Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

5 Pandora

In the "lady's room", the two sat opposite each other on the sofa, and the atmosphere was peaceful and quiet.

Looking at the girl on the opposite side, who was wearing a slightly tight lady's dress, Ishino, for some reason, already fully believed in his heart that the other party was Yoko Kasaka.

But even if he accepted this fact, Shi Ye still had a lot of questions in his heart, and he didn't know where to start to ask, so he was silent for a while, just looking at the other party quietly.

Yoko didn't mind Shi Ye's gaze, took a sip of black tea, then gracefully put the teacup on the tea table in front of him, and met the other's gaze generously, "Boy Shi, I know you must have a lot of problems now If you want to ask, but don’t know how to ask, why don’t you listen to me tell a story first.”

"In Russia 80 years ago, the Romanov dynasty perished, Nicholas II's family was secretly executed by the Bolsheviks, but Nicholas II's third daughter, Princess Maria, escaped with the help of his personal guards and some people Among these people, there is a Japanese youth who works in Faberruge's workshop and is in love with Princess Maria—Kisaka Kiichi."

"Later Princess Maria married Kasaka Kiichi, changed their identities, and managed to escape from Russia in the second year. The two returned to Japan together. Unfortunately, Maria exhausted her energy during the escape, and she became seriously ill as soon as she arrived in Japan. The doctors were helpless. .”

Speaking of this, Yoko took out the reading glasses that had just been put into his pocket and put them on his palm, "But in the end, Maria survived miraculously, relying on this one, she brought it out from the palace, and The royal secret treasure that is always carried with you - the Pandora gem."

"Pandora Gem!!" Ishino stared at the lens in the opponent's hand, his heart was shocked, "It turns out that the Pandora Gem that Kaito Kidd has been looking for, which can make people live forever, turned out to be a lens! No wonder all forces have been looking for it for so long I couldn't find it, who would have thought of it!"

Regardless of the change in Ishino's expression, Yoko continued to recall: "Afterwards, Kiichi Kosaka built a castle for Maria. A few years later, Maria gave birth to a girl named Yoko Kosaka...that's me."

Ishino knew that Natsumi's grandmother, that is, Yoko, was the daughter of Princess Maria, so he was not surprised when he heard this, but nodded to indicate that he knew.

"In my childhood memories, my mother never grew old, and she always looked like a girl. But her mental condition became worse every day, and she passed away early in the end. Nine years later, her father also passed away with her mother." There was a trace of sadness on Yangzi's face, "Later, I found some secret documents of the Tsarist Russian royal family from the relics of my parents, and then I realized that Pandora's power has not been fully awakened, so it cannot really make people live forever, but It takes a strong will and a life at the cost of a person's life to be maintained for a corresponding amount of time. The father used part of his life to exchange for a few years of the mother's time."

"The literature doesn't mention how to awaken Pandora, but I read a prophecy from another ancient book—open Pandora's magic box, and the prophesied son will come." I glanced at Ishino, "Judging from everything that happened just now, if my guess is correct, you should be the 'son of the prophecy' mentioned in the prophecy, and the changes in my body are the result of Pandora's awakening. "

"I am the son of the prophecy?!" Hearing Yoko's prophecy, Ishino's first reaction was unbelievable, but after thinking about it, he, a time traveler who has read Conan's story, is very important to this world. Indeed, it can be counted as a person who "can make predictions".

Combined with the changes he felt when he first touched Pandora, Ishino acquiesced to Yoko's statement.And at this time, he was surprised to find that when his secret was uncovered, the first thought in his heart was not to try his best to hide it, but to tell all the truth.

"It seems that you are already aware of your specialness, Boy Shi." Seeing the young man in front of him, sitting hunched over the front of the sofa, there was a look on his face that wanted to say something, but he didn't agree with it. Feeling the complicated emotions of fear, Yoko stood up, walked to the side of Shi Ye and sat down again, leaned slightly to look at his side face, his youthful face was full of kindness, and comforted him with a gentle voice, "Listen to grandma So many, grandma also wants to hear your story, can you?"

At the moment when the sound was transmitted to his brain, Ishino felt that deep inside his heart, there was a box that had been sealed for a long time, and the shackles wrapped around it melted quickly, and then he was suddenly pushed away from the inside.A large number of memory fragments gushed out of it, recording his past and everything he knew about the present world.

As the shackles of memory were broken, Ishino was relieved, and the loneliness hidden deep in his heart was released. Tears poured out of the eyes that had never shed tears for five years.Yangzi at the side, silently took the big boy's head into his arms, and slowly stroked his hair until he felt that the other party gradually stopped whimpering and tried to escape from his arms, then he slowly let go of his hands, watching Watching the other party prop up his body again.

Ishino rubbed his eyes, cleaned up his embarrassment, and briefly told Yoko how he came to this world, how he lived here for five years, and how he met Natsumi.At the same time, he also mentioned how he knew some things that would happen in this world in the original world.

After listening to Shi Ye's narration, although Yoko was prepared in her heart, there was still a lot of shock in her heart.However, Yoko was also relieved when the mystery about the Prophet's Son was revealed.

Looking at Ishino who looked at her with a much more relaxed expression than before, but looked at her nervously, Yoko's eyes were more gentle, "These five years have been hard for you."

"Although you come from another world, this is your home now." Yoko took Ishino's hand and patted the back of his hand lightly. "You should understand Xia Mei's feelings for you. Whenever you confess to her, she will accept you without reservation, because she is such a kind child. Here, we are your family."

"Grandma..." Although the person in front of him looked like a 17-year-old girl, Shi Ye found that he could say these two words without any resistance, because there was warmth, joy, and joy in his heart. Moved, but also relieved.

"Hey, good boy." Yoko looked at Shi Ye and said earnestly, "However, I can't tell Xia Mei about these things now. I will tell you in detail about the specific reasons when I find time."

After finishing speaking, Yoko tapped lightly on the coffee table twice, and the housekeeper Sawabe outside the door heard the movement, opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him.

After seeing the two people in the house, Housekeeper Sawabe quickly confirmed the identity of the other party through the girl's appearance, expression, manner and clothing, "Ma'am, who is this?"

"Pandora has awakened." As one of the few confidantes who knew the secret of Pandora, Yoko knew that this sentence was enough for Housekeeper Sawabe to sort out the situation, "Is Natsumi still tidying up the room?"

"Yes ma'am, it will probably take at least half an hour." Relying on the tacit understanding of serving for many years, Housekeeper Sawabe immediately understood Yoko's intentions, "If you need, I can make some arrangements to delay Miss Natsumi's return time."

"That's enough. Boy Shi, come with me." Without any delay, Yoko got up and motioned for Shi Ye to follow, "I'm definitely not allowed to see Xia Mei in my current state, so we must hurry up and re-transform look."

"Aren't you known as a 'dessert magician'? The principle of making disguise materials is similar to that of making desserts. With your help, I will definitely be able to complete the disguise in half an hour." Yoko took Ishino towards her. Walking to the bedroom, he squinted his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "If I can't do this well and let me show my flaws in front of Xia Mei, then your marriage with Xia Mei may be in vain~"

Shi Ye's heart: Grandma, are you sure you really didn't attack your old man before taking revenge on me?
　I think that any normal person who travels through, no matter how strong and cheerful he is, must have loneliness deep in his heart.While hiding their secrets for a long time, they also look forward to having a harbor where they can confide, so that their loneliness can be filled, and they can be their true selves openly.Such a harbor can be other people who know their secrets but are willing to accept themselves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)