Deep in the trenches of the ocean is a darkness that cannot be dispelled by light. Looking past the houses of marine creatures living on the seabed, you can finally get a glimpse of the deep ravine like a rift valley. The dust in the water surges slightly, and a sea beast is hooked out.
Island-like silhouette edges.
On the back of this big sea beast, Fisher and Gelsemium sat cross-legged and faced each other. Looking at the whale-human settlement gradually revealed below the trench, he finally asked this question to Gelsemium.
This is not the first time Fisher has come to the Whaleman's Trench. After all, his father-in-law and mother-in-law live here. After solving the prophecy of annihilation, he followed Jasmine to visit here.
This time I came back after a long time, but it was based on Jasmine's previous statement that she was not feeling well and wanted to go back to the bottom of the sea to ask Gelsemium to take a look.
However, it has been more than a month since she left the land and returned to the trench, but she still hasn't received any reply. When Fisher went to look for her, Gelsemium came to the door first, saying that something had happened to Jasmine's body.
This startled Fisher, and he quickly left Longting and returned to the seabed with Gelsemium on the sea beast.
Hearing Fisher's worried voice, Gelsemium glanced at him, sighed and said,
"Have you ever seen Jasmine's other appearance before?"
"Another look?"
Fisher thought for a moment, and the terrifying image of Jasmine trying to forcefully eat her up in the Demon Dynasty emerged in his mind, and he also thought of the insatiable desire in Longting during this period of time.
But Gelsemium was in front of him. He dared to think so but did not dare to answer so, so he asked helplessly,
"Can you describe it more specifically?"
"In the past, when Jasmine's curse broke out, there would always be symptoms similar to the second personality. At that time, Scrophulariaceae and I both thought this was a protective mechanism for Asuka to reappear after she lost her memory. But now that Mew is dead, pollution
has been eliminated, but this problem still has not been alleviated.”
After a pause, Gelsemium adjusted her words and her tone became more uncertain,
"So we suspect that something went wrong when Lamastia rescued Asuka's soul."
"You mean that Jasmine's soul is not actually Asuka's, but Asuka's soul is still in Jasmine's body?"
"Ah, but we are not sure what the specific situation is yet. Neither I nor Scrophulariaceae know much about the soul, and any of my medical skills will not work on the soul level. And since Jasmine came back quietly before, she also wanted me to do it for her
There is nothing I can do to diagnose this disease."
Hearing this, Fisher couldn't help but become nervous.
"Then you said it wasn't serious before? Now where is Jasmine? Does she have any symptoms now?"
"Why"
Speaking of this, the expression on Gelsemium's face became more and more serious, and those sighs were like a heavy hammer on Fisher's heart, making him worried.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why"
""
Gelsemium stopped talking. When Fisher rolled up his sleeves and prepared for physical interrogation, the giant beast under them had already arrived above the cetacean settlement.
So in fact, the meaning of Gelsemium is also very obvious: you will know it when you go there.
The sea beast silently moved down the trench, and soon saw the shining golden palace in the middle of the cave where the whalemen were sleeping. Gelsemium jumped down, and Fisher followed closely behind, looking back behind him.
It was such a huge sea beast that Fisher even patted its head kindly to express his gratitude.
"Honey, I'm back!"
"Sorry, Auntie Scrophulariaceae."
Although he didn't see anyone with Scrophulariaceae, Fisher still said hello, and then he followed Gelsemium to the backyard anxiously, and quickly came to the door of Jasmine's room - he had been here before, so he was still familiar with the structure.
The memory is still deep.
"Jasmine, how are you?!"
Arriving at the door, Fisher was afraid of opening the door and seeing Jasmine whose soul was tortured by split personality. The water in the room surged rapidly as Fisher opened and closed the door vigorously, turning some kind of translucent water plant in the room.
The gauze made of azure water blew and swayed.
Behind the tulle, a huge bubble blocks the water flow, creating an environment deep in the room that is no different from the ground.
The semi-transparent gauze was cast into shadows by the light, and the back of a very weak-looking whaleman was bent over. He looked so uncomfortable that Fisher's breathing in the water couldn't help but stagnate.
"Jasmine?"
