Magician in Type-Moon

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This sudden discomfort left Ryougi Shiki somewhat dazed.

Matou Ike was also suddenly stunned.

So dark...

It was pitch black there, and the bottom was completely dark.

Upon discovering that he was surrounded by darkness, it was as if he were reliving that death.

Floating in a sea of ​​darkness, a doll named Matouike slowly sinks, swallowed by the darkness without any resistance.

The puppet was completely naked, without any covering, as if it had lost all life and power, letting the illusory water flow carry it into the endless abyss.

No, perhaps Matou Pond was never falling in the first place, because there was nothing there.

It's not that there's no light, it's that there's no darkness either.

Since there was nothing there, nothing could be seen in Matou Pond, and even the meaning of falling was invalid.

The darkness here has no end.

Even the word "nothingness" probably cannot describe it.

Even in the meaningless void, only Matouchi's body gradually sank.

The naked bodies possess a glaring color that makes one want to look away, and everything "exists" here contains potent toxins.

"Is this the root of all evil...?"

He himself took a great risk by looking at Ryougi Shiki with those eyes, although he himself did not know why he did it.

Everything happened suddenly; it was just a sudden inspiration to see what the Ryougi Shiki, which was connected to the root, was like.

until...

Until I was immersed in this nothingness.

I kept staring into the distance, but I couldn't see anything.

I've been waiting for something, but I can't see anything.

It's not that we can't see it, it's that the information is too crowded and too chaotic, making it difficult to distinguish and absorb, and suffocating.

It is said to be nothingness, but its true nature is an otherworldly space composed of a vast ocean of information.

A jumble of things assaulted Matou Ike's mind.

"This is a concept different from knowledge, and it is relevant to the world..."

"From the depths of death... what lies in the depths of death...?"

Matou Ike suddenly understood something and wanted to control her sinking consciousness, making this illusory body float up.

If we keep sinking, we'll die!

No, it's about getting lost...lost in this place...

Matouchi thought of the divination performed on him by Kanbuko's mother.

I just didn't expect it to come true here.

Just because of one rash action, he has fallen into an abyss of no return.

It's really ridiculous.

Magicians don't engage in battles they're unprepared for.

But he wasn't ready yet...

They were originally lecturing Ryougi Shiki for her lack of reverence for the mysterious.

The result was that I made the same mistake when faced with the unknown.

Why did I suddenly want to use my Mystic Eyes to observe Ryougi Shiki?

He had been in a state of restraint all along.

He knew about Ryougi Shiki's physical condition.

"But this is indeed a suitable place to sleep."

The whisper sounded like a dream.

"You've come too early. This isn't the place for you right now..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Matouchi felt a spiraling dizziness, his eyes became slightly hot, and it was as if a thick fog had been shrouded in nothingness.

The raging flow of information, which was like gibberish, was drilling into Matou Ike's head, but when that thick fog appeared, everything calmed down.

Suddenly, Matou Ike's gaze froze.

The words that floated out of nothingness did not enter his mind as sound, but as sight.

What the Mystic Eyes sees is directly converted into information and flows into Matou Ike's mind.

"you are?"

"I am who I am. I exist within the Garan Cave. Perhaps it can be said that the Garan Cave is me."

As expected, Matou Ike was still somewhat surprised, even though she had already prepared a plan in mind.

"Why...why are you helping me?"

The voice of Ryougi Shiki was mechanical and devoid of emotion: "It's not that I'm helping you, it's that the choice you made helped you."

"What...did I do?"

"Don't you know... Well... Although it was unintentional on your part, Oriya was spared from certain death because of it."

Because of this...

"What do you mean by arriving too early?" Matou Ike had a new question.

"This is a place you are bound to come to, no, it is a place every magician is bound to arrive at. But the difference is that some people arrive in a conscious state, while others arrive in a dazed state."

The tone of his answer was very natural, as if the two were friends who had known each other for ten years.

"You currently lack sufficient anchor points, so the 'sinking' is inevitable."

Does "shipwreck" refer to that state just now? And what is the anchor point? Matouike doesn't understand.

Beyond the thick fog, Ryougi Shiki's mature-looking eyes remained fixed on him.

"Matou Ike, I have something to ask you... Do you think this world deserves to be loved?"

The question was so sudden that Matou Ike found it difficult to answer.

He wanted to say something, but didn't know how.

"Is that so? I understand... Let's end our conversation here. Don't let the Inhibitory Force seize this opportunity again, or I'll have no reason to help you next time."

Matou Ike didn't know what the other party had figured out.

But before he floated out of the deep sea, he saw it.

That was her outstretched hand, with a pair of clear, transparent eyes that were also endlessly deep.

It's as if you can see into the depths of someone's eyes, where humanity is lacking, and you sense that the other person possesses a divine aura.

She closed her eyes and her body fell freely.

A smile appeared on her innocent face.

It was a cold, mocking look.

"Everyone wants to plunder, everyone wants to take, everyone sees the world as a cake, and even the world itself is like that."

"They're all things that are obvious and utterly boring."

......

"Matou, quickly close your Mystic Eyes!"

......

"Damn it, Matou, what's wrong with you?"

I opened my eyes again—no, my eyes had never been closed at all.

It's a little dry and a little painful.

After regaining consciousness, Matou Ike saw Touko standing in front of him, looking somewhat anxious and at a loss.

The shimmering light of the Demon Eye had gone out at some point.

He lay flat on the sofa like that.

His body was covered with magical materials used to calm the mind or summon spirits, and the most outrageous were props from the Necromancer school.

Aozaki Touko, who came out of the next room, noticed the commotion at Matou Ike.

She walked slowly to his side and handed him a cup of prepared medicine.

Matou Ike took it and drank a sip.

Aozaki Touko stared at him and said in an uneasy voice:

"What exactly did you see? Just now, it was as if you had overused your magic eye, and all the magic power in your body was drained away. Even your life force was being converted into magic power on its own."

Aozaki Touko felt a little uncertain. Just now, Matou Ike's state was as if his soul had been ripped out, making him seem like an observer.

She suspects that Matou Ike is the holder of Future Vision.

The current situation is because the future seen is so overwhelming that the body is suffering a backlash from the demonic eye.

After all, most of the famous prophets in history were eccentric or even crazy.

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"Senior, are you alright? What exactly happened just now?"

Ryougi Shiki had already gone to sleep in the next room. After staying with him for a while, Kokutou Kanya came out of the room and asked Matou Ike.

Matou Ike's body has recovered, but she still looks a little tired.

"She just overused the Demon Eye. Is Ryougi alright?"