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Chapter 13: Memory Library (1)
update icon Updated at 2025/5/20 15:10:12

"I said it! I, I like you!!!" Juxi shouted loudly, tearing off his face, waiting for Yu Nai on the road. But Yu Nai paused for a moment and then returned to his usual expression.

"I'm sorry, I decline. I guess I still prefer boys who are stronger than me!"

"..."

"Then let's end today's date here. Bye, babe!"

After saying that, Yu Nai patted Juxi's head as if to give him some encouragement, and then turned around and left, leaving him in grand style. Juxi had not forgotten their past, and it seemed a little funny to him.

Although Yu Nai had not forgotten him, he seemed a little absent-minded, which made Juxi feel at a loss. Like Juxi, Yu Nai woke up from a dream, but both of them were somewhat unfamiliar with each other, and there was still a clear barrier in their relationship. In such a situation, Juxi had no choice but to climb out of the container quickly, afraid that Yu Nai might misunderstand something.

At this moment, Juxi's body had fully recovered. Not only that, he also exerted force to drag Yu Nai out from inside. The other people in the spaceship had also gradually regained consciousness, and a purple-haired girl appeared behind Juxi and patted his shoulder.

"It's Juxi, what are you doing here?" She asked in a sleepy voice, looking like she hadn't fully woken up yet.

"Um... Aren't you Ren?" Juxi tentatively said, "We have arrived at the destination. Are you ready to disembark?"

"What disembark?" Yu Nai still seemed a bit confused, as if he hadn't realized it yet.

"I mean, our consciousness is telling us that we are safe now, everything has ended. Are you ready to disembark?" Juxi calmly said, his expression unusually calm.

However, the man underneath Yu Nai was not so lucky. A robot with a bow tie walked in and silently shook its head when it saw the cold-hearted man.

Click~!

The robot approached the container, silently entered a series of commands, and then saw the man being released from the container.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please rest assured," the little robot explained politely, "The owner just forced his way up here. We have limited spots for such people, so if he wanted to come up, he should have expected the outcome today."

Yu Nai's eyes suddenly lit up, completely unaware of what the robot had just done. "I'm not concerned about that, I just... Are you an employee here?"

The robot didn't know what her intention was and said, "Employee is not our title. You should know that employees should receive a salary according to the information, but we only have small batteries."

"Haha, this little robot is interesting." Yu Nai became even more interested, which gave Juxi a headache, but he couldn't help but sigh at her audacity.

The spaceship had been stable for a long time. The passengers had all disembarked, except for some men and women who stayed on the ship to drink hot coffee. They were still a bit frightened, and a cup of coffee could help calm them down.

"Um... Would you like a cup of coffee?" Ren asked cautiously.

"If you want to drink, go ahead. I'm not thirsty yet," Juxi said.

"I'm a little thirsty too, so I'll go with her," Yu Nai also reported to Juxi instinctively.

Juxi replied somewhat speechlessly, "If you're thirsty, just go. You don't have to report to me."

Yu Nai reluctantly whispered, "I didn't want to come either, but... I can't really explain this feeling. It's probably a sense of security?"

At this point, there were no more people on the spaceship, only Hai and the three of them remained.

Yu Nai was fine by Juxi's side, as they had been childhood friends both in reality and in dreams. There was hardly any barrier between them.

But Arima Shinobu was different. Juxi only knew her name from the container, but she was just like Yu Nai, always sticking to Juxi's side, one on the left and one on the right.

He couldn't bear it anymore. It wasn't that Juxi disliked them, but...

The two of them grabbed one of his arms each, restricting his freedom of movement.

"Between the three of us... I have no ill intentions. Can we please keep some distance?"

"When you're thirsty, Xi, I feel safer like this."

"Yeah, I don't even know anyone else..."

"Why do you have to cling to me then? Am I your mother hen? You've been following me like a shadow since you came out. I don't actually find it annoying, but grabbing onto my arm and not letting go is a bit too much."