Fisher quickly walked to the curtain, called Jasmine's name, and gently stretched out his hand to open the curtain.
When he entered his sight, he saw a strange figure from behind.
But what he saw in front of him was a whale-like woman who looked to be the same age as Jasmine. She was holding some kind of aquatic food similar to sea urchins in her hands. She was crying and turned around after hearing Fisher's call.
After arriving at Gelsemium, I felt even more aggrieved.
"It's okay, Bai Cui, you can go, leave this place to us." Gelsemium coughed lightly, and then raised her voice, "Jasmine, Fisher is here!"
"Teacher Fisher?!"
Fisher was slightly startled when he saw a large pile of food densely piled on the table in Jasmine's room, including some fish dishes, sea fruits, grilled shrimps, octopus, etc. Not only that, each ingredient was also covered with a
I don’t know if the taste of the specialty chili peppers from Laynan Continent has changed after staying in Longting for a long time.
In the middle of the food, Jasmine, whose cheeks were bulging and with a bit of spicy food on her lips, trembled when she heard this. She turned around and her face became panicked after seeing Fisher's shocked expression.
But she didn't expect that she still had food in her mouth, so she choked suddenly, causing Jasmine to cover her throat with a red face. She almost couldn't take a breath, and it took a while before she coughed and slowly recovered.
Fisher opened his mouth wide, looked back at Gelsemium, and asked,
"this"
Gelsemium's expression became even more helpless, and she could only say frankly,
"This is the situation. It is true that Jasmine came down earlier because traces of Asuka's personality appeared in her body, and a second personality appeared. To put it bluntly, the souls of Asuka and Jasmine were squeezed into Jasmine's current body, which caused her a lot of problems.
It’s a huge burden. That’s why we thought about saving Asuka’s soul. It’s not that there is no way to revive her, it’s just that”
Jasmine swallowed the food in her mouth with difficulty, then stood up and added,
"Ever since her previous appearance, she seemed to be hiding and would never come out no matter how hard her father and mother tried."
Fisher finally came to his senses and knew what was going on.
Originally, Gelsemium and Scrophulariaceae thought that Jasmine's soul was Asuka's soul, so the appearance of the second personality could also be explained by the recovery of her lost memory. But now that the pollution has been eliminated, Jasmine also learned about Asuka's memory through dreams, and that Asuka's
But the personality was still showing, and Gelsemium realized that something might have gone wrong when Lamastia rescued Asuka's soul from the sea of souls.
The souls in the Sea of Souls are majestic, especially when Asuka fell into the Sea of Souls with a certain death mentality. Because of this, when she was salvaged, she might have brought along a soul that was not Asuka's.
In this way, Jasmine is the real pure soul, born as the child of Scrophulariaceae and Gelsemium, and Asuka's soul has always been hidden in Jasmine's body, interacting with Jasmine's soul, occasionally appearing and appearing.
Symptoms such as second personality
But now that they know this, it is certainly impossible for Gelsemium and Scrophulariaceae to allow Asuka to share their body with Jasmine. This is unfair to both Jasmine and Asuka, so they want to take out their souls and treat each other as independent existences.
.
But I didn't expect that Asuka's soul would completely hide and not show up since then.
"So that's the case, but you should have told me about it when Jasmine came back to inform you."
"Originally I wanted to tell you, but Jasmine didn't know what was going on in her body at the time. She just thought she was sick and came back to have a look. Then, you know, the whales on the seabed and the sea have different perceptions of the flow of time. This
A month is just a blink of an eye for us, so it’s normal to have errors.”
Gelsemium's explanation is reasonable. Indeed, for the whale species, this month is as short as just finishing the examination and knowing the symptoms and coming back to inform the family.
For Fisher, a family member at sea, it was extremely long.
Fisher rubbed his eyebrows and asked,
"Aside from Asuka's personality, are there any other symptoms?"
"As you can see, Jasmine has become very voracious and eats a lot. She feels hungry no matter how much she eats. She has almost finished all the food stored by the tribe. They don't eat much because they are sleeping.
Things, I really don’t know what I will think when I wake up and see that all the food I have stored up is empty.”
So that’s it. No wonder the little whale girl who left just now had a mournful expression on her face.
