Vol 20 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Regarding the Cat Soaring to the Moon
He would always pass by her during the night
While For home from the City Police depart Formed's position, he didn't have any need to do so, but he still felt that if he didn't do that, he wouldn't be himself Before he realized, his route would deviate from the road ho went on, he gradually felt that ned himself and turned those actions into a habit
He would pass by her while on his patrol
Moreover, it was on fixed days of the week Even if there were deviations because of business ork, she would still be there to pass by Formed, as if she deliberately coordinated with his schedule
Passing by
It was just that
Though it was just that, it still made Formed feel curious Whether this was his intuition as a policeman, or a simple mistake, or dictated by some emotions between e
It could also be said that he was only curious about it because he found it hard to judge
”After all, I'm really bad about one of those aspects”
Afterthis, he made a wry smile
When he met someone for the first time, the other person would definitely believe Formed to be an older person He wasn't tall either, but his head was large, so his body proportions weren't good
Forirls
But, if one were to say that he only worked hard on his job and schoolwork because he was like this, then it would be a double insult, and he believed that wasn't the truth No no no, even that thought was No no, it wasn't like that No no no After thinking like that, a difficult dile about those two things separately was s up because he was still young Did he have those kinds of thoughts because his ht up to his appearance?
Another hts from his brain
Even if he were like that, there were also people who showed interest There was one girl as strange like that That happy feelingto tilt his head and show a puzzled expression
”I'irl he passed by, a speculation about ed - that kind of thing was a forotten carried away because there was a girl who seemed to express interest This didn't irl was strange
For hi after all? He tried thinking about it again
Who was the girl he passed by? To Formed who had held an office in the City Police Depart that otten very good at reate the city's records
After setting the first-years as his target of investigation, the answer showed itself quickly
She was Vati Len, a first-year general studies student, and even her address was quickly found Though the place Vati lived in was strange, it was very understandable once he thought about the fact that she was a first-year Not knowing anything about this city, and being tricked by the cheap rent to rent a rooe place - every year, there were retted because of this It wouldn't be strange if she hadher residence, he could deteran thinking, and a map spread out in his mind
With For of possibilities why she passed by hi, Formed could quickly find out where Vati worked, but he believed that it wouldn't be too far from her nearby areas Because people wouldn't move here and there for no reason
”Then”
This time, he quietly spoke out loud
This was a possibility
Though he was curious about what she was doing at night, the place Vati and Formed passed by each other was still within her nearby area
Then, was he just thinking tootoolunch, a class tis to do to prepare for graduation, so their opportunities to chat had clearly decreased a lot
One could even say that the reason Formed honestly told this classmate he didn't seesince expected him to say this
”You think so?”
He truly was just overestihed bitterly at that inside his heart while replying
”Is there any other possibility?”
After being asked this, an eed on Formed's face The two of theraduation, and they didn't have time to fantasize to the ends of the earth It was because of this that the other person cut hi the topic towards love Hey, aren't you tired of this - His class, asked him this with his eyes
In addition, Formed, who had expected to be told this, said:
”Ah That's probably right”
”It's definitely like that In addition - Hey, once we graduate, on't even be living in the sa”
”Yeah”
”Howto do your City Police work?”
”Nn?”
”Agriculture student and Policeman, I can't tell at all which road you want to walk, because you're impressive at both”
”Really?”
”Yeah But, you're alain”
”I know”
Though he said this, Formed actually didn't really knohether he truly realized
In order to broaden his knowledge as a researcher, Formed had left his city of birth
However, before he realized it, he noticed that he had gotten hooked on his job as a polices had becoo sether But Formed's luck wasn't bad, so he had succeeded in both simultaneously
He also felt that he had done pretty well
But because of this, the current For what kind of person he would become when he returned to his ho a researcher like he had wanted at the start?
