?)

　　Ryota guessed the answer, and his mood became a little complicated.

　　Everything in the past is gone. The records left behind by this timeline remained only in Kurumi's mind.

　　She came to the new world from the old world, but she still couldn't take a new step.

　　Minister Miki, Kei, Miyuki, Shirogane's Papa, and Hayasaka.

　　Kurumi avoided everyone close to her.

　　Perhaps with guilt, or perhaps, she was still fantasizing about the return of the abandoned world...

　　But she was never able to attend her wedding. Because Ryota has disappeared forever.

　　...

　　(No, the world line shouldn't jump directly to my side.)

　　Suddenly, Ryota canceled his guess. He noticed that the puzzle of some information had not been perfected.

　　(I haven't seen who told Kurumi to tell me that line, this is a dubious point. And there were no evil gods or cultists in the world in the first period, why was it my turn in this world? It couldn't have just appeared, could it? It must have there's a reason! Also, why does Kurumi keep killing cultists all over the world? She doesn't even care about the idea of eliminating ghosts and saving people… What's her motivation?)

　　After careful consideration, Ryota finds that even after reading Kurumi's memory in the first period, he still has many doubts that he hasn't resolved. From this point of view, maybe his current world is not the second period.

　　Perhaps, Kurumi also experienced a second historical change.

　　The moment Ryota had this thought, a new memory image appeared.

　　...

　　The evening sun, the chirping of crickets in summer, and the humid air.

　　After Kurumi opened her eyes, the feedback from the surroundings made her slightly confused consciousness awaken.

　　Looking around quickly, she found himself in a bedroom. The sense of contradiction between strangeness and familiarity struck.

　　"My own house?"

　　Kurumi was stunned, she recognized her room. However the layout and furnishings of the room, as well as bed sheets, blankets, etc., were a bit different from the one in the memory.

　　Kurumi stared straight ahead. On the small table, there is a laptop. Disaster news is being broadcast there.

　　The sound from the video pulled her back from the illusory haze and gave her a feeling of reality.

　　Kurumi glanced at the date on the computer, just as she had left.

　　The timing was the same, but everything else was different, it gave her a bad feeling.

　　"Open the blockade Mom and Dad's time first!"

　　Kurumi suddenly didn't dare to think about it anymore.

　　Shaking her head as if running away, she decided what to do next.

　　She had been accumulating soul power for ten years, and Ryota helped her eliminate almost all the [Meme] level ghosts in the world, so that the immense soul power she had accumulated was already able to travel through time.

　　It's just that traveling for ten years at a time consumes extremely high soul force.

　　The time she could be active in the past was instantly compressed into minutes.

　　Fortunately, she had rehearsed a rescue plan many times in her mind.

　　Soon, she found the parents involved in the supernatural events of that era, eliminated the ghosts, and stopped the time of her parents, consuming the remaining soul power to extend the stagnation time limit.

　　Now as long as the time stop is lifted, her parents will be resurrected in modern times.

　　"Come on, quickly!"

　　Kurumi couldn't wait to get up.

　　10 years...

　　The time for the reunion has finally come!

　　Explosion--!

　　At this time, there was suddenly a huge explosion outside the window.

　　The shockwave spread.

　　Kurumi tilted her head, just in time to see the scene where the glass window in the bedroom shattered.

　　Under the sharp cracking sound, several pieces of glass fell on the bedroom floor, and some fell into the courtyard outside the house.

　　Human screams faintly mixed with the howling wind.

　　"...!?"

　　Kurumi was surprised. Quickly got up from the chair, approached the window, stepped on the glass slag, and looked into the distance through the broken window.

　　Thick smoke and flames reflected in the field of vision. After judging that there might be a disaster, she didn't even bother going to the entrance to change her shoes, she turned around and jumped from the window onto the first floor, intending to rush to the disaster site.

　　"Ah... it hurts...!"

　　The next second.

　　Kurumi fell into the courtyard on the first floor in embarrassment, eating a mouthful of dust.

　　There is a sharp pain in the ankle, as if it had been sprained.

　　The palms and knees were also scratched and blood was oozing out.

　　Some of the glass shards on the ground pierced the indoor slippers and penetrated deep into the flesh. Aside from the heavy impact from the fall, she could barely breathe.

　　But instead of being in pain, Kurumi was more shocked, she seemed to have lost her strength! ?

　　"How...?"

　　Kurumi stared blankly. At this moment, she no longer cared about any pain.

　　Tremendous anxiety and panic flooded her heart.

　　At this moment, a voice pulled her back to consciousness: "Kurumi! Are you alright!?"

　　The next second, Kurumi felt a strong touch from her shoulder. Someone picked her up and hugged her.

　　She turned het head and found that it was a very beautiful woman, whose appearance was somewhat similar to her, but the contours of her face were softer, revealing a gentle temperament.