"dad!"
Jasmine protested aggrievedly at Gelsemium's straightforwardness, and Fisher had to look at Jasmine at this moment.
If you look carefully, Jasmine in front of you has gained a little weight. You can imagine how she has been eating delicious food this month.
But Fisher didn't care. After all, except for a certain part of Jasmine that had a surplus of food, the rest was still in a state of extreme poverty, which seemed a bit uncoordinated.
Eating a little stronger at this moment is not only more coordinated, but also gives people a natural and healthy feeling, which makes people want to reach out and rub her baby fat little face.
Fisher couldn't help but laugh a little, but Jasmine in front of him was still pouting, and it would be rude to say anything else, especially since this matter was related to Asuka.
Fisher straightened his expression, touched his chin and asked tentatively,
"So, the question now is to call out Asuka's soul and get her out of Jasmine's body?"
"Yes, but we have tried every method, whether talking to her or taking out things she is familiar with, but nothing works. So, we can only let you, 'Teacher Fisher', give it a try.
"
"I understand, let me think about what to do. How about you go and take a rest first? You haven't had much rest this month, right?"
Fisher thought about it, looked back at the tired Gelsemium behind him, and suggested this.
"Well, then you should think about it first and let us know if there is any progress."
Gelsemium yawned and did not refuse.
He had tried every method before and Asuka had no response. On the other hand, there were some things that might not be easy to say in front of his parents, but would be easier to say in front of Fisher. Maybe leaving them alone would have a miraculous effect?
Maybe this will allow Asuka to appear again?
As Gelsemium left, Jasmine blushed slightly and watched Fisher sitting in front of her with a chair in his arms.
She was a little embarrassed, especially what Gelsemium had just said earlier, saying that she would eat up all the whale race by herself.
But just after stopping for a while, her eyes couldn't stop glancing at the food on the table, looking very excited.
"Eat it if you want, Jasmine."
Seeing this, Fisher said this.
"Really!"
"Ah, but does eating like this really not hurt your body?"
"No, no! Ouch!"
Before she finished speaking, Jasmine bit into the cooked grilled fish and tore off large pieces of snow-white fish meat.
You can also make grilled fish on the seabed, but I don’t know how it works.
But as he watched Jasmine feasting, Fisher suddenly remembered the food he had seen in his dream in Asuka's other world.
Yes, they seem to have a lot of fish there, is it possible?
"Jasmine, tell me, does your sudden increase in appetite have anything to do with Asuka?"
"No, it shouldn't be related?"
"I think so too"
As Fisher was thinking about it, his eyes suddenly lit up. He hammered his palm with his fist and guessed,
"Is it possible that your increased appetite is actually because Asuka wants to eat a certain kind of food. But because she hasn't eaten it, the appetite has not subsided. If you find that specific food, it will not only solve the problem
Your symptoms can also make Asuka appear."
"Hey? But, what does Asuka want to eat? Don't these foods taste delicious?"
Jasmine picked up another cooked conch, skillfully pried out the conch meat with a fork, dipped it in the prepared dipping sauce, and then handed it to Fisher to taste.
Of course, she wanted to enjoy it herself, so she picked up another conch, pried out the conch meat, and ate it until her mouth was full.
This little snack
Fisher ate the conch meat fed by Jasmine herself, wondering whether this was a disease caused by Asuka or her nature.
"It's delicious, but it's not the kind she wants to eat, the most special kind, the kind she wants to eat the most, etc. I seem to know a little bit about what she wants to eat, Jasmine."
But Jasmine didn't know what it was. She just sat aside and opened the back shell of a big red crab for Fisher. She took out the crab roe and stirred the crab meat into a dumpling. Then she picked it up and put it on Fisher's table.
Scheer ate half of it in his mouth, and he ate half of it.
While chewing, listen to what Fisher said next.
"It's a food called Taiyaki."
"Taiyayaki? This is it!"
Jasmine glanced at the table, raised the steamed gargi fish, also known as snapper, on the side, and then seemed to be eager to raise the spoon and divide the fish meat.
“It shouldn’t be like this”
Fisher was fed another mouthful of fish by Jasmine, and his mouth suddenly had a more delicious taste, which made his thoughts slow down.