Or would he choose what he had found in the Academy City - the road of a policeraduate and who also had no choice but to prepare could see Formed's internal strife
”It's fine”
Those words just sounded like a casual re lunch, the two of then quickly parted, because both were very busy His classulped down the drink in his cup as if he ashi+ng his throat, and then left the area After watching the other person leave, Forot about the conversation just noith a wry s his thinking to the tasks he would have to finish today
After that, For while Not only was he busy with dealing with the research reports he would have to deliver before his graduation, his City Police as also very busy Though Forer burdened with onsite work, he still had to deal with s directly in order to communicate clearly with his successors Also, Formed was still left in this position, so he still had to deal with norh to et about Vati, but it was very easy for hiain
He hadn't stopped the patrols that had becoht, he naturally ran into her again
”Uh”
Since he had cootten about thisho his way
It was Vati Len
She was a girl with a transparent beauty
It could be said that she seemed like a doll
Vati walked over, her white face filled with tranquility as if it werethe other way as Vati, would just pass by without saying a thing
That was it
Foraze, but he suddenly changed his mind and looked upwards If he looked down, then his vision would become poor, and he had to avoid that kind of situation fro upwards was the sa upwards while walking and looking at the ground while walking were different
Those two actions weren't the sa this, he walked forwards
Fortunately, theat thethere very clearly, as if it were an object floating in the clear black sky For froinally, Formed had just believed that if he didn't look at her, he wouldn't need to think about unnecessary things, but he hadn't thought that it would let hi that he had seen sohtly across the edge of his vision
So
No, it was a disturbance
That disturbance sent For his senses
Ithere
However, in reality, there was nothing around
After that, Fornore what he had seen and treat it as if he had been oversensitive
Vati Len didn't have anything suspicious around her Though he felt that she was a bit strange, he still believed that she was very serious, and no strange rued that she was just that kind of person
Vati didn't have anything about her that a City Policeman had to take note of
Then, as Formed concerned about after all?
What had disturbed his heart?
He hadn't looked at Vati, but so aware of histo click his tongue
Just then, the sound of footsteps disappeared
Because his consciousness had returned to reality and he had noticed that the surroundings were completely silent, For his head backwards, he was surprised
Vati was looking towards him
Formed almost jumped in surprise, and his breath even stopped Froood that he hadn't let out a sound He unconsciously kept walking and maintained a steady pace, but almost fell over
As a result, Forht himself clumsily But, even if Formed showed that aardness in front of her, Vati still didn't say anything
She looked over withoutat the sky, just like he had been just now
Was she looking at the e for Formed to hurriedly leave the scene, but he still felt very curious about Vati What was she looking at?
It was the s of still wanting to confiraze and looked towards the sky
As expected, there was the moon
In addition, there were trees
Had those been there since the beginning? The trees that grew from the sides of the roads reached their branches out towards the road Those tree branches becaht
No, there was another decoration
Moreover, Vatiat that decoration
It was a cat
With theon a tree branch there, forcing it to bend to its limits
This cat had three eyes
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The object on the cat's forehead wasn't an eye, but a ge color
It was a black cat, but the fur that grew near the gem hite, and it depicted a pattern with a wild air
The cat whose back faced the ht
”You're”
Vati who gazed upwardsthis, she noticed that theHis attention hadn't been attracted by so with a speed far, far slower than her own
”How does it feel to experience coht?”
A voice filled with a h her ears, but rather sounded directly in her ain
”It's even faster than I can react, which er a human”
”Oh my, you even saw me as a human?”
”It was just a possibility”
”I see”
What kind of expression was the person deep inside that cat showing? Vati noticed that her ht about until now
”In any case, what are you planning by co upon Vati's heart, the black cat's question poked at a sensitive area
”Do I have a reason to explain to you?”
”You don't”
”Then, why do you risk appearing here?”