　　Kurumi suddenly froze. Her expression became dull.

　　"Are you stupid?"

　　The woman frowned and asked worriedly: "Why did you suddenly jump from the second floor? What's wrong with your head?"

　　"Mom...?"

　　Kurumi's voice was slightly hoarse: "Is that you...?"

　　"Of course it's me."

　　The woman looked at Kurumi with concern. There was reproach and distress in her eyes.

　　"Why did you do such a thing suddenly?"

　　"..."

　　Kurumi did not answer, just looked at each other wordlessly.

　　Seeing the mother who had died for many years, yet reappear before her eyes.

　　Really saved...

　　"I'll call an ambulance for you."

　　Seeing that Kurumi did not answer, the woman took out her cell phone and prepared to make an emergency call fearing her injury.

　　Suddenly, Kurumi embraced her. Due to this action, the cell phone in her hand accidentally fell to the ground.

　　"Kurumi?" The woman was slightly surprised.

　　Kurumi still didn't answer, and hugged her mother silently. She gave vent to the thoughts that had been accumulating for ten years.

　　...

During the healing period.

　　Kurumi sat up on the bed, propped up on the pillows, often staring out the window in a daze.

　　After the joy of reuniting with her mother and the emotion of longing erupted, she gradually calmed down and thought of other things.

　　First of all, what hit the brain is a deep doubt.

　　Why... history changes?

　　In this world, she didn't become a psyker and lost all her powers.

　　She turned into an ordinary girl… no, that couldn't be called normal either.

　　The fact that she was too beautiful was still maintained, and because of the changes in her social circle, she had become very popular now.

　　She had only been in the hospital for three days, and the number of people who came to see her had almost exceeded the ward threshold, both men and women, because the hospital stipulated that flowers were not allowed, so there were more magazines, books, towels, teddy bears, etc.

　　When she got out of the hospital, it took a lot of work to get these things home. Under the repeated bombardment from these people, Kurumi finally recalled her own memories in this world. But at the same time, she fell into deeper doubts.

　　Why did ehe obviously save her parents, but only her mother survived?

　　Why didn't her mother's time blockade work?

　　Why did her father still die in a supernatural event? Why do evil gods and cults exist in this world?

　　She just went back 10 years ago and saved her parents, how could that lead to the appearance of a cultist a hundred years ago?

　　Kurumi didn't dare think about it anymore. At this moment, there was fear lurking in her heart.

　　Because the seven evil gods conjured the world to cause chaos, the world often experienced plagues of death.

　　The cultists spread chaos and carnage all over the world.

　　All countries have been pressured to disclose information.

　　The Psyker Alliance and the cult have fought countless times. Even soldiers from various countries got involved. However, the Cult of the Seven Evil Gods had grown.

　　As time went on, more and more people died at the hands of cultists every year around the world.

　　Hundreds of millions of people have died each year in recent years. It far exceeded the number of casualties caused by the spiritual disaster.

　　The explosion she saw a few days ago was created by cultists, causing over two hundred casualties.

　　If all of this was caused by her tampering with the past...

　　"..."

　　Kurumi held her breath, the pressure that was heavier than the mountain almost crushed her.

　　She could only numb herself with constant self-suggestion—it wasn't her fault.

　　How could the destruction of 10 years ago affect the history of 100 years ago?

　　There must be another reason...

　　There must be another reason!

　　"Kurumi, I made your favorite soup."

　　Suddenly the door opened. Madam Tokisaki entered with a gentle temperament, holding a tray in her hand.

　　"Let me feed you."

　　Madam Tokisaki sat on the edge of the bed and blew on the soup spoon gently.

　　"Mom, I'll do it myself."

　　Kurumi exhaled lightly, temporarily suppressing the messy thoughts in her heart. Then, she reached out to take the spoon, but it was opened.

　　Madam Tokisaki said: "I've said it several times. You are now a patient in recovery. Leave everything to me."

　　"But..."

　　"Sure enough, Mom is despised."

　　Madam Tokisaki showed a frustrated expression: "Recently, you have been against me. I still wonder if you will be better when you are sick, am I really being too tolerant?"

　　"...Please feed me."

　　Kurumi immediately opened her mouth cooperatively.

　　Madam Tokisaki winked at her daughter and smiled slightly.

　　Obviously, the mother was playing her daughter. However, Kurumi did not refuse at all.

　　"Come..."

　　Madam Tokisaki's smile narrowed slightly.

　　"Ah..."

　　Kurumi could only endure her embarrassment and accepted the food. She's almost 20 years old, and she's still being fed soup like this...

　　Fortunately, this process ends soon.

　　"Delicious?" asked Madam Tokisaki.

　　"Um..." Kurumi nodded slightly, feeling a familiar and nostalgic taste in her mouth.

　　She subconsciously remembers her mother 10 years ago, and after that, life after both of her parents passed away.

