The incident began on December 15, the eve of the winter vacation. In the classroom of Class 4, the high school department of Reiwon Girls' Academy, two students stabbed each other with a utility knife after a quarrel.
January 1, 1999, Jialan Hall.
Flowers: "How are the injuries of the two people?"
Cheng Zi: "The injury is not a big deal, the problem lies in other things. Both students are injured, do you know what this means, flowers?"
Flowers: "After the quarrel, the two of them stabbed each other with knives at the same time, right? That means the two of them did not argue and came to the same conclusion even though the conversation did not intersect."
Orange: "Yes, I will tell you about the content of the quarrel later. The problem came after this incident. This incident was not reported immediately, but the principal checked the records of the health room after the winter vacation and saw that two people were injured. Report, this incident broke out. It seems that the instructor of Class 4 wanted to deliberately hide this incident."
Flowers: "I don't think Teacher Xuanwu is someone who would do such a thing."
Orange: "The principal said the same thing. It seems that Xuanwu, the tutor of Class 4, is quite trusted. After the principal asked him about this matter, he found that Xuanwu Satsuki didn't seem to remember this incident. But under the principal's guidance Under the accusation, he suddenly remembered the incident. Although it sounded like a lie, according to the principal, it was not a lie. Xuanwu Satsuki seemed to have really forgotten the incident. Back to the topic, let me Let¡¯s talk about the content of the quarrel between two students. Because the two quarreled after class and there were other students around, some of the content was heard by other students, as if their secrets were revealed. And it¡¯s not just any secret, it¡¯s a secret that you¡¯ve forgotten that has been revealed by others.¡±
Flowers: "Huh?"
Orange: "That is to say, the childhood secret that even I had forgotten was revealed by the other party. The two of them grew up together. If you want to ask who can remember the things that they have forgotten, it is probably only those who grew up together. Bibi. According to the investigation, they have been receiving strange letters for nearly a month, which contain things that they cannot remember. At first, they did not know what the letters were saying, but when they remembered that they were afraid of the past, I couldn¡¯t help but feel creepy. When I felt something was wrong, I ran to the other party to ask, but the other party said that he had received the same letter, so the two students believed that the other was the culprit, so they stabbed each other with a knife."
Flowers: "Isn't this a new intimidation tactic, Teacher Chengzi?"
Orange: "No, because the letter only contains forgotten past events, and the purpose is not to threaten or intimidate. Even if you monitor like a stalker all day long, you won't know what happened in the past and even I have forgotten it. Let's talk about it. It¡¯s going to be uncomfortable, it is uncomfortable.¡±
Flowers: "Teacher Chengzi, have you found the sender?"
Cheng Zi: ¡°Well, the prisoner is a goblin.¡±
Flowers: " Baoqian, can you please say it again?"
Orange: "I said it was the goblins who did it. What, Flowers, haven't you even heard about this? I heard that there are many girls with strong inspiration gathered in Liyuan, so there are many witnesses to this incident. You probably have it because of your eyes My focus is not on the spirit body, so I can¡¯t see it, but this is quite a famous thing among the dormitory students. At night, fairies will fly to my pillow. When I wake up the next day, the memories of the past few days will become like I can¡¯t get up. Because collecting memories is one of the goblins¡¯ jobs, it should be done by goblins. Eighty percent of the events in Class Four of the Year are related to goblins.¡±
Flowers: "Teacher Chengzi, do you believe it? Those stories about goblins."
Orange: "Although I haven't seen it so I can't say more, but there should be fairies in Liyuan. Because it has that kind of atmosphere. The academy is isolated from the world. You can't even hear the sound of cars on campus. Under strict school rules and regulations Under the control of the quiet nuns, young men and women are not allowed to enter the school for crazy and popular things. And the trees that occupy most of the school grounds are as deep as a forest. Once you get lost, you may not be able to get out for a long time. There is a sweet smell in the air. The sweet smell, the time moving forward slowly like an old woman Look, isn't this like a fairy land in the center of the city?"
Flowers: "You know very well, Teacher Chengzi. From your tone, it sounds like you are very familiar with the school."
Cheng Zi: ¡°Of course, I¡¯m a graduate there.¡±
Kurogiri Flower looked at Aozaki Orange with "unbelievable" eyes.
Chengzi: "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think the principal will find outsiders to discuss the school's scandal? The principal entrusted me last night, hoping to find out the cause of the incident. Although I am not running a detective company, I am the principal's request after all. No. But it would be too conspicuous for me to sneak into the school. I really don¡¯t know what to do Flowers, what do you think? By the way, listen??Leprechaun, what do you think of? "
Flowers: "a fairy. Well, she looks like a little girl with wings."