After thinking for a moment, he whispered to Jasmine beside him,
"I probably know how to do it. When I go back and bring some raw materials and make it, you will know what it is."
Jasmine nodded, twisted another piece of fish and put it in Fisher's mouth for him to eat.
"Four, eggs, sugar, salt, and butter should be enough."
When Fisher came back, Jasmine next to her seemed to have finally eaten, so she stood aside and helped Fisher, but soon she felt hungry again, so she picked up another small bowl.
I ate the shredded squid inside.
To be honest, Fisher was not very worried about Jasmine's sudden increase in food intake, because Jasmine had eaten very little before.
When he was in Longting, even Rafael, who was the weakest after giving birth, ate two or three times as much as Jasmine. You can probably tell what kind of bird-like stomach Jasmine is.
But this is not determined by Jasmine's body. Fisher had asked Gelsemium before and said that it was because whales like to sleep at the bottom of the sea, so their physical condition has not improved even after they came ashore, and they often eat according to the routine of life at the bottom of the sea.
, but it will affect the body.
It's not a bad thing for Jasmine to eat more, but the whale race didn't prepare a lot of food in the first place. Most of the time, they have to rely on the races above to feed her, which is why Jasmine's eating becomes abrupt.
Jasmine stretched out her hand and fed Fisher a mouthful of shredded squid, and then asked with some confusion,
"Would she really like to eat this?"
"Probably." Fisher smiled slightly, but inadvertently mentioned it during the meeting, "Molly, there is actually something I should apologize to you for."
"Hey, apologize? Why all of a sudden?"
"Asuka was once a very friendly and strong transferred person. Whether she was a human or other transferred person, everyone benefited a lot from her selfless dedication, and so did I. Once I received a favor, I wanted to repay it.
, but she is gone, and the guilt drives me to want to compensate you who had a deep connection with her.
"It's not that it's wrong to think this way, because I originally wanted to love you. But in this way, it seems that this feeling is because of Asuka, not because of you. So even just a little bit, I don't want Jasmine to
Do you feel aggrieved because of whose replacement you are?"
The egg liquid coated the flour, and the honey and starch turned into delicious food. Fisher gently called out the fluid sword. Under his control, the fluid sword seemed to turn into a mold, and then the fluid sword turned into a mold.
The shape of the mold he saw in his dream.
"Are you going to put it in?"
Jasmine bit into the shredded squid and listened to Fisher's words, but she smiled and shook her head.
She swallowed the shredded squid, then stretched out her delicate hands to slowly pour the liquid in the bowl into the mold.
"It's okay, Teacher Fisher. In fact, maybe your parents are as confused as you, Teacher Fisher, because I know that the feelings for that person cannot be transferred to other individuals in any case, even in their hearts.
The same goes for telling yourself that being is the same person
"As for myself, to be honest, I don't think I am as good or as wise as she is. The more I read her memories, the more I feel ashamed of myself and make me question whether I am the person you are waiting and expecting. But
Now that everything is clear, I can finally just be the child of my parents. Such a simple identity may be easier for me who is content.
"I also have a lot of things to say to her. We are both students of Mr. Fisher. She is better than me, but she has also suffered more injuries. I also want to ask about so much pain in my memory.
How did she get here, and why did she just look at me without saying a word?
"Now, everything is back on track. I can be with my parents, and I can live with Teacher Fisher and Rafael. This is enough for me."
Fisher was slightly startled when he heard this. In his confusion, he seemed to feel the gaze of some existence from the perspective of his soul.
But when she came back to her senses, she only saw the last drop of the semi-finished egg liquid being placed by Jasmine into several molds that were exactly the same as the Taiyaki in the dream.
""
After a moment of silence, Fisher stretched out his hand to close the fluid sword again, engraved a heating spell on the table, and finally placed the fluid sword above.
While grilling the taiyaki in the fluid sword mold, Fisher carved a [Dream] magic under the fluid sword in preparation for using this magic to communicate with Asuka's soul after she appears.
Everything was ready, and a moment later, with the aroma of sugar and eggs, when the fluid sword was spread out, several formed Taiyaki appeared inside.
