JOBI the Moon Fox -The Neverending Story- Chapter 4

JOBI the Moon Fox
-The Neverending Story-
Chapter 4


「JOBI，你先在這裡休息一下吧。讓我為你找出身體出現異常的原因。」


目送班長他們出發去找 SORA 之後，櫻老大帶我走進一個狹窄的櫻花樹洞，洞內竟然是一座豁然開朗的大屋。


要是平常來玩的話，我大概早已興奮得雙眼發光了。可是此刻的境況實在令人難以安心。


那個叫 VICTOR 的魔法師，身上散發出一股陰沉的氣息。讓我覺得......


「砵......！」


讓我覺得很臭......嗯？


「噓……！你在這個時候放什麼屁啦？蠢材青太！」


「可……可是人家就是忍不住嘛…..」


我聽見有人躲在屋子後面談話。


這個時候，櫻老大隨手一揮，一堆花瓣就像鳥兒般衝向聲音傳出的方向，並把聲音的主人「運送」到我們面前。


原來是一紅一藍的兩隻小狐狸。他們的頸上都掛著一個小鈴鐺。那是幼稚園部「容易走失的學生」的記認。


「小朋友，你們為何會來到這裡呢？」櫻老大友善地向兩隻小狐狸問道。


「你......你好，我叫青太。他是我弟弟赤吉......我們是來找 SORA 哥哥的，可是一不小心就走進來了......」藍色小狐狸青太很有禮貌地向我們解釋。


「SORA 哥時常都會來幼稚園部找我們玩的，可是他自新學期開學之後都沒有出現過了，你們兩個知道他在哪嗎？」紅色小狐狸赤吉倒是比較不客氣。


為了稍為安撫這對兄弟的情緒，我本打算分點糖果給他們吃，卻發現隨身帶著的糖果瓶竟然空空如也。


難道是在森林弄丟了嗎？可是糖果瓶的蓋子又沒有打開過。實在十分奇怪......


這個時候，櫻老大好像察覺到什麼。


「青太，赤吉。你們都是好孩子。SORA 哥哥只是去了探險。他過幾天就會回來了。所以你們現在就先回宿舍去吧。免得讓大家擔心。好嗎？」櫻老大摸摸兩兄弟的頭頂，然後把幾片花瓣變成糖果送給他們，好讓他們安心回去。


兩兄弟離開之後，櫻老大隨即向我解釋情況。


「JOBI，我大概知道發生什麼事了。那個叫 VICTOR 的魔法師擁有吸收狐狸生命能量的能力。現在的 SORA 大概就是因為失去了大部份生命能量，所以除了與他牽絆最深的人之外，其他人都會暫時失去對他的連繫與記憶。而你的糖果應該也是因為儲存了生命能量，所以才會被 VICTOR 製造出來的黑色球體一併吸走。」櫻老大拿起我的糖果瓶，細心查看它的狀況。


「那......為何他要這樣做啊？」我不忿又無奈地追問道。


櫻老大只是搖搖頭。


「JOBI，現在更讓人擔心的是你的身體。雖然你戴著的圍巾能夠助你減慢生命能量流失。可是如果我們不快點想辦法阻止這個情況的話......你......」櫻老大欲言又止。


「我......?」


「你將會逐漸變得透明，甚至完全消失。」


對於突如其來的惡耗，我只能夠呆呆的站著，任由淚水從眼眶不斷湧出。


-JOBI


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JOBI the Moon Fox
-The Neverending Story-
Chapter 4


"JOBI, you can rest here first. Let me find out what’s wrong with you."


After sending MONITOR and the other guys off to save SORA, Sir Cherry Blossom led me into the narrow cherry blossom tree hole. Surprisingly, the insides of the hole was a big spacious house.


If I’m here to play on any other days, my eyes would have lit up with excitement. But, the current situation is just too worrying.


The magician called Victor has a very dark and heavy aura, it made me feel…


"Pfff…!"


Made me feel very smelly…, huh?


"Shh…! Why would you fart at this moment? Stupid AOTA!"


"But…but I just can’t hold it in…"


I heard someone talking behind the house.
At this moment, Sir Cherry Blossom waved his hand and sent a stream of petals towards the voices’ direction, and transported the owners of the voices to us.


Turns out, it’s two foxes, one red, and one blue. Each one of them has a bell hanging from their neck. That’s a sign that they're the ‘easy-to-get-lost students’ in the kindergarten.


"Kids, why are you here?" Sir Cherry Blossom asked them with a friendly tone.


"H..hello, I am Aota. This is my younger brother, Aka… We’re here to look for brother SORA, but we accidentally came in here…" The blue little fox Aota politely explained to us.


"Brother SORA would sometimes come over to the kindergarten and play with us, but he hasn't appeared since the new semester. Do you two know where he is?" The red little fox AKA asked straightforwardly.


For the sake of reassuring the twins, I originally wanted to give them some candies. But then, I discovered that the candy jar I always have with me is completely empty.


Did I lose them in the forest? But this is really strange, I’ve never opened the jar…


At this moment, Sir Cherry Blossom noticed something.


"AOTA, AKA. You are both good kids. Your brother SORA just went for an adventure. He will come back in a few days. Just go back to your dorms for now, so your teachers won’t be worried about you, okay?" Sir Cherry Blossom patted the top of the twins’ heads, and then gave them a few candies that were transformed from cherry blossom petals, so they’ll go back reassured.


After the twins left, Sir Cherry Blossom explained the situation to me.


"JOBI, I think I know what happened. The magician named VICTOR has the power to absorb foxes’ life essence. The current SORA must have lost most of his life essence, that’s why apart from people who are the closest to him, everyone else would lose their memories of him. And mostly likely because your candies contained some life essence, they were taken away by the dark matter sphere created by VICTOR along with SORA’s life essence." Sir Cherry Blossom picked up my candy jar, and inspected it’s condition closely.


"But... Why would he do that?" I asked, feeling a bit frustrated and helpless.


Sir Cherry Blossom just shook his head.


"JOBI, a more worrying matter now is your health. Although the scarf that you are wearing can slow down the loss of your life essence, if we don’t think of a way to stop what’s happening quick… you…" Sir Cherry Blossom hesitated.


"I…? "


"You'll fade away, and you might even vanish completely."


Facing the sudden bad news, I can only stand there stunned with helpless tears streaming down my face.


- JOBI