civilwarnovels Chapter 1014 The Last Routine 193
Chapter 1014 The Last Routine 193
Chapter 1014 The Last Routine 193
Late at night, Youyou sneaked off to the outskirts to search for something, concealing her presence. After finding what she was looking for in the grass, she went completely insane.
“…Found it! Hehe, hehehe…” She grinned happily, like a naughty girl about to do something bad, laughing somewhat neurotically, muttering softly, “If I can become more noticeable with this, I’ll definitely have friends…!”
Then she drifted into a strange fantasy, her lips curving into an excited smile, "Do lots of happy things, discuss our troubles, cry together when we're sad...!"
"Ah! Found it!" Huihui, who had run out of town, saw Youyou lost in her daydream and staring blankly at her, and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing?!"
Then he ran over and stopped Youyou.
"Hey, let me go!!" Youyou immediately struggled and shouted, "I...I want to make friends at the Halloween party!!"
The story begins during the day.
Axel is celebrating Halloween, and many people are busy with activities.
"Trick or treat! My name is Xiaomi, and if you don't give me candy, I'll be the one to play pranks!!" Huihui's younger sister ran over and stood in front of Youyou, shouting loudly.
"Here, please have some." Youyou took a handful of candy from her pocket and handed it to the other person, saying with a smile, "Halloween is coming soon, are you practicing?"
"…Delicious!" Xiaomi chewed on the Halloween candy she got from Youyou and said happily, "Wearing this outfit, lots of people will give me candy! I seem to be more popular than usual."
Upon closer inspection, Xiao Mi was dressed in a rather flamboyant outfit, perfectly matching the Halloween atmosphere. Youyou seemed to realize this as well, thinking to herself: "Indeed… wearing something more elaborate than usual might help me make friends!"
Meanwhile, staff at Axel's small theater were handing out flyers and shouting, "We're having a Halloween show! You have to come! Um, there are still lots of flyers, don't rush to grab them...!"
The flyers she handed out were quickly snapped up, because they said you could get a free glow stick if you showed the flyer at the show. However, while it was advertised as free, the glow stick was actually included in the ticket price.
"Very good, very good. The fans' enthusiasm is also quite good." Kobayashi nodded in satisfaction. His tactics were obviously very successful. After observing the crowd of customers rushing to grab the flyers, he whispered, "There are still several days before the performance. We may need more flyers."
Just then, Youyou walked over and saw the theater staff dressed in gorgeous costumes. She exclaimed, "Wow, those costumes are so cute! I'll definitely go to the Halloween performance!"
"Thank you." The staff member who received the compliment smiled and handed her a flyer, saying mysteriously, "There will be a special event that day, so please look forward to it."
"Th-what's it like?!" Youyou asked, a mix of excitement and nervousness in her voice. "Is it like how fans make friends—"
"No, it's more like it's like if you bring a friend, you can participate in a limited-time performance..." Kobayashi said, while looking helplessly at the lonely Yuuyu, and tugged at the corner of her mouth, "But..."
"Huh?" Youyou looked dumbfounded.
"Oh! But we have invitation tickets!" the staff member quickly added, "With these, one person can attend, so please come! Of course, it doesn't matter who you come with!"
"Really!? Thank you!" Hearing this assurance, Youyou said happily, but she still felt that the opportunity was rare and really wanted to go with someone.
Then, until evening, Youyou racked her brains trying to figure out who to go with. It wasn't because she had too many friends, but because she didn't have any friends at all. For example, Youyou, Ruanhuhu, and Dongdonggu were far away in the Red Demon Village, and she didn't know if they would have time, so she was completely at a loss.
"Youyou, parking tickets in the middle of the road are in the way...it's dangerous." Huihui took back her scolding words, and seeing Youyou staring blankly into space, she asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"Ah, Huihui..." Seeing Huihui speaking to her, Yuyu snapped out of her reverie and said, "I'm looking for someone to go to the Halloween show at the Axel Theatre with me..."
"You probably greeted everyone regardless of who they were, and then you got rejected, right?" Huihui shrugged helplessly and said, "There's nothing I can do about it, that's why you're all alone."
"...It doesn't have to be this serious, does it?" Youyou lowered her head, looking somewhat aggrieved.
Seeing her pitiful state, Huihui softened and said, "We're both Crimson Demons, it's so pitiful. If you really have no one to go with you, I can go myself—"
"What? I don't need sympathy!" Youyou pouted angrily and said unhappily, "Huihui, you always treat me like a fool!"
"What?! They're only saying this out of kindness, and that's the kind of attitude you're showing!!"
The two glared at each other, neither willing to back down. One felt his kindness had been wasted, while the other felt he didn't need anyone's sympathy. And so they began to fight in the middle of the road.
"What an annoying, ridiculous race! Shouting in the middle of the road, it's really disturbing other people. Let them pass."
Barnier walked over at that moment, offering his scathing remarks to the two Crimson Demon girls without any restraint, though ultimately it was true that the two of them were blocking the middle of the road. However, Megumin was not one to suffer in silence, and she retorted indignantly.
"What? You went there because you had such big luggage?! And what's that?"
Barnier pushed a huge box over, and although he didn't know what was inside, the heavy weight gave him a very bad feeling.
"Ugh, don't argue with me, I'm in a bad mood." Barnier pouted unhappily, looking indignant and angry, and said, "That useless shopkeeper bought another set of unnecessary magical items, they're all junk."
As he spoke, it seemed that he had found someone to complain to, and Barnier unusually complained with a hint of resentment: "Honestly, there's no need for products with strange side effects, but they say they can make you stand out, so they're needed for Halloween."
"Attracting attention!?" Upon hearing this, Youyou immediately perked up and exclaimed, "Um, let me buy that item!"