“Looks like it tastes good”
Jasmine licked her lips, and was about to reach out to taste it, but she retracted her hand as if she realized something, and said doubtfully,
"But, she doesn't seem to be responding. Could it be that Teacher Fisher guessed wrong?"
"I have no idea"
Fisher touched the back of his head and had some doubts in his heart. He didn't know if his guess was wrong.
But in his peripheral vision, he saw, as if under an illusion, a faint scarlet mist surging past right in front of the table, bringing with it a trace of aura that was not of this world.
Fisher's eyes narrowed and he seemed to see a little soul surge in Jasmine's body, but the soul still didn't emerge, as if it didn't want to come out.
Why?
Does Asuka not want to leave Jasmine's body?
Fisher was puzzled by this.
But from this point of view, Asuka’s soul responds to the outside world
Then, it’s time for the [dream] magic to take effect.
"Jasmine, you're ready."
"Hey?"
Jasmine was still looking at the prepared Taiyaki with bright eyes, while Fisher beside her was staring at the faint soul fluctuations escaping from her body and suddenly activated the engraved [Dream] magic.
"Buzz!"
With an echo that seemed to come from the depths of the world, the surrounding environment suddenly changed as Fisher's soul took off.
"ding ding ding"
When Fisher opened his eyes again from the perspective of his soul, what he saw was a dream that was exactly the same as the otherworldly scene he had seen in his previous dream.
People were coming and going in the noisy commercial street, but none of them seemed to have faces. Fisher was the only one standing blankly in a stall, with freshly grilled and steaming taiyaki in front of him.
Fisher opened his mouth and turned to look at Jasmine beside him, only to find that she had lost consciousness and fell to the ground beside her.
"Jasmine?"
Fisher's expression changed. He was about to explore why Jasmine's soul fainted when he suddenly discovered that in her lower abdomen, a small soul vortex seemed to have been locked by the spirit world, making her soul slightly more fragile.
, and then passed out under the influence of dream magic.
This is
Fisher looked in disbelief at the spiritual fluctuations in her lower abdomen that were very similar to Rafael's before, and was stunned for a moment.
It was at this time that Fisher suddenly noticed that in this dream, a thin little girl wearing a watermelon hat and a shabby elementary school uniform was standing outside the stall selling taiyaki.
She looked at Jasmine lying on the ground with concern and said,
"This sister is too weak, she must be hungry."
"Asuka?"
Fisher opened his eyes wide and looked at the soul not far away that was as thin as his body. He finally saw Asuka's soul residing in Jasmine's body.
At this moment, Asuka's soul was picked up by Lamastia after an accident a thousand years ago. It is already scarred, so it has been in Jasmine's body in a hazy state, keeping a half-awake appearance, even in the dream magic at this moment.
, she already looks like a child.
However, as long as he pulls her away, based on his understanding of the soul, Fisher is sure to restore her and reconstruct her body using demi-human sissy control.
But Asuka, who looked thin in front of her, seemed to be frightened after hearing Fisher's call, and quickly took a step back.
In order not to scare her, Fisher had to change the subject and whispered to little Asuka,
"Well, I still don't quite understand what happened to her. Can you help me?"
""
After hearing Fisher's plea for help, Asuka's soul finally stopped in her tracks.
Even though she struggled subconsciously for a moment, she was driven back by the kindness in her body, walked up to Fisher, and said cautiously to Jasmine,
"This sister must not have eaten well in the first place, and her body will become even weaker after having a baby. So, as long as she eats more, her body will definitely get better. She is already so happy.
, the better your health will be, the better it will be.”
As Asuka's childish voice sounded, Fisher finally understood why Jasmine suddenly returned to the bottom of the sea and why her appetite suddenly increased.
Jasmine's physical discomfort was entirely because she was pregnant, and Asuka's soul appeared and her appetite increased because Asuka's subconscious noticed that Jasmine's body had become weak, so she urged her to eat more.
You must know that the soul's desire for the body is continuous. Any wandering soul longs for a body to carry its consciousness.
Therefore, the sea of souls will lock the newly born fetus endlessly, so those patients with aphania will approach the soul crazily.