Juxi suddenly broke free from the grip of the two girls, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

He rubbed his elbow, which had already been pulled sore by the two of them.

Juxi ignored their entanglement and walked down the spaceship alone without looking back.

At this moment, the scene outside was quite different from what he had imagined. Compared to the warmth on the spaceship, the outside temperature was exceptionally cold!

It hadn't been ten minutes since Juxi left the spaceship, and he was already shivering from the cold.

He wasn't sure where he was exactly. It seemed to be deep inside a forest, surrounded by towering trees that would require three people to encircle each.

The tiny robots started working again, focusing on the trees. They were building something around the trees, creating treehouses and even houses on some branches.

The size of these trees was just right for making treehouses, so they seemed to be creating tree cavities and building houses on some branches.

With an abundance of manpower and the agility of the little robots, the treehouses were completed in just half an hour.

One particularly tall tree, reaching fifty meters high, was transformed by a group of robots into a towering tower, where they welcomed the woman in the red dress.

Juxi could tell at a glance that the woman must be the leader here!

He didn't pay much attention, but continued with his own task, hoping that the woman wouldn't cause him any more trouble.

Fortunately, she only glanced in his direction before going upstairs.

Juxi didn't linger here either, instead following Hai and the other two to their designated place... the library!

Looking at the puzzled expressions of the three individuals, Hai explained, "Mom just instructed us. Starting today, you will be responsible for guarding human books and helping some people recall their own memories... Of course, Mom allows you to watch all the memories here, and you also have your own memories."

"Memories?" Juxi couldn't wait and opened one of the books, only to see dense text on it.

He was immediately surprised because these were not memories at all. "Hey Hai, why are these just diaries? Where are the memories?"

Hai casually grabbed a notebook with a grey and white cover from the bookshelf and handed it to Juxi. "Take a look at this one, it has something to do with you as the owner..."

Accompanied by a flash of white light, Juxi suddenly lost consciousness.

I slowly opened my blurry eyes and found myself lying on a large bed.

To my left was a transparent glass wall, and to my right was the everyday necessities and ordinary household kitchen of my home.

"I'm... in my home?"

A tingling pain like an electric shock quickly touched my brain nerves. The dizziness instantly spread throughout my body, and I seemed to wake up.

"Is this... my home? Yukari? Um..." The heavy feeling attacked my internal organs, and a wave of dizziness and pain struck me. I had to stay awake at all times.

"After that, could Yukari sister come to this unknown space? Or are we in that world just a figment of our imagination... um, no, I can't handle it anymore. I should go out and feel the rain, the room is so stuffy!"

Everything happened too suddenly. I left the building I was currently living in wearing my own clothes and wandered alone in the unfamiliar city. Every corner here couldn't remind me of the bitter past.

"There is no trace left by me... right?"

A familiar scene suddenly entered my sight. I stopped walking, and the long-lost sound spread to my medulla through my ears. Yu Nai and I ended our final love affair on a rainy day here.

The rain beat on the open roof of the bus station, making an ear-piercing rhythm. It reminded me of the moment when Yu Nai and I confessed our true feelings to each other, although we ended up parting ways.

It's truly ironic. I smiled helplessly and sat there, waiting for time to flow like an unexpected encounter.

"Yu Nai was sitting where I sat at that time. I regretted rejecting her confession, didn't I?"

I questioned myself, as if pleading to the girl who brought me here. However, she didn't give me any hints, as if she didn't exist from the beginning.

Right, there is another me who can prove her existence...

Don't be silly, even gods can't cross that barrier, how can a mere evil spirit in a never-ending tunnel of time do it? After all, even real gods can't do it!

Tears gradually blurred my vision. Although there were crowds of people and bustling traffic on the streets, my sincere emotions were no longer present.

I straightened my back and tirelessly searched for the old house from my previous life. But I could never remember, and I didn't know where my former home was...

"How... is... this..."