"We refuse!" To everyone's surprise, Barnier refused outright, saying bluntly, "If the rumors spread that we knowingly sold inferior products, it would be a fatal blow to the customers and become a reason for others to criticize us."
Barnier cared more about his reputation than making money, because a good reputation was essential for continued profit. If he sold products knowing they were defective, no one would come back to him in the long run.
"Should I make her understand how I feel about throwing these weird things into the deep forest on the outskirts of town every single time? I should punish her when we get back..."
As Barnier spoke, he walked towards the edge of town. His eyes glowed a terrifying red light; it seemed someone was in for a world of trouble when he returned. Perhaps he'd make a delicious, burnt lich girl.
Huihui also felt somewhat helpless, and sighed, saying, "Youyou, you actually want that kind of strange thing, what are you thinking... wait, wait a minute!!"
However, Youyou had no intention of paying attention to her at all, and turned around to chase after the departing Banir.
Now, let's return to the present.
Huihui reached out to her and said, "Youyou, give me that suspicious magical item. There's no benefit in using it—"
"Woof woof!!"
Just as she was about to snatch the magical artifact, a beast's cry came from the forest, and Darkness, Aqua, and Lynn rushed out as well.
"They escaped over there!... Hmm? Is that Megumin over there?"
Darkness, who was chasing some monster, discovered Megumin and Yoyo, who were also in the forest.
"What are you doing in a place like this?" Lynn asked, puzzled, but quickly replied, "Oh, right, if we could, it would be great if we could help catch that guy. We were taking photos for our Halloween show, but the magic camera was stolen..."
She said this with a hint of helplessness, only then realizing that the monster was indeed carrying a magical camera in its mouth. But Huihui also had a request; she anxiously tugged at Youyou's arm and addressed the others.
"Perfect timing! Take that suspicious magical item from that silly girl over there!"
"Who's the stupid girl! Honestly, Huihui doesn't know anything!" Hearing her say that, Youyou struggled fiercely. But at that moment, the magical artifact in Youyou's hand suddenly burst out with a bright light. The sudden burst of light was so dazzling that everyone could not see the current situation.
"Wow, it's so bright!"
"Aaaaah, what is this...!"
When the light faded, Youyou had completely changed—she was wearing a black lace Lolita dress, a silver crown on her head, her eyes covered by a rose, lace gloves, and black ankle boots, looking like a queen. She had a very chuunibyou (delusional) personality.
"W-What is this?! I'm so embarrassed!... But, but, everyone in the village and Megumin seem to like this, so they'll re-evaluate me... Maybe...!"
"Ah... Whhh...!!" When Huihui saw Youyou's new outfit, she widened her eyes in disbelief and was completely speechless.
Youyou said rather smugly, "Hmph, how about this outfit? It's surprisingly nice—"
"Youyou...is gone!!"
"……Eh?"
Youyou, who had been quite smug, was bewildered by Huihui's words. She was clearly still standing there, yet Huihui claimed she had vanished. She couldn't help but suspect that Huihui was playing a prank on her, saying it on purpose. But before she could ask, she heard others saying the same thing.
"That strange magical artifact was right there before it glowed..." Darkness, equally bewildered and worried, said softly, "Where did it go..."
"Did she go back when it was glowing?" Kobayashi raised an eyebrow and said, "It looks like they had a fight and left because they felt awkward. After all, Youyou is a shy girl by nature, so she must have been embarrassed to face Huihui."
“No, even so, I don’t think she would just disappear without a word…” Lynn didn’t think so, and said to everyone, “I think it would be better to look for her?”
"Alright, let's look around here. Even if she's going to leave, she won't go too far." Xiaolin and the others nodded and began searching around, as if they were really looking for Youyou's figure.
Yuuyu herself, who had been standing still, stared blankly at the others who were right in front of her but completely ignored her. She exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? Wait, wait! What's going on!? What happened!? I... I disappeared!?"
No matter what, even if it was a prank, it looked too convincing. Coupled with the unusual nature of the magical artifact earlier, it made her suspect that she had indeed disappeared.
"What are you all talking about?" Aqua stood next to Yuuyu, looking puzzled, and asked the others, "Isn't Yuuyu right here? Didn't you notice that her clothes are different from usual?"
"Huh?!" Yu-Yu said with some surprise and excitement, "Miss Aqua, can you see me... me!?"
She never imagined that in the end, only Aqua would be able to see her.
After questioning her about what had happened, Aqua stormed into Wiz's magic item shop, hands on her hips, and yelled, "Hey! This lousy magic item shop! You've stocked up on substandard goods again?! How are you going to compensate me?! I'm suing you!!"
Aqua's loud and boisterous behavior greatly annoyed Banir. He stood in front of the foolish goddess, who was about to smash things, and shouted angrily, "Hey, you suddenly appearing and making all sorts of noise, you demanding goddess! If you want to release your stress, go somewhere else! I have no time to play your nonsense!"
"What did you say?!" Aqua angrily attacked, "You must be punished today! Take this... Divine Healing—"
"Eeeeeeeeee—!" Wiz cried out in fear as the idiot goddess was about to make her move. "No, no! If you mess around like this, the shop will be destroyed!!"
"Hey! Don't do anything reckless!"
"Ouch! What are you doing, Kobayashi!"
Just as Aqua was about to unleash her skill, Kobayashi gave Aqua a hard whack on the back of the head, making the water in her brain slosh around several times.
"Quiet down, we can't continue this conversation." Kobayashi rolled her eyes at her, then explained to Banir and Wiz, "Simply put, Yuu picked up the magical artifact that Banir dropped and used it, and now she can't see or hear anything, except for Aqua who can see her normally. What's going on?"
(End of this chapter)