Orange: "There are many types of fairies, so it's not certain that there really are fairies. But they are all fairies created by magic as familiars. Fairies are different from demons. They are not physical illusions formed by imagination, but It is a creature that does exist, so it is impossible to have a body structure that violates biology. Like goblins (note: goblins who like mischief, living in caves or forests) and red hats (note: legendary existence in England and an evil goblin in Scotland, with long fangs and claws like a vulture). In a way, they are a pure goblin. Goblins and dragons are representatives of fantasy races. In Japan, pure ghosts are also One of them often comes into contact with us. Unlike demons who are born due to human wishes and are passive entities summoned by humans, they have their own subjective existence. It is said that goblin pranks still occur in Scotland. Things, among those things, there is a kind of prank that makes people forget things, and there are also things like taking a child into the forest for a whole week, changing a newborn baby into a goblin child, placing rabbit corpses in front of the houseall are related to Children's pranks are no different. But among those completely unrelated pranks, there is only one thing in common, that is, goblins have no sense of gain and loss. They only do it for fun, not for the results afterwards, but what happened in Liyuan The incident is different. Writing the stolen memories in a letter has an element of malice no matter how you think about it. Add to that the goblin that appeared in the ceremony garden, and the flowers have the cute appearance you just imagined."
Flowers: "In other words, the goblins that appeared in the ritual garden are artificial familiars. They are malicious because there are magicians who control them, right?"
"Yeah." Aozaki Orange nodded, "I have explained familiars before. They can be divided into clone familiars made by the magician by providing part of his own body, and other animals can be used as materials to make them for himself. The type of thing it does, because it only has the ability to steal human memories. It's so boring that someone would do such a child-like thing But there is nothing that can be done about it. The control method of goblins is not easy, and the master often I found that before I knew it, I changed from asking them to do things for me to doing things for them. This is because goblins always make unreasonable demands. Therefore, the magician who used goblins as his familiars from the past has no idea. If there are many, they are all first-rate masters. But this time is different, because the other party is a beginner who uses fairy familiars, so you just treat it as a practice, yes, that's what it is. Flowers, I think The purpose of the order as a teacher is to ask you to find out the truth. The deadline is before the end of the winter vacation. Although I don¡¯t expect you to solve the cause of the incident, but you should try your best If it is a part of cultivation, there is nothing you can do. ." Aozaki Orange stood up, "Then I will give you the detailed information now."
Flowers: "But, Teacher Chengzi, I can't see such things as goblins. I don't have the magic eyes like you, teacher."
Chengzi: "You don't have to worry about that, I will help you find a replacement for your eyes."
On the other side, my cabin.
Me: "Tokiomi, you know about fairies, right?"
Tokiomi: "If I remember correctly, fairies are a species of fantasy, but they don't have entities just because of fantasy like demons. Instead, they have the existence of a self-sustaining entity after being imagined."
Me: "Then what do you think is the difference between fantasy species like dragons, fairies, and the Furuta Yuri clan and the Winged Man clan that we have seen before, and fantasy species like demons?"
Tokiomi: "If I have to say it it means that the level of fantasy is different"
Me: "You can probably say that My guess is that the first type of fantasy species has all the functions of real creatures, so they can survive without fantasy, and the second type of fantasy species Because they are deficient in biological functions, their existence consumes magic power every moment, so once they are out of fantasy, they cease to exist."
Tokiomi: "The term "function of a living thing" is very broad, right? What kind of functions do we need to have to be considered a living thing?"
Me: "Indeed, we haven't come up with a very standard definition so far According to popular saying, living things refer to living things that can survive independently, but what's interesting is that this definition itself has its own definition. There are own language problems However, living things generally have some common functions in terms of functions. For example, living things must have the ability to metabolize, which means that they can obtain new supplies from the outside world on their own, and at the same time, they must be able to eliminate the waste in the body. waste; able to respond to external stimuli; able to grow, reproduce and develop; have certain adaptability to the environment and can take rootIt can change itself to a certain extent according to the environment, and can also rewrite the surrounding environment to a certain extent The fantasy species of demons are not complete creatures, and they must rely on fantasy to survive. This is probably the reason why demons only have the ability to obtain supplies. Ability, but it cannot discharge the waste produced through activities. The devil does not have the ability to change itself according to the environment. It depends entirely on people's imagination. I think that is it"
Tokiomi: "Unfortunately, until proven, these can only be said to be hypotheses"
Me: "It's indeed a hypothesis. By the way, I'm going to the Liyuan Garden in the near future"
Tokiomi: "Are you going to get into trouble again, Miss"
Me: "That's it. The first point is because I am really curious; the second point is because you also know that in that war, if you want to save something, you must use enough chips; the third point is, For something known, no matter how dangerous it is, the risk is lower than the unknown.¡±
Tokiomi: "But Miss, you always change the known into the unknown"
Me: "This is the unpredictability of the world compared to mortals. When a person is in the world and observes the world, it will inevitably change the world. Therefore, if knowledge does not increase, then from the proportion of the events encountered, the known The proportion of things that we know must be getting smaller and smaller, and the key question is how we use what we know to achieve our goals.¡±
Tokiomi: "So this time, like those mortal law enforcers, are you waiting until the end of the matter before appearing?"
Me: ¡°Of course, it¡¯s the easiest way to achieve your goal, isn¡¯t it?¡±