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二零二五年二月二十日周四
天气预报多云转阴晨间零下十七度
今天做了一个很长很奇怪的一个梦,想想不如写下来。
梦见去上智大学边上若叶町的一个小书店淘旧书,然后抬头看见了身材高挑的一名医学生,霎时间自觉红霞满脸,支支吾吾不能言。
后故作轻松,交谈方许,遂同出书店,谁知街景竟成海淀学院路。边偕行边闲谈,数步又至团结湖东方歌舞团所住社区。进得小区,却实为广院宿舍。(北京广播学院,今传媒大学)梦境如此混乱,而心中不以为异,佳人在侧之故也。
与佳人表心意,共饮食,而至紫竹院湖畔。佳人以古之狱事恐吓之,扼余咽喉,后似有争执,竟置身冰湖之中,乃昏厥。
苏醒后,竟然置身岩洞中。洞中四处无数幼童奔跑玩耍,身亦同为其中一儿童。
儿童需要避难于岩洞,是因为外界空气充斥微不可见之魔法元素,儿童六岁,方可出洞一试。
被领至洞口,洞口如若露天音乐会之半圆穹窿顶舞台,洞顶极高,外洞厅亦甚宽。
地面上遍布魔法阵。有类似阴阳双鱼者,有类似欧洲六芒星阵者,诸多形制,不一而足。另有图腾样式,观之多有恐怖之感。
大学文学院曾经有课程介绍女巫术法之历史,原本意欲同校友一同报名,惜不敏,予多行悖,失之。课程因而未学,故而魔法阵之种种专名,尽皆不识。
令立于其上,自当感知作何之用。若可行,则出离岩洞,外间入学。若失败,则静候来年。
而后乃知此等试验一年一次,于旧历十月,神無月,之望日。妾身生辰为旧历九月,長月,故而是最幼一个,刚刚六岁。
站上阴阳太极图形,瞬间不能呼吸,实在是承受不住。虽然图形是在洞厅的半圆穹窿顶之下,但是图形之上,不知为何,空气如同外间。
难道说地面上的法阵可以凭空腾挪外间空气,而不令其逸散乎?
Nooneexplainedanythingtome。Andofcourse,Iwasbusytryingtobreathe。IthinkIfinallydecidedtoslidemyfeetacctotheYinYangsymbol,andthosemovementscausedmetosemilevitatewhileIautomaticallystartedspinningviolently。Thoughitwasdizzyingandscary,Iwasimmediatelyabletobreatheagain。Icouldfeeltheheavyair,fullofmagiingintomylungsandthenspreadingthroughthebloodstream。WithTaichi-likemovements,Iwasabletolivewiththefeelingofsomethingnewandvolatilegushingthroughme。SoIguessIwasableto‘quell’theelements。
IchosetheYinYangsymbolbecauseIhadatleastseenseniorsdoingTaiChi,whichisrelated。Ihaveneverseenanyonedoingwitchcraftorsummoningusingthemagicmatrixintheopen,apartfromwhatmightbeshownonananime,soIhavenothadacetoobservehowtouseamagiccircle,orspell,ormatrix,orwhateverIshouldbecallingit。
AfterIhadsuccess,Iwasledtoagroupofrepresentativesfrommanyacademies。
IlikedthegroupfromAohi,theazuresun。IlikedtheirnamebecauseIthoughtitwasverycool。Ialsolikedtheiruniform。Averypaleteal,oranofftourquoise,Ithinkthat’swhatitwas。IfonehasseenesewebmangaandisfamiliarwithHanfu,esetraditionalclothing,thestyleshouldbeveryveryfamiliar:y-shapedcollarsandastraightdownlowerhalfofthelongcoat。“ZhiJu”iseoplecallit。Straightskirt。Teically。Thesleeveopeninghadawidthofapproximatelyonefoot。
Ireallylikedthecolour,thestyle,andtheirnameoftheschool,andthatwaswhyIchosethem。
Then,agirlcalledouttomeandsaidthatIshouldgotoKageyamainstead。Shehadalavenderlongcoat,y-shapedcollar,butcrossed-overskirt。“QuJushenyi”wouldbetheofficialname。Ireallylikelavender。Ormoreaccurately,Icraveanythingihystandlavehisgirl’sclotheshadverywidesleeveopenings,almostlikefurisodekimonos,andsoIwenttoKageyamainstead。