Vati asked this, but she believed that she already knew the answer
When she speculated about the actions of this person, she could definitely conclude that her motives were curious
What were her reasons for appearing in the Academy City in this critical juncture? She had to have a reason - Vati thought this, and that could probably be said to be a natural response
After all, Vati hadn't hesitated to temporarily postpone her mission as Lævateinn, and she was in this kind of place collecting unnecessary infor as I don't do anything, you won't take any action againstaround, like 'how close can I get?'”
”So you thought you could coht”
”That's absurd”
Vati tried shaking her head, but couldn'tthe speed of light to exchange information Vati increased the level of her senses to the speed of the conversation, but if she also increased the speed at which her bodythat would make her ht and would lead to proble so very i that I have no reason to let others understand Isn't the answer you're searching for also like that?”
Vati tried testing her physical responses during the lightspeed communication That reflexive action was exactly the same as a human's If she had a mind to eliminate it, Vati could easily eliminate that reaction, but she had deliberately chose this option
”You're truly very interesting”
The black cat's voice sounded like she wasfun of Vati's reaction
”I really had a hard ti”
The cat's eyes flashed with light Its gaze shi+fted to the ive up on the thing that I want”
”Correct, we'll becos that cannot understand each other”
”Non-intersecting parallel lines”
”Is that an attitude of giving up, realizing that the two sides will be unable to understand each other?”
”Isn't that a fact?”
”Well, hu the phrase 'you can understand each other as long as you cos can be resolved with discussion But, that ”
”Oh?”
”What is it?”
”No, it was just that when I thought 'that's right' in hing
”That's how it is Really, I' is definitely jealousy I never would have thought there was soive up on Also, I never would have thought you would know about that kind of thing”
The black cat stayed where it was
But, the voice that entered her , but at the sah it sounded like it was a laugh fronore a boiling anger spilling forth, and relying on this to hide the emotion in her heart
Eruht
The cat that behaved norh the two objects weren't in sync, they were the sa
Vati felt puzzled at the intriguing feeling of acknowledging that disconnect
This cat was just a tool she used to communication tool she used, and wasn't her real body
However? Was that really the truth?
It had been so in the past
But, that didn't guarantee anything about the present
This person who had lived for a ti a norical perspective In that case, it couldn't be guaranteed that she still had a huuarantee that this cat was still existing in the form of a communication tool
In that case, was this cat the real body?
But, the cat's actions weren't coordinated with her voice, and it wasn't affected by her emotions
It just dexterously sat on the tree branch, with the oal?”
”World peace”
”That can't be it, you alchemists”
”What are the alcheroup that we originated froroup”
”In that case, you're definitely mistaken Because there are proble?”
”Regardless of what the facts are, that response of yours is”
”Do you know the truth?”
”Theto that alcheht? If I recall, he's called Soho? That person that Airen knows It seee relationshi+p between them, related to your outer appearance”
”When he created you, there were no alche to do with your creation, so there's no way you knohat alchemists are”
”Other than him”
”There is only onethe black cat that was trying to voice her conclusion
”Regardless of what you do, regardless of what you say, that fact will not change”
”Is that so? Could he continue existing like you said just now, even in the long ti in that space?”
The black cat didn't stop speaking
”There's noin the flesh, just the mind and the spirit Can that master of yours who only has his flesh in the sa in that space that I maintain still count as your master?”
”Then let me ask you a question What is this so-called mind?”
”Nn?”
”It is coht? If there is an experience which forces the e, then that person hiht?”
If a proble B If a concave problem happened, respond with convexity The so-called mind or personality was just for that were continuously repeated starting from the youth - everyone had a solution set that recorded how to resolve problee happened in the world that these solutions could not handle, then it wouldn't be strange to take up a pen and rewrite that person's solution set
People were beings that could change Hadn't it been humans itself who described themselves in that manner?
However
”I see, all of the probleory It's an extremely ordinary problem, and an eternal question”
After all, ere people's hearts anyway, and ere the so-called personalities?
The floating clouds ht become weaker, and the cat's body becaulfed in darkness, and only the two eyes and the geht to prove their existence