The audience held their breath, quietly admiring the figure on stage.
The fairy was taking a walk in her own garden, her clothes billowing as if the stage had truly become the Immortal Realm.
"Who has intruded into my garden?" she suddenly called out towards the back of the curtain.
Her crisp and clear voice, amidst the howling winds, remained exceptionally enchanting and moving.
The stage lights suddenly dimmed, leaving only two spotlights.
One shone on the fairy, with her white dress, translucent skin, and even her hair strands sparkling with light.
The other spotlight hit the empty floor in front of the curtain.
The entire faculty and student body of Goda High School watched intently as the girl first cautiously peeked out under the spotlight, looking around curiously, then carefully stepped out from behind the curtain, into the beam of light.
She had changed into a white dress.
Its style and design were different from the fairy's, highlighting her "mortal" side—so lively and vivid, like a clear-eyed deer that had just sprung from the woods.
The girl walked towards the fairy as the spotlight moved forward with her.
During this process, without a single line of dialogue, everyone was engrossed as if they had truly traveled through time and space to witness the scene unfold.
The girl stood before the fairy, with the two spotlights' circles closely adjacent.
"Are you a fairy?" the girl asked curiously.
"Mm," the fairy nodded.
"I come from a kingdom, seeking the ends of the world. I don't know why I changed clothes, they're so pretty. I've been to so many places, met all kinds of people, but I've never seen clothes as beautiful as these."
The girl excitedly said a lot by herself, then suddenly, as if she remembered something, asked the fairy:
"By the way, you are a fairy, do you know where the ends of the world are?"
"The ends of the world?"
"Mm, the ends of the world."
"I don't know what the ends of the world are."
"Even you, as a fairy, don't know? What should I do then? Is the map incomplete?" The girl felt very disappointed.
"Why do you want to go to the ends of the world?" the fairy asked.
"Because that's a place where demons can't reach," the girl said, filled with longing.
"This place is also out of the demons' reach."
"Really?! Could it be, the Immortal Realm is the ends of the world!" The girl exclaimed joyfully.
Then she asked the fairy expectantly, "Can I stay here?"
"As you've come here, you've already been recognized by the Immortal Realm," the fairy reached out her hand, "come."
The girl looked at the fairy's hand and slowly placed her own on it.
At the same time, the two spotlights merged into one, becoming a large circle, and then slowly spreading outwards until the dim stage was lit up again.
In an instant, flowers blossomed, birdsong filled the air, and the sweet sound of music came from afar.
The fairy took the girl to tour the Immortal Realm, and for the scenes she took for granted, the girl was full of wonder.
"I'm so happy!" On a green, shaded hillside, the girl danced uncontrollably, her cheerful laughter filling the Immortal Realm.
Infected by her smile, the fairy began to smile too.
The stage was bright and sunny, and the audience felt as if they were there, in the bird and flower-filled Immortal Realm, forgetting the storm and rain.
After a happy time with the fairy, the girl remembered her promise to the witch and bid the fairy farewell.
"You must remember," the fairy advised before she left, "never to be discovered by anyone. Once you're found, demons will notice you and follow you to the Immortal Realm."
"Mm, don't worry, I'll remember it well!"
"And..."
"Mm?"
"Come back soon."
The girl was startled, then showed a radiant smile: "Mm!"
As the girl slowly left the fairy's side, the stage lights dimmed once again to just the two spotlights.
When the girl completely disappeared, only the fairy remained alone in the Immortal Realm.
The spotlighted fairy gazed into the distance.
In the dim Immortal Realm, amidst the birdsong and music, the fairy remained beautiful, yet emanated a sense of desolation.
Like a white spirit, she roamed alone in the vast, borderless wilderness.
Compared to the happiness from before, just watching the scene, the audience felt an irresistible sadness in their hearts.
Some sentimental girls had already secretly wiped away tears, silently praying for a good ending.
The curtain closed.
"The hard-traveling girl finally found a place the demon couldn't reach, but had to leave again due to a promise. Will she be able to return to the Immortal Realm?"
The curtain opened, and the witch sat on a tree root reading a book.
Before long, the girl appeared.
After leaving the Immortal Realm, her clothing returned to its original form; hair scattered, clothes dirty with grass, looking travel-worn.
To keep her promise with the fairy, the girl endured hardships, eating and sleeping outdoors, and finally arrived at the witch's forest.
"As long as I place the note that tells how to get to the Immortal Realm in the place where the witch often reads, I can return to continue being with the fairy."
She sat behind a tree, anticipating her reunion with the fairy while waiting for the witch to leave.
What the girl didn't expect was that the witch was different from the ordinary people she had been avoiding; she possessed magic that ordinary people could hardly imagine and could not resist.
"Who is there?" the witch closed her book.
As she spoke, the tree the girl was hiding behind slowly shifted away.
"Ah!" the girl hastily covered her face.
The stage lights harshly dimmed.
In the two spotlights were the witch and the girl;
Outside the two spotlights, a blurred figure stood, silently watching them.
"Ah!" the audience gasped.
"Run away, the demon is coming," someone thoroughly engrossed reminded aloud.
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