Kageyamahadaneo-classicmainhallwhereeverythinghappeheycalleditHallofthePhoenix,supposedlyduetoitsshape。IwilljustrefertoitastheHall。ThehallhadclassicEastAsianroofing。TheNorthwingisthesamedesignastheSouthwing,andthesearetorepresentthewingsofthelegendarybird。Thetraltowerwastobetheneck。Themainhallunderhthetowerwasthechest。TheInnerHall(OkuDen)wastobethetorso,andtherewerethreetallboardwalksleadingtothreestehousesontallstilts,whichimmediatelyremindedmeoftheinaldesignofthegreatshrineofIzumo。
SotheNorthWingwasfic。AmemberofthegroupoftherepresentativesfromKageyama,namedAkishi,studiedthereduringtheinstrualhours。Akishi’syoungerbrother,Hideo,studiedalchemyintheSouthWing。Thegirlwhoinvitedme,namedArashi,studiedswordsmanshipintheInnerHall。
NotmanyprospectivestudentsendedupingtoKageyamabecauseitlaceofacademia。Graduateshadahardtimelookingforemployment,andmanyofthembecametractemployeeswinaffiliatedestatesandcraftshops。Thoseamongthemosttalentedwouldgetacetobeeaninstructor。
udentsgatheredinthepublicsquareinfrontoftheHalleverym,andseniorstudentswoulddosimplelessonsanddemos。Sometimes,anovicestudentwouldenterplativesilence,anditwouldbegreatlycelebrated。
Ididn’tsayudentsjustnowbecauseitwaslythebesttermtouse。Someudentswouldstayonthepublicsquareeverymandneverenterplativesilence。Uponturningfourteen,orwhenanovicegaveuptrying,astudentwhohadnevereheSilencewouldbeeapprenticesintrades。Kageyamahadalotofwoodshopsandwineries,manyglassblowersandblacksmiths,soitwouldstillbeaveryacceptableouteifonedidn’tbeeaknight,awitch,oranalchemist。
Ifastudeereddeepsileheualintroductorylessonwouldbegiventothestudent。ThebasicversionofswordroutinesoftheKageyamastyle,orthebasiventoryofbeginner’sspells,ortheIntroductorytoAlchemistMaterialswouldbepassedontothestudent,whowouldbee,then,an“officialstudent。”
Everym,IwouldlookattheseniorstudeeringtheHallaftergivingdemos,intotherisingsun。Iloofollowthem,andtowalkalongsidethem。SoIstartedtoaskseniorstudentstogivememinidemosandsharetheirexperiendstoriesduriime。
Ittookawhile,butIthinkbythemonth,Shimodzuki,theeleventhmonthoftheolddar,IwasgettingafeelingthatImightehesilencerelativelysoon。
Thatfeelingmademehappy。Arashiehesilehinherfirstmonthhere,andwhensheheldaswordinherfirstclassintheMainHall,herspiriteheswordeffortlessly,andtheswaveapurering。Arashiwasreizedonthespotasaprodigyofthesword。ShequicklypassedalltheintroductorycoursestaughtintheMainHall,andhadsincegootheInnerHallforadvancedlessons。
Afterafewmoredays,itturnedoutwhatIthoughtwastruewasnotaccurate。IntroductorylessonsforallthreesubjectsaretaughtintheMainHall,whereasregularlessonsfichappenedintheNorthWing,regularlessonsinswordsmanshipstillhappenedintheMainHall,andregularlessonsforalchemyhappenedintheSouthWing。TheInnerHallwasonlyforadvancedcoursesinallthreesubjects。