It is only because the burning heat of consciousness is nothing but a castle in the air without the support of the body, that it drives one fanatical soul after another to enter their bodies to write their own stories.
Therefore, Fisher could not imagine that Asuka's soul could coexist with her in Jasmine's body for so long without any sign of taking over, so that it deceived everyone and made everyone think that Jasmine was her.
She just stayed quietly deep in this body, and would only appear when Jasmine was in danger and her body became weak.
Thinking of this, Fisher's expression was a little complicated. He just looked at the thin Asuka in front of him, who seemed to be stuck in the pain of childhood forever, and asked softly,
"Then Asuka isn't jealous?"
The little Asuka was slightly startled when she heard this, then shook her head again. She lowered her head, pinched her fingers and said in a sweet voice,
"I just think it's great for this sister to have parents who love her so much, to have you by her side all the time, and to meet so many friends. I hope she can live happily like this forever."
"how about you?"
Little Asuka pursed her lips. She subconsciously looked in one direction, and then pointed to the huge tower over there with her little finger.
"My home is over there. I will go back after hanging out for a while."
Fisher lowered his gaze and asked as if he didn't understand anything,
"Really? Then why do you keep parked in front of my store?"
"I"
Asuka took a step back with some embarrassment. She glanced at the fragrant grilled taiyaki on the stall next to her, and her voice gradually became as thin as a mosquito.
"Because it's my birthday soon, and I wanted to eat Taiyaki to celebrate my birthday, but my mother gave me too little money to buy dinner every night. I only had a few dozen yen. I saved up for several days and didn't have dinner. I wanted to
I came here to buy taiyaki on my birthday, but one of the money I saved disappeared at school, so I didn’t have enough money to buy it.”
In her small and skinny hands, she tightly clutched a few coins with very small denominations. The small coins were placed across her face in front of her stomach, which made a gurgling sound, indicating her helplessness.
Fisher slowly closed his eyes. The next second, he gently stretched out his hand to close Asuka's young palm, and then asked,
"How old is Asuka?"
"I'll be seven or seven soon."
Looking at the little girl standing in front of the snapper stall with her head lowered and holding a few coins tightly, it seems that she has been staying here forever, even though many, many years have passed but she still cannot get through this day.
The day before her seventh birthday.
Fisher held Asuka's thin hand tightly. At this moment, he didn't say anything else, hoping to persuade Asuka's soul to leave Jasmine's body.
He just turned his head, picked up the baked taiyaki on the table, and carefully put it into a paper box.
For some reason, the taiyaki on that stall was exactly the same as the ones Fisher and Jasmine grilled outside the dream.
After doing all this, Fisher slowly squatted down again and gently placed the still-steaming carton in her hand.
Asuka opened her mouth slightly, looking at a few ordinary desserts lying in the box, and then raised her head to look at Fisher in front of her.
But Fisher just smiled, stuck a piece of taiyaki with a skewer, and put it in front of her mouth,
"This is my first time making it. Does it taste good?"
Asuka stared closely at the taiyaki that Fisher had forked. Her eyes seemed to be melted by the taiyaki that was so close, and even her lips trembled uncontrollably.
But even so, the lips still opened slowly until they could barely accommodate a taiyaki.
Then, Fisher gave it a gentle push, and the taiyaki finally slowly entered her mouth.
"Click"
The crispiness of the egg liquid, the sweetness of the sugar, and a certain amount of fire instantly burst into her mouth.
This is not the emptiness of a dream, but a dish made by Fisher himself.
Ordinary?
Whether in another world or here, this is probably the simplest dessert. If you eat more, you will get tired of it.
However, as she chewed the simple taste in her mouth, more and more tears filled little Asuka's eyes, until her eyelashes were moistened and slid down her cheeks little by little.
She was still chewing, as if she wanted to squeeze out every bit of flavor in the Taiyaki.
The cry broke the dead silence of this dream, and the rolling tears unblocked the time she stayed at six years old, which also symbolized that her hazy soul was reviving at this moment and gradually escaped from the chaos.
But at this moment, Fisher in front of her could no longer say or do anything else.
He just looked at the soul of Asuka Karasawa who was in tears before him, and sent her the belated blessing that he should have sent many years ago.