　　Empty room, cold dining table. After opening the door on the verandah, no one would come to welcome one's home. Compared to her back then, she must be a hundred times happier now.

　　Even though this world is full of destruction everywhere. But it also has a warm and pleasant place to live.

　　Seeing the gentle woman in front of her, Kurumi felt her whole heart warm.

　　This is good, no need to be greedy for excessive beauty. What she had been chasing and longing for was right here.

　　Enough.

　　"Kurumi, are you alright?"

　　Madam Tokisaki suddenly asked: "Is there any discomfort?"

　　The voice was full of worry and worry.

　　"Mom, why do you ask that?" Kurumi was stunned: "I'm fine."

　　"It's fine… then why are you crying?"

　　"Crying... uh...?"

　　Kurumi subconsciously touched the corner of her eye. Only then did she notice that tears were trickling down her cheeks onto the bed.

　　"Ah... I'm fine, but my eyes are a bit dry."

　　Kurumi quickly wiped her eyes, then lowered her head deeply.

　　Warmth... Warmth... This kind of warmth was given to her by the Shirogane family!

　　Once the memory is triggered, it can no longer be stopped. The memories she had been forced to avoid the past few days exploded in an instant, flooding her entire brain.

　　"Ryota...sorry,sorry,sorry..."

　　Kurumi kept apologizing inside her heart and couldn't stop crying.

　　History has changed.

　　There is no Ryota in her new memories, everything in the past is gone.

　　Madam Tokisaki quickly brought a tissue and wiped her daughter's crying face.

　　"Just tell me if you have sad things, how uncomfortable is it to be alone in your heart?"

　　She ran a hand through Kurumi's hair worriedly.

　　"I'm fine... Mom, I want to sleep."

　　Kurumi suddenly pulled herself onto the bed.

　　Seeing her daughter's busy appearance, Madam Tokisaki sighed softly: "Okay, it's better to sleep first, I'll call you before dinner."

　　"Um..."

　　...

　　This is how the life of contradiction begins.

　　Kurumi enjoyed the warmth brought by her mother's care and concern.

　　On the one hand, she hates and scolds herself because her stupid behavior ruined the past.

　　Her promise to Ryota seems so weak in the face of the cruel movement of time.

　　As time went on, her guilt grew.

　　The disaster news that was broadcast on TV every day also brought heavy psychological pressure on her.

　　If she couldn't see her mother every day, Kurumi didn't know if she would survive.

　　After two weeks like this, she had made her decision. She will find Ryota!

Even if she rebuilt all the relationships from scratch, she didn't want to let them go.

　　Guilt is guilt, she doesn't want to run away like this anymore.

　　Find Ryota and flirt with him again. Then train the psionic energy again, and quickly advance to the third stage with experience. Then, together with Ryota, fix this bad world!

　　This time, she was reaching for the future, not the past.

　　"Ryota has Ming Hong's protection, even without my rescue, he should have managed to survive the death crisis… he will be fine!"

　　Kurumi forced herself to be firm. After saying goodbye to her mother, she ventured out of the house.

　　The memory screen suddenly changed.

　　Ryota in Kurumi's body saw the familiar T-shaped intersection. But he sighed quietly in his heart.

　　Because the Shirogane family no longer exists.

　　The planning of the surrounding housing has also changed a lot. It looks like it was rebuilt from the ruins.

　　Kurumi stared blankly ahead, speechless.

　　What's going on here?

　　...

　　Already an hour later, news was heard from the residents. Kurumi finally learned the truth.

　　A cult-fueled fight broke out in the neighborhood two years ago. Everyone living nearby was affected, and no one survived.

　　Kurumi was a little lost, she never imagined that it would be such an outcome.

　　(No... There is someone behind Ryota, the mysterious person who gave him the Ming Hong Sword will definitely not let him die, Kei and the others must be fine!)

　　Kurumi didn't dare accept reality, and found reasons to numb herself with panic. She immediately took out her cell phone and dialed Minister Miki's private number from memory.

　　Through official ministerial relations, the Shirogane family should be found quickly. However, much to Kurumi's despair, it wasn't the minister himself who answered the phone, but his daughter.

　　After several conversations, she learned that the minister had passed away a year ago.

　　The war with the cultists, too many people died. Ordinary troops, official organizations, psykers... The casualties are uncountable.

　　"How..."

　　Kurumi could not accept this reality.

　　Her parents were just ordinary people. She just saved two ordinary people, how could that cause such a big change in history?

　　Familiar people have accidents and die one after another...

　　"Impossible! There must be another reason!"

　　Kurumi ground her teeth. Suddenly, she thought of another place to go.

　　"Hayasaka. With the relationship between Shinomiya Kaguya and Shirogane Miyuki, Hayasaka and Ryota in this world must know each other. She probably knows where Ryota is."

　　Kurumi's eyes lit up, clutching at the last hope.